The Black Dog Podcast

This week real Darren returns as we tangentially discuss where Jim is going to keep all of his newly purchased prog rockers, why Jean Michelle Jarre keeps nicking digestives. Elton laments a poor meal, Darren just does his job and gets brought up to speed on last weeks episode including the Pigeon story and Lee's Picard drinking deep of the Memberberry juice fountain. Meanwhile Lee reviews Renfiel...

This week we are joined once again by DarrenGPT as Jim watches Sweet Tooth and has the bone chilling modern fear of a phone call at 10:30pm. Elton loses his trousers and mauled by a bear in The Long Dark, and Lee plays Jedi Survivor (an ironic name given his performance to date), suffers self loathing due to falling foul of the dreaded 'memberberries and also has to deal with a dodgy pigeon. Then...

Strap yourselves in for an epic length cast as this week Jim revisits Fringe, Elton gets into a road rage incident over birds (and 90s Rapper Shaggy), Darren (the real one) returns from Rhodes but ends up on a Tolkienesque journey to sort out his electricity meter and Lee gets rather annoyed about the DC movie that would quickly be referred to only as Baldy Walnuts. After that its on to this weeks...

This week Jim goes heavy metal shooter crazy, Elton names an island "no potato", DarrenAI continues to evolve and Lee watches the fourth John Wick aka Extreme Frogger. Then after some feedback its on to this weeks film. The scientifically accurate*, tightly plotted , character driven * , hard sci fi* space epic Moonfall  *Its lies! All lies I tell you!

This week Darren is away but technology fills that gap admirably. Elsewhere Jim fights the flu, Elton builds a virtual raft and Lee faces the realisation he may have a ghost cat and also discovers chainsaws, stones and faces without protection don't mix. After all of that its off back to the magical realm of 14th century mythmaking with David Lowry's art house Arthurian epic, The Green Knight... 

This week things get surreal quick with Jim being Alan Moore IN SPACE! Elton fears what is in the toilet. Darren knows what's a posh fish and Lee is confused by the sheer attention to detail of anime game anatomy animation.  After which weirdness its over to World War 2 era Prague for an anti Nazi film noir made while the war was actually happening, Fritz Langs 1943 thriller Hangmen Also Die.   

This week, Jim has a break and watches Harry Price Ghost Hunter, Eltons badly drawn racers get a lot of recognition, Darren clears out some gunge from a washing machine and Lee watches Kleo on Netflix before discussing with the rest of the guys the film they saw at the cinema, Cocaine Bear. Then after a bit of Facebook feedback, its on to this weeks film. A movie Lee has waited 35 years to see......

This week its dad jokes a go go, while Jim, Elton and Darren "went to the cinema" to see M3GAN, Lee gets trips an alarm on an NHS database that says "you've got all the problems... you're doomed!" Then after a brief bit of feedback for U571, we move on to this weeks film. The meta collision of walking Internet Meme Nic Cage, and new Internet Meme on the block Pedro Pascal, in the none more meta mo...

This week, Jim rewards himself, Darren catches up with Ash vs The Evil Dead and Lee becomes a tourist hotspot in the V&A museum.  Then after some feedback (mostly anticipating this weeks episode) we move on to this weeks review. The "creative" history lesson U571. Warning may contain random occurrences of Jon Bon Jovi as a skimming stone...

This week we have a kings throne, a man apologising for falling off his own bike, Ant man Quantumania, Skinamarink and rewiring issues.  Then after some feedback its off for a "quietly influential" small budget action horror Stakeland. 

Wanna hear four men talk nonsense about their week? MONEY PLANE! Want to hear them discuss any feedback for the previous episode? MONEY PLANE! Want to hear them talk about an awful film and tangentially spring off into discussing rescuing a Nigerian Space Prince? MONEY PLANE! Wonder where Kelsey Grammer's career went after Frasier ended? MONEY PLANE!

Welcome to the second epic length episode in a row.  This week we discuss hiccups, Michael Fassbinder's accent, Barbarian (the film, not the Maria Whitaker promoted video game on the Commodore 64),The Menu, rewatching season 5 of Angel,  Wednesday and The Kaminski Method (both on Netflix) and falling up stairs like an old person. Then its off to Irish civil war era island of Inisherin as we discus...

This week in an EPIC length podcast, the guys return to discuss; Doggie Pushchairs, the cost of beer, Russian horror films from the 60s, pubs, Buffy plays, Black Panda *ahem* Black Panther Wakanda Forever, pubs, BT Engineers, selling comics. pubs and the regular praise singing for The Last of Us show.... Also angry man on train gets angry on a train and its sequel angry man on bridge gets angry at...

This week is brought to you by the phrase "Been a bit quiet this week" with the notable exception of the continuing excellence of The Last of Us, crazy named Formula 1 drivers, Slow Horses (the TV show not lazy equines) and an experts guide on how to waste time at a carpet shop.  Then after some fine feedback, including someone revealing entirely too much of themselves and a challenge to review mo...

This week, Jim discovers long hot water bottles, watches The Rig on Amazon and an Ealing movie "When his number comes up" which doesn't sound like it will do a lot for anyone with a fear of flying. Elton finishes watching Severance, continues watching For All Mankind and joins Lee and Darren in discussing the first episode of new video game adaptation series The Last of Us. Which then springs into...

Welcome to 2023 and welcome back to the latest episode of Black Dog.  We start by welcoming back Mr Jim Moon as he regales us with tales of surgery, super anaesthetics, morphine trips into the nether realms, booze canes and Eltons haunted TVs. Elton on the other hand has christmas fun with solo cups and a pringles can and a DIY disaster involving a drill and a finger. Darren goes all movie musical...

In the final episode for 2022 before Christmas break, Elton watches Severance and tries to tell us about his new Lego set... Tries being the operative word.. Darren, laments the loss of Henry Cavill as Superman, finishes watching Wednesday and reminds us that the film Tammy & The T-Rex still exists thanks to the video game High on Life. While Lee, watches Die Hard at the cinema, Terminator Dark Fa...

Welcome to this weeks Blackdog, which should be renamed, "The one where the wheels come off" This week Elton watches The Patient, featuring that bloke from Star Wars, Darren watches Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Wednesday and plays some Lego Star Wars. While Lee watches the new Dragon Age Anime series, Jungle Cruise featuring every adventure film ever made and then laments a work event featuring t...

This week Jim is away, but despite being ill Elton is here and talks about being ill, Darren watches Violent Night, but is less than impressed with Willow. While Lee spends thirty mins in a carpark waiting for his daughter to wake up, is underwhelmed by The  Peripheral finale and watches The Grey Man on Netflix.  After that all three discuss the new Indiana Jones movie trailer that dropped last we...

This week Darren is away as his ancient husk needs regenerating. So Jim regales us with his health progress, Elton almost gets an additional entry into Pen Talk and Lee and Jim talk about The Peripheral on Amazon Prime.... Oh and there's a random story hot off the press about a dog shooting its owner. After this its on to this weeks film a 1952 thriller and the first of our Unconventional Christma...

This week Jim has an announcement to make, Elton has water issues, Darren cocks up holiday bookings and reveals more information on serial killers than is strictly healthy and Lee watches Cabinet Of Curiosities...  Then after some feedback for last weeks film The Gentlemen its on to this weeks film the witty Sunday tea time style who dun it See How They Run... 

This week Jim relaxes with some fine streaming offerings, Elton gets excited over expensive colouring pens, Darren watches Wakanda Forever and Lee mixes his week up with The Peripheral, Andor, SAS Rogue Heroes, a dog that refuses to walk and an advent calendar of pork scratchings... Oh and there might be an extremely rough guide to Masterdon. After some feedback we move up the apples n pears, to t...

This week Jim listens to a conspiracy podcast, Elton nearly falls off his roof and watches All Quiet on the Western Front, Darren goes to a Halloween party and discovers a rather good science podcast from the BBC, while Lee brings the tone down very quickly with a disgusting cowboy joke, tales of drinking until blackout drunk and trying to go to the loo on a train doing 300kph on a winding pass th...

This week Jim chills out, Elton gets political and picks a tick from an unmentionable place, Darren watches lots of stuff and laments spoilers, while Lee finishes off Rings of Power, plays Inscryption and has an unfortunate encounter with a slug. After that we move on to this weeks film the Sci Fi Horror slow burn Block Island Sound.

This week we have no Jim but we do have Politics (and death) stomach pains (and death) dog shows (and death) and chicken sandwiches (and death) Then its on to this weeks film the Requel (sequel & reboot) of Candyman