Cognitive Recalibration

Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham team up in the latest offering in the Fast and Furious franchise, "Hobbs and Shaw". The team talk about if it hits or misses. We also mention the Amazon superhero show "The Boys". Timestamps: (2:05) - Who Am I? (4:49) - Hobbs & Shaw Spoiler Free Review (25:50) - Hobbs & Shaw Spoiler Talk (39:36) - Quick word on The Boys (40:17) - Who Am I Answer If you want...

Marvel made some big announcements at San Diego Comic Con this year and we talk everything about MCU Phase 4 in this episode. Top Gun Maverick also gets a lot of mentions as well that creepy Cats trailer. Timestamps: (1:23) - Who Am I? (2:53) - Black Widow (8:05) - The Eternals (11:29) - Falcon and the Winter Soldier (13:57) - Wanda Vision (15:01) - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (17:...

It's the summer of 1985 in Hawkins and strange things are happening again. We take a look at the latest season of hit Netflix show "Stranger Things" in this episode. We also review the Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani comedy "Stuber". Timestamps: 2:09 - Who Am I? 3:32 - Stranger Things 3 Spoiler-Free Review 21:02 - Stranger Things 3 Spoiler Talk 40:24 - Stuber Spoiler-Free Review 43:37 - Who Am I...

Sravan finally watched "Toy Story 4" and in this episode we revisit the toys on their new adventure. We also talk about the latest entry in the Conjuring universe, "Annabelle Comes Home". Timestamps: 0:59 - Who Am I 1:50 - Toy Story 4 Spoiler Free Review 18:55 - Toy Story 4 Spoiler Talk 25:50 - Annabelle Comes Home Spoiler Free Review 41:07 - Who Am I Answer If you want to support this podcast so...

The Webhead is back on screen post Endgame with "Spider-Man: Far From Home". We talk about Peter Parker's European adventure in this episode with our Spider-Man correspondent Kireeti Chigurala. Timestamps: 1:00 - Who Am I? 2:02 - Avengers Endgame Bonus Footage 4:44 - Spider-Man Far From Home Spoiler Free Review 27:32 - Spider-Man Far From Home Spoiler Talk 1:16:21 - Who Am I Answer 1:19:09 - Three...

In the latest episode of our Cricket World Cup special we talk about a week of washouts and look forward to a week of seemingly one-sided matches. Timestamps: 1:37 - Review of last week's matches 17:27 - Our Predictions for next week's games 23:45 - Stats for the tournament so far and our Top 4 Prediction If you want to support this podcast so we can keep producing our content for free consider th...

Godzilla is back on screen and we talk about whether his latest on-screen outing shows the King of Monsters in all his glory. We also talk about "Men in Black: International" the fourth instalment in the Men in Black franchise. While we are on the topic of people dressed in black clothing, we thought we would talk about the Australian film "Ladies in Black". Time Stamps: (1:51) - Who Am I? (3:31)...

The final movie of the X-Men franchise from 20th Century Fox is here and we talk about whether they stuck the landing in this episode. Timestamps: (0:56) - Who Am I? (2:00) - X-Men: Dark Phoenix Spoiler Free Review (15:23) - X-Men: Dark Phoenix Spoilers (36:10) - X-Men Movies Ranking (39:41) - Who Am I Answer If you want to support this podcast so we can keep producing our content for free conside...

In the latest episode of our Cricket World Cup special we talk about a week of upsets and close finishes and look forward to a week of crucial matches. We talk in depth about the all important India vs Australia match tonight. Timestamps: 0:25 - Review of last week's matches 10:42 - Standings and Stats 13:49 - India vs Australia 18:43 - Remainder of Matches this week If you want to support this po...

Disney is back with another live-action remake of an animated classic. This time its Aladdin's turn to get a live action makeover and Sravan is joined by singer, artist, YouTuber and Disney fan, Kavya to discuss the movie. Timestamps: 0:19 - Introduction 1:54 - Who Am I 3:15 - Aladdin Spoiler-Free review 21:46 - Infinity Stone Rating 28:18 - Aladdin Spoiler Talk 45:35 - Other Disney live-action re...

A week of warm-up games are over and the Cricket World Cup has officially commenced. In this episode we talk through each of the warm up games as well as England's victorious and Pakistan's horrible horrible starts to the World Cup. We also look forward to the next week of games give our predictions. Timestamps: 1:52 - Warm-up Games 7:12 - England vs South Africa 10:50 - West Indies vs Pakistan 13...

Welcome to the first episode of a special series in which we will be talking everything Cricket World Cup 2019. This is will be a spin-off series to our usual Cognitive Recalibration show and will give us an opportunity to talk about one of our other passions, cricket. In this episode we are joined by cricket fanatic Kishore Kottampally and we talk through each country's chances at lifting the Wor...

The highly anticipated final season of Game of Thrones is finally over and Team CogRecal have their say on how Season 8 panned out. Tarun is joined by returning guests and passionate Game of Thrones fans, Bhargava Cherukuri and Kireeti Chigurala to discuss everything GOT (full spoilers ahead!). Timestamps: (1:25) - Who Am I? (3:31) - General Thoughts on Season 8 (Spoiler Free) (11:31) - Spoiler Ta...

Sravan and Tarun are back after a brief hiatus with their review of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. They also talk about a couple of movies that they have watch so far this year namely Pet Sematary, Us, Curse of La Llorona (or Curse of the Weeping Woman) and Hellboy. Timestamps: (2:50) - Who Am I? (6:06) - Background and Development (6:56) - Spoiler Free Review (17:30) - Spoiler Talk (26:51) - Quick R...

We are well and truly in the Endgame now, so we are here with a full spoiler breakdown of Avengers Endgame. Our Avengers SuperCoach contestants, Bhaskar Cherukuri and Kireeti Chigurala join us again to talk everything about the movie. Timestamps: 1:00 - General Expectations and Feelings after watching the movie 9:00 - Thor 16:15 - Hawkeye/Ronin 22:25 - Black Widow 31:40 - Hulk 41:00 - Ironman 56:3...

We are in the Endgame now! Here is our Non-Spoiler review of Avengers Endgame, we talk through our feelings on the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole and what we felt after watching this epic finale. For those who have already seen the movie, our Spoiler Talk is coming soon! Timestamps: (1:00) - Spoiler Free Review (15:00) - Our 11 year experience with the MCU (31:30) - Who Am I If you want to s...

It's our first ever Avengers SuperCoach episode and we are joined by Bhaskar Cherukuri and Kireeti Chigurala to battle it out. Check out our Facebook page for the Avengers roster and play with your friends! We have a few predictions for Avengers Endgame before its release later this week. Timestamps: (2:25) - Rules of the game and team rosters (5:45) - Team Selection (15:00) - 1 v 1 Battle (29:30)...

DC's latest "Shazam!" has arrived and the team are joined by special guest and Captain Marvel/Shazam fan Bhargava Cherukuri to talk everything related to the big red cheese. Timestamps: (1:45) Who Am I? (5:35) Shazam! Spoiler Free Review (26:25) Infinity Stone Rating (32:10) Shazam! Spoiler Talk and Easter Eggs (1:20:00) Who Am I Answer (1:23:30) Q&A with Bhargava If you want to support this p...

Captain Marvel is here and the team is back to talk everything from comics to Easter eggs. Special guest Bhaskar Cherukuri joins Sravan and Tarun as they unpack everything Captain Marvel and also talk about its implications on the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe. Timestamps: 1:00 Who Am I? 2:20 Bhaskar's experience with Marvel and the MCU 4:10 Captain Marvel in comics 11:00 Captain Marvel Spoiler...

In this episode we've come to you with 3 reviews. Tarun reviews the latest superhero Netflix show "Umbrella Academy". Then, in the lead up to Captain Marvel, Sravan talks about a movie that has a lot in common with next MCU flick (Spoilers: it's the movie 13 going on 30). He also reviews the latest addition to the dogverse franchise "A Dog's Way Home". Timestamps: (1:15) Who Am I (3:00) Umbrella A...

This episode Tarun talks about Lego Movie 2 and Sravan joins to discuss his thoughts on the cyberpunk action film Alita Battle Angel. They also talk about the latest trailers and also quickly discuss the movies Instant Family and Creed 2. Let us know what you think of our new Infinity Stone rating system. Timestamps: (3:00) Lego Movie 2 Spoiler Free Review (19:40) Lego Movie 2 Spoiler Talk (24:35)...

In this episode we look back at 2018 and look forward to 2019. Sravan talks the box office stats for 2018 and Tarun outlines his best and worst of 2018. They talk about their most anticipated for 2019 and give their box office predictions for 2019. Timestamps: Box Office Statistics for 2018 1:15 Best of 2018 14:40 Worst of 2018 24:10 Most Anticipated of 2019 29:40 2019 Box Office Predictions 40:27...

This episode we review the latest instalment in the Worlds of DC franchise, "Aquaman". Does it make a splash or sink without a trace, listen to find out. We also briefly talk about "Mary Poppins Returns" the sequel to the original 1964 musical fantasy film. Timestamps: Mary Poppins Returns 1:55 Aquaman Spoiler Free Review 6:30 Aquaman Spoiler Talk 25:00 If you want to support this podcast so we ca...

This week we have a double review episode for you. Tarun goes missing for the first half of the episode so Sravan talks about "Ralph Breaks the Internet" and Tarun then joins to review the latest instalment in the Transformers franchise "Bubblebee". Timestamps: Ralph Breaks the Internet Spoiler Free Review 0:50 Ralph Breaks the Internet Spoiler Talk 11:20 Bubblebee Spoiler Free Review 18:30 Bubble...

"Wait, so how many of us are there?" - Miles Morales, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse This episode we look at how multiple dimensions collide in "Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse". We also talk about the long-awaited first trailer to Avengers 4 or Avengers Endgame. If you enjoy our content please give us a subscribe so you never miss an episode. If you want to support this podcast so we can keep...