Screen Watching

In this very special Groundhog Day edition of the podcast, Dan and Simon repeat all of their same conversational mistakes and opinions as they deliver their thoughts on: Mr & Mrs Smith Argylle Expats And a grab-bag of other titles.

This week on the podcast Simon & Dan go deep on: Masters of The Air (Apple TV+) In The Know (US: Peacock \ AUS: Binge) The Color Purple (In cinemas now) There’s also some chatter of the Sydney Sweeney film Anyone But You - because that just makes for a good podcast. Oh, and we have a chat about Oscars - are they still relevant?

In this week’s Intermission segment we have a chat about the best deaths on television, inspired somewhat by Dan watching a lawyer plunge to her death in an elevator shaft. The guys also discuss the Emmy Awards this week. Were they a proper flop? And reviews: The ZIron Claw (In cinemas) Death & Other Details (Disney+/Hulu)

ATTENTION! Screen Watching is back for another week. This week: Jodie Foster leads a new season of True Detective. Is it the best one yet? (HBO, Binge) Nicholas Cage gets meta (yet again) in Dream Scenario (In cinemas now) We take a deeper look into the work of Jodie Foster. Oh, and there is discussion about The Holdovers (in cinemas), Criminal Record (Apple TV+), Nighthawks (Check your grandads v...

Dan and Simon kickstart 2024 with more inane bickering. Oh, and they review TV shows and movies too. Up for review: The Brothers Sun (Netflix) Ferrari (In cinemas now) They were going to discuss the new Nicholas Cage film Dream Scenario, but got distracted. That’ll probably be next week - ignore the odd reference to it at the start of the podcast. Oh, and the two look ahead to 2024 and offer some...

Simon Foster and Dan Barrett talk about TV and movies on the Scren Watching podcast. It is mandatory that they release an indulgent podcast of their top 10 movies of the year. It is so indulgent that each of them offer a list of 10 each. Understand that these are the only best movie lists you will need in 2023.

Each week on the podcast Dan and Simon offer their thoughts on the new TV shows and movies of the week. They then occasionally get into petty squabbles as they work through their thoughts. But what happens when each come to a table to proffer their lists of the definitively best TV shows of the year? Did you expect this to be a respectful, safe space conversation?

Look, he’s Woody Allen. Simon chats with him about his latest film Coup de Chance.

It’s Christmas, which means the focus is on the big holiday release movies this week. Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon (Netflix) Poor Things (In cinemas) Society of Snow (Kind of in cinemas, but is on Netflix Jan 4) There’s also chatter about Teri Hatcher, LA Law, and Highlander 2, among other things.

We’re edging towards Christmas, but that isn’t going to stop the reviews and baseless opinion: Wonka (In cinemas) Familia (Netflix) Maestro (Netflix) Carol & The End of The World (Netflix) And of course we do our weekly quizzes and other nonsense.

Dan and Simon take to the microphones. We review: Paul Schrader’s new film Master Gardener New Netflix comedy Obliterated (from the team behind Coba Kai) The final (?) film by Hayao Miyazaki, The Boy and The Heron Also discussed: Grand Theft Auto VI, Godzilla Minus One, Merry Little Batman, and Norman Lear

It’s the end of the world as we know it. And we feel fine! On the pod this week we discuss our favourite end of the world movies. Oh, and reviews: Bottoms (In cinemas) Leave The World Behind (Netflix Dec 7) Godzilla Minus One (In cinemas) Faraway Downs (Hulu/Disney+)

This week a new free streaming service launched in Australia. It’s called Brollie and it has a good collection of arthouse and cult movies. Dan and Simon offer their thoughts on the service and each choose some recommendations from the library. Also… reviews: Napoleon (In cinemas and soon on Apple TV+) Fargo season 5 (SBS On Demand, or Hulu in the US) The Royal Hotel (In cinemas now) Squid Game: T...

This week Dan and Simon are joined by a different film critic named Simon. It is Simon Miraudo who has just written the really fantastic Book of The Banned: Devilish Movies, Dastardly Censors, and the Scenes That Made Australia Sweat . Also on the pod, we have reviews. This week: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV+) The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (In cinemas now) The Curse (Pa...

We kick off the pod with an extended chat about the resolution of the SAG-AFTRA strike and discuss what happens now. Then we dive into reviews: The Marvels - in cinemas now 007: Road To a Million - it’s streaming on Prime Video The Killer - David Fincher’s new film is on Netflix My Adventures with Superman - it finally arrived in Australia, streaming on Binge

This week in the Intermission Dan and Simon attempt to fix Marvel with big brain ideas. Oh, and then there are weekly reviews of NCIS Sydney (Paramount+), Five Nights at Freddy’s (In cinemas, Peacock), Lawman: Bass Reeves (Paramount+), and Fingernails (Apple TV+).

You will be SHOCKED by our thoughts on the new Martin Scorsese film Killers of The Flower Moon (In cinemas now, but on Apple TV+ sometime soon-ish). You will be CAPTIVATED by what we have to say about Fellow Travellers (Paramount+). You’ll be (in fairness) MIDLY INTERESTED in our thoughts on Bodies (Netflix). And then you will be IN A STATE OF UNBRIDLED NOSTALGIA as we discuss the Wiggles document...

Mark Humphries from the TV joins Dan Barrett from Screen Watching for a very loose and casual chat about the show Upload (Apple TV+), he talks up the underrated show From (MGM+, Stan), and there’s a lengthy discussion about the changing nature of what is funny on screen nowadays.

This week on the podcast Dan and Simon review: Frasier (2023) - Paramount+ Love Is In The Air - Netflix Shayda - In cinemas now Inspired by the Frasier revival show, Dan and Simon discuss some of their favourite mid-weight/mediocre sitcoms of years gone by.

This week on the show, Dan flies 100% solo on the worst week possible. With no new shows of note to discuss, he discusses what he watches while laying on the couch sick this week. It is an eclectic and weird grab bag of films and TV-related fare. Oh, and then Dan carries on and on about why late night TV is no longer any good.

I really hope you enjoy asides and digressions in the middle of a conversation about new movies and TV shows, because gosh oh golly is that what takes place in this episode where Dan is joined by Melbourne-based critic Mel Campbell. The two discuss: The Creator (in cinemas now) C*A*U*G*H*T (Stan) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix) While The Men Are Away (SBS On Demand) WARNING: Podcast i...

This week on the ol’ podcast Dan reviews the biggest TV show of the… week, I guess. The John Wick spin-off The Continental. Oh, he also talks up one of his favourite shows of the year, the new Apple TV+ show Still Up. Simon reviews two movies that you will likely never hear mentioned again after this podcast is done: Liam Neeson‘s latest Retribution, and a horror film called It Still Lives Here.

Last weekend was the 30th anniversary of the debut of The X-Files. Your two cool podcast hosts Dan and Simon look back at the show, discuss why it was such a huge zeitgeist hit, and recount favourite episodes. Also, we have our reviews: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (In cinemas now) Blue Beetle (In cinemas now) The Lovers (Sky Atlantic, Binge) A Haunting in Venice (in cinemas now)

Screen Watching is available as audio on your favourite podcast apps, but you can also watch it as video on Spotify and YouTube. This week on the show, there are reviews: Black Ops (BBC, Bings) Biosphere (In cinemas now) The Morning Show season 3 (Apple TV+) Theatre Camp (In cinemas now) Shin Ultraman (In cinemas now) There is also the weekly Intermission chat (this week we travel time/space to in...

This week we offer some thoughts on who the promising young actors are and which older actors just need to give it up. Oh, and we offer some thoughts on the latest TV shows and movies: One Piece (Netflix) Past Lives (In cinemas now) Who is Erin Carter? (Netflix) The Equalizer 3 (In cinemas now)