It's the time of the year for TOP lists, and this week: hosts present their favourite and the BEST Television shows of 2018, from Haunted Houses to Puberty, Female Stand ups to murdered lawyers, it's definitely been a hell of a year for Television!

LINKS

2018 in Television

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_in_American_television

NY Times Best Shows of 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/arts/television/the-best-tv-shows.html

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OUR FIRST COMMENTARY! Watch along with us as we witness the gloriously awful Geostorm!

Geostorm on Netflix:

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80185871

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Jingle Bells, Santa KILLS! Things go a bit evil this Christmas as we dive into the Darker side of Holiday cinema. From gems like Silent Night Deadly Night to Christmas Evil we ask, what does it take to fuck with the joy of the holidays?

LINKS:

17 Dark AF Christmas Movies

https://www.moviefone.com/photos/christmas-movies-that-are-dark-af/

Shane Black and the Christmas Action Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdutj-VHW0c

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WE GOTTA DEFUSE THE BOMB!.... The Bomb of this episode... in a good way? I think I'm mixing metaphors here,but the point is we're looking at the thriller this wee, spies, turncoats, ticking clocks and panic rooms galore!

LINKS:

Thriller Sub-Genres

https://kathrineroid.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/list-of-thriller-subgenres/

Single Location Thrillers

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/single-location-thrillers/27043/15-greatest-single-location-thrillers-of-the-last-decade

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This week we chat to Mary Duong and Rhiannon Steffenson about how they and their cast and crew pulled together to create the LGBTQ+ web series "Two Weeks" right here in Brisbane!

We go through the writing process, shooting, post production, marketing and they let us in on all the ups and downs and lessons learned and they have some great advice for anyone who wants to make their own series!

LINKS:

Two Weeks on YOUTUBE

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvnOFKl1E2L76O9w60PqC2w

Two Weeks on FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/twoweekstv/

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Can you believe it's been a year already? This week we ask YOU what have you been watching and our Correspondent on the ground Josh, talks with Supanova attendees about their favourite shows and movies at the moment. Then we chat about ourselves, our film projects and future plans for the Podcast.

LINKS

Red Curtain Hell

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/redcurtainhell

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Heeeeeeey, how you doin? Bazinga! We're entering through a door to a round of applause... cue the canned laughter! It's the sitcom everybody, that staple of television since it's inception with I Love Lucy all the way to shows that push the definition like Veep and The Good Place.

LINKS:

The Hidden Sitcom Formula

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvHRAy4YdbA

Get A Life - A Cult Classic

https://tv.avclub.com/co-creator-david-mirkin-walks-us-through-cult-classic-g-1798233698

Jokes Per Minute

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/jokes-per-minute-sitcom-ratings-link/382734/

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This week is rather Lyrical! Guest Alex Smith from the podcast My Songs Suck! joins us to talk about the use of songs in movies and TV, the difference between a music movie and a musical, diegetic and non-diegetic and why Sister Act is the best film ever.

LINKS

Your Man Alex Smith on Bandcamp

https://yourmanalexsmith.bandcamp.com/

Your Man Alex Smith on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4eksDAYjFTGClVCkUoAOtC

Diegetic vs Non Diegetic movies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd0kQLD7JS8

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Things get GORY this week! Charnstar and Josh are away, so guest Sebastian Briguglio and Zane C Weber join us to talk about violence in cinema, it's impacts and how much further can we push it?

LINKS:

APOSTLE TRAILER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1JdWOqc9Q8

CryptTV

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpJ6Dn01AqjvFVN2EiK72Ag

SALO - The Most Banned Film Ever

https://www.reneebrack.com/SALO-AN-ESSAY-ON-THE-MOST-BANNED-FILM-EVER/

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Why should the kids get all the cartoons? From Rick and Morty to Bojack Horseman, the Rangers dive into the world of animation for adults, from it's history, through to the explosion following the rise of The Simpsons.

LINKS

History of the Simpsons

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8791379/The-Simpsons-history-of-the-series.html

10 Animated Films for Adults

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/critics-picks-10-best-animated-919190

Inside the rise of Animated Comedy

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bojack-horseman-rick-morty-inside-rise-animated-comedy-1143286

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