The Oz Network - TV & Film Recaps

We’re super pumped to bring you a special interview today for our Lost fans as we chat with the man with many names and one lab coat, François Chau! François gives us a great insight into his esteemed career, from his beginnings voicing a character in animation, right through to playing ‘dad roles’ on TV today. He also talks about how Hollywood has changed for Asian actors since he has been workin...

Another week of ANNIVERSARY MONTH is here as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of one fun, underrated movie that isn’t a Ghostbusters movie in any way, Evolution ! Why is this movie seemingly forgotten about? How amazing is Orlando Jones? Will Ben be able to sway Colin on his opinion of David Duchovny? Why on earth does Julianne Moore have to be so clumsy and so wasted? Is this movie just a tad to...

It’s now time for our annual ANNIVERSARY MONTH where we celebrate four films celebrating a certain anniversary each year! This week we kick things off by celebrating the 15th anniversary of a movie highly regarded by both genders alike, The Devil Wears Prada ! Why do both Ben & Colin like this movie more than they think they should? Is Anne Hathaway the true villain of this movie? How amazing...

Our first month of the year is drawing to a close as we wrap up our second ever AUSTRALIA V CANADA month with a Canadian movie that we feel everybody should see, the 2001 thriller that is Treed Murray . How great is this movie? Why is it forgotten about when it is so good? Are parks in Toronto really that dangerous? How is this movie so good at making us love all the characters but hate them at th...

As we continue AUSTRALIA V CANADA month it’s time to get maybe the most Australian we can possibly get by going over the iconic 1986 movie that is Crocodile Dundee . Does this movie hold up at all 35 years later? Do we feel this movie represents Australia correctly or is it a bit too much? Is Linda Kozlowski underrated as an actress? Does this movie sell Australia well? Is this movie really that o...

Another week of AUSTRALIA V CANADA month is here as we get all Canadian by looking at one weird as heck movie that is regarded as one of the greatest Canadian movies of all time, Dead Ringers from 1988. What the hell is this movie? What do we think of Jeremy Irons? Can we make any sense of it? Why does Colin like this movie more than Ben? Is Ben just dumb? Is Colin just smart? Is this movie as dir...

It’s time for our first month of recaps for 2021 and we’re bringing back a popular month from last year as we once again go AUSTRALIA V CANADA month in looking at two classic Aussie films and two classic Canadian films to get you excited over the next four weeks! We kick things off today with a closer look at the severely underrated Aussie comedy that nobody seems to remember already, the 2018 fil...

We’re back for another SPOILER FREE movie review from another movie that is actually a 2020 movie but we managed to watch in 2021, as we go over the second Gerard Butler end of the world movie and the first actual good one in Greenland . Why has Ben finally turned around on Gerard Butler? Why did taking a different angle on a standard end of the world movie actually work? Would this movie have wor...

Welcome to 2021 and welcome to our first review of the year as we bring you a SPOILER review of the movie that we waited and waited and waited for and now might have some differing opinions on, Wonder Woman 1984! Which host absolutely loved this movie and the other just doesn’t know how they feel? Does this movie deserve all the hate it has been getting or is there more to it? Why is Gal Gadot so...

It’s time to close out a massive year of The Oz Network with our regular ‘Best Of’ episode to get you reminiscing about all the good, bad and other moments that have made this year so memorable! There are the moments that made you laugh, the moments that made you cringe, the moments that made you listen and the moments that made you wonder why you still listen. It’s all here and more! So sit back,...

It’s time to close out our Christmas month in style by looking at the 2003 movie that everybody loves, Elf ! Why are we sceptical of our opinion of this episode, and why has at least one host had their opinion changed? How amazing is Will Ferrell in this movie and how was he not nominated for any awards for it? How amazing is the cast overall? Does the fantasy world weirdly make too much sense? Wh...

Our penultimate Christmas recap is here as we look at the 2004 Ben Affleck movie that is…well…interesting… Surviving Christmas ! Why can we not actually fully hate this movie? Why do we appreciate Ben Affleck so much? Why do the other actors just sort of play roles that we don’t know what they’re meant to be? Is this movie too fast? What do we think of the girlfriend and is she really the bad guy...

A special episode today for something that we could simply not avoid talking about as we give you a SPOILER review of the finale of season 2 of The Mandalorian that is still having us be excited a few days later! Just why is this maybe the single best piece of Star Wars we’ve seen since Disney bought Lucasfilm? Which actors are Ben & Colin finally excited to talk about? Why has this show been...

Another Christmas movie to recap and this time we go back a bit further to 1998 to recap the…uh…interesting…movie that is Jack Frost starring Michael Keaton! Why does Ben not like this movie in the slightest? Why does Colin seemingly like it? Is Michael Keaton actually a really good dad? Is Charlie actually a little shit? Why are all kids in movies in the 90s called Charlie? Is this movie actually...

It’s been a few years since we covered the dreaded Star Wars Holiday Special so should we get our hopes up for anything better with the The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special? Well. Let’s find out shall we! Why is this episode not featuring a person that should’ve been on it? Can we appreciate the humour they were going for with this? Why aren’t there more references to the original holiday special? H...

It’s that time of the year where you get excited for all things Christmas, and for the first time in two years we are back for CHRISTMAS MONTH on The Oz Network as we kick things off with the 2000 classic and our first ever Jim Carrey movie we’ve covered on the show, How The Grinch Stole Christmas ! Is this movie just a tad overrated? Does it have a plot? Why can we forgive some of the sins becaus...

Christmas season begins as we do a Random Rewatch of Olive, The Other Reindeer, everyone's favourite 90s Matt Groening production that is not The Simpsons or Futurama. Can Rossi successfully sum up this animated special in 10 words or less? How clever is the dialogue for a kids Christmas special? Why is this so forgotten considering how notable the creative team was, combined with a cast that incl...

Finally, the month is coming to an end. Our MOVIES WE HATE month is about to close for good, and we close it off with another piece of trash that we really don’t want to talk about but alas, we are, in the 2019 movie we wasted so much time leading up to Terminator: Dark Fate. Why has this movie become worse apparently since we saw it a year ago? Why is Ben still so mad after the opening three minu...

The first ever Australian Survivor Hall of Fame has come and gone, and 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! Were each of the six people inducted the right ones? How did the voting process turn out? Were there any surprises of people who didn’t make it? And can we already look ahead to next year to try a...

Another week of MOVIES WE HATE month is here as we combine terrorism and weather in a plot that is as ridiculous as the film it happens in, with the 2017 ‘hit’ Geostorm . Is Gerard Butler worthy of being in a starring role? Why is he absolutely pointless to the plot? Does this movie even have a plot? Do we appreciate Abbie Cornish? Why is Richard Schiff even in this film? Why is there no destructi...

It’s another week of MOVIES WE HATE month by going deep and swimming with the bottomless void that is Jason Statham and the rest of the cast that makes up the 2018 turkey The Meg . How on earth did we ever possibly get excited for this movie? Does Jason Statham take down the rest of the cast’s acting ability throughout the film? Is the shark the best actor in the film? Who are the other actors? Wh...

It’s time to bring you our latest month and another month we have just thrown together for the sake of it, as we kick off MOVIES WE HATE month by looking at the absolute turkey and waste of time that is the 2019 ‘live action’ remake of The Lion King . Can Ben stomach to talk about this movie once again? Just how bad does Colin think this movie is? Why has this movie somehow gotten worse since we l...

Sadly we have reached the end of our epic BRENDAN FRASER MONTH but we are going to go out with a bang in recapping the 2000 underrated gem that is Bedazzled ! How on earth is Elizabeth Hurley not more of a thing? How incredible is the chemistry between Hurley and Fraser? Why wasn’t Brendan Fraser nominated for a Golden Globe for this movie? How is this movie so underappreciated and forgotten about...

It’s time for our first SPOILER FREE review in a while as Ben & Colin go over their take on Borat 2 (we ain’t giving the full title folks, it’s too long) and find out whether or not it’s worthy of a ‘very nice’ or just into the bin with a mankini. Do we feel this movie was necessary? Why is the joke not quite the same a second time around? Will Maria Bakalova become a star based on her role in...

Week three of BRENDAN FRASER MONTH is here and we’re here for the one movie nobody in the history of podcasts has probably ever talked about, the 1999 movie that is Dudley Do-Right! Why does Ben love this movie so much? Seriously, why does Ben love this movie so much? Can Colin appreciate anything from this movie or is he completely against it? Why is Eric Idle so brilliant? Why is Alfred Molina s...