Film Bites Podcast

Where the hell have we been? Asked no-one! It's been tricky scheduling, but the lad and the Dad have finally been able to watch a couple of movies with multi-versal origins! First up, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the sequel to the dazzling Into The Spider-Verse - a personal favourite for us, could this second part of the trilogy surpass the heights of the previous one? Second up, The F...

In this week's podcast, the lad and the Dad check out a surprising low-budget British psychological horror, "Wolf Garden", Marvel's recent cinematic offering now on Disney + "Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania" and check out a couple of trailers - Blumhouse's take on the horror franchise for "Five Night's At Freddy's" and the new offering from Godzil...

On the week when the Dad turned 50, the lad took him to see Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. Find out what we thought about the film, which turned out to be a little longer than we expected it to be! Has James Gunn delivered a masterpiece? Is it the film to resurrect the MCU from the doldrums? It's no secret we are suckers for a good Marvel show/movie, but it has been a little off the boil of...

In this episode of Jack & Andy's Film Bites, the duo discusses two vastly different films - "The Block Island Sound" and the 40th-anniversary release of "Return of the Jedi". With "The Block Island Sound", they delve into the mystery and horror of the McManus Brothers' latest project, exploring the eerie events happening on a small New England island. Then, they switch gears to celebrate the endur...

This week we delve into a couple of real horror gems with the 2022 sleeper hit Smile (now on Paramount+) and Evil Dead requel Evil Dead Rise at the cinema. We also take a peek at trailers for Insidious 5 , Talk to Me , and an interesting new action flick from Robert Rodriguez starring Ben Affleck - Hypnotic . Plus, Andy (the Dad) goes off on one about cinema etiquette. We have a little apology; th...

In this episode of Film Bites, Jack and Andy dive into two very different films - the new Super Mario Bros movie and the Star Wars-inspired indie film 5-25-77 . First up, they discuss the highly-anticipated Super Mario Bros movie, based on the beloved video game franchise. Jack and Andy share their thoughts on the casting choices, the plot, and whether or not the film does justice to the source ma...