I WISH I COULD SMELL THIS COTTON
CANDY CANDLE YOU'LL BE TAKING
HOME.
A SUBVERSIVE TEEN COMEDY
AND REWARDING DRAMA ARE
AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING THIS
WEEKEND.
HERE TO REVIEW "SPONTANEOUS" AND
"THE ARTISTS'S LIFE" ARE CHUCK
KOPLINSKI AND PAM POWELL
IN-STUDIO.
Guest: HOW ARE YOU?
Heather: GREAT.
I LOVE WE CAN BE TOGETHER AGAIN
HERE IN-STUDIO.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH
"SPONTANEOUS." CHUCK, YOU HAVE
THOUGHTS.
Guest: BIG TIME THOUGHTS.
ONE OF THE REASONS I LOVE THIS
JOB IS WHEN I'M SURPRISED.
WHEN YOU TOLD ME I HAVE TO WATCH
A MOVIE ABOUT TEENAGERS WHO
EX-ENCLOSED, I COULDN'T HAVE
CARED LESS.
HOWEVER, ONCE I STARTED THE
MOVIE I WAS CAPTIVATED.
AND THIS ENDED UP BEING ONE OF
MY FAVORITE FILMS OF THE YEAR.
WHEN YOU SEE KATHERINE LANGFORD,
YOU MIGHT HAVE KNOWN HER FROM
"KNIFES OUT".
AND MORA IS A NORMAL KID GOING
TO HIGH SCHOOL.
EVERYTHING IS FINE.
UNLESS HER CLASSMATES START TO
EXPLODE.
AND THIS IS A PROBLEM.
IT LEAVES EVERYONE STUNNED.
THERE'S THE FIRST POOR YOUNG
LADY, I THINK LILY WAS HER NAME.
SHE EXPLODES IN SCIENCE CLASS
ONE DAY AND SETS THE KIDS INTO A
PANIC.
OF COURSE, THEY START TO THINK
ABOUT THIS AND WONDERING WHY
THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
AND THEN, THEY CALM DOWN.
AND ONE DAY, KIDS START TO
EXPLODE ONCE MORE!
THE GOVERNMENT COMES IN. THEY
TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING
ON.
AND NOTHING IS WORKING.
THIS STARTS OUT AS A DARK, DARK
COMEDY.
THERE IS A LIGHT TONE TO THIS.
MENT BUT THEN IT BECOMES
APPARENT FOR WHAT IS GOING ON.
THIS IS A METAPHOR FOR WHAT IS
GOING ON TODAY.
THE ERA WE SEND OUR KIDS TO
SCHOOL AND THE SMALL CHANCE THEY
MIGHT NOT COME HOME BECAUSE A
MAD GUNMAN MAY TAKE THEM OUT.
THIS IS WHAT THE FILM IS ABOUT,
KIDS THAT INHERITED THIS PROBLEM
AND TRY TO COPE IT.
THIS YOUNG WOMAN SAYS I'M NOT
GOING TO LET THIS GET ME DOWN.
I'M GOING TO LIVE MY LIFE TO THE
FULLEST!
I WAS SO, SO IMPRESSED WITH HER
AND THIS MOVIE.
THIS IS ONE I WISH WE HAD
THEATERS OPERATING SO PEOPLE CAN
SEE IT.
SMARTER THAN YOU THINK.
Heather: WHERE IS THIS
STREAMING?
Guest: VIDEO ON DEMAND
STARTING TOMORROW.
Heather: PAM, WERE YOU A
FAN?
Guest: I WAS.
I HAD THE SAME THOUGHTS AS CHUCK
INITIALLY, ANOTHER HORROR MOVIE
WHERE PEOPLE EXPLODE.
IT WAS FUN AND HAD THE DEEPER
LAYER, WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY.
I WASN'T A FAN OF THE VERY
ENDING.
IT GOT A LITTLE PREACHY AT THE
END.
OTHER THAN THAT, I ENJOYED IT.
SURPRISINGLY SO.
Heather: DID YOU ENJOY "THE
ARTISTS LIFE".
Guest: I DID.
THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
MOVIES OF THE YEAR.
IT'S REMINISCENT OF "THE WIFE"
STARRING GLEN CLOSE LAST YEAR.
THIS IS MORE POIGNANT AND BETTER
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.
WOW, WHAT A STORY.
LENA NOLAN AS [INAUDIBLE] EXCUSE
ME.
AND WE'VE GOT BRUCE DERN
STARRING AS THE ARTIST.
THIS MAN IS A CROTCHETY OLD MAN
AS BRUCE DERN DOES SO WELL.
HE HAS THE BEGINNINGS OF
ALZHEIMER'S.
AND HAS ONE LAST SHOW TO DO.
HE CAN'T GET HIS ACT TOGETHER,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF
ALZHEIMER'S.
THIS IS CLAIRE'S STORY, THOUGH.
THIS IS NOT BRUCE DERN'S
CHARACTER'S STORY.
WE SEE EVERYTHING THROUGH
CLAIRE'S EYES.
WE SEE THE SACRIFICES THIS WOMAN
MADE THROUGH HER LIFE FOR THE
BENEFIT OF RICHARD.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, SHE
SEES THE CRYSTAL BALL AND KNOWS
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH
RICHARD.
AND SHE TRIES TO INTERFERE AND
MAKE AMENDS WITH HIS ESTRANGED
DAUGHTER AND NEW GRANDSON.
THIS IS A POWERFUL FILM WITH AN
INCREDIBLE STORY ARC THAT TO ME
WAS RIVETING.
THE ART WAS INCREDIBLE.
AND THE POWER AND MESSAGE BEHIND
IT.
THEY SAY BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN,
THERE'S A GREAT WOMAN -- WHY ARE
YOU CHOKING?
THIS POSES THE QUESTION OF IS
THAT WOMAN ACTUALLY IGNORED?
AND HOW MANY SACRIFICES IS SHE
MAKING FOR LOVE AND LOYALTY?
BEAUTIFULLY DONE.
LENA NOLAN, INCREDIBLE
PERFORMANCE!
Heather: CHUCK, WE'RE ABOUT
OUT OF TIME BECAUSE WE'VE GOT AN
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I'M GUESSING YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT.
Guest: I LIKED IT.
I DIDN'T LIKE THE END.
Heather: OH, OKAY.
Guest: AND I THOUGHT THE END
WAS TRUE TO THE ESPECIALLY TIRE
FILM!
Guest: WE ARE GIVING IT
AWAY.
Heather: IT'S A TOP SECRET.
Guest: IT IS A TOP SECRET.
IT IS THE "SECRET GARDEN", THE
D.V.D.
THIS IS A SECRET GIVEAWAY.
THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKED US ON
FACEBOOK AND HAVE GONE TO OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE AND GROUP PAGE,
YOU WERE ENTERED.
AND JULIE, YOU HAVE WON THE
"SECRET GARDEN" COMING TO YOU
SOON.
Heather: THAT'S WHY YOU NEED
TO FOLLOW REEL TALK WITH CHUCK
AND PAM ON FACEBOOK AND
SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR NEWSLETTER
AND CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE TO
GET SIGNED UP.
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL CONNECT YOU AT
www.CILiving.tv.