The #NOTwatching Podcast

On this episode we're talking about Ridley Scott's latest instalment of the Alien franchise and the direct sequel to the somewhat disappointing Prometheus. Did Alien: Covenant do justice to the storied franchise, or did it provide yet more demystification of an Alien Species whose greatest strength is it's other-worldliness? Alien: Covenant: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316204/ Contact us on Email...

We're back in the land of movies on this week's #NOTwatching Podcast and what a way to kick off this year's Summer Blockbuster season than with James Gunn's follow-up to Marvel's least likely hit of 2014. There's also some discussion of the latest trailers to drop for Bladerunner 2049 and The Dark Tower, both of which we await with great trepidation... Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 http://www.imdb...

It's another round-up of the best (and not so best) TV around! This week we've got Marvel & Netflix's Iron Fist, which demonstrates you can only have so much of a good thing. Amazon's new Coen Bros/Wes Anderson inspired black comedy thriller, Patriot, (which had Rob laughing sideways all the way home) & HBO's star-studded Big Little Lies, which recently wrapped up on Sky Atlantic. All this & more...

It's almost been like Summer's come early with all the big loud blockbusters coming out so far this year. First up we've got the controversial live-action remake of cult manga hit, Ghost in the Shell, Ben Wheatley's 90 minute shootout, Free Fire & the Apocalypse Now meets Jurassic Park stylings of Kong: Skull Island. Marcus has also been going back to horror archives with The Grudge & Insidious fr...

With the first season of Legion wrapping up last week it's probably fair game to share our thoughts on it's first episode(s). We also check in on the second half of The Walking Dead's 7th Season, Broadchurch's 3rd Season & much much more... We also have a start date for the next season of Game of Thrones, the announcement of more Taboo & the Star Trek Discovery news continues to trickle out of it'...

Awards season might be over, but that doesn't mean the great movies are. Ahead of the summer blockbuster stampede, we've got two genre heavyweights with a combined body count well into to the hundreds. All this & more on a particularly badass #NOTwatching Podcast! Logan http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315342 John Wick: Chapter 2 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4425200/ Oscar Winners https://www.theguardi...

It's just Rob this week, recounting his thoughts on a few bits of entertainment, both small and large screen. First up, it's The People V. O.J. Simpson, which has finally found a home in the UK on Netflix. This 10 episode season from the creators of Glee & American Horror Story packed a serious punch when it first aired in the USA last year, so it's great to finally have access to it on these shor...

If you thought the #NOTlistening crew were geeking out about TV this week, then you ain't heard NOTHING yet! Indeed, this week Marcus and I are going though some of the TV highlights of the year so far, including Tom Hardy's period spectacle, Taboo, Amazon's full series order of Sneaky Pete, the controversial lo-Sci-fi, the OA and much much more... Fortitude http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3498622 Qua...

We kick off this week's show with our thoughts on the recently announced Oscar Nominations and how La La Land will likely win everything. We then move on to some non-spoilery reviews of Danny Boyle's much anticipated follow-up to the cultural phenomenon that is Trainspotting, Ouija: Origin of Evil and M.Night Shyamalan's arguable return to form that is Split. Oscar Nominations http://www.metacriti...

Last episode we went through our favourite movies of last year, so this time it's the turn of the small screen, which it could be argued delivered more compelling content than it's larger more silvery cousin in 2016. The latest season of Game of Thrones defied all expectations now it was free of comparison to it's source material, Stranger Things became a summer event in the midst of quite turgid...

On this week's show we're going through our top movies of 2016, which has become a bit hazardous since Disney insisted on putting a Star Wars movie out every Christmas. It often feels like a case of figuring out whether or not any other films this year were as good as the one most fresh & precious in our mind. Thankfully, there were more than a few worthy candidates, not to mention a few foregone...

Don't let the relative brevity of this year's Star Wars Spoiler special let you believe we thought any less of this year's instalment - for some of us at least, it was the Star Wars movie we've always wanted, despite there being barely a single Skywalker in sight - almost. Anyway, please be warned this episode is spoiler filled almost from the very start, so if you haven't seen Rogue One yet, plea...

This episode was actually recorded a few months back, but we haven't found a good time to put it out yet. It's mostly concerned with Iain delivering his opinion on Marvel's hit from earlier in the year. And that's about it until our Rogue One review next week! Captain America: Civil War http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3498820/ Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter:...

This week's show almost didn't happen, but then Netflix dropped a bomb with their announcement of an 'offline mode' that allows you to download shows to your device of choice to watch not only whenever you like, but also where ever you like without using up that precious mobile data allowance. We've also been watching some pretty diabolical and obscure TV as well.... all this and more on another o...

It's an Amy Adams special on this week's show as we dive into two of the best movies of 2016. First up is the Sci-Fi Masterpiece, Arrival, which starts off as one thing and ends up being something else entirely. Then there's Tom Ford's revenge tale, Nocturnal Animals, which features an opening credits sequence you won't be forgetting in a hurry. All this & more on an especially movie-focused #NOTw...

Finally after long months of agonising over who met their fate at the hand's of Negan's baseball bat, Lucille, we finally know. Suffice it to say, HUGE spoilers for the season 7 premiere of the Walking Dead on this week's episode, as well as our thoughts on the latest Netflix commissioned episodes of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror. All this and more on another TV focussed #NOTwatching Podcast! The...

We love to have a good chinwag about all things Marvel, so this week's show is mostly centred around the MCU's latest entry, Doctor Strange. There's been a lot of other great movies out recently though so we can't ignore Captain Fantastic, Swiss Army Man and a whole bunch more... it's all about the big screen on this week's #NOTwatching Podcast! Doctor Strange http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1211837/...

Another news catch-up on this week's #NOTwatching Podcast, kicking off with our thoughts on the avalanche of trailers we've witnessed over the past few weeks, moving on to our feelings about the casting of a young Lando Calrissian, before culminating in our devastation that Danny DeVito might be leaving It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It's all about the news this week, no matter which size scre...

In which Rob, who watches far too many movies for his own good, explains to the others which movies they need to see. Also Marcus saw the new Purge movie. That really is all there is to it on this week's #NOTwatching Podcast! The Girl with all the Gifts http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4547056/ Don't Breathe http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4160708/ Hunt for the Wilderpeople http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4698...

We gave Westworld all the time it needed last week, but what about the rest of the early Autumn TV slate? A new Marvel/Netflix show in the form of Luke Cage, a whole bunch of new Network shows including a small screen reinterpretation of the Lethal Weapon movies, the return of Lister, Rimmer, Kryten & The Cat in yet another series of Red Dwarf & much much more! Luke Cage http://www.imdb.com/title/...

Some are saying this is to Sci-Fi what Game of Thrones is to Fantasy. And that's a lot easier to type than it is to say, as Rob clearly demonstrates at the beginning of this episode. Hear our thoughts on the first hour or so of HBO's latest big gamble on this week's #NOTwatching Podcast! Westworld http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475784/ Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us o...

Another news roundup this week, kicking off with the winners of this year's Emmy Awards, the end of one show we've covered quite a lot on here and news of what a team responsible for another one of those might be doing next! Meanwhile in movies, the next Wolverine instalment now has a title, Suicide Squad is getting an extended cut nobody asked for and the marketing machine behind 2017's John Wick...

We're back in the land of TV this week and what treats we have in store! Following Iain's recommendation a few weeks back, Rob has now caught up with HBO's The Night Of (currently airing on Sky Atlantic) and so we get into that a little more. Marcus has been checking out the first season of CBS's Zoo on Netflix and speaking of the streaming giant, Rob is going gaga over both Baz Luhrman's period H...

It's another cinema extravaganza this week, kicking off with a couple of horror movies, the first of which - The Conjuring 2 - we may have mentioned before. Lights Out is the new kid in town though, with a neat gimmick at it's core that might be too novel to truly scare. We've also seen Gervais' new David Brent film, the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles flick, the movie the Duffer Brothers made be...

It's another movie orgy this week as we celebrate some of the final arrivals of a long mediocre summer. Kicking off, no less, with Seth Rogan's Sausage Party, which Rob was in no way intoxicated enough to appreciate. Then there's Duncan Jones' surprisingly alright Warcraft adaptation, Disney's continuing efforts to reproduce their animated back catalogue with The Jungle Book and Pete's Dragon and...