This fortnight, we (festively) re-enter the (festive) jungle with Jumanji: The Next Level. And then, in a (festive) token effort to mention (festive) Christmas, we sit down for a big futile theoretical (festive) argument: which is the best Doctor Who Christmas special?
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This fortnight, it's 3.5 hours of power with our review of The Irishman (11:07), and then we ask - what makes a good 3.5 hour film? (30:50)
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This fortnight, we cover the BBC's new His Dark Materials adaptation (10:50), then ask: whatever happened to British sci-fi/fantasy on TV? (27:27) It gets surprisingly bleak.
SPOILER NOTE: inevitably, we don't quite make it through our His Dark Materials review without mentioning a couple of events from a bit later in the book series.
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From the centennial episode to the far future - we watch Terminator: Dark Fate (10:52) and then ask: do the plots of previous films matter? (29:31)
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ONE CENTURY OF MODERATE FANTASY VIOLENCE!
Yes, it's our hundredth episode, and after tipping a hat to the present day by reviewing new Breaking Bad movie El Camino (13:10), we rocket off into the past to recommend each other our teenage favourites.
For Alastair, that means Shane Meadows' debut feature A Room For Romeo Brass (20:36), while Nick revisits the classic cyberpunk-journalism comic Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (35:03)
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This NINETY-NINTH fortnight, tagging right in to the general discourse, we talk about the new Joker film (10:15, with some more specific spoilers from 21:30), then ask: to what degree are you supposed to empathise with villains? (35:21)
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This fortnight, we watch the whole first season of The Boys season 1 (9:57), and then ask: Is it realistic to do superheroes realistically? (33:04)
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This fortnight, Nick & Alastair watch horror duology conclusion It: Chapter Two (10:27), then ask: how do you cram a novel into a film? (21:04)
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It's an X-Men X-Travaganza this fortnight, as we take on the last season of our beloved Legion (14:44), with full finale spoilers from about 31:59.
And then it's time to talk about Marvel's relaunch of the actual comics with House of X and Powers of X, with a lot of spoilers starting fairly early on, FYI.
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Bald men all the way down this fortnight, as we watch Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw (10:55, with some spoilers), and then ask: who are the best characters to spin off? (32:19)
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This fortnight, we cover Killing Eve season 2 (10:36), and ask, revealingly: what takes you out of a story? (26:46)
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Three episodes of solid Marvel adaptations concludes with Spider-Man: Far From Home (9:03), with full spoilers from 16:22. And with the third Phase of Marvel's Cinematic Universe, we ask: did they nail it? (29:51)
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It's the final season of Jessica Jones! And after years of covering these Marvel-Netflix shows, we review it with considerable spoilers (8:47), and then take a long reflective moment to ask: WHO SHALL MOURN THE DEFENDERS? (31:08)
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This fortnight, we look at badly reviewed franchise climax X-Men: Dark Phoenix (10:47) and then ask: To what degree does the circumstances of a film’s release affect our viewing of it? (32:16)
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We approach the final season of Game of Thrones (8:51) in a long-considered, thoughtful fashion (unlike the actual series lol) and then ask: what will be the next show EVERYONE watches? (29:04)
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This fortnight, we check out crime romp Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (9:57) and then ask: how can we make better video game films? (29:03)
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We hit Avengers: Endgame (16:34) and to mark this super-sized team-up epic, we recruited Jon from Many A True Nerd to join the battle. And also we went long. So very long.
Also, to be clear: FULL SPOILERS. MAXIMUM SPOILERS. SPOILERS.
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It's our British comedy special, covering a hilarious amount of recent sitcoms: Derry Girls (8:51), This Time With Alan Partridge (19:11) and era-defining sadcom Fleabag (31:09, with spoilers).
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One episode late, we cover Jordan Peele's new horror movie Us (10:51), with full spoilers from 21:02, and continuing into the final segment: what makes a good horror movie ending? (30:39)
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This fortnight, we watch all 18 episodes of Netflix's scifi anthology Love, Death & Robots and count down our respective top fives (8:24) and then ask: does Netflix know too much about you? (27:35)
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First cinematic superhero universe event of the year as we go see Captain Marvel (11:27), with a plunge into full spoilers from 22:20. And then, in light of Samuel L. Jackson's time-defying transformation in this film, we ask: what else could we do with this new digital technology? (37:54)
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This fortnight, we've seen Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (8:53), which leads us to ask: can you imagine a movie involving more capitalism? (24:54)
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This fortnight, we chat about The Punisher season 2 (7:28) with FULL SPOILERS THROUGHOUT, and then ask related question: is amnesia a valid excuse? (33:42)
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This fortnight, it's grounded superhero action time as we cover Glass (9:02), and then ask: what other films from 10-20 years ago need a belated sequel? (25:22)
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We hit one of Alastair's favourite shows this week - it's the new series of Idris Elba's grim cop show Luther (7:47), followed by the burning question: is Luther this generation's Poirot?
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