A bonus extra Film Club Lite in the run-up to Halloween, it's Bill Watterson's (not that Bill Watterson) shoestring fantasy horror comedy from 2017, Dave Made a Maze - spoiler-light for those who haven't seen it
Oct 29, 2021•22 min
Matt's latest choice of movie review is Jacques Tourneur's 1957 British horror Night of the Demon (aka Curse of the Demon west of the Atlantic), in which runes are cast, seances will be held and souls must be taken...
Oct 27, 2021•24 min
A slightly shorter edition of Film Club this time, as we go back to Hogwarts to run check out the second half of the Harry Potter saga
Oct 21, 2021•34 min
Series Thirteen is almost upon us, but what can we expect from it? In this far from definitive guide to the next six episodes, we predict the precise viewing figures, pull the trailer apart, discuss the BBC's promotional efforts and discover the truth about Ranskoor Av Kolos
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 23 min
It's just like so Totally Doctor Who, to go on an infinite quest ... for just three data-chips
Oct 16, 2021•18 min
A conversation about the director of Moon and its semi-followup Mute, Source Code and Warcraft (not A Beginning)
Oct 14, 2021•54 min
It's back to London 1965 in this episode, except by the long way around. We're turning our microphones to the subject of the first Doctor's middle series, Season Two
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Some thoughts on the runaway hit TV series from AppleTV+
Oct 10, 2021•31 min
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in No Time to Die, the 25th Bond film from Eon and definitely Craig's last. But what will we make of this much delayed entry in the 007 canon, in this extremely spoiler-heavy review? A video version of this podcast can be watched here
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 5 min
If it's January 1987 and it's murder among the dons in rural Oxfordshire, then it must be Screen Two's fondly remembered black comedy After Pilkington, starring Bob Peck and Miranda Richardson
Oct 06, 2021•25 min
Not content with Wrexham, looks like Ryan Reynolds has his sights set on the entire internet too. It's The Truman Show meets The Matrix meets TRON meets Ready Player One as we turn our microphones to Free Guy
Oct 04, 2021•20 min
Our reaction-cast to the news of Russell T Davies' forthcoming return as Doctor Who showrunner.
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 30 min
It's forty years since The Blow Monkeys formed, and to celebrate they've just released their eleventh studio album. What better way to kick off a new strand of the podcast than with a review of Journey to You
Sep 30, 2021•42 min
Our review of the incomparable new film from David Lowery, The Green Knight
Sep 24, 2021•26 min
With Matt away, Simon and JR seem to have accidentally recorded another edition of Music Club, and they've stayed in Manchester for this overview of their feelings about Oasis.
Sep 22, 2021•33 min
It's back to 2005 for the first year of the revived series this time around, as our journey through the Doctor Who back catalogue arrives at Series One Artwork 'borrowed' from Si Hodges
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 13 min
A short review of the new neo-noir starring Karen Gillan, with support from the likes of Lena Headey, Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino and Angela Bassett
Sep 18, 2021•25 min
Genius, or self-parody? Or just a new strand of the podcast in which we talk about some musical artists that were culturally or personally significant on our arrested development. First up, The Smiths.
Sep 16, 2021•31 min
With Simon away watching Fiction Factory, it's down to Matt and JR to talk about a fiction factory of a different kind: it's our review of the movies we've seen through 2021 so far.
Sep 13, 2021•45 min
After looking at the original pentalogy, and the Tim Burton calamity, we've finally arrived at the modern Planet of the Apes trilogy. But will it be a Caesar salad or a Koba cabana?
Sep 09, 2021•55 min
It's back to the spring of 1964 for our second short-form Doctor Who review, our subject being Terry Nation's sophomore script The Keys of Marinus. But will we judge it a Velvet Web, or a Sea of Death?
Sep 06, 2021•32 min
Katsuhiro Ôtomo's 1988 adaptation of the 1982 manga is the latest movie selected for the Film Club Lite treatment
Sep 02, 2021•29 min
It was the end, but it prepared for a moment of new beginning... Our journey through Doctor Who arrives at Season 26
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 23 min
It's back to 1988 as we take a look at Hallmark's prestige adaptation of Graham Greene's recently unearthed psychological drama, The Tenth Man
Aug 26, 2021•28 min
As J.R.'s maiden voyage through the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues, we pause to talk about the films that make up Phase Two, including the introductions of Ant-Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 20 min
In this episode of Film Club Lite, we turn our attention to Fame (Fame!), Alan Parker's movie about wannabe Glee club members in 1980 New York
Aug 19, 2021•31 min
The whole of Peter Capaldi's third season - Steven Moffat's last - in ninety minutes, as our trawl through Doctor Who's past lands on Series Ten Artwork 'borrowed' from FunnyNWittyReferenc
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 26 min
A short review of the latest from James Gunn, in which Harley Quinn returns as part of a mission movie ensemble in this latest offering from the DC Universe
Aug 12, 2021•35 min
As suggested by listener Andy Van Kay, here's a short bonus quiz in which we try and sort our Acrids from our Agents
Aug 09, 2021•18 min
We set the randomiser for this edition of Film Club Lite, and it chose us the 2001 Jet Li-starring martial arts multiverse actioner from James Wong, The One
Aug 05, 2021•21 min