Countdown #485

Wayne loves the guy and he's the flavour of the month as the messiah Marvel promised, so the boys decide to count down the very best performances from one Robert Downey Jr.

It takes about seventeen seconds for Wayne to debate the nature of this list, and only about five minutes more for Paul to reveal he's a bit down on the Downey and doesn't actually rate that many of his movies.

Can Wayne cope with this revelation? Who won't have the film that won him an Academy Award on their list? And is this the last performance-related count down the show will ever do?

Learn the answers to all those questions (and more!), as The Countdown continues ...

HOW?!

How does a violent first person shooter role playing game get made into a film like this starring an Academy Award winning actress? And how do they drop $100 million plus on it?

The boys unpack these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...

Time Stamps:

Borderlands NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 16:36

Borderlands SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 16:36 - 18:05

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 18:05 - 18:52

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Countdown #484

This week the lads are talking the very best prequel films that have been made.

Now generally speaking, prequels are not exactly beloved, so listen in to hear what tenuous links the boys are making to justify their choices? Are the left field calls that Wayne makes actually prequels? And is there anything more certain that Paul having a Mad Max film on his list?

Learn the answers to both of these questions and oh so much more, as The Countdown continues ...

Exploding heads, fists through chesty cavities, genitalia (of the female AND male type), profanity, kink and cake farting. If that sounds like an episode of The Countdown, you haven't been watching The Boys. But Wayne and Paul have, and they're to weigh in with their thoughts on the more-divisive fourth season of the massive Amazon Prime show.

Does it hold up against the rest of the series? What is the most disturbing moment? And is the show finally playing for keeps? Learn the answers to these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ... 

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Countdown #483

What's the discussion everyone who's a film buff has? If it's not "What's your favourite film?", it most certainly is "What film would you recommend everyone should see?". It's a truly tough question to answer, but fret no more, film buffs. Paul and Wayne have your backs this week, with 20 films (actually 18, there are two crossovers) that you can now say to people when you're asked that question.

Of course, this list is fairly personal as the lads attempt to justify their choices, and the Ep goes in some fairly unpredictable directions, at one point even becoming a psycho-educational session about emotions.

But don't let that put you off! Rest assured, this is still an Ep that Wayne is co-hosting so there will be plenty of crude references and borderline inappropriate humour.

Which is to say, more of what you have come to expect, as The Countdown continues ...

34 films deep the MCU fires off its only shot for 2024 by bringing in the R-rated Merc with a Mouth and combining him with a character who had one of the best send offs ever in Wolverine. Can two characters previously owned by 20th Century Fox resurrect the fortunes of the MCU and add to Disney's coffers? Or is this just the latest in a string of failures, even if Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman will have a few laughs along the way?

Find out all that the boys think about the violence, the swears, the cameos and the metaness of it all in this review the size of Deadpool's ego, as The Countdown continues ...

Time Stamps:

Deadpool & Wolverine NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 13:34

Twisters SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:34 - 35:24

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 35:24 - 37:06

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Countdown #482

Music returns to the Countdown this week as Paul and Wayne square off over their favourite Pop songs of the 1980s! Wayne decides he should acknowledge his perspective on what constitutes Pop music is wrong (or, you know, decides to work within Paul's more specific parameters because it was Paul's birthday this last week), making for what should be a very pleasant and melodic episode.

But no! It doesn't take long before Wayne is busting out some questionable choices, only for Wayne to lose it laughing at Paul's number one. So maybe the question shouldn't be who has the best list this week, but rather, who has the worst...?

Find out for yourself, as The Countdown continues ...

Two shorter reviews for you this week, as Wayne checks out rom-com Fly Me to the Moon, while Paul goes dark with the serial killer horror, Longlegs, starring everyone's favourite, Nicolas Cage.

Could there BE less in common between two films? Will Wayne be able to get past the 60s fashion in the rom-com to actually determine whether it's a good film or not? And will Paul be all about the shocking violence in his horror film?

Find out which of these films is going to be more your speed, as The Countdown continues ...

(Note: Wayne spoils the end of Fly Me to the Moon in his review, so please be warned!)

Time Stamps:

Fly Me to the Moon SPOILER-FILLED Review: 0:00 - 8:22

Longlegs SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:22 - 16:50

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Countdown #481

This week the boys give some love to Sony Pictures and their virtual armada of different production companies as they countdown the best ever films Sony has produced.

Will Spider-Man films take up most every spot? Or are there a number of 80s classics for you to chew on? And has Wayne done proper research to ensure all the films on his list are actually co-produced (not just distributed) by Sony?

There's only one way to find out, as The Countdown continues ...

Remember that natural disaster film from the mid-90s that had a flying cow? Well, Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers and Amblin Entertainment are hoping you recall only enough to want to see another film about a bevy of twisters laying waste to Oklahoma while people chase the things across many, many flat rolling plains, because this film literally has nothing else to do with the original.

But does watching forces of nature wreak havoc while a bunch of people chase them around for various reasons a good film make? That's what Wayne and Paul are here to tell you, since for some odd reason, this very American film complete with more country music than even a diehard fan would care to hear has released internationally first.

Find out if this one is worth your time as The Countdown continues ...

Time Stamps:

Twisters NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:36

Twisters SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 12:36 - 24:45

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 24:45 - 25:37

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