The Weekly Planet

James & Maso's Time Crapsule! A bigsandwich.co bonus podcast where we rank a year's pop culture contributions and discover some forgotten gems. The regular podcast will also hopefully return next week. Thank you to everyone who came to any of the live shows and maybe see you in Birmingham tomorrow (tickets below). Thanks for listening. There's also a new Time Crapsule out now on bigsandwich.co...

In 2019 Lionsgate attempted the unimaginable, a reboot of the Hellboy franchise after the much beloved Guillermo del Toro and Ron Pearlman dead cancelled trilogy. With David Harbour stepping into the role and directed (sort of) by Neil Marshall it was a critical and commercial bomb. HOWEVER as a movie some perhaps feel that it's been judged unfairly especially considering the mythology, creature w...

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Weekly Planet movie commentary track. The main podcast is currently on a short break during the UK Tour but please enjoy some previously exclusive bigsandwich.co bonuses while we're away. Some tickets for Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham might also still be available below. Thank you to everyone who has come out to see the live shows so far. And happ...

Despite theo first Hellboy underperforming at the box office home DVD sales meant a sequel still moved forward resulting in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army in 2008. And the result is a film that's bigger, funnier and with more golden armies than ever. With Ron Pearlman, Doug Jones and Guillermo del Toro firing on all cylinders it's not wonder people are still asking for the sequel that will never come....

Welcome everyone! It's time for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (second Beetlejuice). Plus we talk the news of the week including the fate of MCU Blade and Armor Wars, Ian McKellen & Orlando Bloom returning to Middle Earth, Oceans 14, trailers for The Mincraft Movie, Alien: Earth & The Wolfman, a release date for Creature Commando's, Josh Brolin as Hal Jordan, a Superman 2025 update, a The Batman...

In 2004 Guillermo Del Toro brought us the cinematic introduction of Hellboy, a demonic entity summonded from hell but who fights for the forces of good. Played pitch perfectly by Rob Pearlman and joined by the likes of Doug Jones as Abe Sapien and Selma Blair as Liz Sherman the first movie deals with stopping the Nazi's (lead by Rasputin) from opening a portal into another dimension to bring forth...

Big news for fans of The Crow! There's a new The Crow movie. That's pretty much where the good news ends. We get stuck into that in addition to the box office predictions for Joker 2, new details on Jurassic Park 7/Jurassic World 4, trailers for Sonic 3 & Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, a first look at The Thing for the upcoming Fantastic Four MCU reboot and the tease of the return of...

What started as a fairly simple slasher premise (robot gets sent back from the future to kill the mother of the future saviour of mankind but also she gets sent a human protector whom also happens to be the childs father) very quickly evolved into one of the biggest action movies of all time. Terminator 2: Judgment Day has both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton return as the T-800 and Sarah...

Hello everyone, welcome back to podcasting.  This week we’re talking the cancellation of The Acolyte, trailers of Lord of the Rings: The War Of Rohim and Megalopolis, Anaconda but again, James Spader returning to the MCU, how Robert Downey Jr returned as Doctor Doom, Michael Keaton’s thoughts on Batgirl being shelved and we review Blink Twice. Thanks for listening UK Tour Tickets for Sanspant...

The Terminator 1984 is an absolute all out sci-fi action classic. The brainchild of director James Cameron and producer Gale Anne Hurd it introduced the world to the titular Terminator as played by then rising star Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor the mother of future savior John Connor along with Michael Biehn as Kyle Reece a soldier sent back through time to protect Sarah. Es...

This week Alexei Toliopoulos joins us to talk the latest installment in the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus. He also gives us some insight into the world of Megalopolis and his involvement in the film and it’s quite frankly incredible. Plus we talk the news of the week including a new trailer for Kraven and Thunderbolts*, more terrible insight into Beau DeMayo firing from X-Men 97, Disney asking f...

It's time to wrap up the Ellen Ripley Alien film series with a look at what's probably the weakest entry, Alien: Resurrection. Set two hundred years after the last and bring back Sigourney Weaver as a clone of the original Ripley it has all the thrills and chills of the best Alien movies but not as good. Sure there's some fun stuff in it like breath verification and a basketball shot people won't...

It’s D23 and also Borderlands the movie came out! So this week we’re talking all the big Disney reveals including Moana 2, Toy Story 5, Frozen 3, The Incredibles 3, Star Wars Skeleton Crew, The Mandalorian VS Grogu, Andor Season 2, Captain America: Red Hulk, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Daredevil: Born Again, Avatar: Fire & Ash, Snow White, Tron: Ares, Mufasa and more! In addition to that Warn...

Opinions of Alien 3 are certainly divided. Off the back of the terrific first two entries expectations were high for the return of Ellen Ripley, Hicks and Newt but things didn't exactly turn out well for 66% of those characters. Taking things back to the single monster scare of Alien 1979 David Fincher does his best to elevate the story whilst constantly wrestling with the studio with what resulte...

M. Night Shyamalan is back with a brand new movie in Trap! And Robery Downey Jr is back to take a lot of money from Disney! We talk his and he Russo Brothers HUGE Marvel deal, the success of Deapool & Wolverine, red hot rumors for Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars, Harrison Ford talks The Red Hulk, a new trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man plus a Squid Game season 2 and 3 update. Thanks for...

There are very few sequels that are able to match the original or potentially surpass it. James Cameron's Aliens is one of those films. Arriving in 1986 seven years after the last it marks the return of Sigorney Weavers Ellen Ripley whom is awoken from cryosleep 57 years after the events of Alien 1979. Great movies and good vibes. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRIBE HERE ►►...

It's the biggest week of the year (for this podcast) with our review of Deadpool & Wolverine and San Diego Comic Con 2024 with the return of Robert Downey Jr as Doctor Doooooooooooom. Plus we talk news for Invincible Season 3 and 4 and more The Boys spin-off, new trailers for Transformers One, Joker 2, Creature Commando's and Rebel Moon: Rude Edition, a new DC logo, a look at Captain America:...

Alien 1979 is a beautiful combination of sci-fi and horror which has rarely been replicated since. With Ridley Scott's direction, HR Giger's unique visual design, unsettling special effects, tight script and a unique exploration of both alien life and artificial intelligence it's no wonder it went to spawn multiple sequels, prequels and spin offs. Probably too many really. Thanks for checking out...

This week in the lead up to Deadpool & Wolverine we talk about something unrelated, The Boys Season 4 and The Acolyte.  We also the return of Marvel to Comic Con, the Disney hack, the Russo Brothers returning for Avengers 5, a potential MCU return for Robert Downey Jr, trailers for Captain America: Brave New World and Terminator Zero, Kumail Nanjiani as Booster Gold, more Rebel Moon and w...

We're finishing off the Wolverine Trilogy with what's considered it's strongest entry, Logan. A reflection on aging, loss, grief, parenthood and what it means to stab a bunch of people with your clone daughter. Terrific performances all round and an incredible ending to Hugh Jackman's tenure as the titular character. It's a shame we'll never see him again because he died. Thanks for checking out o...

This week we're talking two big movies with both the legacy sequel Twisters and Despicable Me 4 with the help of Jackson Bailey and Joel Duscher from Sanspants radio. We also talk the passing of a legend in Shelly Duvall, trailers for Agatha All Along Trailer, Watchmen Chapter and Gladiator 2, a Shrek 5 announcement, Deadpool & Wolverine First Reactions and the future of Kevin Costners Horizon...

We've hit the middle child of the Wolverine trilogy with 2013's The Wolverine! Acting as a redemption arc for both the character and the response to X-Men Origins: Wolverine a burnt out Logan heads on over to Japan for action, romanace, trauma and to fight an old man in a giant shiny robot suit. Thanks for checking out our Caravan Of Garbage review! SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/pQ39jN Help supp...

Huge episode this week with reviews of both Inside Out 2 (with Bron Lewis and Claire Tonti stopping by) and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Plus we get into the news of the week including the Batman Arkham Series being cancelled, new on set Superman photos with Green Lantern/Hawkgirl, the new Captain America: Brave New World suit, Deadpool & Wolverine plus Horizon: An American Saga opposite box off...

With Hugh Jackman returning as Logan in Deadpool & Wolverine we've decided to take a look at the Wolverine Trilogy, starting with the first and the worst X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Acting also as the live action introduction of Deadpool it has all the ingredients of a great X-Men adventure and yet it falls down at almost every step it takes. Thanks for checking out of Caravan Of Garbage review...

Alright shhh and settle down everybody it's time for A Quiet Place Prequel. But in the lead up to tha there's also the news of the week, including a tonne of Superman set photos showing off the new suit, Marvel returning to Hall H at comic con 2024, trailers for Batman: Caped Crusader, Red One, Here and Nosferatu, release dates for Dune 3 and whatever the nedt Kong/Godzilla movie is and Harry Pott...