Chummy Thumbs

Send us an email Welcome back to episode 121 of Chummy Thumbs! This week, you'll hear Shao and Hayden talking about the short film they all just made, and a little bit of a fan favourite series, The Simpsons. Justin will be back next week! 10 years since Hayden found himself in the director's chair. How was it?  What was the journey like leading to this? What would he change in the futur...

Send us an email Welcome back with episode 120 of Chummy Thumbs! We're back after a short break (we made a movie shhh) This week's film is brought to you by brilliant British director Guy Ritchie and his latest offering, 'In the Grey' , now playing on Amazon Prime. A heist film with a tight runtime, starring Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Eiza Gonzalez, a billion dollars st...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 119 of Chummy Thumbs! This week we take a look back at a little film from the year 1993. What film do you say? Why it's ' True Romance ', directed by Tony Scott (TopGun) and written by none other than Quentin Tarantino . A script sold to help finance another picture, this film has all the flair and style we've come to expect from a Tarantino...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 118 of Chummy Thumbs! Summer break is over and the kids are back in school.  Hayden talks about the fine print of Police appearance protocol This week we discuss the 2026 psychological drama thriller The Whisper Man, now playing on Netflix. Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan, Adam Scott, Michael Keaton... Now that's a call sheet, but does it translate to on-...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 117 of Chummy Thumbs! This week we drop the first of a new format. You'll hear these in the show's rotation every now and then. What makes it different is we pick a predetermined theme, and we each choose a film or show to discuss. This week we start with ' Hidden Identity '; what choices do we make? Hayden sticks with superheroes and chooses...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 116 of Chummy Thumbs! The team allows Hayden to make another pick... for those playing along at home, historically this has not turned out too well for him. The Bluff,  the pirate action-drama-thriller starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Carl Urban, going head-to-head. Catch it on Prime video. - If you like films along the lines of John Wick or Atomic Blonde this...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 115 of Chummy Thumbs! Comic-accurate Wolverine at four feet tall? That dumb little question turns out to be a perfect way to talk about what we actually want from adaptations: exact details from the page, or the feeling a character gives you when they walk into a scene.  From there we jump into a packed D23 roundup, sorting real signal from pure hype across Marv...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 114 of Chummy Thumbs! With San Diego Comic Con having finished a few weeks back, alongside Disney's D23 over the weekend, we thought what better time to start gearing up for one of the most anticipated MCU films (Avengers: Doomsday) then by going back in time to LOKI . We start season two with the first three episodes. *Spoiler discussion* Discussion begins...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 113 of Chummy Thumbs! We get into the final four episodes of the Netflix thriller series ' The Hunting Wives ', based on the popular book by May Cobb . We tackle the last 4 episodes of this 8-episode series. *Spoiler discussion* Discussion begins at 28:14 - Here we get the juicy parts of the 'whodunnit'; does it pay off? - Stick the landing?...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 112 of Chummy Thumbs! We get into the first four episodes of the Netflix thriller series ' The Hunting Wives ', based on the popular book from May Cobb . We tackle the first 4 episodes of this 8-episode series. *Spoiler discussion* - Will this series play out as predictably as we think? Or will the 'whodunnit' catch us off guard? - Are there...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 111 of Chummy Thumbs! We get into the series ' The Hooligan ', a 5-episode Polish Netflix series. - We start with some catch-up talk as we've been gone for an extra week due to Hayden having to take some time off. - Skip to 15:15 for the show review The World Cup is done and dusted now (Congratulations Spain), so why not stay along the lines of th...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 110 of Chummy Thumbs! We get into the series ' Off Campus ', based on the popular book series from Elle Kennedy . - We start out with some World Cup chat, it has been the biggest talking point. - Skip to 09:35:00 for the show review We round out the remainder of this 8-episode series. - Did Shao and Justin manage to get through the series? - How was th...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 109 of Chummy Thumbs! We get into the first episode of the series ' Off Campus ', based on the popular book series from Elle Kennedy . We tackle the first episode of this 8-episode series. - Will this series play out as predictably as we think? - Are there cliches and tropes we've seen before?  - Hallmark in series form, or will it develop its own...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 108 of Chummy Thumbs! We get into the Netflix series The Boroughs, episodes 006, 007, and 008 (The Finale)! We tackle the final three episodes of this 8-episode series. Executive produced by the Duffer Brothers of Stranger Things fame.  - Time for questions answered! - Will they save Mother from the clutches of evil? - Who is going to die or live?  - Sam gets hi...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 107 of Chummy Thumbs! We get into the Netflix series The Boroughs, episodes 003, 004, and 005. We tackle the next three episodes of this 8-episode series. Executive produced by the Duffer Brothers of Stranger Things fame.  - We see the "monsters" halfway through the series. No waiting for reveal. - Who are the real bad guys? - Who is going to die or li...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 106 of Chummy Thumbs! We get into the Netflix series - The Boroughs - episode 001 & 002. Where does this series start? We tackle the opening two episodes of this 8-episode series. Executive produced by the Duffer Brothers of Stranger Things fame.  - Is it just Stranger Things 2.0 but with older characters? - The supernatural is there, but it does stand on it...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 105 of Chummy Thumbs! We get into the Disney+ mini movie - Punisher: One Last Kill Where does this mini movie fit into the larger MCU shows/movies? Is it at all related to the previous 2 seasons of the show from netflix (now on Disney + as well) How does it play as a one-off? Hard R from Disney, does it work? Was this a tester for future projects?  Are comic fan...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 104 of Chummy Thumbs! With news of season 2 dropping early 2027, join us for our dive into Star Wars and the Disney+ series: Ahsoka Does Star Wars need to age with its audience?  Are critics expecting too much of any new film?  How should future films be approached? Writers workshops? Audience input? Singular overseer (Dave Filoni). Has Ashoka introduced a way t...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 103 of Chummy Thumbs! With news of season 2 dropping early 2027, join us for our dive into Star Wars and the Disney+ series: Ahsoka Justin and Hayden are fans, having watched the series previously (but with limited recollection on some parts), and Shao watched with fresh eyes for the first time!  What species is Ahsoka? How do you pronounce it? What are the thin...

Send us an email May is here, which means May the 4th has come (and gone) and is celebrated by Star Wars fans across the globe. Welcome to episode 102 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us for our dive into Star Wars and the new Disney+ series: Maul - Shadow Lord. Justin and Hayden are big fans. Have they been able to turn Shao to the ways of the force and turn him into one as well?  What's the appropria...

Send us an email Chummy Thumbs hits 100 pt.2 Welcome to episode 100 of Chummy Thumbs! (Technically episode 101 ) Join us for our first in-person recording in quite a while.  We decided it was time to get the gang all together in the same room for a recording of our 100th episode.  What better time to bring on our first guest than this milestone episode? Wendy Chan, a former Production Manager for...

Send us an email Chummy Thumbs hits 100 pt.1 Welcome to episode 100 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us for our first in-person recording in quite a while.  We decided it was time to get the gang all together in the same room for a recording of our 100th episode (part 2 coming this Monday!) Justin and his mystery chest full of insightful question-inducing treasures bring out some stories you may not have he...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 099 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us for our in-depth spoiler review and discussion of the Amazon Prime mini-series, Steal (episodes 4-6). - The biggest heist in British history, £4 billion, has taken place, but now what?  - Luke has been kidnapped, Zara is under suspicion and on the run from the police, MI5. and the bad guys. - Who is actually in charge of the heist t...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 098 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us for our in-depth spoiler review and discussion of the Amazon Prime mini-series, Steal (episodes 1 - 3). - Welcome to the next show we've taken a chance on. This one comes comes from British independent television production company  Drama Republic. - The biggest heist in British history. £4 billion from the pension accounts of...

Send us an email Welcome to episode 097 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us for our in-depth spoiler review and discussion of the finale episode of Paradise season 2  (episode 8: Exodus) - This is it, the culmination of everything we've been discussing and theorising over for the whole season. - Does the season redeem itself, in our eyes, or does it fail to capitalise on the power of season 1? - Alex,...