Screen Watching

This week there is a massive movie release. It is called The Batman. You probably know what it is about. This week on Screen Watching Dan and Simon throw the regular show out the window and talk about the Bat Guy.  You will hear reviews of The Batman from both Dan and Simon. You will also hear the dynamic duo discuss their five favourite moments from Batman movies and TV shows. Oh, and there...

Join us at Screen Watching HQ as Dan and Simon engage in the business of the podcast - conversations about the TV and movies they have been watching this week: Cyrano (in cinemas now) Troppo (ABC / ABC iView) Studio 666 (in cinemas now) Cat Burglar (Netflix) Join us… won’t you…

Huge week on the show. No, really. We mean it this time. Why would we lie? This week: Uncharted (in cinemas now) Severance (Apple TV+) Aline (in cinemas now) The Marvellous Mrs Maisel (Amazon Prime Video) KIMI (Binge) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Netflix)  A Stitch in Time (in cinemas now) There’s also an extended conversation about what makes video game adaptations generally bad.

This week on the Screen Watching podcast Dan makes lemonade out of lemons. And hot damn is it refreshing. It’s a week with not a lot happening TV-wise, so while Simon talks about Death on The Nile, Marry Me, and We Need To Talk About Cosby, Dan has just the one TV review with the second season of the delightful comedy Starstruck. So, with some extra time up his sleeve, Dan provides a list of five...

The guys are back behind the microphone for in-depth chats about what they have been watching. Reviews this week include: Pam & Tommy - Hulu | Disney+ Moonfall - in cinemas now Suspicion - Apple TV+ Belfast - in cinemas now Also, a chat about Book of Boba Fett six episodes in. Were episodes 5+6 a much-needed course correction? Dan argues correctly that they are. Or was the show always rather g...

This week on the podcast, Dan Barrett and Simon Foster celebrate their one year anniversary/birthday of the show. They mark it by shaking things up and turning Screen Watching into a video podcast. The regular audio version will remain, but if you want to watch along via a screen, you can now do that on Spotify and YouTube.  It's still early days - we will find ways to make it more visually i...

Here’s what you need to understand about this week’s show: It’s getting close to five days late. And the audio quality ain’t great. It’s not completely terrible, but it is a bit scratchy. If you’re willing to look past these two issues, it’s a solid podcast. Reviews: Spencer (in cinemas now) The Gilded Age (HBO Max in the US | Paramount+ in Aus) Nightmare Alley (in cinemas now) Also, Dan and Simon...

You know that TV show you used to watch all the time 20-30 years ago, but just can't seem to find it on a streaming service? That movie that you half remember and you know it by name, but you don't know where to find it? Dan and Simon have a long list of those and have a chat about some of the long lost shows and movies that have long been bothering them (for their inability to be found).  Th...

We welcome back Screen Watching for another year as we review the biggest titles released this week. Oh, and it is possible that co-host Simon Foster died mid-podcast due to COVID-related illness. Thankfully he pre-recorded some segments and we were able to finish the episode. We review: Peacemaker (Binge, HBO Max)  Ghostbusters: Afterlife (In cinemas)  The Tender Bar (Amazon Prime Video...

Dan and Simon say goodbye to the dumpster fire that was 2021 with a mix of reviews and a Best of 2021 movie list. Up for review: Don't Look Up (Netflix) The Book of Boba Fett (Disney+) 83 (In cinemas now) Around The World in 80 Days (BBC1 in the UK and coming to TV soon in Australia) Licorice Pizza (In cinemas now) Then Dan and Simon each present their Best of 2021 movies lists. A top 10, if you w...

A monster episode of Screen Watching this week. Reviews. We got 'em: Yellowstone: 1883 (Paramount+) Matrix Resurrections (HBO Max and in cinemas now) Station Eleven (HBO Max) The Worst Person in The World (in cinemas now) Best of list. We got one of those too: Dan and Simon's Top 10 TV shows of 2021 Interviews? Again, it's covered: Renate Reinsve, star of The Worst Person in The World Yeah, this i...

A HUGE week for HUGE titles. This week Dan and Simon review: Spider-Man: No Way Home (In cinemas now) West Side Story (In cinemas now) Being The Ricardos - Dan and Simon's immediate thoughts after the Australian premiere (Amazon Prime Video from Dec 21) Firebite (AMC+) Firebite is an awesome Aussie vampire show from celebrated filmmaker Warwick Thornton. We interview him and his co-collaborator Br...

What an episode! Dan interviews Bebe Neuwirth. Best known for playing Lilith Crane on Cheers and on Frasier, she has had a hugely extensive career on stage and screen including roles in Jumanji, Madam Secretary, The Good Fight, Law & Order: SVU. She is one of the voice actors in the really very good animated police noir comedy musical animated show Ultra City Smiths.  Of course, there are...

It's our huge 50th episode extravaganza. We celebrate with reviews and conversation about the big movie and TV releases of the week. Really mixing up that formula. This week we dive deep on: Dune (In cinemas now) The Summit of The Gods (Netflix) Encanto (In cinemas now) Harlem (Amazon Prime Video) The Power of The Dog (Netflix)

It's a blockbuster week on the Screen Watching podcast this week as we have two huge new Marvel releases and a number of other anticipated movies and TV shows. Dan and Simon take a gander at: Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage (in cinemas now) Hawkeye (Disney+) Titane (in cinemas now) Ghosts UK (Stan) and Ghosts US (Paramount+) Anna (AMC+) Cry Macho (in cinemas now)

A huge week for reviews this week as Simon and Dan take a gander at: Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max | BINGE)  Wheel of Time (Amazon Prime Video) Last Night in Soho (in cinemas now) Zola (in cinemas now) Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+) The Pebble & The Boy (buy/rent on digital) Simon also has a chat with director Rogue Rubin. Her film Lion Spy follows the director going undercover wit...

A huge week for reviews. Like, really, really big. We discuss: YellowJackets (Paramount+) Home Swet Home Alone (Disney+) The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV+) No Time To Die (in cinemas now) Simon also poses the question: Which faded stars are due a Tarantino-style comeback a la Pam Grier, John Travolta, and Robert Forster. Dan and Simon then answer that question in the most compelling segment of all t...

A big week for movies and TV this week. Dive into reviews of: Eternals - in cinemas now Head of The Class - HBO Max | BINGE Finch - Apple TV+ The Many Saints of Newark - HBO Max and in cinemas now Red Election - SBS On Demand Dan and Simon also have a chat about how we feel about watching blockbusters in the current age.

It's Halloween at Screen Watching HQ. So we talk about horrors both real and imagined. Up for discussion: Love/Life (HBO Max ~ Stan) Antlers (In cinemas now) The Chestnut Man (Netflix)  Halloween Kills (In cinemas now) Fairfax (Amazon Prime Video) Muppets Haunted Mansion (Disney+) Which of these horrors were real? Which imagined? You decide.

There are a lot of things to watch and your boys Dan and Simon are the guys who can tell you whether you want to open up your peepers and let certain shows or movies into them. It is the service we provide. Up for discussion this week are new movies in the cinema: A return of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to the screen together with The Last Duel and there's also the horror smash hit Malignant. But w...

With local cinemas back open, the podcast is starting to feel whole again. It means Simon has the chance to talk about having finally been able to see Marvel's Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings . He also checks out new film Lamb . In terms of streaming, SImon also got a look at the new Apple TV+ doco The Velvet Underground about the iconic band of the same name. TV gets a look in as well w...

A big week on the show. We interview the matriarch of American cinemas first family - Eleanor Coppola. She chats to Simon about her film Love Is Love Is Love.  There's also reviews: Acapulco (Apple TV+) V/H/S 94 (Shudder) One of Us is Lying (Stan | Peacock) The Fire Inside (In cinemas now) Oh, and cinemas open again this Monday in Sydney. We discuss what films are playing in cinemas this week...

A huge episode of reviews this week. REVIEWS (03:32) Squid Game (Netflix)  Riders of Justice (In cinemas now) Midnight Mass (Netflix) The Colony (In cinemas now) The Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple TV+) Nitram (In cinemas now and soon Stan)   INTERVIEW (47:02) Seance writer-director Simon Barrett (writer of films like You're Next and The Blair Witch). Seance is streaming now on Shudder....

This week's episode has gone to the pigs. REVIEWS (03:41) Star Wars: Visions (Disney+) Joe Bell (In cinemas now) Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol (US: Peacock - AUS: Paramount+) Pig (In cinemas now) Foundation (Apple TV+) Superhost (Shudder) THE MIDDLE BIT (39:40) The best on-screen animal/human pairings THE WEEK AHEAD (54:53)

This week on the podcast we discuss true crime - pretty rich considering the quality of this show every week. REVIEWS (01:55) Scenes From a Marriage (US: HBO | AUS: Foxtel/Binge) The Premise (US: FX, AUS: Foxtel/Binge) AINBO: Spirit of The Amazon (In cinemas now) THE MIDDLE BIT (21:32)   Interview with Melanie Laurent - Actor/Writer/Director 'The Mad Women's Ball' THE WEEK AHEAD (31:19)