The Black Dog Podcast

This week we return with tales of advent calendar comparisons, Beatrix Potter survival horror games, Santa driving a flatbed lorry, Wicked for Good, Australian Pink Floyd, Roxette returning from 1988 to entertain 50 year olds for a 120 mins on a Monday night, drinking pints of Margarita in a plastic cup and strictly come dancing professionals in a bakery. Then we have some feedback for Nick Fury A...

This week Jim goes on holiday to Derry Maine, Darren checks out the Running Man and Lee, well, lets just say the good people on an ill fated 261 bus now need deep trauma psychological therapy. Throw in a long stretch of old gaming nostalgia chat and some suscinct feedback for Velocipastor and we finally reach our destination, stretching out a long disappointing sigh for an hour as we discuss David...

This week Jim gets an orthopaedic matress for his back and does his back in moving it. Darren ventures in to the Badlands with the Predator and Lee plays rock paper scissors in a pub with a bunch of coked up essex bricklayers, in a desperate attempt to save the rest of the table party. Then its on to this weeks film as we start Oh No-Vember, a tale of faith, love, loss, ninjas and "crikey a dragon...

This week Jim's gastric system is fooled by Cinnamon candles, Darren has epic car issues and Lee tries to watch fireworks while standing less than a foot away from an industrial fog machine.  Then after some feedback for P'CHOW P'CHOWWWW Longlegs, we move on to this weeks film. The long awaited and relentlessly bleak The Long Walk Media discussed this week Frankenstein - Netflix / limited theatre...

This week Jim dives into watching the Adams family films (no not that Addams family), Darren is lured towards Apple+ by Invasion and Lee tries and fails to show someone how to reverse a Mazda. And after that its time to put on your best Nic Cage accent as we dive in to reviewing Osgood Perkins X Files, Silence of the Lambs, supernatural serial killer flick Longlegs. Media Discussed This Week Hellb...

This week, Jim has a break, Elton has a toothy nightmare and learns to love live music. Darren fixes some laptops and Lee has a deep, blunt, yet meaningful conversation with a scam caller.  Then after some feedback for The Perfection its on to this weeks Indeterminate Week of Horror, where car accidents cause pirouettes, monkeys fall in love and people find inappropriate uses for medical hoists. G...

A short green room to reveal that your favourite podcast hosts have cracked the heist of the century!

This week Jim bakes, then Darren bakes live on air and Lee has existential terror on a tall bridge and then things get worse with oat milk After that its time for feedback for last weeks episode and the last Alien Earth episode. And then, its time to head in to our second Indeterminate week of horror with a movie that has more twists than than Oliver and more misdirection than a vegas magic act.  ...

Welcome back. This week we head to the yorkshire dales with Jim, say good day sir to Facebook Marketplace buyers with Elton, watch Darren burn down his own cave in a video game, and gasp in horror at Lee's velociraptor seagull hit and run. After this we delve into some feedback for Total Recall before finally starting our Indeterminate Weeks of Horror, with the 2022 norwegian film Good Boy. Which...

Weltschmerz ( German: [ˈvɛltʃmɛɐ̯ts] literally "world-pain" ) is a literary concept describing the feeling experienced by an individual who believes that reality can never satisfy the expectations of the mind, resulting in "a mood of weariness or sadness about life arising from the acute awareness of evil and suffering" So welcome to Alien:Weltschmerz - This weeks special covering the final episod...

This week in an extended episode (because we're not here next week), we all get wrapped up in trying to discuss 28 Years Later, before deciding on doing a spoiler special, then do the same for Weapons. After that Darren is blown away by Kings Cross' rejuvination and Lee watches some comedians in a tent and eats a "food coma" After that and some feedback for last weeks film, Tenet, we get our ass t...

All hope is lost... Weekend at Bernies 7: Jurassic Park isnt as fun as we thought.  

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This week Count Oculus makes someone jump, Darren and Elton shoot down Lee's moaning and everything on Neverland Island goes on the wonk. 

This week, which is the 16th anniversary of the podcast, Jim figures out why people wear grey underwear in Alien Earth, Darren has a birthday and Lee enjoys the Dadaction movie Nobody 2 Then after some feedback the guys head to a cheap log cabin, to sit in a room and make spurious arguments about some guy who claims to be so old that he remembers when the UK was connected to France before the chan...

In Space... No one can hear you apologise to the crew of the Prometheus because they clearly have been unfairly maligned and are not the dumbest Weyland Yutani crew in this universe any more. 

Welcome to this weeks episode where we start with some encouraging news from Jim, listen to Darren lament the passing of Resident Alien and hear about Lee going to watch a jolly film about marital strife with his wife.  Then after some questions and answers in Asking for Trouble the guys head off to go Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes.... and as is customary for all time travel movies, arguments ab...

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This week Jim repairs a murder shed, Darren watches Blockbusters and Lee gets a mysterious phone call from someones genitalia.  After that its the usual feedback and a dip in to Asking for Trouble before we turn our attention to this weeks film. Osgood Perkins returns after Longlegs to show us why you should never buy second hand toys at a garage sale, as we review The Monkey Media Discussed This...

Due to popular demand (okay, vague interest and some feedback) Lee, Darren and Elton are back to discuss episode 3 of Alien Earth - Metamorphosis.  We have feedback for last week, some non spoiler talk and then a lot of heavy spoiler talk for episode 3 and more random conspiracy theories than you can shake a roll of bacofoil hats at.  The episode is not a blow by blow recounting, just discussion a...

This week Jim chills out watching camping videos and eating hot sauce, Darren binge watches Resident Alien and Lee discovers a loathing for Ticketmasters practices and a new unique canvas for one of his drawings.  After that its time for some feedback for The Martian and some crazy questions with Asking for Trouble until we realise we can put it off no longer as we step gingerly in to the Sony Spi...

In space no one can hear you say... What is this!? Welcome to a special episode for the first two episodes of Alien Earth.  Join Lee, Darren and Elton as they sift through the wreckage of the USCSS Maginot (Mango? Mongo? Um Bongo?) to discuss what they liked, what they didn't and precisely how thick one characters plot armour truely is.  The first 10 mins are spoiler free, while the other 1hr 40mi...

This week Jim gets Bookish, Elton is outraged by dabbing AI, Darren waits for a tow truck and Lee drinks a chilli and gets inappropriate photos of Hula Hoops. Then after a lot of feedback about Ice Cubes War of the Worlds and a Asking For Trouble section that disappears down a 70s and 80s US TV nostalgia rabbit hole, we get to this weeks movie.  This week we review Ridley Scotts sci fi adventure T...

This week Jim shouldn't have gone to spec savers, Darren discovers that doctors have long fingers and Lee watches the Naked Gun re-quel Then its a return for Asking for Trouble before we head to the cheapest part of town, to watch a 90 min teams call and Amazon product placement advert as we get on the algorithm bandwagon to kick the hell out of the 2025 War of the Worlds. Media Discussed This Wee...

For reasons The Lego Movie announced on episode 226 - Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, is now off the table.  So Lee gathers Jim and Elton to his dark sanctum to announce a last minute replacement film