The 94th Academy Awards finally happened! After months of discussing possible nominees, possible wins and upsets, the ceremony has happened and given us our fair share to talk about; from the slap and the awful jokes that defined this year's Ceremony to the Oscars themselves, we take a deep dive into one of the most memorable Oscars in recent years (for all the wrong reasons).
Our final predictions! We look through all the big categories at this years Oscars and give our predictions and personal picks. Sam also talks for 20 minutes about old movies. Apologies for Sam's mic.
JL joins us to run through all of our personal choices for the 2022 Alternative Oscars! Apologies for Sam's audio in the first 12 minutes.
Jordan-Luke McDonald joins us to announce the nominations for the 2022 Now Showing Alternative Oscars, voted for by you! We announce all 23 categories, and have a brief discussion about the nominees.*
We're joined by the wonderful podcaster, critic and comic expert Neil Vagg to look once again at The Batman; here we discuss all our spoiler-ey thoughts, but don't fret if you haven't seen it yet! In the first hour we discuss our favourite Batman movies, what we've watched and do another brief spoiler-free review! Find Neil at @neilvagg on Twitter, and his website is getyourcomicon.co.uk
We have seen The Batman! We give our immediate and spoiler-free thoughts on Matt Reeves' new take on the caped crusader. No other films, no guff, just our reviews (and Loose Women).
Sam and Lewis look at Tom Holland-led action flick Uncharted, based on the popular game series, and Kenneth Branagh's second adaptation of Agatha Christie's Poirot, Death on the Nile. Also talk of Superbowl trailers, Amy Schumer and The Beatles.
Sam and Lewis discuss the surprises, the disappointments, the locks and the snubs from the 2022 Oscar nominations! Sam also gives mini-reviews of CODA, Passing, Being the Ricardos and The Lost Daughter.
After dealing with the fury of a lost episode, Sam and Lewis take on disaster movie Moonfall, new heartfelt Jackass installment "Jackass Forever" and the Oscar-nominated biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye starring Jessica Chastain.
A very tired Sam and a slightly drunk Lewis look at Ryusuke Hamaguchi's new drama Drive My Car, which is currently the frontrunner for Best International Feature Film at the upcoming Oscars! Sam also goes into great detail about his unusual cinema experience.
Sam and Lewis delve into Kenneth Branaugh's new semi-autobiographical drama Belfast, about a young boy growing up in the Troubles, and Nightmare Alley, Guillermo del Toro's new noir crime thriller starring Bradley Cooper about a carny with a useful skill. Also talk of Pinocchio and Snow White!
In a painfully Sam-heavy episode, we (Sam) look at the newest installment in the Scream franchise, as well as the series overall, and we both look at The Tragedy of Macbeth, Joel Coen's adaptation of the legendary Shakespeare play, and discuss how accessible it is for the average Joe! We (Sam) also look at Parallel Mothers, The Matrix Resurrections, Shiva Baby, the SAG Awards, Moon Knight and more!
We discuss two massive films that Lewis loves dearly, Paul Thomas Anderson's newest creation Licorice Pizza starring Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman and Julia Ducournau's erotic body-horror madness Titane starring Agathe Rousselle. We also look in some length at the latest Golden Globes, including a rather irritating snub. Titane spoilers from 1:35:40-1:55:40
We look at Adam McKay's new enviro-comedy Don't Look Up starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence but not before reviewing Hawkeye, discussing Spider-Man: No Way Home's Oscar chances, discussing the disconnect between viewers and awards movies and fairly in-depth reviews of The Exorcist, Spider-Man 3 and Daredevil!
In this grand end-of-year special Sam and Lewis look back and give awards for the best films they've reviewed in 2021, both classics and new releases! From The Big Lebowski and Romeo + Juliet to Spider-Man and Nomadland, the best actors, directors, films and more all get credit! In part 2 we look at the biggest awards, including lead acting awards and the best and worst films we looked at in 2021!
In this grand end-of-year special Sam and Lewis look back and give awards for the best films they've reviewed in 2021, both classics and new releases! From The Big Lebowski and Romeo + Juliet to Spider-Man and Nomadland, the best actors, directors, films and more all get credit! Part one covers TV awards, technical awards, Supporting Actor and some unfunny comedy categories Sam made up.
This is it! The big one! Sam and Lewis take a deep dive into Spider-Man: No Way Home, the biggest superhero blockbuster of the year. Spoiler-free review starts at 00:20:30 Spoiler section begins at 00:50:40
Hola! We look at West Side Story, the new Spielberg adaptation of the classic musical, and compare it to the acclaimed 1961 version. We also discuss Resident Evil, Disney's aversion to adult content and much more. Thanks for 2000 listens!
We discuss big new release House of Gucci, the newest Ridley Scott film starring Jared Leto and his ridiculous Italian accent; we also look at Netflix drama The Power of the Dog directed by Jane "The Champion" Campion; Scooby Doo this Crap!
Todays two films are connected by the praise their leading actor has received recently! Firstly King Richard, a heartfelt biopic that centres in on the life of Richard Williams, tennis coach and father of the Williams sisters, which has led some to say that the Best Actor Oscar is already in the hands of Will Smith; secondly we look at tick...tick...BOOM!, the theatrical adaption of Jonathan Larson's semi-autobiographical musical monologue which features a performance from Andrew Garfield that h...
We discuss Pablo Larrain's new Princess Diana biopic Spencer starring Kristen Stewart and Netflix's big budget action flick Red Notice starring The Rock, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds; spoilers: we get very passionate. Sorry Gal.
Former host J-L returns to discuss new MCU instalment Eternals, which boasts an impressive cast and is directed by the love of Lewis' life Chloe Zhao but has faced much criticism, and all the big news from the first Disney+ Day, a yearly event similar to DC's Fandome, where Disney announced a whole host of new shows and movies!
Sam and Lewis look at three films from one of the UK's best living directors, Mr Edgar Wright! Sam reviews moving-comic-book/action/comedy/romance Scott Pilgrim vs The World (which he somehow has never seen), Lewis looks back at Baby Driver and tries to overlook the now questionable cast before moving on to new release Last Night in Soho, a stylised time-jumping horror starring Thomasin Mckenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy!
In this belated Halloween special, we look at three films in the Halloween franchise, which includes a current cinema release! Brandon joins the pod to discuss the 1978 John Carpenter original Halloween, the 2018 David Gordon Green soft-reboot/sequel of the same name and the recent 2021 installment Halloween Kills! Halloween Kills spoilers: 1:36:00-1:52:30
In one of our spiciest ever episodes, Sam and Lewis clash when discussing controversial musical Dear Evan Hansen and Wes Anderson's newest creation The French Dispatch, which features an impressive ensemble.
In this episode, Sam and Lewis take on the behemoth that is Denis Villeneuve's Dune. We also discuss some news from DC's recent 'FanDome'.
With Sam unavailable, former co-host Jordan Luke McDonald steps it to discuss the newest installment in the (well named) Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters, Andy Serkis' Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Ridley Scott's new medieval epic The Last Duel, which stars an impressive cast including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jodie Comer and Adam Driver! Venom Spoilers: 32:00-41:40
In this much-delayed episode, we look at David Lowery's adaptation of the Arthurian legend, The Green Knight which has been given a dual Prime and limited theatrical release in the UK; we also look at The Guilty, which is a new Netflix thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal looking at a 911 operator dealing with a kidnapping. The Many Saints of Newark is also discussed.
The names Houston, Sam Houston. We look at Daniel Craig's Bond swansong No Time To Die, whilst also musing over where the franchise will go next and looking back at what made Daniel Craig so good as 007 when we talk about his first 4 films! Spoilers section from 0:40:13 - 1:17:03
We return after a short hiatus to look at three classic Bonds and three of their classic films! We look at Sean Connery in the iconic Goldfinger, Roger Moore clash with Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me and Pierce Brosnan take on the angry guy from Trainspotting in The World Is Not Enough! We finish the episode by ranking the films in terms of gadgets, villians, Bond girls, theme songs and the Bonds themselves.
