The Neverending Watchlist - Movie Podcast

"Some men, just want to watch the world burn" In anticipation of the release of The Odyssey. We have delved back into the archives and brought together an initial 2-parter into one giant episode where we collectively rank Christopher Nolan's filmography. There is some fascinating chat and some almighty revelations along the way. Let us know if you agree with our choices on any of the social media...

Episode 94 / An episode that has been sorely needed for some time. We are all time-poor people, and we do not all have 3 hours to let the latest pretentious film director indulge themselves. So we have the perfect answer for you: it's our list of movies under 90 minutes!!! / Our caveat is that if the credits start before 90 minutes, then it is allowed on the list. Come at us if you don't agree and...

Episode 93 / "Please would be nice" / Cameron and Damon join you for another session of bolstering the watchlist with some characters that we just cannot imagine being played by another actor due to the strength and iconic nature of the performance......and.....ACTION!!!! / Spoiler alerts for Pulp Fiction.... / Music by Aidan Young. / Edited by Damon Carter / How to watch our movie choices - click...

Episode 92 / It's deep dive time and we head to 1984....a vintage movie year(maybe) for Damon to rediscover a childhood classic, The big cuddly Terminator movie that has caused spin-offs aplenty, it's all about the original today though. We talk the making of, the cast, the story, paradoxes, FX and its legacy. SPOILER ALERT - do not listen unless you've watched the film, unless you don't care abou...

Episode 91 / "If we can't make memories, we can't heal." - Leonard Shelby / The top 5 train is in full motion as we discuss those characters that are difficult to route for, but hard to take your eyes off. As they do despicable things that make movies great. It's our top five movie antagonists, but are they the bad guys? / If you're enjoying the show, please give us a follow and a high rating and...

Episode 90 / "I'll Be Back" / You can't keep our high-fidelity episodes away, and whilst we were away, we were thinking the watchlist is in much need of some Austrian oak. And although we love the 3-hour epic that is "Vienesse coffee tables" we decided that we would go for the lesser-known arthouse thespian Arnold Schwarzenegger to beef up our watchlist. DO IT...GET TO THE CHOPPA" / Music by Aidan...

Episode 89 / "My job requires a certain... moral flexibility." / It's deep dive time, and this time Damon and Cameron delve into a satire that may or may not have aged really well. But will we be adding another movie to The Neverending Watchlist? Regardless of who is right, so long as we can prove each other wrong, that's all that matters. Don't worry we'll explain that bit with the something-some...

Episode 88 -- "Do you want anything from the shop?............. Cornetto!!" / Spring is on the horizon, and it must mean that it's time to dive into a director's filmography. This time we have landed on the master of cornetto's, specialist shortcuts and fast, crazy cuttting style of the brilliant Edagr Wright. To help Damon rank this and break down the movies, he enlisted the help of the superb An...

Episode 87 It's been a while since Damon took you on one of his local cinema trips and gave a cinema a proper good review; so join us now as we take you on a journey through time space and pipework erm........a cinema. Don't forget to give us a follow and a rating on any of the podcast providers you use. Let us know what your local cinemas are like. Let's keep that cinema love alive. Music by Aida...

Episode 86 / "What we do in life, echoes in eternity" / Fire up those engines again, we're off into the far reaches of the galaxy to find another FFAF-er to find out everything they think and love about movies. On this episode we're joined by the excellent Charlie Furborough (don't get his name wrong, you wouldn't catch me doing that), an expert writer and foodie who has so much he want to talk ab...

Episode 85 -- After a long hiatus, we have returned....well Damon has at least.....with a brand new format. We love a good moan and movies have given us more than enough to complain about over the years. So here it is, the MOVIE TEMPLE OF DOOM - here to air all of those grievances that we need to get out and offer solutions to, to make the movie world better. Across 3 different subject rounds(chan...

"That's not a knife, this is a knife!" / Episode 84 / Fire up that spaceship, it's time to head into space and speak to another movie fan desperate to share their film knowledge with the universe. In this episode, we are joined by Simon Walker of the fantastic "Movie The Needle" Podcast. In this episode, we have a Hugh Grant anecdote for the ages and some controversial takes, including some famili...

Epsiode 83/ / Don't you just love it when movies and music comes together to create magic. So do we and it's the main reason that Alex and Damon have devoted a bumper episode to our favourite pieces of these magical movie moments. It's our top 5 Movie Needle Drops episode!!! / Our movie needle drop playlist is here if you want to find some of our favourites. / Music by Aidan Young. / Edited by Dam...

Episode 82 / "God will forgive them, I can't live with that"  / It's time for the gang to get back on board deep dive duty and Alex has picked the most local film that we could think of - Shane Meadows - Dead Man's Shoes!! / We go into the location, the movie references, performances, Alex may or may not forget his points halfway through and Cam may or may not think Paddy Considine is both br...

Episode 81 / Every new year we approach the film landscape with the optimism of a kilt-wearing Scotsman in gale force winds. But here we go again, ready to be exposed to a year of different movies that we know lots, little and nothing about. It's time to dive into the year ahead 2026! / Starring Damon Carter, Alex Hall and Cameron Young / Spoiler alert for - 28 Years Later / and all the Dune movie...

Episode 80 / Now that 2025 is done and dusted, it's time to take a look back and see if there are any gems that came out that we want to add to The Neverending Watchlist. / We also take a look back at the global box office and see what films were the biggest movers and shakers for our cinema-going habits. / Spoiler alert for erm Clown in a Cornfield. / Music by Aidan Young / Edited by Damon Carter...

Episode 79 / As 2025 comes to a close, the TNW team have been busy making plans for our next film choices as we get excited and choose our next 12 films and 12 top 5 episodes. Damon fiddles with his wheel of choice whilst Cam goes back and forth on his selections and Alex desperately hopes his very short shortlist does not get taken in the early rounds. Strap in as we reveal the line up. Oh and he...

Episode 78/ Welcome to the party pals!!! Alex, Cam and Damon tackle one of the biggest "is it or isn't it's" in film history for our special Christmas deep dive gift to you listeners. We visit John McClane on his Nightmare Before Christmas at Nakatomi Plaza and tackle everything from Cheddar cheese grins, movie cliches, iconic bad guys and sensitive heroes. That's right, now we have a Die Hard epi...

Bah HUMBUG!! We take a trip down memory lane and piece together our 3 part episode from 2024 as Damon and Cam navigate the world of A Christmas Carol across 3 key movies. Scrooged(1988), The Muppet Christmas Carol(1992) & Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009). Get yourself some mulled wine, a mince pie and get round the fire if scrooge will let you, HUMBUG!! Follow us, like, share, rate and commen...

Episode 77 / "What happens after 72?" / Damon, Alex and Cam get back together at TNW headquarters to talk through Ari Aster's deeply unsettling second movie. We give our opinions and hot takes on the film from start to finish and everything in between and disagree on who was in a certain place at the very end. Spoliers are everywhere, so make sure you've watched the movie before you start listenin...

" If it bleeds, we can kill it " Episode 76 / Do you like hearing movie experts tell you their hot takes? Best places to watch films? Favourite needle drops and much much more? Well this is the podcast for you. / The FFAF spaceship has been trawling again and this time we have caught movie opinion expert Carl Ascough, not far from podcast planet "Movie The Needle" . A much loved animated classic w...

To accompany your mince pies and yuletide log we have re-released many of our listeners favourite episode. our Top 5 xmas films - recorded back in 2023 can you believe. Much laughter ensues all whilst the xmas band plays on in the background. Merry Christmas everyone! -- Episode 33 It's that special time of the year (and we're not talking about Damon's annual film magazine sort out). ITS CHRISTMAS...

Episode 75 The suspense is terrible... I hope it'll last. This weeks golden ticket of a movie choice has landed on Cameron and he has a sweet tooth, so we delve back into a childhood classic, with the Roald Dahl adaptation and Gene Wilder starring - Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. We talk all manner of theories, trivia and facts around the film, from father's guilt to Roald Dahl's negative...

It's nearly Halloween so we think now is as good a time as any to return to our top 5 scary movies - there's also one more bonus film for youor watchlist that Damon sneaks in. Happy spooky season everyone!! Episode 12 We're back to enrich your watchlists with some good old-fashioned Top 5's, that's right, it's High Fidelity time! We've been putting this one off as we didn't want to reveal which mo...

Episode 74 KA-POW!! It's high fidelity time mother suckers and we have some top 5's for you.....well mostly.......one of us....maybe. This is what our top 5 movie fights look like. We go from fierce arguments to fights, kung-fu, gun-fu and a double-ender. SPLACK!!!! Starring Alex Warwick, Cam Young and Damon Carter Music by Aidan Young Edited by Damon Carter How to watch our movie choices - click...