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
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
We complete our Matrix re-watch with The Matrix Revolutions. We get off to a fairly grumpy start (!) but end up having lots to say about cast changes, our indifference to the fate of Zion, and our thoughts on the ending and its implications for The Matrix Resurrections (which we haven’t seen yet, so don’t worry no spoilers here).
Thanks for joining us on our re-watch. And Merry Matrix-mas!
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Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
I'm gonna be iron like a lion in Zion….
Our Matrix re-watch continues with The Matrix Reloaded. Grossing $741.8 million worldwide, The Matrix Reloaded was the eagerly awaited follow up to The Matrix. But how does it fare today? We mull over the plot, visual effects, and character names. We also spend way too much time ruminating on the sex scenes…
Enjoy!
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Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
We're back with a bumper-sized catch up episode, filled with so much TV and film it's like Christmas Day has come early (but not for Elaine).
For TV, we've been watching the latest MCU Disney+ TV Show, the Christmas-themed Hawkeye (4:49). We’re also still agog at the ending of Season 3 of Succession (15:14) – we indulge in a quick spoiler-free chat about the season as a whole.
For movies, Elaine has seen the much-awaited Kilmer documentary VAL (26:30), and Mark has seen Ridley Scott's 473rd film this year, House of Gucci (40:00). Finally we dig DEEP into Stephen Spielberg’s first attempt at a musical with a remake of West Side Story (46:50). As a word of warning, we talk about all the major plot points for West Side Story, but then the original film IS fifty years old, based on a show that's sixty years old, and on a play that's 400+ years old…
The podcast Mark mentions about West Side Story's box office is available here:
You can listen to The Movie Robcast’s Christmas Spectacular here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-134-its-the-supersized-bumper-movie-robcast/id1097546968?i=1000544669572
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Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Welcome to the real world…. and the film that introduced us to Morpheus, Neo, and Trinity. We’re returning to The Matrix, 22 years after we first saw it via a cardboard-backed DVD case. But how does it hold up? Will Mark get all the biblical references this time round? And what exactly is a Nebuchadnezzar?
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Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
We’re doing a Matrix re-watch! In the run up to The Matrix Resurrections, we’ll be watching a film from The Matrix franchise (in order, obvs) every week and releasing a Down The Rabbit Hole episode with our thoughts.
In this introductory episode, we jump back to 1999, delve into our relationship with the films, and – weirdly – end up singing the theme tune to the Sweet Valley High TV show.
How deep does the rabbit hole go? Come with us to find out…
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Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Put down the Twinkie, and move the spores, molds, and fungus to one side - we've been to see Ghostbusters: Afterlife!
We talk about our history with the franchise and our spoiler-free thoughts about the film, before peeking behind the portrait of Vigo and going for full-on spoilers. Don't go past 29:00 if you've not seen the film!
If you'd like to see a walkthrough of the Ghostbusters 8-bit video game Mark mentions click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXL56R2zyxU
And, at the end of the episode, Mark also references The Ghost Busters from 1975. For more (and to see the gorilla!) click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdPfUYgY6nw
ALSO: Sorry, we've both got colds at the moment, so apologies for the sniffles. Who ya gonna call? Lemsip and Vitamin C!
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Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Surprise Surprise! In this week’s unexpectedly Cilla Black heavy episode, we look at some of the most talked about TV shows and movies out at the moment.
In TV, we chat about Netflix’s biggest ever series, Squid Game (03:57), and Elaine has, obviously, been watching the latest BBC whodunnit, Showtrial (11:39).
In our film section, we’re doing things slightly differently. Join us as we give our spoiler-free reviews of Eternals (19:04) and Last Night in Soho (32:12). But if you want some spoiler-filled action, carry on to the end of the pod where we return to talk twists, plot holes, and jaw-dropping moments.
Spoilers for Eternals: 52:00
Spoilers for Last Night in Soho: 1:02:47
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Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
We’re back! With a *very* varied collection of TV and films reviews. Listen in wonder as we try to manage really rather extreme tonal shifts…
We’re a few weeks into Series 19 (!) of Strictly Come Dancing (01:39). How has it fared this year? And who makes Mark cry when they dance? We celebrate the return of the Roy family (14:56) in our chat about Succession Series 3 (we’ve only seen episode 1 – don’t worry if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a spoiler-free chat). And sandwiched in the middle of these two mighty televisual giants is…. Escape the Undertaker (11:10). Yep.
In our film section, Mark’s been to see Venom: Let There Be Carnage (26:07), Elaine inexplicably talks about chickens in her review of The Last Duel (32:39), and Mark has plenty to say about Dune (43:57). A bit of a content warning: the central narrative in The Last Duel revolves around sexual violence and we do discuss that in our review. If that’s not something for you, please jump ahead to hear about Mark’s terrible fellow cinema-goers in his review of Dune (time stamp above).
Thanks for listening!
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Saturday Oct 09, 2021
Saturday Oct 09, 2021
We return with a packed show!
In TV, we review the first two episodes of Apple TV’s sci-fi epic Foundation (4:41), Mark gets emotional about Series 3 of Netflix’s Sex Education (17:39), we revel in the nostalgia of Sky Max’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks (22:35), and Elaine puts in a good word for the Beeb’s period thriller Ridley Road (28:45).
In our film section, Mark really wants you to see Malignant (34:41) but he can’t really talk about it. And Elaine goes on a rant about Arthurian legend in our review of The Green Knight (40:00).
As usual, we manage to squeeze in a references to Willy Fog and Pharoahs Video Cottingham. And we start the pod with a discussion about (wait for it…) football…. hmm... #cans
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Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
We waited, we watched, we… had a difference of opinion….
Bond is back.
Spoilers start at 11:20.
[We reference our "Top 5 films we're looking forward to for the rest of 2021" episode a few times. You can listen to it here]
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