The Black Dog Podcast

This week Jim tweaks a knee, Elton gets a video game to simulate walking around a train station, Darren has a leaky light switch and Lee suffers a nose hair removal malfunction.  Then after some feedback its on to this weeks film A tense fictionalised account of a british squadie stranded in hostile territory in Northern Ireland during "The Troubles" - '71 Media Discussed This Week Fly Me To The Moon - Theatrical release / Amazon Home Premier Rental The Boys Season 4 - Amazon Prime The Exit 8 - PC / Playstation / XBox

spring onions are great for free rubber bands... Also mundane mysteries that baffle the finest minds in science!

This week goes weird quickly as Jim dad jokes Lee, Elton watches part of a Kind of Kindness, we go off on one about the newly announced waist of cash the PS5 Pro, Darren gets old and watches Beetlejuice 2 and totally loses the ability to not say the name 3 times. While Lee recounts his time in New York, and its reality warping and utterly insane cabbies, plus the underwhelming interior of The Statue of Liberty. Which reveals to him that Hollywood Lies! *Gasp* Then after that we stay in the big apple to Rose Tinted Review this weeks film the third Die Hard film, Die Hard With A Vengeance Media Discussed This Week  Die Hard With A Vengeance - Disney + Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - Cinema Release Kinds of Kindness - Disney +

Stuff like getting AI to argue with itself... And the PS5 Pro all get glanced over briefly

This week Jim watches the Decameron and has a shocking pram discovery in the real world. Elton, doesn't get a roll with it but certainly does look back in anger at his mission to purchase Oasis tickets. Darren finds Borderlands on YouTube (yes that film and yes on that service and yes its still available....) while Lee gets bored with a John Cena / Akwafina action film that is 100 mins long but has a 2 min plot, and also attends Glastonbury for tribute acts. After that its on to this weeks film... A howl of indignation at society through the medium of credit card fraud and liberal useage of tasers, Aubrey Plazas Emily The Criminal.  Media Discussed this week Decameron - Netflix Jackpot! - Amazon Prime Oasis tickets - Ticket Master  Borderlands - Theatrical release / Hooky YouTube page Terminator Resistance - PC / Steam

stationary cupboards bewared Elton is in town

This week Jim watches an Irish thriller with a fine line in comedy cursing. Darren spoils Alien Romulus for himself by seeing it, Lee also watches Romulus and Elton deliberately ruins Alien Romulus for himself by listening to Lee and Darren. PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE NO SPOILERS! Theres also a small review for Confess Fletch and a horror / thriller showing at the Cinema Equidistant called Sleep along with some feedback before we move on to this weeks film.  A dark study of Hollywood toxic culture, with a cynical view of human nature, we review Swimming With Sharks, and also explore the question can you separate art from the artist? Media Discussed This Week Bodkin - Netflix Alien Romulus - Cinematic Release Confess Fletch - Netflix Sleep - Cinema Equidistant Swimming With Sharks - Pluto TV

+++SPOILER WARNING REPEAT SPOILER WARNING+++ In a special bonus episode (read between the lines - Lee wanted to rant to someone other than his long suffering family) - Lee is joined by Darren and Andy Poulastides to discuss the latest entry into the Alien franchise Alien: Romulus.  Will it wash out the foul taste of Alien Covenant from their mouths or will it drive the franchise further into the depths of convoluted lore and nonsense that has plagued the series past few entries?

Who can say. you'll just have to take a listen I guess... For those of you who do not want spoilers but would like a brief review, there is a spoiler free section for the first 17 mins of the cast and the spoiler section is clearly marked by the appearance of MU-TH-UR 9000 giving you ample time to get to minimum safe distance.  Personally I'd advise you see the film first before listening. 

This week Jim has meter madness, Elton cranks it over curtains and has to deal with [ALBATROS!] the most refined literary author but also a dab hand with a lethal hardback taekwondo fighting. Darren goes "oop north" and inadvertantly ends up in the Lincolnshire version of a Steven King novel while he looks for a shop in the middle of nowhere. And Lee?... Well... Best he can do is dazzle you with a sparkly toilet seat.  Then after some brief feedback we move on to an even briefer review...  A film that seems ideal remake material because it couldn't be any worse than the original. This week we review the utterly tedious Maniac Cop

No intro music, minor kitchen confessions and technical errors abound.... Its what we call in the business a freaking car crash.