We Needed Roads Podcast

Happy new year! and welcome to the first part of We Needed Roads 2025 Movie Preview Episode, why in two parts you ask? Well, we recorded for almost 4 hours for this one and we thought breaking it into two would give your bladders and brains a break! I'm joined by David, Jose & Marie as we delve into the following films for 2025 5:31 - Nosferatu 13:12 - A Complete Unknown 17:09 - The Brutalist...

Send us a textIt's our final episode of 2024 and its part 2 of our end of year extravaganza with the official We Needed Roads Top 10 TV Shows of 2024, there was debate, some swearing and even some tears as we got into all the big (and shoutouts for some underrated) shows of 2024.Merry Christmas from Neil, David, Jose, Marie & Ben from We Needed RoadsSupport the showInteract with us on our soci...

Send us a textLook Up!!!In James Gunn we trust! We decided to hastily get myself (Neil), Jose and Marie together for a quick pod response to the first teaser trailer for James Gunns Superman (due July 11th 2025)Did we believe a man can fly? Listen and find out! Support the showInteract with us on our socialsSubscribe to our Youtube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzjUgHJLyR4UL5SHcMx0GYwFol...

Send us a textWell dear viewer last year we had a points system that resulted in way too many ties and an episode almost 3 hours long, this time we have conferred, argued and cried about it off camera to come up with a Top 10 list agreed on by all of us here at We Needed Roads, and we also each picked 3 films that didn't make the joint Top 10 but were also our personal favourites that just missed...

Send us a textFirstly...we are sorryChristmas should be a time for joy on earth and good will to well everyone, it should not degenerate into a sweary shouting match and that wasn't our intention with this Christmas episode, however David our quizmaster had other ideas! So buckle in and play along at home and let us know if you beat our score in the first ever (and likely only) We Needed Roads Chr...

Send us a textHow often do we think of the Roman Empire? Well, at lot it turns out in our new episode as Marie delves into the how did they get sharks in the Coliseum in Gladiator 2 as we go full spoiler into Ridley Scotts legacy sequel. We stay in Rome with Ralph Fiennes in pulpy papal thriller Conclave and finally we waddle through the sewers of Gotham with Colin Farrells The Penguin in full spo...

Send us a textIn this episode I talk to filmmaker Jed Shepherd (writer of Host & Dashcam) about his new feature length documentary on Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's found footage classic The Blair Witch Project. Jed was lucky enough to see every minute of footage that was shot for the film and all the behind the scenes content. From that he has crafted the ultimate document of the film fr...

Send us a textIn our new episode Neil, Marie & Jose are joined by a first time guest to the show film critic Cassie Hager as they talk all things TV & Film. In the What we've been watching section - Cassie - Here/Fraiser Reboot S2 Part 2Neil - The Devils Hour S2/The Penguin/HereticJose - Uglies/Altered Carbon S2Reviews25:31 - Rivals S137:05 - Nightbitch44:26 - Sweetpea S149:48 - Wolfs54:58...

Send us a textIn our new episode Neil, Marie & Jose are joined by a first time guest to the show film critic Cassie Hager as they talk all things TV & FilmIn the What we've been watching section - Cassie - Here/Fraiser Reboot S2 Part 2Neil - The Devils Hour S2/The Penguin/HereticJose - Uglies/Altered Carbon S2Reviews25.31 - Rivals S137.05 - Nightbitch44.26 - Sweetpea S149.48 - Wolfs54.58 -...

Send us a textFeel free to play along with Colin Robinson, Wednesday Adams, some kind of Man-With Bat lights on him and a man who might be a magician or some kind of pimp! Yes, our resident horror fan David has devised a horror movie quiz episode for Neil (who has a good knowledge of horror) and Jose and Marie who do not and rarely watch horror films! Let the chaos commence! Support the showIntera...

Send us a textJoin Neil & Marie for an episode that is finally under 2 hours as they discuss the following 00.00 - 05.50 - Intro05.50 - 07.29 - Invincible Season 3 Teaser Trailer Review07.29 - 09.16 - Silo thoughts 09.16 - 15.46 - Star Trek Lower Decks/General Trek Chat!15.46 - 17.41 - The Orville chat17.41 - 20.05 - The Rings of Power Season 2 Review20.05 - 21.40 - Tulsa King Season 2 Chat21....

Send us a textStrap in, go to the bathroom and get the snacks folks as we spend almost 3 hours going through a veritable treasure trove of wrongly (and occasionally rightly) cancelled TV shows. Neil is joined by Ben, David, Jose & Marie as we read out listeners comments from Twitter, give our honourable mentions and then delve into our combined Top 10 Cancelled TV Shows of All Time And remembe...

Send us a textIt's our historic first VIDEO episode of We Needed Roads that definitely wasn't planned but as it was the first time we were able to assemble the full We Needed Roads crew of myself (Neil), David, Ben, Jose & Marie, and it was a genuinely funny episode we thought why not make it into our first Video episode! Here are the timestamps Cold Open - 00.00 - 04.15Intro - 04.15 - 08.29Th...

Send us a textI'm joined by Jose & Marie as we talk the recent round of period fantasy cancellations including My Lady Jane & Renegade NellWe catch up what we've been watching including Time Bandits, Promising Young Woman, Abbot Elementary, Bad Monkey & UnstableA non-spoiler review of The Decameron on NetflixAnd in our spoiler section we throughly spoil The Umbrella Academy's final sea...

Send us a textIn this episode I'm joined by our very our J-train Jose Lopez and our own Victoria Neuman Marie Stanza who will make your head explode if you don't recycle as we take a belated but spoiler filled dive deep into The Boys Season 4 and give our predictions on where we think the final season will end. Will it follow along with the graphic novels ending or continue to veer away from the o...

Send us a textOn this packed episode of the We Needed Roads podcast I'm joined by Jose & first time guest Aaron Gillingham as we do a summer movie round up with non-spoiler reviews of Irelands best International language entry for the 2025 Oscars Kneecap, Eli Roths video game adaptation Borderlands, M Night Shyamalan's Trap, Daisy Ridleys The Young Woman & The Sea & Lee Issac Chungs Tw...

Send us a textYES JEFF!!!In this episode I'm joined by Chefs Jose & Marie as we serve up a full menu run through of all things The Bear S3, from an episode by episode run through, to where we predicted S3 would go in from our S2 special, to where we think S4 will go and how the show will ultimately end! Support the showInteract with us on our socialsSubscribe to our Youtube Channelhttps://www....

Send us a textDo or do not there is no trying as Neil, Ben & Jose dive into all things The AcolyteSupport the showInteract with us on our socialsSubscribe to our Youtube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzjUgHJLyR4UL5SHcMx0GYwFollow us on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0E31ucDQy7Ha5PRdtahAjbhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilg78.bsky.socialhttps://twitter.com/NeededRoads (run by Neil)h...

Send us a textHi and welcome to episode 104 of The We Needed Roads Podcast where we dive baby knife first into one of the years biggest films Deadpool & Wolverine! For such a big film we assemble our own podcast Avengers as Neil is joined by Ben-Pool, David 'Llongerine', our very own sugar bear Peter AKA Jose Lopez Jr and our special guest Marvel Jesus himself and a man who knows a thing or tw...

Send us a textIn a somewhat chaotic episode Neil is joined by Ben, Jose and our guest punk rock filmmaker Josh Roush as they took a look at the Gladiator 2, Captain America:Brave New World & Bando Stone & The New World trailers. Only one of those trailers doesn't have a rhino in it!!!In our reviews we chat...MaXXXineAtlasAxel FThe HoldoversHitmanLong LegsShout outs to Don from 'Am I on The...

Send us a textIn a bumper mostly TV (and two film) catch up Neil, Jose and Marie talkSnack Shack (to buy on streaming)Ghosts concert movie Rite Here Rite Now (in cinemas)Bodkin (Netflix)Obitaury (Netflix)Kin (BBC/RTE)The Regime (Apple TV+)Manhunt (Apple TV+)Spoiler Section The Artful Dodger (Disney+)House of the Dragon S2 EP 1 (Sky Atlantic/Now TV)The Acolyte EP 1-4 (Disney+)The Boys S4 EP 1 (Prim...

Send us a textWhat better way to start our 2nd century of episodes than a Season 2 spoiler special on Disney+ Superhero comedy Extraordinary as Neil, Jose & Marie breakdown Season 2 of the show and we have our first actor interview on the We Needed Roads Podcast as Neil chats to Magnet Girl Megan herself Olivia Marcus who takes us through her career so far, what her influences are, what her dr...

Send us a textGreat Scott!!! Yes, we overran a little bit on our 100th episode recording (on the greatest film of all time) as we realised 4 and a half hours might be a little much for one episode! So this episode continues from midway through our rewatch before we then get onto the legacy of the film and look at some of the best pop culture references the film has ingrained in our culture Now we...

Send us a textWell it's finally here! Somehow we've made it too 100 episodes of We Needed Roads and I'm Neil & I'm joined by the full We Needed Roads team of David, Jose & Ben as we take a dive so deep into Neil & Bens favourite film Back to the Future that just like the VHS release of the film the episode says 'to be continued' because we talked for over 4 and a half hours about the f...

Send us a textHi and welcome to Vault 99 for a special spoiler episode on one of my favourite shows of the year so far Prime Videos Fallout. My names Neil and I will be your vault overseer today and I’m joined by everyones favourite wasteland wanderer Ben-Ghoul. From the brotherhood of evil goatees we have initiate Lopez! We have child of the atom and deathclaw enthusiast David! And our special gu...