After a brief hiatus we return with reviews of four films which have become distant memories to the film going public.

First up Danny reviews Chris Morris' film The Day Shall Come, an expose about the war on terror full of full of shocking revelations such as the C.I.A are racist and also corrupt but also racist.

THEN Sam reviews Joker, which answers the question film fans have been asking for years namely, what if Taxi Driver but also Batman?

THEN Danny reviews Hustlers, the sleeper hit which reminded everyone that Jennifer Lopez is an amazing actress and that Gigli deserves a critical reappraisal.

THEN Sam reviews Ad Astra, in which Brad Pitt tries to get some space from his dad but then has to search for his dad in space.

PLUS we discuss the latest Matrix movie, weigh in on the Scorsese Marvel controversy and spend far too much time discussing The Kingsman franchise.

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After a hiatus spent reflecting deeply on the time travel mechanics in Avengers: Endgame, we are back! We review Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a paean to Tinseltown that will make you want to build a little shrine in your home to the hardworking actors who were big on TV in the 50s but never quite made the transition to film. Bless their pure souls. Danny also gives his take on Bait, an arthouse drama about Cornish fishermen painstakingly shot on black and white 16mm. Critics love it - but what about our contrarian Film Chat host? He also thought it was good.

Plus, we discuss Ben Wheatley's move into blockbuster filmmaking, we marvel at the ambition of Richard Linklater's next generation-spanning megaproject, and we hold back the gasps and sobs while ruminating on the demise of the Jeremy Renner app.

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On this episode not satisfied with his tope bag that says "nevertheless she persisted" on it and his subscription to Bust magazine, Danny takes another step to prove how much of a woke bae he is by seeing Support the Girls, the brilliant new film by Andrew Bujalski all about female solidarity and the emotional toil of work, two topics he knows nothing about.

Then not satisfied with his Dario Argento boxset and his comic by Alejandro Jodorowksy, Danny takes another step to prove how cool and au fait with weird cinema he is by seeing In Fabric, the brilliant new film by Peter Strickland all about shopping and dresses, two topics he knows nothing about.

and finally yesterday all our troubles seemed so far away because we hadn't seen the film Yesterday which FYI is terrible.

We also find time to discuss the new mind bending film from Pixar and spend too much time sharpening our knives for the latest film in The Kingsman franchise.

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It's a bonafide review bonanza this week on Film Chat as we review 4 films which are so dissimilar to each other they're like four radically different peas in an unusual pod.

Danny reviews High Life in which Juliette Binoche plays a crazed scientist hell-bent on harvesting Robert Pattinson's semen, in space. - It's not as fun as it sounds.

Then he reviews Sunset in which a young woman tries to unlock the mystery of her past in 1913 Hungary where the country is on the verge of imploding as socio-political factors change the balance of power between the classes - bout as fun as it sounds.

And then he reviews Late Night in which Mindy Kaling plays a struggling comedy writer who lands a job on a late night chat show. Not as fun as it should be.

Meanwhile, Sam reviews Booksmart.

Plus we discuss the new film from Mad Mikkelsen and Thomas Vinterberg and start counting down the days til the release of the recently announced animated Spice Girls movie.

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On this episode Danny reviews the highly acclaimed indie drama Thunder Road and tries to decide where it ranks in the pantheon of films that share titles with Bruce Springsteen Songs. He settled on somewhere below Badlands but far superior to Pink Cadillac.

Then he joins forces with Sam to tackle Bob Burnham's debut film, the deeply affecting drama Eighth Grade which reminds us all that being 13 is a living fucking nightmare and we're all lucky to have survived it.

PLUS they have an in depth chat about a proposed crossover film between the Django and Zorro franchises AND wonder whether R-Patz will make a good R-Batz...man. Robert Pattinson is playing Batman...

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"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" someone once said, and by a similar token there is simply no way to talk about Detective Pikachu. But Sam tries. He also informs you that the representation of dogs is much improved in the third John Wick film, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. The dog in the first film was a mere victim, in the second it's a passive companion, and in the third dogs actively bite the shit out of people to help John Wick. That's got to be progress. Danny meanwhile reviews the Colombian gangster epic Birds of Passage, from the acclaimed director of Embrace of the Serpent, which is definitely for grown-ups.

We also speculate about how and indeed why Chris Rock will handle the Saw franchise, we wonder how crisp the suits will be in Lord Nolan's latest grandiose Ozymandias-like project, and we revisit an old fave, Charles Angels 2: Full Throttle.

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On this belated episode, we review the little indie drama Avengers: Endgame. At the time of recording it had only grossed £5, but if audiences get out there and support this overlooked gem it might gross as much as £10!

PLUS we discuss the controversial Sonic the hedgehog trailer and wonder whether applying photo realistic CGI to a 2D platform game character was a great decision or the greatest decision!

AND we check in with actor-turned-director-turned-Batman-turned-meme Ben Affleck and his latest plan to re-calibrate his career with a new Oscar baiting film.

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It's International Cowboy Boots Week, so we're reviewing two films with cowboy boots in them. The one with the most cowboy boots is Jacques Audiard's The Sisters Brothers, an off-beat, star-studded Western which features quite a few shod cowboys. The other, Wild Rose, comes up short in the cowboy boots stakes with only a single main pair and maybe some in the background later on, but it makes up for it by being a tearjerking indie drama about a young Glaswegian woman who dreams of being a country singer.

On the non-cowboy-boot front, we talk about the recent Star Wars trailer, which suggests JJ Abrams is attempting a massive course correction from the previous good Star Wars film. We also discuss news of a Grease prequel, a tantalising prospect that could fill in the millions of questions about backstory we all have about Grease, and we mourn the demise of Aquaman's beard.

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In the words of my last six girlfriends before they swore of men forever, "We need to talk about Us".... By which I mean we will be reviewing Jordan Peele's latest politically astute horror, Us which make us go "Ahhh!" and "Hmmm!" in equal measure. By which I mean it scared us and made us think.

PLUS we discuss a new mooted version of Macbeth in which Lady Mcdormand (Frances McDormand) will play Lady Macbeth AND we examine the new trailer for the upcoming Joker movie which finally answers the question film fans have been asking each other for almost 50 years, namely, "What if Taxi Driver but instead of a cabby a clown?"

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