Screen Watching

This week on the podcast we discuss true crime - pretty rich considering the quality of this show every week. REVIEWS (01:55) Y: The Last Man (US: FX, AUS: Foxtel/Binge) Kate (Netflix) American Crime Story (US: FX, AUS: Foxtel/Binge) UFO (US: Showtime, AUS: Paramount+) Doogie Kamealoha MD (Disney+) THE MIDDLE BIT (25:08)   True crime movies & TV shows THE WEEK AHEAD (38:27)

In this, the 37th episode of the podcast, we ask if 37 is too many? Wouldn't 10 be a more respectable number? And does 37 include all of those other dalliances? Just a thought... REVIEWS (02:49) Streamline (In cinemas now) Only Murders in The Building (Disney+ Star / Hulu) Summer of Soul (In cinemas now) War of The Worlds (SBS On Demand / Epix) Under The Volcano (In cinemas now) Vigil (Foxtel / Bi...

Dan and Simon enter week ten of the lockdown. And then they start talking about horror. All lockdown and no play makes these guys... something... something... REVIEWS (02:50) Candyman (2021) - In cinemas now Chapelwaite - Stan / Epix in the US) Motley's Law - iWonder Evil - Paramount+ for seasons 1+2. It also streams s1 on Stan in Australia Annette - In cinemas now. It streams internationally on A...

Dan and Simon enter week seven of the lockdown. Simon has phantom popcorn taste sensations. Dan now always knows where the TV remote is. REVIEWS (02:32)  The Chair (Netflix) Reminiscence (In cinemas now + HBO Max in the US) Heels (Starz / Stan) The Night House (in cinemas now) Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu / Amazon Prime Video) THE MIDDLE BIT (25:57)  INTERVIEW with Come Play director Jac...

The lockdown continues. Dan needs a haircut. Simon looks like he's getting younger. REVIEWS (02:20) Free Guy (In cinemas now) The Newsreader (ABC TV Australia) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu | Binge/Foxtel) CODA (Apple TV+) Miss (In cinemas now) What If...? (Disney+) THE MIDDLE BIT (31:24) INTERVIEW with writer/director Johnathan Hensleigh ( The Ice Road ) THE WEEK AHEAD (49:26)

This week Paramount+ launched in Australia. Screen Watching hosts Dan and Simon take a look at the Australian version of the international streaming service. They ask the big questions: Why does the service look and feel a bit different to what other companies are offering? Is the library of titles any good? Should you subscribe? Is the big launch title, a Mark Wahlberg film called INFINITE , any...

What a strange week - The Suicide Squad is a huge new Hollywood release that will only be seen in Australia this weekend in it's smallest cities as the rest of the country is in lockdown. Somehow, Simon and Dan were able to see it and have some (spoiler-free) thoughts to share. They also deep dive into the big streaming releases of the week, talk about off-the-radar comic book movies, and Dan prev...

Here's what you'll hear in this week's episode: Reviews (05:50) Jungle Cruise (in cinemas now and Disney+) The Pursuit of Love (Amazon Prime Video) Woodstock 99 (HBO Max / Binge) The Toll (In cinemas) Interview: The Misfits director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, Deep Blue Sea, Cutthroat Island) (21:16) What's on this week - streaming and at the cinema (49:30)

Here's what you'll hear in this week's episode: Reviews (02:04) Old (in cinemas now) Turner & Hooch (Disney+) Shiva Baby (Coming to cinemas July 29 - QLD, WA, ACT, & TAS; August 5 VIC & SA; TBA in NSW) Masters of The Universe: Revelations (Netflix) Chernobyl 1986 (Netflix) The middle segment: The best and worst M Night Shyamalan movie twists (32:01) What's on this week - streaming and...

Despite a lockdown preventing cinemas this weekend from being open in Australia's two biggest markets, Sydney and Melbourne, Screen Watching, like nature, finds a way. We discuss the two biggest cinema releases this week: Space Jam 2, which finds it's way to (some) Australian cinemas after taking a left turn at Albuquerque. And Gunpowder Milkshake (which has a US release via Netflix and an Austral...

Cinemas are supposedly back again. But Dan and Simon are in lockdown and had to watch the biggest movie event of the past two years on their televisions. This week they talk about watching Black Widow by way of Disney+. Along with more reviews of the other big TV shows and movies of the week. They also talk about legendary Hollywood director Dick Donner who died this week. And they interview direc...

It's the Screen Watching lockdown special. As New South Wales residents are forced to COVID lockdown, Simon and Dan come to terms with the idea of having to stay in to watch more TV and movies. Oh, such cruel fate. But before that can happen, they engage in the weekly movie review duty of their Screen Watching vows. Reviews (02:37) Gossip Girl (2021) (Fox 8 / HBO Max) Fear Street 1994 (Netflix) Th...

In a bonus episode of Screen Watching, Simon Foster interviews the Writer/Director of new French movie Perfumes, Grégory Magne. The movie is in Australian cinemas from July 1.

There's no question that the big movie of the week is In The Heights. Simon offers his thoughts on the film and we chat a bit more broadly about the failure of audiences to turn out for the well-reviewed film. We also take a look at the newest season of Bosch (but with a broader look at the series as a whole), movie Three Summers, and TV shows Tehran and Katla. In an exciting development, we also...

What do you need to know about this week's podcast. Well, it includes reviews of movies with fast cars, documentaries with sharks, TV shows about sleeping with movie stars, and Rose Byrne getting Physical. Tell me you don't want to press play on that! I double dare you. Reviews (01:41) F9 (In cinemas now) Physical (Apple TV+) Starstruck (ABC iView / BBC3 / HBO Max) From The Vine (In cinemas now) B...

It's a TV-heavy week for the podcast as we look at new TV shows Loki, Lisey's Story, Foodie Love , and Republic of Sarah . But we haven't forgotten about movies entirely as Simon checks out a new film starring Christopher Walken - Percy vs Goliath. This week Dan debunks the idea of The Golden Age of Television and looks at one of TV's greatest shows that streaming forgot. Reviews (02:52) Loki (Dis...

Is Sweet Tooth set to be the new ' Stranger Things '? Dan reckons it is in with a shot. What did he think of the show? We discuss that, a whole bunch of movies, and Simon delves deep on the bloated movies made by directors drunk with power. Oh, and we chat with Whitstable Pearl star Kerry Godliman too. Reviews (02:52) The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It (in cinemas now) Sweet Tooth (Netflix)...

Simon sits down with two filmmakers in a bonus episode of Screen Watching.  Andrew Levitas, director of the Johnny Depp movie Minamata (02:07) Beth Elise Hawk, director of documentary Breaking Bread (19:13)

A big change for this week's podcast. We've dumped the news segment (if you want screen news, check out Dan's Always Be Watching newsletter each day) and in its place is a fun new middle segment. This week Dan take's us back to the 90s to look at the many sitcoms that sprung up following the success of Friends. Reviews (02:14) Cruella (Disney+ / in cinemas now) Run The World (Stan) King Otto (in c...

If you’re after reviews of Zack Snyder’s Army of The Dead and the third season of Master of None, you’re in the right place. Also on this podcast are reviews for Solos, a new anthology series on Amazon Prime Video. There’s also reviews of Songbird and Son of The South, which are both in cinemas this week. We also have all the big news of the week and take a look at what’s playing in cinemas too. R...

This week on the podcast Simon Foster sits down to talk with presenter Jess Hill about the SBS documentary series See What You Made Me Do. 

It's a huge week for movies with not one major release this week, but two. Will audiences flock to the new Saw franchise installment Spiral? Or will they instead check out the new Angelina Jolie film Those Who Wish Me Dead? Simon and Dan checked out both films and have some differences of opinion. It's also a big week for TV with the debut of the eagerly-awaited Barry Jenkins series The Undergroun...

Cards down on the table - it's a big week on the Screen Watching podcast. We chat with the son of Nicholas Cage - Weston Cage Coppola . He's an actor in his own right and stars in the new film Assault on Station 33 . There's also reviews, a look at the week ahead, and a deep dive into the news of the week. Join us for an extended chat about Flawless - a new technology that may render subtitles and...

Join us this week for a very passionate discussion about the Academy Awards. Simon is an absolute fanboy. Dan is an anarchist who wants to see it all burned down. They discuss what they liked and didn't like about this year's awards. Also, the two send out into the world reviews of the big movies and TV shows of the week - it's a huge week for celebrations on screen from arthouse celebration of a...

Slide on yr tights and get ready to raise yr dukes, this week's Screen Watching podcast has Dan and Simon reviewing the new Mortal Kombat movie and chatting with it's director - Simon McQuiod . Dan also takes a look at the first season of Disney+'s The Falcon & The Winter Soldier following the series finale. And there's of course, more reviews, news, and a look at the week ahead. Reviews (01:3...