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The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival coverage continues with their secret movie reveal; 2001’s She Creature! Mike & Spider-Dan delve into Sebastian Gutierrez’s 2001 mermaid movie; She Creature (also known as Mermaid Chronicles Part 1), starring Carla Gugino, Rufus Sewell and Rya Kihlstedt! They discuss the movie, as well as comparing elements to The Little Mermaid and The Shape Of Water, while d...

The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival coverage continues with a review of Orca: The Killer Whale! Mike & Spider-Dan continue their coverage of the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2025 with Michael Anderson’s 1977’s (JAWS rip-off) killer whale movie called Orca! They discuss it in-depth and talk about the festival! Make sure you check out their review of Battle Beyond The Stars on this feed and che...

The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival continues with a Battle Beyond The Stars review! Mike & Spider-Dan continue their coverage of the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2025 with Roger Corman’s 1980 sci-fi (Star Wars rip-off) Battle Beyond The Stars; they discuss it in-depth and talk about the festival! Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/e4XXMJil4WI   Make sure you check out their The B...

It’s the first day of the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival and we review The Big Picture Documentary! In this special episode, Mike & Spider-Dan talk about their first day at the film festival, where a documentary about Bristol’s Megascreen premiered, made by Arthur Cauty, called The Big Picture! The documentary showed the history of Bristol’s cinema, the life, death & rebirth of the IMAX sc...

Suyi Davies Okungbowa is this week’s guest, to talk about his latest book, Black Panther: The Intergalactic Empire Of Wakanda, African authors, science fiction and more! In more detail; Mike & Suyi first talk about Suyi incorporates “twoness” in his writing and his implementation of it in the Black Panther novel and how it’s similar, and different, to the comic run by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The duo...

In this special episode Mike talks about the next three interviews he will be releasing on GCC as well as the huge amount of content he’ll be releasing at the end of May for the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival! From 28th May to 1st June, Mike & Spider-Dan will be at the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival to cover all 5 days of the event and hopefully interview some attendees! They talk about some o...

Mike has been busy releasing review & discussions of Star Wars: Andor Season 2, but has taken a quick break to review the 1985 movie Young Sherlock Holmes, directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus! In more detail, it’s the 40th Anniversary of the movie and as Mike is attending the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival, where a special showing (& cast Q&A) is happening, he want...

All of Mike's future Star Wars content will be released on the feed of Star Wars Chit-Chat (formerly Comics In Canon), found here: https://podfollow.com/starwarschitchat or watch the YouTube videos here: https://youtube.com/@starwarschitchat   There's already two new episodes on there right now; the Andor 3 episode premiere review/breakdown with things you may have missed AND a full Revenge Of The...

WE'RE BACK! In the fifth episode of Mike & Megan’s show, they talk about Ice Cream & Desserts (submitted by Tonya)! They talk about favourite flavours of ice cream, Italian gelato and stracciatella, before talking about desserts, with plenty of Megan's baking stories. Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/1gFZifD-bsU   Let us know what you think and please submit your topics for f...

Paul McGuigan’s second appearance this month is all about his journey to find out more in his Irish ancestry and ends in a place about an unexpected book! Video version here: https://youtu.be/r1zW5Heyv6s   In more detail, this episode is the second half of Mike & Paul’s recorded conversation, where they talk about Paul’s journey to discover more of his Irish ancestry & heritage and discuss...

This “trailer” is to help new or returning listeners find the best episodes to start with, as with almost 8 years of podcasts, the 350+ episodes can seem daunting, so Mike outlines some stand-out episodes and series, which he has listed below. You can also contact Mike @GenuineChitChat on social media to ask him directly for episodes that align with your interests! Standalone episodes; 262 – Moved...

Mike welcomes back “Superdummy” Paul McGuigan for two podcasts; this week is all about getting married in Vegas and the fear (or lack of) in new places, even when people speak the same language! Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/x_Uf_t7VO0o   In more detail, Mike & Paul first discuss Paul’s hiatus from podcasting and the huge amount of podcasts he listens to, as well as a book he’...

Clone Wars Conversations continues with the Legacy Multimedia Project, with content following the show’s cancellation in 2014, and in this episode Dave, Maff & Mike delve into the four unfinished episode that make up the Crystal Crisis arc, which were fully voice-acted and had been almost fully animated. In detail, these episodes centre around Obi-Wan & Anakin investigating the disappearan...

Mike & Jess B Davies of the Femme On Collective joins Mike to talk about smutty romantasy, abroad weddings and getting out of a “reading rut”! In more detail, the duo’s conversation starts with Jess’ involvement in the Femme On Collective, before delving into their love of reading and processing hard times & grief. They then discuss “Romantasy”, including ACOTAR & Fourth Wing and Jess...

Today is Mike’s birthday so he’s giving you all two episodes from the Patreon Afterthoughts series he does with his wife Megan, these two are from late 2023 and are of the MCU movie The Marvels and a discussion on the first 3 Bridget Jones movies! Next week will be back to normal, he already has 3 episodes ready to release; one with Jess B Davies and a two-parter with “Superdummy” Paul McGuigan, s...

Mike & his good friend Alex Hart talk about Alex’s move to Canada, what he likes there and the importance of his current job! In more detail, Alex talks about why he loves the nature of Canada, before explaining his decade-long journey from England to Wales to Canada, with several trips to Asia & America in-between and why he’s staying in Canada for the time being. Alex open up about his d...

Clone Wars Conversations continues with the Legacy Multimedia Project, where content was released from unused Clone Wars episodes following the show’s cancellation in 2014, and in this episode Dave, Maff & Mike delve into the 4-issue comic series Darth Maul: Son Of Dathomir! In detail, this comic centres around Darth Maul after his capture by Palpatine/Sidious in the fifth season of the Clone...

Mike is all tied up this week, so here are three episodes from his Patreon with Afterthoughts with Megan, reviewing Tarzan (1999), Inside Out 2 and Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo! If you want to support the show and get bonus content (like this) every week and get early access, support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat The last episode of GCC had Mike speaking with Tony Holt about Invisible Man a...

Mike is honoured to welcome Anthony D Holt Jr (Tony Holt), to talk about the relevance of Ralph Ellison’s 1962 novel Invisible Man to today’s society, what we can learn and why Tony wrote an essay comparing it to Black Panther! You don’t need to read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison to understand what is discussed in this conversation (although it will bring additional context), as the duo talk abou...

Douglas Vincent; the third member of the Douglas Vincent DID System returns to continue his discussion with Mike, where they nerd out about Star Wars! This week, in part 2, Doug gives his thoughts on the Sequel Trilogy, noting his favourite film of the three and then following this, they talk about Canon and Legends comics & books, including Aphra and the many crossover events in the 2020 main...

GCC welcomes Douglas Vincent; the third member of the Douglas Vincent DID System to speak with Mike, but this time we’re taking a break from speaking in-depth about DID and are just nerding out about Star Wars, in two parts! This week, in part 1, Doug & Mike start by speaking about Douglas’ first experience with Star Wars and recalling memories of his childhood, including watching half a recor...

GCC returns to form with a laughter-filled interview with Gough Of Beernuts Productions, for his annual appearance on the show! Gough & Mike’s conversation starts with the Beernuts Productions podcast before the duo delve into Gough’s latest two mockumentary comedy files; The Harsh Reality Of Re-enactment Acting and Local Heroes! They talk about the inspiration for the films, how these films a...

Clone Wars Conversations continues with Dave, Maff & Mike discussing the final 3 episodes of “The Lost Season”, which features Yoda being guided by Qui-Gon Jinn on a journey to worlds strong in the force, to prepare him for what comes after the Clone Wars! In more detail, Dave, Maff & Mike first talk about how this works as the original ending of TCW series (before season 7 was announced),...

Clone Wars Conversations continues with a collection of 3 episodes; one two-parter about a mission with Jar Jar Binks & Mace Windu, while the third episode unravels the mystery surrounding Sifo Dias, as we near the  end of Season 6! In more detail, Dave, Maff & Mike discuss Jar Jar’s love interest (spoiler; it’s not Mace) and the surprising return of Mother Talzin in the two Disappeared ep...

Clone Wars Conversations continues with an underrated arc, about Anakin’s possessive love of Padmé and Palpatine’s control over the galactic banks, all in the second batch of episodes from Season 6! Dave, Maff & Mike talk in-depth about Anakin’s fall, Padmé’s tactics and Palpatine’s plans! In more detail, the trio discuss Star Wars banking, the further plots of Palpatine, how brutally Anakin a...