The Goggler Podcast

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review Neill Blomkamp’s big screen adaptation of the video game Gran Turismo . Gran Turismo opens in Malaysian cinemas on Thursday, August 18. Gran Turismo is based on the unbelievable true story of a team of unlikely underdogs – a struggling working-class gamer, a failed former racecar driver, and an idealistic motorsport executive. Tog...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Uma speaks to Hijack writer and co-creator George Kay about crafting real-time thrillers, the secret behind a believable hijack story, and the complexities of shooting with a plane full of people. All episodes of Hijack are now streaming on Apple TV Plus. Told in real time, Hijack is a tense thriller that follows the journey of a hijacked plane as it makes its way to...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma speak to We Jun, the director of the brand new Malaysian movie Hungry Ghost Diner. Hungry Ghost Diner opens in Malaysian cinemas on Thursday, August 10. Hungry Ghost Diner transports viewers into a captivating world of spirits and culinary delights. The story revolves around a food truck operator named Bonnie, who finds herself stranded in her family&#8...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma talk about the Japan Foundation’s special JFF+ Independent Cinema 2023 program. You can watch all 12 Japanese movies on offer, for free, by clicking here. On August 1, 2023, the Japan Foundation will launch a special program called JFF+ Independent Cinema 2023   to shed light on the mini theaters that support the cinema culture...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the Stath versus giant sharks in Meg 2: The Trench . Meg 2: The Trench is now showing in Malaysian cinemas. Dive into uncharted waters with Jason Statham and global action icon Wu Jing as they lead a daring research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. Their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the most buzzy horror movie of 2023, A24’s Talk to Me . (Note: This podcast contains a spoiler discussion of the movie.) Talk to Me is now showing in Malaysian cinemas. When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and opens the...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review The Beanie Bubble , Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash’s biopic on the women, behind the man, behind the infamous Beanie Baby. The Beanie Bubble is now streaming on Apple TV Plus. Why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his master...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review Disney’s Haunted Mansion remake. How does it hold up against the original? Haunted Mansion is now showing in Malaysian cinemas. Inspired by the classic theme park attraction, Disney’s Haunted Mansion is about a woman and her son who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatter...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Uma and Bahir talk about this year’s Emmy nominations and make some recommendations on what you should watch. You can stream HBO’s Emmy nominated shows and more with The New Astro. Better than before. No rain interruptions. No repeats. Just stream anytime and on demand via the Astro Ultra Box. It starts from only RM59.90 a month. And you can find more informati...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Uma and Bahir watch and review Christopher Nolan’s darkly meditative character study that is Oppenheimer . Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, and based on the Pulitzer Prize winning biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, Oppenheimer  is an epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Uma and Bahir watch and review Greta Gerwig’s big screen, live-action take on the biggest doll on the planet: Barbie . To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken. From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig ( Little Women , Lady Bird ) comes Barbie , starring Oscar-nomi...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Uma and Bahir break down everything that’s going on in Hollywood right now, why the movie and television industry is facing its first shutdown in more than 60 years, and what it could mean for you and your favorite shows. The Hollywood actors’ strike was called on Thursday morning by US actors’ union SAG-AFTRA (which was formed in 2012 after a merger betw...

In this special episode of The Goggler Podcast, we are absolutely thrilled to be speaking to Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, the creators of one of 2023’s best new TV shows, Prime Video’s Deadloch . All episodes of Deadloch are now streaming on Prime Video. You can listen to our review of the series here. The Tasmanian town of Deadloch, a once sleepy seaside hamlet, is left reeling w...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the long awaited third season of Warrior on HBO. We spoke to the cast and creators of the series. Click the following links to check out our conversations with producer Shannon Lee , showrunners Josh Stoddard and Evan Endicott , as well as series stars Andrew Koji and Jason Tobin , and Hoon Lee, Dianne Doan, and Olivia Cheng. New episod...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the second season of The Bear. (Guess what? It’s just as good as it ever was!) Season 2 of The Bear drops on Disney Plus Hotstar on Wednesday, July 19. Carmen Berzatto, a brilliant young chef from the fine-dining world is forced to return home to run his family sandwich shop – the Original Beef of Chicagoland – after a...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the seventh movie in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One . Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One is now showing in Malaysian cinemas. Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the fifth and (potentially) final installment in the Insidious franchise, Insidious: The Red Door . Insidious: The Red Door is now showing in Malaysian cinemas. In Insidious: The Red Door , the horror franchise’s original cast returns for the final chapter of the Lambert family’s terrifying saga. To put their demons to rest once and for...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the fourth and final season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan on Prime Video. Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is now streaming on Prime Video. The fourth and final season of  Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan  finds the titular character on his most dangerous mission yet: facing an enemy both foreign and domestic. As the new CIA Acting Deputy Director,...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review Deadloch , Prime Video’s darkly funny murder mystery, and what might be one of the best shows of 2023. Deadloch is now streaming on Prime Video. The Tasmanian town of Deadloch, a once sleepy seaside hamlet, is left reeling when a local man turns up dead on the beach. Two female detectives are thrown together to solve the case: Fas...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma take a look back at HBO’s legendary series Sex and the City and why it remains such an important show today. You can watch all seasons of Sex and the City as well as new episodes of And Just Like That … on HBO GO. You can also stream the best of HBO’s shows and more with The New Astro. Better than before. No rain interruptions. No repea...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review what is touted to be the final Indiana Jones adventure in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny . Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is now showing in Malaysian cinemas. It’s 1969, and Indiana Jones is ready to call it quits. Having spent more than a decade teaching at New York’s Hunter College, the esteemed professor of archaeology...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, we sit down with Polis Evo 3 producer Joel Soh for a conversation about all the things that sets his movie apart from your average Malaysian fare. (Surely there’s good reason why it’s already raked in RM52 million at the box office?) Polis Evo 3 is now showing in Malaysian cinemas. After an explosion in Penang kills hundreds of innocent bystanders, includ...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the brand new season of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror. Season 6 of Black Mirror is now streaming on Netflix. Expect the unexpected. The long-awaited return of Charlie Brooker’s dark, satirical anthology series which reinvents itself with each new episode. The sixth season of Black Mirror is the most unpredictable, unclassifiable...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review Pixar’s latest animated effort (and the first one we’re getting in cinemas since Soul ), the fantastical rom-com, Elemental . Pixar’s Elemental is now showing in Malaysian cinemas. Disney and Pixar’s Elemental is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where Fire-, Water-, Earth- and Air-residents live t...

Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the return of Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake in Netflix’s Extraction 2 . Extraction 2 is now streaming on Netflix. After barely surviving the events of the first movie, Tyler Rake is back as the Australian black ops mercenary, tasked with another deadly mission: rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the...