The Oz Network - TV & Film Recaps

Grab your sunscreen and prep your mud mask as we have one of the most relaxing episodes of the season to recap. Jarrod and Rossi chat about one the most infamous episodes in the entire seasons as we check in with the eliminated contestants and see how they’re feeling after their eliminations. We chat about the amazing trio of Katie and Sadie and Noah, comment on all the stunts and comments Izzy pu...

RENE RUSSO MONTH is back for another film, as we get a little bit Eddie Murphy up in here by looking at the 2002 movie Showtime ! Is this movie really that bad? Why do we feel Rene is wasted in this film? Does Eddie Murphy seemingly get a bad wrap for his movies like no other actor? Is Robert De Niro good in comedy roles or should he stick to the more serious ones? Why could this movie have been g...

Better grab a friend because you’ll want to grab a partner for this episode recap of Total Drama Island. Rossi and Jarrod talk praise on the awesome pairings that come as a result of this three part, three-armed challenge, give their best woo hoo, and try and remember the elimination order of the season. We also comment on the excess of Eva heads, question the votes for the elimination, and talk a...

We are clocking in to cover a brand-new competition reality show that shows us who is Tough as Nails. Jarrod, Rossi, and Colin discuss Phil Keoghan’s new show that has us wanting more; we dive into the lackluster challenges, critique the idea of naming your team ‘dirty hands’, and try our hand at creating new thematic twists to add to the show. We also get frustrated with the contestants’ desire t...

Another week of RENE RUSSO MONTH is here as we go back to the year that was 1992 to look at a little movie called Freejack that we’re sure is set to excite all our listeners! Just what happens in this movie? Can we work out what the plot is? Or what is going on through most of it? Why is Rene so good in this film even though she is kind of wasted? How does she never age? How great is it to talk ab...

I hope you have you brought your net, because we have a wild episode recap for you. Jarrod and Rossi are back to discuss all things wild animals and unexpected alliances; we dive into the animal themed challenge, hype up this new alliance, and praise all things to do with the tranquilizer gun. We also comment on how close we are to the end of the season, question the new punishment aspect to the c...

A special episode drop for you today as we bring you a ‘surprise’ interview with the legendary Survivor Hall of Famer Ethan Zohn about his time on Winners At War and just what the experience was like coming back to play Survivor after a 16 year gap! Ethan chats about just how the experience was for him, whether or not the ‘old school vs new school’ really was a thing as well as talking about pre-g...

IT’S FINALLY HERE! The greatest month you will EVER know drops TODAY as we bring you RENE RUSSO MONTH! YAY! And what better way to start this off then by combining the QUEEN Rene Russo with the KING of Pierce Brosnan as we take a closer look at the 1999 film The Thomas Crown Affair ! Just why is this movie so sexy? Seriously, it’s just pure sexy! Is Pierce Brosnan more attractive in this movie tha...

What is this strange thing?!?! A MOVIE REVIEW!?!?!? WHAT ON EARTH?!?! In this wild world we live in that is 2020, it is a rare commodity to be able to do such a thing as a movie review, but we are to do exactly that as we bring you a special ‘crossover’ episode between our sister show EurOzvision and The Oz Network in reviewing the new Netflix Eurovision movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of...

You've been spoilt for choice with interviews recently on the show and now it's time to be spoilt once more as we sit down with the legendary Kevin Tighe to chat about his career and most importantly his epic role on Lost that had so many people despising him as one of the biggest villains the show ever saw! Just why has Kevin never done an interview about Lost before? How did he manage to get the...

ANNIVERSARY MONTH is still here, as we bring you the newest movie on our list this year and recap the 2000 Keanu Reeves film The Replacements! Why are we so excited to cover this film? Can we enjoy this movie even though really it has so many problems? Why is Keanu Reeves just so damn likeable? How is the cast of this movie not praised more for just how good it is? Why isn't Orlando Jones more of...

Are you missing The Amazing Race? Are you missing The Olympics? In the absence of both this Summer, we bring you an interview with The Amazing Race Canada host, and Olympic Gold Medalist from 2010 Skeleton, the one and only Jon Montgomery! How did Jon break into such an insane sport in his 20s, make it on Team Canada, and go onto win the Gold medal? How did he end up as host of The Amazing Race Ca...

Our Third Watch fans are in for a treat today as we sit down and chat with one of the more memorable guest stars from the earlier seasons in the incredible Eva LaRue! In this great chat, Eva talks about her brief role on the show and tries to learn just why we talked her up so damn much during her stint on the show! Eva also goes into detail about working on daytime TV and why it is so much fun. S...

It's time for our latest ANNIVERSARY MONTH movie, as we go back to 1980 to celebrate 40 years of one of the most iconic comedies of all time Airplane! Just how are we going to recap this movie when it's just constant jokes and laughs the whole time? Can we come up with enough one liners that we will laugh at? Why is Leslie Nielsen just so damn good in this film? Why are Robert Hays and Julie Hager...

Everyone is back to slash and scream our way through the scariest recap of the season on Total Drama Island. Are we still too shaken up from the Lindsay in previous weeks to fully appreciate this episode? How does this episode nail the horror film genre so perfectly? How does this episode fail in the comedy execution when getting so many things right? Why does the latest "vote-out" feel like a cop...

We're excited to bring you an interview today with an actress with a stellar career and one our Nip/Tuck fans just might recognise from her very memorable guest role during the third season of the show, the one and only Rebecca Metz! In this great interview, Rebecca chats about THAT role on Nip/Tuck, as well as some of her other amazing roles throughout her career! We find out just how she landed...

Another week of ANNIVERSARY MONTH is here, as we once again celebrate the 30th anniversary of a film by looking at the romantic classic that is Ghost from 1990. Is this movie really that romantic? Why on earth was Patrick Swayze a thing? Why on earth was Demi Moore a thing? Why is Whoopi Goldberg so awesome? Which random actor from a James Bond movie do we appreciate so much in this film? Is the p...

We are back and here to cover the best #%!& episode of the season. Jarrod and Rossi cover the most unfair episode in all of television history; we discuss the #%!& crazy twists that come this challenge, wonder what #%!& happens to Izzy and LeShawna, and praise the return of our favorite #%!& #%!& bird. And all of this ends with an amazing #%!& recap of the most intense #%!&...

It's time to begin one of our favourite months of the year as we get into ANNIVERSARY MONTH and celebrate films that are celebrating significant anniversaries in 2020! We kick things off with our tenth Arnold Schwarzenegger movie we have covered on this show, the 1990 hit Kindergarten Cop! Is this movie way darker than we remembered? How do we find so many different Arnie lines in his movies that...

After taking some time off after the last controversial episode, we are back with the Total Drama Island coverage. Jarrod and Rossi sit down to chat about one of the most fun episodes of the season; we talk about how great of an episode this was for Chris, mentally prepare the listeners for the extra exciting episode coming up next, and in a shock turn of events, praise Owen for having a funny mom...

We've had disease, we've had blindfolds, we've had climate change, but now it's time to really ramp up our END OF THE WORLD MONTH with some epic world destruction and recap the 2009 disaster epic that is 2012! Why is this movie the be all and end all of peak movie? Can Colin & Ben even remotely try and explain just what the plot is and what on earth is going on? Does Roland Emmerich need some...

It's time to once again get into another END OF THE WORLD movie as we move into the newest movie we're covering this month, the 2018 hit Bird Box! Does this movie live up to the hype a couple of years later? How much do we love Sandra Bullock? Can we enjoy this movie even though there are so many issues with it? How amazing is BD Wong and why are we excited to make him finally happen in Hollywood...

The biggest season in the history of Survivor has drawn to a close and it's time to bring it all to an end with one final recap as Ben & Colin sit down and chat everything that happened in the finale and season in general! What did the guys think of the episode? Are they in awe that the winner of this season actually won? Is the winner now the greatest player of all time? What about the other...

So big did our planned finale of Winners At War recap episode turn out with our special Marquesas reunion that we decided it was important to make it a separate episode for you to enjoy! And here is that very episode for you to enjoy! We have brought together 12 contestants from the fourth season of Survivor Marquesas in one epic reunion and the first time they have all been together since Rosie O...

We are super pumped today to be able to bring you exit interviews with the final 3 of Survivor Winners At War! You'll hear from each of the contestants who had a chance to speak in front of the jury and make their case to become a two-time winner of Survivor, with the third place finisher, runner-up and of course winner of the season all joining us to chat about their time on the show! So sit back...