This fortnight, it's two different (but both wholly enjoyable) action movie flavours with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (13:52) and Polite Society (28:18).
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MFV back for another fortnight, and for the second time in our history, we're covering a season of The Mandalorian (12:18), followed by a comic written by Alex Paknadel - specifically All Against All with art by Caspar Wijngaard (27:50).
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We enter a world of imagination this fortnight, with two game-based movies: Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (14:23) and, of course, Tetris (28:01).
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A journey into two different dark corners of the human psyche this fortnight, with The Last Of Us (14:06) and Alan Partridge: Stratagem (28:01).
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It's Alastair's favourite time of year - he delivers his Oscar predictions, and then has them soundtracked by blaring sound effects by Nick. Oh, and we also reviewed Cocaine Bear (14:29) and Luther: The Fallen Sun (24:07).
This fortnight, it's time to don our capes and take flight in an all-superpowers fortnight, with Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (11:12) and Extraordinary (27:24).
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The episode of Alastair's dreams this fortnight, as we cover two Oscar Best Picture contenders - The Banshees of Inisherin (13:01) and Triangle of Sadness (23:52).
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We continue to scour 2022 for the best outstanding media, this fortnight covering Our Flag Means Death (11:19) and Newburn (23:44).
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Starting 2023 as we begin every year - with leftover culture from the last one. This time, it's the second season of Slow Horses (15:30) and the movie White Noise (29:17).
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Only a few weeks after everyone else did their Best of 2022 posts, we're finally weighing in! We're talking about the year in film (11:07) and then counting down our favourite movies (23:35), and then giving TV the same treatment of chat (44:02) followed by chart (53:52).
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Merry Christmas Violence! Yes, it's our annual somewhat festive special, this year covering The Peripheral (9:45, no Christmas content) and the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (23:27, lots of it).
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Another heaping helping of premium telly this fortnight, with hot new Star Wars series Andor (8:55) and eagerly awaited boat show 1899 (26:13, with hardcore utter spoilers from 33:57).
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A high-calibre menu this fortnight, as we cover Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (10:31) and The Bear (29:07).
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Our (slightly belated) BBC centennial special hits the airwaves, with reviews of Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor (10:06) and Ghosts series 4 (28:26).
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Three big TV shows this Halloween as we cover Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (13:36), She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (27:33) and, just in time for the season, Werewolf by Night (39:41).
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This fortnight, we're trapped in a basement in Inside Man (14:36) and the metaphorical prison of our own grief in After Yang (31:54).
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Traumatised by the hellish present day, we return to the eighties to recommend each other beloved childhood franchise classics. Nick gets Alastair to read Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt (14:36), while Alastair is going for Doctor Who: Earthshock (30:23).
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Fact takes on fiction this fortnight, as we return to the fantasy world of Game of Thrones with House of the Dragon (12:23), then dive into a big deep cave of reality with Thirteen Lives (26:39).
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Two of the TV events of the year arrive all at once this episode, as we cover Netflix's adaptation of The Sandman (12:11) and the final episodes of Better Call Saul (27:49, hard spoilers from 32:41).
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This fortnight, it's a cinematic extravaganza with new Jordan Peele movie Nope (13:23, full spoilers from 16:00) and Predator prequel Prey (32:33).
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This fortnight, we've seen The Umbrella Academy (12:15) and read acclaimed comic mini-series The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (27:02) - the latter is a slight change to the advertised programme, as Nick finally got covid so couldn't go to the cinema.
And if you forget that at any point, don't worry, he'll remind you.
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Picked a busy week for a heatwave, as we try to fit in Thor: Love & Thunder (10:32), The Boys season 3 (23:32) and Ms Marvel season 1 (38:56), against a backdrop of crime.
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This fortnight, we're all about those six episode miniseries with Obi-Wan Kenobi (13:57, with final episode spoilers from 19:50) and We Own This City (27:27).
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We're stretching the boundaries of the possible this fortnight, with meta-animated comedy Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers (15:25) and silent comic Step By Bloody Step (29:33).
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It's a dark world this fortnight, as we cover the beginning of the end for Better Call Saul (12:28, with full spoilers from 23:27), and then the dystopian sci-fi tales of Love, Death & Robots volume 3 (33:42).
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