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This week Mike swans back into the studio to discuss his first cinema outing with his 3-year-old daughter to see Aladdin. Did we like it as adults or did Jafar scare little Wynnie into never wanting to go to the cinema again? And how has Will Smith stacked up against the greatest Disney character of all time - Robin Williams' Genie! Plus Guy Ritchie directing a Disney film... Only in Agrabah!!! Let's get talking! 

This week I review the brilliant new Elton John music bio/fantasy musical starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden and directed by Dexter Fletcher. Comparisons have of course been made to Bohemian Rhapsody so I answer the big question, which is better? Join me to find out. Let's get talking! @mattdoesmovies

This week I talk Booksmart. The new female directed, female written and female-led high school comedy the critics are going crazy for that is breaking down the traditions of the genre! Did you know Beanie Feldstein is Jonah Hill's sister or that Olivia Wilde directed this movie? Find out if this is the next Superbad or if it is just bad. Let's get talking! @mattdoesmovies 

This week we wave goodbye to Westeros after 73 episodes and 8 seasons. The final season has come with a lot of backlash from the fans and we discuss if the finale episode was a fitting swan song to one of the greatest TV shows around. Who did end up on the Iron Throne and in the Game of Thrones did we the audience win? Lets get talking - Spoilers are Coming! 

This week I talk all things John Wick 3 - Parabellum. The action franchise has put Keanu Reeves once again at the top of movie totum pole. But has this sequel gone the way of Taken and The Matrix into garbage or is this still a movie writing cheques & breaking necks. Lets get talking! @spotify @acast @itunes @apple

This week I am solo reviewing a haul of movies and a binge-worthy Netflix show so I have all your viewing needs covered.  Pokemon Detective Pikachu - the Ryan Reynolds kids film, yup you read that right. It's funny, I tell you why. Long Shot - Rogen & Theron in a political rom-com that is actually funny and romantic. Eighth Grade - this indie hit about a 13-year-old anxious outsider (Elsie Fisher) is phenomenal. Netflix Dead to Me (Applegate & Cardellini) a dark comedy is a MUST WATCH. Let's get talking!

This week I am joined once again by Andy from @englandrugbypod as Mike enjoys his extended vacation, as we discuss all things GOT in this the penultimate episode nooooo! Things look to be going from bad to worse with last week's ep scoring even lower than before as the worst episode of the series (unfair) so the pressure is on for GOT to deliver on all these seasons of build up. So does it deliver? We cover all the talking points, biggest moments, deaths, theories and WTF scenes. This was a mega-extended episode covering over 1 hour of GOT goodness. Lets get talking!

This week I am joined by Andy from @englandrugbypod for the second week running to discuss all things GOT whilst Mike is off on holiday! After last week's GOT ep received its 2nd lowest score of all the seasons on Rotten Tomatoes did this one make the fans happy again? We cover all the talking points, biggest moments, deaths, theories and WTF scenes. This was a mega-extended episode covering over 1 hour of GOT goodness. Lets get talking!

This week Mike & I are joined by our first guest of the series, Andy from @englandrugbypod swapping rugger bants for GOT fan theories. We cover all the talking points, biggest moments, deaths, theories and WTF scenes. This was a mega-extended episode covering over 1 hour 20 mins of GOT goodness. Lets get talking! 

This week Mike and I have an hour-long special for you talking all things AVENGERS ENDGAME. This 3-hour epic that is the end of 22 movies in the MCU has so many talking points and needs a full spoiler ridden special.  WARNING DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SEEN AVENGERS ENDGAME. Fair warning #dontspoiltheendgame    

This week Matt & Mike breakdown all the biggest talking points from GAME OF THRONES "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" Season 8 Episode 2. Warning: Spoilers Are Coming! Plus we discuss the bizarrely named movie, The Man Who Killed Hitler and then the Bigfoot fronted by the legend that is Sam Elliot. It is jam-packed, come join us. @mattdoesmovies 

This week Matt & Mike move from film to TV for the Season 8 opener of GAME OF THRONES. All the talking points & big moments. Warning: Spoilers Are Coming! Plus we discuss Jonah Hill's directorial debut MID90s and the STAR WARS IX trailer and The MANDALORIAN. It is jam-packed, come join us. 

This week Matt & Mike kick of Season 2 with two kids cinema films, the live-action Disney remake of Dumbo & DC's latest super hero offering the comedic Shazam!  Did you know this beloved elephant may not turn a profit for Disney this time around? And we ask the unpopular question, Is Mark Strong secretly an awful actor? Or just picking the wrong roles? Check it out. 

This week Matt & Mike go into the world of horror with Jordan Peele's hotly anticipated horror follow up to "Get Out". This will leave you scared silly!  The Number 1 Comedy of All Time is crowned... Taking you back to vintage 1996 with real-life best mates Jon Favreau & Vince Vaughn in Swingers.

This week Matt & Mike tackle the latest big-budget Netflix offering Triple Frontier with the A list clast of Oscar Isaacs, Ben Affleck and Charlie Hunnam. In at No.2 of our Top 10 Comedies of All Time, it is Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) John Hughes classic with 80's hero Matthew Broderick. Find out if a film that took almost a decade to get made was worth the wait.... Plus relive all things Ferris! Nine Times....!   @MattDoesMovies 

Captain Marvel *Spoiler Free* & ClerksMatt & Mike discuss the first female lead Marvel Superhero movie, Captain Marvel that has been breaking records left right and centre. Is it worth the hype? Have the haters been silenced? On our Top 10 Comedies of All Time, we talk the 1994 Indie Cult Classic, Kevin Smith's Clerks.  Graphic Content on this one as Clerks is R Rated. But as always our cinema review of Captain Marvel is 100% SPOILER FREE. On our Netflix feature, we talk Ricky Gervais's long awaited return to TV, with comedy series After Life. Plus Netflix movie, Isn't It Romantic with Rebel Wilson & Liam Hemsworth @mattdoesmovies

This week on the pod we discuss the new Ruth Bader Ginsberg bio flick On The Basis of Sex for our cinema review. And on our Top 10 Comedies of All Time, it is the Todd Phillips 2006 frat house comedy Old School. The start of the global household name in all things LOLs, Will Ferrell alongside an in-form Vince Vaughn. Can Mike beat his awful performance from last week in our weekly game? Listen to find out.  Don't forget to subscribe @mattdoesmovies Matt & Mike

Matt & Mike look at the true story bio of Marie Colvin - A Private War. With a world-class performance by Rosamund Pike and a hard-hitting assault on the senses for this war-torn landscape pic.     On our Top 10 Comedies list, we look at Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore (2006). Remembering a time when Adam Sandler could do no wrong and was a comedy genius before he churned out over 60 movies of questionable quality. @mattdoesmovies Acast, Spotify, Itunes, Alexa, Google Play Music   Matt & Mike

Matt & Mike wrap up Sunday's the 91st Oscars covering off all the night's talking points and delving deeper on what this means for the coming year in film. From Olivia Colman's acceptance speech, Spike Lee's protest & diversity ruling for all the right reasons!  Check us out wherever you usually listen to your podcast.  Follow us on FB, Twitter & Instagram @mattdoesmovies @spotify @itunes @Alexa  @Acast    

This week Matt & Mike talk animated blockbuster movie sequel, The Lego Movie 2 with Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks back for more bizarre brick-tastic adventures! Can is it as good as the original that shocked the globe with its mega-smash hit status!   In our Top 10 Comedies countdown, we visit sci-fi legendary film in the form of the original Ghosbusters (1984). Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson "Who you gonna call?" Did you know that the famous theme tune was ripped off and they paid the price via a hefty lawsuit? We got plenty of useless trivia to bore your mates with down the pub. Tune in!   Available on Spotify, Acast, Google Play Music and Itunes. @MattDoesMovies     

This week Matt & Mike talk about the Oscar contender true story Green Book & take a closer look at 20117 comedy Juno. Green Book (2019) Peter Farrelly - Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali Can the guy behind Dumb and Dumber really have made a heart felt oscar winning film??? Find out! Remember when Michael Cera was everywhere, yeah us too. 2007 to be precise. Riding high off the back of two monster films Superbad and Juno. Juno makes it into our Top 10 Comedies List and we have a couple of quick-fire quizzes for you to test your skills against resident nerd Mike! Available on whatever format you usually listen to your Podcast on. @mattdoesmovies   

This week Matt and Mike discuss new Adam McKay oscar hopeful Vice starring Christian Bale as Dick Cheney. Does Dick Cheney really talk like Batman?   Mike takes us in depth on one of our Top 10 Comedies of All Time - Superbad that spawned the career of Jonah Hill and helped take Seth Rogen into a household name.   Plus we give plenty of TV recommendations including cult classic from Judd Apatow/Paul Feig  Freaks and Geeks (1999).   Available on Spotify, Acast, Google Play Music and Itunes.   @mattdoesmovies 

We cover off spoiler-free reviews of the cinema movies   Glass - M. Night Shyamalan (Bruce Willis, Sam L Jackson, James McAvoy) Beautiful Boy - Van Groeningen (Steve Carell, Timothee Chamalet)   And for our Old Movie, it is from our Top 10 comedies of all time season. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - Adam McKay 2004 (Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd) Plus the best TV to watch Fyre documentary - Netflix True Detective - Season 3 Sex Education - Netflix      

This week's cinema review The Upside (Bryan Cranston & Kevin Hart)   Season 1 Top 10 Comedies There's Something About Mary (Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz)

Listen to Matt & Mike cover off the top 10 movies of the year from 2018 and the best TV across Amazon, Netflix and other channels.     

No.99 on our Top 100 has splashed down in the form of Titanic! Johnny Depp as Jack Dawson and Hugh Grant as Billy Zane's Cal. That all was on the cards for this film once upon a time.  Check out the behind scenes gossip on the biggest movie of the 20th century. Christian Bale, Paull Rudd, Jennifer Anision.... It could all have been so different... One Movie Two Men Thirty(ish) Minutes   Rate, Review & Subscribe. 

  What if Morgan Freeman was the narrator over Richard Dreyfuss?  We kick off with No. 100 on the MDM (Matt Does Movies) Greatest Movies in the World list. Stand By Me. Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin) was meant to play the lead role over Star Trek: Next Generation's Will Wheaton. We cover it all.  Michael Jackson was even meant to have sung the iconic title song "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King. One Movie Two Men Thirty Minutes  Check it out!!!!!! Subscribe, rate and review.  

Episode 1 - The Matrix Did you know Will Smith was originally meant to play Neo? Or that Samuel L Jackson was tipped to play Morpheus ahead of Lawrence Fishburne?? NO? Well listen in and get the low down on the behind the scenes, trivia, discussion and opinions on all things The Matrix! @mattdoesmovies