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We're streaming again this week and Jables finally learns how it all got so quiet. We're also taking about the Oscars 2025 and, if you're a Jerry Maguire fan, Our Kid would like to know why.
Can comedy and horror co-exist in a smart indie film that says something about the nature of life and death, or will it always just be schlock? We can't quite agree this week. We've also finally got round to watching Conclave but Jables wishes he'd missed out on You're Cordially Invited.
A likeable cast can't save this messy multi-sequel, but at least Producer Ben was spared. We're also talking about Elevation and Your Monster on Amazon Prime and Jables finally gets round to watching Gladiator 2.
A theological game of cat and mouse divides the team and leads Jables to a couple of rants. Which is worse - talking in the cinema or misplaying classic songs?
With Our Kid and Producer Ben off on their Halloween holidays, Jables has roped in Barney for a film that might even be too scary for Jables. Also Barney is catching up on True Detective and Jables resuscitates Bubba Ho-Tep.
The snarky hosting and terrible artwork can mean only one thing - it's time for the third annual Jables Awards! Join us as we discuss the highs and lows of the past year in cinema.
A little late to the party this week as we get to the latest film in the sci-fi horror franchise. Not a surprise party, though... Jables is also reliving his time in The Village through 60s series The Prisoner and we're looking forward to the original Beetlejuice for Retro Reels.
Comedy and podcast people Hobert Thompson ("Please Make This") and Laura Petro ("YA, We Read It!") join Andy & Steph to dig into the dumbest movie we've ever talked about: "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny." We talk about the current status of Tenacious D and our hot takes on what went down between Kage and Jables; Andy tells us which cast member from this movie he needled with questions about the plot; Hobert talks about his disconnect with Tenacious D; Laura is shocked to find out this band exists; and Steph details why this movie led to a huge event in her and Andy's lives. Seriously, this movie is so dumb that there's fart jokes both before it even starts and after it ends. check out our No Skips playlist at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6NWZ1ETlRqC9s7gcVIoTFW?si=580d97ccd4ae4e3eCheck out our patreon at patreon.com/dumbfun Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're going all cultured this week with a film that we didn't all realise was in French until quite late on. There's also a bit of Shakespeare and some Freud but, don't worry, Jables can always lower the tone! 0.46 Recap last week (The Watched) 3.42 What we're on about (Chinatown, Macbeth, Freud's Last Session) 16.25 Initial thoughts on Two Tickets to Greece 21.48 Review of Two Tickets to Greece 33.11 Next week
We wish we'd known a bit less about this week's offering going in (Marketing Team, take note!), but overall we all enjoy this gory romp. We're also on about Expendables 4 and Jables gives his final thoughts on Fallout, as well as announcing the next Retro Reels. 0.33 Recap last week (Civil War) 06.10 What we're on about 12.17 Initial thoughts on Abigail 18.38 Retro Reels announcement 20.02 Review of Abigail 38.23 Trailers and next week
Despite its visual highs, we find it hard to care much about this week's surprisingly weightless offering. At least we have Producer Ben scaling Dante's Peak in his 'DVD from a charity shop' segment, whilst Our Kid explores a time loop with River and Jables praises Fallout. 0.43 Recap last week (Monkey Man) 4.13 River 6.27 DVD from a charity shop 11.15 Fallout 14.54 Initial thoughts on Civil War 24.21 Review of Civil War 47.42 Trailers and next week
Can the latest in the Ghostbusters franchise bring the same surprising charm as Afterlife? Hmm... Jables is also talking about Gladiator in anticipation of the sequel and Our Kid is excited about the teaser trailer for Beetlejuice 2. 0.33 Recap last week (Spaceman) 3.09 Looking forward to Retro Reels Labyrinth 4.57 Gladiator 7.56 Beetlejuice 2 trailer 10.25 Initial thoughts on Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 15.17 Review of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 42.27 Trailers and next week
No one is more excited than Producer Ben to get the second instalment of his favourite franchise, and it's more good news! Also, Our Kid announces the upcoming Retro Reels title and Jables has a grumble about talking in cinemas (if you do it, please stop). 0.47 Recap last week (Madam Web) 3.09 Retro Reels announcement 4.28 Freelance 6.27 Wicked Little Letters 10.55 Initial thoughts on Dune Part 2 17.26 Review of Dune Part 2 47.59 No trailers (but Jables has a grumble) and next week
We can't quite agree on the overall quality, but still find much to like about this week's slice of quirky americana. Also, Jables finally gets round to watching The Super Mario Bros Movie and Our Kid talks about Oscar contender Past Lives. 1.00 Recap last week (Argylle) 3.33 Looking forward to Retro Reels Labyrinth 5.00 The Super Mario Bros Movie 6.35 Past Lives 8.26 Initial thoughts on The Iron Claw 13.59 Review of The Iron Claw 27.11 Trailers and next week
We're getting serious this week with a fantastically emotional British drama. Jables is also finishing up season 2 of Reacher whilst Our Kid wonders if The Art of Racing in the Rain might have been better suited to Channel 5.
Producer Ben's favourite action star is back on another quest for vengeance, this time making smug millennials pay for their bad deeds and crimes against fashion. We're also enjoying Japanese time travel with Beyond the Infinite 2 Minutes and Jables can't quite believe the monstrosity that is Sharktopus.
A definite contender for film of the year, this week's offering restores our faith in epic storytelling. Meanwhile Producer Ben is going retro with The One, Jables digs up Bodies on Netflix and Our Kid falls for The House of Usher.
Is Willy Wonka a psychopath? It's a question Jables and Our Kid can't agree on, though they can agree on the fun warmth of the new prequel. Also Producer Ben is back with another 'DVD from a charity shop', though he may have finally hit the bottom of the bargain bin.
As Producer Ben calls in sick this week, Jables and Our Kid are back to the streaming to see if a killer idea can hold out for an entire film. Jables is also (still) raving about Invincible Season 2 while Our Kid channels her inner tween for Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Jables attempts a poker face this week as he goes in for a second viewing of Ridley Scott's historical epic. We're also talking about Anatomy of a Fall and Ben's 'DVD from a charity shop' segment continues to impress.
Blastfrom goes to the movies once again and this time we are meeting Jables and KG for the feature film debut of Tenacious D. Despite arriving in the middle of a red hot streak of hit movies for star Jack Black, the Pick of Destiny was a complete miss and deemed a box office bomb. In this episode of the Blastfrom Castfrom, we try to un-pick the reasons why.
A lot of love in the room for this week's low-key hit on streaming - could we finally be getting out of the 'fine' doldrums? Plus Producer Ben continues his own winning 'DVD from a charity shop' segment and Jables gives us a mini-review of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. And we're back to 'fine'...
With Our Kid and Producer Ben off on their holidays, Jables hits The Majestic with guest host Barney. Mum is delighted!
Is there a worse verdict than 'it was fine'? This week's film neither adds to nor takes away from the genre and does little to offend any but the most ardent fans of the original classic. At least there's fun to be had with our side viewings of Ballerina and Lupin Part 3, plus Jables looks back on Ahsoka.
Whilst we can agree on the joy of watching a film with stunning visuals that's not connected to an existing franchise, we can't decide whether this is flawed brilliance or derivative nonsense. Jables is also catching up on A Haunting in Venice and we're going old school British comedy with Dad's Army.
We're back, and so are Sister Irene and her creepy nemesis! Speaking of solidly spooky films, Our Kid and Producer Ben snuck out to watch A Haunting in Venice whilst Jables wasn't looking. We're also going back to the seventies with The Mechanic (original version) and shamelessly plugging the next instalment of Retro Reels.
Welcome back to the Plug Podcast!!!In this episode, we interview Starcrazy! Jables and Odin came on to chat all about their new single/music video coming out this week - a glitter metal cover of ABBA's S.O.S! They also chat about their gig at the Lady Hampshire to support this! They then plugged two albums, Extreme's latest and Aura's by Deafcult, as well as got real subjective in a game of Persongification! Shout out to ProPodcast Production for their Podcasting space: @propodcast_Insta: @itstheplug._TikTok: @plugt0kCheck out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itstheplug_Subscwibe to the Youtube!Join the Facebook Group. Godspeed.
The party travels deep into the Golden Mountains while searching for the source of the enemy's power. Catch our stream live on Tuesdays 7:30 PM CST at https://www.twitch.tv/ravensrealm Visit https://www.ravensrealmtabletop.com for all of our podcast and social media links. Ravens Realm Tabletop is created by: Kai C (Twitter: @kichidd) Brandon Tomlinson (Twitter: @thebwt) Ryan Pulido (Twitch.tv/BallinRy) Justin Bourne [Intro/Outro music] (Bandlab.com/mcsushi3) Chris Gamble (Insta: @chrisgamble37) Join our Discord!
Ahead of the game this week as we hit The Majestic for a preview of the final part of the avenger next door trilogy. Jables is also kicking off viewing of Ahsoka while Our Kid keeps it retro with a weekend viewing of 80s classic Beaches.
H3R0 and his friends meet Jables, an entity with many mysterious aspects. Catch our stream live on Tuesdays 8:00 PM CST at https://www.twitch.tv/ravensrealm Visit https://www.ravensrealmtabletop.com for all of our podcast and social media links. Ravens Realm Tabletop is created by: Kai C (Twitter: @kichidd) Brandon Tomlinson (Twitter: @thebwt) Ryan Pulido (Twitch.tv/BallinRy) Justin Bourne [Intro/Outro music] (Bandlab.com/mcsushi3) Chris Gamble (Insta: @chrisgamble37) Join our Discord!
Derivative but not terrible, Blue Beetle would have entertained 10-year old Jables but doesn't do much for the grown ups - aiming at the wrong market, perhaps? We're also talking Heart of Stone and revisiting The Pale Blue Eye on Netflix.
The original summer blockbuster, Jaws remains one of the Jables team's favourite movies. Join us as we get stuck into why this monster hit is such a classic.
Jables gets a bit ranty this week as we close off Barbenheimer and somehow make the need for a mini-fridge our main takeaway. We're also going on (and on) about Good Omens season 2.
After last week's overuse of CGI we're enjoying more physical action with MI7, though Jables does get a little too geeky about source code. We're also keeping it real with Days of the Bagnold Summer and Our Kid is celebrating the arrival of Series 3 of Nora from Queens on iPlayer.
Does having low expectations help when approaching a non-awaited instalment of a much-loved franchise? Probably not, as Jables finds out twice this week. At least Producer Ben is keeping it 80s with the surprisingly endearing Outrageous Fortune and Our Kid finally catches up with Staged 3.
Jables hasn't stopped banging on about the new season of Black Mirror, so with nothing grabbing us on the big screen this week we're settling in for a viewing of the fabulous finale. We're also catching up on what we watched over Glastonbury weekend and the first episode of Secret Invasion, plus Producer Ben has way too much to say about Braven.
We're hanging out with Jables' favourite superhero this week, as well as answering a listener question about cars in films and talking about one of our very favourite things - the Airbnb DVD collection.
Jables is back from his holidays just in time to pick lots of holes in Fast X - are we expecting too much, or has it gone beyond silly fun now? Also we plan out the next couple of Retro Reels and Jables introduces us to Poker Face.
The Boys talk about someone who is near and dear to our hearts! Jables! Come on this deep dig journey with us as we cover topics from Tenacious D to Saving Silverman and everything in-between! A Riga goo goo Riga goo goo!
The hastily scribbled list and terrible sound effects can mean only one thing - it's time for the second annual Jables Awards! Join us as we discuss the highs and lows of the past year in cinema.
Proving that you can enjoy something whilst simultaneously thinking it's not very good, this week's film doesn't quite get beyond the weight of its casting (though we have to ask whether it needs to!). Jables also revisits The Batman and Nobody whilst Producer Ben gets nostalgic From Up on Poppy Hill and Our Kid hits a more serious tone with Hive.
It may hit all the familiar exorcism beats, but this week's film is definitely more fun that we were expecting. At least its something new as Our Kid and Producer Ben seem to be relying on comfort telly with old episodes of Elementary and Frasier, whilst Jables has Beef.
Whilst we mostly agree on the fun to be had this week, there are mixed views on the latest D&D film. Also Our Kid relives the 90s with Pretty Woman and Jables finally catches us up on The Last of Us.
The B-movie style charm of this week's film divides the team, with Producer Ben (AKA Spirograph) feeling much less forgiving than Jables and Our Kid. We're also talking about Mrs Harris Goes To Paris, Ghosts US and Jables fills us in on this year's Oscar action.
Not much on this week so we're Chez Jables with a 'vintage' DVD. We're also talking Superbowl trailers for The Flash, Guardians 3, The Three Musketeers and 65, plus Producer Ben convinces Jables to watch Greenland.
A great cast can't save this week's feature from its stupid premise. At least Jables is enjoyed Lockwood and Co and we're are also talking about the upcoming showing of The Terminator with Retro Reels.
It's a meeting of the Gerard Butler Appreciation Society this week as Plane has us talking all things Gerry B. Plus Producer Ben keeps trying to decide what he thinks of stop-motion epic Mad God and Jables finally gets around to Empire of Light.
What if Chucky took a psychology course? Jables finds the answer in this week's feature. Also Things Heard and Seen, Kaleidoscope and Swan Lake at the London Coliseum (really!).
We join the table of Mike Bradford and roll the dice to create Aurelia. Aurelia used to just be your average medieval teen with his faithful pet chinchilla Jables. But Aurelia soon found himself in a "Santa Clause" situation, and surprise! Now HE'S the NEW GOD OF ASSASSINS! While Aurelia is benevolent and non-violent, Jables is a completely different story, and Aurelia needs your help to get him back. Podcast art by Chauncy Riley (https://www.behance.net/graphicsbychauncy), Graphics by Chauncy. Visit our website at https://sidekicksandsidequests.com (https://sidekicksandsidequests.com) Twitter Page (https://twitter.com/SideKQPodcast) Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/SideKQPodcast) Subreddit Page (https://www.reddit.com/r/SideKQPodcast/) Special Guest: Mike Bradford.
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