talkabout: A Film Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This week we are joined by actor, writer, director and host of 'The Hunt for the Greatest Movies of All Time' podcast: Joe O'Neill to talkabout legacy sequels.  From Maverick to Mad Max, Han Solo to Halloween, legacy sequels are more popular than ever right now. With the releases of films like Top Gun: Maverick, Scream and Jurassic World Dominion, what better time t...

Send us Fan Mail "I like to move it, move it!"  This week on talkabout we debunk and review a Dreamworks classic: 'Madagascar'.  We take a walk on the wild side as we answer questions like: Is Central Park doubling as a ward? Should the zoo be closed down? Does Melman the giraffe have a drug addiction?  As well, we tell you what the Gala events are are at the BFI London Film Fe...

Send us Fan Mail In line with the release of Thor: Love and Thunder on Disney+ for Disney+ day, we've recorded and released a bonus episode talking all about the latest outing for the handsome Asgardian. From bao buns to screaming goats, the film is full of bizarre ideas, but do they all work?  If you're wondering why this episode took so long to release, blame Gorr the Pod Butcher!  Ins...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by Thomas the Tank Engine, heat vision and flying horses.  This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout all of the major releases of August, with reviews of Bullet Train, Only Murders in the Building, She-Hulk, The Sandman, Nope, Thirteen Lives, Prey, Day Shift, Luck and much more!  In the news section there's talk of a new season of Only Murders in t...

Send us Fan Mail This week on talkabout (after a brief hiatus) we're back to eradicate various things from the world of entertainment from existence. Taking the Room 101 concept first introduced in George Orwell's 1984 then reimagined for TV in the Frank Skinner hosted show.  Lettuce on burgers, Justice League, encores, a cappella groups and many more. What will be locked in Room 101 and...

Send us Fan Mail This week on talkabout we hit the big one: episode 100. And to celebrate, we have the conclusion to an epic saga, as we countdown the Top Ten Films released between 1919 and 2019 (as voted for by you).  We are joined by Gareth Bradwick and Ellis makes a powerpoint especially for the occasion.  Thank you so much to everyone who has listened to our podcast. We are very proud of what...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by terrible facial hair, minion goggles and screaming goats.  This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout all of the major releases of July, with reviews of The Gray Man, Better Call Saul, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Man vs Bee, The Boys, Lizzo, Where the Crawdads Sing, Thor: Love and Thunder and more!  In the news section there's a lot to talk through...

Send us Fan Mail This week on talkabout we are joined by actor/director Darryl Hughes to discuss the best Disney Soundtracks.  Flying carpets, long-haired princesses and anthropomorphic animals, we use a tournament bracket to work out which soundtrack to an animated Disney film is the best. Gwilym beatboxes (sort of), Ellis lays shade on Beauty and the Beast and Darryl speaks highly of Hercules. P...

Send us Fan Mail "Happiness is just a teardrop away." This week on talkabout we debunk and review one of the greatest sequels ever made: 'Shrek 2'. We discuss the fundamental problems with spending time in an AirBnb Gingerbread house, frown upon Fiona's illogical accent and expose the fairy godmother. The ultimate question...does this film belong on our DVD shelf, or shoul...

Send us Fan Mail This week on talkabout we are joined by actor and musician Jonty O'Callaghan to discuss one of the greatest films of all time: 'The Godfather' as this year marks 50 years since its release.  Is it objectively the greatest film that ever was? And is Marlon Brando one of the greatest castings there ever was? We'd love to answer those questions for you but unfortu...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by black leather, robot cats and lots and lots of locusts. This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout all of the major releases of June, with reviews of Ms Marvel, Jurassic World Dominion, The Boys, Lightyear, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Good Luck to you Leo Grande, Spiderhead, The Black Phone, Elvis, Obi-Wan Kenobi and more!  In the news section we discuss Jok...

Send us Fan Mail "The first rule of F***T C**B is: You do not talk about F***T C**B!" David Fincher has eleven feature films to his name, and with an eleventh on the horizon, what better time to count down a Top Ten list of his thrilltastic work.  Is David Fincher an auteur? We answer that question just before some Swedish names get banded about, and that's separate from when we&apo...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are looking ahead to the 100th episode, where we'll be counting down the 'Films of the Century'. With Gareth Bradwick back by our side, we chat through all of our decade lists and we pick three films each that will feature on our century episode extravaganza...listen to find out more.  Two of the wildcard choices are absolute bombshells, we uncover Mamb...

Send us Fan Mail "Always Winter but never Christmas!"  This week on talkabout we debunk and review the start of a franchise that fell into forgettable releases: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe'.  We discuss those whiny sons and daughters of Adam and Eve, Ellis has a fact about a lion, a witch or a wardrobe and we try and work out how that wardr...

Send us Fan Mail "Just because someone stumbles and loses their way doesn't mean they are lost forever."  It's time to talk all things multiverse and all things madness. Doctor Strange is back again to work his magic and bounce from universe to universe with the help of new companion: America Chavez. We talkabout that incredible musical battle, an octopus, trippy mirrors and a...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by sausage fingers, Jedi hunters and multiple Seth Rogens.  This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout all of the major releases of May, with reviews of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Stranger Things, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Better Call Saul, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Top Gun: Maverick and so much more! ...

Send us Fan Mail This week on talkabout we discuss the goodest of boys as we dedicate a whole episode to dogs...the best in show on film!  Is there such thing as an ugly dog? Who is the most iconic dog on film? What is an Infinity Bear? All questions pondered and answered (sort of) as we talkabout 'Marley & Me', 'The Fox and the Hound', 'John Wick', 'The Shag...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are joined by co-host of the 'Choose Film: A Real Retrospective' podcast: Rebecca Riddell to talkabout the best and worst in the world of movie prequels.  Whether it's Jedi, Hobbits, Cowboys or Aliens the prequel is always frowned upon...but we prove that there are some good prequels among the often very average.  We create a list of our favourite movie...

Send us Fan Mail I can't tell the difference, between my waking life...and podcasts.  It's time to talk all things Moon Knight. From Steven to Marc, pyramids to hippopotamuses, there's still a lot of uncertainty surrounding this character but we're here to review it and chat through all the theories we have for the future of the new MCU character.  Film blog - focusfilms.online...

Send us Fan Mail This week, in our third genre concept episode, we are discussing...Romantic Comedies.  We dive into a discussion about our favourite and least favourite things about the genre: from When Harry met Sally to The Holiday to About Time to [500] Days of Summer...anything we've seen we try and mention.  We choose 5 steps to surviving a romantic comedy, discuss which stars we'd...

Send us Fan Mail "What the cuss!?" Last year Wes Anderson released his tenth feature film 'The French Dispatch', and with two more films from the auteur on the way, it seemed a perfect time to dedicate a list episode to the man.  With his key cast of Murray, Wilson, Swinton and Schwartzmann in the wings, his spirit level ready to go and quirky dialogue awaiting to be spewed, we...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by glitzy jumpsuits, nifflers and Nic F**king Cage!  This week Ellis & Gwilym are joined by showrunner for Amazon Prime show 'The Boys Presents...Diabolical' SIMON RACIOPPA. They discuss all things animation as Gwilym asks about both 'The Boys' and 'Invincible'.  Plus we review Peaky Blinders, Fantastic Beasts, The B...

Send us Fan Mail This week on talkabout...we talkabout Ellis & Gwilym and find out how well they know eachother through a series of questions about Film, TV, Music and Gaming.  Stick around after our outro for a conversation about Moon Knight and that Thor trailer.  Enjoy! Guest host - @adam.pugh_ (Instagram)  Instagram - @focusfilmmovies Twitter - @talkabout_pod with thanks to Adam Pugh for h...

Send us Fan Mail "Little high, little low...little hey, little ho."  This week on talkabout we aim to debunk and review that 90's film you loved as a kid and have never watched since: 'Stuart Little'. We have one major problem with the mouse (if we can even call him that) and it gets discussed in great detail...why do this family adopt a rodent instead of a human child?  T...

Send us Fan Mail "You're a wizard, Harry." With the third 'Fantastic Beasts' film releasing this week, we have decided to talkabout all of the films of the Wizarding World so far. From Richard Harris to Michael Gambon, Trevor the toad to Niffler the fantastic beast, Columbus to Cuaron to Newell to Yates. There is so much to discuss with these films, hence the longer run ti...