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Empire of the Sun with film critic Fiona Underhill – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #40

June 12, 2019 by Tom Beasley

On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Fiona Underhill gets on the phone to chat about Steven Spielberg’s Ballard adaptation Empire of the Sun…

On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Fiona Underhill sits down to discuss her favourite movie – Steven Spielberg’s epic Second World War drama Empire of the Sun, in which Christian Bale delivers an all-time classic child actor performance as a British public schoolboy who ends up in a Chinese POW camp.

SEE ALSO: Listen to last week’s episode with filmmaker Sacha Polak discussing Morvern Callar

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Originally published June 12, 2019. Updated August 29, 2019.

Filed Under: Flickering Myth Podcast Network, Movies, The Pick of the Flicks, Tom Beasley Tagged With: Christian Bale, Empire of the Sun, Fiona Underhill, JG Ballard, John Malkovich, Nigel Havers, Podcast, Steven Spielberg, The Pick of the Flicks Podcast

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