Genuine Chit-Chat

Genuine Chit-Chat is back, and what better way to finish a hiatus than to have Gough of Beernuts Productions return for his tenth visit? Mike & Gough talk about his newest two films; the narrative-driven “Mr X” and the gag-filled sketches in “Trick Or Treat”, including working with younger actors, the costumes designs and more behind-the-scenes elements that indie filmmakers must consider. Tow...

It’s time for the final interview from Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2026! Kinza returns for another interview, and this time she talks about widening her film knowledge, the amazing community at Forbidden Worlds Film Festival, getting out of her comfort zone and more! This is part 2 of the interview with Kinza, for part 1, go to Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores: https://pod.fo/e/428474   Subscr...

It’s time for interview number two from Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2026!   Ben talks about what film means to him, which leads into a discussion on physical media and that there are no wrong film opinions!   This is part 2 of the interview with Ben, for part 1, go to Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores: https://pod.fo/e/425fe2   Subscribe & tune into both podcast feeds (or YouTube channels)...

It’s time for the first, of three, interviews from Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2026! Sam Espensen returns to talk about the 1985 medieval fantasy movie; Ladyhawke! As well as discussing what the movie means to Sam, the characters within and the genre as a whole, she talks about Ray Harryhausen, stop-motion and more! This is part 2 of the interview with Sam, for part 1, go to Spider-Dan & Th...

We’re onto the final review of Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2026! We move onto review number 13, where Dan & Mike discuss the relatively unheard of 1985’s Star Knight (The Knight of the Dragon); a Spanish-made, English-language movie starring Harvey Keitel, about a space ship being mistaken for a dragon in medieval times. Subscribe & tune into both podcast feeds (or YouTube channels) so...

We’re onto the Day 4 of Forbidden Worlds Film Festival; the final day! We move onto review number 9 (both reviews from Day 3 are on Spider-Dan’s feed), where Dan & Mike discuss 1940’s The Thief Of Bagdad; a movie that heavily inspired Disney’s Aladdin, as it too was based on the story from One Thousand and One Nights. Over the coming weeks, be sure you subscribe & tune into both podcast fe...

We move onto review number 7, where Dan & Mike discuss 1987 movie Pathfinder (not the Karl Urban remake)! The movie is spoken in a Sámi language and is the first of it’s kind, based on an old Sámi legend, made by Norwegian director Nils Gaup. Over the coming weeks, be sure you subscribe & tune into both podcast feeds (or YouTube channels) so you don’t miss any of their FWFF coverage! YouTu...

Review for day 2 of Forbidden Worlds Film Festival commences! We move onto review number 5 and Dan & Mike discuss the Director’s Cut of the 2001 horror/period-drama/mystery/action movie (that was inspired by the Beast of Gévaudan, while serving as inspiration for the FromSoftware game Bloodborne); Brotherhood Of The Wolf! Over the coming weeks, be sure you subscribe & tune into both podcas...

The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival coverage continues! Still on the first day of the festival, this is review number 3, for the 1985 Neanderthal movie; Clan Of The Cave Bear! Over the coming weeks, be sure you subscribe & tune into both podcast feeds (or YouTube channels) so you don’t miss any of their FWFF coverage! YouTube will have the video versions and clips will be on YT, TikTok & In...

The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival coverage BEGINS! Mike & Spider-Dan have reviewed 13 movies from the film festival, and have 6 interviews to release. The first review of the weekend is 1985’s Ladyhawke, on the feed of Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores, but this is review number 2, for the 1983 Japanese movie; Legend Of The Eight Samurai! Over the coming weeks, be sure you subscribe & tun...

Mike updates you on his output, notes the new free Patreon tier and includes a free review of Casino Royale starts around the 6 minute mark! Mike appeared on Back To The Filmography, talking Matthew McConaughey on Interstellar, tune in here: https://pod.fo/e/3b9a62 Mike has continued to release weekly episodes while on his break, so sign up as a free member for monthly episodes, or subscribe/donat...

Mike has some exciting news to share, along with confirmation when you’ll be receiving new episodes of this show! If you want to support Mike while he takes a short break and receive access to a massive catalogue of bonus episodes, including several for Spooky Season, please consider supporting at www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat or https://ko-fi.com/GenuineChitChat Pop Guerrillas 2.0 has now launc...

Educator & podcaster Tony Holt Jr continues his thoughts on Ralph Ellison’s essays; Shadow and Act this week! This massive conversation had to be split in two (all Patreon supporters had both parts two weeks ago), but this week in part 2, Tony & Mike’s discussion on Ellison’s writing style continues! They delve deeper into specific essays and how they bring forward often overlooked perspec...

Pop Guerrillas are back with Dan B returning, joined by 3 new Guerrillas; Maff, Paul & Tony Holt Jr!   New episodes will be popping up very soon so keep your eyes (& ears out) for a whole new wave of Pop Guerrillas content coming your way, find them by searching on any podcast app or by clicking here: https://podfollow.com/popguerrillas   Find Dan B on TikTok at: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@m...

Educator & podcaster Tony Holt Jr returns to GCC to talk about the first of Ralph Ellison’s essays; Shadow and Act! This massive conversation had to be split in two (all Patreon supporters already have it in full), but this week in part 1, Tony & Mike discuss Ellison’s writing style and the value & timelessness of the essays. The two come from different perspectives (Tony: a Black Amer...

Disney Discussions is back with a comparison between 1959’s Sleeping Beauty & 2014’s Maleficent! Sleeping Beauty may be a classic but it’s a movie Mike had never seen; tune in to hear his thoughts as well as the other’s on this 65 year old movie and the 11 year old prequel/retelling from the villain’s perspective. Dan, Megan, Mike & Ria also talk about the transition from animation to live...

Gaming & fatherhood are the main topics this week with the amazing Dan Belgrave! Dan & Mike have collaborated in the past on GCC, the podcast Superheroes For Dummies and more, but this week they’re honing-in on two incredibly important aspects of Dan’s life; being a dad and video games! In their discussion, they talk about the challenges of fatherhood and the balancing of time one must adh...

For his eighth appearance on GCC, Tony talks about his published adaptation of Sense & Sensibility! In more detail, Mike & Tony talk about the second instalment in The Austen Chronicles; That Other Dashwood Girl. The duo talk about why Tony focused on a little-known character, how writing this differed to writing Welcome To Mansfield, his love of Jane Austen, the emotional beats of the nov...

Author & podcaster Seth Singleton joins Mike to dive deep into the question; why do we write? Video version here: https://youtu.be/vuWAZK6iypY   Although Seth & Mike have many mutual friends, this is their first podcast together! In more detail; Seth & Mike talk about getting in one’s own way and “the cost of failure”, tying into how introspection helped Seth get through certain failur...

Author, filmmaker, poet, podcaster and truly inspirational person Alyson Shelton returns to GCC to discuss the 200th episode of Where I’m From! In more detail; Alyson joins Mike on GCC for the fourth time to talk about her four year journey through her poetry-inspired show Where I’m From, where she has a different guest on each week to perform their own version of George Ella Lyon’s Where I’m From...

Cocktail-creating entrepreneur Sam Espensen speaks about her love of Young Sherlock Holmes and film at Forbidden Worlds Film Festival, and more! Video version here: https://youtu.be/ep9-7v_D0zQ   Espensen Spirit’s social media is all @EspensenSpirit Espensen Spirit has been making exceptional spirits in East Bristol for a decade, and also has a mobile bar & events company, doing everything fro...

Veteran volunteer Kinza Drewett speaks about her time volunteering at The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival, favourite Disney movies, musicals and more! Video version here: https://youtu.be/CWaYWf-6k0A   Kinza’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/kinzaleah Find more questions to Kinza on Spider-Dan’s podcast feed very soon: https://spiderdanandthesecretbores.com   Make sure you check out Dan & Mike’s o...

Legendary producer Gale Anne Hurd answers our questions at The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival! Video version here: https://youtu.be/IqpzoUBZXsE In more detail, a group of press each ask Gale Anne Hurd questions during FWFF and this is the first half of the roundtable! Questions are varied and come from several creators, talking about Gale’s mentors & inspirations, her early and later film &amp...

Faith Roswell at The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival talks about her favourite movies and book! In the first of Mike & Dan’s FWFF interviews, they had the pleasure of speaking with Faith Roswell about her book; Movie Monsters Of The Deep, who her Film Festival legend would be, a deep see movie few people have seen, her love of Alex Garland, why she wrote her novel and more! Faith’s social media...

The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival reviews conclude with 1962’s Japanese Moby Dick adaptation; The Whale God Mike & Spider-Dan delve into the 1962 kaiju/Moby Dick movie The Whale God, which Mike was hugely looking forward to watching but it has some controversial topics within – although it’s not gratuitous, note the sexual assault trigger warning. Neither Mike or Dan had seen or heard of this...