Leigh and Tim talk Radioactive, the story of extraordinary scientist Marie Curie, as well as feel-good Aussie flick Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt). Plus, Rams is a roaring (or baa-ing) success; the sequel we're pretty sure no one asked for; and Songbird hits a little close to the bone.

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RADIOACTIVE MOVIE REVIEW

Tim: Okay, bugbear for me. Two things. Ageing makeup is hit and miss all the time…

Leigh: Why was Marie Curie (Rosamund Pike) ageing but the men weren’t?

Tim: Thank you, Leigh. You took the words right out of my mouth. The men got a little bit of grey on their beard, but only decades later. Why? Oh my god, why?! It looked really quite cheap. And I get what they were trying to do with the lighting. There was this overexposure, this glow, because it was obviously leaning into the fact that radioactivity glows, I understood the creative decision. But it felt a bit ‘daytime television’ sometimes, which I think affected the impact of the beautiful cinematography that otherwise existed.

Leigh: Do you know what I wrote down? I wrote down CSI. Sometimes it felt like a CSI episode.

Tim: Oh my god, CSI Miami. We're just waiting for—

Leigh: CSI Paris.

Tim: CSI Paris! Oh my god, that's such a good way of putting it.

MOVIE NEWS

– Australian drama Rams stampedes straight to the top of the box office in its opening weekend.
– Sequel Meg 2: The Trench is on its way and has found a director in Ben Wheatley.
– The trailer for Songbird debuts, the first feature film to be made during LA’s lockdown about the pandemic.