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Ethan Simmie of the 24 Minutes of A24 podcast joins Sam to discuss Alex Garland's new folk horror MEN, as well as the A24 brand and catalogue in general!

Find Ethan on twitter at @EthanSimmie and his podcast at @24minutesofA24

TIMESTAMPS:

A24 discussion: 0:54-14:55

What We've Watched (including Climax, The Bob's Burgers Movie, The Northman, Kenobi and more): 14:55-28:32

Kenobi (Ep 3 + controversy): 28:33-34:50

MEN (spoiler free): 49:30-1:04:12

Apologies for some of the microphone issues Sam had this week!

Sam and Lewis discuss the new blockbuster smash Top Gun: Maverick, a legacy sequel to the 80s classic (though not considered as much by the members of this podcast) starring Tom Cruise as the iconic Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. There's a look at Obi-Wan Kenobi, a new Disney+ series that attempts to fill in the blanks between the prequel and original trilogies for the titular Jedi, and review Gaspar Noe's new film Vortex. Both hosts have extended discussions of Noe's career and filmography, namely the 2019 film Lux Aeterna.

TIMESTAMPS:

What We've Watched (Focus on Gaspar Noe): 2:55-31:50

Vortex review: 39:00-44:48

Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 1+2: 44:48-57:54

Top Gun: Maverick review: 1:01:30-1:36:17

Lewis and a very ill Sam look at one of the most critically acclaimed films of recent times, Everything Everywhere All At Once, a new film from Daniels starring Michelle Yeoh! We also discuss some new Disney news (including She-Hulk), Doctor Who, Cannes, and rapping.

What we've watched: 04:30-19:08

News: 19:08-33:30

EEAAO: 33:30-55:20

Journey with us into the multiverse of madness (and moon-ness?)! We look at two new additions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and Moon Knight starring Oscar Isaac. Sam goes into great detail about the New French Extremity, which currently has a season running at the BFI, we look at the BAFTA TV awards, the new Doctor Who and Lewis updates us about his Bond-athon.

Timestamps

13:18-31:22 New French Extremity

31:22-37:45 The New Doctor

37:45-43:58 BAFTA TV Awards

44:00-1:01:41 Moon Knight

1:01:41-1:26:12 Doctor Strange (Spoiler-free) + Avatar 2

1:26:12-2:04:45 Doctor Strange (Spoilers)

Follow us on our journey of revenge as we tackle Robert Eggers' new Viking epic The Northman starring Alexander Skarsgaard, Nicole Kidman and Anya Taylor-Joy. Lewis also gives a review of new Netflix LGBT+ coming-of-age series Heartstopper, based on a successful graphic novel, and Sam gives his brief thoughts on the newest episode of Moon Knight!

Sam rambles his way through his first-time thoughts on Francis Ford Coppola's legendary Godfather trilogy (which turns 50 this year), whilst Lewis recalls his own opinions and compares the mob classics to Scorsese's Goodfellas. We look at the new directors cut of the third installment, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone.

Also... Is It Cake?

We're back! And at last, awards are out of the conversation! Prepare for quickfire 5 minute reviews of everything we haven't had time to review over the last month. We tackle Turning Red, X, The Worst Person in the World, The Phantom of the Open, Apollo 10 1/2, The Nan Movie, Ali & Ava and (now last week's episode of) Moon Knight!

We announce the winners of the 2022 Now Showing Alternative Oscars! Thank you to everyone that voted, and congratulations to the winners!

Lewis and Sam discuss two new cinema releases, Sony's newest instalment into their universe of Spider-Man side characters, and the new sequel to the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog adaptation, as well as the first episode of new Disney+ MCU series Moon Knight starring Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke.