1Up Culture Cast

Hugh joins Jareth for this weeks Culture Cast as they delve into Middle Earth. In the first of our three week series on The Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy. The first podcast in this series examines The Fellowship Of The Ring and how this group of nine,  containing members from each race, would embark upon one of the greatest journeys in literature or film.

Trent and Jareth give their thoughts on how the 2016  Suicide Squad movie could have been improved. discussing how this movie could have been improved with a few decision changes or with an alternate script.

It's the first episode of 2017, and to kick off the year Trent and Jareth look into the concept of Media Tourism: where fans go to the locations featured in their favourite media. Who knows, you might end up planning a holiday to your favourite movie destination after this podcast!
Here is a link to the academic paper by Craig Norris references in this week's podcast: http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/470/403

Trent and Jareth look onwards to 2017, and give a breakdown of the upcoming year in movies. The two talk about their most excited, most hopeful and low key interested set of movies.
*This episode was recorded prior to the news of Carrie Fisher's passing, which affects part of the conversation surrounding Episode VIII. As both Trent and Jareth are big fans, they wish to dedicate this particular episode to her memory

Rogue One: A Star Wars story is out in cinemas, and Trent and Jareth put on their fanboy pants to break down what they liked and didn't like from the movie. 

The year is coming to a close, and in this week's edition of the 1Up Culture Cast Trent and Jareth go through their top movies of 2016, the biggest letdowns and best surprises of the year. See what makes the list!

The latest Star Wars movie is just a week away, and in preparation Trent and Jareth break down what they know about the movie and what they hope they'll get from it. 

Both The Incredibles and Big Hero Six are considered among the best superhero movies to come out since the turn of the century, and while the two animated movies share plenty of differences, it's hard not to compare them. In the latest episode of 1Up Culture Cast, Trent and Jareth take sides and compare these two films, discussing what makes each stand out and ultimately, which they think is the superior movie.

The Harry Potter universe is back, this time without The Boy Who Lived! Fantastic Beasts and where to find them is out, and Trent and Jareth sit down to break down the movie. What worked, what didn't work, and where they see the franchise going. Obviously heavy spoiler warning for this, but sit back, relax and enjoy!

The rumours have been flowing that Fox might be looking to reboot the X-Men cinematic universe, but what does it mean for us as comic and movie goers? Trent and Jareth delve into the rumours and possibilities and try make sense of all the discussion.