The McYapAndFries Movie Podcast

After an extended hiatus we're back with a review of local Malaysian movie "You Mean the World to me". Written and directed by  Saw Teong Hin, this semi-autobiographical film  is based on a stage play also by Saw Teong Hin and is set in Penang. As with most local films, it might not stick around in cinemas long, so if you like the sound of what you hear you should probably check it out as son...

On our latest podcast we review Jordan Vogt-Roberts' Kong: Skull Island, the latest instalment in Legendary's "MonsterVerse" after 2014's Godzilla. As Gavin is currently in Singapore rehearsing "Hand To God" at the Singapore Repertory Theatre (show runs from 19th Apr - 6 May, tickets available here) we're extending our greenroom136.com competition to win a Metromonger compact, single strap,...

On our latest podcast Gavin and Iain take one last ride with The Wolverine in Hugh Jackman's last outing as Logan. As usual we talk about the movie in non-spoiler terms at first, before going into a clearly announced spoiler section near the end. Also on this weeks podcast we continue our competition to win a Metromonger compact, single strap, urban bag, from our sponsors greenroom136.com ...

People keep asking if he's back, Gavin and Iain reckon HE'S BACK  as they discuss John Wick Chapter 2 in depth. Also on this weeks podcast we continue our competition to win a Metromonger compact, single strap, urban bag, from our sponsors greenroom136.com as seen below. Send your entries to podcast@mcyapandfries.com, we'll be running this competition for a few weeks but you should get your e...

On this week's podcast we head down to Gotham to review The Lego Batman Movie, as well as launch our new competition with our sponsor greenroom136.com! Listen in to the podcast to find out how to be in with a chance to win a Metromonger compact, single strap, urban bag, as seen below. Send your entries to podcast@mcyapandfries.com, we'll be running this competition for a few weeks but you should...

You may have missed it in the cinema, but on the latest podcast, Iain and Gavin discuss why you should seek out A Monster Calls Starring the fantastic Lewis MacDougall, Liam Neeson's voice, Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver & Toby Kebell, and directed by J.A. Bayona (director of The Orphanage and The Impossible) it's based upon the book by Patrick Ness.  We may disagree on how good it may be...

On this week's podcast Gavin & Iain take a look at the list of movies coming out this year, month by month and highlight the ones we are looking forward to. If there's any you think we missed (or dissed) let us know by: emailing us at podcast@mcyapandfries.com tweeting us at @McYapAndFries, messaging us on Facebook or using the Contact Us form here on the site. As always the podcast is brought...

We're back, and on this, the first podcast of 2017 we review M. Night Shyamalan's Split, discuss the career of Syamalan and Gavin shares his thoughts on his favourite Shyamlan movie "2000", As always you can let us know what you thought of our reviews by emailing us at podcast@mcyapandfries.com, tweeting us at @McYapAndFries, contacting us on Facebook or using the Contact Us form here on the...

It's finally here, the first standalone (ish)  adventure in the Star Wars universe Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. On this week's podcast we review the movie, without discussing spoilers, first then read out some thoughts from our listeners before diving into spoilers at the end, with a big spoiler warning beforehand, so you can listen up until then if you've not seen the movie. As always you can...

 It's an animation double bill this week as Gavin & Iain review the Japanese animated smash hit Your Name (君の名は / Kimi no Na wa) and Sinsey 's latest musical adventure Moana. Let us know what you think of our reviews by emailing us at podcast@mcyapandfries.com, tweeting us at @McYapAndFries, on Facebook or using the Contact Us form here on the site. As always the podcast is brought...

On this week's podcast Gavin and Iain keep it relatively local, reviewing Singaporean prison movie Apprentice, Malaysian period drama Hanyut & the supernatural Malaysian thriller Interchange. Whatever we think of the end products we'd recommend you get out to see these films, to see what's going on in the local film scene and to make sure that we still have one in future. If you've seen any of th...

This week Iain is joined by special guest Audio producer Chris Higgs as the two review the latest Underworld movie, Underworld: Blood Wars, starring Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Lar Pulver, Tobias Menzies & Charles Dance. We delve into spoilers at the end of the podcast but we also give fair warning so listen out for those. Hope you enjoy the show. If you're looking to pick up one of the bags we...

After a couple of months away Iain and Gavin are back and talk about where they've been and what they've been up to, as well as catch up and discuss all the trailers, news, movies, TV and cool stuff we missed while we were away. We talk about TV shows The Affair and  Westworld as well as recent movies Shin Godzilla, Train to Busan & it's animated prequel Seoul Station. Gavin also delivers a...

This week Iain and Gavin got to watch Antoine Fuqua's (Training Day, Olympus Has Fallen, The Equalizer) remake of  The Magnificent Seven starring  Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Matt Bomer, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard and Luke Grimes (phew!) No spoilers this week, instead we discuss how the new fi...

On our latest podcast Iain and Gavin take a look at local Malaysian movie Pekak, directed by Mohd Khairul Azri Md Noor and starring Zahiril Adzim, Sharifah Amani, Sharifah Sakinah, Iedil Putra, Amerul Affendi, Zaidi Omar, Joe Flizzow and Chew Kin Wah. A sort of  modern Romero and Juliet involving young love, drugs and a deaf courier, shot in and around KL ( including the back of Iain's apar...

On this week's podcast Iain fills Gavin in on Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's classic The BFG.   Don't forget to check out our sponsor Greenroom136.com using the promo code read out in the podcast

On  this week's podcast Gavin & Iain go up against Suicide Squad, DC Comics latest comic book adaptation. We talk about it's strengths and its flaws, what we think of Jared Leto's Joker and Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn,  Batfleck's role in film the and why we think Will Smith decided to take on the role of Deadshot before delving into a specially designated spoiler section at the end of the...

Finally, here's our take on the new Ghostbusters film! As is our new format, we dedicate the whole episode to Ghostbusters , starting with a spoiler-free review before heading into a brief spoiler section at the end. We're still looking for feedback  on our recent shows (and the films we reviewed) so as always feel free to drop us a line abnout this or anything that tickles your fancy via: th...

McYapandFries boldly goes "beyond" this week with a slight format change as Iain and Gavin dedicate the latest podcast solely to reviewing Star Trek Beyond before ploughing into a clearly marked spoiler section at the very end of the show.  No news section this week. Let us know if you prefer this format for reviews at podcast@mcyapandfries.com via the Contact Us form or on twitter @mcyapan...

Our latest podcast is the Independence Day: Resurgence spoilercast!  Gavin and Iain discuss the new Independence Day movie in depth and with spoilers from the very beginning (you have been warned!) We talk about that alien ******, what happened to P******** W*******, why J*** was a waste of space and how funny it is that C**** is all up in this shit! If you agree or disagree with our take, let...

On this week's McYapandfries podcast we catch up with Gavin's European adventures and review  The Conjuring 2, Warcraft, The Do-over ,The Nice Guys & Finding Dory! If you'd like to let us now what you thought of the show drop us a line at pocast@mcyapandfries.com or use the contact us form. The McYapandFries podcast is proudly brought to you by greenroom136 urban carry gears, listen to the show f...

On this week's McYapAndFries movie podcast as sponsored by greenroom136.com Iain & Gavin review Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, X-Men Apocalypse, the first episode of AMC's Preacher TV show and retro horror The House of the Devil and discuss DC's Rebirth event and  the controversy surrounding Steve Rogers Captain America #1 All this and anything else that we found interesting i...

We're back! Again! This time with reviews of Jon Favreau's remake of The Jungle Book, Bad Robot's thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane, long awaited Indonesian sequel Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2, Kickstarted 80's short Kung Fury and Gavin samples the dubious delights of the Food Wars Anime. Also on this week's podcast we FINALLY announce the winner of the Junkmonkey Urban Pro single strap bag from our sponsor...

Gavin and Iain dedicate a whole episode to Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, talking plot , spoilers, their thoughts, complaints, everything. One of them liked it, the other...not so much. And so the stage is set for an epic confrontation...or a polite conversational one. As this is a spoiler-cast we'll announce the winner of the JunkMonkey bag from GreenRoom136.com on the very next podcast! S...

While Gavin's away in Singapore preparing for his performance in the Lord of the Flies (25th & 26th March, 1st-3rd April at SOTA Studio Theatre, you can grab tickets here http://lordoftheflies.peatix.com) Iain drafts in producer Bahir Eusoff to talk about all the recent movie news and Zoolander 2, Gods Of Egypt and Zootopia (thanks to Khairil M Bahar for the pic of Bahir) Also on this week's sho...