The Honeymoon Period

As Mark would put it, 'eff the format'.  In this episode we talk about: The Bear, Alien Earth, The Hack, Masterchef, One Battle After Another, Nosferatu, The Thursday Murder Club.  (and Geoffrey Butler from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air...) We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

In the hot tub, no one can hear you podcast.  Spoilers from the start!  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

Body slams & bombshells? This is our take on WWE Unreal.  Spoilers from the start! We’d love to hear from you: Instagram:  Elaine | Mark   Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much!

It’s Clobberin’ Time!   Spoilers from 22:00.   We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify.  AND, if you like what we do, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so here. Thanks so much. 

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it our review of James Gunn’s Superman? (yes)   Spoilers from: 30:52  We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify.  AND, if you like what we do, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so here. Thanks so much. 

Is the magic still alive - or is it fossilised?  Spoilers from 33:10.  We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify. 

An occasional series where we make each other watch TV shows we loved as kids.   In this episode, Mark finally gets to indulge his Saved by the Bell obsession. We cover 8 episodes across the four seasons. Expect lots of nostalgia, way too many mentions of 90s bands, a weird segue into the TV channel Trouble, and some unexpected annulment chat. We start by diving into our history with the show, and end with a ‘where are they now?’ for the main cast.   S1E01 - Dance To The Max (11:00)  S2E01 - The Prom (26:00)  S2E09 - Jessie's Song (32:54)  S2E15 - The Fabulous Belding Boys (38:55)  S3E01 - The Last Dance (46:00)  S3E09 - Fake IDs (51:06)  S4E04 - The New Girl (57:00)  S4E26 - Graduation (60:00)  We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify. 

In this episode, Elaine waxes lyrical about disused tube stations and the autistic experience of sitting in the cinema, and we reflect on the importance of seeing your home town on the big screen.  Special spoiler sections for Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning and 28 Years Later, specifically so we can talk about the endings!   Dept. Q (5:37)  From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (15:24)  Final Destination Bloodlines (17:53)  Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning (20:23)  28 Years Later (35:44)  Spoilers: MI (51:10) / 28 Years Later (59:14)  We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify. 

 An occasional series where we make each other watch TV shows we loved as kids.   In this episode, Elaine convinces Mark to watch the first season of the BBC's adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia. But how will he react to the talking beavers, the dubious CGI, and a rather unsettling Mr Tumnus?  Next up: Mark's beloved Saved by the Bell. But if you have any shows you'd like us to cover, let us know!  We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify.     

In this episode, we take a break from watching the BAFTAs to catch up on the telly we’ve been watching. Plus, Mark went to see a film (as per).   Andor (Disney +) (4:57)  The Studio (Apple TV) (20:20)  I, Jack Wright (U & Alibi) (29:11)  Warfare (dir. Ray Mendoza & Alex Garland) (35:39)   We’d love to hear from you. Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Please help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify. Thank you! 

Cinema chat only this week (apart from the snooker, but don’t worry that’s only a few minutes!): The Smashing Machine trailer (4:00)  Thunderbolts* (10:45)  Sinners – spoiler free thoughts (20:25), full spoilers (33:15)   We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Join us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com 

What we’ve been watching on the big and small screen, starting with our memories of Val Kilmer who died the day we recorded. Thanks Val, for all the movie magic.   Flow (6:30)  Adolescence (13:45)   Severance S2 – spoiler free thoughts (31:15), full spoilers and your emails (thanks Neil W and Neil J!) (41:00) You can connect with us here:    Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify.   AND, if you like what we do, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so here. Thanks so much. 

Recorded live from our sofa directly after watching S2 Ep10 (Cold Harbor), here’s our instant reaction. We also cover The Crystal Maze, The Stanford Prison Experiment, and, bizarrely, Savage Garden.    How to support the show   Follow us on Instagram: @elainegwrites / @mark_greg Sign up to Elaine’s newsletter Find us on Letterboxd Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify. AND, if you like what we've been doing on the pod these past 5 years, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so here. Thanks so much.

One of us is at home. One of us is in Las Vegas. Here's our instant reaction after watching S2 Ep9 (The After Hours). Back again on the sofa next week for the final episode! How to support the show   Follow us on Instagram: @elainegwrites / @mark_greg Sign up to Elaine’s newsletter Find us on Letterboxd Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify. AND, if you like what we've been doing on the pod these past 5 years, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so here. Thanks so much.

A spoiler free catch-up on what we’ve been watching on the big and small screen.  The Gorge (2:06)  Captain America: Brave New World (6:15)  Zero Day (Netflix) (12:22)  Paradise (Disney+) (19:45)    Follow us on social media:   Instagram: @elainegwrites / @mark_greg  Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Find us on Letterboxd  Help support the show  We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify.  AND, if you like what we do, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so here. Thanks so much.