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
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
This week, we celebrate the return of devilishly difficult quiz show Only Connect (2:06) and treasured amateur baking competition The Great British Bake Off (9:12). After it swept the board at the Emmys, Mark’s been testing out Schitt’s Creek (18:48). And Mark also found himself charmed by the new sleuth on the block, Netflix’s Enola Holmes (24:14). Keep an ear open for the part where Elaine gets Sherlock Holmes’ incredibly famous home address wrong.
The show also unexpectedly features more Blink 182 references than we could ever have anticipated. Something for everyone!
Enjoy yourselves!
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
We’re subject to local restrictions in the North East of England, so Elaine’s been to buy cake…
This week, Elaine’s being ‘enjoying’ ITV’s serial killer drama Des (4:15), we’re intrigued by experimental Sky Atlantic/HBO mini-series The Third Day (14:45), and Elaine is way too invested in the will-they-won’t-they romance in BBC’s Strike (24:26).
We’ve also been back to the cinema. This time, we saw Bill and Ted Face the Music (30:14). Safe to say, we are *not* on the same page with this one. Bogus!
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
In this week’s show, we discuss Tenet’s box office takings and lament the delays to Wonder Woman 1984 and (possibly) Black Widow. Elaine is confused about Dune. Mark is excited about Willy Fog. We have things to say about the recently announced Madonna biopic. And Mark gets a shock during our chat about Scream 5.
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Elaine’s totally bodacious pick this week is the original Point Break! Come ride the waves and get radical (we'll stop now...) with Johnny Utah and Bodhi. Enjoy!
Oh, here’s the link to the Thomas F. Wilson’s Biff’s Question song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwY5o2fsG7Y&ab_channel=TomWilson
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
So sorry the pod is late, we’ve had an eventful few days!
This week, we have a difference of opinion over episodes 3 & 4 of Lovecraft Country (4:45), Mark’s happy to see the return of Amazon Prime’s The Boys (10:40), and Elaine declares her love for Gregg Wallace’s buttery biscuit base in her review of BBC1’s Eat Well For Less? (16:10).
And Mark’s been back to the cinema to see The New Mutants (23:37). With an infamously troubled production, and rumours of re-shoots, cuts, and major edits, what did Mark think of this latest (and last?) film in The X Men universe?
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Cheers!
In this week’s show, Mark teaches Elaine about piracy in our continuing discussions about Mulan on Disney + (2:00), Elaine gets over-excited about The Batman trailer (9:30), Mark is intrigued by The Suicide Squad trailer (20:41), Mark really doesn't want French & Saunders to be in Death on the Nile (20:41), and we are a bit ‘meh’ about No Time To Die (24:44).
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Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
We’ve been to the pictures for the first time together in 2 years! We chat about our socially-distanced trip to the cinema (if you want to know more – check out our Tenet Spoiler Special, but only if you’ve seen Tenet!!). And we look ahead to some of the new films coming out over the next few months. What will tempt you to head back to the flicks?
We also return to Lovecraft Country (30:34) for a discussion about episode 2. Was it as good as the opener? We watched the first two episodes of Cobra Kai (12:11), now showing on Netflix. Elaine loved this great big dollop of nostalgia, but will Mark agree? And finally we review I Hate Suzie (21:02), Billie Piper’s dark comedy taking a peek behind the curtain at hacking, celebrity, and teenage fame – available now on Sky Atlantic.
It’s the first week of our new podcasting format, so in this episode we’ll just be reviewing what we’ve been watching. But fear not! If you’re a fan of our Date Night feature, we’ll be staying in this Bank Holiday and watching some films so watch out for a random Date Night episode to drop into your podcatchers shortly…
Saturday Aug 29, 2020
Saturday Aug 29, 2020
We’ve been to see Tenet! Join us as we attempt to unravel Mr Nolan’s latest mind-bending extravaganza.
And – as the title suggests – this episode contains multiple spoilers right from the start. So, please go no further if you haven’t seen the film!
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
This week, Mark’s feeling the pressure to be funny and informative...
We review the first episode of Lovecraft County (8:02) - the HBO and Sky Atlantic thrill-ride everyone’s talking about. A warning here: we think it’s best to know as little as possible about Lovecraft Country, so if you haven’t seen it skip along to our next review and come back later. We’ve also finished series 2 of Race Across the World (21:27). But how does it compare to the first series we loved? And finally, Mark’s been to the cinema again. Find out what he thought of Seth Rogen’s new comedy An American Pickle (30:34).
Our Date Night film is Disney’s Robin Hood (1973). Oo-De-Lally!