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Join Mary and John as they review the new British prison drama, Wasteman..  Rounding off the show, we choose our top three prison set movies. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by John McArthur. An unknown, massive earthquake happens in a drilling station at the bottom of the Marianas Trench. A scientific crew must find their way across the ocean floor into another station under the threats of deep pressure, dark water, dangerous deep-sea creatures, and a constant lack of oxygen. Liked it? let us kn...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. A woman, thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a dog. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podca...

Deleted scenes for the Translators review. L Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. A chief of police investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. An arrest is made quickly; clues prompt the policeman to delve deeper into the locals' hidden behaviour. Only the River Flows is a 2023 Chinese neo-noir crime drama film directed by Wei Shujun, who co-wrote the s...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai...

The Translators, original title Les Traducteurs) played at a number of film festivals in 2020 and then failed to get a distribution deal, condemning it to a life in release limbo. It is still not possible to see it on any streaming platform or VOD service.  We recorded a podcast covering the film in 2021 as we both enjoyed it at festival screenings and in the assumption that the film would be made...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. A writer about to publish his new novel is forced to take care of three eccentric older women - and his own mother - over the course of one chaotic weekend in Dublin. Four Mothers is a 2024 Irish comedy film co-written and directed by Darren Thornton, co-written by Colin Thornton, and starring James McArdle and...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Follows the true story of Cassandro, the ''exotico'' character created by Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso who rose to international stardom. Cassandro is a 2023 American biographical drama film directed by Roger Ross Williams from a screenplay co-written by Williams and David Teague. It sta...

The deleted scenes from our review of The Smashing Machine. What we've been watching and other stuff. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation of the 2024 film Restless,  based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. October 31, 1977. Johnny Carson's rival, Jack Delroy, hosts a syndicated talk show, 'Night Owls', that has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country. A year after the tragic death of Jack's wife, ratings have plummeted. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, Jack plans a Halloween special l...

Join Mary and John as they review Dwayne Johnson's bid for serious actor status in The Smashing Machine.  Rounding off the show, we choose our top three biopics Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust, who've long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren't sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she's not a...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. After the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter's precarious existence is ripped apart. They must find strength in each other if they are to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to engulf them. In Flames is a 2023 Pakistani-Canadian supernatural horror drama film written, directed, and co-...

The deleted scenes from our first Universal Monsters marathon podcast. What we've been watching and other stuff. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Female journalist Rahimi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain when the murderer is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the true story of the 'Spider Killer...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Criminal lawyer Canan divides her time between mornings in court and evenings in her mother's hospital bed. On the day of the sentencing hearing of a murder suspect whom Canan is defending, she must make a moral choice that will affect the lives of her mother, the judge, and the defendant. Liked it? let us know...

Join Mary and John as we embark on our new podcast marathon. Over the course of the year, we will be reviewing the classic movies from the Universal Monsters boxset. Alongside the review of the originals, we will compare and contrast with a contemporary version of the same story. First up is the 1931 version of Dracula, accompanied by Dracula: A love Tale from 2025. Liked it? let us know! Hated it...

Coming very soon. Our latest marathon delves into the Universal Monsters box set and pairs one of the classic movies with a contemporary version of the originals.  Hit follow to be sure to get the episodes, as well as all of our pod goodness. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Movi...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review of the 2023 film , Faraway, written by Mary Munoz. Zeynep Altin is at the end of her tether. She's overworked and pushed around by her husband, daughter, and aging father. Her mother's death and her funeral, which nearly ends in total disaster, are the last straws for Zeynep; she leaves Munich and escapes to an island in Croatia. In...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble review of the 2022 film Fall. Original review was written by Mary and can be found on the moviescramble website. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

The second part of the offcuts from our preview of the 2026 movies to look forward to. Less movie talk and a bit about what is going on this time. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

The deleted scenes from our preview of the 2026 movie landscape. What we've been watching and other stuff. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

Join Mary and John as they look forward to the movie slate for the forthcoming year. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)