Each week Screen Watching goes out with a video version. You can find that on Spotify and YouTube. As of this week there are new opening titles. How very exciting. We have reviews this week. New A24 Aussie horror film Talk To Me (In cinemas now) Taylor Sheridan’s new TV show Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+) It’s the WWII European John Wick - Sisu (In cinemas now) Rapid fire thoughts on Minx (s2), Futurama (s8), and new doco Glitch: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia In our Intermission this week, Simon details the upcoming Science Fiction Film Festival he is curating across Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Details and ticket bookings can be found at https://www.sydneysciencefictionfilmfestival.com.au
This week on Screen Watching, there are the usual reviews: Oppenheimer Justified: Primeval City Barbie Command Z As a special treat, Dan also argues with SImon why he won’t see a movie based on Barbie IP. Oh, and then Dan and Simon expose their unwatched TV and movies in their watchlists during our weekly Intermission segment.
It is a very special episode on the podcast this week as Dan and Simon go crazy for a new Spider-Man animated film - could it be a Best Picture film? The two also talk about a new Netflix film with a very saucy title. This week’s reviews: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse The Year I Started Masturbating Deadloch The Boogeyman Intermission: Dan and Simon discuss highpoints of masturbation on the screen.
Food dominates this week’s pod with Dan and Simon reviewing the food and drink heavy Drops of God and Hunger. It is all the excuse they need for this week’s Intermission to be about their favourite food shows on TV. Up for review: Hunger (Netflix) Drops of Gold (Apple TV+) Evil Dead Rise (In cinemas now) Dead Ringers (Prime Video) A Good Person (in cinemas now) Suzume (In cinemas now)
It is actually too much show. There’s the HUGE reviews: Super Mario Bros Movie (In cinemas now) Beef (Netflix) The Pope’s Exorcist (In cinemas now) The Company You Keep (US ABC, Disney+ internationally) Air (In cinemas now, but soon-ish to Prime Video) Murder Mystery 2 (Netflix) And THEN, Dan and Simon take a look ahead to the huge April to June releases ahead. What are they excited by? Plus they do the usual quizzes and other regular business.
In a shameless bid for attention, Simon and Dan discuss movies that focus on sex. How have these movies shaped our two hapless critics as movie viewers? They also get into the filthy business of this week’s reviews: Dungeons & Dragons (In cinemas now) The Big Door Prize (Apple TV+) Tetris (Apple TV+) Grease: Rise of The Pink Ladies (Paramount+)
Another week, another Screen Watching. This week Dan and SImon embrace thrillers with reviews of: John Wick 4 (in cinemas now) Rabbit Hole (Paramount+) Boston Strangler (in the US on Hulu, internationally Disney+) The Night Agent (Netflix) The two also pitch spin-off TV show ideas to each other in our weekly Intermission. Which of these shows would you greenlight? Oh, and there’s the weekly birthday quiz and This Week in History quiz.
Yr ol’ favourite gumshoe podcasters Dan and Simon are back this week to solve the mystery of the HBO show that is returning after 3 long years. They also get all stabby with the latest instalment of a slasher franchise. And in this week’s Intermission, the guys discuss the Academy Awards this coming weekend. Reviews: Scream 6 (In cinemas now) Perry Mason s2 (HBO in the US, Binge in Australia) 65 (In cinemas now… but probably only this week) Will Trent (ABC in the US, Disney+ in Australia) All The Beauty and Bloodshed (in cinemas now)
We’re working on improving the video and sound of the podcast. Enjoy that as Dan & Simon discuss: Daisy Jones & The Six (Amazon Prime Video) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Roku in the US, Paramount+ in Australia) Empire of Light (In cinemas) True Lies (ABC in the US, Disney+ internationally)
Dan and Simon both watched Cocaine Bear. It's a story as old as time: Bear meets bag of cocaine. Bear consumes bag of cocaine. Bear goes on a murderous rampage as she looks for her next hit. Does it bring anything new to the Bear vs drug dealer genre? You will only find out if you listen to THIS podcast. No other film sites are talking about this highly anticipated movie.
Boy oh boy is it a quiet week on the ol' TV front. Dan and Simon trawled through what was available and discussed: Nolly (ITVX | Binge) Spoiler Alert (In cinemas now) All Quiet on The Western Front (Netflix) Review rewind: The Critic (Streaming in Australia on Binge) Dan and Simon also talk about representations of love on the screen.
What else is there to know? we Watched: Three Pines, Knock At The Cabin, Cunk on Earth, Shotgun Wedding, Paris 13th District. And then in this week's middle bit we discuss the flaws in the bid to force international streamers to pay for Australian content.
This week Simon and Dan have reviews: Shrinking (Apple TV+) Tar (Peacock / In cinemas now) Poker Face (Peacock / Stan) True Spirit (Netflix / in cinemas now) Dan and Simon also discuss a movie about birding, the Academy Awards, and so, so much more.
Simon has returned from his Christmas holiday to the Nordics, which means Dan & Simon roll up their sleeves to discuss the important business of screen reviews. This week: Babylon (In cinemas now) The Last of Us (HBO / Binge) Transfusion (Stan) Alaska Daily (ABC in the US / Disney+ internationally) The Whale (In cinemas Feb) Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
It's an all-film special this week for no good reason. (Actually, the reason is that Simon is travelling through chilly Nordic nations right now and we pre-recorded this back in early December). But we also talk about the big changes we are expecting in TV and film in the year ahead. Hashtag industry talk.
It is the start of a whole new year of Screen Watching. And we are starting the year by looking back at the last one. Hopefully you’re not too tired of Best TV of 2022 lists, because we have another one for you. What did Simon select? What did Dan choose? The tension is high in the air.
Each week on the Screen Watching podcast Dan and Simon talk about the movies and TV shows they watched that week. At the end of the year, they collate their thoughts and produce a list of what they think were the best movies. This is a really unique idea that we alone do. Hopefully you can comprehend such an idea and join us. (Next week we do TV).
Hi, This is our last regular podcast of 2022 - over the next two weeks you have our Best of 2022 Films and then our Best of 2022 TV podcasts. Then Simon and Dan are back with a revamped podcast with better production values, mystery boxes, dancing girls, and more.
This week on the pod it is a race against time as Dan speeds through the podcast before an electrician cuts off his electricity for the day. Dan has been in the podcast game for long enough to know that electricity is pretty crucial to the podcast tech stack. It doesn’t stop Dan and Simon from getting busy with the reviews: Emancipation (Apple TV+) God Forbid (US: Hulu, AUS: Disney+) Call Jane (Amazon Prime Video) A Spy Among Friends (UK: ITVX, AUS: Britbox) Dan and Simon also offer some thoughts on the passing of Kirstie Alley.
This week Dan and Simon dip their toes into the world of proper video podcasting. Video will now be available on Spotify and YouTube. But for those who like audio as the good lord intended, that will continue on as always. This week they review: Willow (Disney+) Violent Night (In cinemas now) Confess Fletch (Buy it now on digital) Troll (Netflix) The Flatshare (Paramount+)