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This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey to swing through the Spider-Verse as we review Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse . In this sequel to 2018's Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga. During this epic adventure, Miles joins forces with Gwen Stacey as they're catapulted across the Multiverse, encounteri...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Adam Tagg to review the Netflix documentary, Mark Cavendish: Never Enough . During this episode, we jump on the bike & battling some demons as we dive into a documentary described as an intimate & captivating film that follows pro cyclist Mark Cavendish 's fast road to the top, tragic setback & incredible comeback. Check out more gre...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson to review The Bear , season 2. Returning for a second season, The Bear delivers 10 episodes, which follow Carmy, Sydney & the crew as they set out to reopen a rejuvenated restaurant in just 3 months. With a much slower pace this season, allowing for more character development, The Bear 's heartbreaking moments hit even harder....

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson to review Christopher Nolan's epic, Oppenheimer. Adapted from the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird & Martin Sherwin the film tells the story of the father of the atomic bomb. Audiences will learn about the man behind the science from his early years as a student through to...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson to review Greta Gerwig's, Barbie . Barbie ( Margot Robbie ) & Ken ( Ryan Gosling ) are having the time of their lives in the colourful &seemingly perfect world of Barbieland. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys & perils of living among humans. Pario Magazine stands in so...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson to review The Ride on Prime Video. The Ride gives viewers an inside look at the lives of some of the top Professional Bull Riders, exploring their daily routines & experiences in the world of Professional Bull Riding, particularly as the debut season of PBR Teams kicks off. Check out more great content from Pario Magazine on o...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Ryan Betson to review AEW: Fight Forever . Developed by Yuke's AEW: Fight Forever takes players back to the arcadey fun of the 90s. AEW: Fight Forever is one of the easy-to-start but hard-to-master style games. Casual fans will be able to immediately pick up & play with a simple control scheme but the true joy comes through learning all of t...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Ben Davis to review Tour De France: Unchained . Created by the same team as Formula 1: Drive To Survive this new documentary series focuses on the trials & tribulations of professional cyclists during the Tour De France. Check out more great content from Pario Magazine on our website: www.pariomagazine.com.au --------------------------------...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Jason Hauth to review the latest co-promoted wrestling PPV from All Elite Wrestling & New Japan Pro Wrestling , Forbidden Door 2023 . Featuring Will Ospreay vs Kenny Omega II & the dream match of Kazuchika Okada vs Bryan Danielson this show more than delivered, even with very loft expectations in the lead-up. During this episode, we brea...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey to review dystopian futures with season 6 of Black Mirror . Season 6 starts incredibly strong with the opening 2 episodes, with 2 very different styles. However, as the season progresses it loses its way a little, particularly in terms of feeling like Black Mirror. Where in the past Black Mirror has focused on the dangers & per...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey to review the new war epic coming to Prime Video on Friday, Guy Ritchie's The Covenant . Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Dar Salim , is set during the war in Afghanistan & follows a local interpreter working for the US military as he risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grue...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Jason Hauth & Corrina Mabey to draft our dream AEW & ROH rosters. As we gear up for the debut of AEW Collision we decided to get into the spirit & draft our fantasy lineups for each show. In order to do so Corrina took on AEW Dynamite , Jason went with AEW Collision & Jamie drafted on behalf of Ring Of Honor . Find out who we pic...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Jason Hauth to review All Elite Wrestling's (AEW) annual Las Vegas PPV, Double Or Nothing . Headlined by an Anarchy In The Arena match pitting The Elite (Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks & Hangman Adam Page) against Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta). This card also featured a 4-Pillars Wor...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Buddy McClelland to review the latest AppleTV+ documentary film, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie . This brand new documentary film chronicles the life story of Michael J. Fox from his childhood to his early years in Hollywood & finally his struggle with his Parkinson's disease diagnosis & life since. Check out more great content from Pario...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson to review The Pope's Exorcist , a 2023 supernatural horror film directed by Julian Avery & starring Russell Crowe . Based on the 1990 book, An Exorcist Tells His Story , & the 1992 book, An Exorcist: More Stories both by Father Gabriele Amorth . This film follows Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican's leading exorcist, as he inves...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Corrina Mabey to review Scream 6 , the latest entry into the slasher franchise. This time, much like Scream 2 & 3 , this film takes Ghostface out of Woodsoro as a new killer begins targeting the survivors of the "Woodsboro legacy attacks" in New York. Scream 6 is now available on Paramount+ in the US & digitally in Australia. Check out m...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson to review Infinity Pool , the latest sci-fi horror film by Brandon Cronenberg . The film follows James ( Alexander Skarsgård ) & Em Foster ( Cleopatra Coleman ), a rich couple who decide to take a vacation to a fictional foreign country where they’re advised never to leave the boundaries of their resort. The couple has gone th...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by the founder of video game & pop culture podcast network, ATEBIT , Brendan White . As the host of the anime appreciation podcast, More Then Hentai , Brendan was the only choice for this episode diving into the world of anime via the Netflix series, Agent Elvis . Created by Priscilla Presley , John Eddie and Mike Arnold Agent Elvis follows the...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by 2 sports fanatics, Ben Davis & Jordan Pini, to debate the best sports documentary series of 2023 so far. This year sports fans have been treated to a plethora of sports documentary series' on streaming. Inspired by the likes of Hard Knocks & All Or Nothing  these shows give a unique insight into their chosen sport. For this special...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by the host of The House Of Mario to review The Super Mario Bros. Movie . Growing up there was one particular video game that everybody knew & loved, Super Mario Bros on the NES . Capitalising on that passion & with the benefit of nostalgia now incredibly strong for our favourite Italian brother plumbers Nintendo , Illumination & Univer...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Jason Hauth to review the first PPV of the new era of Ring Of Honor , Supercard Of Honor 2023. Headlined by ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli vs Eddie Kingston this PPV was thrilling & emotional from top to bottom. In particular the ROH Television Championship match between Samoa Joe & Mark Briscoe, which was dedicated to Mark's rece...

Corrina Mabey joins us this week on The Commentary Booth to review the historical true crime film, Boston Strangler , which is now streaming on Disney+ in Australia & Hulu in the US. Inspired by the infamous Boston Strangler murders, this is the true story of Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightly ), the first reporter to connect the murders and break the story. Along with fellow reporter Jean Col...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by Blake Robinson to review, The Pale Blue Eye , a grisly Netflix murder mystery starring Christian Bale . In The Pale Blue Eye Bale plays detective Augustus Landor as he investigates a series of grisly murders at the US Military Academy West Point in 1830. During the course of the investigation, Landor recruits Edgar Allen Poe to assist. The film...

This week we continue our new feature on The Commentary Booth , focusing on HBO's The Last Of Us . Today Jamie is again joined by Corrina Mabey to review episode 9. In the final episode, we witness Joel & Ellie come to the conclusion of their epic journey to find a cure for the cordyceps infection. DISCLAIMER: Impressions recorded in advance of the air date based on preview screeners, provided...

This week we continue our new feature on The Commentary Booth , focusing on HBO's The Last Of Us . Today Jamie is again joined by Corrina Mabey to review episode 8. In this episode, Joel & Ellie are separated for the first time since coming together. During this period Ellie attempts to support Joel's healing but soon encounters an enemy even scarier than the infected. DISCLAIMER: Impressions...