In The Aisles

From outer space to out of place, James gives us a critical rundown of the latest season of the Expanse and delights in Matt Berry's TV return with Toast of Tinseltown. Dan wades through the minefield of gender politics as he gives his heavily edited thoughts on the BBC's Rules of the Game and Netflix's latest crime documentary The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman.

Reel News explores further notions of filming in space, shooting a film over a period of two decades and a proposed Weird Al Yankovic biopic with Daniel Radcliffe in the lead role.

A once-popular Ridley Scott film taught us that "In space, no one can hear you scream". It's just as well then that this week's main review is set entirely on earth….. 1996's Scream sought a reinvention of the genre and partially succeeded. In the dilapidated Hollywood graveyard of original ideas, does Scream 2022 have enough fresh concepts to shake up the genre for a second time?

Even as the government and royal family collapses, we continue to distract ourselves with the latest media.

James checks out The Tourist, the tale of Jamie Dornan in an ill-fated trip to Australia, and Hype House, the reality show full of Tik Tok stars that is a sad reminder of the absolute state of society. Dan reviews acclaimed "Grindr Killer" drama Four Lives, and with a mix of admiration and disgust, discusses Inside Dubai: Playground of the Rich.

To pad out the runtime, we reveal our most anticipated films of 2022, and make fun of the Golden Globes debacle.

Finally unleashed on UK screen, Titane is the main review. Listen in awe as your hosts stumble through a discussion about grief, shame, masculinity, and mechanophilia.

2022 picks up where the previous year left off with copious amounts of streaming content dumped on streaming services ready for us to immediately consume and instantly forget. Like the rest of the UK, Dan greedily binges on Netflix's Stay Close but finds some ingredients hard to digest. Thoroughly unsatisfied, he decides to lighten the mood using the magic of comedy with Jimmy Carr: His Dark Material. James has a Film centric watchlist that consists of Being the Ricardos, an experience that leaves him feeling a bit cold. Trust Stephen Graham to heat things up again as his one-take film Boiling Point results in us both reaching for a tea towel to mop our anxiety-induced sweaty foreheads.

In Reel News, we struggle to bring you cohesive and timely information so instead, we discuss a variety of topics including Ridley Scott's inability to retire, Yellowstone's discreet existence, and the ever-dwindling attention span of today's youth.

For our main review, we draw attention to the film that almost nobody is going out to the cinema to see, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. After a successful 2021, Benedict Cumberbatch returns on the hunt for another Award. Will this biographical tale finally deliver him Oscar glory? Or will his meteoric star power begin to wain? Yes, it's spelled wrong, it's a reference to... Never mind.

2021 is already becoming a distant memory but content still remains to be reviewed. 

Death to 2021 caught both our eyes but is this latest comedy special funny enough to hide that it's just a piece of Netflix propaganda? Dan checks out almost-horror The Kindred, and dives deep into Disney+ for cave rescue documentary The Rescue. James takes a bite of critically acclaimed The Power of the Dog, and takes the nostalgia bait with The Book of Boba Fett.

Nostalgia may not be enough to save the focus of this week's episode, The Matrix Resurrections. The latest instalment of the franchise, that most agree should have ended after the one classic film, provokes much discussion about what could have been and what ideas should have been fully explored.

Seasons greetings from your favourite lockdown therapy podcast! As a little stocking filler to see you through the festive period, we gift you Frank and sense judgment on the latest streaming content, and it arrives 2 days earlier than expected. So shove us in your earholes if you wish to ignore family and friends.

With reviews of Dr. Brain and Wrath of Man James gives us something to chew on but it isn't a human brain... Dan embraces the spirit of Christmas and begrudgingly watches 8-Bit Christmas and The Last Train to Christmas (if you didn't know, it's Christmas).

Meanwhile, deep in the realm of Reel News, we compare our End of Year review choices against those who actually know what they are talking about. Or do they? 

Finally, after the unrelenting hype and rumour mill that is Spider-Man: No Way Home, will we finally declare we are done with the MCU? You can find an Instagram post that reveals the answer to this but we deny all knowledge or affiliation to said post, and therefore can't comment. In fact... the image has now been taken down.

From epic highs to disastrous lows, 2021 AD was a memorable year for consuming media content. 

In this special episode, we reveal our favourite TV and film of the year and look back in anger at our biggest disappointments.

With shocking and obscure choices, this may be the most unique best-of-2021 list in the world.

Also featuring a dazzling musical introduction.

After being largely ignored by cinema-goers around the globe, James takes a chance on Ridley Scott's The Last Duel with rewarding results. Sticking closer to home, he also praises another criminally under-watched British gem In My Skin. Dan remains predictable and consumes two new Crime dramas; HBO's Landscapers and Netflix's True Story. We also collectively discuss The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring for our "vintage" movie review.

Listeners might find it refreshing that Marvel-related speculation is absent from this week's Reel News segment. Instead, as it 'Tis the season to be jolly' we discuss Santa Inc., HBO's latest animated comedy which has been massively review bombed. We also touch on the cinematic capitalization of the festive period.

Finally, we change the tone as we delve into the critically revered Tick, Tick... Boom! Neither of us can be considered musical aficionados but can we sing from the same hymn sheet, look past our inexperience and appreciate a finely tuned biographical drama?

Daniel has a horrible experience at an unnamed local restaurant, but we fare better with our selection of streaming content.

James joins the new Beatlemania with The Beatles: Get Back, while Halle Berry's MMA tale Bruised is not a KO and just OK. Dan finds amusement in both the title and content of UK comedy The Cockfields, and enjoys highly-rated genre mash-up Yellowjackets. 

Reel News can't escape the gravitational pull of Spider-man movie gossip, but we do squeeze in comments about the Sex and the City reboot and Jennifer Hudson's definition of success.

House of Gucci was the fashionable choice for this week's main review. With a cast just slightly better than this year's I'm a Celebrity (Get Me Out of Here!), Ridley Scott's latest 158-minute offering cannot possibly disappoint. 

Want to find reviews of the latest and greatest content that video on demand has to offer? Who you gonna call? Us of course! This week James finds his time divided between two rival streaming giants as he delves into Netflix's latest Korean show Hellbound and Amazon Prime's eagerly anticipated The Wheel of Time. And no, we haven’t read the books! Meanwhile, Dan shows a lack of dedication by only giving us one solitary review, Irvine Welsh's Crime, available on Britbox.

Reel News once again becomes Marvel News as we give our initial impressions on the latest Spiderman No Way Home trailer, plus we touch on Scarlett Johansson's healed rift with Disney. Elsewhere, Arcane's unexpected worldwide success is also discussed.

This year has been a never-ending onslaught of sequels, reboots, and remakes and this week is no exception. One could be forgiven for thinking Hollywood is running out of ideas but does Ghostbusters: Afterlife prove that sometimes a lack of originality isn’t always a bad thing?

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After the culture shock of Marvel's Eternals, your favourite podcast hosts return to the safety of male-led TV dramas. James prescribes himself The Shrink Next Door and Dopesick, and Dan reviews Succession and Dexter: New Blood.

Marvel announced more titles for their endless stream of content, and James tests casual fan Dan's knowledge of the lastest obscure characters that the media will pretend to like. Vin Diesel also comes in for some mockery. 

Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot. It was inevitable that Netflix's Red Notice would become the biggest streaming movie of all time (according to Netflix's data that only Netlifx has seen). Red Notice is indeed a crowd-pleasing film, if by "crowd" you mean a global collection of disconnected individuals consuming content alone.