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161: Cinema Releases, Doomsday & Endgame: Encore

Kev, Drew & James discuss upcoming movies they are excited to see: Verity, Digger, Street Fighter, Other Mommy, Dune 3, The Social Reckoning, Uprising, Clayface, Prime Time, Wild Horse Nine, I Play Rocky, Heat 2 and the upcoming Doomsday. We discuss Avengers Endgame: Encore and how it has us hyped for Avengers: Doomsday. We explore the latest Marvel theories, movie predictions, and fan speculations about the upcoming movie and debate if it will break the £3b Box Office and outperform Spiderman. Also was the post credit scenes in Endgame worth going back to the cinema again for?

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160: Resident Evil

Did you get Oasis Tickets? In this episode Kev, Drew and James explore the wild and inventive world of the new Resident Evil film directed by Zach Cregger. We discuss its unique blend of horror and comedy, its video game-inspired style, and the clever Easter eggs that fans will love. This has been a very well received movie showing that 2026 is the year of horror.

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159: Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Kev, Drew & James welcome back @brokebackcathy as a guest to join the Spoiler heavy conversation about one of the biggest films of the year. We also get a cameo from Spiderman himself as we welcome @stevenblackhippy who has met Tom Holland and the cast on the red carpet after being employed to perform Spider-Man's athletic moves.

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158: The Invite, Evil Dead Burn & Movie News

Kev & Drew go into Spoiler territory discussing The Invite and Evil Dead Burn after talking through some recent Movie News. This is the first episode record after a months break and our meet up in London. These films are in the cinema still so make sure to catch them if you can't get tickets for The Odyssey.

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157: The Odyssey

A Spoiler Review of Christopher Nolans The Odyssey. Todays guest to join Kev & Drew is Andrew Rogerson from Australia. He kindly woke up at 5am to join us in the UK which is commitment to discussing this epic movie. He is a poet who interviewed Drew recently on his podcast: I Think, Therefore I Slam. Please check out his Instagram and Spotify (or any other Podcast platform) to listen to full episodes.

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156: Disclosure Day & Top 3 Spielberg Films

We have our regular guest Peter from New Jersey joining us again today to review the highly anticipated summer blockbuster Disclosure Day and run through our top 3 favourite movies from Steven Spielberg.

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155: Scary Movie & Backrooms with Jas from @churchofcinema

Returning guest Jas joins Kev & Drew to review both these films, of which there a is huge discourse around for very different reasons. This is a spoiler review so please watch the films before listening to the episode. Theres was so much to discuss arounds these two projects from the theories around Backrooms and breaking down the parodies that did or didn't work in Scary Movie. Enjoy.

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154: Half Man & The Boys with Colin McCredie

Kev, James & Drew TV Series Spoiler Review: Half Man the new HBO show on BBC by Richard Gadd of Baby Reindeer. To help us, we invite Scottish actor Colin McCredie who makes an appearance in Episode 6 to talk to us about the filmmaking process and behind the scenes of the show. We break down the themes and discuss in detail and also chat about the wild, gross and hilarious The Boys final season and reflect on the whole show.

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153: California Schemin' with Gavin Bain (Brains) Writer and Rapper of Silibil n' Brains

This was a great discussion with Gavin about the book he wrote about his life and hip hop career that was a huge phenomenon and was turned into an impressive movie directed by James McAvoy. We discuss the behind the scenes of the movie and the crazy adventure of his journey as a musician right up to what he is doing now. There is more to this story than just the movie and the Netflix documentary: Gavins tough upbringing moving from South Africa to Scotland, the obstacles he faced in his life and in making this project come to fruition and how he found confidence in the creativity of hip hop and what it led to. We had a blast as Gavin is a great hang, full of amusing anecdotes, authentic storytelling (which is a testament to his resilience and creativity) and unwavering honesty through some difficult situations. We know you are going to love this episode, enjoy.

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152: 'Call Me When They Kiss' Romance & Rom-Com talk with Isa & Sydney

Isa and Sydney, college roomies turned podcast hosts, share their journey of discussing romance, fantasy, and everything in between. Despite now living in different states, their bond remains strong. They dive deep into the world of romantic stories, and you can feel the excitement in their voices as they chat about their favourite books and movies. We talk through the difference between smut and spicy content, healthy relationships and the motives of some storytellers as well as Disney and Happily Ever After.

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151: Hokum vs Obsession with guests Kate & Tarryn

Our new format: Movie News, followed by Movie Reviews of 2 Horror films and then we vote for which we preferred, ending with a fun fact and a poem by Tales Of The Nook (Drew). This week we have guests Kate & Tarryn who have seen both the films with Kev and have enjoyed jumping out of their skin watching them. We discuss both in detail to decide which films sink or swim.

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150: Michaella Evelyn balancing screen time with Film & TV reviews

Michaela shares her journey from a competitive tennis player to a thoughtful media creator. She realised that being constantly online dilutes creativity and authenticity. Instead of chasing likes, she focuses on quality content that resonates with her audience. With a degree in media and communication, she has spent the last year creating insightful reviews that resonate with audiences. We have a fun chat also discussing computer games, James Bond and recent films that have stayed with us.

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149: Rhys of @RVWmovies - Movie Reviewer from South Wales

This was a fun, energetic conversation with a passionate movie reviewer who sees the positive in all films. He is famous for doing the 3 minute review at an engaging, fast pace which keeps you entertained all the way through. We discuss everything from Hamnet to Top Gun and accents, we know you will enjoy this hang.

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148: Deep Dive on Ryan Gosling - Personal life & Filmography

We talk fondly about the man of the moment with our repeat guests BrokebackCathy & FilmFatale1000. We discuss his difficult and surprising childhood and getting into performing and acting to becoming one of the biggest movie stars on earth (and space) that can do it all. His charisma shines in dramas, action movies and comedies equally making him one of the most universally loved and versatile actor around.

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147: Dallas Fisher - Movie Reviewer from Minneapolis

Dallas joins us to talk about some recent movie releases and test us on our Movie Trivia. He has an extensive Movie T-Shirt collection and like Kev is also a fan of Metal and Billie Eilish. We have a serious moment discussing the invasion of ICE upon his city causing devastating results. We discuss the best films of 2026 so far, what were looking forward to and how has visited the cinema the most? Can you guess?

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146: A good hang + Quiz about actors starring Brokeback Cathy & Film Fatale 1000 (Nicole)

This was a great hang with repeat guests Cathy from Austria & Nicole from LA with a tonne of laughs. First of all wearing awesome Rage Whale T-Shirts! We catch up, then start a quiz that everyone at home can play along with, including a guessing game of which actor is older, which film 2 actors have been in together and using it as a talking point about those actors and their roles. Enjoy :)

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145: @kimbleshankz Kim - Improv Comedian from Chicago

This was a hilarious chat with Kim, a brilliant improv comedian. We discuss her social media videos, her Improve groups and how she got started in the industry. We deviate massively to some random topics from Hot Dogs, Jacob Elordi, pelvic floors, tinsel in hair, Drunk Shakespeare, roller skating, funny place names and getting married to a Canadian comedian. All this and we also discuss movies and try to convince her to do more movie content on her page especially around the recent controversies. All these topics with appropriately bad language and many laughs.

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144: Project Hail Mary Spoiler Review

Kev & Drew go into detail on this exceptional new movie. Spoilers ahead.

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143: Jas of @churchofcinema talks social media, Ari Aster, intimacy coordinators & Documentaries

Such a fun hang with Jas starting off strong by traumatising Drew for life. We discuss social media and what Jas plans for the future potentially with a great podcast concept and plans to be a filmmaker and document a personal journey. We get into Ari Aster, Horrors, Indie films, intimacy coordinators and large prosthetics. Make sure to follow Jas on Instagram @churchofcinema

142: Oscars Review with Jas of @churchofcinema

Jas of @churchofcinema joins us to run through the Oscars, the presenters, categories, skits, positives and snubs. Before we started we all wrote down our predictions for who we wanted to win and who we thought the Academy would chose. In this we were joined by Peter and Brokeback Cathy, our regular previous guests, who couldn't make the episode but we included their guesses during the conversation. A lot happened and things were won by very deserving artists. Lets chat about it.

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