The Commentary Booth

This week on The Commentary Booth , join hosts Jamie & Corrina Mabey as they delve back into the thrilling world of the MCU with a special focus on the highly-anticipated all-women team-up film, The Marvels . Captain Marvel reunites with Monica Rambeau, and together, they welcome the newest addition to their ranks, Ms. Marvel . In this eagerly-awaited sequel to the Captain Marvel film and a co...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie has finally dragged Blake Robinson inside the squared circle to discuss A24 's new wrestling film, The Iron Claw . The Iron Claw is a real-life account of the tragic downfall of the legendary Von Erich wrestling dynasty. The story revolves around the Von Erich brothers who created history in the professional wrestling world during the early 1980s. Under thei...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey to venture into the Alaskan wilderness with our detective cap on as we review True Detective: Night Country , the 4th season in the long-running crime mystery anthology series. When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, d...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by 2 very special guests, Stephan Peterson & Sonya Ballantyne , documentary film directors who recently worked on a project that explored a subject matter near & dear to my heart - professional wrestling . Their new documentary, The Death Tour , follows wrestling hopefuls as they embark on the fabled Canadian wrestling tour run by Tony Cond...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey to bridge the multiverse as we welcome Marvel's newest show, Echo , into the fold. While Echo simultaneously brings the Marvel Netflix slate into the fold of MCU canon. Following on from the events of Hawkeye in New York City, Wilson Fisk's organisation is pursuing Maya Lopez, leading her to return to her hometown in Oklahoma, wher...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by a very special guest, this person is an instantly recognisable Australian television and film actress. This person was the first Aboriginal actress to win the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role , & has gone on to win four more AFI Awards across television and film. She is best known for roles in Rabbit-Proof F...

This week on The Commentary Booth we celebrate the New Year with a special episode taking a look back at the best & worst of 2023 by giving out the inaugural Treats Or Trash Awards for 2023. To celebrate Jamie is joined by Corrina Renee to discuss the nominees & winners, as voted by our audience. AWARDS LIST - CALL IN THE ROBOTS - KEEP SCROLLING SCROLLING SCROLLING - BEST STREAMING PLATFOR...

To close out 2023 we're going to start a new annual tradition for The Commentary Booth with our first-ever Fantasy Movie Draft. The way this game will work is competitors will each draft the movies they think will be the best of 2024. The year will be split into 2 halves, so we'll be drafting films releasing between January 1 & June 30 2024. We will then return in July to tally up the scores a...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson to venture into a world of pure imagination as we review the new film Wonka , starring Timothée Chalamet as a younger version of the iconic chocolatier Willy Wonka. Wonka is a 2023 musical fantasy film directed by Paul King . Armed with nothing but a hat full of dreams, the film tells the origin story of Willy Wonka, as he attempt...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey to dig into the archives & refresh our memories about Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory as we prepare for the upcoming release of Wonka . Released in 1971 & starring Gene Wilder as the titular candyman, Willy Wonka, this musical fantasy film is based on the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ....

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson to blend Blake's realm of cheesy reality TV with Jamie's passion for weird & wacky drama as we review Squid Game: The Challenge & give our winner predictions ahead of the finale. Inspired by the South Korean drama TV series, Squid Game, 456 real-life contestants compete in a series of high-stakes children's games in pursui...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson to review Ridley Scott's latest masterpiece, Napoleon , featuring the enigmatic Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role. Napoleon a pseudo-biopic is an epic that details Napoleon Bonaparte 's checkered rise, fall & relentless journey to power. In doing so, the film cements why the term " Napoleon Complex " is common in modern-day ver...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey to review the new Australian psychological thriller, The Royal Hotel . Directed by Kitty Green The Royal Hotel takes inspiration from the the 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie by Pete Gleeson. In the feature film version, Canadian backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash. However, they are...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson to review David Fincher’s latest Netflix exclusive film, The Killer . An action film based on the French graphic novel series , of the same name, written by Alexis Nolent & illustrated by Luc Jacamon . Starring Michael Fassbender in the titular role of an assassin who battles his employers, & his own personal demons during...

This week Corrina Mabey takes over The Commentary Booth to host a special review of The Fall Of The House Of Usher with Jamie Apps acting as the co-host for the first time. The fifth Netflix series from fabled creator Mike Flanagan is an American gothic horror drama loosely based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe . The Fall Of The House Of Ushe r tells the story of the Usher family as two ruthless s...

This week on The Commentary Booth we're doing something a little different on the show since Jamie is not in his usual recording studio. Today, Jamie recorded live & in person with Acadamy Award-nominated director, Garth Davis to chat about his journey in film & his upcoming movie FOE . Garth is a director best known for his film Lion , but he is also the director, co-writer & producer...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey as we're getting very meta by using our movie review podcast to review a movie about a podcast. Monolith is described as a high-concept sci-fi movie about a disgraced journalist, portrayed by Lily Sullivan as the only person shown on screen, as she begins to develop a new true-crime/mystery podcast. What starts out a compelling mys...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson as we head into the Oklahoma oil fields to review Martin Scorsese's latest epic, Killers Of The Flower Moon . An American epic western crime drama based on the 2017 book of the same name by David Grann . The film tells the story of the members of the Osage tribe in northeastern Oklahoma as they are murdered under mysterious circum...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by a Walkley Award-winning journalist, fellow movie buff & SBS show host, Marc Fennell. During this episode, we're doing something a little different. Rather than deep diving into a film or TV show we've watched this week we're going to chat with Marc about his movie/TV loves & of course his upcoming SBS documentary series, The Mission. Des...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Ryan Betson from The Popculturists to accompany me into the territory wrestling wars of Heels . For this episode, we're returning to the Duffy Dome to immerse ourselves in territory wrestling as the Duffy Wrestling League battles against Florida Wrestling Dystopia during season 2 of the pro wrestling drama series, Heels . Created by Michael Wald...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Phid McAwesome from Original Geek & the Downunder The Ring podcast for an exciting cross-over episode. On this episode, we're climbing into the squared circle & venturing into the world of independent professional wrestling as we react to & review the Netflix docuseries, Wrestlers . Wrestlers is a 2023 Netflix documentary series focu...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey to slide into the ring to take a look inside the world of Lucha Libre with the wrestling biopic about Cassandro , a wrestler who made his name in Mexico & reshaped what it means to be an exotico. Based on the true story of Saúl Armendáriz , a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso who rises to international stardom after he creates...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey as we're emerging from the sewers covered in ooze to review Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem . TMNT: Mutant Mayhem is a 2023 computer-animated superhero film directed by Jeff Rowe, who co-wrote the screenplay with Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Dan Hernandez & Benji Samit. Produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Point Grey Pictu...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey to set sail on our first adventure across the high seas with the Straw Hat Pirates as we give our first time viewer impressions/review of the live-action One Piece series on Netflix. Set in a seafaring world, a young pirate captain sets out with his crew to attain the title of Pirate King, & discover the mythical treasure known...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Jason Hauth to react & review AEW 's latest PPV, All In , which emanated from London's Wembley Stadium . Featuring Will Ospreay vs Chris Jericho , Aussie Open vs Better Than You Bay Bay , Samoa Joe vs CM Punk , Adam Cole vs MJF , & much more. All In earned its place as the wrestling event with the largest paid attendance in history. Duri...