Asian A.V. Club: What to Watch podcast

Our brand new episode of the Asian A.V. Club: What to Watch pod is here and in this episode, we've invited the brilliant Katie Spencer who you might know as the main entertainment correspondent on SKY NEWS, but for our listeners, she is just a friend of the pod!

As usual, we've curated a wide berth of current movies and tv shows to have on your radar, and Katie has very kindly joined us for the ride.

We kick off our film section with the thought provoking doc LIFE AFTER by the award winning director Reid Davenport. What started off as a look into the life of a disabled woman denied the right for assisted suicide back in 1983, develops into a fascinating deeper dive into how society currently approaches this tough topic. If you think the current SUPERMAN flies into lighter subjects, you might be in for a surprise in this iteration. We also return to Southport to witness the bloody reboot of the 90's classic I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. Finally, the REAL reason why I made Katie watch the Netflix genre hit BRICK.

Over in TV land, we break down the Lena Dunham version of a rom-com TOO MUCH, return to the murderous world of DEXTER RESURRECTION, discover a comfy new title in the cozy crime milieu called BOOKISH, celebrate deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis as she stars in the tense crime drama CODE OF SILENCE and keep the crime/murder spree of tv shows coming with the surprisingly good BALLARD.

Katie of course, comes across as a knowledgeable star and was a wonderful sport by going through our long list (AGAIN) of titles we packed into this episode.

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The Asian A.V. Club What to Watch podcast returns with a REALLY packed episode of movies and tv shows that we think you should be watching right now or have on your radar.

In this episode we've invited Germany based journalist / critic (and just all around specialist of all things movie and TV) Patrick Heidmann to the show. I've known Patrick for awhile now as he's been doing the international festival circuit for decades and has such great taste in general!

As it's the main summer blockbuster season, both Patrick and I have stories to tell about getting invited to events centered around hot titles. Patrick went to a Jurassic World Rebirth press event and was charmed by a baby dinosaur, I went to the Squid Game premiere and FELT like a dinosaur surrounded by baby influencers.

Of course we get to talking about films, kicking off with the moving doc My Mom Jayne, by actress and now director Mariska Hargitay, about reclaiming her relationship with the iconic pinup star mom, Jayne Mansfield. Then we go 28 Years Later to experience dir: Danny Boyle returning to the zombie world he made famous two decades ago.

We then head over to Korea to talk about their summer superhero smash film Hi-Five by dir: Kang Hyeong-cheol and how local IP can still go up against Hollywood smashes like F1, which we also had some enthusiastic thoughts on!

Our film quick takes looks at how surprised we were with the silly action comedy Deep Cover and our love of the indie film Sorry Baby (which everyone should go see asap!!)

For TV, the return of The Gilded Age brings alot of questions why we watch this show in the first place (here's a hint: the actors), the surprisingly breezy limited series Outrageous introduces us to the scandalous Mitford sisters, we get our Scandi-crime fix through the compelling new drama Mafia, plus our thoughts on the final season of Squid Game, having The Bear back in our lives, and easy cozy tv shows like Poker Face and Elsbeth.

It's PACKED, but we were just so excited to share our thoughts on all these titles! So plug in, and enjoy our latest Asian A.V. Club: What to Watch podcast!

In our inaugural episode, Stevie Wong invites the amazing Kate Rodger of The Projector substack to break down all the films and tv shows that you should be watching right now. We kick off with my breakdown of fave films I saw at this years 2025 Cannes Film Festival including Sirat, Sentimental Value, Pillion, Romeria and Resurrection.

Then we take a look at current film releases like Tom Cruise's "final" Mission Impossible: The FINAL Reckoning, Ballerina expanding on the John Wick universe, the smash New Zealand film Tina and the surprising feel good movie by horror director Mike Flanagan called The Life of Chuck.

We venture into TV shows as we talk about if the series finale of The Handmaid's Tale had a satisfying ending, we listen to Kate talk about her total love of Andor, we ask if there's a way to go beyond hate watching And Just Like That, and fawn over two new crime series in the form of Dept Q and the k-thriller Nine Puzzles.

It's a packed episode but we were just so excited to share our thoughts on all the things in the world of movies and tv right now!