The Black Dog Podcast

Apr 08 2025 245 ep. 121 mins 219
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Join Lee, Darren, Jim and Elton as they waffle, wonder and jabber on about film, geek news, video games and any other tangential rubbish that spring to mind, before reviewing a movie from yesteryear. Removing the Rose Tinted Specs to see if a film really deserves its classic status or the Sh*t Covered Goggles to see if a bad film is actually as awful as its reputation.

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Enemy

Apr 08 2025 139 mins  
This week Jim dips into Flesh for Frankenstein, Darren watches Death of a Unicorn while Lee enthuses over his newly night purchased Commodore 64... What follows is some nostalga bait and then some intense peer pressure for Darren as we try to make him spend money on a zx spectrum. After that with Asking for Trouble, we get into the thorny issue of time travelling and killing hitle

Synchronic

Apr 01 2025 146 mins  
In this weeks epic length episode, Jim tries his hands at DIY, Elton has a bomb drill while simultaniously being Hans Gruber, Darren watches Novocaine and Lee has a child free weekend and so visits a wind turbine museum. Then its on to some more "in depth" questions with Asking for Trouble, including Dr Who, Robocop and bodily injury before moving on to this weeks film. This week

Black Dog Green Room - Flash ruined everything

Apr 01 2025 22 mins  
Can we trace back the fall of society to the removal of Macromedia Flash and the removal of Frog in a Blender

Possessor

Mar 25 2025 143 mins  
This week Jim wants to go on holiday and relax but ends up at Eden Lake, Elton does battle once more with london transport, Darren goes to a political rally but also finds time to watch the Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man, while Lee does nothing but thanks to Carol discovers the surprising secret identity of The Flash. Add to that feedback and a four person race for some forks a

Black Dog Green Room - Do Disney Actually Make Anything?

Mar 25 2025 17 mins  
Balls swell, Bowie's Rubber Ball bounces and we ask does Disney actually make anything themselves?

Network

Mar 18 2025 153 mins  
After a fortnight away we return with Jim and Darren getting in an Electric State, Lee watching Black Bag and Elton needing to have tummy sticks. Then after some feedback for Housebound we move on to this weeks film. A movie that is probably the most prophetic film committed to celluloid. So much so its gone from satire to practically a documentary. The 1976 Sidney Lumet movie Net

Housebound

Mar 04 2025 106 mins  
Once again we fail the unofficial "can we get through an episode without a Robocop quote" Jim celebrates not having intrusive camerawork for a week by playing Far Cry, Elton gets emotional about a famous death this week, Darren suffers frustration at his own DIY being too well built to be destroyed. While Lee, goes full old man shouts at cloud about The Brits aka "Whos that? Whats

Black Dog Green Room - Trumpster Fire

Mar 04 2025 19 mins  
Have you seen Five Stars Starfish?

Its Whats Inside

Feb 26 2025 138 mins  
This week we get all swapped about before Jim tells us some good news and watches The Companion, Elton buys a car, Darren enjoys a monkey and has a few casting suggestions for James Gunn after watching Reacher while Lee has issues with The Gorge and has even bigger issues with Captain America Brave New World. After all of that its time to review the Netflix original scifi comedy t

Upstream Colour

Feb 18 2025 145 mins  
This week Jim has a radical diet and also gets frustrated at tablet reviews. Yogi Bear lives a tough life on the streets with Boo Boo, Elton gives us a potted history of Pes aka Pro Evo Soccer aka International Super Soccer aka Sensi Soccer (I made that last one up). Darren watches three films, The Gorge, which isn't about the Cheddar valley, Captain America Brave New World and bei