The Sequel Treatment

In this week's (fortnight's?) Mini Treatment, we talk about the upcoming 28 Years Later, Alien: Romulus, Chorus (Liam's current video game) and The Bear, all while Harley narrowly misses out on winning $100 million.

One of the most popular horror movies of the modern era, Hereditary combines top-notch filmmaking and storytelling with first class acting and an overarching feeling of dread throughout. If you're a horror fan and you haven't seen it, what are you even doing with your life?

Is this episode, we discuss the long-awaited sequel to District 9 (is it happening?), pioneering video game Far Cry 2, cult classic TV show Psych and the reboot of a TV show that gave boomers nightmares, The Twilight Zone.

The third entry in everyone's favourite dinosaur franchise misses more than it hits, but it still offers audiences some decent action sequences that put it at least on par with number two. Basically, it doesn't light the world on fire but it does make for a fun popcorn flick!

This week, the boys chat about a potential sequel to iconic 2000s film The Devil Wears Prada, superhero (and conservative) satire The Boys, Bring Me The Horizon's new offering Post Human: Nex Gen and A Quiet Place: Day One.

The highly-anticipated sequel to 1993's Jurassic Park released to huge fanfare but ultimately buckled under the weight of the immense pressure from the success of its predecessor. Despite this, The Lost World is still a fun film, filled with great action sequences and a solid (albeit ridiculous) third act.

This week (month) we chat about The Strangers: Chapter 1 (awful), one of the Burnout games (great), The Callisto Protocol (great) and the Fallout TV show (greatest).

One of the most influential films of all time, Spielberg's dinosaur classic is a true masterclass in filmmaking. The writing, acting and special effects hold up even 30 years after its release, and its message remains as relevant as ever in a world that prioritises profits over common sense and humanity.

The boys sit down to discuss Aaron Sorkin annoyingly hinting at a sequel to The Social Network, Anthony's new fave The Sopranos, Harley's hatred of Lars Von Trier and Liam's obsession with Five Nights at Freddy's.

The Spy Kids franchise dipped its toes into the third dimension for its threequal, making this a pretty strange movie to watch without the 3D glasses. Rodriguez also takes the campiness, cringe writing and overacting to another level, resulting in a movie which kids might enjoy but leaves adults wanting more.

The boys apologise for a sporadic episode release schedule before discussing the merits of practical effects in the upcoming Alien movie, reality tv show Married at First Sight, renowned horror franchise Five Nights at Freddy's and critically acclaimed satire Succession.

Following a movie such as Spy Kids was always going to be a tough task, but Spy Kids 2 offers audiences top notch action and comedy in spades. It doesn't quite stack up against its predecessor, but it more than holds its own as a sequel and is a great flick in its own right.

In this week's Mini Treatment, we complain about Optus and Liam practices his segues… We also talk about the upcoming sequel in a franchise that is near and dear to many Millenials' hearts: Final Destination; the only TV shows Liam's ever watched: The Expanse; Harley's newest film crush: Dune Part 2; and Anthony's latest horror game Remothered: Broken Porcelain.

Spy Kids took the world by storm when it was released, making an entire generation of children dream of being international spies. It's camp and funny and it deftly manages to entertain both children and adults at their own respective levels. In short, it holds up!

In this week's Mini Treatment, we chat about the upcoming movie in the Machete franchise, a show Harley saw at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, creepy horror game Remothered: Tormented Fathers and a horror game that Harley might actually play: Choo Choo Charles.

Everyone's favourite bracket-related content is back! All the movies we covered in season 5 slug it out for the title of ‘Best Movie We Covered in Season 5'. Will it be The Dark Knight? Will it be The Last Airbender? Listen to find out!

In this week's Mini Treatment, we discuss the upcoming sequel to Matt Reeves' Batman movie, Liam takes a trip down Nostalgia Lane With Parenthood, Anthony talks about modern-day western Justified and Harley revisits an old favourite in Avatar: The Last Airbender (the TV show, not that god-awful movie).

Happy birthday Harley! As a thoughtful birthday gift we let him choose a movie without a sequel for us to cover, and he chose one of the most groundbreaking movies in cinema history: Brokeback Mountain. Lauded as a love story for the ages that paved the way for queer cinema, Ang Lee's critically-acclaimed tale of forbidden love, loneliness and loss is an absolute masterpiece from beginning to end that unfortunately remains relevant 19 years later.

The boiz get healthy with Harley in new segment Harley's Health Hour! We also discuss the sequel to Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, Blink 182's Australian tour, acclaimed crime drama Fargo and Liam's new game show Banana Buzz!

To celebrate turning 56, Liam decided to inflict what is potentially the worst movie ever made on us: The Last Airbender. Adapted from everyone's favourite mid-2000s cartoon, Avatar: The Last Airbender, this M. Night Shyamalan travesty was panned by critics and audiences alike. A lack of respect for the source material was the main reason, but the lacklustre writing, acting and direction all contributed to this abysmal failure in filmmaking.

On this, the latest episode of Gettin' Smart With Da Boiz (you have to listen to understand that ref), we chat about the upcoming sequel to Smile, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Gordon Ramsay's latest cash-grab and the star-studded Ozark.

Well, we did it. We finally finished our X-men series. Anthony has a stomach ulcer, Liam has developed a substance abuse problem and Harley is angrier than ever, but we finally did it. Also this movie is TERRIBLE. The worst entry in the franchise. Don't watch it. Definitely listen to us complain about it though.

Join us for a post-Chrissy chat about the upcoming sequel to AI-themed horror movie M3GAN, Violent Night (one of the only movies in the history that actually delivers on what the title promises), the new Scorsese flick Killers of the Flower Moon, and Liam‘a new horror passion project, Layers (or Lairs?) of Fear.

The X-Men franchise's main focus shifts to its younger generation in this entry, all while putting one of the final nails in the coffin of this dying saga. We'll concede that this movie is surprisingly watchable, even if it does suffer from a total lack of depth.

In this week's mini treatment, we chat about a low budget slasher trilogy, Liam's new favourite horror game, the Far Cry series and whether or not The Mask of Zorro has aged poorly.

X-Men has finally given us exactly what we wanted: fortuitous violence. The fact that this movie did so well while being rated R served as a proof that an adults only X-Men movie can succeed. It also proves that just because a franchise is dead, doesn't mean it can't release an absolute banger of a film.

In this week's Mini Treatment, we discuss the upcoming musical adaption of Mean Girls, a dark comedy called Kevin Can F Himself, a spooky podcast called MrBallen and the latest soulless entry into the dying Marvel Cinematic Universe, Loki season 2.

This is the ninth movie in the X-Men franchise, and honestly at this point we've completely lost track of the continuity. Are all the blue people related? Probably

In this instalment of The Mini Treatment, we discuss a recently-announced sequel to a critically acclaimed horror film, some movie Harley saw at the cinema, some old game Liam's been playing and some album released by an ageing pop-punk trio. Also, colours for some reason?

Just… why? Why did they make this? It lacks all the magic of the first one and relies on poorly constructed one-liners and childish jokes normally reserved for low-budget after-school teen dramas. Avoid at all costs, unless you're planning on listening to a podcast about it

In this week's Mini Treatment, we chat about an upcoming sequel to the live action Pokémon movie that no one asked for, Gordon Ramsey being Gordon Ramsey, an Aussie tv show about a women's prison and a psychological horror movie that features what might be the most horrific death we've ever seen.

We finally tackle the movie that made ‘fetch' happen! Mean Girls was a cultural phenomenon, taking the teen comedy to a whole new level and giving an entire generation a raft of quotable lines that they're still using well into their 30s. If you haven't seen it, are you really a millennial?

Professional film-watcher Alex joins us this week to chat about a Harry Potter franchise sequel no one asked for, a popular documentary series that explores the growing fascist theocracy that is the United States, Nolan's ability to make pretty-but-overrated movies, Netflix's latest cash grab about two domestic abusers and some game Liam's been playing that definitely isn't a rip off of Animal Crossing.

The new and improved Sequel Treatment is HERE! No more long and meandering preludes to the actual topic, we're now getting straight into the movie to keep all you short-attention-spanned dummies entertained. This week, we chat about the sequel to a movie that was supposed to be a reboot but ended up being a prequel: Days of Future Past.

In the very first episode of The Mini Treatment, we touch on an upcoming prequel in a little-known found footage franchise, a modern day slashic, the latest Star Wars cash-grab and the new Aussie horror film taking the world by storm.

We're back with everyone's favourite clawed crusader this week as Wolverine sinks his claws into a Japanese setting. Unfortunately, the change of scenery offers very little respite from the absolute tedium that is this movie's plot. Seriously, who actually remembered this movie existed? No one!

The X-Men franchise throws it all the way back to the 60s this time, when Kevin Bacon attempted to orchestrate the Cuban Missile Crisis and start World War III. If there's one thing we can take away from this movie, it's that you don't need to pay attention to any storylines, character development or even established canon from any previous films in the franchise. You can just vibe it!

Christ, what an awful movie. A blight on not just the X-Men franchise, but cinema in general. A cancer on the superhero genre. It single-handedly set human-mutant relations back 50 years. Hugh Jackman should hang his head in shame.

We sit down to chat about one of the most anticipated movies of the year! Ethan Hunt and his team are back in this action-packed film about a secret agent that goes rogue…. Again…. Honestly, you could be forgiven for getting confused about which Mission Impossible movie this is, they're all pretty much the same at this point.

With a new director at the helm and a raft of new characters to explore, the third outing for the X-Men unfortunately buckles under the weight of just having too much going on. A movie that was a childhood favourite of many, The Last Stand unfortunately crumbles in the light of adulthood.

X2? X-Men 2: United? There's a bit of confusion around what this movie is actually called, but for the sake of search algorithms everywhere we're gonna call it X-Men 2. Also, it's really good.

One of the pioneering movies of the modern-day superhero genre, X-Men burst onto the scene in 2000 to mixed reviews, with many comic book fans claiming it wasn't respectful of the source material. Regardless, it spawned a franchise of 13+ movies, some of which are good, some awful.

Turning 30 is terrifying. To reflect the existential terror that came with it, Anthony chose 2020's pandemic-themed Zoom horror movie Host. The first of its kind, Host cleverly takes a mundane, everyday activity and turns it into our worst nightmare. It's also only an hour long, giving it a special place in our hearts ❤️

If anyone tells you they expected a sequel to a 12-year-old Shrek spin-off to be good, they're lying to you. Despite that, this movie is pretty damn good!

To celebrate our 100th episode, we got incredibly drunk and then tried to record. Unfortunately, none of it was usable so we had to do it all over again. This one's much better, trust us.

The fifth movie in everyone's favourite Tom Cruise action-spy franchise takes things to new levels and finally introduces an intriguing villain. Like with most Tom Cruise movies, there's not much to say about it other than “yeah, it's pretty cool.”

The fourth entry in the Mission: Impossible series goes bigger than ever before, but does it sacrifice quality in the process? Harley thinks it does

JJ Abrams stepped into the director's chair for the third MI instalment, adding some welcome intensity to the action scenes and creating the franchise's best villain yet in Phillip Seymour Hoffman. This movie marked the beginning of the golden era of Mission: Impossible, and for that we should be grateful.

Tom's back baby (and he's got luscious long locks)! MI2 wasn't as well-received as it's predecessor, with many criticising its focus on action over substance. Despite this, it remains one of the must-see action films of the 2000s, so sit back and enjoy the ride!

This 1996 blockbuster marked Tom Cruise's jump from dramatic heartthrob to full-on action star, turning him into a household name the world over. With Director Brian de Palma's unique cinematic style and Cruise's leading man charisma, Mission: Impossible is one of the defining action/spy films of the modern era, but does it hold up today?

Despite its marathon length, the epic conclusion to Nolan's gritty Batman trilogy was hailed by critics as one of the best sequels of all time and one of the best superhero movies of all time. Does it hold up 11 years later?