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Episode Notes It's a week of time travelling to the 70s for Will and the 90s for Lorraine as they relive elements of their childhood by reviewing Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza and the Sex & The City reboot, And Just Like That. Lorraine would like it pointed out that at the time of review she had not seen Episode 8 of And Just Like That. Have the Sex & The City ladies mellowed with...

Episode Notes The long and winding road has brought our first and only guest back to our door. We welcome our old pal, Dave Curran, back to the show. This week, the fab 3 discuss the fab 4 as we take on Peter Jackson's 3 part, 8 hour documentary series on Disney Plus, Get Back. Is George the quiet one or the cranky one? Is Paul McCartney the owner of the worlds best beard-and-hair combination? Is...

Episode Notes This week, Lorraine and Will review a wooly tale from the A24 stable called Lamb. Can they resist a string of sheep puns or is this something they simply mutton do? What do ewe think? After that, it's turn of Richard Dawson and his 1999 album called 2020. It's not as confusing as they'd feared. All rounded off with some choice recommendations from the host. Enjoy. Find out more at ht...

Episode Notes This week our heroes endeavour to blow your mind by offering you the red pill from The Matrix. Or is it the blue one? The one that makes you see things as they really are! That one! Things you thought you knew, things you took comfort in... Lorraine and Will are here to turn your world UPSIDEFLIPPINGDOWN! Think you'll catch a cold if you go out with wet hair, do you? Or even WETH hai...

Episode Notes Episode 26 of Pop Filter finds our heroes on an Arthurian quest even though one of them doesn't know it's an Arthurian one at all. Lorraine and Will take on David Lowery's The Green Knight but they won't make the mistake that Sir Gawain makes. Instead, they give the Green Knight a wedgie and tell him we'll see him next Christmas. It'll make sense when you see the film. They also exam...

Episode Notes This week, our heroes discuss the new Woodstock 99 documentary and get annoyed by toxic masculinity and terrible music. It's been many a year since Will was last on the pole but he and Lorraine both enjoyed pole-dancing nightmare film, Zola. Finally enjoy Lorraine struggling to pronounce the singer of this weeks album choice, Tove Styrke. Will gets it wrong too but he is confident in...

Episode Notes Today marks the launch of a different kind of podcast from Lorraine and Will. This time they are off rambling on a specific non pop-culture subject; Words & Phrases. Hear Lorraine's mind being blown in realtime when she discovers that a damp squid is not what she thought it was and hear Wills moral quandary about using 'my friend and I' or 'my friend and me' correctly, when he kn...

Episode Notes Lorraine and Will here... just calling to say we love you. Y'know...like Stevie Wonder would. This week we are giving our rambling thoughts on Aisling Bea's second series of This Way Up. Then, oops we did it again and are reviewing another podcast series: BBC Sounds' Pieces of Britney. We end with our friend and Inspireland podcast host, Dave Curran's album recommendation: Stevie Won...

Episode Notes One subject, three different takes. It's rare enough that you get different documentaries on the same topic at the same time but here we are. Spanning over 2 decades and featuring a wide range of characters, it is a tragic and frustrating case. Can Detectives Lorraine and Will solve this one? Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

Episode Notes This week, Lorraine and Will cast their ears over Sinead O'Connors audiobook autobiography (or is it a memoir?), Rememberings. Mad stories about Prince and many others delight our hosts. Then the eyes join in for the Friends Reunion show. Lorraine (young) is very harsh on the botoxed Friends, while Will (old) is much more forgiving. Finally, you've got the rest of the show off, eyes!...

Episode Notes This week, our heroes discuss 3 separate items from 3 separate mediums! Exciting. We discuss Matt Haig's latest novel, The Midnight Library. Will read it and Lorraine listened to it, so that brings this weeks medium count to 4. After that we discussed Channel 4's new comedy, Frank of Ireland. Listen to the end to hear Lorraine get her revenge on Will for making her listen to Wilco's...

Episode Notes First up, Lorraine and Will talk about the Netflix documentary, Seaspiracy, or to be more accurate, the filmmakers' abject failure to use the much better title, Conspirasea. They follow up with a discussion on Sky's new film purchase, Promising Young Woman, a story that will hopefully make men of a certain attitude reconsider their life choices. Finally, Will totally misjudges his ol...

Episode Notes This week Lorraine and Will cast their astute legal eyes over Allen V Farrow, the new 4 part HBO documentary about the sexual abuse charges made towards Allen by his daughter, Dylan. In a Farrow-centric episode we discuss Ronan Farrow (the artist formerly known as Satchel) and his 8 part podcast Catch and Kill which details the allegations against Harvey Weinstein. And finally becaus...

Episode Notes This week, Lorraine and Will review Channel 4's 80's-set weepfest, It's A Sin. This is followed by a discussion about Derren Brown's new Audible-exclusive podcast 'Bootcamp For The Brain'. Lorraine shares her thoughts on the album Will recommended last month, Jean Michel Jarre's 1973 album Oxygene. And finally a round-up of what Lorraine and Will are watching and listening to this mo...

Lorraine and Will are back for a new year of (hopefully more frequent) podcasts. This weeks episode is all killer and no filler as they review true crime series from Netflix (The Ripper) and the BBC (The Nobody Zone). Finally, they kick back with some killer tunes from Aphex Twin, as the kids used to say but now definitely do not! Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co This podcast is pow...

Episode Notes In our heroes' biggest episode yet, they tackle the heady cocktail of first-love drama Normal People, dream-pop peddlers Cocteau Twins 1990 classic album Heaven Or Las Vegas and the FX science fiction drama, DEVS. They also take the time to recommend several other pieces of pop culture for you to enjoy. Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pineca...

Episode Notes Wil and Lorraine are both in lockdown as the Coronavirus continues to dominate all around us. Technology bridges the gap and we present an episode where we discuss viral disaster movies Outbreak, 12 Monkeys and Contagion. Wil also listens to one of Lorraine's top ten records, Animal Collective's 'Sung Tongs'. Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by...

Episode Notes This time we discuss Netflix series Love Is Blind. We also discuss Uncut Gems, a Netflix movie starring Adam Sandler. Lorraine gives us her thoughts on the 1981 album My Life In The Bush of Ghosts by David Byrne & Brian Eno. Finally we discuss the sitcom, Ramy. It's a jam packed episode and hopefully you'll find a use for it as you hide in your home from the Coronavirus! Find out...

Episode Notes This week Lorraine and Wil discuss Netflix hits Cheer and Don't F*ck With Cats. Listen to us struggle for broadcast friendly versions of the F word. Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

Episode Notes Lorraine and Wil discuss Season 3 of The Crown and Lorraine makes Wil listen to the album Yesterday & Today by Swedish two-chord merchant, The Field. Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

Episode Notes This episode sees us discuss Netflix show 'Unbelievable' and Lorraine gives her thoughts on one of Wil's favourite records; 1990's Bellybutton by Jellyfish. Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

Episode Notes Lorraine and Wil discuss the new HBO documentary I Love You, Now Die and finish the show with a spoiler-heavy discussion of Ari Aster's Midsommar. Find out more at https://pop-filter.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .