Screen Watching

Hi, This is our last regular podcast of 2022 - over the next two weeks you have our Best of 2022 Films and then our Best of 2022 TV podcasts. Then Simon and Dan are back with a revamped podcast with better production values, mystery boxes, dancing girls, and more. 

This week on the podcast we discuss the only thing worth a darn to discuss. James Cameron’s sequel to Avatar, titled: Avatar: The Way of Water. We discuss the movie, its ambition, and whether you will believe a whale can be depressed. [Note: This episode was re-uploaded. Dan is learning about how to make a video podcast that actually works well technically - and Simon's quiet-ass microphone wasn't...

This week on the pod it is a race against time as Dan speeds through the podcast before an electrician cuts off his electricity for the day. Dan has been in the podcast game for long enough to know that electricity is pretty crucial to the podcast tech stack. It doesn’t stop Dan and Simon from getting busy with the reviews: Emancipation (Apple TV+) God Forbid (US: Hulu, AUS: Disney+) Call Jane (Am...

This week Dan and Simon dip their toes into the world of proper video podcasting. Video will now be available on Spotify and YouTube. But for those who like audio as the good lord intended, that will continue on as always.  This week they review: Willow (Disney+) Violent Night (In cinemas now) Confess Fletch (Buy it now on digital) Troll (Netflix) The Flatshare (Paramount+)

What a wild episode. Dan lost his voice and still tried to do the podcast. Submit this episode for an Australian Podcast Award immediately. The episode will include reviews: Welcome To Chippendales (Disney+) Poker Face (Stan) The Menu (In cinemas now) Leopard Skin (Stan in Australia, Peacock in the US) Bones and All (In cinemas now) In a display of zero imagination or creativity, Dan and Simon use...

Recorded: Saturday 19 Nov 2022 A huge week for reviews this week: Fleishman Is In Trouble (Hulu / Disney+) She Said (In cinemas now) Millie Lies Low (In cinemas now) Tulsa King (Paramount+) Stutz (Netflix) Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max / Binge) Dan and Simon also take the time in the Middle Bit to list out their favourite movies set in New York.

Dan and Simon offer their thoughts on one of the biggest movie releases of 2022: the latest Black Panther film. The two have wildly different views on the film. Reviews this week: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (In cinemas now) - warning: Massive spoiler chat The Crown season 5 (Netflix) Spirited (Apple TV+) The Velvet Queen (In cinemas now) The guys also offer their lists of the 5 things that Hol...

Not all podcasts are born equal. And lucky for you, you have discovered the greatest of them all. On this weeks pod, listen with your dropped jaw to reviews: White Lotus season 2 (HBO / Binge) Causeway (Apple TV+) Reasonable Doubt (Hulu / Disney+) Selena Gomez: Me and My Mind (Apple TV+) Simon interviews SISSY star Aisha Dee. Dan apologises to Simon for being very correct about the ridiculousness...

Folks, on the show this week we ask questions big and small. But also we have answers for you like: Should I go and see Black Adam? What even is the new Amazon show The Peripheral? We also interview Bros director Nicholas Stoller.

On the ol’ pod this week Dan & Simon review: Halloween Kills (In cinemas now) Significant Other (Paramount+) Maru (In cinemas now) Fire Country (CBS / Paramount+) In this week’s Middle Bit Dan and Simon argue about the audiences interest in Hardy Boys TV shows. This is really how two grown men spend their time…

This week on the podcast Dan and Simon do the reviews: So Help Me Todd (Paramount+) Don’t Worry Darling / Amsterdam (both in cinemas now) This Is England (Binge) But they spend more time arguing whether there is any value in international stars delaying a movie by a month to do a local press tour, as is the case with the box office disaster Bros. 

This week on the show it is a solid week of interesting TV and movies to chat about. Among them: Blonde (Netflix) Interview with the Vampire (AMC+) Panhandle (Stan) See How They Run (in cinemas now) Smile (in cinemas now) Dan also laments the ignored half-hour dramedy.

There is no bigger cultural event in all of our lives than Avatar. The good news is this week it was re-released and Simon & Dan got along to the cinema to re-experience what cinema can be. The two also talk about the new Star Wars series Andor, which the lads both adored. Oh, other things are discussed also. Reviews. Conversations. References to the 1980s. It’s what we do on the podcast. Also...

It is a big week on the ol’ Screen Watching podcast this week. Dan and Simon discuss the revival of Heartbreak High on Netflix, Simon offers his reviews of Ticket To Paradise and Moonrise Daydream, and Dan questions what on earth Warner Bros is doing with DC League of Superpets - why is the voice cast celebrity bloated and who on earth are these pets? There’s also discussion about Emmy category fr...

This week on the podcast Dan and Simon review the shows and movies that need to be reviewed. Nobody has a choice in any of this.

This week on the show we have reviews/chatter about new TV shows: The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power (Amazon Prime Video) The Patient (FX, Disney+) Mike (FX, Disney+) The Bear (FX, Disney+) And movies currently playing in the cinema: Orphan: First Kill Three Thousand Years of Longing We also have a lengthy discussion on whether audiences should feel aggrieved that streaming services are rem...

I’d give you a rundown of what we are discussing this week, but just know that we do review House of The Dragon, so is there really anthing else we need to discuss herre?

This week on the podcast we have reviews of the hottest films on TV and in the cinema: Five Days at Memorial Nope A League of Their Own The Princess And then Dan and Simon discuss their favourite depictions of aliens on the TV and movie screen. And yes, they discuss Jose Chung’s From Outer Space. It would be malpractice not to.

It is a very full week for big titles on this week’s Screen Watching. Frankly, neither Dan nor Simon were emotionally or physically prepared for it. Reviews:  The Resort (Stan in Aus | Peacock in the US) Bullet Train (in cinemas now) Mike Judge’s Beavis & Butthead (Paramount+) Thirteen Lives (Amazon Prime Video) Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 (Netflix) Prey (Disney+ in Aus | Hulu in the US) Als...

Settle in for another Screen Watching with the usual smart nonsense re: all things watching and screen.  There are a batch of interesting TV and movies to review this week, but stick around for our MIDDLE BIT this week where Dan and SImon engage in the 2022 Screen Watching Movie Remake Pitch session. Each try to get the other to greenlight their idea for movie remakes. It’s a ridiculous, fun...

This week on the podcast Dan and Simon talk about lost love. Really. They also review movies and shows: Where The Crawdads Sing (In cinemas now) I Love That For You (Paramount+) The Black Phone (In cinemas now) Hunted Australia (Channel 10) For this week’s Middle Bit, Dan and Simon discuss lost genres they would love to see more of. And then Dan and Simon radically overhaul the podcast with a bran...

Another big show this week. The show starts with reviews: Resident Evil (Netflix) Bridge & Tunnel (Epix in the US, Stan in AUS) Unprecedented (Discovery+ in the US, Foxtel and Binge in AUS) The Old Man (FX in the US, Disney+ in AUS) The Phantom of The Open (In cinemas now) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Nintendo Switch and other gaming platforms, probably) But then in the mi...

People come to Screen Watching for the reviews and this week we have them: Thor: Love and Thunder (It’s in cinemas now) Black Bird (it’s on Apple TV+) The Undeclared War (in the UK it was on Channel 4. In Australia we’re watching it on Stan) Compartment No 6 (Available to buy or rent online) But Screen Watching offers more than just reviews. Inspired by the fan interaction of young folks wearing s...

What do you need to know about this episode? Life got in the way and the episode is publishing days late. I’m sorry, okay!!!! Jeez. Oh, and we review: Dashcam (In cinemas now) The Terminal List (Amazon Prime Video) Ali & Ava (In cinemas now) And then Dan and Simon discuss the top 5 movies and shows so far in 2022.

Quick podcast this week. Dan offers some thoughts on: Loot (Apple TV+) Father of The Bride (2022) (Binge, HBO Max) Jerry & Marge Go Large (Paramount+) Beavis & Butthead (Paramount+) Has anyone heard from Simon?