It's our huge 50th episode extravaganza. We celebrate with reviews and conversation about the big movie and TV releases of the week. Really mixing up that formula.

This week we dive deep on:

It's a blockbuster week on the Screen Watching podcast this week as we have two huge new Marvel releases and a number of other anticipated movies and TV shows. Dan and Simon take a gander at:

A huge week for reviews this week as Simon and Dan take a gander at:

Simon also has a chat with director Rogue Rubin. Her film Lion Spy follows the director going undercover with the thrill killers of living things to fight the pending extinction of wild lions in Africa. Creating a false identity, she infiltrates the male dominated world of trophy hunters in Africa and puts herself at tremendous personal risk in doing so.

A huge week for reviews. Like, really, really big.

We discuss:

Simon also poses the question: Which faded stars are due a Tarantino-style comeback a la Pam Grier, John Travolta, and Robert Forster. Dan and Simon then answer that question in the most compelling segment of all time.

A big week for movies and TV this week. Dive into reviews of:

Dan and Simon also have a chat about how we feel about watching blockbusters in the current age.

It's Halloween at Screen Watching HQ. So we talk about horrors both real and imagined. Up for discussion:

Which of these horrors were real? Which imagined? You decide.

There are a lot of things to watch and your boys Dan and Simon are the guys who can tell you whether you want to open up your peepers and let certain shows or movies into them. It is the service we provide.

Up for discussion this week are new movies in the cinema: A return of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to the screen together with The Last Duel and there's also the horror smash hit Malignant.

But we also cover some of the more interesting titles this week on the small screen: The Apple TV+ huge budget sci-fi human drama Invasion. And then there are also two comedies on Paramount+: Spreadsheet and Guilty Party.

With local cinemas back open, the podcast is starting to feel whole again. It means Simon has the chance to talk about having finally been able to see Marvel's Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings. He also checks out new film Lamb. In terms of streaming, SImon also got a look at the new Apple TV+ doco The Velvet Underground about the iconic band of the same name.

TV gets a look in as well with Dan checking out the new TV adaptation of I Know What You Did Last Summer (Amazon Prime Video). We won't ruin what he thought of it here. But do know that he was way more enthused by new Canadian comedy Sort Of (Stan).

Along with a look at the week ahead and the calendar observances, Dan and Simon also talk about the upcoming Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival that Simon curates. In addition to finding out about the festival, get some insights on the running of a festival like this. 

A big week on the show. We interview the matriarch of American cinemas first family - Eleanor Coppola. She chats to Simon about her film Love Is Love Is Love. 

There's also reviews:

Oh, and cinemas open again this Monday in Sydney. We discuss what films are playing in cinemas this week (as cinemas try and stuff three months worth of notable releases into a week).

It's a big show. Tell your friends.

A huge episode of reviews this week.

REVIEWS (03:32)

INTERVIEW (47:02)

THE WEEK AHEAD (1:03:41)