The Oz Network - TV & Film Recaps

It's time to dust off those gloves and get ready for our latest spoiler free review as we bring you thoughts on Creed III. Who decided to boycott seeing this because of the absence of Sylvester Stallone? What makes this story the one time it's okay for Rocky to not be involved? What new tricks does Michael B. Jordan bring to the series as a first time Director? Why is the timeline of the Creed ser...

BRENDAN FRASER WON AN OSCAR! That's all you need to know about this episode. Just listen to it, because it's a beautiful day to be alive! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

An incredible episode of not only 24 coming your way today but television in general as we recap the 20th episode of season 4 of 24 , 2am-3am . How awesome is this episode? How important is this episode? How incredible are both Kiefer Sutherland and Kim Raver in this episode? How incredible is Dennis Haysbert in this episode? Is this the most Presidential Palmer has ever been in this show and he’s...

We're back to talk about the great movie basketball legend Woody Harrelson in his return to the sports genre, Champions. Why is Woody Harrelson so good at everything he does? Is this the most predictable and formulaic sports film ever made? Is it saved by great representation of the athletes? Why is the representation of Canadian weather so terrible? And why are we so often distracted by the stree...

We’ve been a busy show over the last 10 days bringing you reviews of each of the 10 Oscars Best Picture nominees and today we bring it to a close by going over the epic movie that is Elvis once more and also giving our predictions for each of the Oscars categories for the 2023 ceremony! How much better does this movie get on a rewatch? How pumped are we for Austin Butler and would we be okay if he...

Another day, another Oscars review as we take a look at the latest war epic to get nominated for Best Picture, All Quiet on the Western Front . How do we feel about this movie? Is it another good war movie or have we seen better? Why do we like the perspective of this film being around the Germans? Does Ben need to get some better War history? How amazing is Felix Kammerer? How amazing is Daniel B...

It’s another Oscar review and an episode to get your shape into not happy as we review Triangle of Sadness . How amazing is this movie? How surprised were we at how amazing this movie is? Is this movie a better version of Parasite ? How robbed was Dolly de Leon of an Oscar nomination? How robbed was Woody Harrelson of an Oscar nomination? Is this movie just three movies all in one? Does this movie...

Another Oscars Best Picture movie review for 2023 is here as we look closely at the next nominated film, Tár . Did Colin get it right about Ben’s thoughts on this film? How incredible is Cate Blanchett in this movie? How does this movie so seamlessly work when covering the subject of cancel culture? Does this movie make us want to listen to classical music? Does it make us want to go to the Philip...

Another 24 episode to come to your ears today as we recap the 19th episode of season 4, 1am-2am . Are we glad this is an improvement from last week? Can we forgive Chloe killing someone or is this one of the worst things we have ever seen in 24 ? How amazing once again is Gregory Itzin? Would he prefer to have him as President over Joe Biden? Why does Joe Biden want to goooooooooooooooooooooooooo?...

It’s time for our latest Oscars review episode as we take a closer look at the latest Steven Spielberg film, The Fabelmans . Is this just a vanity project that shouldn’t have existed or is it too entertaining not to get behind? Why are glad to see Steven Spielberg doing a film like this? Why was Paul Dano robbed of an Oscar for this film? How do we feel about the unique ending? Are the cliche bits...

Get pumped for our latest Oscars Best Picture review as we look at the very interesting film, The Banshees of Inisherin . Why are we excited to talk about this film? Do we need to count all our fingers this time around? How can such a simple movie be so entertaining on so many levels? How great is Colin Farrell and would we be okay with him beating Brendan Fraser to the Oscar? How shocked are we t...

It’s an exciting one today with our Oscars review series as we move into looking at the next Best Picture nominee for 2023, the epic film that is Top Gun: Maverick . How much do we love this film? Seriously, do we love it too much? Do we just spend an hour talking about how much we love it? Can we say we love it even more? Why do we just want to watch it again right now? In fact, why are you readi...

It’s time for a TV review as we are joined by special guest Casey Howren to review season 5 of the Netflix juggernaut that is Formula 1: Drive to Survive. What are our views on the show in general? Do we enjoy the fact this show has made F1 even bigger or is it a bad thing? Which storylines from the 2022 F1 season were missing that we’re sad about? Which storylines were shown that we are happy abo...

It’s the movie that has everyone talking heading into the Oscars in 2023 and now we’re the ones talking about it as we give our Oscars review on the epic film that is Everything Everywhere All at Once . How excited is Colin to talk about this movie nearly a year after seeing it? How amazing is Michelle Yeoh? How amazing is Ke Huy Quan? How amazing is this film at depicting a multiverse? Is this th...

The third ever Australian Survivor Hall of Fame has come and gone, and once again we thought it would be an appropriate time to go over each of the inductees with some of the expert panel who helped put them there! How tough was this year and how close was this year? How did the voting process turn out compared to other years? What were the biggest surprises of people who didn’t make it? And how w...

An Oscar review episode coming down your speakers today as we hear from two men talking about Women Talking . Is this review going to be super divisive? What is the big Canadian connection to this movie? Why is Ben confused about the religion depicted in this film? Are there actors in this movie that don’t actually appear as much as we think they do? Should we like Ben Wishaw as much as we do in a...

It’s been a few years since we’ve taken a look at every single Best Picture nominee for the Oscars individually but WE’RE BACK to do exactly that! Over the next 10 days we’ll bring you a mini-review of each of the ten films up for the big gong at the 2023 Oscars, and today we’re kicking it off with that film we already have looked at and thought…meh… Avatar: The Way of Water . Why do we really not...

Get yourself excited for another MCU movie as we bring you our latest SPOILER FREE REVIEW by going over Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantimania . Do we enjoy this movie more so than some people out there seemingly are? How enamoured are we by Jonathan Majors? Does Evangeline Lilly even appear in this movie? How great is Michelle Pfeiffer in this movie? How great is Kathryn Newton in this movie? Are the...

It’s getting to the pointy end of season 4 of 24 and we’re back to bring you another recap as we go over episode 18, 12am-1am . Can we make it through this episode and be nice? Is this one of the most poorly written episodes in the history of the series? Does Gregory Itzin save it from being worse? Why is everyone seemingly phoning it in this episode? Are we excited to see Evan Handler? And what e...

It’s time to close out our third ever DCEU month by bringing you the most recent DCEU film that makes us all very happy with the cast and recapping 2022’s Black Adam ! How do we feel about this movie now a few months later after all the controversy around The Rock? Is Viola Davis better than The Rock? How do we feel about all the slomo now? Does anything with Pierce Brosnan just become great no ma...

With Air Force One down, what on earth will happen this week? Well you’re about to find out as you listen to our latest 24 recap as we go into episode 17 of season 4, 11pm-12am ! Why is this episode so fun? Should this episode be hated by us but it just isn’t? Why are there so many plot holes that we seemingly don’t care about? Why is there one of the best Jack Bauer one-liners in this episode and...

Another DCEU movie recap is here as we move into our penultimate recap for the month by looking at the 2021 hit that was The Suicide Squad ! Does this movie get better the more you watch it? How does this compare to the original film? How glad are we that Pete Davidson gets killed off so quickly? How glad are we that Jai Courtney gets killed off so quickly? Does Colin listen to Ben about titles? W...

A massive episode of 24 coming your way today as we recap an absolute classic by looking at the 16th episode of season 4, 10pm-11pm . How epic is this episode? Does this episode deserve more credit than simply what happens at the end? Were the deleted scenes from this episode needed? How great is the action and the shootout? What do we think of not Terri the FBI agent? Are we sad about Hart being...

An absolute treat dropping for you today as we bring you a SPECIAL SURPRISE INTERVIEW with an icon of not only The Oz Network but cinema in general as we chat with the legendary Greg Sestero about his extraordinary career, latest movie and of course, THE ROOM ! Greg talks about just why he is visiting Sydney to showcase his new film Miracle Valley and what we can expect from this movie. He also ta...

It’s time to continue our third DCEU month as we move into the movie the internet wanted forever and finally got, 2021’s Zack Snyder’s Justice League ! Can we get this movie done in less than the runtime of the movie itself? Why are we still so happy this movie exists, even when we are the only people on the planet who liked the original version? Are we horny for Aquaman and want to sniff his smel...