The Periodic Table of Awesome Podcast

Evil Dead Burn Welcome back to the podcast where long-running franchises are lovingly dismembered, reanimated, and occasionally set on fire… This week, we’re diving chainsaw first? into Evil Dead Burn (2026), the sixth entry in Sam Raimi ’s gloriously gooey horror legacy . What began in 1981 as the original scrappy, cabin-in-the-woods nightmare has since morphed into a full-blown franchise of spla...

Supergirl This week we rocket headfirst into the second film of the new-ish DC Cinematic Universe ;  Supergirl , a character who’s been orbiting the DC universe since the Silver Age, occasionally stepping out from Superman ’s shadow to remind everyone that capes aren’t a boys-only club . Directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Milly Alcock alongside Eve Ridley , Matthias Schoenaerts , and Jason M...

Obsession & Backrooms This episode we bravely wander into dimly lit corridors so you don’t have to (you’re welcome). This week, we’re diving headfirst into the ever-growing creepypasta -to-big-screen pipeline with Obsession (2025) and Backrooms (2026)—two films that prove the internet’s “what if this goes horribly wrong?” energy is alive, well, and making a serious dent in our sleep schedule ....

Disclosure Day This week we are participating in riding the hype train for the new Steven Spielberg cultural touchstone “ Disclosure Day “. Following on from his classic alien encounter stories of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. and War of the Worlds this new film asks a different question entirely. And guess what? It’s or turn to disclose something to all of our lovely...

Masters of the Universe (2026) 450!!! Holy crap people!!! This is our 450th episode! and its about Masters of the Universe ! Thats a whole lot of Podcasting… For this momentous milestone we are doing what we do best: diving headlong in and compounding some Elements of Awesome into something great: this is us mixing in a half tonne of “‘ 80s nostalgia ” a few cups of “sweet ass toy-line ”and...

Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu The Mandalorian ( Pedro Pascal ) has taken the rocket powered leap from the small screen to the big screen and he’s brought his little green pal, baby Yod…. Ahem.. sorry… Grogu with him. It’s been 7 long years since Star Wars was in cinemas last, so here we are, finding out if this latest offering is worthy of being in “ the movies ” or if it’s ac...

Remarkably Bright Creatures This week’s pick isn’t a loud franchise sequel or a cinematic universe tentpole. Instead, it drifts in on quieter currents.  Remarkably Bright Creatures began life as a much‑loved novel , the kind that lives on bedside tables, book clubs, and “you should really read this” conversations. Its screen adaptation arrives via Netflix. It leans into reflective storytelling rat...

Mortal Kombat 2 It’s been 5 years since the last Mortal Kombat film was almost apologetically released onto our screens in a mid-covid streaming-first market. It was a moderate success at the time and folks were generally taken with the humour , the action beats and the relatively lore-accurate storyline. They were less interested in the new lead character Cole , who had never appeared in an...

Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord Star Wars has become an increasingly Televisual universe and who would have thought so many years ago, that animation would actually give us some of the most epic and anticipated match-ups the fandom has ever wanted. Maul: Shadow Lord is the latest animated offering from Lucasfilm this time exploring a part of the history we know very little about. And the machi...

April TV Roundup April is nearly finished and that means it’s time to check out what shows have come back onto our screens and see if they are kicking ass or limping over the finish line . We are looking into Monarc h: Legacy of Monsters ( Season 2 ) Daredevil : Born Again (Season 2) and For All Mankind (Season 5!!!?) Jill, Dion and Quinny are glued to the couch for this episode and they are...

Deadloch Season 2 Instead of a return to the sleepy seaside Tasmanian village of Deadloch , Season 2 of the hit show takes us right up the top end! With a cast of wonderfully weird characters , both new and old, crocodiles, bogans, dismemberment and a million creative ways to say “ it’s fuckin hot “, Deadloch proves that “ The Kates ” are a creative force to be reckon...

One Piece S2 Yo ho yo ho, a pirates life for me!! Are you ready return to the Grand Line with the Straw Hat Pirates as we set sail for Season 2 of One Piece : the hugely popular live action Netflix Anime adaptation . now It’s time for this podcast crew to see if the sophomore season is full speed ahead , more of the same, or a huge sucking whirlpool of crapola . Captain Jill is sailing away and is...

March Film and TV Roundup March is more than midway through so we thought it was time to check in on what folks have been watching ! Whether it’s TV shows like Scarpetta , DTF St Louis or Young Sherlock , or the film “ If I had Legs I would Kick You “…we have given it our attention, so you can make an informed choice on if you give it yours. The whole team is here for this...

Project Hail Mary Dion and Jill are the two team members who had braved the big dark scary abyss of space for our review of Project Hail Mary , so this one is very much a spoiler free look at the film and a whole bunch of “why you should definitely go see it!” Project Hail Mary is the new film based on the book of the same name by Andy Weir ; the author of the other wildly popular spac...

War Machine Join us for your government mandated propaganda film featuring giant robots and US Ranger training procedures aplenty. It’s War Machine on Netflix , not to be confused with War Machine (2017) on Netflix … (or War Machine , not on Netflix) in THIS ONE… During the final stage of US Army Ranger selection, an elite team ‘s training exercise turns into a fight for su...

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy In this new entry to the Star Trek canon we are boldly going , once again , to the far flung future and this time we are heading to the strange new world that is… high school ? In a beguiling move for the Star Trek franchise we have shifted focus from exploring the stars with highly competent adults to exploring the interpersonal drama of teenagers. Is it “Skins in spa...

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms HBO and George R.R. Martin aren’t done with us yet. We’re heading back to Westeros to follow a new kind of story . Gone are the multi-generational tales of Kings , Queens , Empires and Dragons; this time we’re focusing on a single Hedgeknight and the little boy who wants to be his squire. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms adapts the first of the novell...

Wonder Man In this episode we are getting our thesp on and flexing our character actor muscles with the latest slightly rehearsed and barely directed dramatic reading from the beloved theatrical powerhouse that is Marvel Studios . Wonder Man (which is in no way connected to Wonder Woman ) takes a sharp left turn in style and attitude from the usual Marvel fare . We follow two actors, desperate to...

Send Help We love Sam Raimi, whether he’s making the best Spider-man Movies , the best Dr Strange Movies , or the best damn Evil Dead Movies ever! Well now he’s turning his talents to a new story, something a little different from anything we have seen from him before. In Send Help ,  Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien are co-workers stranded on a deserted island after a horrific p...

Podcast 435 – January ’26 Movie and TV Roundup We are almost an entire month into 2026 so its about time for us to release a new podcast ! In this show we are essentially doing our “ What did you do on your school holidays? ” show-and-tell session… and we’ve been watching a whole bunch of fun stuff; Stranger Things , Bone Temples , Heated Rivalries, Zootopia 2 ,...

TPToA’s Best of 2025 As the year comes to a close in some pretty challenging circumstances, we wanted to take this opportunity to gather together with our friends and talk about the things that made this year on film and TV a happy place to be! Each of us will bring our top film and top TV show to the party , and we even hear from you our beloved listeners too! Jill, Dion, Quinny and Peta ar...

Twin Pete’s It’s time for TWIN PETE’s !!! Is this a long running semi-horror-based series set in a bizarre small town in the mountainous areas of America, where a disappearance leads to bizarre occurrences? NO! it’s something much sillier ! You know those weird twin films where the exact same idea is committed to celluloid at basically the exact same time? Well we are digging deep and...

Movie & TV roundup In this week’s show we are kicking off the silly season with a big ol’ movie and TV roundup ! We are checking out the latest from our friends at Critical Role namely The Mighty Nein animated series on Amazon Prime as well as the delightful Rental Family in cinemas and the fascinating Pluribus on Apple TV it’s a big week and we have plenty to talk through! As usual we a...

Wicked: For Good Is this, the second Act (don’t call it a sequel!) to Wicked (the smash hit musical of last year), a magical tour de force , or a misanthropical tour de farce ? Does the film version of everything post intermission overcome some of the inherent issues of the stage show and elevate the material to defy gravity? Or is it all a sham waiting to be doused in water and melt away to...

The Running Man and The Long Walk In the late 70’s Stephen King was still a ways away from being a household name ; he had released Carrie, Salem’s Lot and The Shining and his star was certainly on the rise… but he wanted more. That “more” came in the form of a pen-name that would allow him to try different ways of telling stories: Richard Bachman . Under this name he...