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Follow us on our journey of revenge as we tackle Robert Eggers' new Viking epic The Northman starring Alexander Skarsgaard, Nicole Kidman and Anya Taylor-Joy. Lewis also gives a review of new Netflix LGBT+ coming-of-age series Heartstopper, based on a successful graphic novel, and Sam gives his brief thoughts on the newest episode of Moon Knight!

Sam rambles his way through his first-time thoughts on Francis Ford Coppola's legendary Godfather trilogy (which turns 50 this year), whilst Lewis recalls his own opinions and compares the mob classics to Scorsese's Goodfellas. We look at the new directors cut of the third installment, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Also... Is It Cake?

We're back! And at last, awards are out of the conversation! Prepare for quickfire 5 minute reviews of everything we haven't had time to review over the last month. We tackle Turning Red, X, The Worst Person in the World, The Phantom of the Open, Apollo 10 1/2, The Nan Movie, Ali & Ava and (now last week's episode of) Moon Knight!

We announce the winners of the 2022 Now Showing Alternative Oscars! Thank you to everyone that voted, and congratulations to the winners!

Lewis and Sam discuss two new cinema releases, Sony's newest instalment into their universe of Spider-Man side characters, and the new sequel to the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog adaptation, as well as the first episode of new Disney+ MCU series Moon Knight starring Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke.

The 94th Academy Awards finally happened! After months of discussing possible nominees, possible wins and upsets, the ceremony has happened and given us our fair share to talk about; from the slap and the awful jokes that defined this year's Ceremony to the Oscars themselves, we take a deep dive into one of the most memorable Oscars in recent years (for all the wrong reasons). 

Our final predictions! We look through all the big categories at this years Oscars and give our predictions and personal picks. Sam also talks for 20 minutes about old movies. Apologies for Sam's mic.

JL joins us to run through all of our personal choices for the 2022 Alternative Oscars!  Apologies for Sam's audio in the first 12 minutes.

Jordan-Luke McDonald joins us to announce the nominations for the 2022 Now Showing Alternative Oscars, voted for by you! We announce all 23 categories, and have a brief discussion about the nominees.*

We're joined by the wonderful podcaster, critic and comic expert Neil Vagg to look once again at The Batman; here we discuss all our spoiler-ey thoughts, but don't fret if you haven't seen it yet! In the first hour we discuss our favourite Batman movies, what we've watched and do another brief spoiler-free review!  Find Neil at @neilvagg on Twitter, and his website is getyourcomicon.co.uk

We have seen The Batman! We give our immediate and spoiler-free thoughts on Matt Reeves' new take on the caped crusader. No other films, no guff, just our reviews (and Loose Women).

Sam and Lewis look at Tom Holland-led action flick Uncharted, based on the popular game series, and Kenneth Branagh's second adaptation of Agatha Christie's Poirot, Death on the Nile. Also talk of Superbowl trailers, Amy Schumer and The Beatles.

Sam and Lewis discuss the surprises, the disappointments, the locks and the snubs from the 2022 Oscar nominations! Sam also gives mini-reviews of CODA, Passing, Being the Ricardos and The Lost Daughter.

After dealing with the fury of a lost episode, Sam and Lewis take on disaster movie Moonfall, new heartfelt Jackass installment "Jackass Forever" and the Oscar-nominated biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye starring Jessica Chastain.

A very tired Sam and a slightly drunk Lewis look at Ryusuke Hamaguchi's new drama Drive My Car, which is currently the frontrunner for Best International Feature Film at the upcoming Oscars! Sam also goes into great detail about his unusual cinema experience.

Sam and Lewis delve into Kenneth Branaugh's new semi-autobiographical drama Belfast, about a young boy growing up in the Troubles, and Nightmare Alley, Guillermo del Toro's new noir crime thriller starring Bradley Cooper about a carny with a useful skill. Also talk of Pinocchio and Snow White!

In a painfully Sam-heavy episode, we (Sam) look at the newest installment in the Scream franchise, as well as the series overall, and we both look at The Tragedy of Macbeth, Joel Coen's adaptation of the legendary Shakespeare play, and discuss how accessible it is for the average Joe! We (Sam) also look at Parallel Mothers, The Matrix Resurrections, Shiva Baby, the SAG Awards, Moon Knight and more...

We discuss two massive films that Lewis loves dearly, Paul Thomas Anderson's newest creation Licorice Pizza starring Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman and Julia Ducournau's erotic body-horror madness Titane starring Agathe Rousselle. We also look in some length at the latest Golden Globes, including a rather irritating snub. Titane spoilers from 1:35:40-1:55:40

We look at Adam McKay's new enviro-comedy Don't Look Up starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence but not before reviewing Hawkeye, discussing Spider-Man: No Way Home's Oscar chances, discussing the disconnect between viewers and awards movies and fairly in-depth reviews of The Exorcist, Spider-Man 3 and Daredevil! 

In this grand end-of-year special Sam and Lewis look back and give awards for the best films they've reviewed in 2021, both classics and new releases! From The Big Lebowski and Romeo + Juliet to Spider-Man and Nomadland, the best actors, directors, films and more all get credit! In part 2 we look at the biggest awards, including lead acting awards and the best and worst films we looked at in 2021!

In this grand end-of-year special Sam and Lewis look back and give awards for the best films they've reviewed in 2021, both classics and new releases! From The Big Lebowski and Romeo + Juliet to Spider-Man and Nomadland, the best actors, directors, films and more all get credit! Part one covers TV awards, technical awards, Supporting Actor and some unfunny comedy categories Sam made up.

This is it! The big one! Sam and Lewis take a deep dive into Spider-Man: No Way Home, the biggest superhero blockbuster of the year. Spoiler-free review starts at 00:20:30 Spoiler section begins at 00:50:40

Hola! We look at West Side Story, the new Spielberg adaptation of the classic musical, and compare it to the acclaimed 1961 version. We also discuss Resident Evil, Disney's aversion to adult content and much more. Thanks for 2000 listens!

We discuss big new release House of Gucci, the newest Ridley Scott film starring Jared Leto and his ridiculous Italian accent; we also look at Netflix drama The Power of the Dog directed by Jane "The Champion" Campion; Scooby Doo this Crap!

Todays two films are connected by the praise their leading actor has received recently! Firstly King Richard, a heartfelt biopic that centres in on the life of Richard Williams, tennis coach and father of the Williams sisters, which has led some to say that the Best Actor Oscar is already in the hands of Will Smith; secondly we look at tick...tick...BOOM!, the theatrical adaption of Jonathan Larso...