Screen Watching

Love - it's exciting and new. Come aboard, we have reviews for you!The Captain Stubing and Gopher of podcasts Dan Barrett & Simon Foster have two reviews that are both heavy on the romance.Mix Tape (Streaming on BINGE)Materialists (in cinemas now)

It's a big week for regurgitating IP. Just like every other damn week.We have a new John Wick spin-off called Ballerina, the Predator is back in a new animated movie anthology where we watch him fight WWII pilots ( - really!), and there's another Karate Kid film (inexplicably).Oh... and Owen Wilson is here to save the day with something new: a golf comedy.

Yeah, alright. You want reviews? You want inane opinions? We have you covered.Bring Her Back (in cinemas now)Dept Q (Netflix... you may have heard of it)Adults (Hulu in the US, Disney+ elsewhere)Mountainhead (Max)The Phoenician Scheme (in cinemas now)The Great Lillian Hall (in Australian cinemas now... it has taken a while)

This is the latest one of our podcasts have ever come out? Why so late? Dan got tired and Simon never got his podcast editing license. This week we review:Fountain of Youth (Apple TV+)Lilo & Stitch (in cinemas)Sirens (Netflix)Fear Street: Prom Queen (Netflix)

Guys, we did it. We saw the new (and last?) Mission: Impossible movie. These films have become cultural EVENTS! But, this last one... it has left our intrepid Screen Watching team divided.This week they review:Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (in cinemas)Duster (on Max)The Surfer (in cinemas - coming soon to Stan)Hurry Up Tomorrow (in cinemas)Rust (in cinemas)La CocinaAnd some brief chatter about the new Superman trailer, then onto Andor chat.

In this week's podcast, Simon reviews new horror film Clown in a Cornfield. But... is it as good as the clown-themed horror film Dan pitches him?Then Dan talks up the new Netflix drama The Eternaut.To wrap things up, there's chatter about the remake The Wedding Banquet, Riefenstahl, Shifting Gears (it's a Tim Allen comedy), and a flashback to The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.

Big week on the ol' Screen Watching podcast with Dan and Simon having both seen a Marvel film that was actually pretty good. That said... they have some issues with it...Also, there's the new Tina Fey show on Netflix - The Four Seasons. It's good. But...

A big TV week on the ol' Screen Watching pod as Dan and Simon have conflicting views on new ballet Prime Video show Etoile. Will it end in a dance battle? Probably. Also, Simon has questions about The Accountant 2. And then because they are both men of a certain age, they have an extended chat about Star Wars and new show Andor.

On this Easter long weekend as we consider death and resurrection, what better way to spend it than talking about new vampire film Sinners. It is from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and it's really pretty terrific. How much should you believe the hype? Dan and Simon have a chat.Also on the podcast, we discuss new Netflix show Ranson Canyon. And some quick chats about new Prime Video show The Narrow Road to the Deep North and films Warfare, The Correspondent.

Folks, it's a big week for the ol' Screen Watching podcast. First, there is industry chat:Why were people surprised A Minecraft Movie would be a hit?What was the deal with people not liking s3 of The White Lotus?Then there's the important matter of reviews:Death of a Unicorn (in cinemas)Your Friends and Neighbors (Apple TV+)The Amateur (in cinemas)Bad GeniusThe Last of Us (Max)Dying For Sex (Disney+/Hulu)Yeah - it's a lot of show. And if you want to know how it is possible, hit the play button and marvel.

We kicked off this week's podcast with a whole lot of TV and movie news from this past week - farewelling Val Kilmer, discussing the launch of Max in Australia, and a few other tidbits.Then we rolled into reviews of The Minecraft Movie, new Netflix show Pulse, Dogman, and more.

Podcasting's own Daffy and Porky, Dan Barrett and Simon Foster, have a lot to say about the new Looney Tunes full-length feature film, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP. They pivot into some equally lively debate about AppleTV's Hollywood satire THE STUDIO, starring Seth Rogen. PLUS Richard Gere and Uma Thurman star in director Paul Schrader's moving drama, OH, CANADA!; bald bad-guy basher Jason Statham is up to his increasingly old tricks in A WORKING MAN; and, we join the chorus of admiration surrounding the Netflix hit, ADOLESCENCE. Enjoy!

Lots of things to talk about and review this week. Simon steps onto the culture wars battlefield to see Snow White, Dan pops into new Netflix murder mystery comedy The Residence, Simon presses play on Long Bright River on Stan, and Dan popped into a cinema to see Robert de Niro appear opposite himself in The Alto Knights.

Steven Soderbergh has a new movie, which means that we are required to review the movie to keep our podcasting license. Sorry, we don't make up the rules.02:30 Black Bag11:46 Deli Boys21:22 Wallace & Grommit: Vengeance Most Fowl24:40 The Electric StateAnd... MORE!

In our post Oscars podcast, Dan rants on for no less than seven hours about fixing the Oscars. Oh, and we have reviews too.03:16 Mickey 1719:34 Daredevil: Born Again34:10 Oscar Chat

We lost one of the greats this week with Gene Hackman, prompting Simon Foster and Dan Barrett to consider some of their favourite Hackman roles. There's also some mandatory pre-Oscar predictions and then the reviews:02:04 RIP Gene Hackman14:59 Oscar chat27:08 Ne Zha 233:31 Running Point41:04 Small Town / Big Story

Look at this. It's your boys Dan and Simon a bit late on a weekend talking about the TV and movies they watched this week.03:45 The Gorge08:25 Zero Day17:50 The Fabulous Baker Boys & Pacific Heights19:47 The Last Showgirl25:21 SNL @ 50

It's a rather huge week for the mining of IP, so Dan and Simon pull on their helmets and safety gear to go spelunking into the IP content mines.01:49 Captain America: Brave New World23:50 Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy35:03 The White Lotus season 343:12 Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man46:21 Heart Eyes49:07 Homicide: Life on The Streets chat

Format? What format?Sorry, we went long on this week's pod. But we cannot be contained![00:00] Australian screen's Top 10 dogs - a definitive list[03:51] What's on this week's show?[05:08] September 5 - In Australian cinemas... finally[18:29] Apple Cider Vinegar - Netflix[37:44] Presence - In cinemas[42:21] You're Cordially Invited - Prime Video[46:28] St Dennis | The Hunting Party - 7Plus in Australia, NBC in the US

It's a pretty good week for using your eyeballs this week, with a bunch of really great things to watch. And Watson. Dan Barrett and Simon Foster talk you through what you need to know about: [03:20] Companion - in cinemas [13:00] Paradise - Hulu/Disney+ [23:27] Babygirl - in cinemas [28:53] The Brutalist - in cinemas [33:44] The Wild Robot - Peacock / Binge [35:34] Watson - Paramount+

Despite his better judgment, Dan said yes to Simon's request to discuss Oscar nominations. So, uh, enjoy that. Then there's a review of the first ever Star Trek TV movie. Simon has a look at the under-seen Oscar nominee The Brutalist. And Dan talks up the Bob Dylan music biopic A Complete Unknown.

Yeah, it's a weird week on the Screen Watching podcast. We have a lot to talk about, but none of it seems to be what we should be talking about this week. Like, Emilia Perez is in Australian cinemas, but we should have talked about it months ago in line with the US release. And Dan should be talking about Severance season 2, but there were no screeners made available. So, this week: Emilia Perez (in cinemas) Wolf Man (in cinemas) Mister8 (SBS On Demand) Everyone Else Burns (SBS On Demand) Homicide: Life on The Street (SBS On Demand) And, uh, more.

Did horror movie fan Simon Foster say "Yesferatu" to the new Robert Eggers film Nosferatu? Will Dan stop gushing over The Pitt? And why didn't Simon talk about Conclave as his featured review? Oh... and what is with all of the beeped language in this week's episode?

Each week on Screen Watching Simon & Dan review the movies and TV shows. But this week the guys are looking forward at 2025. What are the movies and TV shows they are excited about? Yes, you'll hear some thoughts on the upcoming Max show The Pitt, the long-awaited final (???) Mission: Impossible film, Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17, the new Superman film, and a bunch more. Join us, won't you?

This week in a special Post-Christmas, Pre-NYE celebratory podcast, join Simon Foster and Dan Barrett as they offer reviews of A Real Pain and Laid, along with their top 5 movies and shows in 2024.

In our big show before Christmas, Simon checks out prequel Mufasa, Dan is ready to explode with volcanic Netflix drama La Palma, then there's a quick look at Netflix's Carry On and Max's James Gunn superhero adjacent cartoon Creature Commandos. Then, because it's Christmas, the podcast winds out with some Christmas chatter.

It's our week before the week before Christmas episode, which as we all know if the most meaningful of them all. This week on the podcast we look at the film everyone is too embarrassed to buy a ticket to: Kraven The Hunter. There's also the quietly excellent Steven Moffatt series Douglas Is Cancelled. And hen there's Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow's new Netflix comedy No Good Deed.

A HUGE week for us on the podcast. Simon embraces his inner 10 year-old and blasts off with the new kiddie Star Wars show The Skeleton Crew. Dan remains the mature-minded co-host and looks at spy thrillers Black Doves on Netflix and Paramount+'s The Agency.

Each week on the podcast TV critic Dan Barrett and film critic Simon Foster bicker and argue about the movies and shows they have watched. This week: Heretic (in cinemas now) Get Millie Black (Streaming on Max in the US, Binge in Australia) Your Monster (in cinemas now) It's Florida, Man (Streaming on Max in the US, Binge in Australia)

A big week on the podcast with the inevitable smash hit Wicked (in cinemas), new Ted Danson sitcom Man on The Inside (Netflix), Goodrich (in cinemas), Blitz (Apple TV+).

Hold the line!  Stay with me!  If you find yourself on a podcast, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled.  For you are reviewing Gladiator 2 and new Disney+ series Say Nothing in Elysium, and you're already dead!  Brothers, what we do in life… echoes in eternity.

Who says Hollywood is creatively bankrupt? In cinemas we have The Rock and whichever Chris it was that played Captain America teaming up with a bear to rescue Santa. And then on TV we have remakes of your grandad's fave show Matlock and that film & book he loved in the 70s: The Day of The Jackal.

Recorded at the crack of dawn, Dan and Simon talk about Jason Reitman's Saturday Night, new Fox 'drama' Rescue H-Surf, Robert Zemeckis' Here, and more.

The main reviews this week are new Netflix show Territory and the new Kate Winslet film Lee (which is in cinemas now). We also have some thoughts on Netflix's Woman of The Hour, Apple TV+'s Before, and the CBS/Paramount+ sitcom Poppas House.

This week on the podcast: Dan rips into The Office Australia (Prime Video) Simon offers thoughts on Memoir of a Snail, the latest animated film from Adam Elliot (In cinemas now) He AIn't Heavy (in cinemas now)

This week on the podcast we offer terrible opinions on: The Apprentice (in cinemas now) Disclaimer (Apple TV+) Terrifier 3 (in cinemas now) Greedy People (in cinemas now) Hellboy: The Crooked Man (in cinemas in Australia, VOD internationally) And more.

It is a whole new Screen Watching podcast. We're keeping it shorter and just cramming a whole bunch of thoughts on what you might be watching this week.

Is the new Francis Ford Coppola film Megalopolis as absolutely bonkers as they say? Dan and Simon braved a late night first screening at IMAX in Sydney to offer some 12:30am thoughts. Also this week: Wolfs (Apple TV+) Paris Has Fallen (SBS On Demand in Australia, and on a mix of other services internationally including Prime Video) Oh, and also, Dan and Simon discuss the very future of this podcast as they get set to embark upon their new podcast project.

Riddle me this! What do you get when you give a The Batman (2022) supporting character his own 8-episode HBO drama? This week on the podcast, Dan and Simon talk about the movie tie-in show The Penguin. But they also discuss new Demi Moore film The Substance, the new animated feature Transformers One, and new Netflix feature His Three Daughters. Oh, yeah... they also talk about the dull-as Emmy Awards.

Join us this week for Simon Foster's review of Netflix's surprise hit Rebel Ridge. Also, Dan Barrett takes a look at TV documentaries about TV shows with After Baywatch and Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos. He calls one of them 'honest'. Which one, you'll never guess. But the very fact this is a question suggests you will probably guess. And even if you are simple and can't, there's a 50/50 chance. NOTE: It is bad marketing to call one's listeners 'simple.' Dan should know better than to have written that.

This week Dan and Simon went to the movies together and watched Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Does it live up to the hype? Do we wish Beetlejuice had just gone Hawaiian after all? But that isn't all for this week's show. We also discuss: English Teacher (Hulu/Disney+) The Deliverance (Netflix) Terminator Zero (Netflix) Single White Female (online store rental) And we do the usual birthday quiz and this week in history games.

Another big week on the podcast as we review Netflix's new dramedy KAOSand new cinema release Bookworm. We also argue over Fly me To The Moon. And then we explore Development Hell - those movies that have been worked on and reworked for years and years in the light of the most recent The Crow film being released - finally.

It's been a heavy week for streaming movies. We go deep on the American Pie wannabe Incoming (Netflix) and Prime Video's action comedy about a lottery winner on the run from, well, everyone in Jackpot! We also have a chat about the DNC broadcast, Alien Romulus, the Presumed Innocent finale, the final(?) episode of Evil, Homicide: Life On The Street, The Union, and The Killer (2024).

This week on the podcast: Reviews: Bad Monkey (Apple TV+) and Alien Romulus (In cinemas) Intermission: Will late night talk shows still exist in 10 years? What else have we been watching: Simon has a wild Superman (1978) take This week in history and the birthday quiz

Inspired by Jason Reitman's new behind-the-scenes of SNL film Saturday Night, Dan and SImon this week consider movies they would like to see based on real life behind the scenes activity on other TV shows. Expect some pretty offbeat suggestions. Reviews this week include: The Instigators (Apple TV+) It Ends with Us (In cinemas) Borderlands (In cinemas)

After years of going on about how the Apple Vision Pro signals the future of TV and movie watching, Dan and Simon both did a demo this week. What is the verdict? Was Dan suitably impressed? Was cinema enthusiast Simon Foster swayed? Also, the guys review some actual TV shows and movies: Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video) Handling The Dead (in cinemas now) The Decameron (Netflix)

There's really one big title to discuss this week, for better or worse. And that's Marvel's latest: Deadpool & Wolverine. If you're looking for a spoiler-filled chat, we are here for it.

The very buzzy Longlegs (in cinemas now) gets a look by Simon and Dan, along with the not-at-all buzzy Apple TV+ drama Lady In The Lake.

It's rather nice to have interesting films and TV shows to discuss. This week: Twisters (In cinemas now) Sunny (Apple TV+) Fly Me To The Moon (In cinemas now) We also go deep in our Intermission on what we would do if we took over Paramount.

Folks... big show. Big reviews: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Netflix) Fake (Paramount+) Horizon: An American Saga - Part 1 (In cinemas now) And we talk about new Australian anti-siphoning rules, discuss cheerleaders, and other less weighty topics.

Simon is without Dan this week. Probably for the best. He rabbits on about the new Netflix movie Trigger Point for a bit. Then he tells you about three movies he is excited about coming to the cinema this year. None of those movies have space laserss or laser guns that go ‘pew' ‘pew' ‘pew'. Not sure why he bothered.