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In the first of 3 episodes talking about the 2023 Oscars and the films nominated at the ceremony, we take a dive into Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin starring 4 Oscar-nominated performances from Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan, Todd Field's Best Picture nominee TÁR with Cate Blanchett, and Edward Berger's war epic All Quiet on the Western Front which is nominated for 9 Oscars, and won the BAFTA for Best Film. We also have a chat about the Scream franchise ahead of Scream VI.

This week we sit down to discuss three Oscar-nominated films about film from three Oscar-winning directors; Damien Chazelle's epic: Babylon starring Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, Sam Mendes' Empire of Light with Olivia Colman and Michael Ward, and Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical family drama The Fabelmans starring Michelle Williams. We also get into all the latest DC news after James Gunn's revamp of the studio.

AFTERSUN review begins: 51:35 

AVATAR reviews begins: 1:13:00 

GLASS ONION review begins: 1:35:32 (spoilers between 1:47:45-1:54:15) 

In our first episode of 2023, and after a long break, we're back to discuss the biggest film of 2022, James Cameron's sci-fi epic sequel to his 2009 record-breaker Avatar; Avatar: The Way of Water. We also slice open Rian Johnson's follow-up to his 2019 smash hit Knives Out; Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery featuring Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc. We also dive into Charlotte Wells' stunning feature debut Aftersun starring Paul Mescal.  We also have a lot of news and what we've watched to catch up on.  Happy New Year! 

We're back to discuss the newest instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Lewis also reviews The Banshees of Inisherin (I'm not spell-checking that) and The Menu!

This week we sit down to discuss all the news we missed in October, and all the films we watched in October. But the main events are Gina Prince-Bythewood's historical epic The Woman King starring Viola Davis, Sam tackles the latest horror box-office hit Smile, and Lewis talks about Dwanye 'The Rock' Johnson's long-awaited DC blockbuster Black Adam. We recorded this episode last week so some of the info may be a little dated.

Jordan-Luke McDonald returns to the pod to discuss the final instalment of David Gordon Green's Halloween reboot trilogy in our late Halloween special. Sam discusses a horror marathon that included the likes of The Thing, The Shining and The Exorcist and the subject of Marvel fatigue is yet again debated.

After a long break, we have a lot to discuss so join us to enjoy all the news out of San Diego Comic-Con, and get into the Warner Bros Discovery debacle with Batgirl. After that, it's finally time for Sam and Lewis to take a look at Jordan Peele's hotly-anticipated third film, the sci-fi horror NOPE with Daniel Kalyuua and Keke Palmer, and David Leitch's action comedy Bullet Train.

HAPPY 100TH EPISODE EVERYONE! Thank you to all who've supported us over the last 2 and a bit years! We celebrate our centenary of episodes with a special ep where we each select 5 films and 3 TV shows to bring with us to a desert island with us (which is a completely original idea and not at all inspired by any long-running radio shows). Sam and J-L did this in August of 2020, and since we have swapped hosts and Sam has changed his opinions a lot, so we thought we'd revisit the format. Here's to the next 100!