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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 7. This episode sees us rejoining Joel & Ellie in the aftermath of the attack at the University. During this episode, we get a lot more of Ellie's backstory, built around the Left Behind DLC for The Last Of Us game. DISCLAIMER: Impres...

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 6. In this episode, the show shifts into Winter as Joel & Ellie continue searching for Tommy. A slower episode that really cements the bond between Joel & Ellie in a terrifying, moving & dread-filled manner. DISCLAIMER: Impres...

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 5. In this episode, Joel & Ellie make uneasy allies with Henry & Sam in order to escape Kansas City. Episode 5 is a perfect encapsulation of everything The Last Of Us has to offer from character building to action & ultimately...

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 4, which sees a few more key changes made to the narrative. In this episode, Joel & Ellie continue their journey westward when they arrive at a roadblock just outside Kansas City. After navigating the roadblock our duo encounter their...

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 3, Long Long Time . In this episode, we take our most significant deviation from the game as we spend most of this episode with Bill & Frank. During our time with Bill & Frank, we witness their relationship & love story develo...

This week we continue our new feature on The Commentary Booth , focusing on HBO's The Last Of Us . For episode 2 & beyond Jamie will be joined by Corrina Mabey to review each episode. Today we're reviewing episode 2, Infected. Directed by the original game's creator, Neil Druckmann, episode 2 sees us join Joel, Ellie & Tess as they spend their first day outside the walls of the quarantine...

This week we're beginning a new feature on The Commentary Booth . Typically we would do 1 new topic every week, but for the next 9 weeks, we're focusing on a single topic & diving deep into every episode as they air. The HBO tv adaptation of The Last Of Us is the topic we're about to be infected by . A post-apocalyptic drama series written for TV by Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann . Based on...

This week on The Commentary Booth we're joined by Jason Hauth to react to the biggest wrestling show of 2023 so far. We're talking about New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) Wrestle Kingdom 17 , which was headlined by the debut of Mercedes Moné (formerly Sasha Banks), Will Ospreay vs Kenny Omega & Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White . The full lineup for the show was: IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match Kaz...

I'm joined by colour commentator Corrina Mabey this week as we move into a new era for The Commentary Booth . Moving forward each episode will focus on only 1 topic, allowing us to go deeper with our conversation before we give you our individual ratings. Our rating scale is a 5-point scale & is the same scale as used on Pario written reviews. Under the Pario gem scale each score means the fol...

This week on The Commentary Booth, I'm joined by colour commentator Jaxon & we're feeling a little mysterious. During today's episode, we review The White Lotus before then jumping across to do a Knives Out refresher to help get everyone ready for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery . Check out more great content from Pario Magazine on our website: www.pariomagazine.com.au ----------------------...

This week on I'm joined by colour commentators Corrina Mabey & Jaxon Carr to review the Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special . We then shift over to discuss & recommend our favourite TV Christmas Specials. Merry Christmas to everybody who has listened to The Commentary Booth this year. We're planning to come back bigger & better next year! Check out more great content from Pario Mag...

This week Jamie is joined by colour commentator Blake Robinson to review two very different films, each of which explores a dark time in history.  First up is Will Smith 's Apple TV + exclusive, Emancipation . Telling the triumphant story of Peter (Will Smith), a man who escapes from slavery, relying on his wits, unwavering faith and deep love for his family to evade cold-blooded hunters and...

This week we're creepy & we're kooky, mysterious & spooky. We're all together ooky & we're reviewing Wednesday on Netflix . Wednesday is an American coming-of-age supernatural comedy horror television series based on the character Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family. The series follows Wednesday’s years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart...

This week Jamie is joined by Brendan White from ATEBIT to explore a galaxy far, far away as we review the latest Disney+ Star Wars series, Andor . Created by Tony Gilroy , Star Wars: Andor is a prequel series set 5 years before Star Wars: Rogue One . Following the journey of Cassian Andor, the series showcases the moments which ultimately lead Cassian to join the Rebel Alliance against the Galacti...

This week on The Commentary Booth Jamie is joined by colour commentator Blake Robinson to review 2 new streaming movies. First up is the latest adaptation of All Quiet On The Western Front . Directed by Edward Berger this new German film with English dubbing is based on the book of the same name & is now streaming on Netflix . We then transition across to Prime Video to check out My Policeman...

This week on The Commentary Booth podcast Jamie Apps is joined by colour commentator Jaxon Carr to review the final entry into Phase 4 of the MCU, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever . We've also got a lot of catching up to do with Jaxon before we chat about possibly one of the worst shows we've ever watched, Netflix's Blockbuster . Check out more great content from Pario Magazine on our website: www.p...

This week on The Commentary Booth podcast Jamie Apps is joined by colour commentator Corrina Mabey for one final spooky episode in 2022. During this week's episode, we review Barbarian & Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities . In Barbarian a young woman discovers that the rental home she booked is already occupied by a stranger. Against her better judgment, she decides to spend the night...

This week Jamie is joined by a very special guest from WWE, Logan Paul . Logan joins us to chat about his upcoming Undisputed WWE Universal Title match against Roman Reigns at WWE Crown Jewel . Following our chat, with Logan, we're delivering a quick review of the new epic film, The Woman King . Check out more great content from Pario Magazine on our website: www.pariomagazine.com.au -------------...

This week Jamie is joined by a very special guest from New Japan Pro Wrestling - IWGP United States Champion, Will Ospreay . Will joins us to chat about his favourite movies/TV shows & how these influence his wrestling persona. Then with the imminent arrival of New Japan Tamashii to Australia & New Zealand, we discuss how Will first discovered Australian wrestling. A conversation that remi...

This week Jamie is joined by colour commentator Blake Robinson as we review 2 much-anticipated movie releases. First up we review Halloween Ends , the final entry into the rebooted Halloween trilogy, which began in 2018 & continued in 2021 with Halloween Kills . Set four years after her last encounter with masked killer Michael Myers, Laurie Strode is living with her granddaughter & trying...

This week Jamie is bringing you a special solo episode. In today’s episode, Jamie will be reviewing Entergalactic , which he feels is the best-animated film since Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Enterglactic is an animated romantic comedy movie created by musician/actor Kid Cudi . The film, which acts as a companion piece to his album of the same name, premiered on Netflix on Sept 30. Following...

This week Jamie is joined by guest colour commentator Corrina Mabey as we're getting into the spirit of Halloween with our review & comparison of Hocus Pocus & Hocus Pocus 2 . During this episode we chat about the cult classic that is 1993's Hocus Pocus starring Bette Midler , Sarah Jessica Parker & Kathy Najimy . In this original film follows a curious youngster after he moves to Sale...

This week Jamie is joined by guest colour commentator Paris De Silva to review season 5 of Cobra Kai & preview the upcoming PWA Let's F'n Go Tour . We open this week's episode by previewing PWA 's Let's F'n Go Tour which will see them performing 7 shows up & down the east coast of Australia. During our chat we spoke about how special it is for PWA to be welcoming NJPW star Shingo Takagi to...

This week Jamie is joined by colour commentator Blake Robinson to review 2 of the big recent releases on Disney+ . We open this week's episode by reviewing the phenomenal new series about a chef in Chicago, The Bear . Then we move on to review the 2022 live action remake of animated classic Pinocchio from 1940. The remade version of Pinocchio stars Tom Hanks & Joseph Gordon-Levitt but sadly fe...

This week Jamie is joined by colour commentator Corrina Mabey live in person as we dive deep into the realm of high fantasy as we do a comparison review of the opening 3 episodes of Game Of Thrones: House Of The Dragon & the two premiere episodes of The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power . We open this week's episode with our American guest talking us through her food adventures while here...