The #NOTwatching Podcast

It's been a fairly slow few weeks for TV and Movie news, but we've cherry-picked a few highlights anyway. First up there's the news that we knew would happen anyway: Netflix would have been mad not to renew Stranger Things! At the other end of the scale, do we really need another 3 seasons of Homeland? It seems Showtime are happy to ride another great show into the dirt, just as they did with Dext...

On this week's exceptionally well-timed #NOTwatching Podcast we're talking about the latest film in the 50 year franchise, the loss of both Leonard Nimoy and more recently and shockingly, Anton Yelchin, whose work in the recent Green Room would be rude not to mention, which also featured a certain Mr. Patrick Stewart in an uncharacteristically evil role. It's all come gloriously full circle. Happy...

As the Summer TV season begins to wind down, we discuss some of the highlights, kicking off with Netflix's 80's nostalgia-fest, Stranger Things, which has become something of a cultural phenomenon since it was released a couple months back. Then there's the return of the critically acclaimed Mr. Robot, the third season of the increasingly poignant Bojack Horseman and HBO's striking procedural, The...

It's been almost a decade since Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass decided to step away from the Bourne franchise. Who could blame them? 'Supremacy' was a series high point which practically redefined the action genre and 'Ultimatum' closed out the trilogy perfectly. Of course, the studio wasn't going to leave it there, so we got the tangential 'Legacy' a few years back (which Rob still hasn't seen) -...

It's a 'leagues' big show this week as we kick things off with Rob's review of Suicide Squad before delving into all the news and trailers from this year's San Diego Comic Con! Even if the DCU has been stumbling a bit so far, there's plenty to look forward to in what was shown of Wonder Woman and the Justice League, while Marvel have Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, Spiderman: Homeco...

It's part 1 of our Summer Blockbuster Marathon this week, as we talk about some of the biggest and most unwanted sequels of the year! It's not all doom and gloom though - Tale of Tales seemingly came out of nowhere to be Rob's favourite movie of the year so far and Shane Black's The Nice Guys was a really funny buddy cop movie that nobody went to see! All this & more on a particularly movie-packed...

It's been off the air a few weeks now, but this is the earliest opportunity we've had to discuss those final couple of episodes of season 6 in any great depth. And what a couple of episodes they were, tying up plot arcs that had been going on for years and setting the stage for what looks like only 13 more episodes over a final two seasons. We're gonna have to wait for them too, since it seems Win...

After quietly chuckling to himself about the amount of shows CBS axed the other day at Marcus and Iain's expense, Rob gets a well earned comeuppance: both Penny Dreadful and the woefully short-lived Vinyl will not be returning in 2017. Both shows have ended under quite different circumstances, but will both be sorely missed. It's not all doom and gloom though - AMC's Preacher has been renewed, it...

It's another kitchen sink episode of the #NOTwatching Podcast this week as we delve into the last few months of TV highlights, including Robert 'The Walking Dead' Kirkman's Outcast, the zombie antithesis that is iZombie, Maria Bamford's bizarre comedy vehicle, Lady Dynamite & a whole bunch more! Outcast http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4229954/ Fear the Walking Dead http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3743822/...

Even as I type these words I find it hard to believe that Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon's seminal work has finally made it to the screen, but here we are, almost halfway through the first season of AMC's Preacher. The question is then, has it all been worth it? On this week's show we'll be sharing our thoughts on the first two episodes of Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg & Sam Caitlin's take on the material...

On this week's show we're discussing the latest instalment in Bryan Singer's second-time-round on the X-Men franchise and one of many Superhero movies gracing our cinema screens in 2016. So where does this one fit in? It's a tricky tightrope to walk when you're retreading ground previously trodden not only by the genre and this particular series, but by the same director too! On this week's #NOTwa...

After the recent episode, there can be no doubt that this season of Game of Thrones is not only an improvement on last year's, but quite possibly the best season of television EVER. But how did we get here? We weren't quite up to date at the time of our last recording so on this week's show we'll be discussing Episode 3 - 7 of season 6 of Game of Thrones, including the return of another well-loved...

On this week's #NOTwatching Podcast we catch up on a few bits of news that have occurred over the past few weeks, including ABC's cancelocalype, the new Hans Solo casting, a potential Captain Marvel casting and whole bunch more! ABC cancels everything http://www.tv.com/shows/castle/community/post/canceled-marvels-agent-carter-castle-the-family-the-muppets-abc-146309376283/ Designated Survivor http...

On this week's #NOTwatching Podcast we mop up a few of the less zeitgeisty shows from the past few months, including the final season of Cinemax's Banshee, the second season of Netflix's controversially hilarious Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the strange online-only curiosity of Louis C K's Horace & Pete. Better Call Saul http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3032476/ Banshee http://www.imdb.com/title/tt201...

We're deep into season 6 of Game of Thrones now and so far it's been quite a step-up from last year's Dorne compromised slow-burn, despite the show now being controversially ahead of the books. Obviously the first couple of episodes were helped out by the fate of a certain character, but you can't argue it's nice to have some real drama before the the final third of the season. At the time of reco...

It's been a while since it happened, but we only recently had the chance to sit down and thrash out who we thought might have received the wrong end of Negan's barbed baseball bat, Lucille, on the season 6 finale of The Walking Dead. We also revisit the Stephen King adaptation 11.22.63 which is currently airing on Fox UK and there might even be a couple of movie reviews if you hang around after th...

On this week's #NOTwatching Podcast we're catching up on a bunch of Film and TV news from the past few weeks including the trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (here we go again, already! etc :)), some more inspired casting decisions at Disney, an update on James Cameron's multiple Avatar sequels and maybe, just maybe... a Dredd sequel/series on Netflix? We can but dream... First Rogue One Tra...

We were toying with doing some kind of centennial celebration for our 100th episode. Something a little outside our usual output, but when we weighed it up, we really couldn't think of anything better than a timely celebration of one of our favourite cinematic topics while one of the best entries in the series is out in cinemas. You've probably heard by now that Captain America: Civil War is an ab...

After such a colossal performance from Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk in season 1, it was a relief when we heard that Jon Bernthal would be taking up the mantle of Frank Castle AKA The Punisher for season 2. How did it all pan out though? How was Elodie Yung as Elektra? And just how many Ninjas were in those final few episodes? On this week's #NOTwatching Podcast we spoil the hell out of Season...

When it comes to period ultra-violence you need not look any further than Black Sails and/or Vikings, both of which are currently airing on Amazon Video. Both shows are now well into their 3rd and 4th seasons and are maturing quite nicely it must be said. While Black Sails flirts with history, it's really a mash-up of Robert Louis Stevenson lore. Vikings however is much more true to it's historic...

On this week's show we smash through some recent and not to so recent movie releases, including Dexter Fletcher's third feature, a biopic of the infamous Olympic Ski Jumper, starring Taron Egerton & Hugh Jackman. Then there's Dan Trachtenberg's debut, 10 Cloverfield Lane, a Horror double bill of sorts in The Forest & Goodnight Mommy,... oh and Marcus finally weighs in on the Hateful Eight. It's al...

It's been a bit slow on the news front recently, at least so far as proper juicey discussion worthy topics go anyway... there was the announcement that Harrison Ford & Spielberg will be back for another crack of the Indy whip though, as well as some interesting bits of casting news for Ready Player One and a potential Tomb Raider movie reboot. All this & more on a slightly thin news-roundup #NOTwa...

On this week's show we're talking about some of the best shows we've seen over the first few weeks of 2016, kicking off of course, with Fox's resurrection of the X-Files. Then there's the Scorcese/Jagger collaboration of Vinyl, the Bad Robot adaptation of Stephen King's 11.22.63 and the return of old favourites, The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul & lots more besides! It's a proper old-school 'What...

There's no denying a certain other Superhero movie may be sucking up all the oxygen in the room this week, but unlike that particular juggernaut, opinion about Deadpool has been universally positive. After a bit of a false start in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds' ceaseless determination in bringing the Merc with the Mouth to the big screen has finally paid off, with a movie that's as loya...

We've let the news stack up a bit so far this year, so consider this something of a first quarter wrap-up! To no great surprise there's a bit of a Star Wars update, we've also got news on a Dark Tower adaptation that might actually happen, some surprising developments in the Pacific Rim & Cloverfield monster franchises and a whole mess of TV news: Who will helm the new Star Trek show? How will 24...