Screen Verdict

(Podcast contains Kick Ass 1 Spoilers) On the podcast this week Matt and Jonathan review a sequel to a controversial film they enjoyed, in Kick Ass 2. They go through the main characters: Kick Ass, Hit Girl, Colonel Stars and Stripes and Motherf***er. Through this they learn whether they would want to be a superhero, try to avoid being a creep and discuss the controversy around violence in the fil...

In one of our favourite annual podcasts Screen Verdict takes a look at the nominees for MTV's Best Music Video of the Year. We watch each of the videos and give our impressions as well as a score out of 5. The video with the best combined score out of 10 will receive an official vote from Screen Verdict for the award. We learn Bruno Mars might be a little lonely, Justin Timberlake has fallen on ha...

In our 101st podcast Jonathan tries to hype up an indifferent Matt to review the latest film from Ryan Gosling and director of Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn. First we explain the premise and the seedy world of Only God Forgives. Then we move onto the characters including a blank son, an evil mother and a mysterious policeman. We also address the violence, the karaoke and Matt offending someone in th...

Screen Verdict is excited to celebrate our 100th podcast with a series of film showdowns. Matt and Jonathan have selected 10 categories and each picked their favourite film since the year 2000 from each of those categories. They then debate the merits of their films in order to decide the winner of each category (awards which Jonathan refers to as the ESVYs). Some of our 'Best Since 2000' categori...

This week on the Screen Verdict podcast Matt and Jonathan talk about the controversial blockbuster from Disney, The Lone Ranger. With a $250 million budget and claims that the film is racist and possibly the worst film of all time, Screen Verdict's opinion has never been more important. We take a look at the character of the Lone Ranger and which of the Social Network twins play the role as well a...

Screen Verdict is excited to discuss the controversial new article that suggests all the Pixar films occur in the same universe. You can read the article at - http://jonnegroni.com/ As huge fans of Pixar, Matt and Jonathan decided to invite the author of the article Jon Negroni to discuss the theory with us on the podcast. First we ask Jon how he came up with the idea for the theory, how being 'th...

This week Matt and Jonathan celebrate 2 years of the Screen Verdict podcast with our Man of Steel review. We share our thoughts on Superman growing up and our expectations for the film with Zack Snyder and Christoper Nolan behind the wheel. We also take a look a look at the set up for the film in Krypton as well as what it would be like to grow up as Superman. We then decide whether Henry Cavill i...

(Podcast contains spoilers) In our first podcast with Jonathan back from the US, Screen Verdict reviews the new season of HBO's Veep. We discuss all the political shenanigans and/or machinations for VP Selina Meyer as well as what the supporting cast gets up to this season, including how we'd deal with a hostage situation and accidentally insult Europe ourselves. We give our Screen Verdict rating...

In our third and final podcast from opposite sides of the globe, Screen Verdict reviews the new Pixar film Monsters University. Matt and Jonathan discuss their love of Pixar and Monsters Inc and their hopes for the studio to return to form after Cars 2 and Brave. We take a look at why 'Scarers' are the coolest kids in school as well as whether we would want to attend MU and which house we would wa...

In the second edition of our Australia to America podcasts, Screen Verdict reviews the latest season of Game of Thrones. We discuss all the characters and the best and worst moves of the season. We start off with the controversial Red Wedding episode and move our way around the 7 kingdoms. We discuss what the show has in common with Wreck It Ralph, why Stannis should find another home and find a e...

After 7 years of waiting, Arrested Development fans finally have another season of the show. Can in live up to the standard of 'the greatest television show of all time'? Matt and Jonathan break down all the events of the season in this huge Screen Verdict podcast. Much like the season we take a look at the Bluths, character by character. We let you know what they've been getting up to, our take o...

On the podcast this week Jonathan gets excited to review Ryan Gosling in his latest Drive-esque film and Matt wonders why we aren't doing Star Trek. Topics in the podcast include whether Gosling pulls off the tattooed face and tattered shirt look and the chemistry between the two actors that have previously battled for Sexiest Man Alive. We also share what we learned in What Has (The Place Beyond...

This week Screen Verdict is extremely excited to preview the upcoming season of Arrested Development. With the show returning for a 4th season on Netflix, Matt and Jonathan decide to preview the new season and take a look back at our favourite 10 episodes of the show. We also bring up some of our favourite running jokes from the show that we'd like to see return this season. This is followed by ou...

Screen Verdict returns to everyone's favourite government department with our series five review. In the podcast Matt and Jonathan take a look at Ben and Leslie's relationship, Ron dealing with kids, Tom dating Jean Ralphio's sister, Ann and Chris' meltdowns and Amy and Andy shenanigans. Lastly we give our Screen Verdict rating and in Housekeeping read out a viewer suggestion. For all our reviews...

On the podcast this week Matt and Jonathan suit up (literally) to review Iron Man 3, which believe it or not is the third instalment in the Iron Man series (not including The Avengers). Matt and Jonathan discuss our thoughts on Iron Man so far and what we think of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Jonathan also reveals his opinion on the new director for the series. Getting into the film we take a...

This week Screen Verdict reviews the Tom Cruise sci-fi film Oblivion. We share our thoughts on sci-fi and Jonathan suggests we review the film on the scale of 1 to Space Jam. We also take a stance on the polarising Tom Cruise, which brings up some confusing film moments for Matt. Moving onto the film we wonder why only national landmarks seem to have survived the alien invasion and discover a situ...

(Spoilers in Podcast) This week Screen Verdict reviews the second half of the split season three of The Walking Dead. We share our thoughts on Rick and the remaining crew in the prison as well as the trouble brewing with the Governor in Woodbury. Along the way we learn if you hang around long enough, you're part of the group and who doesn't mind being compared to the Gestapo. Jonathan asks some od...

Screen Verdict is very excited to present a first for the podcast, in which we provide a real-time, running commentary over the season premiere of Game of Thrones. Load up the first episode of season three and after a brief introduction we let you know when to hit play and you can listen to Screen Verdict, while watching Game of Thrones. This is your chance to access the DVD extras before the DVD...

(Spoilers in Podcast) This week Screen Verdict dedicates an entire podcast to HBO's Girls with our Season 2 Review. First off we wonder whether we learn about girls by watching Girls and why you probably shouldn't watch Girls on the train. We split the season by the four main characters and their story arcs. We discuss Jessa, Shoshanna, Marnie and Hannah and share our opinions on all the decisions...

(Minor Spoilers in Podcast) This week Screen Verdict reviews the magical prequel to the Wizard of Oz. Matt shares his opinions on the original while Jonathan struggles to recall if he's even seen it. They also address the scheduling mistake that unfortunately resulted in us seeing the film in 3D. Getting into the film we address topics such as why people in Kansas seem confused by magic shows, how...

This week Screen Verdict reviews Cloud Atlas, the sprawling, ambitious, epic film from the Wachowski siblings and Tom Tykwer. Matt opens the podcast by establishing etiquette for answering the phone while naked, which may be relevant for Jonathan. Moving on to why we picked this for a podcast despite our disdain for books and its lack of buzz. Jonathan shares his admiration of the Wachowski brothe...

A podcast in two parts. Part One (0-25 minutes) is spoiler free. In this segment Matt and Jonathan share their thoughts on Netflix teaming up with Kevin Spacey and David Fincher. We then discuss some topics including Frank's rowing machine, bringing back one of our favourite games Screw, Marry, Kill and have a Frank Underwood impression battle. We then give a Screen Verdict rating for the season....

(Spoilers in Podcast) Screen Verdict returns from the Oscars with a review of the final season of 30 Rock. Matt and Jonathan take a look at each of the main story arcs for the seasons and see how they faired with predictions from their last 30 Rock podcast. They then move on to the finale to and discuss how the show wrapped up and how it rates compared to some of the famous television finales. Aft...

(Some spoilers in podcast) In a huge event for the podcast, Screen Verdict is joined by Tom O'Neil from http://www.goldderby.com to give our opinions on the Oscar nominees and predict the winners for the acting, director and picture races. We give our thoughts on the wide range of films at the awards this year including singing aussies, western bounty hunters and a tiger on a boat. We then give ra...

This week on the podcast Screen Verdict reviews Zero Dark Thirty and the hunt for Bin Laden. First we establish our thoughts on Kathryn Bigelow and Bin Laden. Do we like her films? Do we want Bin Laden to get caught? Taking a look at the controversy surrounding the film Matt and Jonathan shares their opinion on torture in the film. We also discuss some of the stars including the world's greatest d...