talkabout: A Film Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by cats, bats, penguins, giant red pandas and a dog called Hawking.  This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout the biggest releases of March. With the three big releases of the month gaining full reviews. March was busy so we also discuss Peaky Blinders, Killing Eve, Peacemaker, Jujitsu Kaisen, Fresh, Elden Ring, The Phantom of the Open The Bad Guys, Am...

Send us Fan Mail Three hour epics, the start of the film franchise and a collection of suave, sophisticated movie stars...the 1960's & 70's brought us some of the all time greats. So we have tried to compile a list of the best, in the last of a series of decade ranking episodes.  We are joined by returning guest (for the 5th time), writer for Focus Film: Gareth Bradwick. And together...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are joined by host of podcast 'Just Get a Real Job': Jamie Mackinlay to talkabout the best and worst in the world of movie sequels.  Instead of dwelling on those big franchises, we instead are talking about the direct initial sequels, the second in the series. Sometimes they're great and sometimes they're not, and we discuss which are better than t...

Send us Fan Mail This week, in our second genre concept episode, we are discussing...Action Blockbusters. We dive into a discussion about our favourite and least favourite things about the genre, from Die Hard ti Kill Bill to Hot Fuzz to Point Break...anything we've seen (and seemingly with a two word title) we try and mention. We choose 5 steps to surviving an action movie, discuss which act...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by cocktail shakers, moustache backstories and multicoloured vespas.  This week Ellis & Gwilym talkabout the biggest releases of February. From Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Peaky Blinders to Elden Ring and Sifu, it's a jam packed week with loads of mini reviews. There's a 1 star, a 5 star and a bunch in between, the variety has been incr...

Send us Fan Mail "Do you like Jazz?  This week on talkabout we aim to debunk and review the buzziest film of 2007: 'Bee Movie'. We ask all the important questions that everyone wants answered: How is honey a substitute for everything? Is Barry B. Benson a bad bee? Have we ever tried honey on toast? And does anybody actually like jazz?  The ultimate question is...does this film belon...

Send us Fan Mail I...am...Vengeance!  With Matt Reeves 'The Batman' releasing at cinemas in just a couple of weeks, this week we have decided to talkabout films starring The Caped Crusader. From Adam West to Ben Affleck a variety of actors have donned the cape and tights, and we try to discuss them all in a ranked list created by you the listeners and Batman mega fans.  Plus you'll...

Send us Fan Mail This week on 'talkabout' Ellis & Gwilym try and work out who is the greatest solo music artist of all time...we know what you're all thinking, 'that's obvious it's James Blunt', but you may be surprised by the outcome. This is the final episode of our music tournament concepts and it's a big one. Why did Phil Collins go so hard on the Ta...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by water beds, rising crescendos and Bradley Cooper.  This week Ellis & Gwilym discuss the biggest releases of January. From TV show 'The Book of Boba Fett' to online game sensation 'Wordle', it's been an interesting month for the world of entertainment. Gwilym has his leg in a cast and we delve in to that story, plus the...

Send us Fan Mail "50 years from now when you're looking back at your life don't you wanna be able to say you had the guts to get in the car?!" This week on talkabout we aim to debunk and review the sweatiest film in cinema history: the 2007 Michael Bay Hollywood Action blockbuster 'Transformers'.  How do Transformers urinate and more importantly why do they urinate? H...

Send us Fan Mail This week we in our genre concept episodes we are talking about...Horror!  We dive into a discussion about our favourite and least favourite things about the genre, from Scream to Halloween from Get Out to Jaws, anything we've seen we try and mention. We find out which Slasher Horror villain has the highest kill count, plus we countdown our 5 steps to surviving a horror movie...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by black cats, star-studded casts and a bison disguised as a human.  It's the much anticipated part two of December Wrapped on which we discuss the biggest releases at the end of the month. Gwilym got the dreaded virus over the Christmas break and so things were a little delayed, but do not fear, we are here to talkabout all of those big and sma...

Send us Fan Mail It's a glorious day, as the 2nd annual talkabout Awards are upon us. In this episode we discuss the incredible year for Film, TV and Music that was 2021, and honour as many projects as possible in 14 different awards.  We have a tonne of special guests, all with familiar voices to regular podcast listeners; those include: Becci Houlston, John & Henry Williams of Graphibro...

Send us Fan Mail Web slinging, wall climbing, friendly neighbourhood Spidey friends are almost everyones favourite superheroes, so we have gathered to discuss them all in one big episode!  This week we talkabout Spider-Man films and rank them using lists provided by listeners, social media followers and spidey mega fans. Here we countdown the Top Ten list with help from Ellis' brother (the bi...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is brought to you by web fluid, vague reviews and finger-snapping.  December is always a huge month for Film & TV and this month is so huge that we've had to split the episode into two parts. Part Two will release at some point after Christmas on which we will give our reviews of 'Don't Look Up', 'The Matrix Resurrections' and 'T...

Send us Fan Mail The final MCU project of the year is finally here, and it's the big one. Join us as we talkabout 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' in all its web-slinging glory.  Jon Watts has brought us the newest instalment to Tom Holland's friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man movies and it's an absolute treat. We give the film a spoiler-free review first before digging deeper int...

Send us Fan Mail "Keep the change you filthy animal!"  This week in another Christmas special, we are joined by social media manager and writer for Focus Film Becci Houlston to discuss the Christmas classic: Home Alone. The three of us will decide whether this beloved festive treat belongs on the DVD shelf, or whether it should be thrown in the bin.  The story of Old Man Marley is discus...

Send us Fan Mail From Gavin & Stacey to Ted Lasso, The US Office to Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the Christmas special is a staple to most comedy sitcoms. and this week we talkabout all of our favourites, plus we find out if there's a formula to a successful Christmas episode. We discuss who is the best Office Santa, which Doctor Who Christmas special is superior and we find an all new Wilhelm scr...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is brought to you by stay-puft marshmallows, dancing houses and cool cowboys... As we leave November and enter the final month of the year, we are ready to discuss a rather brilliant month in film. We talkabout all of the big releases of November, and in particular the three movies below:  The Harder They Fall | 16:40 - 30:20 Encanto | 46:20 - 52:35 Ghostb...

Send us Fan Mail Zombies, toy cars, Cornettos and the occasional Sex Bob-Omb, Edgar Wright's imagination is endless, and his explosive films deserve their own episode.  This week we talkabout Edgar Wright's six mainstream feature films, and using lists from ourselves, listeners and Edgar Wright superfans we have compiled a ranking of them all.  Ellis steals Gwilym's introduction, Gw...

Send us Fan Mail ABBA, Take That, *NSYNC, Spice Girls...the list of pop vocal groups seems never ending, and this week we're here to talkabout as many of them as we can, finding out which is the best pop vocal group of all time.  The news and trailer section is Disney mad this week as we discuss all the announcements from Disney+ Day including new Marvel projects, a Spiderwick Chronicles reim...

Send us Fan Mail Yet another Marvel project has graced our screens and of course we are here to talk all about it in our most recent bonus episode.  We talkabout the new MCU film in a review fashion first and then talk spoilers; whether it's Chloe Zhao's world building, brand new characters or those inevitable post-credit stings, we've tried to include it all. We talk through all te...

Send us Fan Mail Reinventing the horror genre, the rise of the superhero and the power of Disney...the 2010's brought a heap of great movies. And we have tried to separate the wheat from the chaff by choosing our Top Ten films from the decade.  Ellis & Gwilym are joined by returning guest, writer for Focus Film Gareth Bradwick, and the three of them have a go at answering some interesting...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is brought to you by glow stick wearing symbiotes, spooky cornettos and Dune spice... The clocks have changed, the ground is beginning to frost and the run up to Christmas has begun. And with it comes a great time of year for cinema. This week we talkabout the big releases of October, and in particular the three movies below:  Venom: Let There Be Carnage |...

Send us Fan Mail "STAY OFF MY LAWN!"  This week in our Halloween special we are discussing the animated horror 'Monster House' and deciding whether it should stay on our DVD shelf, or be placed in the bin.  There are a lot of technicalities to discuss when a film decided to make a house its main antagonist, and we discuss them all by answering questions like: How does a woman b...