John Carpenter's The Thing from 1982 we treated incredibly harshly upon it's initial release. Labelled disgusting and mean on arrival audiences gradually turned around on it with it becomming one of the greatest horror movies of all time. With an incredible central performances from the likes of Kurt Russell and Keith David, ground breaking special effects from Rob Bottin, a haunting and terrifying atmosphere and an amazing score from the legandary Ennio Morricone it's probably the best thing th...
Oct 17, 2024•25 min
In this weeks episode we're having the absolute time of our lives reviewing Transformers One and Hellboy: That Crooked Bloke. Plus we get into the news of the week which includes but not exclusively early reactions to Captain America: Brave Bird Man, details on Robert Downey Jr's role as Doctor Doom, Henry Cavill joining the Voltron movie, Francis Ford Coppola's next two movies, the cancellation of Velma and Chaos, Aaron Pierre joins Lanterns, Christopher Nolan's next movie, Zachery Levi career ...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 28 min
in 2013 Sam Raimi decided to try something a little out of his wheelhouse of horror or comic book movies and directed a Wizard of Oz prequel focusing on the great and powerful wizard. Starring James Franco (RIP), Michelle Williams, Milla Kunis and Rachael Weisz it details his arrival into the mystical land, the origin of the Wicke Witch of the West and how the wizard has always been a dog of a bloke. Not a bad one to be honest. Anyways, thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRIBE...
Oct 10, 2024•21 min
Those madmen and women over at Warner Brothers Discovery have done the impossible, a sequel to the 2019 billion dollar smash Joker. Joker: Folie à Deux continues the adventures of Arthur Fleck this time joined by Harleen "Lee" Quinzel in a story everyone hates. Plus we also talk the passing of Kris Kristofferson, The Batman moving to the DCU, a new DC animated feature in Dynamic Duo, a Voltron update, Rugrats but real, a trailer for Better Man, Spider-Man updates including the return of Andrew G...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 40 min
46 years after the original Wizard of Oz comes Disney's attempt at a sequel, Return to Oz. Whilst a huge cinematic bomb in 1985 the same year it arrived it's legacy endured by the generation of children it traumatised by putting Dorothy through a series of horrifying trials to yet again attempt to make her way back to Kansas. This time she's joined by Tik-Tok, Jack Pumpkin Head the The Gump as she battles against the Nome King, Mombi and The Wheelers. It certainly is something. Without a doubt. ...
Oct 03, 2024•20 min
It's been four decades in the making but Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is final here. And we have some thoughts. ALSO WE'RE BACK. THE PODCAST IS BACK. We get into the news of the week including the passing of Maggie Smith & John Cassaday, a potential Deathstroke and Bane movie, The Mandalorian wrapping up, a streaming release date for Hellboy: That Crook Bloke, trailers for The Last Of Us: Part II and Ballerina plus we do some hot quick news of the Thunderbolt* trailer, Kyle Chandler as...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 46 min
Beleive it or not The Wizard of Oz wasn't an immediate hit when it originally released in 1939. It was only in subsequent decades that it became the pop culture phenomenon which spawned multiple spin-offs, prequels and sequels like the upcoming adaptation of the stage musical Wicked. So come with is as we journey back to the Land of Oz with Dorothy, Scarecrow, The Tin Man, The Cowardly Lion, Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West or Elphaba as she's come to be known. Thanks for checking out our...
Sep 26, 2024•28 min
James & Maso's Time Crapsule! A bigsandwich.co bonus podcast where we rank a year's pop culture contributions and discover some forgotten gems. The regular podcast will also hopefully return next week. Thank you to everyone who came to any of the live shows and maybe see you in Birmingham tomorrow (tickets below). Thanks for listening. There's also a new Time Crapsule out now on bigsandwich.co! Sign up there for bonus weekly shows including video game let's plays, exclusive movie commentarie...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 1 min
In 2019 Lionsgate attempted the unimaginable, a reboot of the Hellboy franchise after the much beloved Guillermo del Toro and Ron Pearlman dead cancelled trilogy. With David Harbour stepping into the role and directed (sort of) by Neil Marshall it was a critical and commercial bomb. HOWEVER as a movie some perhaps feel that it's been judged unfairly especially considering the mythology, creature work, world bulding and story. Thanks for checking out of Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRIBE HERE ►►...
Sep 19, 2024•16 min
Hello and welcome to another episode of The Weekly Planet movie commentary track. The main podcast is currently on a short break during the UK Tour but please enjoy some previously exclusive bigsandwich.co bonuses while we're away. Some tickets for Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham might also still be available below. Thank you to everyone who has come out to see the live shows so far. And happy Monthbius to all. Thanks for listening. There's also another new movie commentary track out now on...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 43 min
Despite theo first Hellboy underperforming at the box office home DVD sales meant a sequel still moved forward resulting in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army in 2008. And the result is a film that's bigger, funnier and with more golden armies than ever. With Ron Pearlman, Doug Jones and Guillermo del Toro firing on all cylinders it's not wonder people are still asking for the sequel that will never come. Thanks for checking out of Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/pQ39jN Help su...
Sep 12, 2024•24 min
Welcome everyone! It's time for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (second Beetlejuice). Plus we talk the news of the week including the fate of MCU Blade and Armor Wars, Ian McKellen & Orlando Bloom returning to Middle Earth, Oceans 14, trailers for The Mincraft Movie, Alien: Earth & The Wolfman, a release date for Creature Commando's, Josh Brolin as Hal Jordan, a Superman 2025 update, a The Batman II update and the first reactions to Joker: Folie à Deux. Thanks for listening, see you on the 30th!...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 27 min
In 2004 Guillermo Del Toro brought us the cinematic introduction of Hellboy, a demonic entity summonded from hell but who fights for the forces of good. Played pitch perfectly by Rob Pearlman and joined by the likes of Doug Jones as Abe Sapien and Selma Blair as Liz Sherman the first movie deals with stopping the Nazi's (lead by Rasputin) from opening a portal into another dimension to bring forth Ogdru Jahad, a cthulhu like squid monster. All in all, pretty good. Pretty good we reckon. Thanks f...
Sep 05, 2024•20 min
Big news for fans of The Crow! There's a new The Crow movie. That's pretty much where the good news ends. We get stuck into that in addition to the box office predictions for Joker 2, new details on Jurassic Park 7/Jurassic World 4, trailers for Sonic 3 & Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, a first look at The Thing for the upcoming Fantastic Four MCU reboot and the tease of the return of Gambit. Thanks for listening! UK Tour Tickets for Sanspants x The Weekly Planet available here: http...
Sep 02, 2024•1 hr 28 min
What started as a fairly simple slasher premise (robot gets sent back from the future to kill the mother of the future saviour of mankind but also she gets sent a human protector whom also happens to be the childs father) very quickly evolved into one of the biggest action movies of all time. Terminator 2: Judgment Day has both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton return as the T-800 and Sarah Connor in a race to prevent the future war and protect John Connor from the T-1000, a mimetic polya...
Aug 29, 2024•29 min
Hello everyone, welcome back to podcasting. This week we’re talking the cancellation of The Acolyte, trailers of Lord of the Rings: The War Of Rohim and Megalopolis, Anaconda but again, James Spader returning to the MCU, how Robert Downey Jr returned as Doctor Doom, Michael Keaton’s thoughts on Batgirl being shelved and we review Blink Twice. Thanks for listening UK Tour Tickets for Sanspants x The Weekly Planet available here: https://www.sanspantsradio.com/events/category/live-shows/ Special T...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 21 min
The Terminator 1984 is an absolute all out sci-fi action classic. The brainchild of director James Cameron and producer Gale Anne Hurd it introduced the world to the titular Terminator as played by then rising star Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor the mother of future savior John Connor along with Michael Biehn as Kyle Reece a soldier sent back through time to protect Sarah. Essentially an extremely well executed slasher movie it holds up extremely well some four decades late...
Aug 22, 2024•27 min
This week Alexei Toliopoulos joins us to talk the latest installment in the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus. He also gives us some insight into the world of Megalopolis and his involvement in the film and it’s quite frankly incredible. Plus we talk the news of the week including a new trailer for Kraven and Thunderbolts*, more terrible insight into Beau DeMayo firing from X-Men 97, Disney asking for licence to kill it’s subscribers, no Eternals 2, Hugh Jackman always being Wolverine forever, Jam...
Aug 19, 2024•2 hr 5 min
It's time to wrap up the Ellen Ripley Alien film series with a look at what's probably the weakest entry, Alien: Resurrection. Set two hundred years after the last and bring back Sigourney Weaver as a clone of the original Ripley it has all the thrills and chills of the best Alien movies but not as good. Sure there's some fun stuff in it like breath verification and a basketball shot people won't shut up about but other stuff like the xenomorphy/human hybrid just fall flat. Thanks for checkout o...
Aug 15, 2024•24 min
It’s D23 and also Borderlands the movie came out! So this week we’re talking all the big Disney reveals including Moana 2, Toy Story 5, Frozen 3, The Incredibles 3, Star Wars Skeleton Crew, The Mandalorian VS Grogu, Andor Season 2, Captain America: Red Hulk, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Daredevil: Born Again, Avatar: Fire & Ash, Snow White, Tron: Ares, Mufasa and more! In addition to that Warner Brothers continues it’s David Zaslav (normal man) decline, a Gambit solo movie and the end of Zac...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 42 min
Opinions of Alien 3 are certainly divided. Off the back of the terrific first two entries expectations were high for the return of Ellen Ripley, Hicks and Newt but things didn't exactly turn out well for 66% of those characters. Taking things back to the single monster scare of Alien 1979 David Fincher does his best to elevate the story whilst constantly wrestling with the studio with what resulted in a movie he still very much hates to this day. But Alien 3 is certainly not without it's redeemi...
Aug 08, 2024•26 min
M. Night Shyamalan is back with a brand new movie in Trap! And Robery Downey Jr is back to take a lot of money from Disney! We talk his and he Russo Brothers HUGE Marvel deal, the success of Deapool & Wolverine, red hot rumors for Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars, Harrison Ford talks The Red Hulk, a new trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man plus a Squid Game season 2 and 3 update. Thanks for listening New UK Tour dates added! Tickets and more info available here: https://www.sanspantsradio....
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 25 min
There are very few sequels that are able to match the original or potentially surpass it. James Cameron's Aliens is one of those films. Arriving in 1986 seven years after the last it marks the return of Sigorney Weavers Ellen Ripley whom is awoken from cryosleep 57 years after the events of Alien 1979. Great movies and good vibes. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/pQ39jN Help support the show and get early episodes ► https://bigsandwich.co/ Patreon...
Aug 01, 2024•26 min
It's the biggest week of the year (for this podcast) with our review of Deadpool & Wolverine and San Diego Comic Con 2024 with the return of Robert Downey Jr as Doctor Doooooooooooom. Plus we talk news for Invincible Season 3 and 4 and more The Boys spin-off, new trailers for Transformers One, Joker 2, Creature Commando's and Rebel Moon: Rude Edition, a new DC logo, a look at Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, Fantastic Four Movie: First Steps and the Russo Brothers returning f...
Jul 29, 2024•1 hr 49 min
Alien 1979 is a beautiful combination of sci-fi and horror which has rarely been replicated since. With Ridley Scott's direction, HR Giger's unique visual design, unsettling special effects, tight script and a unique exploration of both alien life and artificial intelligence it's no wonder it went to spawn multiple sequels, prequels and spin offs. Probably too many really. Thanks for checking out or Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/pQ39jN Help support the show and get ea...
Jul 25, 2024•19 min
This week in the lead up to Deadpool & Wolverine we talk about something unrelated, The Boys Season 4 and The Acolyte. We also the return of Marvel to Comic Con, the Disney hack, the Russo Brothers returning for Avengers 5, a potential MCU return for Robert Downey Jr, trailers for Captain America: Brave New World and Terminator Zero, Kumail Nanjiani as Booster Gold, more Rebel Moon and we briefly review the movie Long Legs. Thanks for listening! More UK Tour Dates Added for The Weekly Planet...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 31 min
We're finishing off the Wolverine Trilogy with what's considered it's strongest entry, Logan. A reflection on aging, loss, grief, parenthood and what it means to stab a bunch of people with your clone daughter. Terrific performances all round and an incredible ending to Hugh Jackman's tenure as the titular character. It's a shame we'll never see him again because he died. Thanks for checking out our Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/pQ39jN Help support the show and get ea...
Jul 18, 2024•23 min
This week we're talking two big movies with both the legacy sequel Twisters and Despicable Me 4 with the help of Jackson Bailey and Joel Duscher from Sanspants radio. We also talk the passing of a legend in Shelly Duvall, trailers for Agatha All Along Trailer, Watchmen Chapter and Gladiator 2, a Shrek 5 announcement, Deadpool & Wolverine First Reactions and the future of Kevin Costners Horizon: An American Saga. Thanks for listening! More UK Tour Dates Added for The Weekly Planet x Sanspants...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 29 min
We've hit the middle child of the Wolverine trilogy with 2013's The Wolverine! Acting as a redemption arc for both the character and the response to X-Men Origins: Wolverine a burnt out Logan heads on over to Japan for action, romanace, trauma and to fight an old man in a giant shiny robot suit. Thanks for checking out our Caravan Of Garbage review! SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/pQ39jN Help support the show and get early episodes ► https://bigsandwich.co/ Patreon ► https://patreon.com/mrsunday...
Jul 11, 2024•23 min
Huge episode this week with reviews of both Inside Out 2 (with Bron Lewis and Claire Tonti stopping by) and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Plus we get into the news of the week including the Batman Arkham Series being cancelled, new on set Superman photos with Green Lantern/Hawkgirl, the new Captain America: Brave New World suit, Deadpool & Wolverine plus Horizon: An American Saga opposite box office performance, the Russo Brothers returning for Avengers 5 and a trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked ...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 56 min
