I drink and I say things. I'm here to deliver reviews, breakdowns and analysis on modern entertainment media. Expect a healthy dose of sarcasm, biting critic…
11:101.3M views · 2d ago · 11:10
Ten years ago, the average wait time between TV seasons was 11 months. Now it's at least twice that, sometimes three entire years. What is going on, why is it happening, and what effect is it having on audiences? Let's find out.
7:091.8M views · 4d ago · 7:09
Troubled production history. Controversial casting. Studio conflicts. Disastrous test screenings. Emergency reshoots. Skyrocketing budgets, and deeply divisive trailers. If the rumours are to believed, then Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Narnia reboot has all the ingredients of an absolute stinker, but is that really the full story? Let's find out.
6:421.4M views · 1w ago · 6:42
What's this? A movie in James Gunn's DCU that isn't an insecure pop culture spewing joke? Clayface may just be the best movie at the worst time for DC.
9:291.8M views · 1w ago · 9:29
He was one of the most successful and respected actors in Hollywood, with strings of awards and a huge profile of film, prestige TV and theatre roles, but then it call collapsed like a house of cards (see what I did there?) with a series of brutal accusations and legal dramas. This is the crash and burn of Kevin Spacey.
12:501.2M views · 2w ago · 12:50
Guests: Super Mario Bros, Production Hell
It was the first big screen videogame adaptation in Hollywood, and its gone down in infamy as one of the worst movies ever made. Join me for the story of Super Mario Bros: The Movie.
27:49333K views · 2w ago · 27:49
Tech specialist Keira Frost has just graduated to the big leagues, ready to take on her first mission with the CIA's Shepherd programme. But with hostile teammates and a dangerous mission to content with, can she prove she has what it takes? Find out in this short film, set in the Ryan Drake universe.
5:562.2M views · 3w ago · 5:56
Apparently Stephen Colbert's Lord of the Rings: Shadow Of The Past has been put on ice, pending the Skydance takeover of Warner Bros. But is this just a temporary pause, or is it curtains for old Stevie's project?
7:232M views · 3w ago · 7:23
Is it a misunderstood masterpiece or an overblown vanity project? Find out in my review of Tom Cruise's Digger.
6:182.6M views · 4w ago · 6:18
Guest: Star Wars
So apparently Lucasfilm are working on a new Star Wars trilogy in the Skywalker Saga (whatever that's supposed to be since they're all dead) with Simon Kinberg writing and Daisy Ridley's Rey making a return. What could go wrong?
12:492.6M views · 1mo ago · 12:49
Former She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany recently shared her thoughts on activism and politics in movie making, and it sparked a wider discussion about the rise of activist actors, why they do it and how it affects the audience. So let's look at it, shall we?
7:531.8M views · 1mo ago · 7:53
He was once the toast of Tinseltown, the star of Creed 3, Magazine Dreams and the new face of the MCU, but then it all went down the tubes in one of the most dramatic career implosions in history. Assault charges, court cases, PR disasters... Jonathan Majors didn't just crash and burn, he took off and nuked the site from orbit.
8:051.4M views · 1mo ago · 8:05
Guests: Politics Ruins Entertainment AGAIN, Run Hide Fight
Infidels, "starring" Jonathan Majors, is the latest action thriller from the Daily Wire, centred around a terrorist takeover of a university campus. But is it any good, or is it just more of "The Message" this time from a conservative outlet?
7:551.9M views · 1mo ago · 7:55
Guests: It's Complicated, Resident Evil
Is Zach Cregger's Resident Evil the triumphant videogame adaptation we've been waiting 30 years for, or a disastrous vanity project that abandons the source material? The answer, in this case, is complicated.
10:372.6M views · 1mo ago · 10:37
Is she a strong empowered woman expressing herself and her body autonomy, or a helpless tool of the patriarchy who's going to send women back to the Dark Ages? Why do so many people hate her and love her? Join me as I try to solve the Sydney Sweeney Dilemma.
9:241.9M views · 1mo ago · 9:24
Guest: Casting Calamities
In the latest episode of Casting Calamities, we're taking a look at one of the worst genres for bad casting decisions - the Superhero Genre, with such luminaries as Zendaya, Millie Alcock, Jesse Eisenberg and Dominic Purcell.
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