Screen Watching

Screen Watching

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Join TV and film critics (and handsome men) Dan Barrett and Simon Foster with reviews, industry news, and recommendations of great things to check out. This podcast is a perfect example of the dangers of equipping people with knowledge and microphones.

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Jul 4, 2026

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Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, The Bear, The Patient, Mike, Orphan First Kill, Three Thousand Years of Longing 03.09.2022

This week on the show we have reviews/chatter about new TV shows: The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power (Amazon Prime Video) The Patient (FX, Disney+) Mike (FX, Disney+) The Bear (FX, Disney+) And movies currently playing in the cinema: Orphan: First Kill Three Thousand Years of Longing We also have a lengthy discussion on whether audiences should feel aggrieved that streaming services are rem...

It’s House of Dragon week this week at Screen Watching HQ 21.08.2022

I’d give you a rundown of what we are discussing this week, but just know that we do review House of The Dragon, so is there really anthing else we need to discuss herre?

Nope | Five Days at Memorial | The Princess | A League of Their Own 12.08.2022

This week on the podcast we have reviews of the hottest films on TV and in the cinema: Five Days at Memorial Nope A League of Their Own The Princess And then Dan and Simon discuss their favourite depictions of aliens on the TV and movie screen. And yes, they discuss Jose Chung’s From Outer Space. It would be malpractice not to.

The Resort | Bullet Train | Mike Judge’s Beavis & Butthead | Thirteen Lives | Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 | Prey 06.08.2022

It is a very full week for big titles on this week’s Screen Watching. Frankly, neither Dan nor Simon were emotionally or physically prepared for it. Reviews:  The Resort (Stan in Aus | Peacock in the US) Bullet Train (in cinemas now) Mike Judge’s Beavis & Butthead (Paramount+) Thirteen Lives (Amazon Prime Video) Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 (Netflix) Prey (Disney+ in Aus | Hulu in the US) Als...

Paper Girls | Murder Party | Honor Society | The Forgiven | Press Play 30.07.2022

Settle in for another Screen Watching with the usual smart nonsense re: all things watching and screen.  There are a batch of interesting TV and movies to review this week, but stick around for our MIDDLE BIT this week where Dan and SImon engage in the 2022 Screen Watching Movie Remake Pitch session. Each try to get the other to greenlight their idea for movie remakes. It’s a ridiculous, fun...

We review: I Love That For You, Where The Crawdads Sing, The Black Phone, Hunted Australia 23.07.2022

This week on the podcast Dan and Simon talk about lost love. Really. They also review movies and shows: Where The Crawdads Sing (In cinemas now) I Love That For You (Paramount+) The Black Phone (In cinemas now) Hunted Australia (Channel 10) For this week’s Middle Bit, Dan and Simon discuss lost genres they would love to see more of. And then Dan and Simon radically overhaul the podcast with a bran...

Resident Evil | The Old Man | Bridge & Tunnel | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge | And more… 16.07.2022

Another big show this week. The show starts with reviews: Resident Evil (Netflix) Bridge & Tunnel (Epix in the US, Stan in AUS) Unprecedented (Discovery+ in the US, Foxtel and Binge in AUS) The Old Man (FX in the US, Disney+ in AUS) The Phantom of The Open (In cinemas now) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Nintendo Switch and other gaming platforms, probably) But then in the mi...

This week: Thor: Love and Thunder, Black Bird, The Undeclared War, Compartment No 6 10.07.2022

People come to Screen Watching for the reviews and this week we have them: Thor: Love and Thunder (It’s in cinemas now) Black Bird (it’s on Apple TV+) The Undeclared War (in the UK it was on Channel 4. In Australia we’re watching it on Stan) Compartment No 6 (Available to buy or rent online) But Screen Watching offers more than just reviews. Inspired by the fan interaction of young folks wearing s...

Could this episode be any later? 05.07.2022

What do you need to know about this episode? Life got in the way and the episode is publishing days late. I’m sorry, okay!!!! Jeez. Oh, and we review: Dashcam (In cinemas now) The Terminal List (Amazon Prime Video) Ali & Ava (In cinemas now) And then Dan and Simon discuss the top 5 movies and shows so far in 2022.

Jerry & Marge, Beavis & Butthead, Father & the Bride, Maya Rudolph & billions of dollars 25.06.2022

Quick podcast this week. Dan offers some thoughts on: Loot (Apple TV+) Father of The Bride (2022) (Binge, HBO Max) Jerry & Marge Go Large (Paramount+) Beavis & Butthead (Paramount+) Has anyone heard from Simon?

The Quest for Screen Watching Legends: Dark Winds, Lightyear, The Lazarus Project, Iron Chef, and Interceptor 18.06.2022

As part of our community service mandated requirement to review the hottest TV shows and movies: Dark Winds (AMC+) Lightyear (in cinemas now) The Lazarus Project (Sky in the uk, Stan in Australia) Iron Chef (Netflix) Interceptor (Netflix) For our middle bit: Squid Game is being turned into a game show. Which other films and shows would make for great competition TV shows?

GROAAAAWWWWWRRRR goes the dinosaur - we talk Jurassic World: Dominion, Ms Marvel, For All Mankind, Evil, The Janes, and Hustle 11.06.2022

Want to hear two guys making ridiculous dinosaur noises and review some TV shows + movies? Well, you’re in the right place. Those reviews include: Jurassic World: Dominion (In cinemas now) Ms Marvel (Disney+) The Janes (Foxtel/Binge/HBO Max) For All Mankind season 3 (Apple TV+) Hustle (Netflix) Evil season 3 (Paramount+) Simon and Dan also talk about their favourite non-Jurassic Park dinosaur movi...

The boys talk about: Irma Vep & Mothering Sunday & From & Lunana A Yak in the Classroom 04.06.2022

The podcast begins this week with an apology by Simon for his actions And then the business of reviews: Irma Vep (HBO in the US, Binge in AUS) Mothering Sunday (In cinemas now) From (Epix in the US, Stan in AUS) Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (In cinemas now) After that, there’s the business of fantasy fan experiences. This week an LA-based Golden Girls fantasy experience was announced. It begs th...

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Top Gun Maverick and Stranger Things 4 and The Bob’s Burgers Movie and Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers and Hatching 29.05.2022

Some weeks are just big. And this is one of those weeks. This week on the show: Reviews: Top Gun Maverick Obi-Wan Kenobi The Bob’s Burgers Movie Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers Hatching Stranger Things 4 That’s already a lot of show. But we also have: The Middle Bit: Dan and Simon pick their top 3 Tom Cruise films.  Plus the two discuss upcoming previews, the death of Ray Liotta, and inexplicably...

Ramen boys 22.05.2022

This week on the podcast there is a decidedly Japanese feel to the podcast with Dan and Simon doubling down on the local release of HBO Max show Tokyo Vice and discussing movies (and TV shows) in which Americans visit Japan. Oh, and there’s the usual TV and movie reviews too: How To Please a Woman (In cinemas now) Night Sky (Amazon Prime Video) To Olivia (In cinemas now) The Lincoln Lawyer (Netfli...

The one where the boys get timey wimey 14.05.2022

This week time travel is on the mind as Dan and Simon start this week's podcast. Or did they just finish the podcast? Time is an abstract concept after all. Or is it a flat circle? Who can keep up with all that. Oh, they do reviews too. This week: The Time Traveler's Wife (Binge, HBO Max) Firestarter (In cinemas now, Peacock) Conversations With Friends (Amazon Prime Video, Hulu) Father Stu (In cin...

Just beam them up already. Nothing intelligent going on down here 06.05.2022

It’s a big week for Screen Watching. Big reviews and an interview! Reviews: Doctor Strange and The Multiverse of Madness (In cinemas now) Petite Maman (In cinemas now) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+) The Offer (Paramount+) Bosch: Legacy (Amazon Prime Video) The Pentaverate (Netflix)  Interview : Actor Emilia Fox, star of new Acorn TV series Signora Volpe. The series is about a Brit...

Screen Watching - The Way of Water 30.04.2022

Dan and Simon have a full, full, full podcast this week. Simon reports live from the Screenwave Film Festival in Coffs Harbour. There’s also reviews: Shining Girls (Apple TV+) Downton Abbey: A New Era (In cinemas now) Gaslit (Stan) Ithaka (Digital download) Also: Dan offers some thoughts on the LARGE VOLUME of TV shows hitting TV between now and the end of May.

Luke Buckmaster on The Cage Gauge. REVIEWS: The First Lady, The Northman, We Own This City, Barons, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 22.04.2022

This week we revel in all things Nicholas Cage. Film critic and man about town Luke Buckmaster joins us to talk about his Nicholas Cage film ranking project The Cage Gauge. Reviews this week: The First Lady The Northman We Own This City Barons The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The one where Simon and Dan talk about theme songs 16.04.2022

This week on the show Dan and Simon talk about the most important theme songs from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s. Yes, they talk about the song Believe It or Not. Also, reviews: Outer Range (Amazon Prime Video) The Lost City (In cinemas) Roar (Apple TV+) The Good Boss (In cinemas) Servant of The People (SBS On Demand) Everything Everywhere All At Once (in cinemas)

What do you do about a cranky co-host? 09.04.2022

This week on the podcast Simon has clearly had enough. He’s stuck with a co-host who is insistent that he hates almost everything being discussed in this week’s podcast. Poor Simon is exasperated throughout discussions of: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (In cinemas now) Slow Horses (Apple TV+) Jimmy Saville: A British Horror Story (Netflix) How We Roll (Paramount+) Ambulance (In cinem...

Mo’ rbius, mo’ problems 02.04.2022

This week on Screen Watching we have an overload of big, buzzy shows and movies to talk about. We review: Morbius (see it in cinemas now… before you hear any reviews) Moon Knight (Disney+) Julia (HBO Max | Binge) Killing it (Peacock | Stan) The Bad Guys (in cinemas now) Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (in cinemas now) With news this week that Bruce Willis is retiring from acting for health reasons, Simon and...

Deep Water | Halo | Pachinko | X | Life After Beth | Attica 25.03.2022

Listen as Dan Barrett, fresh from the sick bed, takes to the microphone alongside the fit as a fiddle Simon Foster to review the latest and greatest TV and movies. Simon also offers some Oscars predictions. And Dan, tired and cranky, won’t entertain any of it.

This week we watched: Minx, Halo, The Adam Project, WeCrashed, and Deadly Cuts 18.03.2022

Dan Barrett has just two eyes and two ears. Simon is afflicted with the same limitation. It means there’s only so much that these guys can watch in any given week. But by golly do they try. This week on the show they watched so much: Minx (HBO Max | Stan) The Adam Project (Netflix) WeCrashed (Apple TV+) Deadly Cuts (in cinemas now) Halo (Paramount+) - this is more a preview chat based off the firs...

How I Met Your Father | The Dropout | The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray | Bergman Island | Upload | Facing Monsters 10.03.2022

After last week’s Bat-heavy podcast, we keep it all quite a bit more sensible this week and keep the bat-business to a minimum. Instead we review: The Dropout (Disney+) Bergman Island (In cinemas now) How I Met Your Father (Disney+) Facing Monsters (In cinemas now) Upload (Amazon Prime Video The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray Dan and Simon also discuss the greatest question of all: How long is too long...

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