This fortnight, Nick and Alastair take off with Netflix's Space Force (12:30) and then venture into the woods of Image Comics' Family Tree (29:14).

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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair can't move for action heroes having their grizzled hearts melted by cute kids. First, it's baby Yoda in Star Wars: The Mandalorian (10:40) and then Chris Hemsworth in Netflix action extravaganza Extraction (24:15).

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This fortnight, we take a break from Netflix with reviews of lofty scifi show Devs (15:27, with a few spoilers throughout, though we somehow don't ruin the ending) and new crime comic Friday (34:40) from PanelSyndicate.com.

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All Netflix all the time this fortnight, as we watch animated video game adaptation Castlevania (13:07) written by Warren Ellis, then viral smash hit cat murder documentary Tiger King (26:48).

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This fortnight, we catch up on The Good Place's final season (14:51) which aired while we were on hiatus, and then descend into the more recent Netflix movie The Platform (35:58), with spoilers for both, including ending details for latter from about 46:18.

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Back with our first actually-current episode, we catch up on Doctor Who series 12 (15:21, with finale spoilers from 29:43) and Better Call Saul season 5 (39:03).

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In the second of our two backlogged hiatus episodes, we flash back to the heady days of February - specifically, critical darling Parasite (12:14) and superhero funfest Birds of Prey (27:57).

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We're back! Nothing happened in our absence, right?

Cool. Well, time for our supertopical 2019 review episode! Starting off with a review of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, then moving to our thoughts on the year in TV (11:42) and top 5 favourite shows (27:41), then the same combination for film: a chat (53:25), then a chart (61:05).

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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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