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It's a special episode this week, much like when Two and a Half Men were in CSI for a storyline (everyone remembers this right?), it's a podcast crossover! This is not a cheap attempt at boosting ratings like the CSI one, but more an informative deep dive by Rory M Spence of Doghair Presents into the original MCU. Join Alex and Rory as they explore Disney's first foray into the MCU...

Another thrilling edition of News & Reviews rolls around and this time we've got a quartet of recent releases to discuss.  We have  long awaited horror sequel 'Candyman', psychological horror 'The Night House', John Cena starring Disney+ comedy 'Vacation Friends' and video game adaptation 'Monster Hunter' from perennial Capcom schill Paul W S Anders...

It's the return of occasional series 'Dinosaur Man 64', where we discuss video games and what we've been playing recently.  This episode Andy has a real feast of recent playthroughs to discuss, including 'God of War', 'Spiritfarer' & 'Control'. Meanwhile Alex has done his homework and has played 'Resident Evil 7: Biohazard' but does h...

Another busy fortnight has come and gone and with it comes another packed episode of News & Reviews. We talk about recent streamer releases 'Cruella' and 'Cinderella'. The latest high octane installment in the increasingly ridiculous 'Fast and the Furious' franchise, GI Joe origins story 'Snake Eyes', sci fi horror 'Demonic' and the brilliant B...

Who can take a franchise? (Who can take a franchise?) Sprinkle it with blood (Sprinkle it with blood) Cover it with politics and a white saviour or two The Candy Man (the candy man) The Candy Man can (the candy man can) The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with blood And makes the world confront uncomfortable home truths about systemic racism almost 30 years ago That's right today is an...

The boys return to review the latest batch of releases which this week span from documentary to survival, action to war time sky high horror.  We cover 'WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn', Netflix actioner 'Sweet Girl', shark attack thriller 'Great White'  and aerial horror in 'Shadow in the Cloud'. There is a slight audio glitch at...

To celebrate the release of 'Free Guy' this week the boys decide to look into some video game worlds and how easy it would be to adjust to living in them, we talk ride on lawnmowing empires, homeless 10 year olds and learning foreign languages the British ex pat way. Pointing and shouting.  It takes a turn towards deranged at the end but that's knd of the main reason you listen righ...

We return for another week of both news and reviews from the world of movies, with us discussing the Scarlett Johansson Disney lawsuit and some new trailers. Reviews this week are James Gunn's new DCEU comic book movie 'The Suicide Squad', Disney theme park ride inspired adventure 'Jungle Cruise', retirement community documentary 'Some Kind of Heaven' and Questlo...

To mark the release of James Gunn's new DC dilm 'The Suicide Squad', Andy has devised a plan to help get Alex and you dear listeners up to speed with the various goons who make up this body count of a Squad. Alex guesses through the powers and back stories of these characters while Andy then does some heavy correcting afterwards.

Well here it is guys, the marathon episode we always promised was coming but were too afraid to record. This week we review eight releases! Basketball animation sequel 'Space Jam: A New Legacy', body swap horror comedy 'Freaky', Daniel Radcliffe starring ultra violent romp 'Guns Akimbo', videogame adaptation 'Werewolves Within', the latest in political horro...

To celebrate the release of the new movie 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' we've decided to come up with our own basketball teams made up of animated characters from a variety of different mediums. Will our ragtag bunch of mismatched choices be able to beat the Monstars? Will we choose animated characters with any sporting ability? What food will they eat pregame to give them the energy to...

The box office is back baby! With the return of the MCU in the form of 'Black Widow' we look at how it holds up, whether it brings the character's story to a satisfying conclusion and whether it was worth the wait.  We also discuss Amazon Prime sci fi epic 'The Tomorrow War' and Pixar's latest release 'Luca', which is available on Disney+ now. 

With this week seeing the release of the latest installment of the MCU in Black Widow, we thought we'd bring you a special MCU themed episode.  We're joined this week by Paul Hudson who has devised a choose your own adventure story for the guys to go through, with characters and plotlines from some more obscure Marvel properties there are twists and turns along the way.  So join us for t...

Andy's back! And to celebrate this momentus day Alex has seen way more than necessary in order to provide you lovely lot with a bumper edition of news and reviews, so much so that we drop the majority of news and just talk trailers and reviews.  We talk Lin Manuel Miranda musical 'In The Heights', Ben Wheatley's pandemic set folk horror 'In The Earth', 'Nobody&ap...

With the upcoming release of F9, the latest installment in the now 20 year old The Fast and The Furious series, Andy has put together a handy revision guide for anyone planning to make this their first foray into the world of car heists.  He details the often confusing world of various street racers, hackers, villainous Brits and lawmen without backbones from 2001 to the present day. See this as y...

It's an odd episode this week in that Andy is absent and due to some technical issues our prerecord didn't happen. Anyhow, Alex is here to keep up the regular timetable and has reviews of two films.  'Raya and the Last Dragon' is the latest Disney animation which has just been placed onto Disney+ regular roster after some months on premium rental.  'The Banishing' is...

With the recent rollout of 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' we thought we'd present an educational tool for your use if you've not been keeping up to date with the goings on in the Conjurverse. With 8 films and more on the way it's already pretty packed with interconnected stories and various demons up to no good.  Alex puts forth the complete timeline stretching a...

In a week that saw a slew of new trailers isn't it handy that we were due to release another exciting episode of News & Reviews? We discuss the whole batch from lycanthropic videogame adaptations to cosmic powers in the MCU. In addition to this we have reviews of a bunch of movies and TV shows, Andy has watched the second series of 'Love, Death + Robots' on Netflix as well as th...

With the recent Netflix release of Zack Snyder's 'Army of the Dead' we decided to put together our own ragtag group of zombie killing heroes, with a catch.  We choose one character from each of Zack Snyder's previous non zombie killing directorial efforts in an attempt to create a sort of fantasy draft for a recast version of the film. Which Owl of Ga'Hoole do we choose? D...

After last week's brief sojourn into the world of video games we're back talking movie news and reviews. This week the boys bring you their takes on the latest 'Mortal Kombat' adaptation for the big screen, alongside Janelle Monáe starring thriller 'Antebellum' which is on Sky Cinema now. After this, Alex reviews 'Identifying Features' a Mexican drama which...

Bleep Bloop Bleep! That's video game for hello and welcome back to the latest episode in a burgeoning side series of special episodes all about video games. This time out Andy and Alex are joined by special guest and actual game fan/player Matt McGowan! They discuss Fortnite, Gas Station Simulator, New Pokemon Snap and much more.   Andy also sets Alex his latest homework game to play after he...

After last weeks marathon Oscars episode normal service is resumed with news & reviews.  We talk about best picture winner 'Nomadland' which is available on Disney+ in the UK now, Andy reviews 'The Mitchells vs the Machines' the new animation from Sony which is showing on Netflix.  In addition to this Andy recaps both 'Invincible' and Marvel's 'The Falco...

It's that time of year again where awards season comes to a head and we celebrate by staying up too late and watching the Oscars live and report back to you once you've already found out the results. It's one of the many helpful services we offer as part of this podcast. So sit back, relax and enjoy the torture.

This episode of News & Reviews is packed to the gills with brand spanking new films, including a few Oscar contenders. Drama 'Sound of Metal' is on Amazon Prime and stars Riz Ahmed as a drummer who loses his hearing, 'Promising Young Woman' is the comedy thriller directed and written by Emerald Fennell which features a dynamic performance from Carey Mulligan. In addition to...

In this special spoiler semi review episode we try and make sense of Legendary's Monsterverse. We bring up points from all four installments of the Monsterverse so far, including how atomic breath actually works & whether humans are even needed.  We'll also find out if Andy is size blind and whether ghosts can overcome a spilled cup of coffee.