Podcasts – The Periodic Table of Awesome

Evil Dead Burn Welcome back to the podcast where long-running franchises are lovingly dismembered, reanimated, and occasionally set on fire… This week, we’re diving chainsaw first? into Evil Dead Burn (2026), the sixth entry in Sam Raimi’s gloriously gooey horror legacy. What began in 1981 as the original scrappy, cabin-in-the-woods nightmare has since morphed into a full-blown franchise of splatt...

Supergirl This week we rocket headfirst into the second film of the new-ish DC Cinematic Universe; Supergirl, a character who’s been orbiting the DC universe since the Silver Age, occasionally stepping out from Superman’s shadow to remind everyone that capes aren’t a boys-only club. Directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Milly Alcock alongside Eve Ridley, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Jason Momoa de...

Obsession & Backrooms This episode we bravely wander into dimly lit corridors so you don’t have to (you’re welcome). This week, we’re diving headfirst into the ever-growing creepypasta-to-big-screen pipeline with Obsession (2025) and Backrooms (2026)—two films that prove the internet’s “what if this goes horribly wrong?” energy is alive, well, and making a serious dent in our sleep schedule. F...

Disclosure Day This week we are participating in riding the hype train for the new Steven Spielberg cultural touchstone “Disclosure Day“. Following on from his classic alien encounter stories of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. and War of the Worlds this new film asks a different question entirely. And guess what? It’s or turn to disclose something to all of our lovely li...

Masters of the Universe (2026) 450!!! Holy crap people!!! This is our 450th episode! and its about Masters of the Universe! Thats a whole lot of Podcasting… For this momentous milestone we are doing what we do best: diving headlong in and compounding some Elements of Awesome into something great: this is us mixing in a half tonne of “‘80s nostalgia” a few cups of “sweet ass toy-line”and then...

Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) has taken the rocket powered leap from the small screen to the big screen and he’s brought his little green pal, baby Yod…. Ahem.. sorry… Grogu with him. It’s been 7 long years since Star Wars was in cinemas last, so here we are, finding out if this latest offering is worthy of being in “the movies” or if it’s actual...

Remarkably Bright Creatures This week’s pick isn’t a loud franchise sequel or a cinematic universe tentpole. Instead, it drifts in on quieter currents. Remarkably Bright Creatures began life as a much‑loved novel, the kind that lives on bedside tables, book clubs, and “you should really read this” conversations. Its screen adaptation arrives via Netflix. It leans into reflective storytelling rathe...

Mortal Kombat 2 It’s been 5 years since the last Mortal Kombat film was almost apologetically released onto our screens in a mid-covid streaming-first market. It was a moderate success at the time and folks were generally taken with the humour, the action beats and the relatively lore-accurate storyline. They were less interested in the new lead character Cole, who had never appeared in any...

Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord Star Wars has become an increasingly Televisual universe and who would have thought so many years ago, that animation would actually give us some of the most epic and anticipated match-ups the fandom has ever wanted. Maul: Shadow Lord is the latest animated offering from Lucasfilm this time exploring a part of the history we know very little about. And the machi...

April TV Roundup April is nearly finished and that means it’s time to check out what shows have come back onto our screens and see if they are kicking ass or limping over the finish line. We are looking into Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Season 2) Daredevil: Born Again (Season 2) and For All Mankind (Season 5!!!?) Jill, Dion and Quinny are glued to the couch for this episode and they are livi...