This week we fill a long-time listener request (maybe?) and watch Zathura , the spiritual successor to Alex's favourite film of all time Jumanji - even if the director really doesn't want you to think that. . Join us as we discuss some fine mahogany, ave a Jumanji -themed quiz, and Chris even gives us a quick review of Jurassic World: Rebirth . Also, Poppins rears its ugly head once more...but is it actually Questionable Content we're seeing here instead? Next week it's Mars Need Moms . Yup. See...
Jul 17, 2025•58 min•Ep. 349
This week we head way back in time to watch Forbidden Planet , one of the earliest examples of the sci-fi genre we've been stomping around for almost 350 episodes now. Join us as we discuss '50s man in outer space, the afterlife of Robby the Robot, and generally marvel at all the things this film originated. Next week, Alex is going to board game heaven - we're watching Zathura: A Space Adventure aka Space Jumanji See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on...
Jul 10, 2025•54 min•Ep. 348
This week we discuss another end of the world, with Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later . Join us as we discuss the pros (none) and cons (lots) of filming in 480p, dodgy cockney accents, how long it takes to drive from London to Manchester if the traffic's good, and much more! Next week it's Forbidden Planet ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Download the soundtrack! Buy our Merch! And we're on Instagram and Facebook too! Hoste...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 347
This week it's time for another spoilercast as Predator-stans Alex and Sam take a look at Dan Trachtenberg's new animated Predator anthology. Join us for a spoiler-filled breakdown (you have been warned!) of each part of the film - join us for vikings, samurais and lots of shouting Yaujta at one another. Also, Alex talks about 28 Years Later a bit ahead of our review of 28 Days Later next week! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the ol...
Jun 26, 2025•55 min•Ep. 346
Join us on the Road to the Fan Dance! This week we dodge watching Star Trek: Into Darkness by watching one of the 2 remaining OG films we haven't given the full episode treatment. Join us as we luxuriate in slow-moving ships, appreciate Scotty in all his glory, and marvel over the wonderful off-duty clothing of the Enterprise crew. also here is Leonard Nimoy looking the coolest guy ever while directing this film. Next week, it's probably a Predator: Killer of Killers spoilercast, or maybe 28 Day...
Jun 19, 2025•55 min•Ep. 345
This week Will Smith Season finally concludes in calamitous circumstances with a film in which he doesn't actually act which we've reviewed before anyway. Oh well (FYIF), we spend 30 seconds discussing I, Robot , realise we' messed up, but continue to complain about this film for an hour all over again. Unlikely rebuilds, unlikely invasions, unlikeable actors and a leading man who didn't bother watching the first film, it's all here! Next week, we retreat to safer territory - it's Star Trek 3: T...
Jun 12, 2025•59 min•Ep. 344
Hellooo, the SFRS era of random shows appearing at random times continues as we emerge from hibernation to launch into Will Smith season. This week, it's Gemini Man ! Join us to hear about Sam's confusing experience watching at 120FPS, Clive Owen's BMW adverts, The Rehearsal , Will Smith's pouch, and we find out if you can clone a dude. Next week (and it really will be next week) we watch I, Robot ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See t...
May 24, 2025•55 min•Ep. 343
This week Chris is away promoting his film, so Alex and Sam convene for an Easter chat about upcoming films and a whole lot else. Join us for discussion of Fantastic Four, Eternals, A Minecraft Movie, Avengers Doomsday, Superman, M3gan 2.0, Avatar 3, Predator: Killer of Killers, Jurassic World: Rebirth, 28 Years Later, Tron:Ares and loads more! Also, two old dudes struggle to remember one of the most famous men in the world, Sam pitches DINO PLANET, and we hear about how Alex almost accidentally...
Apr 17, 2025•51 min•Ep. 342
This week we continue to say RIP to the great Gene Hackman by watching Marooned. Join us as we discuss this film's eerie prescience, the strange refusal to inject any sort of drama, and...Poppins!? Next week, Will Smith season begins (not sure why) with I, Robot ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Download the soundtrack! Buy our Merch! And we're on Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Apr 11, 2025•54 min•Ep. 341
This week we say RIP to Gene Hackman who was in a lot of good films and some terrible stuff, too. Which category does Superman II fall into? Join us as we discuss Superman's inability to remain secret, Lois Lane's smoking problem, all the Richard Donner drama, and much more! Next week we stick with the Hackman and watch Marooned ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Download the soundtrack! Buy our Merch! And we're on Inst...
Apr 05, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 340
This week, we conclude the rerank season with Chris' pick, Starship Troopers ! Bugs, blood, and other things I've forgotten about because we recorded this ages ago. But it's good and no doubt very in-depth. Also, don't forget Time Travel is Dangerous hits cinemas this Friday, March 28th! Listen out for details about special q&a screenings up and down the country at the start of this episode! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the o...
Mar 26, 2025•56 min•Ep. 339
This week we (re)watch Predator 2 ! Join us as we get nice and LA sweaty and discuss Alex's early obsession with this film, Danny Glover's trousers, the Films With Jeopardy! In Rating System, and much more! Also, don't forget Time Travel is Dangerous is in cinemas March 28th! Go and watch it! Next week it's Starship Troopers! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Download the soundtrack! Buy our Merch! And we're on Instagram...
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 338
This week we finally actually watch The Thing as part of rewatch season. Join us as we learn about why Big Dog doesn't want you to remake The Thing in Antarctica (or Alaska?), we gush over the gushing special effects,and we definitively sort out the end of this film. Also, don't forget Time Travel is Dangerous is in cinemas March 28th! Go and watch it! Next week we watch Predator 2 ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Dow...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 337
We return to finally talk about Time Travel is Dangerous , a new sci-fi comedy directed by our very own Chris Reading! A podcast in the making as long as there's been a podcast, join us as Chris talks us through the inspiration behind the film, how it all came together, and what's next. Also, go and see it, it's great! Critics who aren't Sam and Alex have said it's a 'hilarious British time-travel comedy', 'An endearing, surreal and funny portrait of friendship lasting across time.', and lots of...
Mar 06, 2025•46 min•Ep. 336
This week we conclude our 2020 season with Chris' choice, Russia's Sputnik ! Join us for monster chat, iron curtain chat, and technically difficult chat because Chris' audio was SO far out of sync with the rest of us it sounds a bit like we're talking throuh an interpreter at times. Next week we begin another season of reranks, giving some classic films the proper one episode SFRS 2.0 treatment, with The Thing ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Y...
Feb 02, 2025•42 min•Ep. 335
This week, we report back from our fancy screening of Paramount+'s Star Trek: Section 31 . Join us for a spoiler-free discussion* about the newest trip to the Trek universe. Next week, we return to 2020 with Sputnik ! *I think we threaten to spoil something towards the end but don't actually spoil anything anyway. See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Download the soundtrack! Buy our Merch! And we're on Instagram and Faceboo...
Jan 24, 2025•28 min•Ep. 334
2020 season continues with Sam's pick, the saviour of cinema, Christopher Nolan's Tenet . We spoilercasted it way back when and were confused and couldn't hear anything...has anything changed since? Join us as we try to unravel reverse entropy (again), discuss the pros and cons of an endless montage, and disagree about the merits of Kenneth Branagh. Next week, we conclude our 2020 picks with Sputnik ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 333
This week, we kick off 2020 season with The Invisible Man , Alex's pick! Join us as we remember how weird lockdown was, discover what we would do with invisible powers, and ask: is James Bond sci-fi? Well maybe not, but let me tell you about the car in Die Another Day ... Next week, we return to the backwards-talking nonsense of Tenet ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Download the soundtrack! Buy our Merch! And we're o...
Jan 11, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 332
For an eighth (!) time we gather round the dying embers of the year and discuss what we liked (and didn't) from 2024. Join us for discussions of Megalopolis , Transformers One , Alien Romulus , and much, much more! Also, we have a quiz and choose the first 6 films for 2025! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Download the soundtrack! Buy our Merch! And we're on Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Dec 31, 2024•51 min•Ep. 331
It's Christmas Eve, and as is tradition round these parts we watch a Star War. Unfortunately, we're up to The Last Jedi, a film we spoilercasted way back when. In those heady days of 2017 Alex was a fan and Chris and Sam really weren't...but has time cured all ills? Find out in this absolutely MASSIVE episode! Next week, we end the year as we always do with the end of year show, as it just makes sense. See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! Se...
Dec 24, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 330
This week we watch Looper , Rian Johnson's time-travel film that doesn't want to talk about time travel. Join us as we discuss bad prosthetics, try not to get too in the weeds with how everything works, and have differing opinions about a scary kid. Next week we take our annual trip to a galaxy far, far away - it's The Last Jedi ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Download the soundtrack! Buy our Merch! And we're on Inst...
Dec 13, 2024•56 min•Ep. 329
This week we head back to the '80s to watch three horny old men on their quest for eternal youth in Cocoon . Join us for the Old Man Rating System, the problem with an aimless film, God's waiting room, Steve Guttenberg (unfortunately), and a whole lot more! Next week it's Looper ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Download the soundtrack! Buy our Merch! And we're on Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 328
Halloween but really not season continues with Cube ! Join us as we hear more about Chris' exploits abroad, run out of plot to talk about very quickly, then Sam learns that films are shot in order (but still doesn't believe it), Alex is interrupted by some late night DIY, and we hallucinate a film like Cube, but it's in a balloon. Next week, some super old-dude sci-fi, it's Cocoon ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Down...
Nov 28, 2024•50 min•Ep. 327
We're back! It's been a while, but we're here and we're still ranking! Keeping up with tradition, we miss halloween by almost a month and bring you sci-fi horror with Lifeforce ! Join us as we hear about Chris' trips to film festivals with Time Travel is Dangerous (coming to a cinema near you next year!) and then enjoy some absolutely bonkers '80s fun. Next week - and it really will be next week this time - we watch Cube ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Wa...
Nov 21, 2024•58 min•Ep. 326
This week, we watch Ikarie XB-1 , a film that is 'influential', or maybe actually influential, it's hard to tell! Join us as we discuss the reach of this film, enjoy people laughing at a robot, and get our vertical integration sorted, just in time for the debut of Chris' film. Next week (or some point soon anyway) we're watching Lifeforce ! I think...? See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Download the soundtrack! Buy our Me...
Oct 24, 2024•44 min•Ep. 325
This week, it's a bumper episode as we accept the podcast will NEVER END by watching the 'final' film, Blade Runner ! Join us as we learn about Chrismas, deep dive into different versions of the film, Sam can't shut up about Vangelis, we gush over the production design, and Sam really can't shut up about Vangelis. Next week, we watch '60s Czech sci-fi oddity Ikarie XB-1 See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list! Download the soun...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 324
Hi! Remember us? After a month off, we're back! We accidentally deleted an episode and we're doing the films in the wrong order, but we're here! This week, It's Chris' birthday pick, our 2nd, 3rd, 4th viewing of the Devlin/Emmerich career highlight. Join us as we hear about Chris' holiday to Washington, consider shift patterns aboard motherships, and discuss (probably not for the first time) how aliens having a Firewire port is still the most ridiculous thing about this film. Next week, it's Sam...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 323
Alien fever continues as we watch the second AvP film. Chris hosts as we try and see what's going on, the problem with Detective Predator, muppet aliens, and then all hell breaks loose as we get to the rating in a way it hasn't in a long time. Alien Vs. Predator? More like Alex Vs. Sam. Also, secrets of the rating system are revealed! Next week, it's Wing Commander only it kind of isn't...you'll see... See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! Se...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 322
This week we review the latest instalment in the Alien franchise - it's Alien Romulus ! Alex shares his experience of his trip to the premiere, Sam gets to enjoy some free beer, and Chris sent us some texts. Join us for a spoiler-free discussion until 17:55 and after that we go hard and heavy with a spoiler-filled breakdown of our thoughts on the film. Next week we stick with the xenomorph, it's AVPR: Alien Vs. Predator Requiem ! See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Webs...
Aug 17, 2024•53 min•Ep. 321
This week we go all the way back to 1936 to watch a slice of very early British sci-fi, it's Things to Come ! Join us as we revel in the bombast of the script, marvel at the special effects, and discover how moaning is eternal. Next week, we 'celebrate' the release of Alien: Romulus by watching AVPR: Alien Vs. Predator Requiem - it's literally the only Alien thing we have left to watch :\ See the new list! Play along at home! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Watch us on Youtube! See the old list...
Aug 14, 2024•53 min•Ep. 320
