Screen Watching

Dan and Simon take to the microphones. We review: Paul Schrader’s new film Master Gardener New Netflix comedy Obliterated (from the team behind Coba Kai) The final (?) film by Hayao Miyazaki, The Boy and The Heron Also discussed: Grand Theft Auto VI, Godzilla Minus One, Merry Little Batman, and Norman Lear

It’s the end of the world as we know it. And we feel fine! On the pod this week we discuss our favourite end of the world movies. Oh, and reviews: Bottoms (In cinemas) Leave The World Behind (Netflix Dec 7) Godzilla Minus One (In cinemas) Faraway Downs (Hulu/Disney+)

This week a new free streaming service launched in Australia. It’s called Brollie and it has a good collection of arthouse and cult movies. Dan and Simon offer their thoughts on the service and each choose some recommendations from the library. Also… reviews: Napoleon (In cinemas and soon on Apple TV+) Fargo season 5 (SBS On Demand, or Hulu in the US) The Royal Hotel (In cinemas now) Squid Game: T...

This week Dan and Simon are joined by a different film critic named Simon. It is Simon Miraudo who has just written the really fantastic Book of The Banned: Devilish Movies, Dastardly Censors, and the Scenes That Made Australia Sweat . Also on the pod, we have reviews. This week: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV+) The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (In cinemas now) The Curse (Pa...

We kick off the pod with an extended chat about the resolution of the SAG-AFTRA strike and discuss what happens now. Then we dive into reviews: The Marvels - in cinemas now 007: Road To a Million - it’s streaming on Prime Video The Killer - David Fincher’s new film is on Netflix My Adventures with Superman - it finally arrived in Australia, streaming on Binge

This week in the Intermission Dan and Simon attempt to fix Marvel with big brain ideas. Oh, and then there are weekly reviews of NCIS Sydney (Paramount+), Five Nights at Freddy’s (In cinemas, Peacock), Lawman: Bass Reeves (Paramount+), and Fingernails (Apple TV+).

You will be SHOCKED by our thoughts on the new Martin Scorsese film Killers of The Flower Moon (In cinemas now, but on Apple TV+ sometime soon-ish). You will be CAPTIVATED by what we have to say about Fellow Travellers (Paramount+). You’ll be (in fairness) MIDLY INTERESTED in our thoughts on Bodies (Netflix). And then you will be IN A STATE OF UNBRIDLED NOSTALGIA as we discuss the Wiggles document...

Mark Humphries from the TV joins Dan Barrett from Screen Watching for a very loose and casual chat about the show Upload (Apple TV+), he talks up the underrated show From (MGM+, Stan), and there’s a lengthy discussion about the changing nature of what is funny on screen nowadays.

This week on the podcast Dan and Simon review: Frasier (2023) - Paramount+ Love Is In The Air - Netflix Shayda - In cinemas now Inspired by the Frasier revival show, Dan and Simon discuss some of their favourite mid-weight/mediocre sitcoms of years gone by.

This week on the show, Dan flies 100% solo on the worst week possible. With no new shows of note to discuss, he discusses what he watches while laying on the couch sick this week. It is an eclectic and weird grab bag of films and TV-related fare. Oh, and then Dan carries on and on about why late night TV is no longer any good.

I really hope you enjoy asides and digressions in the middle of a conversation about new movies and TV shows, because gosh oh golly is that what takes place in this episode where Dan is joined by Melbourne-based critic Mel Campbell. The two discuss: The Creator (in cinemas now) C*A*U*G*H*T (Stan) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix) While The Men Are Away (SBS On Demand) WARNING: Podcast i...

This week on the ol’ podcast Dan reviews the biggest TV show of the… week, I guess. The John Wick spin-off The Continental. Oh, he also talks up one of his favourite shows of the year, the new Apple TV+ show Still Up. Simon reviews two movies that you will likely never hear mentioned again after this podcast is done: Liam Neeson‘s latest Retribution, and a horror film called It Still Lives Here.

Last weekend was the 30th anniversary of the debut of The X-Files. Your two cool podcast hosts Dan and Simon look back at the show, discuss why it was such a huge zeitgeist hit, and recount favourite episodes. Also, we have our reviews: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (In cinemas now) Blue Beetle (In cinemas now) The Lovers (Sky Atlantic, Binge) A Haunting in Venice (in cinemas now)

Screen Watching is available as audio on your favourite podcast apps, but you can also watch it as video on Spotify and YouTube. This week on the show, there are reviews: Black Ops (BBC, Bings) Biosphere (In cinemas now) The Morning Show season 3 (Apple TV+) Theatre Camp (In cinemas now) Shin Ultraman (In cinemas now) There is also the weekly Intermission chat (this week we travel time/space to in...

This week we offer some thoughts on who the promising young actors are and which older actors just need to give it up. Oh, and we offer some thoughts on the latest TV shows and movies: One Piece (Netflix) Past Lives (In cinemas now) Who is Erin Carter? (Netflix) The Equalizer 3 (In cinemas now)

This week on the podcast Simon and Dan each list their most unpopular opinions about movies. Will it get the two of them cancelled? One can only hope. In terms of reviews, expect conversation on: Ahsoka (Disney+) Sound of Freedom (in cinemas) First Slam Dunk (in cinemas) Haunted Mansion (in cinemas)

Up for review this week: Heart of Stone (Netflix) The Chosen One (Netflix) Blackberry (In cinemas now) Mother & Son (ABC Australia) With Strays in cinemas now too, Dan and Simon ask: “Who’s a good boy?” And go through their top 5 dogs of film & TV.

Another week, another Screen Watching. We have the reviews: Asteroid City (In cinemas now) Strange Planet (Apple TV+) The Last Voyage of The Demeter (In cinemas now) Telemarketers (HBO, Max, Binge) Gran Turismo (In cinemas now) We have the big news of the week Emmy Awards dated in such a way as to make the awards irrelevant Is the Barbenheimer effect real? How have the strikes screwed fan conventi...

This week we have the reviews of the week. We discuss: The Meg 2 (in cinemas) 61st Street (The CW, AMC+, and Stan) Hidden Strike (Netflix) Captain Fall (Netflix) In this week’s Intermission segment, Dan deepdives into what FAST TV is and details the announced launch of Pluto TV in Australia.

Each week Screen Watching goes out with a video version. You can find that on Spotify and YouTube. As of this week there are new opening titles. How very exciting. We have reviews this week. New A24 Aussie horror film Talk To Me (In cinemas now) Taylor Sheridan’s new TV show Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+) It’s the WWII European John Wick - Sisu (In cinemas now) Rapid fire thoughts on Minx (s2),...

This week on Screen Watching, there are the usual reviews: Oppenheimer Justified: Primeval City Barbie Command Z As a special treat, Dan also argues with SImon why he won’t see a movie based on Barbie IP. Oh, and then Dan and Simon expose their unwatched TV and movies in their watchlists during our weekly Intermission segment.

This week Simon and Dan shamelessly rip off the Movies To Be Buried With with Brett Goldstein podcast format to discuss their own lives with film. ALSO: Dan’s thoughts on Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part One.

This week on the podcast Simon reviews the latest Mission: Impossible movie after attending a lavish media screening earlier in the week. Dan then reviews Gold Diggers (ABC Australia) and The Horror of Dolores Roach (which he watched in his house, like an everyman). Simon also reviews the new animated Netflix film Nimona, but he doesn’t disclose where he watched it. Simon then asks Dan whether the...

This week on the pod Simon reviews the new Indiana Jones film Dial of Destiny. He then chats with Dan about all things Indiana Jones as the two discuss their favourite elements of the previous Indiana Jones movies.

This week on the show Dan and Simon discuss whether superhero fatigue is really a thing. Also, reviews: Transformers: Rise of The Machines (In cinemas now) Secret Invasion (Disney+) The Walking Dead: Dead CIty (US: AMC, AUS: Stan) I’m a Virgo (Prime Video) Reality (US: Max, AUS: In cinemas soon)