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Rob Jan and Megan McKeough dissect ‘Gladiator II’, a 2024 historical action film directed by Ridley Scott that serves as a sequel to ‘Gladiator’ (2000). They provide a critical examination of the core aspects of the movie, including the casting, acting, plot and themes.

Hosts Rob Jan and Megan McKeough explore multiple recent pieces of visual media: a narrative podcast called ‘Marvel’s Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show’, a detective game titled ‘The Rise of the Golden Idol’, and an animated science fiction miniseries named ‘Carol and the End of the World’.

Rob and Megan chat about the 5th and final season of Next Generation era Star Trek animation, Lower Decks, focusing on 3 main Characters Becket Mariner, Brad Boimler and D'vana Tendi. Lower Decks is set in the 24th century and follows the adventures of the low-ranking officers with menial jobs on the starship Cerritos , one of Starfleet's least important starships. Aspirational and Utopian this sh...

It's Godzilla galore! In honour of Godzilla's 70th cinematic anniversary, hosts Rob Jan and Megan McKeough delve into special episode dedicated to Godzilla . The Zero G team are joined by Dr Jason Jones, Coordinator and Lecturer of Japense Studies at Monash University and one of the panelists speaking at ACMI's upcoming event GodzillaFest, to discuss the numerous Godzilla adaptations throughout th...

We describe The Science Fiction movie RADIUS (NETFLIX), forge ahead with season 2 of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER (AMAZON PRIME), take the Witches' Road with AGATHA ALL ALONG (DISNEY+) and look at all manner of other thingies!

Rob Jan delves into Transformers One , a recently released American animated science fiction action film based on Hasbro’s Transformers toy line. He provides the audience with insight into the movie’s plot, cast, characters, production and music. Also: we unbox The Wild Robot, another animated sci-fi film.

Join your Zero G hosts Rob and Meg for this weeks' action packed epispde, as they pay tribute to the iconic American counrty singer, songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson and American actor James Earl Jones. They dish all the details about Melbourne International Games Week, happening until the 13th of October, Rob and Meg also analyse the new film Megalopolis directed by Francis Ford Coppola, t...

Rob and Megan discuss director Coralie Fargeat's new body horror movie, The Substance (2024), and have a play with the new All Possible Futures/Devolver Digital game THE PLUCKY SQUIRE.

Reach into today's episode Goody Bag - the latest in space travel (Earth's orbit has never been so busy!); and some upcoming films and TV to look forward to like Megalopolis and The Penguin (BINGE).

Star Trek turns 58! Rob checks out the fantastical, early 18th century TV show RENEGADE NELL, now on Disney+, while Megan plays the free demo of quirky puzzle game THE RISE OF THE GOLDEN IDOL (Steam, PC only)

We scale Mount Olympus to Netflix's new dark fantasy comedy, Kaos, plus take a few Hobbit steps around what's new to the screen in September.

It’s Aliens Vs Romulans in Fede Alvarez’s new movie ALIENS: ROMULUS, and we take a last look at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival.

Rob Jan and Megan McKeough delve deep into a variety of recent films: small town monster movie ‘Blackout;’ absurdist adult fantasy movie ‘Sasquatch Sunset;’ black comedy ‘The Organist;’ listening café documentary ‘A Century in Sound;’ and personal documentary ‘Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger.’

Join hosts Megan and Rob as they claw into the much anticipated, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE! (*No Spoilers*)

Join Megan and Rob as they begin a Cageathon in this week's episode, delving into a few of the many films Nicholas Cage has been in over the years. This includes action horror film Arcadian directed by Benjamin Brewer, comedic fantasy Dream Scenario by Kristoffer Borgli, and the newest mystery horror movie hitting cinemas now directed by Oz Perkins, Longlegs.

Join your Zero G hosts as they pay tribute to comedian tour de force Bob Newhart, and discuss Melbourne's upcoming International Film Festival. They also delve into Ti West's newest 80's nostalgic slasher MAXXXINE, the third film in the X trilogy.

On Today's show we "Get Smart" with an early overview of genre movie selections so you don't "MIFF out" on booking tickets for this year's Melbourne International Film Festival, and we farewell actress Shannon Doherty.

Celebrating Episode 1500 of Zero G! On today's show, an overview of Indian Science Fiction movies, focusing upon Director Nah Ashwin Reddy's S.F and Fantasy movie KALKI 2898 AD, plus a look inside the contents page of the superb new Young Adult Australian Speculative Fiction Anthology BORDERLANDS: RIDING THE SLIPSTREAM edited by Paul Collins (Ford St Press 2024)

We pay tribute to Phillip Adams long watch hosting ABC R.N's Late Night Live, sneak up on A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, and reverse the polarity of Death itself in the Doctor Who Season finale EMPIRE OF DEATH.

Host Rob Jan pays tribute to Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, who recently died after a long illness. He delves into Sutherland’s career, focusing on his filmography and his acting style.

We farewell a legendary Lancelot, William Russell; check in with the latest episode of Doctor Who, The Legend of Ruby Sunday; and kick on with the space monks *ahem* I mean Jedi with The Acolyte.

Going rogue with ROGUE, the latest in DOCTOR WHO (Disney+); and who will survive the wasteland in FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA. We also catch up on the latest in space exploration; and what genre scores made the ABC Classics' Feel Good 100 countdown.

Rob Jan runs the show today and targets a name known worldwide, JLo! Jennifer Lopez has enough genre screen credits to her name to attract special attention from Zero-G in today's episode. We look at her back catalogue of movies plus THE MOTHER (NETFLIX) and THIS IS ME NOW + THE GREATEST LOVE STORY NEVER TOLD (AMAZON PRIME)

A wrap-up of what's on screens, including the latest DOCTOR WHO ep "Boom" (Disney+); a jump through the pixellated puzzle platformer ANIMAL WELL (Steam, PS5, Switch); and farewell to ROGER CORMAN. King Con! 2024: https://www.rrr.org.au/events/kingcon All Austrek meeting: http://www.austrek.org/austrek-events.html

Dr. Who's most recent season continues its run, and Rob Jan gets into the details, as well as looking back on the show's long history up to this point.