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  • Top 10 Last 10: Lockdown Easing Edition
    Countdown #288
     
    This week on The Countdown the Top 10 Last 10 returns as the guys mini-review ten films they've recently seen but have yet to cover from worst to best. This allows Paul to focus on a bunch of the bigger VOD releases in recent times, while Wayne is completely random in his film coverage - so much so that he can barely remember what number he is up to when working through his list!
     
    So listen in as Paul and Wayne clash over what women want, and generally laugh their way through these films which weren't good or big enough to get their own feature review ...
    Twenty reviews, two lists, one Countdown!
     
    (Yeah yeah, all right, I hear you. But these show notes don't write themselves, you know. There's no show notes fairy. So just take away thay Paul recommends four films, and Wayne a paltry three.)
     
     

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    1 hr 16 min
  • Inception review

    Warning: There are spoilers throughout for this film.

     

    For this week's feature review, the boys are going "classic" - if classic can be defined as coming from 2010 - as they double down on the doses of Nolan by sharing their love for Inception. And make no mistake, a love-fest this review is. Nolan Fans apply; Nolan detractors steer-clear, because Wayne and Paul are not afraid to shout their love for this film while falling backward off a bridge as a hotel hallway they're in spins, all while they simultaneously engage in a some breathtaking gun play in and around a remote, snow-covered base.

     

    Confused yet? Well ask yourself: How did you even get here? Even as you hit play to allow The Countdown to continue ...

     

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    19 min
  • Top 10 Villain Comeuppances

    Countdown #287

     

    This week the guys celebrate the very best (or worst depending on your point of view) villain comeuppances in film. Those scenes in which the most terrible or awful of villains finally get what's coming to them - be it something permanent tattooed on their body, a sincere scaring which will set them straight, or being torn to pieces in a zombie attack. 

     

    Yes, these are the fist pumping, "Yessss!" moments that the guys have had when watching a villain fall. Though Wayne may be "Yessss!"ing just a little harder than Paul, based on how vindictive and, frankly, disturbing his list becomes.

     

    Find out just how disturbing, as The Countdown continues ...

     

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    49 min
  • BONUS: Our Favourite Films 80-71 (w/ Dan from Netflix N Swill)

    The countdown of Paul's favoutite films of all time continues! This time he has long time podcasting buddy and all round "fine" guy, Dan, from the Netflix N Swill podcast on to talk their 80th to 71st favourite films.

     

    Dan is generally a hard man to please, so just to hear him talk about ten films without referring to them as fine is amazing all on its own, while Paul is getting increasingly heady about his choices as he moves higher through his list. So settle in, grab a drink and be prepared to spill some while laughing at some of those choices, as The Countdown continues ...

     

    Please thank Dan for coming on the show (and spending ages ordering his top 100 favourite films) by checking out his and Caleb's show at https://www.netflixnswill.com/

     

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    1 hr 7 min
  • Train to Busan presents Peninsula review

    Wayne needs a week to catch up on ... well, whatever it is Wayne does with his COPIOUS amounts of free time, so it's up to Paul to generate a review for all of you good listeners. And, of course, he goes for the sequel to one of his favourite films of the last decade, Train to Busan. This one is called Peninsula, or if you live in North America, Train to Busan PRESENTS Peninsula (just in case you had zero idea what this film actually was).

     

    Can Peninsula deliver the goods like its predecessor? Will Paul get any kind of thank you from the film-makers for again sprucing their wears hard across the podcast world? And would Wayne have actually liked it?
     
    Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...
     
    Peninsula SPOILER-FREE Review : 0:00 - 10:29
    Peninsula SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 10:29 - 15:05  

    Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 15:05 - 15:56

     

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    17 min
  • Top 10 Illogical Movie Scenes

    Countdown #286

     

    In this Countdown, Wayne tries to channel his long ago lost sense of movie-related logic in order to talk about things which are illogical, while Paul struggles with the logic behind ordering such a list. In other words, the guys are talking the Top 10 (Most) Illogical Movie Scenes

     

    And when all is said and done, there is just the one crossover involving a film which only one of the guys publicly acknowledges. But rest assure there's plenty enough snark and umbrage for all - including Steven Spielberg, Toy Story, and Christopher Nolan - as The Countdown continues ...

     

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    55 min
  • Mulan (2020) review

    Warning: There are SPOILERS for this film and the 1998 version throughout this review.

     

    Disney recently tested the Covid-soured waters of the world by releasing their brand new $200 million adaptation of the beloved animated classic, Mulan, on both Disney+ and to theatres where it was safer to do so. And the result...

    Well, let's just say, neither Wayne nor Paul were all that impressed. And that's despite the lack of songs!

     

    Find out if Mulan is worth $30 to stream, as The Countdown continues ...

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    20 min
  • Top 10 Director's Sophomore Films

    Countdown #285

     

    This week the guys sneak into #FilmTwitter territory to countdown the very best films from second time directors.
     
    Of course there have been many amazing debuts over the years, but popular opinion would have it that most directors suffer from a significant sophomore slump when they release their second film.
     
    But not these film-makers. Paul and Wayne unveil an impressive array of sophomore films - some of which rank among their very favourite films of all time.
     
    Why DIDN'T Speilberg make these lists? How many suburbs have really stupid names in Perth, Western Australia? And exactly how does one pronounce "sophomore"?
     
    Learn the answers to all these questions and more - hopefully amid a bunch of laughs - as The Countdown continues ...
     
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    1 hr 4 min
  • Bill and Ted Face the Music review
    So after the listeners banded together to force Wayne to watch those most righteous dudes, Bill and Ted, go on their first EXCELLENT adventure, Wayne then quietly checked out their Bogus Journey ... and hated it.
     
    Which meant Paul was full of trepidation when he talked his co-host into Facing The Music with Bill and Ted. But is Wayne pleasantly surprised? And which film does he think is the best in the series?
     
    Find out as The Countdown continues ...
     
    Time Stamps:
     
    Bill and Ted Face the Music SPOILER-FREE Review : 0:00 - 13:23
    Bill and Ted Face the Music SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:23 - 24:25 
    Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 24:25 - 24:42
     
     

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    26 min
  • Top 10 Hateable Heroes

    Countdown #284

     

    In this edition of The Countdown, the guys are honing in on those heroes (or protagonists) who aren't all they're cracked up to be. In fact, rather than be paragons of virtue and inspiration, these stuck up, smarmy, jack-asses are at best contemptible and at worst reprehensible. In other words, they're among the Top 10 Hateable Heroes in film.

     

    Listen in as Wayne returns to his roots to stretch the brief beyond what was ever discussed, while Paul can't get a quote from one of his favourite movies correct, while the guys argue what said quote means. And in between all this, there's the usual banter, shrill laughter, and as Jason from the Binge Movies Podcast puts it, "deeply problematic humour"! 

     

    So come revel in the problematic as The Countdown continues ...

     

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    1 hr 8 min

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A weekly comedic podcast in which two friends aim to countdown every popular topic EVER from 10-1 while throwing shade at the other‘s list.

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