Spider-Dan And The Secret Bores

We've hit the first of many potential finales for #TheCloneSaga but as we know it was not meant to be. It also is the start of massive retcons, many clones, multiple fake outs etc. Saying that, this collection of stories though compounded by tragedy, still features one of the many bright spots within this infamous comic book event. Join Tony, Tony & myself as we discuss heartfelt tributes to l...

What a pair of films & what a pair of guests! As Femme On founders #RiaCarrogan & #TonyaTodd return to compare cinematic classics that are both similar and yet extremely different. From the twisted minds of #RyanCoogler, #QuentinTarantino & #RobertRodriguez we bring to you our latest #CloneBores as #FromDuskTillDawn battles tooth and claw with #Sinners2025! Join us as we discuss iconic...

The 1st half of our ‪@FWFilmFestival‬ 2026 with Lead Volunteer Kinza is here! Follow Kinza on Instagram!  kinzaleah  Join your local Show Choir here! https://www.ukshowchoir.com/choirs Where to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast… Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pod.link/danbores⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

The first half our interview with ‪@FWFilmFestival‬ 2026 volunteer Ben Lewis is here! Follow him on Instagram   / seethisif   & Letterboxd https://boxd.it/CZrf For everything Forbidden Worlds head over to their website! ⁠ https://www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestiv ⁠...⁠ Subscribe to Genuine Chit-Chat on YouTube or on any podcast app ⁠    / @genuinechitchat   Be sure to check out Mike’s Patreon ⁠⁠⁠...

The 1st half of our ‪@FWFilmFestival‬ 2026 interview With Sam Espensen Of #EspensenSpirit is here! Follow her on instagram   / espensenspirit   For everything Forbidden Worlds head over to their website! ⁠ https://www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestiv ⁠...⁠ Subscribe to Genuine Chit-Chat on YouTube or on any podcast app ⁠    / @genuinechitchat   Be sure to check out Mike’s Patreon ⁠⁠⁠ https://tinyurl.com/...

Masked mystery man, Kaine makes his presence known in this podcast as he tears his way through Spider-Man's rogues' gallery! What reason could he have to torment Ben but protect Peter & Mary Jane? Can Ben Reilly build a personal life outside of super heroics? Will Spider-Man succumb to The Vulture's poison or will his arch-nemesis reach out to save him? Join Tony, Tony & myself...

The final film podcast from me ‪@FWFilmFestival‬ ! From writers #GerryConwayRIP , #RoyThomas & from artists/animators #FrankFrazetta & #RalphBakshi comes #Fire &Ice1983 an animated adventure as two fantastical kingdoms clash that couldn't be more different from each other! Join ‪@GenuineChitChat‬ & myself as we discuss possible live-action remakes, the male gaze & queer cod...

#LucioFulci , The Godfather Of Gore arrives ‪@FWFilmFestival‬ ! & tried his hand at making a #ConanTheBarbarian buddy movie! Proof positive that The Italian Film Industry have never seen a Hollywood blockbuster they can't rip-off. But will his extreme horror style mix successfully with this type of fantasy film? Join ‪@GenuineChitChat‬ & myself as we discuss cool concepts, brain devour...

Release The Kracking Film!  @GenuineChitChat  is the Bubo to my Perseus  @FWFilmFestival  for our review of #rayharryhausen's #clashofthetitans does this streamlined retelling of Ancient Greek Myths still live up to the legend? Join us as we discuss looksmaxxing, unexpected nudity and the fickleness of the Gods themselves... #PrepareForPrattle Check out what The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Fou...

Horror Legend #RonnnyYu brings us the film that helped him break Hollywood! #TheBrideWithWhiteHair ‪@FWFilmFestival‬ a dark fantasy wuxia Romeo & Juliet, but was this Hong Kong film a tragedy or triumph for ‪@GenuineChitChat‬ ? #prepareforprattle For everything Forbidden Worlds head over to their website! ⁠⁠ https://www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestiv ...⁠ Subscribe to Genuine Chit-Chat on YouTube o...

'Who wants to live forever?' Very few I'm sure but did ‪@GenuineChitChat‬ experience this phenomena while watching #Highlander1986 for first time at ‪@FWFilmFestival‬ ? Did he pray for a Quickening of the film's runtime or did he embrace its cheesy nature for The Prize it truly is? Join us as we discuss bad lines, good concepts & Queen on the soundtrack... #prepareforprattle Check out my cover...

This film can be "a dream to some and a NIGHTMARE to others!" but where did ‪@GenuineChitChat‬ fall on The Sword Of Power, #Excalibur1981 when we watched it ‪@FWFilmFestival‬ ? Was #JohnBoorman 's re-telling of Arthurian Myth worthy of its shiny reputation? Join us as we discuss popular actors in early roles, surprising humour & #TerryEnglish 's legendary armour... #PrepareFo...

With the speed of a bird of prey, Mike & I are here with the first of our content from Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2026! Covering the very first film of the festival and one of the best! We discuss Richard Donner's Ladyhawke starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Rutger Hauer & Matthew Broderick. Be sure to subscribe & follow to Mike's Genuine Chit-Chat podcast for our next instalment...

*CONTENT WARNING! THIS PODCAST DISCUSSES ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION, CLAUSTROPHOBIA, DROWNING, PTSD & MORE… *SPOILER WARNING FOR #ProjectHailMary After opening with our announcement of joining #ForbiddenWorldsFilmFestival’s Press Team. Then Mike Burton & I take a deep dive into the making of  #JamesCameron’s #TheAbyss. A pioneering film that invented tech we still use to this day, however it a...

Originally published via Patreon on 13/08/22 In association with  @FWFilmFestival  as warm for this year's event. I’m back with yet another public debut review of a comic book prequel to the original Highlander film! Join me as I discuss how I think they should handle a new trilogy of films, The Masamune Blade and The Kurgan never giving a fuck! #PrepareForPrattle Buy your tickets now for Forb...

Originally published via Patreon on 16/07/22 In association with @fwfilmfestival & as warm to this year’s event. Here is the public release of a review for 1 of 2 comic book prequels to the classic fantasy film #Highlander! Join me as I discuss dodgy accents, immortality & monks in #HighlanderTheAmericanDream… #PrepareForPrattle Buy your tickets now for Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2026...

Peter Parker: Spider-Man is back! But he is not in a good way as his personal life collapses, the exile #BenReilly returns. Causing him to retreat into an alter ego he calls ‘The Spider’ as he attempts to bury Parker and his pain. Can the emergence of Ben’s own alter ego #TheScarletSpider be enough to convince him to claw himself ‘Back From The Edge’ or will he need a little help from an old frien...

Happy Birthday to me! As I finally get talk to about one of my favourite director's #PaulVerhoeven through the lens of his least successful film #Showgirls in another #WrongDirection with Sarah Coyne as my dance partner! Can we find a even small redeeming feature in this camp calamity or is it beyond redemption? Grab your chips and get your nails done! As we discuss Paul's questionable cho...

Tony, Tony & Spider-Dan’s coverage of the entire Marvel Comics’ 90’s Spider-Man: Clone Saga all begins here! As we flashback to The Original 70’s Clone Saga to see the birth of the most controversial Spider-Man character, Ben Reilly, his relationship with his “brother” Kaine and how conquers his trauma and abuse at the hands of The Jackal to become the hero he was always destined to be. Join a...

Tony is all revved up and ready to GO GO GO! As he returns to defend #TheWachowskiSisters’ 2008 live-action manga/anime adaptation of #SpeedRacer! But does this hyper-stylised and experimental film stall at the starting line or is it a Demon On Wheels? Join us as we discuss The Fonz, Ninjas and whether you can make a “cubist film?” #PrepareForPrattle  Find all of his podcasts and books at Tony’s w...

Originally published via Patreon on 13/01/24 #DannyBoyle & #AlexGarland have announced development of at least one more entry to the #28DaysLater franchise if not a new trilogy #28YearsLater! Since talking about these films is all the RAGE I thought I'd cover #28DaysLaterTheAftermath which serves as a prequel to both previous films! Join me as I discuss quarantine zones, The Infected attra...

JAC may have won the Guest V Host Poll but we are rollin' into 2026 My Way! On this podcast we ask who are our Top 5 Musicians Turned Actor Performances On Film? Which former songbirds or multi-instrumentalists gave such a transformative turn that it transcended everyone's expectations? Join myself and @IAmJACSMusings as we list our own memorable top 5's and discuss not having acting l...

Tony Farina is here to release his Dick into The New Year to end Alter-Nativity Stories 2025! Does Warren Beatty's adaptation of comic strip character, Dick Tracy stand the test of time? Was the world ready for a colourful campy comic book movie this soon after Batman '89? How did it make all the money and win several Academy Awards but never received a sequel? Many questions that only our...

He knows when you're sleeping and he knows when you're awake! @IAmJACSMusings gets in the sleigh with me again for another Clone Bores as we attempt to decipher which film will end up on the naughty list Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation or Tony Scott's Enemy Of The State? Join us as we discuss these two conspiratorial crimbo classics with talking points such as The Patriot A...

We spoke about immortality & aging last week in the holly jolly Hook, this week Dan Burgess & I look at it from an entirely different perspective as we wind up the gears in #GuillermoDelToro's ancient alchemical device in his debut feature film the very merry #Cronos! What happens when an elderly doting grandfather becomes addicted to an insect's rejuvenating sting, but in doing so...