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Episode Notes This week, Lorraine & Will examine the adventures of Disney Plus TV show characters, Alice & Steve, and how they deal with the idea of Steve dating Alice's daughter. Can you tell a funny story about the betrayal of a lifelong friendship and still have engaging and sympatheric characters? If they're played by Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker, you can. Listen to Lorraine and W...

Episode Notes This week our heroes just Can't Get Kylie Out of Their Heads. So much so, in fact, they are left Spinning Around. That's enough Kylie song title word play. Netflix's 3 part Kylie documentary is this weeks subject. Lorraine, a lifelong fan, and Will, old enough to remember a pre-Kylie world. Also, the episode comes with some recommendations at the end, Especially For You. Right, ENOUG...

Episode Notes Not many laughs in this weeks episode as our heroes taking on the tricky subject of Michael Jackson. 60 Minutes Australia recently aired an episode on Michael Jackson and the many allegations, both old and new, on the late singer. Lorraine and Will discuss his undeniable talent, the hard to ignore rumours, the undeniable court settlements and the hard to understand nature of celebrit...

Episode Notes Another episode? So soon? Our heroes are really spoiling you. You might say that they are DTF ( Downloading To your Feed )! This week, our champions delve into the murky world of suburban swinging and app-based adultery with HBO's newest offering DTF St. Louis. Old PF favourite David Harbour gets a shot at redemption alongside Jason Bateman and Linda Cardellini as they get caught up...

Episode Notes Pop Filter has detected an alien life-form on board their craft. It's little, rock-like alien Nicky Coghlan. Listen as Lorraine and Will try to understand him so they can get on with the weekly business of saving the planet. Nicky joins our heros from RTE where he is the head of children's podcasting. Nicky also co-hosted the podcast, Nilpod, with Will many years ago where they discu...

Episode Notes Episode Notes Our heroes return in a relatively timely fashion to discuss Toxic Masculinity and Toxic Femininity. Will is a clear representation of all that is wrong with modern men and the less said about Lorraine and her own particular brand of toxic femininity, the better! Of course we're just joking and they are fine representatives of their respective genders! First up is Louis...

Episode Notes It's been a while but our heroes have returned. This time it's Lorraine representing the Canada side and Will skating in from Russia with his big round bum, just in time for Valentine's Day! That's right, our hosts are tackling gay hockey romantasy juggernaut, Heated Rivalry. It's all artfully placed legs to hide modesty and much more willy talk than usual, which is all the more impr...

Episode Notes Hello Old Acquaintances. Lorraine and Will want you to know you should never be forgot. Our heroes are on deck on January the first, starting as they mean to go on with a shiny new episode. This week, they dive into the murkiest of waters (or is it a pool full of baby oil) with Netflix's 3 or 4 part series, Sean Combs: The Reckoning. It's Fiddy vs Diddy with Fiddy getting the last la...

Episode Notes This week, Lorraine and Will dust off their Wrangler jeans and their Nikes to go back to the 80's and fit right in with the kids from Stranger Things. Won't be a problem for Will as he's the only one of our heroes to properly remember the 80's and the mullet he sported for most of it. With such a huge cast of characters, they'll probably go unnoticed with their own subplot about two...

Episode Notes Much like Victor Frankenstein, Lorraine and Will have cobbled together another episode from random bits they found lying about the place. Hopefully they raised this episode as much more loving parents than Victor Frankenstein turned out to be. This week our heroes tackle the latest Frankenstein telling from Guillermo del Toro and Netflix. Will they surrender to it's gothic beauty or...

Episode Notes Our heroes return. We all know Lorraine and Will enjoy a good gossip so could anything be more appropriate for their return than Lily Allen's West End Girl? This revenge album is also a return from a hiatus and shows Lily to be in tip-top musical (if not personal) form, just like our hosts. Next up is Tim Robinson's latest cringe-fest, The Chair Company. Lorraine and Will try and unr...

Episode Notes In what might be their last hurrah for a while, our heroes present a rogues gallery to send them off. This week they have Bob Dylan, Nosferatu, and what could be described as what you might get if Bob Dylan and Nosferatu were to somehow reproduce: Marilyn Manson. First up it's mustachioed, undead bloodsucker, Count Orlok, a.k.a. Nosferatu. Will Robert Eggers horror epic give Lorraine...

Episode Notes This week our heroes are talking about men and girls. Men in the form of Robbie Williams and his monkey-centric biopic (with a soft 'o' for Lorraine) and then kink-shaming drama, Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman. Better Man has already come up short at the American box office but will Lorraine and Will let Robbie entertain them one last time on the show (he's been on A LOT)? Next up...

Episode Notes Well, it's that time of year again and our heroes at Pop Filter are celebrating their most productive year of podcasting ever. What better way to celebrate than with a big tub of Heroes and a recap of Lorraine and Will's pop culture highlights of the year. They even sneak one last mini-review in as they give their thoughts on pope-drama, Conclave. Talk about a stocking filler! Happy...

Episode Notes It's the penultimate Pop Filter of 2024 and this week we have a recurring favourite feature of Will and Lorraine's; Boy Bands. Seems like they've talked about them a lot! Well, this might be the daddy of all documentaries. Boybands Forever is a 3 part BBC series that will drag you Back For Good to the mid 90s for a nostalgia trip you'll NEEEEVVVVEEERRR Forget! Next up is what has bee...

Episode Notes This week Will and Lorraine are in their togas and laurels casting their thumbs up or down to see which of this weeks gladiators will triumph. In one corner we have jacked-up fighting machine Paul Mescal who has already kicked the shit out of a bunch of freaky-looking monkeys. In the other we have the mopey assassin, Cillian Murphy. The only hope he has is if Mescal cuts himself on h...

Episode Notes This episode is going to be bigly. This week, Lorraine and Will are looking at Donald Trump's supervillain origin story, The Apprentice. They learn how The Donald started as a meek (but rich) rent collector in Hell's Kitchen, New York and set off on his inevitable path towards the White House. Twice. Next up is creepy new A24 offering, Heretic. Hugh Grant is just a man....standing be...

Episode Notes Our heroes have done a 180 on the Monsters theme from last week and have now turned their attention to a more romantic prospect which is new Netflix comedy drama, Nobody Wants This? Watch Adam Brody and Kristin Bell navigate love and religion in this tale of a too-good-to-be-true guy and a really cool and fairly together girl who happen to treat each other fairly nicely which is a ra...

Episode Notes Our heroes return with another of their loosely themed shows. This time the theme is (arguably) monsters. First up is Frankensteinesque body-horror fairy tale, The Substance. Will had to go see this one on his own as Lorraine was feeling squeamish. Not to worry, Will braved the relentless nudity for you all. See a return to form performance from Demi Moore and let us know if you agre...

Episode Notes This week, our heroes Lorraine and Will, try to get inside the mind of the man that gave us The Sopranos and some wonderfully and encouragingly bad student films, David Chase. They're looking at the new HBO documentary from Alex Gibney, Wise Guy. Fuhgeddaboutit! Except don't. It's really good and worth your time. Next it's on to the Hollywood remake of the Danish film from two years...

Episode Notes This week our heroes take on a frustrating brace of films. First up is weirdly-wardrobed Blake Lively and her film, It Ends With Us. Spoiler Alert: It Ends With Some Very Low Ratings might be a better name. Lorraine spills the tea on the social media backlash towards Lively, and Will makes an inspired joke about the film and Lively's marketing efforts. Next up is M. "Night"...

Episode Notes In Space Nobody Can Hear You Podcast. This week, Lorraine and Will are trying to get to a sunnier planet just as their Summer holidays come to an end. If they could just get there without one of those pesky facehuggers ruining their plans, that'd be sweet. Before they head off, they are reviewing the latest installment in the Alien saga, Alien: Romulus. Will they survive? Will it be...

Episode Notes This week finds Lorraine, Will and three non-descript second-row band members pretending to harmonise, singing a soppy ballad to a group of kids in a school gym before being bundled into a van for two more shows that day. Our heroes review new Netflix documentary, Dirty Pop, and find out the sordid story behind the backs of The Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. Who will turn out to be the H...

Episode Notes If you let Lorraine Harton and Will in now, it could be niiiiice. Our heroes return with a murder special. First up is Silence of The Lambs wannabe, Longlegs, where Nicolas Cage says the Devil made him do that stupid song he does. Can Lorraine Harton or Will make any sense of the plot of this runaway success or are they just confused and astonished at the things very ordinary people...

Episode Notes Will can barely contain his excitement as his old pal, Lorraine Harton, returns from her explorations in The East, where she was in search of exotic spices and the finest silks. This week our reunited duo take on a firm favourite as Disney+ returns The Bear to our screens. 8 episodes of delicious food getting chucked in the bin just because the jus made from squirrel's tears was over...