2003 - Kill Bill & School of Rock
It's time to take on 2003! On a rare occasion where Sam and Lewis are in the same room, we look at Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill (both volumes) and cult classic School of Rock!
Jul 29, 2025•1 hr 17 min
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2002: 28 Days Later, Chicago and Scooby-Doo (+ Mickey 17)
We blitz through the happenings in March and April, looking at the Oscars, Novocaine, The Last Showgirl and Mickey 17 before turning our heads to 2002! 2002 is the next year up in our series looking at each year of the 21st Century in film, and this time we look at zombie classic 28 Days Later, Oscar-winning musical Chicago and cult classic Scooby-Doo! (and there's another quiz in there).
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 39 min
2001: Mulholland Drive, Donnie Darko and Moulin Rouge!
Sam and Lewis are back to discuss three films from the year 2001 in the second episode of our new series looking at each year of the 21st century so far! We both look at Mulholland Drive, and discuss the passing of the great David Lynch, Sam reviews cult classic Donnie Darko and Lewis covers Baz Luhrmann's iconic eccentric musical Moulin Rouge! We also do a couple of quizzes and talk about a few films we've watched (such as Conclave).
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 54 min
2000: Cast Away, Memento and Battlefield Earth
Welcome back everyone, to the new and improved Now Showing podcast! After a lengthy absence, your hosts Sam and Lewis are back to discuss what we've been watching in the meantime, take a quick look at a few of the major films of 2024 (including The Substance, Joker 2 and Wicked) before jumping back in time to 2000! We look at Cast Away, Memento and Battlefield Earth in the first instalment of a new series in which we look at each year of the 21st Century! Bazinga.
Jan 26, 2025•2 hr 4 min
Madame Web and Argylle
We're back! After an 8 month absence we are finally coming back with a triumphant return to talk about... the critically panned latest entry in the SPUMC, Madame Web , and Matthew Vaughn's spy comedy-thriller Argylle . Sam also gets into the new Bob Marley biopic One Love , David Fincher's The Killer , and Lewis talks about Oscar darlings Poor Things , Killers of the Flower Moon , and The Zone of Interest .
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Barbenheimer (Barbie & Oppenheimer)
Join Sam and Lewis as tackle the cultural phenomenon that is Barbenheimer. First up is Greta Gerwig's Barbie, a meta-comedy starring Margot Robbie, Hugh Grant and Ryan "The Gozzer" Gosling; after that, we look at Christopher Nolan's biopic Oppenheimer which boasts Cillian Murphy as the titular nuclear physicist. We also review Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 and discuss the SAG-WGA strikes.
Jul 24, 2023•2 hr 3 min
Spider-Verse, The Flash, Indiana Jones, Asteroid City and more!
In this bumper recap episode, Sam and Lewis take a look at a whole host of TV shows and films that have been released over the past two months! Including Beau is Afraid, Across the Spider-Verse, The Flash, No Hard Feelings, Asteroid City, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Little Mermaid, Elemental, Cunk on Earth, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson and Rick and Morty.
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 58 min
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Evil Dead Rise
In a shorter episode than usual, we join our heroes as they discuss the latest Marvel blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Will Lewis still maintain his usual level of MCU-apathy or will Gunn's style manage to win him over? In addition to this, the gang take quick looks at horror 'requel' Evil Dead Rise, and charming quintessentially-British Jim Broadbent heart warmer (that apparently isn't just The Duke again) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
May 13, 2023•1 hr 5 min
The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Renfield
We are back! Our main events this week are the blockbuster box-office smash hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie and the divisive Dracula film Renfield. We also take a brief look at some of the big films we have missed because of Oscar season: John Wick Chapter 4, Women Talking, Shazam 2: Fury of the Gods, and Creed III. Lewis also gets into his horror era and talks about watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Last House on the Left, and Halloween, and mor...
Apr 30, 2023•1 hr 34 min
Oscars 2023 Nominations (Oscars Part 2)
In the second episode in an Oscars trilogy we take a look at the 95th Academy Awards ahead of the ceremony this Sunday. We discuss the films nominated, some of the biggest snubs, and most shocking nominations, and make a few predictions.
Mar 11, 2023•2 hr 1 min
The Banshees of Inisherin, TÁR, All Quiet on the Western Front (Oscars Part 1)
In the first of 3 episodes talking about the 2023 Oscars and the films nominated at the ceremony, we take a dive into Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin starring 4 Oscar-nominated performances from Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan, Todd Field's Best Picture nominee TÁR with Cate Blanchett, and Edward Berger's war epic All Quiet on the Western Front which is nominated for 9 Oscars, and won the BAFTA for Best Film. We also have a chat about the Scream franch...
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 54 min
Babylon, Empire of Light, and The Fabelmans
This week we sit down to discuss three Oscar-nominated films about film from three Oscar-winning directors; Damien Chazelle's epic: Babylon starring Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, Sam Mendes' Empire of Light with Olivia Colman and Michael Ward, and Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical family drama The Fabelmans starring Michelle Williams. We also get into all the latest DC news after James Gunn's revamp of the studio.
Feb 11, 2023•1 hr 58 min
Avatar: The Way of Water, Glass Onion, and Aftersun
AFTERSUN review begins: 51:35 AVATAR reviews begins: 1:13:00 GLASS ONION review begins: 1:35:32 (spoilers between 1:47:45 - 1:54:15 ) In our first episode of 2023, and after a long break, we're back to discuss the biggest film of 2022, James Cameron's sci-fi epic sequel to his 2009 record-breaker Avatar ; Avatar: The Way of Water . We also slice open Rian Johnson's follow-up to his 2019 smash hit Knives Out; Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery featuring Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc. We also dive in...
Jan 08, 2023•2 hr
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
We're back to discuss the newest instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Lewis also reviews The Banshees of Inisherin (I'm not spell-checking that) and The Menu!
Nov 27, 2022•1 hr 26 min
The Woman King, Smile, and Black Adam
This week we sit down to discuss all the news we missed in October, and all the films we watched in October. But the main events are Gina Prince-Bythewood's historical epic The Woman King starring Viola Davis, Sam tackles the latest horror box-office hit Smile, and Lewis talks about Dwanye 'The Rock' Johnson's long-awaited DC blockbuster Black Adam. We recorded this episode last week so some of the info may be a little dated.
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 33 min
Halloween Ends - Late Halloween Special
Jordan-Luke McDonald returns to the pod to discuss the final instalment of David Gordon Green's Halloween reboot trilogy in our late Halloween special. Sam discusses a horror marathon that included the likes of The Thing, The Shining and The Exorcist and the subject of Marvel fatigue is yet again debated.
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Avatar, Blonde, and Don't Worry Darling
After a month hiatus, we are back to discuss everything we missed in September. Any news including Disney's annual D23 convention, our picks for the next James Bond. We get into Crimes of the Future, Jaws, E.T., Man God, 3000 Years of Longing, and a whole host of other classics, but the main events of this episode are the 4K remaster re-release of James Cameron's AVATAR in IMAX 3D, Andrew Dominik's divisive Marilyn Monroe film Blonde, and Olivia Wilde's latest thriller Don't Worry Darling starri...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 45 min
NOPE and Bullet Train
After a long break, we have a lot to discuss so join us to enjoy all the news out of San Diego Comic-Con, and get into the Warner Bros Discovery debacle with Batgirl. After that, it's finally time for Sam and Lewis to take a look at Jordan Peele's hotly-anticipated third film, the sci-fi horror NOPE with Daniel Kalyuua and Keke Palmer, and David Leitch's action comedy Bullet Train.
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 18 min
Episode 100 - Desert Island DVDs 2
HAPPY 100TH EPISODE EVERYONE! Thank you to all who've supported us over the last 2 and a bit years! We celebrate our centenary of episodes with a special ep where we each select 5 films and 3 TV shows to bring with us to a desert island with us (which is a completely original idea and not at all inspired by any long-running radio shows). Sam and J-L did this in August of 2020, and since we have swapped hosts and Sam has changed his opinions a lot, so we thought we'd revisit the format. Here's to...
Aug 01, 2022•58 min
Elvis
We're back! At long last! We tackle the mammoth that is Baz Luhrmann's Elvis which features Austin Butler as 'The King' and Sam takes a look at The Black Phone, a new Blumhouse horror starring Ethan Hawke. Aside from this, we have mini-reviews of Jurassic World Dominion, Lightyear, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and Obi-Wan Kenobi. ELVIS REVIEW STARTS at 1:20:00
Jul 03, 2022•2 hr 2 min
MEN (w/ Ethan Simmie)
Ethan Simmie of the 24 Minutes of A24 podcast joins Sam to discuss Alex Garland's new folk horror MEN, as well as the A24 brand and catalogue in general! Find Ethan on twitter at @EthanSimmie and his podcast at @24minutesofA24 TIMESTAMPS: A24 discussion: 0:54-14:55 What We've Watched (including Climax, The Bob's Burgers Movie, The Northman, Kenobi and more): 14:55-28:32 Kenobi (Ep 3 + controversy): 28:33-34:50 MEN (spoiler free): 49:30-1:04:12 MEN (w/ spoilers): 1:04:12- the end. Apologies for s...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 36 min
Top Gun: Maverick and Obi-Wan Kenobi
Sam and Lewis discuss the new blockbuster smash Top Gun: Maverick, a legacy sequel to the 80s classic (though not considered as much by the members of this podcast) starring Tom Cruise as the iconic Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. There's a look at Obi-Wan Kenobi, a new Disney+ series that attempts to fill in the blanks between the prequel and original trilogies for the titular Jedi, and review Gaspar Noe's new film Vortex. Both hosts have extended discussions of Noe's career and filmography, namely t...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 38 min
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Lewis and a very ill Sam look at one of the most critically acclaimed films of recent times, Everything Everywhere All At Once, a new film from Daniels starring Michelle Yeoh! We also discuss some new Disney news (including She-Hulk), Doctor Who, Cannes, and rapping. Timestamps: What we've watched: 04:30-19:08 News: 19:08-33:30 EEAAO: 33:30-55:20
May 19, 2022•58 min
Doctor Strange 2 and Moon Knight
Journey with us into the multiverse of madness (and moon-ness?)! We look at two new additions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and Moon Knight starring Oscar Isaac. Sam goes into great detail about the New French Extremity, which currently has a season running at the BFI, we look at the BAFTA TV awards, the new Doctor Who and Lewis updates us about his Bond-athon. Timestamps 13:18-31:22 New French Extremity 31:22-37:45 The New D...
May 11, 2022•2 hr 14 min
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and Benedetta
In our first in-person recording, we tackle The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, the new Cage-in-a-Cage action-comedy, and Lewis looks at Paul Verhoeven's new drama Benedetta. We also discuss the large number of films we've seen recently including Eraserhead, Breathless, Spirited Away, The Conversation, 8 and 1/2 and more...
Apr 30, 2022•1 hr 7 min
The Northman
Follow us on our journey of revenge as we tackle Robert Eggers' new Viking epic The Northman starring Alexander Skarsgaard, Nicole Kidman and Anya Taylor-Joy. Lewis also gives a review of new Netflix LGBT+ coming-of-age series Heartstopper, based on a successful graphic novel, and Sam gives his brief thoughts on the newest episode of Moon Knight!
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 17 min
The Godfather Trilogy
Sam rambles his way through his first-time thoughts on Francis Ford Coppola's legendary Godfather trilogy (which turns 50 this year), whilst Lewis recalls his own opinions and compares the mob classics to Scorsese's Goodfellas. We look at the new directors cut of the third installment, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Also... Is It Cake?
Apr 18, 2022•2 hr 20 min
March-April Roundup!
We're back! And at last, awards are out of the conversation! Prepare for quickfire 5 minute reviews of everything we haven't had time to review over the last month. We tackle Turning Red, X, The Worst Person in the World, The Phantom of the Open, Apollo 10 1/2, The Nan Movie, Ali & Ava and (now last week's episode of) Moon Knight!
Apr 13, 2022•59 min
Alternative Oscars 2022: Winners
We announce the winners of the 2022 Now Showing Alternative Oscars! Thank you to everyone that voted, and congratulations to the winners!
Apr 06, 2022•17 min
Morbius, Sonic 2 and Moon Knight
Lewis and Sam discuss two new cinema releases, Sony's newest instalment into their universe of Spider-Man side characters, and the new sequel to the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog adaptation, as well as the first episode of new Disney+ MCU series Moon Knight starring Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke.
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 27 min
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