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Well the time has (sort of) come, we call a hiatus on the pod after 9 glorious years of mostly bullshit and indefensible positions about Madame Web not looking "that bad". We're taking some time away to reset and potentially plan a few theme months which aren't just riffs on Shrektember. We thank you all for being on this journey with us so far and implore you to stick around as we will be back in due course, we just can't give you a timeframe for that just yet, that's all. Stay subscribed and keep buying yoghurt. 

I don't even know what to say about this one, I guess Andy is cool and funny and I'm just an old stick in the mud.

Whoooosh!Welcome to the thrilling conclusion of Feb-weather-uary, where we discuss the 1996 blockbuster 'Twister' in anticipation of the upcoming legacy sequel 'Twisters', we discuss what we like and what we don't like about the original as well as proposing what could possibly happen in the sequel and whether it's going to be a redo of Top Gun Maverick with no Tom Cruise. Watch out for that cow guys! 

We return to review action this week and finally the armistice has been broken (and perhaps then been renewed confusingly.Reviews of the following recent and less recent releases are included The Iron Claw, My Friend Lanre, Lift, Orion and the Dark, Migration, Destroy All Neighbours & Wish

Welcome to Febweatheruary, the shortest (and stormiest) month of the year!We kick off this month of weather based movie content with a whistlestop tour through a bunch of big weather based disaster movies and give our opinions of how we think we would be best equipped to survive the events within.True insane energy to this episode so strap in!

Well well well, look what we have here... It's a bumper edition of News & Reviews with Even More Alex (TM), we bring you an almighty 8 reviews this week with Alex responsible for 7 of them solo. Andy's on his armistice (more on that in episode) and therefore the balance is shifted to mostly Alex with reviews of...  ghost story romance 'All Of Us Strangers', powerful drama 'The Zone of Interest', Oscar hopeful 'The Holdovers', satire 'American Fiction', science fiction black comedy 'Poor Things', 'Samsara' a meditation on life, death and new life, deadpan supernatural comedy 'The Civil Dead' & the DCEU's unflushable shit 'Aquaman 2'

Coming a week later than originally planned and in a much truncated format, it's the annual Dinosaur Man awards for the films of 2023!We dish out an apology and then summarise why we didn't release this episode on time. Andy and Alex spend a little while talking about which films went home with our big prizes when we got together with Paul last weekend. 

As is now tradition, we return to action with  an early episode for this year being the annual Dinosaur Man Draft! We find out how well our picks from last year performed before selecting our choices for the forthcoming year. This episode has it all, indefinite delays, Madame Web blind faith, a discussion of which animated fourquel will perform best and much much more! Join in with the fun and select your choices for the upcoming critical and or commercial successes in this new year of movie making!

Alex is sick so its the perfect time for Andy to hand out his awards for games he has played this year. Are they games that came out in 2023? Mostly no. But did Andy play them in 2023? Yes.So come see if you agree with the winners of such awards as "The Game I'm Definitely Coming Back To This Year"Let us know on Twitter/X what wins your game of the year @DinosaurMan15

It's that most wonderful time of the year where we bring you a bumper review show packed full of all the releases we've caught during our winter break.Covering such wide ranging films as 'The Plains', 'Knock At The Cabin', 'Gran Turismo' & 'Godzilla Minus One'. There really is something for everyone in this monster sized episode so let us welcome you into the new year with this final round up of 2023 releases.

Well this is Christmas... eve. We made it folks, another year down and we bring you a little stocking stuffer ahead of the new year starting. Andy puts to Alex the ultimate question, how would you survive the events of 'The Santa Clause'? If you're expecting a food heavy answer you're in luck! We bring you this final grab bag of nonsense before the last episode of 2023 next week. Happy holidays from the DinosaurMen to you and yours. 

Tragic news everyone! Netflix decided to cut back on the amount of festive nonsense they were pumping out this year. So we've expanded out our usual format to other streamers this year.After the rip roaring success of our 3 previous deep dives into the world of Netflix original Christmas movies we return with a look into this years line up from Netflix, Disney and Amazon. We get into the ins and outs of three entries. 'Best. Christmas. Ever!', 'Dashing Through The Snow' and 'Candy Cane Lane' are the subjects this year. Unfortunately none of them are musicals but we live and learn, however there are always Christmas songs to be sung and Eggnog to be drunk, not to mention morals to impart!Do they make us feel Christmas? Did Alex cry? Are Christmas films getting worse? Find out right here!

In our final News & Reviews of the year we have a trinity of films to discuss to see us through to 2024. With some festive episodes coming up, may we interest you in some less seasonal offerings? We have high school comedy 'Bottoms', Eli Roth slasher 'Thanksgiving' & single location thriller 'Night of the Hunted'

We return and welcome in the Christmas season with this collection of festive stories to bring you yuletide cheer. Alex and Andy share stories, jokes & food items all to do with the holiday season.

We see out November with another thrilling episode of News & Reviews, where poor financial decisions, the quality of trailers and Star Wars being over are discussed. We also bring reviews of some of the big releases of recent weeks. Superhero sequel 'The Marvels', Argentine horror 'When Evil Lurks', graphic novel adaptation 'The Killer', quiet drama 'Fremont' & Russell Crowe accent showcase 'The Pope's Exorcist' are all on the board this week.

Well, not gonna lie, this isn't the podcast you deserve. But it is the podcast you're going to get unfortunately. So I guess we're sorry? Well I am, but Andy probably isn't...yet. 

Welcome back my friends to your 41st favourite podcast, we're into a brand new theme month and some people are saying it's our best one yet! We enter into All Nut November, a month of nut centric episodes which will delight and amaze.We begin with a nutty quiz, Andy takes the role of quizmaster and grills Alex on some brain teasers. It's great!

What a spooky crop of movies we have for you at the tail end of Halloween season! Amazon Prime's 60's corn horror 'Dark Harvest', video game sensation 'Five Nights At Freddy's' & nothing spookier than sleep in A24's 'Dream Scenario'.

Well well well, no one can say they predicted this. We made it to a half millenium of episodes, if that's even a thing. We celebrate in the only way we know how, by doing a watchalong of an old favourite 'The Deaths of Ian Stone'. 

In this weeks episode Alex has returned back from travels in America and lets us know about his adventures including visiting a drive in cinema and an awkward conversation in a diner.In terms of reviews this week we have old actor action with Expend4bles and gritty revenge action Sisu. Andy also tries out a new game and it doesn't land spectacularly.If you're enjoying the show don't forget to subscribe and rate it 5 stars to help us get seen by more eyes.Follow us on Twitter/X @dinosaurman15

We revive a long dormant format for this Shocktober episode, Alex takes a look at the career of film maker James Wan. Assessing and understanding his influence over the genre and modern landscape of horror films, from his breakthrough feature 'Saw' right up to recent efforts such as 'Malignant'. We take time to celebrate this titan of modern horror and truly appreciate the work he has done in bringing the genre back to the limelight. 

Spooky, scary skeletons send shivers down you pod!In this episode Andy and Alex take it in turns to tell spooky stories to each other. Alex focuses on the latest spooky news while Andy just reads Reddit.Will these terrifying tales turn you white with fear? Is garlic really the worst taste? What really happened in Alex's basement?Follow us on Twitter @DinosaurMan15 and let us know your spookiest story. Please rate and subscribe for more Shocktober treats!

In a stunning move which no one predicted, Shocktober returns to the podcast for another triumphant installment. We kick things off with an old favourite format, Andy choosing his own adventure as laid out by Alex. This year, in celebration of the recent release of John Kramer's continuing escapades in Saw X, Andy finds himself thrust into a dirty bathroom to play a game with Billy the puppet. Does Andy make it out alive? Does he learn his lesson? Does Billy's tricycle still squeak?

Another fortnight passes and another episode of News & Reviews arrives, yet again we see a bumper week of new and less new releases. Andy has seen the latest DC offering ‘Blue Beetle' and passes his judgment while considering superhero fatigue. Meanwhile, Alex brings reviews of Celine Song's excellent debut ‘Past Lives', Pablo Larrain's reimagined Pinochet in ‘El Conde', Disney+ sci fi ‘No One Will Save You' and Canadian drama ‘Brother'. 

In the conclusion of our most insane theme month we've both watched 4 Shreks and 2 Puss In Boots films, we discuss the ups and downs, struggle to remember which Shrek is which and wax lyrical about a spin off series. If anyone ever makes us do this again, we'll stop the show. 

We interrupt Shrektember programming to bring you a hot and fresh edition of News & Reviews where we discuss a multitude of recent film and tv shows. Alex has seen British comedy-drama 'Scrapper', featuring a stand out performance by Lola Campbell. He also covers new documentary 'Once Upon A Time In Uganda', a brilliant and reaffirming love letter to movie making for entertainment. Andy covers more big budget affairs in animation 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem' & big shark action sequel 'Meg 2: The Trench'

Well it's finally here, the long awaited and very cool Shrektember! This week we're kicking off this month long celebration of all things Shrek by discussing...all things Shrek! Andy gives a potted history of the evolution of Shrek, from book to worldwide cultural phenomenon which has spawned musicals, lunchboxes and Twinkies. We have a wonderful month planned, so stick around for more Shrek based nonsense!

Sandwiched in between two of our best episodes ever, this instalment of News & Reviews covers off some classic Dinosaur Man genres. We have Alex talking about 'Haunted Mansion' but not the one you'd expect, Andy watching Netflix actioner 'Heart Of Stone', powerful sex work documentary 'Kokomo City', a Shudder original in the form of 'Bad Things' and finally psychological thriller 'Alice, Darling'.

And so, it has come to this. Finally we've listened to your feedback and recorded the most requested episode of all time. Alex grills Andy on his life living gluten free, the restrictions and the discoveries that have along with it. We discuss the world's best biscuits, the problem of bread and which pizza chain has the best Gluten Free offerings as standard.This. Is. Podcasting.

With another crop of hot and fresh releases, you know that means we're coming up with another News & Reviews episode. This week we're covering blockbusters and microbudgets alike, we have global sensation 'Barbie', much vaunted horror 'Talk To Me', powerful refugee documentary 'On Our Doorstep', Brazilian fantasy horror 'Medusa' & low key Serbian folk horror 'Vampir'.

With the success of Barbie and celebrating $1bn worldwide, we take a look at the 16 Mattel projects in development and try and work out how they've been pitched and which should work. 

We're covering blockbuster meme film 'Oppenheimer', French-Cambodian production 'Return To Seoul' and dinosaurs getting shot by Adam Driver in '65'.

Guys, its the first ever time two movies have been released on the same day! With Barbie and Oppenheimer both being released the world has gone insane. But here's the secret ... it has happened before and we're here to prove it.In this weeks episode Alex figured its the perfect time to offer a quiz of other situations this phenomena has happened and lets Andy guess which one made more money. Play along at home or tune in just to hear what we would or wouldn't do with time travel.Let us know what you would do by contacting us on Twitter @DinosaurMan15Also subscribe you cowards and write a 5 star review on whatever platform you're using. It helps us out a lot.

We're back with a review of one of the most hotly anticipated blockbusters of the year in 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One', the penultimate entry in the current franchises continuity. Alex also talks french comedy 'Smoking Causes Coughing' in one of the strangest review pairings we've ever done on this show. 

Hello and welcome to the episode folks, we're back with a special gaming episode as Andy has bought himself a new X Box Series X and we're going through the ins and outs of it and discussing games he's excited to get stuck into on it. 

What an episode we have in store for you today, we cover releases both recent and a few months old.  We talk 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny', Pixar's latest feature 'Elemental', horror comedy 'Sorry About The Demon', 'Renfield' the Dracula comedy & cosy documentary 'Hello, Bookstore'. 

After our dry run last year during it's non release we thought we'd give the least talked about blockbuster of the year some extra attention with this full spoiler review of 'The Flash'!

This was a bitch to edit, we review the films from the title of the episode. I'm so tired.

Good day folks and welcome to this episode, it's a returning format that we initially rolled out in the festive season for 'Love Hard'. This time we return with a commentary track for another Dinosaur Man favourite in 'Alien vs. Predator'. Is this because we had no theme month for June? I'll never tell!

Well well well, what do we have here? Why, it's a brand new long episode of News & Reviews with seven(!?!) films to discuss!We have the latest in the long running action franchise 'Fast X', whistleblower verbatim cinema in 'Reality', 'Junk Head' an almost one man mission into Japanese stop motion sci-fi, art documentary 'Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV', footwear rights deal drama 'Air', a donkey on an adventure through the best and worst of humanity in 'EO' & Shudder horror 'Influencer'.Technical glitches aside, not a bad ep for you!

Listener, you'll be delighted to know we chose to accept our final mission during this exciting theme month of Mayssion Impossible. We watched all the Mission: Impossible films and give you here our definitive ranking. We cover the highs and lows of the long running franchise, we talk slow motion, deception and bulky tech guys. Let us know your own personal rankings in the usual places!

Listeners it feels like it has been ages since we last brought you a steaming fresh helping of reviews of the newest films and a dose of news from the world of entertainment too. We return with a bunch of good stuff, Andy has a review of the latest MCU offering while Alex talks a couple of new documentaries of cultural icons, a meta drama-comedy from The Philippines and an excellent Mexican horror film. Don't say we don't do anything for you!

This week as Mayssion:Impossible rumbles on, we take a trip right back to the genesis point for the Mission: Impossible franchise with a review of the pilot episode from 17th September 1966. We go hunting for the tropes which persist in the franchise to this day, come with us as we enter a world of military juntas, sweaty safecrackers and an actor's dream role...three roles! 

Welcome gang to this, the most exciting development in podcasts since crypto bros decided to pick up a microphone! May-ssion Impossible is here and boy do we kick off with a doozy of an episode! Designed in a play along at home style, Andy builds his very own Mission Impossible film using the tropes of the series that we know and love. From building a badass crew, to choosing his Macguffin and of course including a wildly ambitious stunt. Let us know what you roll for at home!

Bumper bumper ep this week guys, we talk mid 00's indie and River Island before getting stuck into a glut of recent releases in the form of French drama 'Rodeo', horror sequel 'Evil Dead Rise', spy rom com 'Ghosted', powerful documentary 'Pray For Our Sinners', rights deal drama 'Tetris', a pair of educational and observational documentaries 'Free Money' & 'Electric Malady'

The boys talk at length about two games they've been playing recently in recent action horror remake 'Resident Evil 4' and vast unforgiving FromSoftware game 'Elden Ring'. 

Here it is you little content hounds, fresh audio content for your ears, nose and throat! You've got steaming hot reviews of videogame family film 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie', Icelandic-Danish journey of solitude 'Godland', boxing action in 'Creed III' & superhero sequel 'Shazam! Fury of the Gods'

Alex has gone to see Bruce Springsteen this weekend and so that got us thinking about our own preferred bosses from movies. We delve into who would be a great employer and even manage to have a singalong too!

Good evening and welcome back to you all, you're just in time for some news and indeed reviews! This week sees a heated debate on adventure film 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves', our thoughts on the latest action in 'John Wick: Chapter 4', sci fi thriller 'Infinity Pool', South London rom-com 'Rye Lane' and drugged up mammals in 'Cocaine Bear'

The Dinosaur Man team return with a follow up to their 2019 State Of Comic Book Movies podcast with a reappraisal of the genre as a whole in an era of dwindling box office results. Have things improved or declined over the last four years? Will Warner Bros have a consistent run of form? We're joined this episode by Paul to get into it fully. If you enjoy what you're hearing why not subscribe to the podcast to get all our new episodes first. You can also rate and review the pod at the same time as you share it with all your friends. Want to get in touch? Just find us on Twitter @DinosaurMan15. Alex will happily reply to every message.

After last week saw the conclusion to awards season, regular service is resumed today with another jam packed News & Reviews episode. From a preview of upcoming family friendly fantasy romp 'Dungeons & Dragons' to reviews of the latest slasher sequel 'Scream 6' and touching Belgian drama 'Close', much more to boot!