Screen Verdict

In a podcast all about girls Screen Verdict discuss HBO's two new comedy shows for the season, Veep and Girls. Matt and Jonathan discuss Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a girl Vice President in the follow up to Armando Iannucci's 'The Thick of It'. They also discuss the interesting cast in the office and decide who they would keep or fire. Moving on to Girls Matt and Jonathan discuss it as the new Sex and the City. They review each of the characters and play a modified version of one of Screen Verdict's favourite games in Screw, Marry, Kill. Then Matt and Jonathan give each show a rating out of 10 and the combined score provides the HBO showdown winner. Lastly they discuss the excitement of Screen Verdict's one year anniversary and Matt shares some humorous girl issues of his own.

Screen Verdict revisits the topic of our first ever podcast in Pixar, by discussing their new film Brave. Jonathan surprises Matt with an unprecedented podcast opening before moving on to discussing Merida as the first female lead of a Pixar film. They then discuss would feel in her role as the princess and Jonathan gets mad at some of Matt's opinions on the witch. They then rank Brave within the Pixar canon and give a Screen Verdict rating for the film. Lastly we remind you of our Game of Thrones competition and review Matt trying his hand at a local stand-up competition.

This week Screen Verdict reviews Ridley Scott's sci-fi epic Prometheus. Matt and Jonathan establish whether you need to have seen previous Alien films and share their opinions on Ridley Scott as a director. Introducing the film's premise Matt is skeptical about the reasons for the mission whereas Jonathan is too distracted with his man crush on Michael Fassbender. They also discuss some minor questions the film poses such as the meaning of life and the origin of mankind. The podcast concludes with a Screen Verdict rating and discussion of our competition to win a Game of Thrones book.

(Contains Season Two Spoilers) In the podcast Matt and Jonathan have been waiting for they are joined by star of Survivor Amazon, Rob Cesternino. They go through all the key players in the game and review how their strategies played out over the season. From dragons to smoke monsters to zombies, they cover it all. Lastly they provide their Screen Verdict rating for the season and reveal a COMPETITION TO WIN A COPY OF THE GAME OF THRONES BOOK. So listen to the podcast that's more fun than an imp in King's Landing.

In a quick Screen Verdict podcast Jonathan reluctantly gives in to Matt's insistence on reviewing The Lorax. Jonathan explains his reluctance to watch The Lorax and Matt shares his opinion on the film because he actually watched it. Return guest Dutchy also shares his opinions on Dr Seuss and drops some left field political bombs. Podcast listeners are also lucky enough to hear Matt providing his Lorax voice should he have been cast in the role.

In this week's Screen Verdict podcast we review season six of NBC's comedy show 30 Rock. In it we start off with Alec Baldwin's Words With Friends addiction getting him kicked off a plane. Then we move onto whether Liz has finally found a decent boyfriend, Jack's foray into couches, Tracy's shenanigans, how Jenna deals with celebrity and Kenneth's climb up the NBC ladder. We also mention our favourite guest stars including Kelsey Grammar and podcast hero Chris Parnell. Lastly we provide our Screen Verdict rating on the season as well as special guest Dutchy dropping by to give his review based on the show's Wikipedia page.

In a tyrannous review of The Dictator, Screen Verdict discuss the latest shenanigans from Sacha Baron Cohen, or as we coin him, SBC (feel free to use this). Jonathan also shares his thoughts on his previous films and Matt struggles to pronounce them. The podcast takes a look at the premise of the film and reviews some of its strengths and weaknesses. Jonathan has to apologise for Matt as he systematically offends everyone and Chris Parnell makes his triumphant return to the podcast.

(Minor Spoilers in Podcast) This week Screen Verdict discusses the show Parks and Recreation and reviews the latest season. Matt and Jonathan take a look at each of the characters and main story developments. Also Matt shares his plans for us to become the coolest guys in town and we play Screw, Marry, Kill with Rob Lowe, Adam Scott and Will Arnett. The podcast concludes with a Screen Verdict rating and a listener's request for a future podcast.

In the latest Screen Verdict episode Matt and Jonathan review the new Jason Segel and Emily Blunt film, The Five Year Engagement. In the podcast topics include: eating old donuts, appropriate engagement lengths and what we learned from the film. Jonathan also shares a story involving meeting Emily Blunt in real life. Lastly they provide a Screen Verdict rating and reveal the winner of their Walking Dead comics competition.

This week Screen Verdict reviews the highly anticipated superhero film The Avengers. Matt and Jonathan discuss their expectations based on the previous films as well as their thoughts on writer/director Joss Whedon.

They then break down the main characters in the film and discuss who were there favourites and whose superpowers they would most like to have. In the second edition of What (Blank) Taught Us, Matt and Jonathan share what they learned watching the film including how to solve political crises.

Lastly they give their Screen Verdict rating of the film and discuss competition prizes as well as giving a shout out to the latest prize winner.