The Countdown: Movie and TV Reviews

The final film (maybe?!) in the Mission Impossible franchise dropped EARLY in Australia and with thankls to Paramount Pictuyres Australia, the boys were in attendance at an advanced screening to bring you the early word on whether Tom cruise and Christopher McQuarrie nail the brief.   Can Ethan Hunt overcome the entity and save everybody he loves as well as the world? Will Wayne regret seeing a 170 minute films twice in three days? And just how inadequate does Tom Cruise make the guys feel?   You know the only way to learn these questions: tune in, damnit!   Time Stamps: MI: TFR NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 15:43 MI: TFR SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:43 - 28:51 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 28:51 - 30:33   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning and the specific video of this review can be found here!   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #504   With thanks to those mad geniuses at the Cinereelists Podcast for the concept, Paul and Wayne are back with their first Top 10 Last 10 episode in over 6 months.   Tune in for 20 mini-reviews as the guys countdown ten of their recent watches from worst to best, and letting you know the point where they recommend you start watching what they're reviewing.   Of course, there's the usual bawdy humour, subtle and not so subtle swipes at one another, and more than one controversial call, but what else do you listen to The Countdown for?   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

The boys have headed back to the cinema with thanks to Warner Brothers Australia and Universal Australia to see the sequel which, well, few people expected: The Accountant! The critics seem to be liking and the audience score is high on most-metrics, but what do Paul and Wayne have to say about this apparent crowd-pleaser?   Can Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal and director Gavin O'Connor re-capture the magic of the well-received 2016 original? Or is this a case of tax time at the box office? (Yeah, I know. I was pretty proud of that one.)   Time Stamps: The Accountant 2 NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 8:36 Black Bag SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:36 - 19:15 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 19:15 - 20:26   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #503   Just when you thought it was safe to peer back into your podcatching app ... the boys are back!   Sure, it's been a hot minute since the last Countdown ep, and yes, everyone did their most anticipated films of 2025 about three months ago. But by holding out for those three months, not only have Paul and Wayne distilled their list down to nine months' worth of films, but they've also had time for their anticipation to GROW, so you can really feel the passion in this one.   Will Ballerina finally get released? Can Wayne put anything other than Tom Cruise movies and comedies on his list? And has Paul, after ten years, finally outgrown his love of horror films?   There's only one way to find out the answers to all these questions and more, and that's but hitting play on this episode. So, stop anticipating, and get into it!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Paul and Wayne return to the land of reviews with the new spy "thriller", Black Bag.   Is it everything the critics would have you believe? Or is it a bunch of boring conversations around a dinner table interspersed with a lot of emotion-less dialogue?   Either way, you can be sure it's a lively discussion, given this is Wayne's favourite genre and it's directed by Mr Hit-or-MIss, Steven Soderbergh.   Time Stamps: Black Bag NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 15:22 Black Bag SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:22 - 19:55 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 19:55 - 21:40   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #502   Jason from Binge Movies returns to join the lads as they - finally! - countdown their Top to Films of 2024!   Sure it's two months after most every other podcast has done this episode, but you've sampled the entrees and here's the main course - complete with films all three wouldn't have watched if they did do this episode on Jan 1st.   Jason gets upset with Paul for multiple picks; Paul gets upset with Wayne for a bunch of his picks; and Wayne has managed to see at least eleven films in 2024, so get ready for a big episode! :D   And please thank Jason for being on the show by checking out Binge Movies!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Countdown #501   There were doubters. There were nay-sayers. And there were the incredulous.   But today, Paul and Wayne prove there is life in The Countdown yet. As well as fulfill their promise to (triumphantly) return in 2025 with more episodes. Not weekly; sure. But with new episodes none the less.   And it begins with this PSA regarding the very worst of the worst films from 2024 that the lads saw.   So, pop in your ear buds or have your car stereo bluetooth from your phone, because The Countdown is back, baby, and there's plenty to say about these abominations of cinema!    Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Countdown #500   ... ONE ...   Here it is, valued listener.   The final episode of the (weekly) podcast. And it is a fittingly massive one (that's what she said).   In this finale, the boys countdown their top 10 film goodbyes for, well, reasons.   Plus there's is a huge amount of listener feedback, messages from other podcasters and emails galore to celebrate the end of 9 and three quarters years of (almost) weekly podcasting.   To everyone who has supported the show - from the incredible patrons, to the other podcasters who guested and had Paul on their shows, and, of course to everyone who has listened, fed back to and shared the show - thank you for all that you have done. The Countdown would never have lasted as long as it did without your invaluable contributions.   And don't forget, the release of Reap: The Motion Picture is imminent ...   ... as the (weekly) countdown reaches ...   ... ZERO.   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Okay, everyone. This was meant to be the last major review in the weekly format of the podcast, but instead we have some major information re a long-teased release ...   On Friday Dec 20th, Reap: The Motion Picture will be released for Patrons at the $10 and $20 level. While we're sorry we're about to ruin your Christmas, we do thank you for your incredible support of the show.   On Friday Dec 27th, Reap: The Motion Picture will drop for all other Patrons here on Patreon only. Thank you to everyone who has contributed over the years to the show.   And finally, on Friday, Jan 3rd, Wayne's 50th birthday, we will post Reap: The Motion Picture to Youtube for all to see.   Listen in here to catch all the info you need to know ahead of one of the most built up, anticipated, and disappointing films of all time ...   ... as The Countdown concludes.   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #499   ... TWO ...   The penultimate episode of the (weekly) podcast covers the best and worst of television in 2024, as far as Paul and Wayne have seen it. Two lists, one from bad to worst, and the other from good to great.   At least, that was the plan.   Somehow, after 499 episodes, one of the hosts (Wayne) forgets that's the way things have always been done and mashes the two lists together, so he goes straight from worst to best. It takes the other host (Paul) about 40 minutes to realise this, and from there, chaos ensues ...   So get on board for this last television-centric episode of the weekly (podcast), as The Countdown very nearly reaches its conclusion ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

The second to last review for the weekly show arrives in the form of a film that's been out in North America and the UK for some time, Heretic.   Wayne, of course, is too much of wuss to see this one, to it's left to Paul to do all the heavy lifting for this psychological thriller-horror starring Hugh Grant.   Is it elevated horror? Should you race to see it at your local theatre? And will Wayne regret not seeing this one on the big screen?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Heretic NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:25 Heretic SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 10:25 - 20:38 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 20:38 - 21:15   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #498   ... THREE ...   This week the guys get personal as the end of the (weekly) show looms large. They're talking the films that personally spoke to them and in some way, shape or form, moulded their lives into the people they currently are.   Everything from childhood cinema experiences through to films that determined artistic endeavours and shaped careers are discussed.   Beyond that, be sure to stick around for a truly fantastic Pop 10 segment in which the listeners give personal accounts of films that determined who they are!   The end is nigh, everyone. So if you'd like to be a part of the show before it ends, hit us up in the Facebook Listener Community or send us an email at thecountdownpodcast@gmail.com with any thoughts you have about the show and what fond memories you may have of it.   Because there's only two (weekly) episodes to go, before The Countdown concludes ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Finally. Here it is.   As the weekly podcast draws to a close, Wayne rights a very old wrong by agreeing to watch one of Paul's favourite horror films of all time as this week's feature review, Train to Busan.   Whether Wayne did so because the only other options this week were to see Wicked at the cinema or suffer through the Aussie version of The Office at home, is irrelevant. What matter is has has listed to Paul who has sung the praises of this film to anyone who listens for nigh on eight years.   Will Wayne get on board with one of the most celebrated zombie films of this millennium? Or is this review episode destined to be another Soundboard-peppered argument?   Find out, as The Countdown continues ...   Also: If you want to see the boys record this one live, warts and all, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!   Time Stamps: Train to Busan NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:16 Train to Busan SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 12:16 - 21:05 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 21:05 - 22:20   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #497   ... FOUR ...   The boys covered the best television since the show began last Ep, so it's only natural that this week they turn their attention to the very best films they've covered since The Countdown began in late March 2015.   Can Wayne somehow manage to stick to the brief this week? What will the show's consensus #1 be? And how annoyed will Paul get when Wayne omits a key film from his list?   It's anyone's bet with only four shows to go before the (weekly) podcast ends, so get on board now with The Countdown concluding ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It's not often the most expensive film of the year drops in November, but here we are ...   Ridley Scott returns sans Russell Crowe and Hams Zimmer to continue the story of his dead hero, Maximus, making for some very big shoes to fill (as Wayne posits).   Paul, meanwhile, is very concerned with how this is all just politccccssssss-ahhh!   Find out what all that means, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Gladiator II NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:50 Gladiator II SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 12:50 - 27:10 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 27:10 - 27:45   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #496   ... FIVE ...   The more things change, the more they stay the same. And so it is with The Countdown podcast.   After 496 attempts to countdown topics in order of awesomeness so you don't have to, Paul and Wayne are once again arguing about a loose brief. Of course, Wayne is the one contorting reality to fit into his very, very "flexible" list, and as always, it's Paul (and by extension, The Soundboard) taking umbrage, making for a classic episode of the show with much bad language and inappropriate humour.   Oh, and they talk about some great TV shows that have aired since the podcast began back in March 2015.   Enjoy hearing what those are amid much foul mouthed banter, as The Countdown nears its end ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It's still early November, and yet Hollywood would have you believe it's Christmas time already. How else to explain the release of Red One, the big budget holiday film, which at time of writing, has yet to open in North America, and critics were mysteriously not allowed to see until the day before it opened around the world.   Rarely a good sign, but can the star power of The Rock and Chris Evans turn this family adventure film into something worthwhile? Or is this a massive bomb in the making?   Find out, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Red One NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:28 Red One SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 10:28 - 23:55 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 23:55 - 24:56   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #495   ... SIX  ...   Here it is. The FINAL Top 10 Last 10 (at least for the weekly show), and boy oh boy wow-wee, have the lads saved the best for last for you.   Yes, there's the usual 10 mini reviews conducted by each of the guys of the ten films they've most recently watched but never spoken about on the show, and of course, they're ranked from worst to best. But the one film they have both seen and review this week ends up dividing them like never before! Insults, soundboard usage and the digging in of heels ensues!   Just how many and how barbed those insults get can only be revealed by tuning in, as The Countdown continues ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Having learned very little since the last Spider-adjacent movie came out, Sony are at it again, making Tom Hardy honour his three film contract to make Venom: The Last Dance.   Insert disbelief, consternation, and a healthy dose of WTF as Wayne and Paul try to make sense of this third and supposedly final film in the franchise.   Find out whether there will be more Venom, as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Venom: The Last Dance NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:33 Venom: The Last Dance SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:33 - 21:32 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 21:32 - 22:25   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #494   ... SEVEN ...   It's bigger than a very big thing on the biggest day of it's big, BIG life. It's HUGE. It's m-a-s-s-i-v-e! It's the final Show Vs Show episode for the (weekly) podcast and it stars two of the podcast's very best friends and most generous supporters, B-Dizzle and David Powell of the Poddy Mouth Radio network.   They join Wayne and Paul to countdown the Top 10 WTAF Movie moments - moments in which WTF was uttered allowed or at least represented by hanging jaws and incredulous, wide eyed surprise. Twists, unexpected comedic moments, anger inducing decision - all and more are covered as the two shows compare and contrast their lists.   So jump on board and be prepared to be surprised, as The Countdown continues (for now) ...   Please thank Dave and B-Dizzle for coming on the show by checking out Poddy Mouth Radio and giving one of their shows a listen!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

This week Wayne is fan-boying for Kevin Smith by reviewing his newest film no-one (other than a fan-person) has heard about,k while Paul does actual work for the podcast (in terms of thinking about download numbers) by reviewing the horror sequel, Smile 2.   Neither are screaming the merits of their film from the roof tops, but who will be the bigger champion of their type of film ... as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: The 4:30 Movie SPOILER-FREE Review: 0.00 - 7:23 Smile 2 SPOILER-FREE Review: 7:23 - 15:48 Smile 2 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:48- 24:23   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #493   ... EIGHT ...   If you're sick of the lads talking just about recent films and would love to hear about some classic film choices on The Countdown, then keep on scrolling, because in this episode Wayne is pulling left-field choices out of every orifice, while Paul (of course) is flying the old-school horror flag...   ... Or, you know, find out just how crazy these lists are, as The Countdown continues ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Wayne is an insanely greedy person trying to avoid Terrifier 3, while Paul is like a pig in excrement while getting to review the same. The result? Two non-spoiler reviews of films you might like to check out!   Find out which film (if not both) you should check out, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Greedy People SPOILER-FREE Review: 0.00 - 9:03 Terrifier 3 SPOILER-FREE Review: 9:03 - 22:15   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #492   ... NINE ...   Do you have a few films that you love and yet which, to your befuddlement, failed to make any kind of splash at the box-office? In fact, they went so poorly, they belly flopped into that box-office pool and lost approximately all the money?   Paul and Wayne most certainly do. And this week they're counting their ten favourite films which completely tanked at the box office, in some cases destroying or at least adversely affecting the careers of those responsible for the film.   How many crossovers will the lads have? How many times will Paul get to augment his trademark "LOW!" with the Soundboard? And will Wayne finally snap at said use of that same Soundboard?   Learn the answers to all those questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...   Note: Paul misspoke re Big Trouble in LC. Of course it had a domestic box-office release; it just did not have an international one according to Box Office Mojo.   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It should be a week of glowing positively on the show. Wayne is reviewing a Batman-adjacent film and Paul is reviewing a long-awaited horror film from one of his favourite Stephen King novels of all time. But, regardless of expectations, are either of the lads happy?   Find out as The Countdown continues ...   NOTE: Spoilers throughout both of these reviews! Salem's Lot (2024) SPOILIER-FILLED Review: 0.00 -10:57 Joker Folie a Duex SPOILER-FILLED Review: 10:57 - 28:18   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #491   TEN.   It's barely the spooky season and Wayne is suffering in his jocks (again!) for your amusement, this time by doing the horror-adjacent topic of the Top 10 Stephen King Adaptations.   Of course, another fantastic podcast was required to make up for Wayne's many, many shortcomings, and this time that role is filled by John and Lloyd from the fantastic The Pint: A Pop Culture podcast.   Lloyd is an old-school King fan (he has the tattoo to prove it), so how will he fare dealing with Wayne's lack of "Kingliness"? Or is there a bigger shock in store for he and John? Could it be Paul who will make the left-field calls?   There's only one way to find out, and it isn't by boofing spiders ... as The Countdown continues ...   Please thanks Lloyd and John by checking out their awesome show ASAP!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

The only way Wayne could have been any more ready for this George Clooney and Brad Pitt starring action crime comedy on Apple TV would have been if Henry Cavill and Tom Cruise were also both involved!   So how did Wayne take this Jon Watts written and directed film? Was he completely in love with its cool factor? Or did this one promise too much and deliver too little? And could it be that Paul is actually more down with Wolfs, despite his man-crush for anyone involved being considerably less intense than Wayne's?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Wolfs NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 8:09 Wolfs SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:09 - 16:02 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 16:02 - 18:25   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #490   The Countdown marks the beginning of the "spooky season" by convincing Wayne he could do such an episode if it was about the WORST horror films. Namely, the Worst 10 Horror Films of All Time!   But for such a massive topic, the boys needed some help. And it came in the form of the magnificent So Wizard Podcast! Joey returns and this time, instead of Markellus, he brought with him another horror hating podcaster, Aubrey!   What films will Wayne and Aubrey go to town on and will the horror fans (aka Paul and Joey) be able to take it? Just how many rants will Paul go on? And can Wayne actually talk about horror films without crapping on the whole genre?   Find out as The Countdown continues ...   And please thanks our guests by checking out So Wizard wherever you can find great podcasts!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Two shorter reviews this week with Wayne checking out HBO Max's, The Penguin, the sequel to the hit film from two years ago, while Paul jumps on the English language remake of Speak No Evil, comparing and contrasting the original with this James Watkins' joint.   Are both lads satisfied as they get to play in their preferred genres this week, or art there surprises in store?   Find out as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: The Penguin NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 7:45 Speak No Evil NON-SPOILER Review: 11:45 - 13:23 Speak No Evil SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:23 - 20:50   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #489   With the end rapidly approaching, the boys shake it up with just one week this week - Wayne's list of the top 10 times Paul scored a film incorrectly, according to his Letterboxd ratings.   As a result, Paul puts himself out there for all the ridicule, abuse and judgment one can imagine - all for yours (and Wayne's) amusement!   Join the pile on amid much laughter, as The Countdown continues ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Brace yourselves, dear listener. This one may be a bit of a rough ride ...   The boys took in the long-awaited sequel to Tim Burton's beloved 1988 Beetlejuice and, well, they have thoughts. Wayne, especially has thoughts about Monica Bellucci shacking up with Tim Burton, but at the end of the day whose score is more likely to cause anger and outrage?   Find out as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:45 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:45 - 23:50 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 23:50 - 24:57   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

There have been some very funny songs released over the years, leading the lads to wonder what the very funniest of them have been. And with that, a Countdown topic was born.   So join Paul and Wayne as they attempt to cherry pick the best thirty seconds from some of the greatest comedy songs ever. Be it Conchords flying to a lonely island by way of a weird Willis, there's a little something for everyone amid the usual curse words and questionable calls.   Find out what gets crowned as the funniest song of all time by the lads and the listeners, as The Countdown continues (for 12 more episodes anyway ) ....   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It's September and while prestige TV may still be dropping things of interest, the blockbuster season at the theatre is certainly over, as evidenced by Paul scraping the bottom of the cinematic release barrel to review Afraid for you. It's Blumhouse and horror (supposedly) so Wayne was going nowhere near it - which turns out to be a very smart decision - instead opting to focus his attention on the beginning of the second season of Prime's The Rings of Power (a less smart call).   Should you be heading to the cinemas or settling into the couch to watch TV this week? Hell, maybe getting out and going for a walk while listening to this episode is your best bet ... as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Afraid SPOILER-FILLED Review: 0:00 - 11:30 The Rings of Power Season 2 First 3 Eps LIGHT SPOILERS Discussion: 11:30 - 18:55   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #487     The end (of the weekly show) is nigh! With only 14 episodes remaining, the boys return to a fan favourite format, the Top 10 Last 10), to countdown 10 of their most recently viewed films from worst to best, letting you know the point where they begin to recommend what they've seen.     It's all thanks to the Cinereelists podcast for the idea, and to you fine folk for tuning in over the last (almost) 10 years.     Find out what you should be seeing, and what you should be avoiding, as The Countdown continues ...     Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Zoe Kravitz makes her directorial debut in this stylish thriller that, well, certainly goes places. One of the lads is right on board with what she's serving up here, while the other is decidedly less so.   So whose side are you on when it comes to Blinking Twice? Wayne or Paul's?   Make your choice by listening to this one post-haste, as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Blink Twice NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 9:15 Blink Twice SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 9:15 - 24:05 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 24:05 - 24:35   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #486   In their first TV-centric episode in some time, Paul & Wayne take aim at those once good TV shows that unfortunately dropped the ball and turned to seed. In other words, they're counting down their Top 10 Shark Jumping TV Shows.   Is there anything worse than The Fonz on skis and wearing his iconic leather jacket jumping over a shark? And which show jumped that shark harder: Dexter, GoT or The Walking Dead?   Find out, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It's been a lean 38 years if you're an Alien film franchise fan. From the disappointment of Alien 3 to the bamboozling direction Ridley Scott chose with the last two films, it's fair to say no old-school fan has been especially happy. So the question becomes, can Fede Alvarez do what many others before him could not and deliver a genuinely good Alien sequel?   Paul and Wayne certainly hope so, and they were front and centre very early in this film's release to bring you their view on whether this is the beginning of a new dawn for the Alien franchise or if it is just more of the same hope-sucking drivel?   Find out whether you should be purchasing your ticket to Alien: Romulus, as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Alien: Romulus NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:09 Alien: Romulus SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:09 - 29:57 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 29:57 - 30:57   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #485   Wayne loves the guy and he's the flavour of the month as the messiah Marvel promised, so the boys decide to count down the very best performances from one Robert Downey Jr.   It takes about seventeen seconds for Wayne to debate the nature of this list, and only about five minutes more for Paul to reveal he's a bit down on the Downey and doesn't actually rate that many of his movies.   Can Wayne cope with this revelation? Who won't have the film that won him an Academy Award on their list? And is this the last performance-related count down the show will ever do?   Learn the answers to all those questions (and more!), as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

HOW?!   How does a violent first person shooter role playing game get made into a film like this starring an Academy Award winning actress? And how do they drop $100 million plus on it?   The boys unpack these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Borderlands NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 16:36 Borderlands SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 16:36 - 18:05 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 18:05 - 18:52   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #484   This week the lads are talking the very best prequel films that have been made.   Now generally speaking, prequels are not exactly beloved, so listen in to hear what tenuous links the boys are making to justify their choices? Are the left field calls that Wayne makes actually prequels? And is there anything more certain that Paul having a Mad Max film on his list?   Learn the answers to both of these questions and oh so much more, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Exploding heads, fists through chesty cavities, genitalia (of the female AND male type), profanity, kink and cake farting. If that sounds like an episode of The Countdown, you haven't been watching The Boys. But Wayne and Paul have, and they're to weigh in with their thoughts on the more-divisive fourth season of the massive Amazon Prime show.   Does it hold up against the rest of the series? What is the most disturbing moment? And is the show finally playing for keeps? Learn the answers to these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...    Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #483   What's the discussion everyone who's a film buff has? If it's not "What's your favourite film?", it most certainly is "What film would you recommend everyone should see?". It's a truly tough question to answer, but fret no more, film buffs. Paul and Wayne have your backs this week, with 20 films (actually 18, there are two crossovers) that you can now say to people when you're asked that question.   Of course, this list is fairly personal as the lads attempt to justify their choices, and the Ep goes in some fairly unpredictable directions, at one point even becoming a psycho-educational session about emotions.   But don't let that put you off! Rest assured, this is still an Ep that Wayne is co-hosting so there will be plenty of crude references and borderline inappropriate humour.   Which is to say, more of what you have come to expect, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

34 films deep the MCU fires off its only shot for 2024 by bringing in the R-rated Merc with a Mouth and combining him with a character who had one of the best send offs ever in Wolverine. Can two characters previously owned by 20th Century Fox resurrect the fortunes of the MCU and add to Disney's coffers? Or is this just the latest in a string of failures, even if Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman will have a few laughs along the way?   Find out all that the boys think about the violence, the swears, the cameos and the metaness of it all in this review the size of Deadpool's ego, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Deadpool & Wolverine NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 13:34 Twisters SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:34 - 35:24 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 35:24 - 37:06   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #482   Music returns to the Countdown this week as Paul and Wayne square off over their favourite Pop songs of the 1980s! Wayne decides he should acknowledge his perspective on what constitutes Pop music is wrong (or, you know, decides to work within Paul's more specific parameters because it was Paul's birthday this last week), making for what should be a very pleasant and melodic episode.   But no! It doesn't take long before Wayne is busting out some questionable choices, only for Wayne to lose it laughing at Paul's number one. So maybe the question shouldn't be who has the best list this week, but rather, who has the worst...?   Find out for yourself, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.       But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Two shorter reviews for you this week, as Wayne checks out rom-com Fly Me to the Moon, while Paul goes dark with the serial killer horror, Longlegs, starring everyone's favourite, Nicolas Cage.   Could there BE less in common between two films? Will Wayne be able to get past the 60s fashion in the rom-com to actually determine whether it's a good film or not? And will Paul be all about the shocking violence in his horror film?   Find out which of these films is going to be more your speed, as The Countdown continues ...   (Note: Wayne spoils the end of Fly Me to the Moon in his review, so please be warned!)   Time Stamps: Fly Me to the Moon SPOILER-FILLED Review: 0:00 - 8:22 Longlegs SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:22 - 16:50   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #481   This week the boys give some love to Sony Pictures and their virtual armada of different production companies as they countdown the best ever films Sony has produced.   Will Spider-Man films take up most every spot? Or are there a number of 80s classics for you to chew on? And has Wayne done proper research to ensure all the films on his list are actually co-produced (not just distributed) by Sony?   There's only one way to find out, as The Countdown continues ...     Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.