The Black Dog Podcast

This week Jim grows garlic and ponders a berret while also being shaken by a new book. Elton has techno concerns, thanks to a loss of subscriptions and draws a line in the sand when it comes to further video game purchases. Darren, goes up, up and away with the Woman of Tomorrow and Lee, is rocked by Obsession, and very grumpy about the supposed Wonders of the Universe which come courtesy of a Phoenix Nights style stage set up... Then after some brief feedback for Stockholm Bloodbath its on to this weeks film. Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love stand with Edward Norton to fight the system, champion free speech and make some ahem fruity publications in The People vs Larry Flynt Media Discussed This Episode First Dates by Gemma Amor Mapmen - YouTube Supergirl - Theatrical Release They Will Kill You - Amazon VoD Obsession - Theatrical Release and Amazon VoD The People vs Larry Flynt - Netflix Next weeks film - Colossus The Forbin Project can be found on the Internet Archive at (remove spaces from the link) archive . org / details / colossus-the-forbin-project-1970_202509

Welcome back to this weeks episode. This week Jim celebrates an aniversary and watches an american eat english mustard, Elton reaches season 3 of Ted Lasso, Darren keeps it light with Robocop: Neighborhood Watch and a realisation that the Earth's days are numbered. Meanwhile Lee, drives.... Then drives some more.... Discovers lift music versions of metallica in a hotel returant and raves about Widows Bay. After that its on to this weeks film. Is it historical exploitation? Is it historical political intregue? Is it a revenge flick? Or is it a bamboozling mess of tones? Either way its the movie Stockholm Bloodbath... Media Disccussed this week JJ Tries Things - YouTube Ted Lasso season 3 - Apple TV Geforce Go (streaming gaming) - Online Robocop: Rogue City - PC / XBox / PS5 Disclosure Day - Theatrical Release Widows Bay - Apple TV Stockholm Bloodbath - Amazon Prime

four old guys wonder why they can remember Um bongo ad lyrics but not what they had for dinner...

No Elton this week but we do have Jim giving some good advice on executing wills, Darren spending time in the Backrooms with the Masters of the Universe, while Lee is simultaniously In the Grey, Cold Storage and is utterly Normal... Plus all three give their thoughts on Spider-Noir After that its on to this weeks film. A tense metaphor for abusive, controlling, toxic relationships the 2020 movie The Invisible Man Media Discussed This Week The Backrooms - Theatrical Release Masters of the Universe - Theatrical Release Cold Storage - Amazon VOD Normal - VOD In The Grey - Amazon VOD The Invisible man - Netflix

This week Jim finds a horror film that actually confounds HIM! Elton goes on a TV watch down memory lane and ends up at Ted Lassos door. Darren is obsessed with Obsession and Lee sneaks into a rooftop bar. Then after a controversial bit of feedback... Banderas vs Stevens.... A fight for the ages... and a podcast clarification by a murderous AI we move on to this weeks movie. We head back to 1967 to review Mel Brooks' directorial debut as we head into Rose Tinted Specs land to review The Producers Media Discussed This Week Funny Man - Cinema Equidistant Game of Thrones - Sky One / Now TV / HBO Mad Men - Sky One / Now TV / HBO Dream Team - Sky One / Now TV / HBO Ted Lasso - Apple TV The Boys (Final season) - Amazon Prime Obsession - Theatrical Release The Producers - BBC iPlayer / General VOD

This week Jim has non fun times waiting in hospital, Elton laments the state of garden centres and we all wonder why they're like HMV. Darren braces himself for the finale of The Boys and Lee catches up with Rivals season 2 and bemoans the state of Eurovision this year. After that its on to this weeks film... Is it a dark satricial comedy portmanteau about the Panama Papers or is it a hollow, hypocritcal, corporate whitewash designed to tell you nothing but make all the worthy actors feel like they're doing something without doing anything... We'll find out as we review The Laundromat Media Discussed This Week Eurovision - BBC / World Wide TV The Boys - Amazon Prime Rivals Season 2 - Disney+ Good Omens Season 3 / Finale - Amazon Prime Directive 8020 - Xbox / PS5 / PC The Laundromat - Netflix Mandalorian and Grogu - Theatrical

This week Jim goes multi dimensional with the movie Redux Redux, Darren plays with some "cyber blocks" while Lee watches ads in his ad free streaming service and buys technical hardware to fix his PlayStation in the most unlikely of places. Then after some feedback and the return of a vague theme section called "If Wet..." we move on to this weeks film. Is it a life affirming tale of a life well lived? Is it a crushingly sad existential nightmare of missed opportunites and regret? Or is it "A story about someone who danced as a kid, then danced as a grown up and thats that"? We try to get to the bottom of it as we review Mike Flanagan's Life of Chuck Media Discussed This Week Redux Redux - Amazon Prime Cubic Odyssey - Steam / PC Bosch: Legacy - Amazon Prime How To Make A Killing - Amazon Prime VOD The Life of Chuck - Netflix

This week Jim dives into cloud gaming, Elton walks into a shop, Darren plays a game where he is repeatedly killed by trees and Lee drinks some Mauritian rum. After that theres a brief bit of feedback for Contact before we head off to the final entry of our sad space people in space movie, I.S.S. where we ask such questions as what else we could have been doing rather than watching this and does it make Godzilla sad. Media Discussed This Week Amazon Luna Cloud Gaming - Amazon Prime The Trees Hate You - Steam / XBox Forever Winter - Steam Knock at the Cabin - Amazon Prime / VOD / Channel 4 I.S.S. - Netflix

Welcome to an EPIC length episode as Jim builds a fence and is mightily disturbed by a coffee table, Darren appreciates some Doom Patrol and Lee has a back to basics nature experience with his family that is less singing around a camp fire and more Burt Reynolds in Deliverance. Then after some Midnight Sky feedback its on to this weeks film.

The third in the spaceman / space daddy issues season as Jodie Foster clashes with science, faith and a very big Sky satellite dish set up to make Contact. Media discussed this week

History of 80s Horror - Shudder

The Coffee Table - Shudder / Amazon Prime

Terror at Oakheart - Xbox / PC

Doom Patrol - Amazon Prime

Midnight Sky - Netflix

Frameless Immersive Art Experience - No.6 Marble Arch

The Boys - Amazon Prime

Contact - Amazon Prime / VOD

Welcome back, this week Jim hunts Dust Bunnies, Elton enters pothole city, Darren has a problem with Rogue Trooper's knitted vest and Lee pays £8 for a pint in an empty pub. After which we move on to a grim (but scientifically shambolic) future where everythings gone to hell but at least we can still sing to Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline... The Netflix apocalyptic prestige movie The Midnight Sky. Media Discussed This Week Dust Bunny - Amazon Prime / VOD The Bride! - VOD Hammers 4 sided triangle - Cinema Equidistant Atomfall - All game platforms Fallout 4 - All game platforms The Boys Season 5 - Amazon Prime London Calling - Amazon Prime Akira (4K rerelease) - Theatrical Release The Midnight Sky - Netflix