Split Focus: A Film & TV Podcast

Adrian and Simon review director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of musical West Side Story; while Adrian reviews director David Bruckner's horror film, The Night House. The two pals also discuss the recently announced 94th annual Academy Awards nominations, the revival of creator Matt Groening's animated Futurama TV series at Hulu, and Amazon's upcoming Blade Runner TV series produced by Ridley Sco...

Adrian and Simon discuss the upcoming onslaught of video game film and TV series adaptations while speaking to their excitement for the Paramount+ TV show adaptation for famous Xbox game series, Halo. Simon raves about creator Jon Favreau's Disney+ series, The Book of Boba Fett and its excellent production values; while Adrian reviews all 5 Scream horror films after his recent Screamathon. Plus, t...

Adrian and Simon discuss the new Apple TV+ mystery/comedy series, After Party, starring Tiffany Haddish and Sam Richardson. Additionally, the two pals converse about the Warner Brothers Mortal Kombat movie sequel, the casting of Chris Evans in Amazon’s Red One holiday film, and the reunion between John Krasinski and Steve Carell for family movie, If. Plus they speculate about director James Gunn’s...

Adrian and Simon rave about the trailer for the Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe series, Moon Knight starring Oscar Isaac. Additionally, they talk about Parasite Oscar winning director Bong Joon Ho's upcoming Mickey7 science fiction film, the Weird Al Yankovic biopic from Roku Channel, and the recently revealed Apple TV+ Godzilla series from Legendary Pictures. Plus, Simon talks HBO's Succession...

Adrian and Simon rave about writer/director James Gunn's new HBO Max DC series, Peacemaker. The two pals also discuss Showtime revival series Dexter: New Blood and HBO comedy series White Lotus. Additionally, they converse about The Hitman's Bodyguard director Patrick Hughes upcoming reimagining of martial arts film The Raid, Pig director Michael Sarnoski's A Quiet Place spin-off, and Netflix's up...

Adrian and Simon review both director Guillermo del Toro’s film Nightmare Alley and director Paul Thomas Anderson’s film Licorice Pizza. The two pals also discuss the impending sale of network The CW, the unfortunate recent closure of movie theatres in Ontario due to the Omicron variant, and Disney’s decision to debut the upcoming Pixar film Turning Red exclusively on Disney+. Plus, they reference...

Adrian and Simon reel in the New Year by discussing Adam McKay’s Netflix satire Don’t Look Up, the Disney+ Star Wars series The Book of Boba Fett, and the HBO space comedy Avenue 5. Additionally, the two pals take a look at TorrentFreak’s recently released ‘Most Downloaded TV Shows on BitTorrent’ list. They also carve out some time to celebrate their memories of late actor Betty White’s career aft...

Spoilers are fair game in this deep dive review of the Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe based Hawkeye TV series, starring actors Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld.

In the final (holiday shaped) episode of 2021, Adrian and Simon applaud the Christmas theme of the Disney+ Hawkeye TV series, while focussing on its many shortcomings. Adrian also reviews the Lana Wachowski directed film, The Matrix Resurrections; while also praising Netflix’s League of Legends based series, Arcane. Additionally, they converse about Sony film Spider-Man: No Way Home’s box off...

Spoilers are fair game in this deep dive review of director Jon Watts’ Sony/Marvel Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Adrian and Simon review (without spoilers) the much anticipated Tom Holland starring Sony/Marvel film, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Additionally, they discuss Apple’s Will Ferrell/Paul Rudd starring dramedy The Shrink Next Door and Netflix’s Jane Campion directed western, The Power of the Dog. Plus, the two pals converse about network CW’s upcoming Gotham Knights DC series, the crazy Cineplex/Cineworl...

Adrian and Simon continue to hype up the possibility for a Matt Murdock (AKA Daredevil) introduction into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Additionally, they converse about director Destin Daniel Cretton’s multi-year Disney+ deal, Patty Jenkins recent resignation as director of the Gal Gadot starring Cleopatra movie, and the casting of Parks and Recreation actor Nick Offer...

Adrian and Simon review director Ridley Scott’s film, House of Gucci. Additionally, they discuss the strong potential for another Tom Holland starring Sony/Marvel Spider-Man trilogy, the upcoming Alfonso Cuaron Apple TV+ series with actor Cate Blanchett, and director Chris McKay’s Nicholas Cage/Awkwafina starring Renfield movie. Plus, Simon raves about Peter Jackson’s The Beatles documentary and A...

Adrian and Simon review Disney’s Encanto and director Johannes Roberts’ Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City film adaptation. They also discuss Death Stranding game developer Kojima Productions’ foray into the film industry, Ridley Scott’s upcoming Blade Runner and Alien TV shows, and Kevin Spacey’s 31 million dollar House of Cards lawsuit. Additionally, the two pals gush over how much they love...

Adrian and Simon converse about that bombshell Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer, Netflix’s Tiger King season 2, and the Apple TV+ series The Shrink Next Door starring Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell. Plus, they discuss that HBO Max Harry Potter reunion special; as well as the incoming documentaries concerning Barney the dinosaur and the tumultuous breakdown of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s relationship....

Adrian and Simon review director Wes Anderson’s tenth film, The French Dispatch. Additionally, they discuss the abundance of announcements made during Disney+ Day on November 12th. The two pals take a closer look at the Moon Knight, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Star Wars: Kenobi, The Proud Family, X-Men ’97, Spiderman: Freshman Year, Marvel’s Zombies, and Willow teasers (among others). Plus, they talk ab...

Spoilers are fair game in this deep dive review of director Chloe Zhao’s Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Eternals.

Adrian and Simon review director Chloe Zhao’s Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Eternals and director Jeymes Samuel’s Netflix western film The Harder They Fall. Additionally, they discuss the recent casting of Super Mario Brothers star Chris Pratt in the upcoming Garfield movie, director Taika Waititi’s upcoming The Incal film adaptation, and Tiger King star Carole Baskin’s lawsuit against Netflix....

Spoilers are fair game in this deep dive review of director Edgar Wright’s horror film Last Night in Soho.

Adrian and Simon review director Edgar Wright’s horror film, Last Night in Soho. Additionally, they discuss Netflix’s thriller series You, Disney’s upcoming Buzz Lightyear focussed Pixar film, the recent Jamie Lee Curtis starring Halloween Kills movie, and Apple’s newly released Sam Neil starring Invasion TV series. Plus, the two fellas talk about the genre specific Saturn award winners, director...

Adrian and Simon review director Denis Villeneuve’s epic film, Dune: Part 1; starring Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, and Oscar Isaac. Additionally, they discuss Ubisoft’s horror/comedy movie Werewolves Within starring actor Sam Richardson, the controversy between actor Ruby Rose and Warner Brothers in regards to the CW’s Batwoman series, the newly announced Marvel Cinematic Universe film slate delay,...

Adrian and Simon converse about the avalanche of DC related film and TV announcements that came out of the Warner Brothers sponsored DC Fandome event. They discuss The Batman film directed by Matt Reeves, the Black Adam movie with The Rock, Shazam: Fury of the Gods starring Zachary Levi, the Aquaman sequel with Jason Momoa, the James Gunn directed Peacemaker TV series, and the Ezra Miller starring...

Spoilers are fair game in this deep dive review of creator Hwang Dong-hyuk’s hit Netflix series, Squid Game.

Adrian and Simon review director Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk’s world renowned Netflix TV series Squid Game. Additionally, they discuss Venom: Let There Be Carnage’s box office success, the upcoming Critical Role based animated series The Legend of Vox Machina, and the recently announced Agatha Harkness, WandaVision spin-off series with actor Kathryn Hahn. Plus, Simon rav...

Spoilers are fair game while hosts Adrian and Simon take a deeper dive into director Andy Serkis’ Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Specifically, they discuss that explosive reveal during the end credits scene and it’s potential implications for the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.