Split Focus: A Film & TV Podcast

Adrian and Simon talk about creator Robert Kirkman’s animated Invincible TV series and Netflix reality TV series, The Circle. Additionally, they discuss Shadow & Bone screenwriter Eric Heisserer’s upcoming World of Darkness TV and movie-verse, the worsening viewership statistics for the Oscars telecast, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s english version of Best International Film, Another Round. Plus, Si...

Spoilers are fair game in this deep dive review of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first Disney+ TV series, Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Adrian and Simon review Minari, Sound of Metal, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Love & Monsters, and the 93rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Additionally, they discuss the accuracy of their 2021 Oscar predictions, the overwhelmingly large budget for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV series, and the hype behind Marvel’s Shang-Chi trailer. Plus, they address listener mail concerning the viability of a Da...

Adrian and Simon each share their list of predicted winners for the 93rd annual Academy Awards ceremony. As they announce their predictions, the two cinema fans express their thoughts on some of the best films of 2020. Specifically, they gush about David Fincher’s Mank, Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, Pete Docter’s Soul, Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari, Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal,...

Adrian and Simon review director Chloe Zhao’s Best Picture nominated film, Nomadland. Plus, they discuss Zack Snyder’s upcoming Netflix zombie film Army of the Dead, the hiring of director Jordan Vogt Roberts’ for the live-action Gundam movie, and the casting of Luke Skywalker’s Mark Hamill in the comedy film about stand-up comedian Bert Kreischer’s rambunctious college trip to Russia. Additionall...

Adrian and Simon review director Emerald Fennell’s Best Picture nominated film, Promising Young Woman. Plus, they discuss Sony’s new deal with Netflix, Fleabag actor Phoebe Waller Bridge’s casting in Indiana Jones 5, and Disney’s upcoming Little Mermaid movie starring Halle Bailey. Additionally, they reiterate their disdain for Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Disney+ release format and the existen...

Spoilers are fair game in this deep dive review of the Adam Wingard directed Warner Brothers 'Monsterverse' film, Godzilla vs. Kong.

Adrian and Simon review director Adam Wingard’s Godzilla VS Kong and the first three episodes of Amazon’s animated Invincible TV series adaptation. Additionally, they discuss the newly announced cast of the Disney+ Obi Wan Kenobi TV show, Netflix’s massive purchase of the rights for director Rian Johnson’s mystery film series Knives Out, and the release date and cast for DC’s Black Adam movie star...

Adrian and Simon review actor Bob Odenkirk's action movie, Nobody. Plus, they discuss Disney’s disappointing choice to launch the Black Widow movie as a Premier Access title on streaming service Disney+, Warner Brothers admirable decision to return their focus back to the theatrical experience in 2022, and AMC’s upcoming web series spinoffs for Better Call Saul and Fear the Walking Dead. Additiona...

Adrian and Simon review the much anticipated HBO Max release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League and the first episode of Marvel’s Falcon and the Winter Soldier Disney+ TV series. Additionally, they dive into the 93rd annual Academy Award nominations, the casting of One Night in Miami actor Kingsley Ben-Adir to Marvel’s Secret Invasion TV series, and Sony’s attempt at creating a standalone Spiderman-v...

Adrian and Simon review the Mads Mikkelsen starring film, Another Round. Additionally, they discuss the Avatar re-release in China, the upcoming Russo brother’s big-budget Netflix spy thriller The Gray Man, and the odd early release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League in place of family film Tom and Jerry on HBO Max. Plus, crucial discussions are had in regards to Lola Bunny of Space Jam 2 and the pec...

Spoilers are fair game in this deep dive review of the first Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ TV series, WandaVision.

  Adrian and Simon talk WandaVision Season 1 and Pacific Rim: The Black. Additionally, the two pals converse about the 78th annual Golden Globes winners, the removal of actor T.I. from the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Antman film series, and the Party Down TV series revival over at network Starz. Plus, Adrian hones in on his Todd Chavez impression while explaining the profound plot befuddlemen...

Adrian and Simon review actor Rosamund Pike’s film I Care A Lot and creator Joe Barton’s limited run detective TV series Giri/Haji. Additionally, the two pals discuss Sony’s next Tom Holland starring Spiderman film Spiderman: No Way Home, the upcoming Halo TV series launching on streamer Paramount+, and the Superman reboot being produced by JJ Abrams. Plus, they converse about Rugrats, Disney’s Ra...

Adrian and Simon review the Netflix true crime documentaries American Murder: The Family Next Door and Night Stalker; as well as director Makoto Shinkai’s anime masterpiece Your Name. Additionally, they talk about the upcoming Paddington 3, Amazon’s new Mr. and Mrs. Smith TV series starring Phoebe Waller Bridge and Donald Glover, and The Raid director Gareth Evans new Netflix film Havoc starring T...

Adrian and Simon briefly review HBO’s science fiction TV series Raised By Wolves, Amazon Prime Video disaster film Greenland, and anime TV series Promised Neverland. Additionally, they discuss creator Dan Harmon’s upcoming Fox animated series, the casting of The Mandalorian actor Pedro Pascal in HBO’s The Last Of Us, and the soon to be ended NBC TV comedy Brooklyn 99. As a conversational podcast,...

Adrian and Simon talk actor Liam Neeson’s hit 2009 action film Taken and Adrian’s love for the hit mermaid movie, Aquamarine. Additionally, they discuss Giri/Haji showrunner Joe Barton’s Cloverfield sequel, the nominations for the 78th iteration of the Golden Globes Awards, and Eternals director Chloe Zhao’s upcoming Dracula movie project. As a conversational podcast, we invite questions and comme...

Adrian and Simon review Dave Franco’s horror flick, The Rental. Plus, they talk about the potential for a Warner Brothers’ 2025 Harry Potter TV series, the incredible slew of animated TV shows being launched on various streaming services in the next couple of years, and Marriage Story director Noah Baumbach’s new Netflix deal. Also, Adrian gushes about his self-proclaimed impeccable risotto cookin...

Adrian and Simon review director Regina King’s Amazon Prime film, One Night in Miami. Additionally, they discuss Netflix’s formidable 2020 Q4 earnings, the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons TV series, and the potential for Zack Snyder’s cut of 2017’s Justice League movie to be a 4 hour long film as opposed to a 4 episode mini-series. Plus, this particular episode just so happens to have nothing to do...

Adrian and Simon review the first two episodes of Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series, WandaVision. Additionally, they discuss Netflix’s plan to release 71 different films in the year 2021, the continuing controversy surrounding the Warner Brothers 2021 film release strategy, and the odd unsubstantiated rumours regarding actor Armie Hammer and cannibalism. Plus, Adrian tells a cautionary t...

Adrian and Simon applaud the quality of TV shows Kobra Kai, Attack on Titan, and Schitt’s Creek. Additionally, they discuss Roku’s big purchase of Quibi’s content library, Ex Machina director Alex Garland’s next movie Men, and the most pirated TV series of 2020. Plus, they revisit Disney’s strategy for the launch of the more adult oriented sub-category of Disney+ called Star. As a conversational p...

Adrian and Simon review Hulu comedy Palm Springs starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti. Plus they discuss director Johannes Roberts first attempt at a Resident Evil film adaptation, Cyborg actor Ray Fisher’s clash with DC Film President Walter Hamada, and the addition of a more adult oriented content tier to the Disney+ streaming service. Additionally, Adrian reminisces on his fear of both fro...

Adrian and Simon review the new Pixar animated film, Soul. Plus, they discuss the ripple effects caused by the Warner Brothers 2021 theatrical release strategy, the possibility of Samuel L. Jackson rejoining the Star Wars universe, and the potential re-fall from grace for actor Shia LaBeouf. Additionally, they talk Christmas 2020 and contemplate a grand cook-off between podcast professional Adrian...

Spoilers are fair game in this deep dive review of writer/director Jon Favreau’s Disney+ Star Wars series, The Mandalorian Season 2.

Adrian and Simon discuss Adrian’s absolute favourite movie of all time, Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. Additionally, they discuss the Game of Thrones prequel series House of The Dragon, the Tom Cruise outburst on set of Mission Impossible 7, and the late addition of the HBO Max app to the Roku platform. They also talk Ridley Scott’s HBO TV series Raised By Wolves, the Matthias Schoenaerts st...