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Supergirl has flopped hot on the heels of Masters of the Universe underperforming, so we’re taking the opportunity to discuss our top flops. You can contact the show at bestbitspodcast.com/contact , and support us directly on Patreon , where over 100 bonus shows are available: patreon.com/screenplaypodcast New episodes drop every other Monday. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever yo...

From Duel to Disclosure Day , we rank the entire feature film output of Steven Spielberg across his near sixty year career. As always, we’d love to hear your list. You can contact the show at bestbitspodcast.com/contact , and support us directly on Patreon , where over 100 bonus shows are available: patreon.com/screenplaypodcast New episodes drop every other Monday. Please consider leaving a five-...

Want to hear the rest of this episode? It’s available in full over on our Patreon and also for paid subscribers on Apple Podcasts. Just search Screen, Play on patreon.com to find us. You can get in touch with us via the contact page at bestbitspodcast.com . In the meantime, check out our other film podcast, The Best Bits . With over 300 episodes, from Best Action Scene to Best Guilty Pleasure Film...

From The Brady Bunch Movie to Backrooms , and Maverick to The Mandalorian & Grogu , we discuss the two big new releases to come from the small screen, and chat about some of the best big-screen adaptations to make the leap from TV. Apologies for the delayed release of this episode. Illness got in the way of our usual schedule. As a result, this episode is unedited. We felt it was better to rel...

With lots of classic films hitting their 40th anniversary, we took a look back at 1986. A seminal year for film, TV and pop culture. You can contact the show at bestbitspodcast.com/contact , and support us directly on Patreon , where over 100 bonus shows are available: patreon.com/screenplaypodcast New episodes drop every other Monday. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get yo...

Want to hear the rest of this episode? It’s available in full over on our  Patreon  and also for paid subscribers on Apple Podcasts. Just search  Screen, Play  on  patreon.com  to find us. You can get in touch with us via the contact page at  bestbitspodcast.com . In the meantime, check out our other film podcast,  The Best Bits . With over 300 episodes, from  Best Action Scene  to  Best Guilty Pl...

With the summer season kicking off this week for film releases, we decided to discuss the upcoming slate of blockbusters by bringing back Will and Liam Burke's Box Office League. You can join us in playing along by becoming a free member of our Patreon . The winner will be whoever comes closest to predicting the combined box office total of all fourteen releases — and they’ll receive six month...

The success of Super Mario Brothers Galaxy and the recent video game IP dominance led to this discussion where we pick our top three from the golden age of differing trends. You can contact the show at  bestbitspodcast.com , and support us directly on  Patreon , where over 100 bonus shows are available:  patreon.com/screenplaypodcast New episodes drop every other Monday.  Please consider leaving a...

Want to hear the rest of this episode? It’s available in full over on our  Patreon  and also for paid subscribers on Apple Podcasts. Just search  Screen, Play  on  patreon.com  to find us. You can get in touch with us via the contact page at  bestbitspodcast.com . In the meantime, check out our other film podcast,  The Best Bits . With over 300 episodes, from  Best Action Scene  to  Best Guilty Pl...

The release of Project Hail Mary got us thinking about cinematic scientists. From brilliant problem-solvers racing against extinction to obsessive minds pushing too far, these mad scientists, inventors and adventurers often sit at the intersection of discovery and danger and make compelling characters for some fantastic films. You can contact the show at  bestbitspodcast.com , and support us direc...

The trailer for Dune: Part Three got us thinking about one of cinema’s most curious traditions: the third instalment. From triumphant finales to bizarre tonal pivots, Part 3 is often where franchises either reach their peak or go completely off the rails. In this episode we discuss some of our favourite third films along with a few infamous entries that didn’t quite stick the landing. You can cont...

With Academy voting now closed — and Will officially having cast his ballot — we turned our attention to the Oscars and chose our top three Best Picture winners from almost a hundred years of cinema. As always, we’d love to hear your take. What are your favourite Best Picture winners? Share your rankings in the comments or jump into the Discord to keep the debate going. You can contact the show at...

Want to hear the rest of this episode? It’s available in full over on our  Patreon  and also for paid subscribers on Apple Podcasts. Just search  Screen, Play  on  patreon.com  to find us. You can get in touch with us via the contact page at  bestbitspodcast.com . In the meantime, check out our other film podcast,  The Best Bits . With over 300 episodes, from  Best Action Scene  to  Best Guilty Pl...

With the release of Send Help , we went deep into the gloriously unhinged filmography of Sam Raimi to rank his movies — from the splatstick horror that made him a cult hero to the blockbuster superhero films that redefined the genre (and everything in between). You can contact the show at  bestbitspodcast.com , and support us directly on  Patreon , where over 100 bonus shows are available:  patreo...

Inspired by YouTuber Markiplier's success at the US box office with his debut film Iron Lung , we discuss YouTube's growing influence in the film industry, the emergence of YouTuber filmmakers, the changing landscape of the entertainment industry, and pick our top three favourite content creators of the platform. Here is a list of all the YouTube Channels discussed in the episode: ALM FAB...

Want to hear the rest of this episode? It’s available in full over on our  Patreon  and also for paid subscribers on Apple Podcasts. Just search  Screen, Play  on  patreon.com  to find us. You can get in touch with us via the contact page at  bestbitspodcast.com . In the meantime, check out our other film podcast,  The Best Bits . With over 300 episodes, from  Best Action Scene  to  Best Guilty Pl...

Struggling to settle on an inspiring topic for this episode, we decided to make our own entertainment — each picking a top three built around a secret theme, then trying to guess the connection. As always, we’d love to hear your take. Did you clock the themes before we did? What secret connection would you build an episode around? You can contact the show at  bestbitspodcast.com , and support us d...

Happy New Year! With 2025 in the rear-view mirror, we take stock of our favourite films and TV of the year to pick our top three from both. We also look ahead to 2026, breaking down the upcoming films we’re most excited (and cautiously optimistic) about. As always, we’d love to hear your take. What were your highlights of 2025? And which 2026 release are you anticipating the most? You can contact...

Merry Christmas! Now that Avatar: Fire and Ash* has been released across the world, and is currently on course to cross a billion at the global box office, we decided to review all nine of James Cameron's films and pick our top three. Whether time-travelling Terminators, domestic epics with spies, deepsea miners encountering NTIs, diamond heisting Titanic survivors or grief-stricken Avatars: w...

With WB entering a new era, and the shock news that Netflix are taking control of them, we dug into the studio’s back catalogue and picked our three favourite WB films. We discuss the studio's legacy, its origin and history, and share our own backlot adventures along the way. As always, we’d love to hear your picks. You can contact the show at  bestbitspodcast.com , and support us directly on ...

With Pluribus on TV, we dove headfirst into the wasteland to pick our top three post-apocalypse films (and comics?). From the classics to the deep cuts, we went through the irradiated lot. You can contact the show at  bestbitspodcast.com , and support us directly on  Patreon , where over 100 bonus shows are available:  patreon.com/screenplaypodcast . You can also join our Discord. New episodes dro...

Want to hear the rest of this episode? It’s available in full over on our  Patreon  and also for paid subscribers on Apple Podcasts. Just search  Screen, Play  on  patreon.com  to find us. You can get in touch with us via the contact page at  bestbitspodcast.com . In the meantime, check out our other film podcast,  The Best Bits . With over 300 episodes, from  Best Action Scene  to  Best Guilty Pl...

With the release of Predator: Badlands , we ranked every film in the near-forty year franchise to get our top three. As always, we’d love to hear your rankings. Did we get it right? Have you seen Predator: Badlands , what did you think? You can contact the show at  bestbitspodcast.com , and support us directly on  Patreon , where over 100 bonus shows are available:  patreon.com/screenplaypodcast ....

Oh, the horror! For our first Halloween inspired episode on this new pod, we’re shuffling and shambling about from one topic to another like zombies. We discuss our favourite horror films of the last twenty-five years , pick our favourite horror villains , and then list our top three TV scares . As always, we’d love to hear your picks. You can contact the show at  bestbitspodcast.com , and support...

Want to hear the rest of this episode? It’s available in full over on our  Patreon  and also for paid subscribers on Apple Podcasts. Just search  Screen, Play  on  patreon.com  to find us. You can get in touch with us via the contact page at  bestbitspodcast.com . In the meantime, check out our other film podcast,  The Best Bits . With over 300 episodes, from  Best Action Scene  to  Best Guilty Pl...