After a rough evening of frivolity and libations, DL & Tommy rally to discuss The Jinx Season 2, musings on the original Gladiator film and that DL no longer has a coffee machine. Or a couch. I mean... how can one live in such poverty?! *********************** Support Podcast Assemble with Amazon If you buy stuff from Amazon, you can support Podcast Assemble! Use our Affiliate Link whenever you are going to make a purchase, and a portion of your payment will head to the PA coffers. We know y...
Aug 17, 2024•48 min•Ep. 159
Season 2 of House of the Dragon has wrapped, and Tommy & DL share their opinions on how it ended. They also head to "Conspiracy Corner" and mention two TV series' that are worthy of discussion so that YOU don't have to watch them! And the Main Topic this week is a classic bit of literat.... uh, film. I meant film. *********************** Support Podcast Assemble with Amazon If you buy stuff from Amazon, you can support Podcast Assemble! Use our Affiliate Link whenever you are going to make a...
Aug 10, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 158
Want to support the pod ? Why not use our link to buy your next Amazon purchase? Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment co-hosts Tommy and DL from across the pond! Intro - 0:22 What's been happening? - 3.27 What have you been up to? - 9:21 MAIN TOPIC: The Will of the Many (2023) - 20:13 Stupid Plot Summary - 21:48 Goofy Character Names - 22:44 Compared to Red Rising - 24:22 Characterisation - 29:35 Pacing - 31:50 World-Building - 35:42 Plot - 4...
Aug 03, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 157
Want to support the pod ? Why not use our link to buy your next Amazon purchase? Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment co-hosts Tommy and DL from across the pond! Intro - 0:22 What's been happening? - 2:33 What have you been up to? - 13:40 MAIN TOPIC: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - 28:30 ** NON-SPOILERS ** - 28:30 Stupid Plot Summary - 30:42 Cast & Crew - 31:06 Goofy IMDB Picture - 31:58 Plot (Is the MCU back? - 33:25 Music - 45:19 Paci...
Jul 27, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 156
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment co-hosts Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:11 What's been happening? - 2:05 WHYBUT? - 7:04 MAIN TOPIC: Twisters (2024) *NO SPOILERS* - 23:07 Stupid Plot Summary - 23:54 Cast & Crew 24:36.785 Performances - 31:59 Comparing to "Twister" - 37:04 Tones & Themes - 40:53 3 Best & 3 Worst - 41:40 Critical Reception - 44:53 Better or Worse than Aquaman (2018)? - 45:44 * START SPO...
Jul 20, 2024•59 min•Ep. 155
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment co-hosts Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:26 How have you been? - 3:00 WHYBUT? - 12:53 MAIN TOPIC: The Bikeriders (2024) *NO SPOILERS* - 26:34 Cast & Crew - 28:05 Plot - 28:59 Stupid Plot Summaries - 30:21 Cinematography - 34:01 Characters - 37:46 Action - 49:40 Tones & Themes - 51:28 3 Best & 3 Worst - 52:05 Critical Reception - 54:19 Better or Worse than Aquaman (2018)...
Jul 13, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 154
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment co-hosts Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:00 What’s been happening? - 1:57 WHYBUT - 5:46 Main Topic Non—Spoilers - 23:49 Stupid Polt Summary - 25:01 Tones & Themes - 42:06 3 Best & 3 Worst - 43:00 Critical Reception - 46:19 Better or worse than Aquaman (2018) - 47:15 Main Topic SPOILERS - 48:13 Trivia true of false - 57:23 Wrap-up - 59:55 Main Topic: For our week's main topi...
Jul 06, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 153
Hello hello and welcome back to 'where is DL going next?'... we mean... Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment with co-hosts Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro How are you doin'? - 0:47 Presidential Debate nonsense - 2:00 What have you been up to? - 5:38 House of the Dragon Ep1/2 *Minor Spoilers - 5:45 - 9:40 MAIN TOPIC - Twister (1996) ** FULL SPOILERS - 19:26 Stupid Plot Summary - 21:09 Twin film phenomenon - 22:33 Cast & Crew - 23:37 Goofiest IMDB Pic...
Jun 29, 2024•55 min•Ep. 152
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment with the Bad Boys Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:00 What’s been happening? - 2:03 WHYBUT - 5:11 *House of Dragon S1 Spoilers: 6:01 *SCOOP! House of Dragon - 8:20 Main Topic Non—Spoilers - 20:00 Stupid Polt Summary - 20:55 Tones & Themes - 41:57 3 Best & 3 Worst - 42:32 Critical Reception: 45:58 Better or worse than Aquaman (2018) - 47:49 Main Topic SPOILERS - 49:00 Trivia ...
Jun 22, 2024•59 min•Ep. 151
'The War of the Rohirrim'.. 'The Hunt for Gollum'... MORE 'The Rings of Power'! When will it end? We love the Lord of the Rings books and original movies, but the list of extended media seems to be never ending, and it's making us a little concerned. Join us as we discuss the franchise that the LOTR is becoming and whether it is entirely necessary? If you like what you're hearing, why not check out our podcast Podcast Assemble?! https://open.spotify.com/show/3yIALVi... Full video: https://www.yo...
Jun 15, 2024•9 min
Hello hello and thank you for being with us on this journey to another milestone episode of Podcast Assemble! Still your regular dose of geeky entertainment with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:27 Episode 150 Blooper Reel - 0:54 What's been happening? - 7:00 What have you been up to? - 12:46 !! START SPOILERS: 3 BODY PROBLEM !! - 23:06 !! END SPOILERS: 3 BODY PROBLEM !! - 28:00 MAIN TOPIC: "LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)" - 28:47 Stupid Plot Summary - 30:11 ...
Jun 08, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 150
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:24 What have you been up to? - 8:36 MAIN TOPIC: Furiosa (2024) - 26:15 Stupid Plot Summary - 26:35 Cast & Crew - 27:45 Plot - 28:45 Practical Effects - 34:10 Worldbuilding - 38:36 Pacing - 46:26 Action - 47:07 Tones & Themes - 53:34 3 Worst & 3 Best - 55:20 Critical Reception - 58:56 Better or Worse than Aquaman (2018)? - 59:...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 149
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment with co-host Tommy and our returning gresident of the show Regs of The Film Addicts Podcast ! Time Codes: Intro - 0:16 Catching-up - 0:51 What have you been up to? - 12:31 MAIN TOPIC: Kingdom of Planet of the Apes (2024) - 23:29 !! NON SPOILERS !! - 24:40 Stupid Plot Summary - 24:43 Cast & Crew - 25:56 Goofy IMDB Picture - 28:22 Plot - 31:37 Cinematography & Worldbuilding - 42:53 Action - 50:19 Ton...
May 25, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 148
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment with co-hosts Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro 0:16.347 How are you doin'? 5:00.211 What have you been up to? 9:46.212 MAIN TOPIC: The Crow (1994) !! FULL SPOILERS !! 27:36.612 Stupid Plot Summary 29:16.610 Cast & Crew (yep, that's it...) 30:02.548 Plot (& stuff...) 30:19.196 Tones & Themes 50:51.151 3 Best & 3 Worst 51:40.548 Critical Reception 57:08.068 Better or Worse...
May 11, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 147
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment with co-hosts Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro 0:16 What have you been up to? 7:39 MAIN TOPIC: Alien 3 (1992) !! FULL SPOILERS !! 18:30 Stupid Plot Summary 19:23 Cast & Crew 20:16 Plot 21:41 Dialogue 33:38 Ripley's End 39:58 Tones & Themes 41:48 3 Best & 3 Worst 42:30 Critical Reception 43:59 Better or Worse than Aquaman (2018)? 44:57 Trivia True or False 45:34 Outro 49:47 M...
May 04, 2024•51 min•Ep. 146
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment with co-hosts Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:16 Deadpool x Wolverine Trailer - 4:22 Severance S02 Theory - 6:59 What have you been up to? - 12:26 !! START SHOGUN SPOILERS !! - 16:33 !! END SHOGUN SPOILERS !! - 23:45 MAIN TOPIC: The Fall Guy (2024) - 31:13 Stupid Plot Summary - 32:12 Plot - 34:28 Cinematography - 40:30 Tones & Themes - 49:37 3 Best & 3 Worst - 50:37 Critica...
Apr 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 145
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment news with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:16 What have you been up to? - 10:29 !! START SPOILERS FOR RED RISING BK 2 !! - 20:50 !! END SPOILERS FOR RED RISING BK 2 !! - 35:19 MAIN TOPIC: Civil War (2024) *NO SPOILERS* - 35:52 Stupid Plot Summary - 36:31 Cast & Crew - 37:20 Plot - 38:16 Action - 54:02 Tones & Themes - 57:33 3 Best & 3 Worst - 59:49 Critical Recep...
Apr 20, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 144
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment news with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:16 What have you been up to? - 5:40 !! START SISU (2023) SPOILERS !! - 16:49 !! END SISU SPOILERS !! - 17:15 MAIN TOPIC: Monkey Man (2024) *NO SPOILERS* - 18:28 Stupid Plot Summary - 19:40 Cast & Crew - 20:21 Plot - 22:11 Cinematography & World-Building - 30:56 Action - 38:02 Tones & Themes - 40:32 3 Best & 3 Worst -...
Apr 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 143
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment news with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:16 What's been happening? - 1:03 WHYBUT - 4:14 START Red Rising SPOILERS - 13:17 END RR SPOILERS - 15:11 MAIN TOPIC: Godzilla x Kong (2024) - 19:20 Stupid Plot Summary - 19:45 Cast & Crew - 20:53 Plot - 21:19 CGI - 29:12 Action - 35:47 Tones & Themes - 41:14 3 Best & 3 Worst - 43:15 Critical Reception - 45:40 Better or W...
Apr 06, 2024•57 min•Ep. 142
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment news with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:16 What's been happening? - 2:38 What have you been up to? - 8:18 MAIN TOPIC: Beau Is Afraid (2023) !!FULL SPOILERS!! - 26:00 Stupid Plot Summary - 26:39 Cast & Crew - 27:23 Goofy IMDB Picture - 28:05 Tommy tells us what he "really" thinks - 30:45 Performances - 42:34 Action - 47:28 Tones & Themes - 50:09 3 Best & 3 Wors...
Mar 30, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 141
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment news with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:15 What have you been doing? - 2:12 Geeky Update - 5:42 !! START SEVERANCE SPOILERS - 8:44 !! END SEVERANCE SPOILERS - 12:02 MAIN TOPIC: Road House (2024) - 25:50 Stupid Plot Summary - 26:58 Cast and Crew - 27:52 Plot - 29:57 Action - 32:55 Performances - 36:53 Tones & Themes - 45:56 3 Best & 3 Worst - 46:01 Critical Recepti...
Mar 23, 2024•59 min•Ep. 140
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment news with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:16 What have you been up to? - 6:46 MAIN TOPIC: No Country For Old Men (2007) **FULL SPOILERS** - 19:57 Stupid Plot Summary - 22:17 Goofy IMDB Picture - 23:40 Plot - 26:02 Performances - 33:22 World-Building - 35:08 Tones & Themes - 50:55 3 Best & 3 Worst - 52:14 Critical Reception - 55:28 Better or Worse than Aquaman (2018)...
Mar 16, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 139
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment with co-hosts Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes (Sponsored by Matthew Bliss) : Intro - 0:16 What's been happening? - 1:26 What have you been up to? (Geeky Catch-up_ - 7:02 MAIN TOPIC: Dune: Part 2 (2024) - 17:51 Stupid Plot Summary - 18:43 Cast & Crew - 19:28 Goofy IMDB Pic - 21:26 Plot - 24:12 Book VS Movie? - 28:23 Austin Parker's Performance - 36:48 Characterization - 40:15 Pacing - 42:1...
Mar 09, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 138
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment with co-host Tommy and DL, back fresh after his time away and ready to get cynical about this week's main topic! Time Codes (Sponsored by Matthew Bliss) : Intro0:16.107 How's things?1:10.446 What have you been up to?10:12.927 MAIN TOPIC: True Detective: Night Country (2024) *** FULL SPOILERS ***19:56.064 Stupid Plot Summary20:53.175 Cast & Crew21:40.041 Plot22:52.444 Central Themes28:34.253 Dl Has Ques...
Mar 02, 2024•59 min•Ep. 137
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment with co-host Tommy and our returning gresident of the show Regs of The Film Addicts Podcast ! Time Codes (Sponsored by Matthew Bliss) : Intro - 0:16 What have you been up to? - 6:33 MAIN TOPIC: Madame Web (2024) - 25:11 Stupid Plot Summary - 29:02 Cast and Crew - 30:56 Plot - 36:57 Performances - 40:22 World-building & Cinematography - 43:05 Tones and Themes - 53:59 3 Best & 3 Worst - 54:25 Critica...
Feb 24, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 136
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment news with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:16 What's been happening? - 3:35 What have you been up to? - 8:56 Main Topic: War of the Planet of the Apes (2017) **FULL SPOILERS** - 33:42 Stupid Plot Summary - 34:12 Cast and Crew - 34:46 Goofy IMDB Pic - 35:46 Plot - 39:37 Action - 56:00 CGI - 57:33 Tones & Themes - 59:23 3 Best & 3 Worst - 1:02:00 Critical Reception - 1...
Feb 17, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 135
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment news with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:16 What have you been up to? - 3:02 What have you been watching? - 9:38 MAIN TOPIC: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) **FULL SPOILERS - 21:21 Stupid Plot Summary - 23:25 Cast & Crew - 24:26 Plot - 26:32 CGI - 33:39 Setting and Environments - 36:39 Favourite Ape? - 43:49 Tones and Themes - 49:40 3 Best and 3 Worst - 50:24 Cri...
Feb 10, 2024•59 min•Ep. 134
Hello hello and welcome back to Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment news with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Intro - 0:16 Australia Day - 2:28 What have you been up to? - 7:55 MAIN TOPIC: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) ***FULL SPOILERS - 22:05 Tommy's Theory - 22:41 Stupid Plot Summary - 24:13 Cast & Crew - 25:09 Plot - 27:50 CGI - 32:26 World-building & Cinematography - 35:45 Action - 45:17 Tones and Themes - 51:43 3 Best & 3 Wor...
Feb 03, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 133
Hello hello and welcome to Podcast Assemble - your regular dose of geeky entertainment, with co-hosts Tommy & DL, from across the pond! Time codes: Intro - 0:16 What have you been up to? - 3:34 What have you been watching? - 6:37 MAIN TOPIC: Most anticipated movies of 2024 - 21:05 Revising 2023 Predictions - 21:26 2024 Prediction 1 - 23:43 2024 Prediction 2 - 28:46 2024 Prediction 3 - 35:45 2024 Prediction 4 - 41:48 2024 Prediction 5 - 50:10 Top TV Shows 2024 - 55:40 Outro - 58:59 This week ...
Jan 27, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 132
Hello hello and welcome back to a new year with Podcast Assemble! Your regular dose of geeky entertainment with co-host Tommy and DL from across the pond! Time Codes: Welcome Back! - 0:16 How was Christmas? - 0:59 Aquaman & Cinema Stories - 2:56 What have you been up to? - 7:20 MAIN TOPIC: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) - 25:24 Stupid Plot Summary - 26:07 What did you think of the film? - 27:23 Goofy IMDB Picture - 29:37 Plot - 31:43 Filming Issues - 38:26 Action - 41:37 Villain - 42:19...
Jan 20, 2024•57 min•Ep. 131
