The Countdown

Dec 03 2024 170 ep. 47 mins 205
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The Countdown is a weekly comedic podcast in which two massive film buffs countdown a topic in order of awesomeness from 10-1 while picking apart the other's list.

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Heretic review

Dec 03 2024 22 mins  
The second to last review for the weekly show arrives in the form of a film that's been out in North America and the UK for some time, Heretic. Wayne, of course, is too much of wuss to see this one, to it's left to Paul to do all the heavy lifting for this psychological thriller-horror starring Hugh Grant. Is it elevated horror? Should you race to see it at your local theatre?

Top 10 Films That Made Us Who We Are

Nov 28 2024 72 mins  
Countdown #498 ... THREE ... This week the guys get personal as the end of the (weekly) show looms large. They're talking the films that personally spoke to them and in some way, shape or form, moulded their lives into the people they currently are. Everything from childhood cinema experiences through to films that determined artistic endeavours and shaped careers are discuss

Train to Busan review

Nov 26 2024 23 mins  
Finally. Here it is. As the weekly podcast draws to a close, Wayne rights a very old wrong by agreeing to watch one of Paul's favourite horror films of all time as this week's feature review, Train to Busan. Whether Wayne did so because the only other options this week were to see Wicked at the cinema or suffer through the Aussie version of The Office at home, is irrelevant. Wh

The Top 10 Films of the Countdown Era

Nov 21 2024 71 mins  
Countdown #497 ... FOUR ... The boys covered the best television since the show began last Ep, so it's only natural that this week they turn their attention to the very best films they've covered since The Countdown began in late March 2015. Can Wayne somehow manage to stick to the brief this week? What will the show's consensus #1 be? And how annoyed will Paul get when Wayne

Gladiator II review

Nov 19 2024 28 mins  
It's not often the most expensive film of the year drops in November, but here we are ... Ridley Scott returns sans Russell Crowe and Hams Zimmer to continue the story of his dead hero, Maximus, making for some very big shoes to fill (as Wayne posits). Paul, meanwhile, is very concerned with how this is all just politccccssssss-ahhh! Find out what all that means, as The Count

The Top 10 Television Shows of the Countdown Era

Nov 14 2024 74 mins  
Countdown #496 ... FIVE ... The more things change, the more they stay the same. And so it is with The Countdown podcast. After 496 attempts to countdown topics in order of awesomeness so you don't have to, Paul and Wayne are once again arguing about a loose brief. Of course, Wayne is the one contorting reality to fit into his very, very "flexible" list, and as always, it's P

Red One review

Nov 12 2024 26 mins  
It's still early November, and yet Hollywood would have you believe it's Christmas time already. How else to explain the release of Red One, the big budget holiday film, which at time of writing, has yet to open in North America, and critics were mysteriously not allowed to see until the day before it opened around the world. Rarely a good sign, but can the star power of The Rock

Top 10 Last 10 - The Final One Ed

Nov 07 2024 78 mins  
Countdown #495 ... SIX ... Here it is. The FINAL Top 10 Last 10 (at least for the weekly show), and boy oh boy wow-wee, have the lads saved the best for last for you. Yes, there's the usual 10 mini reviews conducted by each of the guys of the ten films they've most recently watched but never spoken about on the show, and of course, they're ranked from worst to best. But the o

Venom: The Last Dance review

Nov 05 2024 23 mins  
Having learned very little since the last Spider-adjacent movie came out, Sony are at it again, making Tom Hardy honour his three film contract to make Venom: The Last Dance. Insert disbelief, consternation, and a healthy dose of WTF as Wayne and Paul try to make sense of this third and supposedly final film in the franchise. Find out whether there will be more Venom, as The Co

Top 10 WTAF Movie Moments

Oct 24 2024 97 mins  
Countdown #494 ... SEVEN ... It's bigger than a very big thing on the biggest day of it's big, BIG life. It's HUGE. It's m-a-s-s-i-v-e! It's the final Show Vs Show episode for the (weekly) podcast and it stars two of the podcast's very best friends and most generous supporters, B-Dizzle and David Powell of the Poddy Mouth Radio network. They join Wayne and Paul to countdown t