The Even More Eyes Podcast

As we reach the mid-point of the year and as it's UK Pride Month, Imo and James discuss their two favourite movies from last year: ' All of Us Strangers ', written and directed by Andrew Haigh and ' I Saw The TV Glow ', written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun. Alongside delving into the acting, cinematography and themes of these two new queer films, the podcasters also open up...

By the pricking of their thumbs...something wicked this way comes: James and Imo are back! After a long, long hiatus, the co-hosts decide to cast their eyes over the long-awaited adaptation of ' Wicked ' (2024), directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Gol...

Lagging way behind the wormhole technology of other film reviewers (we're late...), Imo and James review the second part of science-fiction epic ' Dune: Part Two ', directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Josh Brolin, Léa Seydoux, Javier Bardem, Charlotte Rampling, and Christ...

Coming in just before the half-year mark for 2024, James and Imo look back at 2023. It was a year that featured fewer eyes on the past for the podcast but reviewed a whole lot of new releases. In this special year-in-review round-up, they discuss the best and the worst from 2023, alongside which podcast episodes they enjoyed the most. Films mentioned include: ' Barbie ' ' The Boy and t...

After their very recent retrospective of the Studio Ghibli canon , James and Imo apply their critical binoculars to Hayao Miyazaki's latest award-winning animation ' The Boy and the Heron ' (2023), starring the voices of Robert Pattison, Christian Bale, Gemma Chan, Karen Fukuhara, Florence Pugh, Willem Dafoe and Mark Hamill (for the English dub). Spirited away by previous Miyazaki movi...

Just as visionary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki wins awards for his latest feature animation  'The Boy and the Heron ' (2023), Imo and James decide to conduct a curated retrospective of the Studio Ghibli canon.  Picking their favourites from the director's oeuvre and the wider Ghibli canon (and yes, it's their own subjective choices!), the anime addicts discuss their first steps into the magical world(...

Just before year's end, James and Imo review Aardman/Netflix's ' Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget ' (2023), directed by Sam Fell and starring the voice talents of Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Imelda Staunton, Jane Horrocks, Lynn Ferguson, David Bradley, and Miranda Richardson. Does the twenty-three (!) year wait for a sequel leave the critics feeling sunny-side up or...

With ' Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget ' (2023) newly hatched on Netflix last week, Imo and James dedicate their first (and last) 'Nostalgia Hits Differently' of the year to Aardman Animation's first and favoured feature film. What do our two movie critics make of this very British take on 'The Great Escape' after so many years? They discuss the movie's surprising s...

Joining in with this summer's cinema sensation, James and Imo combine forces once again to review 'Barbenheimer' (2023) - an unlikely double-bill of campy satirical fun and heavy historical reflection. First up is ' Barbie ' (2023), a proudly feminist exploration of the iconic doll. Directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as the famous toy couple, d...

In the middle of a summer of sizzling heat and rising tides (climate change, anyone?), James and Imo find time to review Disney-Pixar's latest feature film ' Elemental ' (2023), directed by Peter Sohn and starring the voices of Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie Del Carmen, Shila Omni, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Catherine O'Hara. Do the two Pixar fans think this rather under-publicis...

Having taken a biplane back from their nearest picture house, Imo and James review the latest swan-song of yet another 20th Century IP: ' Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ' (2023), directed by James Mangold and starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, John Rhys Davies, Antonio Banderas, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Boyd Holdbrook, Ethann Isidore and Mads Mikkelsen. With distant memori...

On this Saturday morning (much like an early weekend superhero cartoon special), Imo and James broadcast their SPOILER-FILLED review of the much anticipated ' ⁠Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse⁠ ' (2023), directed by Joaquin Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers, and starring the voices of Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfield, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson, Jason S...

In this SPOILER-FILLED review, Imo and James face the final flight of the rag-tag team-cum-family in director James Gunn's ' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ' (2023), starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Vin Diesel, Will Poulter, Elizabeth Debicki, Linda Cardellini, Maria Bakalova, Nathan Fillion, and Chukwudi Iwuji....

Dropping like a twinkling flag down a pole, James and Imo give their level scores on ' The Super Mario Bros. Movie ' (2023), directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, starring the voices of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen and Jack Black. With both critics being children of the Nintendo Age (and living with the trauma of the live-...

Imo and James roll the dice and see if there's anything's winning in this SPOILER-FILLED review of ' Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves' (2023), directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Regé-Jean Page, Sophie Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, Jason Wong and Hugh Grant. With only one of our critics a re...

In this brief episode of 'Even More Eyes', James and Imo review director Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest feature ' Broker ' (2023), starring Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Lee Ji-eun, Lee Joo-young, Im Seung-soo and Bae Doona. Taking an unusual detour from high octane action and superhero antics, the two critics settle into the Japanese filmmaker's first foray into South Korean so...

In this SPOILER-FILLED review episode, Imo and James go down into Marvel's first release of the year: ' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ' (2023), directed by Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lily, Kathryn Newton, Jonathan Majors, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Douglas, Katy O'Brian, David Dastmalchian, William Jackson Harper and Bill Murray. Is this latest addition to the MCU descendin...

After a brief start-of-year hiatus, James and Imo are back to celebrate the podcast's 2nd anniversary with long-time fan Alan.  In this special year-in-review round-up on 2022's top films, they discuss the best, the worst and the honourable mentions from the last 12 months. Finally, they discuss their favourite (and least favourite) podcast episodes.  Films mentioned: ' Avatar: The Way o...

Deck the halls with boughs of holly! 'Tis the season to be watching 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' (1992), of course, and the 'Even More Eyes' are no exception.  Like a certain three ghosts, Imo, James and returning guest (and Muppet fanatic) Josh, will take you through their past remembrances and present revelations on this beloved thirty-year old Christmas classic.  Is the spirit of Char...

In this SPOILER-FILLED review of this festive season's biggest blockbuster, James and Imo dive into the long-awaited sequel to James Cameron's 2009 immersive sci-fi epic- ' Avatar: The Way of Water ' (2022), starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis, Kate Winslet, Jack Champion, CCH Pounder, Britain Dalton, Bailey Bass, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Filip Geljo, an...

Imo and James' brief exploration of Black representation in sci-fi comes to an end with director Stefon Bristol's ' See You Yesterday ' (2019), a twisty teen time-travel thriller starring Eden Duncan-Smith, Danté Crichlow, Stro, Johnathan Nieves, Marsha Stephanie Blake, and Michael J. Fox.  The two critics discuss the conceits, concerns and controversial ending of Bristol's movie. What does '...

Continuing their exploration of Black representation in sci-fi, James and Imo return to 2011's gritty-witty modern classic ' Attack the Block ', written and directed by Joe Cornish, and starring John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Jodie Whittaker and Nick Frost.  Noticing the film's deliberate decision to eschew extra-terrestrials' preference for landing in one of Earth's cap...

Inspired by the recent release of ' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ' (2022), Imo and James decide to explore Black representation in the science-fiction/super-hero fantasy genre (specifically, sci-fi movies that centre Black protagonists/characters).  The first curated film of the season is ' Project Power ' (2020), starring Jamie Foxx, Dominique Fishback and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and directe...

In this SPOILER-FILLED (no, seriously) review episode of 'Even More Eyes', Imo, James and recurring feature Fav return to Wakanda in director Ryan Coogler's highly anticipated sequel: 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' (2022), starring Letitia Wright, Danai Gurira, Dominique Thorne, Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Mabel Cadena, Michaela Coel, Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus an...

Celebrating 'All Hallow's Eve', the nostalgia-haunted James and Imo bring you the final episode of 'Spoooooky Season' (or, perhaps more accurately 'Gay Christmas').  They discard any pretence at watching the horrific or terrifying by opting for the pure cringy-camp of Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice' (1988).  For one of our bone-chilled critics, this is their first time opening the lid on this...