The #NOTwatching Podcast

Another year, another Oscars. Awards season is officially over - and while we didn't watch the ceremony itself, we've been following the nominations quite closely, making predictions and being equally surprised and elated by the winners. It's all about those golden statues on this week's #NOTwatching Oscars Special! Oscar Winners 2016 http://oscar.go.com/news/winners/oscar-winners-2016-see-the-com...

Here it is at last - our final piece of end of the year/start of the year coverage: our preview of what TV to watch in 2016, which is hot on the heels of several shows we mention that have already started! With new seasons of Better Call Saul, Vikings & The Walking Dead already airing and great new entries like HBO's Vinyl and Stephen King's Hulu exclusive 11.22.63, it's looking like 2016 is gonna...

OK. We're almost in March now. We Get it. We had to get all that 2015 business out of the way first though! And all those Oscar-bait movies out at the moment are arguably from last year anyway. There's Deadpool I guess - that's where we start pretty much, the first of many much anticipated superhero movies, albeit one that likely has more wit and charm in it's little finger than 2.5 po-faced hours...

And so, we finally make it to our final piece of 2015 coverage and the one that is probably most important to the soul of this show: Our favourite TV shows of the past 12 months. There's a fair amount of crossover in choices, despite Marcus filling Jon's shoes this time around, but there are also a few surprises too - and we hope we can help you navigate through the peaks and valleys of binge TV b...

We're into February 2016 now, but we're still celebrating 2015. It's still Awards Season though, so this week we're discussing our TV runners up, including the controversial second season of True Detective, the very notable (if not as great as it could have been) Man in the High Castle & some shows that most definitely did not come out last year, but are aging pretty well all the same. All this &...

For the next few weeks the #NOTwatching Podcast is going to be summing up 2015 in Movies & TV. There were some truly great movies out last year and some new TV shows that we'll likely be watching for years to come. 2015 wasn't without it's fair share of disappointments though, which is what we'll be looking at this week, if you'll excuse us this morbid indulgence... Jurassic World http://www.imdb....

We'll be beginning our Best of 2015 coverage next week, but before that we have one more episode actually from 2015 to share with you, this time regarding a couple of cool new Horror Shows. First up there's the Officially Raimi-sanctioned and Bruce Campbell starring 'Lega-canon-sequel' Ash Vs Evil Dead, which resurrects the old gorey franchise into bite-sized TV episode form. And while we're on th...

It's a brand new year, but we're still catching up on TV from the end of 2015! On this week's show we discuss the latest season of FX's epic crime caper, Fargo, the final season of British Comedy, Peep Show & the return of HRG & Co in Heroes Reborn. It's another TV-packed #NOTwatching Podcast! Fargo http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802850/ Peep Show http://www.channel4.com/programmes/peep-show Heroes...

If there was ever a time to get your teeth into a new streaming TV(?) series then it would have to be this festive period and while the lions share of media interest was on Marvel & Netflix's Jessica Jones back in November, Amazon chose the same day to put out their own eagerly awaited genre-buster. Based on Philip K. Dick's novel, The Man in the High Castle is set in an alternative history where...

If you haven't seen the new Star Wars movie yet and don't want to be spoiled, then please, move along now and go about your business, because we really aren't holding back in this episode. MASSIVE SPOILERS from almost the very start of this episode as the full cast of the #NOTwatching Podcast embark on some serious post Force Awakens therapy. You have been warned... Star Wars: The Force Awakens ht...

It's difficult to think, let alone read, speak or listen to/about anything that isn't set a long time ago in a galaxy far far away this week, but we'll have our thoughts on that next week when more people have had a chance to see it. In the meantime, listen on to this week's #NOTwatching Podcast for our thoughts on Marvel & Netflix's 2nd bite of the Big Apple, Jessica Jones. Spoiler: we liked it a...

On this week's show we discuss some recent TV news, including all the fuss about the poster for Season 6 of Game of Thrones, the first teaser trailer for AMC's Preacher and some exciting casting news for The Walking Dead. All this and more on another topically TV orientated #NOTwatching Podcast! Game of Thrones Season 6 Poster https://twitter.com/GameOfThrones/status/668821378544570368/photo/1?ref...

The world might be on the brink of a new Star Wars movie, but let's not forget Disney's other trump card and the first Marvel blockbuster for 2016, Captain America: Civil War, based on the infamous comic-book arc and featuring a cast of characters that gives the last Avengers movie a run for it's money. Downey Jr & Evans went on Kimmel to drop the first trailer last week so here's what we thought...

There's no question that this latest season of the never-ending zombie drama had some of it's strongest opening episodes to date. It's also made a few mistakes though, one of which had to be the handling of a certain character's fate. It's all been cleared up since we had this brief discussion, which took place in the wake of Episode 3. Iain still hasn't finished season 5 so it's not that spoileri...

In the last few months we've been utterly spoiled by some genre cinema from true legends of the medium. On this week's #NOTwatching Podcast we take a look at Guillermo Del Toro's tragically mis-marketed Crimson Peak and Ridley Scott's The Martian, widely regarded to be his greatest film in years! Crimson Peak http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2554274/ The Martian http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/ Con...

It's a bumper news edition of the show this week, kicking off with our thoughts on the final Star Wars - The Force Awakens trailer. There's also a whole mess of Marvel news, a bunch of sequel announcements (for good or ill) and even a bit of TV news, including several dubious sexpositions for HBO's upcoming Westworld. All this and more on another news-packed #NOTwatching Podcast! Final Force Awake...

USA's sleeper hit of the year finally debuted in the UK earlier this month on Amazon, so we thought enough people might have caught up on it by now for us to share our thoughts in spoilerific detail. Overall we're really quite positive on the show, despite it's blatant plagiarism (tribute?) in some areas. Anyway, we didn't go on for too long, so if you're up to speed this week's #NOTwatching Podca...

If for some obscure reason you aren't watching one of the 20 million TV shows that just kicked off the annual Fall/Autumn tidal wave of indoors entertainment, then we have some recommendations for you! If you fell behind on Homeland, got sick of The Walking Dead or simply have such bad taste that the excellent Fargo does nothing for you, then why not try the historical crime biopic, Narcos on Netf...

On this week's TV News-centric show: Game of Thrones wins loads of awards, AMC's Preacher adaptation gets a full series order, Clarkson & Co get far more money than they should really be allowed to make their Amazon show, Sense 8 gets a second season and Charlie Brooker is on the money more than ever before. All this and more on another somewhat timely(ish) #NOTwatching Podcast! Game of Thrones wi...

On this week's show we pay tribute to the late great Wes Craven, discuss the latest Star Wars news from Disney's (kinda) recent D23 event & attempt to figure out what went wrong with Josh Trank and his car-crash of a Fantastic Four movie. All this and more on another movie news edition of the #NOTwatching Podcast! Wes Craven dies http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wes-craven-horror-maestro-dies...

On this week's #NOTwatching Podcast, we were so curious and frustrated that the biggest TV show of the year wasn't available to watch legally in the UK yet that we all decided to take a trip to see our friends in the USA who had the whole thing on demand so we could watch it*. These are the lengths we go to dear listener, to make sure we're only informing you about the very best in TV, no matter w...

Some enjoyed the light relief of Orange is the New Black's third season after the arch-nemesis theme of season 2, while others struggled with it's slower pace. Whichever way you lean, you cannot deny the quality of writing and acting in the show. On this week's #NOTwatching Podcast we finally give Netflix's spiritual successor to Prisoner Cell Block H it's dues, discuss the final season of NBC's H...

We've been holding this one back for a couple of months now so we could be more timely with our news and summer blockbuster focussed episodes, but anyway, here it is at last: our conversation about some of the hottest TV shows of the summer. First up, there's the recently renewed J. Michael Straczynski & Wachowski powered Sense8 on Netflix, which manages to cross international, cultural and sexual...

Time for another TV news update, including the 2015 Emmy Nominations, more casting announcements for the 2nd season of Daredevil & some more speculation on Clarkson & Co's amazing Amazon deal. All this & more on another news-stuffed #NOTwatching Podcast! Game of Thrones up for 24 Emmys http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/16/entertainment/emmy-nominations-2015-list-feat/ Casting News - Max Von Sydow & I...

It seems a long time since this year's San Diego Comic Con now and that's probably because it is, but this show was recorded a few weeks ago and was our first chance to talk about all the big things that went down then. Star Wars more than made up for Marvel's absence, DC brought out the big guns with both Batman Vs Superman & Suicide Squad, while Tarantino had some interesting things to say as ab...