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Send us Fan Mail For our 101st episode Lewis has deep-dived into the historical archives to tell us the true story behind Christopher Nolan's new film: the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer & the creation of the first atomic bomb.  Fan favourite guest Hamish joins us to discuss the people behind the Manhattan Project, the morality of nuclear weapons in wartime & a bit of Magic: The Gather...

Send us Fan Mail In preparation for Barbie, instead of watching Greta Gerwig's fantastic back catalogue we decided to watch some films from our favourite male director Christopher Nolan. We also both really wanted to see Barbie, and we thought we'd do something different to anyone on the internet by talking about it from the perspective of two white men. (Spoilers from 4:40) Contact us:...

Send us Fan Mail After all our weeks of preparation, Oppenheimer has finally exploded onto the big screen & we went to see it with our own eyeballs. Join us as we discuss that big explosion, all the big acting from Cillian Murphy & the big impact that ending had on our fragile psyches.  (Spoilers from 05:50) Contact us: https://linktr.ee/theprojectprojectpod

Send us Fan Mail As the release of Oppenheimer is finally upon us we look back to Christopher Nolan's other war epic - 2017's Dunkirk.  Join us as we discuss Hans Zimmer's foreboding ticking score, the interesting use of multiple timelines & some of our favourite moments from the cast of various British men you might recognise. Contact us: https://linktr.ee/theprojectprojectpod

Send us Fan Mail This week we're celebrating our 100th episode by looking back at our previous 50 episodes & testing each other's knowledge on the most obscure details possible. Join us as we answer such questions as: 'What was the name of the factory in that one thing we watched?', 'Who was the famous voice actor in that episode we did?' & 'Which song di...

Send us Fan Mail To get ourselves hyped as hell for Christopher Nolan's explosive historical epic Oppenheimer, we've gone all the way back to the year 2000 for Nolan's breakthrough film Memento. Join us as we discuss the fantastic cast, the inventive dual-narrative structure & how this film influenced Nolan's future projects. Contact us: https://linktr.ee/theprojectprojectp...

Send us Fan Mail As the release of Oppenheimer looms over us we’re covering our last Manhattan Project - Jonathan Hickman’s The Manhattan Projects.  This sci-fi alt-history comic follows a ragtag group of super-geniuses and weirdos as they tackle the Second World War, inter dimensional travel & intergalactic conquest. Sam has also been watching the disappointing 3rd season of The Witcher,  and...

Send us Fan Mail As we continue our journey towards the release of Christopher Nolan's explosive epic Oppenheimer, we strike off another Manhattan Project from our list with the Ugly Betty episode 'The Manhattan Project'. Join us as we wonder how much this show copied The Devil Wears Prada, discover the origin of the series & talk a surprising amount about Denis Villeneuve. Mean...

Send us Fan Mail We've spent the last few weeks preparing for the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and now the fifth and final Indy film is here. Does it reach the soaring heights of the original films? Is it better than the last one? Does it get sillier than aliens? Tune in to find out. (Spoilers start at 5:10) Contact us: https://linktr.ee/theprojectprojectpod

Send us Fan Mail As we edge ever-closer to the new indy adventure The Dial of Destiny, we must first traverse the precipice that is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  Is this film as bad as everyone seems to think it is? Does that jungle chase look as weird as we all remember? And are aliens really too strange for this universe? Tune in to find out. And come back next time as we...

Send us Fan Mail In the lead up to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, we've ventured back into 1989 to revisit arguably the best Indy entry - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.  Join us as we discuss the fantastic addition of Sean Connery, the classic Indiana Jones formula & wether this should have been the end for ol' Junior. And come back next time as we cover the much-maligne...

Send us Fan Mail As we slowly march towards the release of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, we gradually make our way through our Manhattan Project backlog with our very own Manhattan Project Project. This week we take a look at the relatively unknown film from 1986 about a gifted kid who decides to steal some  plutonium and create his own atomic bomb. Sam has also watched the 6th seasons of...

Send us Fan Mail In preparation for the new Indiana Jones film The Dial of Destiny we're watching all of Indy's old adventures, continuing this week with 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Join us as we discuss the darker tone, the jaw-dropping action & how great Short Round is. And come back next week as look at Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade! Contact us: https://...

Send us Fan Mail In preparation for the new Indiana Jones film The Dial of Destiny we've gone back to watch  every single Indy adventure, starting with 1981's Raider of the Lost Ark. Join us as we discuss the timeless action, the parts which may have aged poorly & how fucking cool Harrison Ford was back in the day. And come back next time as we look at Indiana Jones and the Temple of...

Send us Fan Mail After over 30 years, countless redos & a pandemic we finally have a Flash movie on the big screen. Ezra Miller's Barry Allen tries to fix his past and makes a big multiversal mess of everything, meeting new & old faces alike along the way. Was this  film worth the decades-long wait? Did Michael Keaton really need to be in this? And does the Flash still do that weird r...

Send us Fan Mail In the lead up to Christopher Nolan's explosive new film Oppenheimer we've decided to clear some of our backlog of Manhattan Projects - starting with the King of Queens episode from the final season. Join us as we try to recap the preantepenultimate episode of this middling sitcom and try to make sense of it all as it fades out of existence.  Sam has also been watching t...

Send us Fan Mail In the lead up to The Flash (2023) we’ve watched the divisive Zack Snyder’s Justice League for the first time. How different is this to the Joss Whedon version? Was this worth all the hashtags? Did we waste 4 hours of our time? Tune in to find out! And join us next time for our lightning-fast reactions to The Flash as we race out of the cinema to tell you all about it. Contact us:...

Send us Fan Mail This week we dredged the depths of found-footage horror to bring you the devilishly boring Entity Project. Join us as we discuss the lack of paranormal activity, the very silly character choices & whether we would notice if our friends had been possessed by demons. Plus we rank all the found footage films we've watched so far - find out where we rank Entity Project! We al...

Send us Fan Mail This week we ventured into the wild world of Old Detroit to tackle an episode of the Robocop animated series. Tune in to find out why they made Robocop into a kids show, an interesting connection to the X-Men animated series & whether either of us have even seen a Robocop movie! Sam has also been watching Vin Diesel & Jason Mamoa feud in Fast X, whilst trying desperately t...

Send us Fan Mail The wait is over, the Spider-Verse is back! We've swung straight out of the cinema and into our podcast studio to bring you our fresh, hot takes on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.  Join us as we discuss the plethora of unique visual styles, the questionable plot choices & where we think the plot is going next for our rag-tag group of web-slingers. (Spoilers from 8:20...

Send us Fan Mail Ahead of the new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse we swung back into the Spider-Verse to see how the groundbreaking animated movie stacks up in 2023. Join us as we discuss the gorgeous animation, the surprising story beats & the fun cast of characters. And come back next week for our fresh-from-the-cinema discussion on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! Contact us: https:...

Send us Fan Mail We've finally gotten round to finishing our ongoing anime series Project Blue Earth SOS, and boy is this a jam-packed episode. The stakes are high as the alien invaders have earth in their grasp, and there are a whole host of mysteries to be answered. Will this episode answer them all? Is this the best episode of the bunch? Should this series have been way shorter? Tune in to...

Send us Fan Mail This week we delved into the virtual reality world of Channel 4's Project Home, an interior design show with a twist - there's a big green screen wall involved!  A very normal couple are joined by Nick Grimshaw & Kunle Barker to help decide the age old question: how the heck should they decorate their home? With the use of a big projection screen and some virtual rea...

Send us Fan Mail This week we watched The Hummingbird Project, a thriller starring Jesse Eisenberg & Alexander Skarsgård about a plan to dig a high-speed cable tunnel across the US to make a load of money on the stock exchange.  Sam has also been reading Mark Millar's back catalogue ahead of the Millarworld comic crossover Big Game - including comic classic Wanted. Meanwhile Lewis went on...

Send us Fan Mail The wait is finally over, and so is James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. Is this the best MCU film since endgame? Does the soundtrack really suck? How about that ending eh? Join us to hear the answers to some of these questions & more! Contact us: https://linktr.ee/theprojectprojectpod