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With Our Kid and Producer Ben off on their Halloween holidays, Jables has roped in Barney for a film that might even be too scary for Jables. Also Barney is catching up on True Detective and Jables resuscitates Bubba Ho-Tep.

That's what we want to see, a nice big smile! Mixed views on this week's horror sequel, though there's no doubting it's a well acted, beautiful spectacle. We're also talking about series 2 of The Devil's Hour and Netflix' It's What's Inside.

Ahoy mateys! Back for a viewing and a chat about one of our favourite underrated classics, plus a visit from a special guest.

What do you get when you take a quietly powerful, successful film about a tragic descent into chaos, strip it of plot, character, and empathy, and replace it with a few lacklustre musical numbers? A tragedy for all the wrong reasons.

While we can see all the flaws, this latest attempt to reboot the lovable Hellspawn is really a good B-movie horror that would benefit from better marketing. We're also talking about the BBC comedy Ludwig, plus this week's 'DVD from a charity shop' is In the Name of the King (which no amount of good marketing could have saved!).

The snarky hosting and terrible artwork can mean only one thing - it's time for the third annual Jables Awards! Join us as we discuss the highs and lows of the past year in cinema.

It's showtime! Because there's just so much to love about the disgusting Ghost with the Most.

Not nearly as fun or exciting as we needed it to be, the sequel to the 80s classic falls decidedly flat. Fortunately we're looking forward to the original Beetlejuice for Retro Reels next week, as well as hitting the 70s with Harold and Maude and discovering Kaos on Netflix.

A little late to the party this week as we get to the latest film in the sci-fi horror franchise. Not a surprise party, though... Jables is also reliving his time in The Village through 60s series The Prisoner and we're looking forward to the original Beetlejuice for Retro Reels.

Just No Jables again this week so we're bearing Longlegs in mind to choose something from the writer/director's back catalogue. Also Day of the Jackal and One Life.

In a change to this week's plan, we've gone for the Arthouse option at the Corn Exchange. We're also talking about Arcadian and series 4 of Emily in Paris. 0.36 Recap last week (Deadpool & Wolverine, plus Sky Peels) 4.31 What we're on about 10.42 Initial thoughts on Longlegs 16.17 Review of Longlegs 39.23 Next week

It's Just No Jables this week as Producer Ben and Our Kid take a trip to Curzon Bloomsbury to see the debut feature of local filmmaker Moin Hussain.

Everyone knows there can be only one. Except for the sequels. And a possible remake...

Back from our summer holidays with a bang this week as we try to get to the bottom of why Producer Ben doesn't find Deadpool as funny as everyone else does. 0.43 Recap last week (Maxxxine) 4.00 What we're on about/Looking forward to Retro Reels (Highlander) 7.40 Initial thoughts on Deadpool & Wolverine 19.44 Review of Deadpool & Wolverine 45.00 Trailers and next week

We're much more excited for this week's X follow-up having watched prequel Pearl at the weekend. We're also talking about Immaculate, Supacell and the little known phenomenon of ass twins. 0.40 Recap last week (Two Tickets to Greece) 3.10 What we're on about (Immaculate, Joker/The Batman, Supacell) 10.32 Initial thoughts on Maxxxine 21.04 Review of Maxxxine 37.33 Trailers and next...

You know why we're here? To talk about Pulp Fiction of course. We happy? Yeah, we happy.

We're going all cultured this week with a film that we didn't all realise was in French until quite late on. There's also a bit of Shakespeare and some Freud but, don't worry, Jables can always lower the tone! 0.46 Recap last week (The Watched) 3.42 What we're on about (Chinatown, Macbeth, Freud's Last Session) 16.25 Initial thoughts on Two Tickets to Greece 21.48 Review of...

Called The Watchers outside the UK, this week's film has a lot to like but can't quite break out of the box. We're also looking forward to Retro Reels Pulp Fiction. 1.00 What we're on about (300, Retro Reels) 11.35 Initial thoughts on The Watched 23.53 Review of The Watched 45.29 Trailers and next week

With no new films on at the cinema and nothing we fancy on streaming, we look ahead to what's coming up over the summer 2024.

Back to disappointment this week as two Mad Max fans and a reluctant fence-dweller dream of what might have been. 0.58 Recap last time (In the Land of Saints and Sinners) 4.10 What we're on about (Watchmen, Fallout recap, The Fall Guy) 9.48 Initial thoughts on Furiosa 19.33 Review of Furiosa 44.57 Next week

Following couple of weeks' break we're back for our favourite 80s space panto, and it's even funnier than we remember!

Hitting Netflix for something new this week. We're also on about Retro Reels and pondering Dead Boy Detectives. 1.30 Recap last week (Abigail) 4.10 What we're on about (Retro Reels, Glass, Dead Boy Detectives) 11.17 Initial thoughts on In the Land of Saints and Sinners 16.14 Review of In the Land of Saints and Sinners 32.53 Next week

We wish we'd known a bit less about this week's offering going in (Marketing Team, take note!), but overall we all enjoy this gory romp. We're also on about Expendables 4 and Jables gives his final thoughts on Fallout, as well as announcing the next Retro Reels. 0.33 Recap last week (Civil War) 06.10 What we're on about 12.17 Initial thoughts on Abigail 18.38 Retro Reels announceme...

Despite its visual highs, we find it hard to care much about this week's surprisingly weightless offering. At least we have Producer Ben scaling Dante's Peak in his 'DVD from a charity shop' segment, whilst Our Kid explores a time loop with River and Jables praises Fallout. 0.43 Recap last week (Monkey Man) 4.13 River 6.27 DVD from a charity shop 11.15 Fallout 14.54 Initial thought...

We can't agree on everything about this film, but the general consensus is overwhelmingly positive - go and see it! We're also talking about all the classic DVDs we've watched this week. 1.16 Charity shop DVD classics 4.57 Recap last week (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) 11.47 Initial thoughts on Monkey Man 17.00 Review of Monkey Man 37.45 Trailers and next week