A mere year after the first entry in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy came The Two Towers, not simply a rehash of what came before but a vastly different continuation of the story. With the fellowship split up, Frodo and Sam making for Mordor with the one ring, Merry and Pippin hanging out with a talking tree and Aragon, Legolas and Gimli helping defend Rohan at Helms Deep things ramp up in a big way. Also Gandalf is back and he's got a new style and powers and stuff. Thanks for watching our Carava...
Dec 05, 2024•28 min
Woah there! It's podcast time everyone which is good because we're ready to talk about Moana 2. Plus we get into news of the next Fast & Furious chapter, Paddington 3 vs Captain America 4 (plus more potential changes), Tom Cruise doing a scary movie, Denis Villeneuve original Star Wars hater, the cancelled Wolfs sequel, Superman trailer update and The Rock gives us all permission to sing in cinemas. Thanks for listening! New bonus ep of James & Maso's Time Crapsule out now! Available on ...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 23 min
The musical is back! No thanks to Joker: Folie à Deux but to Wicked: Part 1. We get right into that plus news of James Gunn introducing Batman into the DCU, the new canon and currently line-up, Daniel Craig as DC's Sgt. Rock, the X-Men joining the MCU after Avengers: Secret Wars, trailers for Alien: Earth, A Minecraft Movie, Elio, The Bad Guys 2, How To Train Your Dragon (but real) and our first look at The Rock as a live action Maui in the Moana remake. Thanks for listening We did a Madame Web ...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 20 min
2001 kicked of the start of a remarkable trilogy of films, live action adaptations of The Lord of the Rings beginning with The Fellowship of the Ring. From director Peter Jackon and filmed in his home country of New Zealand these movies have served as the pinacle of blockbuster cinema managing to perfectly balance heart, action, spectacle, model work and CGI. With an incredible cast of mostly unknowns including Elijah Woods, Seasn Astin, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, H...
Nov 21, 2024•35 min
Heeeeeey get this! We're talking Gladiator 2, the follow up to the 2000 Ridley Scott classic plus a probably all too brief chat about The Penguin. Plus we talk news of Red One doing badly, Dwayne Johnson confirms pissing in bottles, Rey and the next Star Wars Trilogy, Sophie Turner to play Tomb Raider, Captain Amierca: Brave Big Bird maybe lost it's director, trailers for What If...? Season 3 and Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning and more! Thanks for listening New episode of our bonus clic...
Nov 18, 2024•2 hr 30 min
In 2014 Darren Aronofsky hit us with the Russell Crowe lead biblical epic Noah. A bold and accurate(?) retelling of the classic Old Testament tale of one man and his family in a quest to help God kill everyone on earth but not all the animals, just most of them. This concludes our Rusty Crowe His-Trilogy for 2024, but don't worry we'll definitely return to more down the line. Probably like Robin Hood or whatever I dunno. Thanks for listening! SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/pQ39jN Help support t...
Nov 14, 2024•23 min
Merry Christmas everyone because it's Red One week, the latest movie from both Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Chris Evans. Plus we talk news of a Joker tv series, the impact of Trump on movie studios, Daniel Craig and Dennis Villeneuve don't care about stuff, a new Star Wars Trilogy, a release date for Andor Season 2 and new trailers for Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts*. Thanks for listening! New ep of James & Maso's Time Crapsule (2003) also out now! Visit bigsandwich.co fo...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 15 min
We're back to continue on our Rusty Crowe His-Trilogy, a peak into three Russell Crowe historical epics. This week it's 2003's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, a critically lauded nautical adventure that didn't quite reach the audience it needs to warrent a sequel. Also featuring the likes of Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd and James D'Arcy it's well worth of look if this one happened to pass you by. Thanks for watching out our Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/p...
Nov 07, 2024•19 min
Welcome back to this brand new and good podcast. Agatha All Along has wrapped up so we review that along with Robert Zemeckis' Here. Plus we talk the news of the week including the Venom: The Last Dance box office, why Sydney Sweeney did Madame Web, how Ant-Man 3 actually made profit actually, Tarantino talks Dune & Joker: Folie a Deux, a follow up to Godzilla Minus One, a Game of Thrones movie in development and trailers for Star Wars: The Skeleton Crew, Companion and a look forward at Marv...
Nov 04, 2024•2 hr 47 min
In the year 2000 Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe successfully brought swords and sandals cinema back to the big screen with Gladiator! An epic tale drenched in revenge, blood and sand in what has since been considered one of the greatest movies of all time. Featuring a young Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielson, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris and the final performance from Oliver Reed we also get into the bizarre sequel we nearly got before an official Gladiator II hits cinemas in 2024. Thanks for wat...
Oct 31, 2024•25 min
Eddie Brock/Venom is back in the latest SPUMM (Sony Pictures Universe Of Marvel Movies) to grace our screens in the biggest year of SPUMM ever. Plus we talk Christopher Nolan's latest movie starring Tom Holland, sequels to Alien Romulus, Prey and another Alien VS Predator crossover, a trailer for Love Hurts, Blade delayed again probably for a while and some big updates around Spider-Man 4. Thanks for listening! New Resident Evil 4 let's play bonus video out now! Visit bigsandwich.co for bonus we...
Oct 28, 2024•2 hr 42 min
In 2011 Universal had the absolute audacity to release a prequel to John's Carpenter's The Thing telling the story of the Norwegian camp we briefly saw in the original. With Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton in the lead it seems as if a genuinely solid attempt was made at recapturing the magic of the first before studio interference didn't do justice to the original practical special effects by papering them over with rushed CGI, diminished character moments and re-edited story beats. Th...
Oct 24, 2024•25 min
It's a HUGE news week for this episode let me tell you that. Starting with the further failings of Joker II, Christopher Nolan's WB deal, more details on Daredevil: Born Again and Spider-Man 4, a Gollum movie update, the reworking of the God of War TV series and the John Wick spin-off Ballerina, trailers for Wolf Man, Dune: Prophecy, The Electric State, Creature Commandos and Invincible, an unpdate on the Viewmaster movie, the first look at Krypto the Superdog in the upcoming Superman DCU reboot...
Oct 21, 2024•2 hr 36 min
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•2 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•2 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•2 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/ Spe...
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
