talkabout: A Film Podcast

Send us Fan Mail "It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you." This week on talkabout we discuss the best 'best picture' winners. The films that gained the highest accolade in film at the Oscar's between the years 2000 and 2022. Gladiator, Parasite, Crash, Million Dollar Baby...the films vary in quality and controversy, so we need to dec...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by ants, wasps, bears, whales, cats & shells with shoes on. This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout all of the major releases of February 2023; with reviews of Cocaine Bear, Knock at the Cabin, Sharper, The Whale, The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2, Somebody I Used to Know, Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and more...

Send us Fan Mail This week, in our sixth genre concept episode, we are discussing...the western. We shoot into a discussion about our favourite and least favourite things about the genre; deciding what makes a Western a Western, which directors of the genre we'd have on our Mt Rushmore and 5 steps to surviving a Western movie.  Is Puss in Boots: The Last Wish a western? Ellis thinks yes, Gwil...

Send us Fan Mail "Who's your Mommy?!" This week on talkabout we debunk and review another nostalgic family classic: 'Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'. We ask all. of the questions that need answering: Is Fred the worst member of the Mystery gang? What's the deal with Scooby's Scoobys? And are they only keeping a talking dog around for publicity?  Ellis & Gwi...

Send us Fan Mail "I see podcast people." This week we talkabout the Top Ten M Night Shyamalan films  including Signs, Split, Old and The Sixth Sense. With the release of Knock at the Cabin at the cinemas, what better time to count down the best of the M Night best?! We discuss Netflix' new strategy, chat about the best M Night twists and work out what makes the director so inconsist...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by elephant poop, conducting batons and toy trains. This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout all of the major releases of January 2023, with reviews of Kaleidoscope, M£GAN, A Man Called Otto, Devotion, Our Flag Means Death, Extraordinary, Tár, Babylon, Till, The Fabelmans and more!  The Oscars have us chatting away in the news section plus an announcem...

Send us Fan Mail "Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, right now I got to tell you about...The fabulous, most groovy...talkabout! Hu!" This week on talkabout we discuss the best Jukebox Soundtracks. Those collections of music for film recorded by popular artists. Shrek or Shrek 2? Guardians or Guardians 2? Romeo & Juliet or Back to the Future? Dirty Dancing or Pulp Fiction? 32...

Send us Fan Mail An opera house; tropical beaches; the Haka; Vegemite; The Irwin Family. All of the above are of a kin with Australia and/or New Zealand, but today we talkabout the best of Australian and New Zealand cinema. Talking through films and creatives of the countries, we create a football-style team sheet the best of the best.  A squad of 11 actors, a top 6 films, a director, a cinematogr...

Send us Fan Mail " Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!" This week on talkabout we discuss the best TV ad movie fight scenes: Bruce Lee vs Chuck Norris; Ian McShane vs Dustin Hoffman; The Bride vs The Crazy 88...32 films with one one winner in a tournament bracket discussion. Which Marvel fight is the best? Are anime fight scenes better with live action...

Send us Fan Mail It's a fabulous day, as the 3rd annual talkabout Awards are upon us. In this episode we discuss the year in Film, TV and Music that was 2022, and honour as many projects as possible in a bunch of different awards.  We have a handful of special guests, all with familiar voices to regular podcast listeners. Those include: Andy Sharpe, Safia Lamrani, Jonty O'Callaghan, Joe...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by talking whales, wooden puppets and the Mona Lisa. This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout all of the major releases of December, with reviews of The White Lotus, Violent Night, Your Christmas or Mine, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio, Emancipation, Avatar: The Way of Water, Glass Onion, White Noise and much more!  The big shake up in DC has us c...

Send us Fan Mail "Can we take a direct flight back to reality, or do we have to change planes in Denver?" This week on talkabout we debunk and review a nostalgic family Christmas classic: 'The Santa Clause'.  We ask all the questions that need answering: would you kill Santa to become Santa? How does the sack of toys work? And why are those reindeer so darn creepy?  Ellis &...

Send us Fan Mail This week, in our fifth genre concept episode, we are discussing...Found Footage films.  We dive into a discussion about our favourite and least favourite things about the genre. From Cloverfield to Surf's Up to This is Spinal Tap to Blair Witch...anything we've seen we try ad mention.  We begin the episode with a half an hour chat about star ratings and then discuss whi...

Send us Fan Mail "The second star to the right, and straight on 'til podcast." This week we talkabout the Top 10 Disney films from Snow White to Encanto. With the release of Strange World at the cinemas, what better time to count down the best of the Disney best.  We discuss our favourite Disney locations, talk through some of our favourite villains and using your votes, discuss whi...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by cheeseburger jus, Dora Milajie spears and My Bologna.  This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout all of the major releases of November, with reviews of The Menu, Andor, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, My Father's Dragon, Causeway, My Policeman, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Spirited and much more!  The upcoming Spider-Verse film gets us exc...

Send us Fan Mail This week on talkabout we discuss Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe now that it has come to an end with the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. We started in the bleaker months of 2021 with WandaVision, and with 16 total releases Phase Four has received a mixed reception.  Wanda & Vision, Falcon & Winter Solider, Shang-Chi & his dad, Peter & MJ, Steph...

Send us Fan Mail 8 hour-long queues; leaves in hot water; beans on toast; the beautiful game.  All the above are quintessentially British things, but today we talkabout the best of British cinema. Talking through films and creatives of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland & Northern Ireland, we create a football-style team sheet of the best of the best:  A squad of 11 actors, a top 6 films, a dir...

Send us Fan Mail "You talkin' to me?"  Yes, yes we are and we're talking all about Martin Scorsese and his diverse filmography fo films. As the established director turns 80 this month, what better time to count down a Top Ten list of his work.  Joined by guest Andy Sharpe who is the first ever guest to the podcast to wear a suit, in true Scorsese style. Here's here to dis...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by steaming baths, severed fingers and Dwayne Johnson (except not really).  This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout all of the major releases of October, with reviews of The Woman King, She-Hulk, House of the Dragon, Halloween Ends, Black Adam, The Rings of Power, Werewolf by Night, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Bear, Barbarian, Wendell & Wild an...

Send us Fan Mail I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE!  This week on talkabout we discuss the best movie dance scenes. Dirty Dancing, WALL-E, Ex Machina, Pulp Fiction, Risky Business, Slumdog Millionaire, Love Actually...32 films with only one winner in a tournament bracket discussion.  Ellis imagines being Quentin Tarantino, Gwilym does an audible fart and a disappointing phone call is made. It's a tou...

Send us Fan Mail "I used to watch people having adventures. I envied them." This week on talkabout we debunk and review a nostalgia-filled fantasy classic: 'Stardust'.  We ask all the questions that need answering: what is that binding rope made of? How do the characters stand on a cloud? Did Bernard get the therapy he would almost definitely need? In the end, does this film be...

Send us Fan Mail This week, in our fourth genre concept episode, we are discussing...Thrillers.  We dive into a discussion about out favourite and least favourite things about the genre: from Nightcrawler to Gone Girl to Training Day to Fargo...anything we've seen we try and mention.  We choose 5 steps to surviving a thriller, discuss which stars we'd want to put in outs and guess what p...

Send us Fan Mail This week on talkabout we discuss all of the controversial opinions from you our listeners, from the depths of Reddit and from our brains. With an unexpected guest appearance from Gwilym's housemate, things get heated, and not just because Ellis can't say Wolverine.  Was The Dark Knight Rises the worst film of 2012? Is M Night Shyamalan actually great? Is Meryl Streep ov...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by tuna centrepieces, seaweed fishing and jumping to conclusions.  This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout all of the major releases of September, with reviews of Don't Worry Darling, House of the Dragon, Andor, See How They Run, Pinocchio, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Frozen Planet II, Ticket to Paradise, Bodies Bodies Bodies, The Rings of P...

Send us Fan Mail So...may we start?  This week on talkabout, we discuss the best of the best Movie openings that are largely impacted by their use of music. Baby Driver, Shrek, Top Gun, Saturday Night Fever...32 films with only one winner in a tournament bracket discussion.  Ellis does terrible impressions of Owen Wilson, Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson...all at the same time and Shrek sings Bellbott...