This week on the podcast, Dan Barrett and Simon Foster celebrate their one year anniversary/birthday of the show. They mark it by shaking things up and turning Screen Watching into a video podcast. The regular audio version will remain, but if you want to watch along via a screen, you can now do that on Spotify and YouTube. It's still early days - we will find ways to make it more visually interesting. Probably. On the show this week the guys review: The Eyes of Tammy Faye (HBO Max | In cinemas ...
Jan 29, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Here’s what you need to understand about this week’s show: It’s getting close to five days late. And the audio quality ain’t great. It’s not completely terrible, but it is a bit scratchy. If you’re willing to look past these two issues, it’s a solid podcast. Reviews: Spencer (in cinemas now) The Gilded Age (HBO Max in the US | Paramount+ in Aus) Nightmare Alley (in cinemas now) Also, Dan and Simon discuss the gaps they have in their screen watching. You will not believe what they have not seen…...
Jan 26, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 3
You know that TV show you used to watch all the time 20-30 years ago, but just can't seem to find it on a streaming service? That movie that you half remember and you know it by name, but you don't know where to find it? Dan and Simon have a long list of those and have a chat about some of the long lost shows and movies that have long been bothering them (for their inability to be found). There's also reviews for: Scream (In cinemas now) Naomi (The CW | Binge) King Richard (In cinemas now) A Dis...
Jan 16, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 3
We welcome back Screen Watching for another year as we review the biggest titles released this week. Oh, and it is possible that co-host Simon Foster died mid-podcast due to COVID-related illness. Thankfully he pre-recorded some segments and we were able to finish the episode. We review: Peacemaker (Binge, HBO Max) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (In cinemas) The Tender Bar (Amazon Prime Video) Macgruber (Stan, Peacock)...
Jan 10, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Dan and Simon say goodbye to the dumpster fire that was 2021 with a mix of reviews and a Best of 2021 movie list. Up for review: Don't Look Up (Netflix) The Book of Boba Fett (Disney+) 83 (In cinemas now) Around The World in 80 Days (BBC1 in the UK and coming to TV soon in Australia) Licorice Pizza (In cinemas now) Then Dan and Simon each present their Best of 2021 movies lists. A top 10, if you will. What were these Top 10 movies? And will there be any overlap in their lists? You gotta press pl...
Dec 31, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 54
A monster episode of Screen Watching this week. Reviews. We got 'em: Yellowstone: 1883 (Paramount+) Matrix Resurrections (HBO Max and in cinemas now) Station Eleven (HBO Max) The Worst Person in The World (in cinemas now) Best of list. We got one of those too: Dan and Simon's Top 10 TV shows of 2021 Interviews? Again, it's covered: Renate Reinsve, star of The Worst Person in The World Yeah, this is a long podcast....
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 53
A HUGE week for HUGE titles. This week Dan and Simon review: Spider-Man: No Way Home (In cinemas now) West Side Story (In cinemas now) Being The Ricardos - Dan and Simon's immediate thoughts after the Australian premiere (Amazon Prime Video from Dec 21) Firebite (AMC+) Firebite is an awesome Aussie vampire show from celebrated filmmaker Warwick Thornton. We interview him and his co-collaborator Brendan Fletcher. This is a good one. Hit play....
Dec 15, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 52
What an episode! Dan interviews Bebe Neuwirth. Best known for playing Lilith Crane on Cheers and on Frasier, she has had a hugely extensive career on stage and screen including roles in Jumanji, Madam Secretary, The Good Fight, Law & Order: SVU. She is one of the voice actors in the really very good animated police noir comedy musical animated show Ultra City Smiths. Of course, there are also reviews: The French Dispatch (In cinemas now) And Just Like That (BINGE | HBO Max) Dear Evan Hansen ...
Dec 11, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 51
It's our huge 50th episode extravaganza. We celebrate with reviews and conversation about the big movie and TV releases of the week. Really mixing up that formula. This week we dive deep on: Dune (In cinemas now) The Summit of The Gods (Netflix) Encanto (In cinemas now) Harlem (Amazon Prime Video) The Power of The Dog (Netflix)
Dec 04, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 50
It's a blockbuster week on the Screen Watching podcast this week as we have two huge new Marvel releases and a number of other anticipated movies and TV shows. Dan and Simon take a gander at: Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage (in cinemas now) Hawkeye (Disney+) Titane (in cinemas now) Ghosts UK (Stan) and Ghosts US (Paramount+) Anna (AMC+) Cry Macho (in cinemas now)
Nov 26, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 49
A huge week for reviews this week as Simon and Dan take a gander at: Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max | BINGE) Wheel of Time (Amazon Prime Video) Last Night in Soho (in cinemas now) Zola (in cinemas now) Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+) The Pebble & The Boy (buy/rent on digital) Simon also has a chat with director Rogue Rubin. Her film Lion Spy follows the director going undercover with the thrill killers of living things to fight the pending extinction of wild lions in Africa. Creating a ...
Nov 21, 2021•59 min•Ep. 48
A huge week for reviews. Like, really, really big. We discuss: YellowJackets (Paramount+) Home Swet Home Alone (Disney+) The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV+) No Time To Die (in cinemas now) Simon also poses the question: Which faded stars are due a Tarantino-style comeback a la Pam Grier, John Travolta, and Robert Forster. Dan and Simon then answer that question in the most compelling segment of all time.
Nov 14, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 47
A big week for movies and TV this week. Dive into reviews of: Eternals - in cinemas now Head of The Class - HBO Max | BINGE Finch - Apple TV+ The Many Saints of Newark - HBO Max and in cinemas now Red Election - SBS On Demand Dan and Simon also have a chat about how we feel about watching blockbusters in the current age.
Nov 06, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 46
It's Halloween at Screen Watching HQ. So we talk about horrors both real and imagined. Up for discussion: Love/Life (HBO Max ~ Stan) Antlers (In cinemas now) The Chestnut Man (Netflix) Halloween Kills (In cinemas now) Fairfax (Amazon Prime Video) Muppets Haunted Mansion (Disney+) Which of these horrors were real? Which imagined? You decide.
Oct 31, 2021•57 min
There are a lot of things to watch and your boys Dan and Simon are the guys who can tell you whether you want to open up your peepers and let certain shows or movies into them. It is the service we provide. Up for discussion this week are new movies in the cinema: A return of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to the screen together with The Last Duel and there's also the horror smash hit Malignant. But we also cover some of the more interesting titles this week on the small screen: The Apple TV+ huge b...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 44
With local cinemas back open, the podcast is starting to feel whole again. It means Simon has the chance to talk about having finally been able to see Marvel's Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings . He also checks out new film Lamb . In terms of streaming, SImon also got a look at the new Apple TV+ doco The Velvet Underground about the iconic band of the same name. TV gets a look in as well with Dan checking out the new TV adaptation of I Know What You Did Last Summer (Amazon Prime Video). ...
Oct 16, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 43
A big week on the show. We interview the matriarch of American cinemas first family - Eleanor Coppola. She chats to Simon about her film Love Is Love Is Love. There's also reviews: Acapulco (Apple TV+) V/H/S 94 (Shudder) One of Us is Lying (Stan | Peacock) The Fire Inside (In cinemas now) Oh, and cinemas open again this Monday in Sydney. We discuss what films are playing in cinemas this week (as cinemas try and stuff three months worth of notable releases into a week). It's a big show. Tell your...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 42
A huge episode of reviews this week. REVIEWS (03:32) Squid Game (Netflix) Riders of Justice (In cinemas now) Midnight Mass (Netflix) The Colony (In cinemas now) The Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple TV+) Nitram (In cinemas now and soon Stan) INTERVIEW (47:02) Seance writer-director Simon Barrett (writer of films like You're Next and The Blair Witch). Seance is streaming now on Shudder. THE WEEK AHEAD (1:03:41)...
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 41
This week's episode has gone to the pigs. REVIEWS (03:41) Star Wars: Visions (Disney+) Joe Bell (In cinemas now) Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol (US: Peacock - AUS: Paramount+) Pig (In cinemas now) Foundation (Apple TV+) Superhost (Shudder) THE MIDDLE BIT (39:40) The best on-screen animal/human pairings THE WEEK AHEAD (54:53)...
Sep 26, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 40
This week on the podcast we discuss true crime - pretty rich considering the quality of this show every week. REVIEWS (01:55) Scenes From a Marriage (US: HBO | AUS: Foxtel/Binge) The Premise (US: FX, AUS: Foxtel/Binge) AINBO: Spirit of The Amazon (In cinemas now) THE MIDDLE BIT (21:32) Interview with Melanie Laurent - Actor/Writer/Director 'The Mad Women's Ball' THE WEEK AHEAD (31:19)...
Sep 17, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 39
This week on the podcast we discuss true crime - pretty rich considering the quality of this show every week. REVIEWS (01:55) Y: The Last Man (US: FX, AUS: Foxtel/Binge) Kate (Netflix) American Crime Story (US: FX, AUS: Foxtel/Binge) UFO (US: Showtime, AUS: Paramount+) Doogie Kamealoha MD (Disney+) THE MIDDLE BIT (25:08) True crime movies & TV shows THE WEEK AHEAD (38:27)...
Sep 12, 2021•56 min
In this, the 37th episode of the podcast, we ask if 37 is too many? Wouldn't 10 be a more respectable number? And does 37 include all of those other dalliances? Just a thought... REVIEWS (02:49) Streamline (In cinemas now) Only Murders in The Building (Disney+ Star / Hulu) Summer of Soul (In cinemas now) War of The Worlds (SBS On Demand / Epix) Under The Volcano (In cinemas now) Vigil (Foxtel / Binge / BBC) THE MIDDLE BIT (22:32) Watching Sept 11 coverage 20 years ago - what do we recall? INTERV...
Sep 04, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Dan and Simon enter week ten of the lockdown. And then they start talking about horror. All lockdown and no play makes these guys... something... something... REVIEWS (02:50) Candyman (2021) - In cinemas now Chapelwaite - Stan / Epix in the US) Motley's Law - iWonder Evil - Paramount+ for seasons 1+2. It also streams s1 on Stan in Australia Annette - In cinemas now. It streams internationally on Amazon Prime Video. The Bite - Paramount+ in Australia THE MIDDLE BIT (37:59) Lingering moments in ho...
Aug 28, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Dan and Simon enter week seven of the lockdown. Simon has phantom popcorn taste sensations. Dan now always knows where the TV remote is. REVIEWS (02:32) The Chair (Netflix) Reminiscence (In cinemas now + HBO Max in the US) Heels (Starz / Stan) The Night House (in cinemas now) Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu / Amazon Prime Video) THE MIDDLE BIT (25:57) INTERVIEW with Come Play director Jacob Chase (36:35) THE WEEK AHEAD (48:34)...
Aug 21, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 35
The lockdown continues. Dan needs a haircut. Simon looks like he's getting younger. REVIEWS (02:20) Free Guy (In cinemas now) The Newsreader (ABC TV Australia) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu | Binge/Foxtel) CODA (Apple TV+) Miss (In cinemas now) What If...? (Disney+) THE MIDDLE BIT (31:24) INTERVIEW with writer/director Johnathan Hensleigh ( The Ice Road ) THE WEEK AHEAD (49:26)...
Aug 14, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 34
This week Paramount+ launched in Australia. Screen Watching hosts Dan and Simon take a look at the Australian version of the international streaming service. They ask the big questions: Why does the service look and feel a bit different to what other companies are offering? Is the library of titles any good? Should you subscribe? Is the big launch title, a Mark Wahlberg film called INFINITE , any good?...
Aug 11, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 33
What a strange week - The Suicide Squad is a huge new Hollywood release that will only be seen in Australia this weekend in it's smallest cities as the rest of the country is in lockdown. Somehow, Simon and Dan were able to see it and have some (spoiler-free) thoughts to share. They also deep dive into the big streaming releases of the week, talk about off-the-radar comic book movies, and Dan previews Paramount+ which launches in Australia this coming week. REVIEWS (03:07) The Suicide Squad (In ...
Aug 08, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Here's what you'll hear in this week's episode: Reviews (05:50) Jungle Cruise (in cinemas now and Disney+) The Pursuit of Love (Amazon Prime Video) Woodstock 99 (HBO Max / Binge) The Toll (In cinemas) Interview: The Misfits director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, Deep Blue Sea, Cutthroat Island) (21:16) What's on this week - streaming and at the cinema (49:30)...
Aug 01, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Here's what you'll hear in this week's episode: Reviews (02:04) Old (in cinemas now) Turner & Hooch (Disney+) Shiva Baby (Coming to cinemas July 29 - QLD, WA, ACT, & TAS; August 5 VIC & SA; TBA in NSW) Masters of The Universe: Revelations (Netflix) Chernobyl 1986 (Netflix) The middle segment: The best and worst M Night Shyamalan movie twists (32:01) What's on this week - streaming and at the cinema (42:28)...
Jul 24, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Despite a lockdown preventing cinemas this weekend from being open in Australia's two biggest markets, Sydney and Melbourne, Screen Watching, like nature, finds a way. We discuss the two biggest cinema releases this week: Space Jam 2, which finds it's way to (some) Australian cinemas after taking a left turn at Albuquerque. And Gunpowder Milkshake (which has a US release via Netflix and an Australian quasi cinema release). TV is more where things are at this week, with a look at new limited seri...
Jul 16, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 29
