Screen Watching

By Screen Watching

Join TV and film critics (and handsome men) Dan Barrett and Simon Foster with reviews, industry news, and recommendations of great things to check out. This podcast is a perfect example of the dangers... more

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The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.

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March 26, 2021Watching: Godzilla vs Kong, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Invincible, A Teacher, and The Last Veneer
Dan and Simon, Milford Men, both, are back for another Screen Watching installment.
News (01:40)
Disney shake-up its schedule as it pushes Black Widow back to July from May. Plus it's also going to be on Disney+

Keanu Reeves sets his own fate with Bzrkr

RIP George Segal

RIP the grand dame Jessica Waters

SBS' biggest commission - 200 episodes of an Adam Liaw cooking show.
Reviews (20:38)
Godzilla vs Kong

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

Invincible

A Teacher

The Last Veneer
Interview (43:47)
Dan explains why you won't hear an interview with the director of Golden Voices Evgeny Ruman on the podcast this week - but please listen to the audio over at the Screen Watching Facebook page.
What's on this week - streaming and at the cinema (45:28)
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52min
March 19, 2021We watched: Zack Snyder's Justice League, French Exit, and White Riot
Dan and Simon enter the Hall of Justice to discuss Zack Snyder's Justice League. Is it worth both the hype and the four-hour runtime?
They also chat with the director of the very good new film The Grizzlies, Miranda de Pencier.
News (02:18)
Avatar is ten years old - why are Dan and Simon talking about its box office again?

RIP Yaphet Kotto

Oscar nominations

Killing Eve to end with season four

Matthew McConaughey is back for more A Time To Kill (sort-of)

Disney Plus adds classic and mostly forgotten Star Wars content.
Interview (16:50)
Simon chats with the director of The Grizzlies, Miranda de Pencier.
Reviews (31:12)
Zack Snyder's Justice League - Streaming on Binge

Michelle Pfeiffer's new film French Exit - In cinemas now

UK punk music doco White Riot - In cinemas now
The Week Ahead (49:27)
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58min
March 12, 2021We watched: Fisk, Then Came You, Dealer, and Judas and The Black Messiah
It's a week heavy on news and reviews. Frankly Simon and Dan have too much to say about everything this week. What are you waiting for - stop reading and just start listening.
News (01:33)
Oprah and Meghan and Harry and a highly engaged global audience

RIP Kim's Convenience

Lupita Nyong’o's YouTube Original series Super Sema

Pepe LePew faces #TimesUp

Zack Snyder's Justice League leaks

Disney+ passed 100 million subscribers - look out Netflix

George Clooney and Julia Roberts are heading down under.
Reviews (22:25)
Judas and The Black Messiah - In cinemas now

Fisk - ABC TV (debuts Wednesday 17 March)

Then Came You - In cinemas now

Dealer - Netflix
The Week Ahead (44:43)
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56min
March 05, 2021This week we're watching Nomadland, Coming 2 America, The Knick, and Chaos Walking. We speak with DOGTV's Beke Lubeach, and The Big Nothing co-director Lucy Campbell
It's a jam-packed Screen Watching this week because Simon and Dan know no other way. This week expect action, excitement, romance, and thrills. What you're going to get, however, is:
News (01:18)
Behold - RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under

The Golden Globes ratings redefined the term 'dud

'ViacomCBS launch a new streaming service - Paramount+

The Simpsons scores two more seasons

Stan's CEO is now Nine's CEO

A Bosch spin-off is announced... starring Bosch
Interview (13:38)
Dan speaks to Beke Lubeach, the head of DOGTV - a streaming service for dogs.
Reviews (24:30)
Nomadland

Coming 2 America

The Knick

Chaos Walking
Another interview (44:33)
Simon speaks with Lucy Campbell, the co-director of new sci-fi web series The Big Nothing.
The Week Ahead (51:47)
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1h 4min
February 26, 2021Watching: Superman and Lois, Boss Level, Blackbird. Talking: Woody v Farrow, Star on Disney+, The Magic Kingdom.
It's a jam-packed Screen Watching this week because Simon and Dan know no other way. This week expect action, excitement, romance, and thrills. What you're going to get, however, is:
News (01:06)
Dan and Simon check out the new streaming service Star on Disney+

Thoughts on the new Woody v Farrow documentary series

Confirmation on an Australian release date for the Zack Snyder Justice League film.

Dan gets in a special guest to discuss the new trailer for the very buzzy Kevin Can F**k Himself series

Nik Kacevski's short Soulmate has been picked up for global distribution

Ronald D Moore is developing a Magic Kingdom series - what does this mean for legacy (and problematic) Disney IP?
Interview (25:27)
Ocean Film Festival director Jemima Robinson talks to Simon about the 2021 lineup.
Reviews (30:46)
Boss Level

Blackbird

Superman and Lois
The Week Ahead (39:57)
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54min
February 23, 2021 BONUS: Superman - hero of the small and big screen
With Superman and Lois debuting on TV this week, Dan and Simon discuss Superman as a character of the big and small screen. They chart his evolution from comic book character through radio, movie serials, animated shows, live-action TV, and the big screen.
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37min
February 19, 2021Watching: Minari, For All Mankind, Firestarter, Why Are You Like This, and talking Justice League
Strap yourselves in for another Screen Watching podcast. This week hosts Dan and Simon settle into their new podcast format and emerge out of it as absolute consummate professionals to the very end. As always, there's a lot of TV and movies to discuss:
News
(02:10)
We've now seen the Zack Snyder Justice League trailer. Honestly - we don't know if we're excited. But we're curious.

Disney announces 10 European originals to launch on new streaming service Star.

Martin Scorsese has written a piece damning streaming services for a lack of curation.
Interview
(26:25)
Dan has a chat with Olivia Junkeer and Naomi Higgins about their new ABC comedy series Why Are You Like This?
Reviews
Minari (42:25)

Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra (47:00)

For All Mankind (49:04)
The Week Ahead
(54:43)
Dan and Simon talk about what's hitting streaming and playing at the cinema over the upcoming week. Somehow they forgot to mention Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. This was an oversight.
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1h 12min
February 12, 2021Watching: Super Bowl trailers, Clarice, Another Round, Synchronic, Long Story Short
With 12 February marking the Lunar New Year, Dan and Simon have a chat with China Lion's Mick Robbins about just how important the Lunar New Year is to the year's box office takings. On this week's podcast you'll also hear Simon and Dan almost come to blows over the filmography of M Night Shyamalan, along with a bunch of film reviews and some thoughts on the raft trailers broadcast during the US Super Bowl earlier this week.
Yeah - it's another very packed show.
News:
Super Bowl trailers - Falcon and The Winter Soldier, F9, Old, and more (01:02)

The best and worst real-life movie star romances (10:45)

Aussies at SXSW (17:52)
Interview:
Mick Robbins from film distributor China Lion on the significance of the Lunar New Year on the box office.(21:01)
Reviews:
Long Story Short (33:09)

Clarice (36:04)

Another Round (42:36)

Synchronic (44:43)
The Week Ahead:
What TV and movies will we be watching streaming and at the cinema over the next week? (52:12)
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1h
February 04, 2021 Golden Globes nominations, Frasier rebooted, Nora Unkel on A Nightmare Wakes, Palmer, and WandaVision
With the 2021 Golden Globes nominations announced, Dan and Simon rip into the weirdo choices made and question why we pay attention to these nutso awards. There's also some talk about reboots following news this week of new takes on Frasier and The Wonder Years.

Nora Unkel stops by to talk about her new film A Nightmare Wakes. It's about Frankenstein writer Mary Shelley as she deals with her own real life horrors while writing the famed book.

There's also reviews of the great new Justin Timberlake film Palmer and Marvel's first TV show WandaVision
Find your way through the show this week:
News:
00:59 The Golden Globes nominations
12:20 Frasier and The Wonder Years remakes are on the horizon. Also - what remakes do we want to see?
Interview:
27:46 Director Nora Unkel tells us about her new Mary Shelley film A Nightmare Wakes
Reviews:
39:06 Palmer (Apple TV+)
43:55 WandaVision (Disney+)
The Week Ahead:
51:21 What's coming up in the next week streaming and in local cinemas?
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1h
January 29, 2021Talking Occupation: Rainfall, Malcolm & Marie, The Stand, and Star on Disney+
It's the very first episode of Screen Watching and boy did we learn a lot about ourselves and each other while making it.
This week on the show:
News
The movie release schedule is ever-changing as studios navigate COVID-19 and launching their own streaming services. (02:41)

Disney has announced the line-up for the new streaming service Star. (13:25)
Interview
Occupation: Rainfall is a big new Australian sci-fi special effects-driven action film. Director Luke Sparke tells us more about making this unique film. (19:05)
Reviews
Operation: Rainfall (29:13)

Malcolm & Marie (35:20)

The Stand (40:09)
The Week Ahead
TV launch dates, cinema releases, and a focus on Raiders of The Lost Ark. (44:30)
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1h 2min

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How many episodes does Screen Watching have?

The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.

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