Pop Culture Essentials

PCE is back for 2024! This episode Alaisdair & Nick talk new Australia film Force of Nature : The Dry 2 starring Eric Bana and Anna Torv. Find out what is coming to cinemas and digital releases in Movie Map and the top 10 movies and TV shows thanks to Just Watch. Read more on our website here

This week Alaisdair, Nick & Pat talk the latest DC superhero film Blue Beetle. Is it a brave and bold new chapter for the superhero or will it disappear in a Flash? Make sure you check out our website here Follow Alaisdair on socials : Twitter BlueSky @ alaisdair Instagram Follow Nick on socials : Twitter Instagram Follow Pat on socials : Twitter YouTube

Alaisdair spoke with writer/director Pan Nalin about his latest movie The Last Film Show which opens in Australia this weekend. They speak about the origins of the story and how his love of movies as a child shaped this film. You can catch The Last Film Show in cinemas now.

PCE is BACK! This week Alaisdair is joined by regular Novastream contributor Sean and welcomes Schlock & Awe host Lindsay Wilkins to talk all things MIFF! Hosts this week : Lindsay Wilkins is the host of Schlock & Awe which celebrates all movies with a unique double feature twist. You can listen in here You can also find Linsday on all of the social networks here Sean is a regular contributor to Novastream and you can read his other reviews via Movie Babble here Alaisdair is also on socials which you can follow here

Alaisdair is joined by comedian Anna Murphy to talk season 4 of Five Bedrooms. Cast members Kat Stewart & Roy Joseph chat to Alaisdair later in the show to talk about their experience on the hit TV show.

Alaisdair, Nick & Pete talk this week's new release Renfield starring Nicholas Cage, Nicholas Hoult & Awkwafina.

Alaisdair is joined by comedian Anna Murphy to talk The Little Mermaid 2023 starring Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy & Javier Bardem. Find out what they thought of this live action remake in this spoiler free episode.

Alaisdair, Nick & Pete are back to talk about Fast X. Did they enjoy the Mamoa filled action packed ride? Leave your thoughts on Fast X below.

The team are back together again! Alaisdair, Nick & Pete reunite to take you through this weeks pop.culture news. The main chat this week is about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - we keep it spoiler free so anyone can listen. This week's pop culture Essentials are Pete - Fatal Attraction on Paramount Plus Nick - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on Disney + Alaisdair - Conjuring Kesha on Binge. Check out our full review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 here

Alaisdair & Nick take to the mic to chat about new film Evil Dead Rise. You can watch Nick's interview with the cast here Read Pat's review here Pop Culture Essentials for this week : Nick - See Beau is Afraid in cinemas Alaisdair - watch Wellmania on Netflix.

Alaisdair, Nick & Pete go FULL SPOILERS with The Super Mario. Bros Movie. Now this is the 2023 animated film from Illumination Entertainment. Thanks to Universal Pictures, we were all able to see it early and bring you this podcast.

Join Alaisdair, Nick & Pete as they talk through this week's pop culture news. Dungeons & Dragons : Honour Among Thieves from Paramount is finally released. Does it live up to the hype?

This hit, goes out to you, Mr Wick. Alaisdair & Nick team up to talk about John Wick Chapter 4. The usual Aussie box office round-up and a solo game of movie tag awaits!

Welcome back to the pod in 2023! We kick off the year with the hilarious Cocaine Bear. 

In our first Xmas movies episode we talk the new holiday-themed films across streaming services like Falling For Christmas, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Spirited and Violent Night. Our usual games Movie Tag & Rotten Potatoes are back with a surprising twist! This week's Pop. Culture Essentials include :  Nick : The White Lotus S2 streaming now on Binge Pete : Spotify Unwrapped Alaisdair : Playing Nintendo Switch with friends (definitely NOT Garfield Lasagna Party!)

In this SPOILER FILLED episode, Alaisdair, Nick & Pete are joined by Brad to talk a spoiler filled special about Marvel Studio's Black Panther : Wakanda Forever. Please note this episode has A LOT of bad language. 

Join Alaisdair, Nick & Pete as they take you through this week's Pop Culture Essentials. This week the main chat is around PAX Australia 2022 and games writers Pat and Luca join Alaisdair to recap the event.  Don't forget Rotten Potatoes and Movie Tag are BACK! 

This week Alaisdair, Nick & Pete talk about their favourite cinematic memories after a memorable scream at a recent screening of Smile got them all thinking. 

Join Alaisdair, Nick & Pete as they take you through this week's pop culture news.  Fresh from a screening of Don't Worry Darling - hear there unfiltered thoughts as one of the most talked about movies of the year finally hits cinemas.

Join Alaisdair & Nick as they look at the new comedy on Disney +/Hulu from Modern Family creator Stevan Levitan titled Reboot. This episode is NSFW.