The Countdown

Countdown #471   Okay, so this one starts out as one thing ... and ends up as half of it.   With thanks to listener Andrew for the idea, the boys attempt to countdown their five and worst travel experiences. But by the 45 min mark of the worst stories, it becomes wildly apparent the episode is going to be well over two hours. So because no-one has time to listen to these two fools prattle on for that long inside one week (and also because Paul doesn't have time to edit that down from the 2.5 hour raw recording), the episode is halved and the guys talk just their five WORST travel experiences.   Let the highly questionable subject matter begin, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

This week, two reviews for you because Wayne is too much of a wuss to see Abigail - the new horror film from Radio Silence - while Paul doesn't have enough time to sit through all the slow-mo in Zach Snyder's Rebel Moon (Hypen) Part Two (Colon) The Scargiver. Neither review has anything beyond the lightest of spoilers, but be aware things are mentioned that are plainly exposed in the trailer for Abigail.   Beyond that, find out which film is worth your time and which one is not, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Abigail VERY LIGHT-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:23 Rebel Moon Part 2 SPOILER-FREE Review: 10:23 - 23:12   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #470     This week the guys decide to cement the upcoming end of the show by taking aim at all that has gone wrong with the MCU, especially over the last five years.     Will you be like Julio and lose your mind to consider what the guys are suggesting here? Or will you be more like a Nicholas and be so ready for the lads to call out the MCU for all its faults that you're salivating reading this?     The only way to find out is to listen in, as The Countdown continues ...     Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Englishman Alex Garland takes a stab at what a future North America at war with itself might look like, and the results are ... highly polarising.   Join Paul and Wayne as they this unpack some of the uncomfortable truths Garland is playing with, while offering their spin on what one of the guys calls "the best film of 2024 so far..."    Find out who that is and determine whether you agree with him, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Civil War NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 13:20 Civil War SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:20 - 23:20 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 23:20 - 24:23   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #469   This week on the show, the guys countdown the very best third films in any and all franchises. From the MCU to the Scary Movie Universe, most every big franchise gets a mention - and a couple of smaller ones, too - but which will the listeners ultimately crown the greatest "Threequel" of all time?   Learn the answer to that question and so many more as the John Farnham-inspired goodbye tour of The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Dev Patel seems like an awesome guy. And when the John Wick style trailer dropped for his debut feature film, Monkey Man, people collectively lost their minds.   Of course, than means Paul and Wayne were keen to be there front and centre to check this one and with thanks to Universal Pictures they got to do exactly that. Does The Dev deliver? Or will one of the lads come out critical guns blazing?   Let's just say this one gets a might testy, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Monkey Man NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 8:51 Monkey Man SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:51 - 20:05 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 20:05 - 22:23   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #468   In the first Ep of the podcast equivalent of a John Farnham goodbye tour, the boys run through all the television they've been watching of late - ranking it from meh to great - recommending a number of shows for you all to check out to keep your entertainment on.   From Billions to Three Body Problem, everything you need to know about "The Box" is right here!   Do you listeners get the John Farnham reference? Is it in bad taste? Quick, check out the episode and then let the boys know, because there's 32 more weeks to ride or die with this joke, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

The fifth film in the Monsterverse hits cinema this week, and of course, Paul and Wayne are front and centre to report to you on whether you should see every punch, hit, bellow and roar on the biggest cinema screen you can.   Will Wayne recognise this is the fifth film in the franchise that also incorporates the recent Apple TV series - that he liked! - Monarch: Legacy of Monsters? Can Paul get past his hatred for plot contrivances? And most importantly, does a film that eschews human characters to make Kong the protagonist work?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Godzilla x Kong NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 13:51 Godzilla x Kong SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:51 - 21:33 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 21:33 - 22:32   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #467   How can you tell Wayne chose this week's topic?   Well he did, and Paul was fool enough to allow it to happen, so now we all must pay the price - as the lads reveal far too much about themselves and their views on dating as they name the movie characters they'd most like to marry.   And stick around for the last 10 minutes of this Episode, as there's a big announcement about the future of the show all fans and occasional listeners alike need to check out.   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

The nostalgia is back as the Ghostbusters return to the cinema for the third time in the life of The Countdown, and Wayne, at least, is all kinds of excited.   Can a film based so heavily on nostalgia for a time long forgotten succeed? Will audiences care about streams crossing the OG Ghostbusters with the new Spengler clan? And will Wayne become this franchise's most unlikely champion?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ,,,   Time Stamps: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:10 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 12:10 - 24:37 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 24:37 - 25:18   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #466   Music is a pretty important part of films, so Paul has been chafing at the bit for about 466 episodes now to do a Countdown on the very best film scores of all time. Wayme, however, balked at that idea and decided that individual tracks from a film's score would be an easier list to make.   So here we be. How many tracks will Wayne choose that represent his lavender soft interior? Will Paul have any John Williams compositions on his list? And just many Hans Zimmer film scores will get the nod?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

What is a podcast to do when there are two significant things to review, but not enough time to watch them both? Well, how about divide and conquer, as Paul takes his daughter to see the latest film in the Kung Fu Panda series, while Wayne gets a bespoke suit on to watch Guy Ritchie's spin-off series to his own film of the same name, The Gentlemen.   Will Po out geezer a cockney gangster? And can Guy Ritchie work in a hand to hand fight scene worthy of the Dragon Warrior? Learn the answer to neither of these questions, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Kung Fu Panda 4 MILD SPOILER-FILLED Review: 0:00 - 8:50 The Gentlemen EVEN MILDER SPOILER-FILLED Review: 8:50 - 20:56   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #465   It's Top 10 Last 10 time as the boys review ten of their most recent watches, ranking them from worst to best to aid you in choosing what next to watch!   In this Ep they review everything from Oscar contenders to low budget Danish horrors, via misguided musical remakes and wrestling biographies.   How many non-feature films will Wayne have on his list? And who has made better life choices when it comes to what they've been watching?    Find out as The Countdown continues ...    Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Two reviews of brand new films this week - neither of which have made a positive impact in terms critics and audiences alike ...   But what will Wayne think of the latest Amazon Prime Video comedy, Rocky Stanicky? And how will Paul respond to Jeff Wadlow's latest Blumhouse produced effort after he infamously defecated all over the bed with his last two films, Truth or Dare and Fantasy Island?   Let's put it this way. Sensitive ears should not be permitted to listen to this powder-keg of an episode!   Find out just how crazy things get, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Ricky Stanicky SPOILER-FILLED Review: 0:00 - 10:38 Imaginary SPOILER-FILLED Review: 10:38 - 25:02   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #464   The boys this week return to determining who is the superior actor/star/and all round person when they pit Matt Damon's filmography against Ben Affleck's.   Though reportedly best friends through most of their lives, such sentiments mean nothing when the chance to be crowned the superior Hollywood star crops up on The Countdown. So expect nothing short of a bloodbath as Wayne gets behind Matt, while Paul has Ben's back.   Who will triumph? Will Armageddon feature? And does Ben get any credit for having two of the more attractive Jennifer's on his CV?   Learn the answers to all these questions and so much more, as The Countdown continues ...     Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

After infamously and unpredictably "Negatroning" the first part of the Dune saga, Wayne is back to double down on his criticisms of all things Arrakis ... or is he? Has his Waynus seen the light? Will he apologise and retract his previous criticisms while acknowledging how amazing Dune: Part 2 is?   And what about Paul? Is he as high on the second part of Paul Atreides' story? Or has his passion for Denis Villeneuve's epic sci-fi saga cooled to some degree?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Dune: Part 2 NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 16:40 Dune: Part 2 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 16:40 - 33:52 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 33:52 - 34:29   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #463   Way back in Episode 19* of the show - sometime during the winter months of 2015 - the boys did their first ever countdown focused on an a single actor. That actor has affectionately become known as T to the C among the Countdown Listener Community, but is otherwise referred to as one Tom Cruise.   It felt only natural then that if there was any actor that the show would re-do a countdown on, it had to be T to the C, that Hollywood A-Lister who can champion Scientology and jump on as many Oprah couches as he wants, as long as he continues making quality films.   So join Wayne in that heady place known as Man-Crush Land, as The Countdown continues ... *Not Episode 4 as Paul suggests during the recording. Ignore his blather!   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Hey! It's a new Coen Brother comedy road film. Co-written with his queer wife, Tricia Cooke, and all about a couple of lesbian friends who are not at all angsty about their sexual orientation going on a hilarious road trip and unknowingly pursued by shady criminals. How could this not rock?   Well, as it turns out: it does not. Join the lads as they chart just where Drive Away Dolls left the Good Film Interstate and would up along Disappointment Backroad, by way of Not Funny Enough Highway. All as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Drive Away Dolls NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:52 Drive Away Dolls SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 10:52 - 19:55 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 19:55 - 20:38   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #462   Everyone likes to laugh, right? Well, Wayne and Paul certainly do and so they each put their minds to the task of collating the very best comedies of the last 24 years into a Top 10 list for you.   How many times does Judd Apatow get a mention? Is Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill or McLovin the most featured actor in these films? And can Paul find it in his apparently cold, dead heart to laugh at ten whole films?   Learn the answers to all these questions - with plenty of laughs along the way - as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Paul and Wayne have heard the siren call of the nuclear box office disaster that is Madame Web, and if you're not going to see it, they have courageously decided to will this one for the team!   So join the lads as they try to narrow down where it all went wrong for Sony and the creative team behind "Spidey-Tingle: The Movie". Just don't expect this turd to be polished gold, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Madame Web NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:40 Madame Web SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:40 - 27:42 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 27:42 - 28:13   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.