We Needed Roads Podcast

Join Neil G, Marie S, David L and Jose L as they recover from last episodes calamitous ORTBO and are once again back in the office to delve into all the secrets & theories of #severance S2 EP 5. We've got a funeral, an awkward reunion, a distinct lack of theremin and one of the worst performance reviews ever filmed. It's time to take a trip to the Severed Section of the We Needed Roads...

On this day of love join Neil, Marie, & Jose, three chronically single people tormented by our happily married quizmaster David as he grills us on our Rom Com knowledge. But don't be put off if you hate everything Valentines day, as just like a relationship this episode is full of screaming obscenities, accusations and gaslighting. We even have a 'fuck you' counter for the amount of times we y...

Join Neil G, Marie S, David L and Jose L as they delve into all the spoilerly details of #severance S2 EP 4 as they are let out of the severed podcasting both and are dumped in a snowy forest!#severance #severancespoilers #appletvplus #lumon

Join Neil G, Marie S, David L and Jose L ( and a bonus appearance by Cheddar L) as they delve into all the spoilerly details of #severance S2 EP 3 and dive into all the Goat related goodness.#appletv #severance

Join Neil, Jose, Marie & David as we struggle through our Oscar nomination reactions and then get onto everything we've been watching in January, mostly spoiler free 00:00 - Intro and Oscar Nomination reactions 29:25 - Better Man 37:24 - Getaway 42:27 - Dune:Prophecy 49:21 - Presence 55:58 - A Real Pain 69:13 - Castlevania & Castlevania Nocturne 81:12 - Mufasa 88:39 - Silo S2 97:04 - L...

Join Neil G, Marie S, David L and Jose L as they delve into all the spoilerly details of #severance S2 EP 2 and theorise on what is up with the Pineapples? Explain what a Fetid Moppet is and so much more...#appletv #severance

Join Neil, David and Marie as they discuss the first two films all 3 of them saw at the cinema this year Robert Eggers classic vampire remake Nosferatu & Halina Reijns erotic thriller Baby Girl. Then hear Maries theory on why they are exactly the same film?

This is the first in our hopefully ongoing series of #severance S2 mini spoiler specials, follow along with Neil, Marie, David & Jose each week as we wildly speculate on all the Severance theories and then subscribe here on YouTube to see if we were even remotely right? Right we're off to research Pineapples, but they are suspicious!!!#lumon #praisekeir

Join Neil, David, Marie, Jose & a returning Ben as they break down over 50 of the TV shows coming out (hopefully) in 2025, they'll be talking... Murderbot Daredevil Born Again Welcome to Derry Blade Runner 2099 Alien:Earth Zero Day Criminal Mega City One Chad Powers Game of Thrones:A Tale of Seven Kingdoms:The Hedge Knight American Primeval Vision Quest Spider-noir Sherlock & Daughter...

Hi and welcome to Part 2 of We Needed Roads 2025 movie preview an episode that was originally so long I had to cut it in two! In this episode I was joined by David, Jose & Marie as we ran through the rest of the films we wanted to talk about that come out this year 1:13 - 28 Years Later 9:35 - F1 16:55 - Jurassic World:Rebirth 24:32 - Superman 30:10 - Fantastic Four:First Steps 34:05 - The Bat...

Happy new year! and welcome to the first part of We Needed Roads 2025 Movie Preview Episode, why in two parts you ask? Well, we recorded for almost 4 hours for this one and we thought breaking it into two would give your bladders and brains a break! I'm joined by David, Jose & Marie as we delve into the following films for 2025 5:31 - Nosferatu 13:12 - A Complete Unknown 17:09 - The Brutalist...

Send us a textIt's our final episode of 2024 and its part 2 of our end of year extravaganza with the official We Needed Roads Top 10 TV Shows of 2024, there was debate, some swearing and even some tears as we got into all the big (and shoutouts for some underrated) shows of 2024.Merry Christmas from Neil, David, Jose, Marie & Ben from We Needed RoadsSupport the showInteract with us on our soci...

Send us a textLook Up!!!In James Gunn we trust! We decided to hastily get myself (Neil), Jose and Marie together for a quick pod response to the first teaser trailer for James Gunns Superman (due July 11th 2025)Did we believe a man can fly? Listen and find out! Support the showInteract with us on our socialsSubscribe to our Youtube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzjUgHJLyR4UL5SHcMx0GYwFol...

Send us a textWell dear viewer last year we had a points system that resulted in way too many ties and an episode almost 3 hours long, this time we have conferred, argued and cried about it off camera to come up with a Top 10 list agreed on by all of us here at We Needed Roads, and we also each picked 3 films that didn't make the joint Top 10 but were also our personal favourites that just missed...

Send us a textFirstly...we are sorryChristmas should be a time for joy on earth and good will to well everyone, it should not degenerate into a sweary shouting match and that wasn't our intention with this Christmas episode, however David our quizmaster had other ideas! So buckle in and play along at home and let us know if you beat our score in the first ever (and likely only) We Needed Roads Chr...

Send us a textHow often do we think of the Roman Empire? Well, at lot it turns out in our new episode as Marie delves into the how did they get sharks in the Coliseum in Gladiator 2 as we go full spoiler into Ridley Scotts legacy sequel. We stay in Rome with Ralph Fiennes in pulpy papal thriller Conclave and finally we waddle through the sewers of Gotham with Colin Farrells The Penguin in full spo...

Send us a textIn this episode I talk to filmmaker Jed Shepherd (writer of Host & Dashcam) about his new feature length documentary on Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's found footage classic The Blair Witch Project. Jed was lucky enough to see every minute of footage that was shot for the film and all the behind the scenes content. From that he has crafted the ultimate document of the film fr...

Send us a textIn our new episode Neil, Marie & Jose are joined by a first time guest to the show film critic Cassie Hager as they talk all things TV & Film. In the What we've been watching section - Cassie - Here/Fraiser Reboot S2 Part 2Neil - The Devils Hour S2/The Penguin/HereticJose - Uglies/Altered Carbon S2Reviews25:31 - Rivals S137:05 - Nightbitch44:26 - Sweetpea S149:48 - Wolfs54:58...

Send us a textIn our new episode Neil, Marie & Jose are joined by a first time guest to the show film critic Cassie Hager as they talk all things TV & FilmIn the What we've been watching section - Cassie - Here/Fraiser Reboot S2 Part 2Neil - The Devils Hour S2/The Penguin/HereticJose - Uglies/Altered Carbon S2Reviews25.31 - Rivals S137.05 - Nightbitch44.26 - Sweetpea S149.48 - Wolfs54.58 -...

Send us a textFeel free to play along with Colin Robinson, Wednesday Adams, some kind of Man-With Bat lights on him and a man who might be a magician or some kind of pimp! Yes, our resident horror fan David has devised a horror movie quiz episode for Neil (who has a good knowledge of horror) and Jose and Marie who do not and rarely watch horror films! Let the chaos commence! Support the showIntera...

Send us a textJoin Neil & Marie for an episode that is finally under 2 hours as they discuss the following 00.00 - 05.50 - Intro05.50 - 07.29 - Invincible Season 3 Teaser Trailer Review07.29 - 09.16 - Silo thoughts 09.16 - 15.46 - Star Trek Lower Decks/General Trek Chat!15.46 - 17.41 - The Orville chat17.41 - 20.05 - The Rings of Power Season 2 Review20.05 - 21.40 - Tulsa King Season 2 Chat21....

Send us a textStrap in, go to the bathroom and get the snacks folks as we spend almost 3 hours going through a veritable treasure trove of wrongly (and occasionally rightly) cancelled TV shows. Neil is joined by Ben, David, Jose & Marie as we read out listeners comments from Twitter, give our honourable mentions and then delve into our combined Top 10 Cancelled TV Shows of All Time And remembe...

Send us a textIt's our historic first VIDEO episode of We Needed Roads that definitely wasn't planned but as it was the first time we were able to assemble the full We Needed Roads crew of myself (Neil), David, Ben, Jose & Marie, and it was a genuinely funny episode we thought why not make it into our first Video episode! Here are the timestamps Cold Open - 00.00 - 04.15Intro - 04.15 - 08.29Th...

Send us a textI'm joined by Jose & Marie as we talk the recent round of period fantasy cancellations including My Lady Jane & Renegade NellWe catch up what we've been watching including Time Bandits, Promising Young Woman, Abbot Elementary, Bad Monkey & UnstableA non-spoiler review of The Decameron on NetflixAnd in our spoiler section we throughly spoil The Umbrella Academy's final sea...

Send us a textIn this episode I'm joined by our very our J-train Jose Lopez and our own Victoria Neuman Marie Stanza who will make your head explode if you don't recycle as we take a belated but spoiler filled dive deep into The Boys Season 4 and give our predictions on where we think the final season will end. Will it follow along with the graphic novels ending or continue to veer away from the o...