Movie The Needle

This week, we kick off our 2025 episodes with the Jason Reitman directed 2009 movie starring a jet settingGeorge Clooney as a corporate downsizer training a young, ambitious Anna Kendrick - Talking Heads and generational clashes ensue - It's Up in The Air!

We talk all things Cast, Production and Plot, and there's a game called, imaginatively "Up in The Air", where Carl has to differentiate the movies in development hell from those already been released or that are just made up!

Plus we reveal our top 3 George Clooney movies. Let us know yours!

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This week, we empty our sacks of our remaining listener questions along with a few final games to test how well Carl remembers 2024.

So brace yourself for the reveal of our favourite Die Hard movies, the movies we are looking forward to most, our favourite actors and much more!

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As it is officially the start of awards season, we thought it might be nice for us to pause our usual focus on the past and get right up to the current day for a mini-episode that captures our instant reaction to the winners and losers from the 2025 Golden Globes.

There is of course, also a little Golden Globe related game and some Globes/awards rambling.

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This week, we are delving deep into our sacks and answering your questions and playing a few games to see how well Carl remembers 2024.

We also have our first ever live phone in from a listener who brings their own game and Carl insults an entire nation.

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This week, we are pitting the last 16 movies we have covered on the podcast against each other to determine an overall winner.

We talk Cast, Production and Plot for each match-up, with the winning film progressing until there is one winner. We also test Carl's memory with a little game, whilst consuming a beer or three of Carl's choosing.

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This week, we complete our Christmas block of episodes by discussing the Robert Zemeckis 2004 mo-cap adventure starring Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks and Tom Hanks - Hobos and hot chocolate ensue - All abooooaaard! - It's The Polar Express!

We talk all things Cast, Production and Plot, and there's a new game, imaginatively called "Simon's Totally LegallyDifferent Christmas Movie Reveal Game”, all whilst consuming a festive beer of Carl's choosing.

We also pick our top 3 Christmas movies - let us know what yours are in the comments.

We also discuss the uncanny valley effect.

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This week, we continue our Christmas block of episodes bytackling the 1989 Christmas Comedy starring Chevy Chase as a committed family man on a quest for the perfect family Christmas surprise squirrels and exploding cats ensue - It's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation!

We talk all things Cast, Production and Plot, and there's a game, "Tag Lies”, all whilst consuming a festive beer of Carl's choosing.

We also pick our top 3 movies with the word 'vacation' or a synonym in the title - let us know what yours are in the comments.

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This week, we continue our Christmas block of episodes by discussing the 1993 Henry Selick directed, claymation musical - shrunken heads and sandy claws ensue - It's Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas!

We talk all things Cast, Production and Plot, and there's a game, imaginatively called "What’s This”, all whilst consuming a festive beer of Carl's choosing.

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We also pick our top 3 movie musicals - let us know what yours are in the comments.

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It's Christmas!!! Nearly! Sort of!

This week, we start our Christmas block of episodes by discussing the 1988 dark festive comedy starring Bill Murray as a selfish, cynical TV executive who is haunted by three spirits on Christmas Eve to help him see the error of his ways - nipples and violent fairies ensue - It's Scrooged!

We talk all things Cast, Production and Plot, and there's a game, imaginatively called "Bar Humbug", all whilst consuming a festive beer of Carl's choosing.

We also pick our top 3 movies with a title that contains a past participle - let us know what yours are in the comments.

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This week we are mixing things up and are haphazardly dissecting the best picture winners from the 67th to 71st Academy awards, along with other associated nonsense from movies released in 1994 to 1998.

Travesties and tearful speeches ensue - It's a Movie the Needle Oscar special!

We review each of the nominees for each of the 5 years and then put forward our alternative nominees and select a winner.

Obviously, there are also a couple of stupid games as we go. It's a long one, but a lot of fun.

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