The Black Dog Podcast

spring onions are great for free rubber bands... Also mundane mysteries that baffle the finest minds in science!

This week goes weird quickly as Jim dad jokes Lee, Elton watches part of a Kind of Kindness, we go off on one about the newly announced waist of cash the PS5 Pro, Darren gets old and watches Beetlejuice 2 and totally loses the ability to not say the name 3 times. While Lee recounts his time in New York, and its reality warping and utterly insane cabbies, plus the underwhelming interior of The Stat...

Stuff like getting AI to argue with itself... And the PS5 Pro all get glanced over briefly

This week Jim watches the Decameron and has a shocking pram discovery in the real world. Elton, doesn't get a roll with it but certainly does look back in anger at his mission to purchase Oasis tickets. Darren finds Borderlands on YouTube (yes that film and yes on that service and yes its still available....) while Lee gets bored with a John Cena / Akwafina action film that is 100 mins long but ha...

stationary cupboards bewared Elton is in town

This week Jim watches an Irish thriller with a fine line in comedy cursing. Darren spoils Alien Romulus for himself by seeing it, Lee also watches Romulus and Elton deliberately ruins Alien Romulus for himself by listening to Lee and Darren. PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE NO SPOILERS! Theres also a small review for Confess Fletch and a horror / thriller showing at the Cinema Equidistant called Sleep along...

+++SPOILER WARNING REPEAT SPOILER WARNING+++ In a special bonus episode (read between the lines - Lee wanted to rant to someone other than his long suffering family) - Lee is joined by Darren and Andy Poulastides to discuss the latest entry into the Alien franchise Alien: Romulus.  Will it wash out the foul taste of Alien Covenant from their mouths or will it drive the franchise further into the d...

This week Jim has meter madness, Elton cranks it over curtains and has to deal with [ALBATROS!] the most refined literary author but also a dab hand with a lethal hardback taekwondo fighting. Darren goes "oop north" and inadvertantly ends up in the Lincolnshire version of a Steven King novel while he looks for a shop in the middle of nowhere. And Lee?... Well... Best he can do is dazzle you with a...

No intro music, minor kitchen confessions and technical errors abound.... Its what we call in the business a freaking car crash. 

This week Jim celebrates his birthday and watches Maxxine, Elton discovers Fanny Payne and bonds with his chair, Darren buys himself * ahem* I mean he buys his granddaugher an attack hellicopter for cartoon dogs then he and Lee discuss the latest Batman cartoon. And finally Lee takes a trip "oop north" figuratively with the video game Thank Goodness You're Here... and physically with a trip to Whi...

Stop hiccuping and drink some damn water...

This week, we get a drains update with Jim, Elton has some thoughts about the Olympic opening ceremony, Darren jangles some keys and Lee is going through the stages of grief with the news of a new actor being announced for Doctor Doom.  Then after some feedback its on to this weeks film.  Is it a story about nothing, but an asshole with a cat? Is it some kind of parable with symbolism overload? Or...

This week is brief and cryptic and may contain moaning about the heat... and an apology from Elton

This week is an epic length one. Apologies in advance. We talk about such savoury subjects as blocked sinks, puss filled cows hooves, beavers and bed bugs. We also discuss Clarksons Farm 3, The Gentlemen on Netflix, Star Trek Prodigy, Peter Serafinowitz, the band Garbage, retro consoles and Hundreds of Beavers.  Then after a brief bit of feedback we dive into the unknown. A movie that barely has a...

What work would we do if we were the Goodies and selling Pot from an Uber.... These and many other questions will not be answered

This week, Jim deals with an ill dog and an ill car, Elton deals with a feathered friend, Darren continues to get Covid loyalty points, while Lee finishes Fallout (against his better judgement) and also goes to see the horror film of the moment Longlegs. Then after some Night of the Hunter feedback its on to this weeks film. A charming, nice, witty movie that is as much for parents as it is kids,...

Rubber bands cost a fiver, how big is a taint and now with free football hair stylist information and Photoshop black and white tutorials

Lets see what we can make Google not do.... 

This week its being too old to watch elections all night, concert tickets, France, square buns, running over feet with concrete posts, getting cold and damp in forrests, Fallout fallout and a lot of Godzilla feedback.  Oh and Noel Edmonds talking to cats on Radio 2. Why? Why not.  Then finally its time for this weeks review the 50s cult classic film noir Night of the Hunter.  Media discussed this...

This week Jim dives deep into streaming watching Baghead, In a Violent Nature and Nightmares & Daydreams all of which sound pretty interesting. Elton on the other hand has a problem with his ball cock, and a little leak. For Darren, old age continues to encroach as his cyatica plays up something rotten as does his Thalassaphobia (look it up) as he returns to playing sci fi underwater nightmare fue...

Sports I hates it... Oh and politics... for a bit 

This week, Jim comes back from holiday to regail us with fantastical tales of bacon steaks, Elton finally succumbs to Covid, which causes him to watch nazi Harry Potter films. Darren sticks to a theme of only watching stuff with Inside in the title, while Lee laments a choice of spacecraft, watches the Foo Fighters and then rages against shady MOT garages which are about to cost him a huge amount...

Bath brewery, bananas and bongs 

This week Jim is away but we still manage to fill the time with chat about being ill, Murder in Successville, The Hitman, Star Wars Acolyte, Dr Who, Dave the Diver, Everquest and the extreme and deadly acidity of crisps Then after some feedback its on to this weeks film Is it a deep emotional study of humans vs AI or is it Dances With Robots? We try to find out as we review The Creator. Media Disc...

This week, we amble about trying to decide stuff, eat ice cream and then realise Beyonce and 2 Unlimited need more writers for songs with less lyrics