Dinosaur Man

Who can take a franchise?
(Who can take a franchise?)
Sprinkle it with blood
(Sprinkle it with blood)
Cover it with politics and a white saviour or two

The Candy Man (the candy man)
The Candy Man can (the candy man can)
The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with blood
And makes the world confront uncomfortable home truths about systemic racism almost 30 years ago

That's right today is an Alex-led episode (boo!), BUT he's talking about horror being a catalyst for social conciousness (yay!).

We talk about the legacy of Candyman (1992) and how forward thinking and progressive its message was, particularly in the timeframe it came out in. 

Enjoy!

The boys return to review the latest batch of releases which this week span from documentary to survival, action to war time sky high horror. 

We cover 'WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn', Netflix actioner 'Sweet Girl', shark attack thriller 'Great White'  and aerial horror in 'Shadow in the Cloud'.

There is a slight audio glitch at the start of the episode but it seems to be resolved after that.

To celebrate the release of 'Free Guy' this week the boys decide to look into some video game worlds and how easy it would be to adjust to living in them, we talk ride on lawnmowing empires, homeless 10 year olds and learning foreign languages the British ex pat way. Pointing and shouting. 

It takes a turn towards deranged at the end but that's knd of the main reason you listen right? If you can't support us at our best then you don't deserve us at our worst.

We return for another week of both news and reviews from the world of movies, with us discussing the Scarlett Johansson Disney lawsuit and some new trailers.

Reviews this week are James Gunn's new DCEU comic book movie 'The Suicide Squad', Disney theme park ride inspired adventure 'Jungle Cruise', retirement community documentary 'Some Kind of Heaven' and Questlove's music documentary 'Summer of Soul' which is available on Disney+

To mark the release of James Gunn's new DC dilm 'The Suicide Squad', Andy has devised a plan to help get Alex and you dear listeners up to speed with the various goons who make up this body count of a Squad.

Alex guesses through the powers and back stories of these characters while Andy then does some heavy correcting afterwards.

Well here it is guys, the marathon episode we always promised was coming but were too afraid to record.

This week we review eight releases! Basketball animation sequel 'Space Jam: A New Legacy', body swap horror comedy 'Freaky', Daniel Radcliffe starring ultra violent romp 'Guns Akimbo', videogame adaptation 'Werewolves Within', the latest in political horror satire 'The Forever Purge', Netflix offerings 'The Water Man' & 'Fatherhood' and Guy Ritchie's latest 'Wrath of Man'

To celebrate the release of the new movie 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' we've decided to come up with our own basketball teams made up of animated characters from a variety of different mediums. Will our ragtag bunch of mismatched choices be able to beat the Monstars? Will we choose animated characters with any sporting ability? What food will they eat pregame to give them the energy to play?

Find out here!

The box office is back baby! With the return of the MCU in the form of 'Black Widow' we look at how it holds up, whether it brings the character's story to a satisfying conclusion and whether it was worth the wait. 

We also discuss Amazon Prime sci fi epic 'The Tomorrow War' and Pixar's latest release 'Luca', which is available on Disney+ now. 

With this week seeing the release of the latest installment of the MCU in Black Widow, we thought we'd bring you a special MCU themed episode. 

We're joined this week by Paul Hudson who has devised a choose your own adventure story for the guys to go through, with characters and plotlines from some more obscure Marvel properties there are twists and turns along the way. 

So join us for this bonkers hypothetical entry into the MCU powerhouse right now!

Andy's back! And to celebrate this momentus day Alex has seen way more than necessary in order to provide you lovely lot with a bumper edition of news and reviews, so much so that we drop the majority of news and just talk trailers and reviews. 

We talk Lin Manuel Miranda musical 'In The Heights', Ben Wheatley's pandemic set folk horror 'In The Earth', 'Nobody' a new action movie from the creator of John Wick, Academy award winning drama 'The Father', canine documentary 'Stray' and George A. Romero educational film 'The Amusement Park'.

Enjoy the ride!