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New Year New View.Some absolute firecrackers to warm your cockles from the Baltic Carnage outside your door!CINEMA:HamnetGiantSTREAMING:Heated Rivalry (Sat Jan 10th - Sky Atlantic & NOW TV)Industry Season 4 (Mon Jan 12th - BBC1)His & Hers (Netflix)A Thousand Blows Season 2 (Disney+)People We Meet on Vacation (Netflix)Beast Games Season 2 (Prime Video)Tron: Ares (Disney+)The Life of Chuck (Netflix)Abbott Elementary Season 5 Part II (Disney+)Girl Taken (Paramount+)Who Killed Lin and Megan? The Chillenden Murders (Netflix)Unlocked: A Jail Experiment Season 2 (Netflix)The Tale of Silyan (Disney+)Matlock: Season 2 (Sky Witness & NOW TV)Depeche Mode: M (Netflix)Good Night, and Good Luck: Live from Broadway (Netflix)83rd Annual Golden Globes Awards (Sun Jan 11th) NFL Wildcard Weekend (Sky Sports) One last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things Season 5 (Mon Jan 12th – Netflix)BOOKS:Sam Blake – Your Every MoveMUSIC:Dry Cleaning - Secret Love

A glorious bumber double festiv edition of the podcast awaits. We've done the highlighting and scouring of what's on to save you the time and the hassle. A little something for everyone is coming your way. Merry Xmas Folks! xoxoSTREAMING & TV:Monday Dec 22nd Taskmaster Champion of Champions (Mon Dec 22 – 9pm) Good Vibrations (Monday Dec 22 – 10:40pm)CHRISTMAS EVE:Goodbye June (Netflix)It's a Wonderful Life (RTE1 - 1:10 pm) Strange Journey: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sky Arts - 10pm) Elway (Netflix)CHRISTMAS DAY:NFL on Netflix and Prime VideoDallas Cowboys vs Washington Commanders (Netflix - 6pm) Detroit Lions vs Minnesota Vikings AND Snoop Dogg’s Halftime Holiday Party (Netflix – 9:30pm) Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs (Prime Video - 1:30am)White Christmas (RTE1 - 8:05am / BBC1 - 1pm)The Scarecrow's Wedding (BBC1 - 3:10 pm)Jaws (BBC2 - 9:10pm) & Jaws at 50: The Definitive Guide (BBC2 – 11:15pm)ST. STEPHEN’S DAY:Stranger Things Season 5 Vol 2 (Netflix)The Lowdown (Disney+)Cover-Up (Netflix)Puss ‘n’ Boots: The Last Wish (BBC1 - 3:20 pm)Michael Caine Double BillThe Italian Job (RTE1 - 3:10 pm) / (TG4 Mon 29th - 5:10 pm)The Great Escaper (RTE1 - 9:30pm)St. Stephen’s Day - CINEMA:Marty Supreme SaipanThe Housemaid Sentimental ValueAnacondaDec 27th:Where Eagles Dare (RTE2 - 3:25 pm)Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (BBC2 - 11:05pm)Dec 28th:The Bridge Over the River Kwai (RTE1 - 2:45 pm)Rory McIlroy: A Battle Won (RTE1 - 9:30 pm)Dec 29th:Members Only: Palm Beach (Netflix)Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (Netflix)NEW YEAR’S EVE:Meat Loaf: From Hell to Connacht (RTE1 – 6:30 pm)NEW YEAR’S DAY:Stranger Things Season 5 Vol 3 – The Finale (Netflix)TRAITORS UK (BBC1 - 8 PM)The Night Manager Season 2 (BBC1 – 9pm)Harlen Cobens’ Run Away (Netflix)New Year’s Day - Cinema:Song Sung BlueJan 2nd:Taskmaster's New Year Treat (Channel 4 / ALL 4 - 9 pm)

Short 'n' Sweet episode this week as Cinema & The Streamers prep for the festive season deluge next week!CINEMA:Avatar: Fire and AshThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsSTREAMING:Fallout Season 2 (Prime Video)Emily in Paris Season 5 (Netflix)Breakdown: 1975 (Netflix)Murder in Monaco (Netflix)Born to be Wild (Apple TV)What’s in the Box? (Netflix)The Creature Cases (Netflix)Dora Season 3 (Paramount+)Judgement Day: Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua (Netflix)10Dance (Netflix)The Great Flood (Netflix)Human Specimens: Season 1 (Prime Video)Taskmaster Champion of Champions IV (Channel 4 - Monday Dec 22nd - 9pm)

All the Hits with some minor misses!STREAMING:Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)Taylor Swift: The End of an Era (Disney+)Taylor Swift - The Eras Tour - The Final Show (Disney+)F1 (Apple TV)The Mastermind (MUBI)Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 (Disney+)Merv (Prime Video)The Revenge Club (Paramount+)Predators (Paramount+)Man vs. Baby (Netflix)Simon Cowell: The Next Act (Netflix)Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Season 2 (Netflix)Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 (Paramount+)Record of Ragnarok Season 3 (Netflix)Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Season 3 (Disney+)A Paw Patrol Christmas (Paramount+)Elmo & Mark Rober's Merry Giftmas (Netflix)Blood Coast (Netflix)City of Shadows (Netflix)Home for Christmas Season 3 (Netflix)Tell Me Softly (Prime Video)CINEMA:Eleanor the GreatSilent Night, Deadly NightEllla McCay

From Christmas Content Chaos, Binge Mode Series and Movie drops to Cinematic Festive Treats, this bumper episode deserves to be in everyone's stocking this week (or something like that - it sounded better in our head)STREAMING:Oh. What. Fun. (Prime Video)My Secret Santa (Netflix)Tinsel Town (Sky Cinema)The Merchants of Joy (Prime Video)The Late Late Toy Show (RTE1 & Player)Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (Disney+)The First Snow of Fraggle Rock (Apple TV)Transformers: EarthSpark (Paramount+)With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration (Netflix)Jay Kelly (Netflix)Relay (Prime Video)The Abandons (Netflix)Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Netflix)Bride Hard (Prime Video)The Roses (Disney+)Troll 2 (Netflix)Talamasca: The Secret Order (Netflix)The New Yorker at 100 (Netflix)Owning Manhattan Season 2 (Netflix)My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix)CINEMA:EternityFive Nights at Freddy’s 2Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairIt Was Just an Accident

Happy Hawkins Day to one and to all who celebrate.Don't worry, there's pleny of other things to see too. STREAMING:Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 1 (Netflix)Jingle Bell Heist (Netflix)Is It Cake? Holiday (Netflix)The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo (Netflix)Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)Freaky Tales (Prime Video)Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age (Apple TV)The Beatles Anthology 2025 (Disney+)Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember (Disney+)Good Sports (Prime Video)Missing: Dead or Alive Season 2 (Netflix)WondLa Season 3 (Apple TV)CINEMA:Zootropolis 2PillionBlue MoonChristy

A week of humdingers dropping all over the gaff!CINEMA:Wicked: For GoodSISU: Road to RevengeTestimonySTREAMING:Train Dreams (Netflix)English Teacher Season 2 (Disney+)The Family Plan 2 (Apple TV)A Man on the Inside Season 2 (Netflix)The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky & NOW TV)Champagne Problems (Netflix)One Shot With Ed Sheeran (Netflix)After the Hunt (Prime Video)The Holdovers (Netflix)Bob Marley: One Love (Netflix)Good Boy (Shudder)Sangre Del Toro (Netflix)The Carman Family Deaths (Netflix)June Farms (Prime Video)The Mighty Nein (Prime Video)Gabby's Dollhouse Season 12 (Netflix)Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Season 4 (Netflix)Selena y Los Dinos (Netflix)

A week of box office content dropping. And yes, you may need a bigger couch!STREAMING:Landman Season 2 (Paramount+ - Sun 16th)The Beast in Me (Netflix)Playdate (Prime Video)Malice (Prime Video)I LOVE LA (Sky & NOW TV)Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)A Merry Little Ex-Mas (Netflix)A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (Disney+)Being Eddie (Netflix)In Your Dreams (Netflix)Sesame Street (Netflix)Bat-Fam (Prime Video)Lego Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails (Disney+)Lego Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails lands on Disney+ this.Unicorn Academy: Winter Solstice (Netflix)Palm Royale Season 2 (Apple TV)Tracker: Season 3 (Disney+)Selling the OC Season 4 (Netflix)The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3 (Disney+)Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple TV)Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth (Disney+)Last Samurai Standing (Netflix)Mr. Mercedes Season 1 & 2 (Netflix)Locked (Prime Video)CINEMA:The Running ManKeeperChristmas KarmaNurembergJujutsu Kaisen: Execution Now You See Me: Now You Don’tBOOKS:Dogman 14 Big Jim Believes - Dav PilkeyMUSIC:Rosalía - LUX Robyn – DopamineCharli XCX & John Cale - House

Cracking start to November across the board.A wonderful distraction to the fact that it's suddenly November already!!!STREAMING:Frankenstein (Netflix)Plur1bus (Apple TV+)Death by Lightning (Netflix)All's Fair (Disney+)Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2 (Netflix)Ireland’s Fittest Family (RTE1 & Player)Kenny Daglish (Prime Video)The Moonies: Married to the Cult (Prime Video)The Fantastic Four (Disney+)Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films (Disney+)Des: Season 1 (Netflix)Crutch (Paramount+)Tyler Perry's Finding Joy (Prime Video)The Bad Guys: Breaking In (Netflix)Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches (Netflix)Maxton Hall – The World Between Us Season 2 (Prime Video)Heweliusz (Netflix)CINEMA:Predator: BadlandsThe ChoralDie My LoveAnemoneMUSIC:Midlake - A Bridge to FarWhite Lies - Night LightWillie Nelson – Workin’ Man: Willie Sings MerleBOOKS:We Fell Apart - E. LockhartExit Strategy – Lee & Andrew Child

A small but perfectly formed week of content!STREAMING:Down Cemetery Road (Apple TV)Ballad of a Small Player (Netflix)Hedda (Prime Video)The Witcher Season 4 (Netflix)Jimmy Carr’s Am I the Asshole? (Paramount+)Selling Sunset Season 9 (Netflix)Star Wars Visions Volume 3 (Disney+)Disney Twisted-Wonderland – The Animation (Disney+)Hazbin Hotel Season 2 (Prime Video)Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers (Netflix)Physical: Asia (Netflix)CINEMA:BugoniaPalestine 36Shelby OaksBack to the Future (40th Anniversary)K-Pop Demon Hunters: Sing-alongMUSIC:Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream

A bumper bank holiday episode.With those clocks going whatever way they are going, you're gonna need all the time you can gain to keep up with this week's plethora of content.STREAMING:A House of Dynamite (Netflix)It: Welcome to Derry (Mon Oct 27th - Sky & NOW TV)The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (Disney+)Lazarus (Prime Video)Eden (Prime Video)Nobody Wants This Season 2 (Netflix)Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 (Sun Oct 26th - Paramount+)Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost (Apple TV)The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3 (Sky & NOW TV)Guts & Glory (Shudder)Super 8 (Paramount+)The Kardashians Season 7 (Disney+)Mob War: Philadelphia vs The Mafia (Netflix)Who Killed the Montreal Expos? (Netflix)Allen Iv3rson (Prime Video)LEGO Frozen: Operation Puffins (Disney+)The Elixir (Netflix)The Monster of Florence (Netflix)CINEMA:Springsteen: Deliver Me from NowhereThe MastermindRegretting YouAfter the HuntChainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze ArcMUSIC:Brandi Carlile - Returning to MyselfJust Mustard – We Were Just HereBOOKS:Diary of a Wimpy Kid 20 Partypooper - Jeff KinneySanta & Son - David WalliamsThe Book of Dust III: The Rose Field - Philip PullmanThe Proving Ground - Michael ConnellyBored of Lunch: Healthy Fakeaways – Nathan Anthony

All the hits. Al the distractions. Never a dull moment.STREAMING:The Diplomat (Season 3):Murdaugh - Death in the Family (Disney+):Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV+):The Iris Affair (Sky & NOW TV)Loot Season 3 (Apple TV+):The Twits (Netflix):The Simpsons Season 37 (Disney+)Splinter Cell - Deathwatch (Netflix)The Chosen Adventures (Prime Video):Culpa Nuestra (Our Fault) (Prime Video):Starting 5 Season 2 (Netflix):Hollywood Hustler - Glitz, Glam, Scam (Prime Video):The Perfect Neighbour (Netflix):The Substance (Paramount+):Beat The Lotto (Netflix)CINEMA:RoofmanThe Black Phone 2 Gabby's DollhouseGood FortuneMUSIC:The Last Dinner Party - From The PyreAshnikko - SmoothiesMilitarie Gun - God Save the GunBOOKS:The Only Way I Know – Andy FarrellThe Widow - John GrishamAnimalopedia - Kathi and John BurkeIrelandopedia 10th Anniversary edition - Kathi and John Burke

Due to a glitch in The Matrix ...... or on The Grid .....This week's episode may or may not be a completed edition.Do NOT Ask (at least we survived the carnage)CINEMA: Tron: AresI Swear STREAMING: The Woman in Cabin 10 (Netflix)The Last Frontier (Apple TV+)John Candy: I Like Me (Prime Video)Ozzy: No Escape From Now (Paramount+)Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars(Apple TV+)Victoria Beckham (Netflix)Saquon (Prime Video)Revival (Sky Max – Oct 12th)Maintenance Required (Prime Video)Boots (Netflix)True Haunting (Netflix)My Father, the BTK Killer (Netflix)Grey’s Anatomy: Season 22 (Disney+)The Lost Station Girls (Disney+)Néro the Assassin (Netflix)Family Guy: A Little Fright Music(Disney+)Dr. Seuss's Horton! (Netflix)Grow (Sky & Now TV)Is It Cake? (Halloween) (Netflix)  BOOKS: The Intruder            Freida McFaddenReturn of the Spider          Patterson, JamesRemain          Nicholas Sparks; M. Night ShyamalanLast Rites      Ozzy OsbourneAlways Remember - Charlie MackesyBunny vs Monkey: Intergalactic MonkeyBusiness!  Jamie Smart Which Way To The Future           Cressida CowellI’M VERY BUSY        Oliver Jeffers, Illustrated by Oliver JeffersCatching Fire: Illustrated Edition(The Hunger Games)        Suzanne Collins MUSIC:LANY – SoftKhalid - After The Sun Goes DownThe Antlers - Blight

Are You Ready For It?MUSICTaylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl Album & Release Party MovieSTREAMING:Steve (Netflix)Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)Chad Powers (Disney+)The Lost Bus (Apple TV+)Play Dirty (Prime Video)Beyond the Border (Paramount+)The Man in the Basement (Disney+)Novocaine (Paramount+)V/H/S/HALLOWEEN (Shudder)Nightmares of Nature (Netflix)Madam (Netflix)Love is Blind Season 9 (Netflix)The Sisters Grimm (Apple TV+)The Balloonist (Disney+)Genie, Make a Wish (Netflix)The New Force (Netflix)Celebrity Traitors UK (BBC1 – Weds Oct 8th)CINEMA:The Smashing MachineHIMDon’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight

So much to do. So much to see. STREAMING:House of Guinness (Netflix)Slow Horses Season 5 (Apple TV+)Blue Lights Season 3 (BBC1 – Mon Sept 29th)The Walsh Sisters (RTE1 – Sun Sept 28th)All of You (Apple TV+)Wayward (Netflix)Marvel Zombies (Disney+)Alice in Borderland Season 3 (Netflix)French Lover (Netflix)Mantis (Netflix)Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel (Prime Video)Hotel Costiera (Prime Video)Sneaker Wars: Adidas Vs Puma (Disney+)Riff Raff (Prime Video)Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)CINEMA:One Battle After AnotherThe Strangers: Chapter 2SunphlowerBOOKS:The Impossible Fortune - Richard OsmanCircle of Days - Ken FollettEnd Game - Jeffrey ArcherInside - Boris BeckerHeart on my Sleeve - Andrew PorterLulu- LuluSoftly, As I Leave You - Priscilla PresleyThe Unfathomable Curse - Courtney SmythThe Mubbles: When Berry Met Terry - Liz PichonEvil Duck and the Nest of Destiny - Chris JudgeDisaster Dad: Fun Day Fiasco - Donncha O'Callaghan

Bumper week of streaming with a wonderful smorgasbod of options to keep you bingeing all evening, and beyond, long!STREAMING:The Morning Show Season 4 (Apple TV+)Black Rabbit (Netflix)Gen V Season 2 (Prime Video)Swiped (Disney+)Tulsa King Season 3 (Sun – 21st Paramount+)High Potential Season 2 (Disney+)Haunted Hotel (Netflix)LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy: Pieces of the Past (Disney+)Elio (Disney+)Vampirina: Teenage Vampire (Disney+)Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen (Netflix)Top Guns: The Next Generation (Disney+)Billionaire Bunker (Netflix)The Ba***ds of Bollywood (Netflix)CINEMA:A Big Bold Beautiful JourneyGirls & BoysMUSIC:Nine Inch Nails – Tron: Ares Soundtrack

A week of Box Office Cinema along wih some fascinating Streaming Drops and some intriguing Book & Music choices.CINEMA: The Long WalkSpinal Tap II: The End ContinuesDownton Abbey: The Grand FinaleDemon Slayer: Infinity Castle STREAMING: Only Murders in the Building Season 5(Disney+) The Girlfriend (Prime Video)The Wrong Paris (Netflix)Taskmaster Season 20 (Channel 4)aka Charlie Sheen (Netflix)Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy.The Fallout. (Paramount+)Beauty and the Bester (Netflix)Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black: Season2 (Netflix)Tempest (Disney+)Call My Agent Berlin (Disney+)The Breslau Murders (Disney+)Lost in the Jungle (Disney+)The Dead Girls (Netflix)Dr. Seuss's Red Fish, Blue Fish(Netflix)Wolf King Season 2 (Netflix)Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2(Disney+) BOOKS:The Secret of Secrets - Dan BrownSpeaking My Mind – Leo VaradkarThe Rebel and the Rose - CatherineDoyle MUSIC:Ed Sheeran – PlayKing Princess - Girl ViolenceSophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop

Another strong week of ALL the conent for your viewing pleasure!Task (Sky & NOW TV – Monday Sept 8th)Highest 2 Lowest (Apple TV+)The Paper (Sky & NOW TV)Wednesday Season 2 Part II (Netflix)The Runarounds (Prime Video)Lilo & Stitch (Disney+)Downton Abbey – Seasons 1 – 6 (Disney+)Meg II – The Trench (Prime Video)The Northman (Netflix)Thanksgiving (Netflix)NCIS: Tony & Ziva (Paramount+)Love Con Revenge (Netflix)Blood & Myth (Disney+)Stans (Paramount+)Dish It Out (Prime Video)Queen Mantis (Season 1) (Netflix) CINEMA:The Conjuring: Last RitesSanatoriumHoney Don't!On Swift HorsesBOOKS:Hansel and Gretel - Stephen King & Maurice SendakWhen We Were Monsters – Jennifer NivenMetal Slinger - Rachel SchneiderMUSIC:Suede – “Antidepressants”

So Many Hits. So Many Shiny New Things.And Yep, You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat!STREAMING: Traitors Ireland (RTE1 – Aug 31st)The Thursday Murder Club (Netflix)The Terminal List: Dark Wolf (PrimeVideo)Atomic (Sky Atlantic & NOW TV)KPOPPED (Apple TV+)Upload – The Final Season (PrimeVideo)Thunderbolts* (Disney+)Five Nights at Freddy’s (Netflix)Flight Risk (Prime Video)My Life with the Walter Boys Season 2(Netflix)Unknown Number: The High SchoolCatfish (Netflix)With Love, Meghan Season 2 (Netflix)Katrina: Come Hell and High Water(Netflix)Shipwreck Hunters Australia Season 2 (Disney+)LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite(Disney+)Barbie Mysteries: Beach Detectives(Netflix)Shape Island: Season 2 (Apple TV+)Fantasy Football Ruined Our Lives(Netflix)Millionaire (Netflix)Two Graves (Netflix) CINEMA: The RosesCaught StealingChristyJaws 50th Anniversary NEW MUSIC:CMAT – Euro-CountrySabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best FriendNova Twins – Parasites &ButterfliesThe Beths – Straight Line Was a Lie NEW BOOKS: KATABASIS - R.F. KuangPAPER HEART - Cecelia AhernPICTURE IMPERFECT – Jacqueline Wilson

Far from being a dull and quiet mid-August drop of content, this week is stacked with a smorgasbord of quality viewing pleasures. STREAMING: Peacemaker Season 2 (SKY MAX &NOW TV)Invasion Season 3 (Apple TV+)The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox(Disney+)Hostage (Netflix)The Truth About Jussie Smollett?(Netflix)007: Road to a Million Season 2(Prime Video)Eenie Meanie (Disney+)The Map That Leads to You (PrimeVideo)America's Team: The Gambler and HisCowboys (Netflix)The Kingdom (Disney+)The Home Team: NY Jets (Prime Video)Long Story Short (Netflix)Devo (Netflix)Are You My First (Disney+)Twelve (Disney+)Rivers of Fate (Netflix)King & Conqueror (BBC1 &Player – Aug 24th)The Monkey (Prime Video) CINEMA: The Life of ChuckEddingtonSorry, BabySpinal Tap Rocky Horror Picture Show NEW MUSIC:Deftones – “private music” NEW BOOKS:Triona Campbell – “Enter the Endgame”