Elaine and Mark met at a movie club and got married in a brewery. Mark loves spreadsheets. Elaine can’t pronounce asterisk. We watch a lot of film and TV.
Episodes
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
We’re back! After an unintentionally long break, we’re here to talk about almost literally EVERYTHING we’ve been watching. You know that phrase, comparing apples with oranges? Well, bear that in mind as we try to decide which show is more enjoyable: Period thriller The Terror (02:00), or fun dark-comedy The Flight Attendant (10:00). We also give our quick thoughts on the first couple of episodes of Marvel’s (The) Falcon and the Winter Soldier (20:00).
We’ve been watching movies too! We trade notes on Judas and the Black Messiah (30:00), a film we paid sixteen whole pounds to watch. And finally, we fiercely debate Zack Snyder’s Justice League (41:50). Which segment is Elaine’s favourite? Which song does Mark compare it to? How apt that we’ve reserved our longest ever episode for this review? Answers inside!
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Urgent Exit Required is recorded and released after every new episode of S6 Line of Duty. Here's our instant reaction to Episode 2.
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Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Line of Duty is back! Recorded and released after directly after Episode 1 of Series 6, here’s our instant reaction.
So... what exactly IS a CHIS?!
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Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Join us as we discuss WandaVision, the Marvel Studios’ TV show that defied all expectations. Is Mark going to sing THAT song? How many times will we mention Lost? And what exactly *are* runes…?
MEGA WARNING: Right from the off, we spoil MAJOR plot points in WandaVision. We also discuss many of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a massive twist in Season 2 of The Mandalorian, and – weirdly – the end of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village. Please proceed with caution!
Also… sorry for the sound quality. We didn’t record this in our bathroom – promise! – but we have moved to another part of the house to record and there’s a little more echo than we would like. We’ll sort it for next time!
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
We're back! Sorry it's a bit late. We'll explain why, and how there could have been a lot more beeping in the background of this podcast...
Mark's been catching up on Season 7 of The Walking Dead (not Season 8 as he says in the podcast! Ooops!) (3:09) and has finally started warming to The Expanse in Season 2 (5:45). Elaine has been, as you'd expect, watching real-life crime documentaries in Forensics: The Real CSI (7:15) and The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (9:30). But, for once, we've been watching some TV together! Like a proper married couple would! We give our thoughts on Netflix's latest limited series Behind Her Eyes (13:26) and the fourth season of ITV's cold case drama Unforgotten (23:35).
And, for reasons that are explained, Mark has been catching up with some of 2020's 'lesser-loved' films - The Turning (34:18) and Underwater (42:52).
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
For this week's Date Night, Elaine introduces Mark to early 2000s sci-fi thriller Minority Report.
Join us as we talk about what Spielberg got right in his vision of the future, (and what looks outdated already less than 10 years later), swimwear in 2054, how the Precrime Department pays tribute to the board game Mouse Trap, and the Mark's confectionary purchasing choices. Oh, and of course, the bad guy on the third season of Justified.
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
We're British and getting on a bit, so in order to live the stereotype we're talking about the weather.
In TV we review DisneyPlus' first televisual instalment of the MCU, WandaVision (5:06). Elaine has been watching BBC documentary Katie Price: Harvey and Me (17:26). And (in a huge mood shift) we share our love for The Masked Singer UK (26:05). PLEASE NOTE: we get a bit carried away in our The Masked Singer discussion, and get into spoilers for previous episodes, so if you're planning on watching it - and you should - you might want to skip this bit and come back later.
Finally, Mark has seen Gerard Butler-fronted disaster movie Greenland (35:00), and has plenty to say about it - if he can get a word in edge-ways.
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Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
It's Date Night, and Mark has picked a soon-to-be classic animation for Elaine to watch, The Lego Movie!
Did Elaine think 'Everything is Awesome'? Or would she rather have spent the entire experience repeatedly standing on loose pieces of a Danish construction toy? Join us to find out!
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
… and we’re back! After waaaaaaay too long a break, Mark and Elaine discuss what they watched over Christmas, and talk in depth about some of their new favourite shows. Just how much of Finding Alice (6:32) has Elaine watched and why does Mark keep on shouting “Howay the Bay” when Elaine talks about Season 2 of ITV’s The Bay (13:20)? Surprisingly, neither of those questions get a conclusive answer. We give our first impressions on Channel 4’s big New Year show It’s a Sin (19:09), and Mark talks about Amazon Prime’s new movie One Night in Miami (31:34). Promise we’ll be back soon!