Some time ago we did a whole episode on time travel films without mentioning Robert Zemeckis and ‎Bob Gale’s Back to the Future series, their bold updating of Oedipus, so today we remedy that oversight and see if the pride… Continue Reading →

Another month, another batch of films present themselves for judgement. What will we make of Black Widow, Fast & Furious 9, Luca, The Tomorrow War, The Dead Don’t Die, and Censor? Tune in and find out! Download on Soundcloud |… Continue Reading →

When we were recently preparing our David Mamet episode, we were struck by the seeming incongruity of his screenwriting credit (under the name of Richard Weisz, which he used in order to protect his “braaand”) for 1998’s Ronin. This led… Continue Reading →

In this exciting episode we are taking a look at some selected works of Álex de la Iglesia, after a number of stars came into alignment that hinted at him being worthy of further investigation than our brief exposure to… Continue Reading →

Loaded into this month’s arbitrary film review roulette are Wrath of Man, Cruella, and Army of the Dead. Which of them clean up, and which gets swept into the trash? The answer to this confusing, poorly constructed hypothetical can only… Continue Reading →

Steven Spielberg’s long and successful career has seen him gain many admirers, acolytes and devotees, including some people who quite clearly fancy themselves as the “next Spielberg”. Perhaps chief amongst the latter is New York filmmaker Jeffrey Jacob Abrams, whose… Continue Reading →

Illness, ill-preparedness and, well, indolence, sees us pushing our main topic episode back to the 10th this month, and instead we’re beginning June with a Compare and Contrast episode. As usual, there’s no real rhyme or reason as to why… Continue Reading →

It’s that time again. Film review time. As it is every time. This time: Nomadland, Palmer, The Human Voice, Without Remorse, Stowaway, Nobody, and Mortal Kombat. It’s about time. Download on Soundcloud | Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe via feed… Continue Reading →

In this episode we’re going to be taking a look at the sadly sparse work of the Japanese animator, writer and director, Satoshi Kon, a favourite around these parts. A native of Sapporo, Kon earned his spurs working under anime… Continue Reading →

If you’re feeling generous you could call today’s episode a mash-up, or more accurately, the remnants of a couple of different music related ideas that never quite gelled into a full episode. It was resurfaced recently in the morass of… Continue Reading →

We are living in a material world, and we are a material podcast. This episode’s material – Judas and the Black Messiah and Godzilla vs. Kong. If they can’t raise our interest then we’ll have to let them be. Download… Continue Reading →

With the recent release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, we thought it was high time to see what the deal was with that, and indeed have a bit of a post-mortem on the Synderverse and what strategy, if you can… Continue Reading →