Screen Watching

Dec 06 2024 208 ep. 61 mins 1
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Join TV and film critics (and handsome men) Dan Barrett and Simon Foster with reviews, industry news, and recommendations of great things to check out. This podcast is a perfect example of the dangers of equipping people with knowledge and microphones.

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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew! Black Doves! The Agency!

Dec 06 2024 43 mins  
A HUGE week for us on the podcast. Simon embraces his inner 10 year-old and blasts off with the new kiddie Star Wars show The Skeleton Crew. Dan remains the mature-minded co-host and looks at spy thrillers Black Doves on Netflix and Paramount+'s The Agency.

Heretic, Get Millie Black, It's Florida Man, and Your Monster

Nov 29 2024 34 mins  
Each week on the podcast TV critic Dan Barrett and film critic Simon Foster bicker and argue about the movies and shows they have watched. This week: Heretic (in cinemas now) Get Millie Black (Streaming on Max in the US, Binge in Australia) Your Monster (in cinemas now) It's Florida, Man (Streaming on Max in the US, Binge in Australia)

Watching: Wicked, Man on The Inside, Goodrich, Blitz

Nov 22 2024 40 mins  
A big week on the podcast with the inevitable smash hit Wicked (in cinemas), new Ted Danson sitcom Man on The Inside (Netflix), Goodrich (in cinemas), Blitz (Apple TV+).

We watched: Gladiator 2, Say Nothing

Nov 15 2024 42 mins  
Hold the line! Stay with me! If you find yourself on a podcast, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are reviewing Gladiator 2 and new Disney+ series Say Nothing in Elysium, and you’re already dead! Brothers, what we do in life… echoes in eternity.

We watched: Red One, Matlock (2024), and Day of The Jackal (2024)

Nov 09 2024 31 mins  
Who says Hollywood is creatively bankrupt? In cinemas we have The Rock and whichever Chris it was that played Captain America teaming up with a bear to rescue Santa. And then on TV we have remakes of your grandad's fave show Matlock and that film & book he loved in the 70s: The Day of The Jackal.

We watched: Saturday Night, Rescue: Hi-Surf, Here, and more

Nov 02 2024 48 mins  
Recorded at the crack of dawn, Dan and Simon talk about Jason Reitman's Saturday Night, new Fox 'drama' Rescue H-Surf, Robert Zemeckis' Here, and more.

We review: Territory, Lee

Oct 26 2024 35 mins  
The main reviews this week are new Netflix show Territory and the new Kate Winslet film Lee (which is in cinemas now). We also have some thoughts on Netflix's Woman of The Hour, Apple TV+'s Before, and the CBS/Paramount+ sitcom Poppas House.

We review: The Office Australia, Memoir of a Snail, He Ain’t Heavy, and more

Oct 19 2024 31 mins  
This week on the podcast: Dan rips into The Office Australia (Prime Video) Simon offers thoughts on Memoir of a Snail, the latest animated film from Adam Elliot (In cinemas now) He AIn’t Heavy (in cinemas now)

This week: Terrifier 3, Disclaimer, The Apprentice, Greedy People, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, and more

Oct 12 2024 30 mins  
This week on the podcast we offer terrible opinions on: The Apprentice (in cinemas now) Disclaimer (Apple TV+) Terrifier 3 (in cinemas now) Greedy People (in cinemas now) Hellboy: The Crooked Man (in cinemas in Australia, VOD internationally) And more.

For your eyeballs this weekend

Oct 03 2024 24 mins  
It is a whole new Screen Watching podcast. We’re keeping it shorter and just cramming a whole bunch of thoughts on what you might be watching this week.