Screen Watching

It is a whole new Screen Watching podcast. We’re keeping it shorter and just cramming a whole bunch of thoughts on what you might be watching this week.

Is the new Francis Ford Coppola film Megalopolis as absolutely bonkers as they say? Dan and Simon braved a late night first screening at IMAX in Sydney to offer some 12:30am thoughts.

Also this week:

Oh, and also, Dan and Simon discuss the very future of this podcast as they get set to embark upon their new podcast project.

Riddle me this! What do you get when you give a The Batman (2022) supporting character his own 8-episode HBO drama?

This week on the podcast, Dan and Simon talk about the movie tie-in show The Penguin. But they also discuss new Demi Moore film The Substance, the new animated feature Transformers One, and new Netflix feature His Three Daughters.

Oh, yeah... they also talk about the dull-as Emmy Awards.

Join us this week for Simon Foster's review of Netflix's surprise hit Rebel Ridge.

Also, Dan Barrett takes a look at TV documentaries about TV shows with After Baywatch and Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos. He calls one of them 'honest'. Which one, you'll never guess. But the very fact this is a question suggests you will probably guess. And even if you are simple and can't, there's a 50/50 chance.

NOTE: It is bad marketing to call one's listeners 'simple.' Dan should know better than to have written that.

This week Dan and Simon went to the movies together and watched Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Does it live up to the hype? Do we wish Beetlejuice had just gone Hawaiian after all?

But that isn’t all for this week’s show. We also discuss:

And we do the usual birthday quiz and this week in history games.

Another big week on the podcast as we review Netflix’s new dramedy KAOSand new cinema release Bookworm.

We also argue over Fly me To The Moon.

And then we explore Development Hell - those movies that have been worked on and reworked for years and years in the light of the most recent The Crow film being released - finally.

It’s been a heavy week for streaming movies. We go deep on the American Pie wannabe Incoming (Netflix) and Prime Video’s action comedy about a lottery winner on the run from, well, everyone in Jackpot!

We also have a chat about the DNC broadcast, Alien Romulus, the Presumed Innocent finale, the final(?) episode of Evil, Homicide: Life On The Street, The Union, and The Killer (2024).

This week on the podcast:

Inspired by Jason Reitman's new behind-the-scenes of SNL film Saturday Night, Dan and SImon this week consider movies they would like to see based on real life behind the scenes activity on other TV shows. Expect some pretty offbeat suggestions.

Reviews this week include:

After years of going on about how the Apple Vision Pro signals the future of TV and movie watching, Dan and Simon both did a demo this week. What is the verdict? Was Dan suitably impressed? Was cinema enthusiast Simon Foster swayed?

Also, the guys review some actual TV shows and movies: