On this week's podcast, Jason Solomons meets director Todd Phillips to talk about The Hangover, the huge US box-office hit comedy about a stag weekend in Las Vegas that goes spectacularly wrong. Phillips, whose CV includes Road Trip and Old School, tells Jason about why he wanted to make an unapologetic and unsentimental comedy, and how the film is like Reservoir Dogs.
Phelim O'Neill, film critic for the Guide, then joins Jason to review the week's key releases: John Woo's epic but thoroughly enjoyable historical blockbuster Red Cliff and the Wes Craven-overseen remake of his own horror thriller The Last House On the Left (itself a slasher remake of Bergman's Virgin Spring).
Jason then catches up with the Edinburgh international film festival's artistic director Hannah McGill and finds out what's in store at this year's event, which kicks off in a week's time.
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