Who Watches the Watchers?

This week we return to ONCE & FUTURE by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora and Tamara Bonvillain. We talk about issues 13-24 of this gorgeous book and have just a swell ol' time across the pond. So join us! Follow us on Instagram for the love of god: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wwtwpodcast/⁠

This week we talk about the neo-noir thriller THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgard, Robin Wright, Joely Richardson, Steven Berkoff and Christopher Plummer. We talk about how effortlessly paced this movie is and how easy it is to get comfortable in its darkness can be before its ripped away in a vicious fashion. We also...

This week we talk about the Cosmic Ghost Rider saga that takes place between two bombastic books in THANOS (vol 2 issues 13-18) AND COSMIC GHOST RIDER! Between the two books we have a stellar group of creators like Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dylan Burnett and Antonio Fabela. We talk about the massive scale of power that is put to page in these books and how much fun it is to see these wild stories o...

This week we talk about the Coen brothers' remake of TRUE GRIT starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper, Domhnall Gleeson and Josh Brolin. We talk about the grey area of morality our focal characters live in and just how good every actor is at portraying their parts. We also talk about how funny and bizarre this movie can get and how on par it is with the Coen brothers...

This week we return to the purple archer with HAWKEYE (vol 5 issues 1-12) by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire and Michael Walsh. We talk about Kate Bishop and her new adventure out west in L.A. and all the new allies and adversaries she stumbles into along the way. Some great guests show up in this book that are all too fun to ignore like Jessica Jones and the all-new Wolverine (La...

This week we talk about the 1995 anime film, Ghost in the Shell (also known as Kôkaku Kidôtai) and its 2017 remake starring Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche and Michael Pitt. We compare and contrast the varied perception each brings and what each filmmaker aimed to create. We also briefly speak on Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg and both the Ghost in the Shell m...

This week we talk about Opus by Satoshi Kon. Known mostly for his animated films like Perfect Blue and Paprika, Satoshi Kon still knows how to bring a challenging look at reality regardless of the medium. Join us as we break into the manga realm in this episode of WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS? Also follow Erik for the love of... the devil?: https://www.instagram.com/neo_erik/ Follow us on Instagram fo...

Uh oh. Another shit show of an episode. Sorry. I mean it this time. Follow us on Instagram for the love of god: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wwtwpodcast/⁠

Here's an episode compiled with some cutting room floor stuff because we're out office this week. Sorry. Not because we're away... Sorry because now you're stuck with this. Follow us on Instagram for the love of god: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wwtwpodcast/⁠

This week we talk about Spider-Man: No Way Home directed by Jon Watts and staring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei with Andrew Garfield and Toby Maguire. There's absolutely no way this description of this episode spoiled that for you. So humor us and pretend like you haven...

OOOPS! We lost half of this episode... BUT the second half is still enough of an episode that we decided to put it up anyways! So this week we were supposed to talk about Spider-Men (2012) AND Spider-Men II, but instead here's just out Spider-Men II talk. Spider-Men II is by Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli and Justin Ponsor. Follow us on Instagram for the love of god: ⁠⁠https://www.instagr...

This week we talk about the wartime thriller THE HURT LOCKER, directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, David Morse, Christian Camargo, Suhail Dabbach and Evangeline Lilly, with Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce. We get into the deep end of the pool this movie provides and try to explore what The Hurt Locker is really trying to tell us about a broken man li...

This week we talk about Hawkeye (Vol 4, Issues 1-22) by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth, Chris Eliopoulos, Steve Lieber, Jesse Hamm, Annie Wu and Javier Pulido. We do our best to articulate how great these 22 issues and annual are within the hour that makes up this episode. Follow us on Instagram for the love of god: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wwtwpodcast/⁠

This episode marks the end of Season One of WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS?! On this special episode we look back at our first year of doing this podcast and all the great comics and movies we read and watched along the way! Also we want to thank all of you that have followed along with us on this journey. It's humbling and exciting to see so many consistent and returning listeners. We appreciate ya...

This week we talk about SUPERCROOKS by Mark Millar, Leinil Francis Yu and Sunny Gho. We talk about how wonderfully straight to the point this comic is in its tight four issue run. ALSO we talk about the first (and possibly only) season of the anime adaptation on Netflix. Join us on this action packed episode of WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS? Follow us on Instagram for the love of god: ⁠⁠https://www.ins...

We're sad to say goodbye to a wonderful year and an even better holiday as we end KINGMAS with THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Gil Bellows, Mark Rolston and Clancy Brown. WHAt A FUCkin banger! Am I right!? Come and listen to us hoot and holler over this beautiful movie in this final KINGMAS episode of WH...

We conclude CHIPMAS with DAREDEVIL (issues 1-10) by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Sunny Gho, Lalit Kumar Sharma, Java Tartagalia, Jorge Fornes and Jordie Bellaire. We absolutely loved this book and felt it was the perfect send off to a beautiful holiday with CHIP! So join us as we close out this first year of WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS!? Follow us on Instagram for the love of god: ⁠⁠https://www.in...

Oh no! A spooky episode in the middle of the holiday season?!?! That's right! We continue KINGMAS with a real spooker in this weeks episode as we talk about THE MIST, directed by Frank Darabont and starring Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Sternhagen and Toby Jones. Join us as we journey into the unknown and uncover truly th...

CHIPMAS continues with STILLWATER (issues 1-6) by Chip Zdarsky (Duh), Ramon K Perez and Mike Spicer. We talk about the efficiency in storytelling that both Zdarsky and Perez bring in this perfectly paced story about a town that (SPOILER ALERT) won't fuckin die. Sooo join us as we dig in! And don't forget to ask your grandaddy, WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS? Follow us on Instagram for the love o...

Today is another great one to write back home about as we talk about STAND BY ME, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Will Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland and John Cusack. This movie fits perfectly in our KINGMAS series of episodes! So come on and stand by US in this great episode of WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS? Follow us on Instagram for the love of god:...

CHIPMAS keeps bringing the hits as we continue this week and talk about STAR-LORD by Chip Zdarsky, Kris Anka, Matthew Wilson, Djibril Morissette-Phan and Mat Lopes. We tear right into this hunkfest and bunker down into this beautiful, action-packed, endlessly vibrant joyride. So please join us as we always ask the hard hitting questions. Here comes one now: Who Watches the Watchers? Hmmmm? Follow...

We break off from our CHIPMAS and KINGMAS celebrations to do a one off bonus episode of ETERNALS, directed and written by Chloe Zhao and starring a buffet of wonderful actors like Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Ma Dong-seok, Bill Skarsgard and Kit Harington. How the fuck do they fit them all on...

To continue our KINGMAS celebration we talk about MISERY this week! Directed by Rob Reiner and starring James Caan, Frances Sternhagen, Richard Farnsworth and the incredible Kathy Bates, this film really beats the shit outta ya. So come! Join us as we travel down that snowy road and crash with us on this very spectacular episode of WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS? Follow us on Instagram for the love of g...

This week, as we continue our CHIPMAS observation, we talk about the comiXology Original, AFTERLIFT by Chip Zdarsky, Jason Loo, Paris Alleyne and Aditya Bidikar. This book really takes us for a trip! Come take a ride with us to the underworld as we continue to ponder the question, WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS? Follow us on Instagram for the love of god: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wwtwpodcast/⁠

This week we kick off our KINGMAS holiday celebration with THE GREEN MILE, directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter, Doug Hutchison, Sam Rockwell, Jeffrey DeMunn and Harry Dean Stanton. Join us on this episode as we continue our journey for the answer to the only question that matters, Who Watches the Watchers...