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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 … Continue reading "Is This The Worst Film Mike Has Ever Seen? Clan Of The Cave B...

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 … Continue reading "Life Update 2, Patreon Episode &#3...

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, … Continue reading "268 – Writing Black Panther &...

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 … Continue reading "The Ultimate Preview: Forbidden Worlds Film Festival Coverage & What’s To...

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 … Continue reading "267 – Young Sherlock Holmes 40th Anniversary Review: Fo...

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. Let us know what you think and please submit your topics for … Continue reading "Monthly M&M 5: Ice C...

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! 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 … Continue reading "#266 – The Irish Legacy Of The McGuigan Name: Journeying To...

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 … Continue reading "#265 – Why Do...

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 … Continue reading "Star Wars: Clone...

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 … Continue reading "#263 – Why I Read Smutty Romantasy: ACOTAR V...

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 … Continue reading "Patreon Double Movie Review Special – The Marvels And The Bridget Jones Trilogy R...

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 … Continue reading "#262 – Why I Moved To Canada: The Journey From England &...

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 … Continue reading "Star Wars: Clone Wars Con...

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 … Continue reading "Patreon Triple Movie Review Special...

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 … Continue reading "#260 – What Can Invisible Man Teach Us About Black America? Code-Switc...

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 … Continue reading "#259 P1 – Escaping Into Star Wars Since ‘77: Taping Off The T...

Mike & Megan were in America for a month and recorded numerous podcasts while out there, talking about their experiences in Vegas, Yosemite, Bakersfield, Orlando with theme parks and more! In this release, M&M talk about their first 2 days at Disneyworld Florida, which included most of the main rides at Magic Kingdom, the closing … Continue reading "What Is Disney World Really Like?...

Mike & Megan were in America for a month and recorded numerous podcasts while out there, talking about their experiences in Vegas, Yosemite, Bakersfield, Orlando with theme parks and more! Mike rambles in the intro until around 4 minutes 30, so skip ahead if you want to get right into the conversation! In this release, … Continue reading "Visiting Universal Studios In California: A Month...

Clone Wars Conversations continues with the third & final part of Season 4 “Battle Lines” (episodes 19-22)! Dave, Maff & Mike have split this season up into 3 so the trio can discuss certain arcs and individual episodes of The Clone Wars in more detail to make this Clone Wars companion podcast even better! In … Continue reading "#244 – Clone Wars Conversations Season 4 Pt 3 (E19-22):...

Mike & Megan were in America for a whole month and recorded numerous podcasts while out there, talking about their experiences in Vegas, Yosemite, Bakersfield, Orlando with theme parks and more! In this release, M&M talk about their second week in the USA, where they spent their time in Yosemite National Park and the nearby … Continue reading "Our Honeymoon In Yosemite: A Month In Am...

Mike & Megan were off in America for a whole month and recorded numerous podcasts while out there, talking about their experiences in Vegas, Yosemite, Bakersfield, Orlando with theme parks and more! To listen while watching a photo slideshow, click here: https://youtu.be/dJVmWZtLzVs In this release, M&M talk about their first week in the USA, where … Continue reading "We Got Married...

Mike and Megan are in America getting married so here’s a special release consisting of two episodes from their catalogue of Afterthoughts episodes, where they talk about two movies directed by Steven Spielberg! M&M review Jaws and Saving Private Ryan and if you like this, check out https://patreon.com/GenuineChitChat – for only £1 per month, you … Continue reading "#243 – Jaws &#3...

Mike and Megan are in America getting married so here’s a special release that was just going to be for Patreon but M&M decided to release it to you all anyway: their review of Deadpool & Wolverine! If you like this, check out https://patreon.com/GenuineChitChat where for only £1 per month, you’ll get instant access to … Continue reading "#242 – Deadpool & Wolverine Review: Patre...

Clone Wars Conversations continues with the second part (of three) of Season 4 “Battle Lines” (episodes 11-18)! Dave, Maff & Mike have split this season up into 3 so the trio can discuss certain arcs and individual episodes of The Clone Wars in more detail to make this Clone Wars companion podcast even better! In … Continue reading "#241 – Star Wars: Clone Wars Conversations Season 4 Pt...

In the fourth episode of Mike & Megan’s show, they talk about Cartoons (submitted by Maff), specifically from their childhoods! As well as discussing the many great shows on Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon & Disney, (including The Powerpuff Girls and Dragonball Z) M&M reminisce about getting up early, being too young to understand the innuendos, how … Continue reading "Monthly Mike...