Episodes
Published 06/03/17
BLACK HOLE CINEMA returns in a new format, semi-regularly discussing the UK Box Office Top Ten. Tony Black & Sean Wilson this week cover films including Alien: Covenant, The Boss Baby and Pirates of the Caribbean: Carry on Columbus. TWITTER: https://twitter.com/blackholecinema
Published 06/03/17
BLACK HOLE CINEMA revisits the Marvel Cinematic Universe in advance of Captain America: Civil War, to track the road to Phase Three. Host Dan Taylor is joined by Marvel enthusiast Tom East and in her debut podcast appearance, writer Amy Walker, to discuss the journey that is about to culminate in the biggest Marvel story of all time. Join Dan and more special guests next time for our look at the movies of April... TWITTER: https://twitter.com/blackholecinema FACEBOOK:...
Published 04/20/16
In the first of a two-part breakdown of movies in March, BLACK HOLE CINEMA sees host Dan Taylor joined by the erstwhile Chris Haigh, and founder Tony Black, to talk more new films. They here tackle High Rise from Ben Wheatley, Robert Eggers' striking debut The Witch; out of nowhere sequel 10 Cloverfield Lane and finally the big one, Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice - because not enough people are talking about that one! Join Dan and more special guests next time for a Marvel special as...
Published 04/08/16
In the first of a two-part breakdown of movies in March, BLACK HOLE CINEMA sees host Dan Taylor joined by the erstwhile Chris Haigh to talk a brace of films. They here tackle Allegiant, the third in the relentless Insurgent series; London Has Fallen, the Gerard Butler action sequel; and finally Hail, Caesar! The brand new treat from the brothers Coen. Join Dan, Chris & Tony Black in Part 2 for discussion of, among other March films, Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Joyless Zack Snyder...
Published 04/02/16
BLACK HOLE CINEMA returns to cover brand new or recent films with Dan Taylor back in the hosting chair, joined by first time guest Elton McManus (on loan from the BlackDog Podcast). Here, they're playing catch up on the start of 2016. They track back in the second of this two-part special, bringing BHC up to date with current releases, to lend their thoughts on The Revenant, Creed, Spotlight and The Big Short. Join Dan and two special guests at the end of March to look at the month's brand...
Published 03/22/16
BLACK HOLE CINEMA returns to cover brand new or recent films with Dan Taylor back in the hosting chair, joined by first time guest Elton McManus (on loan from the BlackDog Podcast). Here, they're playing catch up on 2015. They track back in the first of this two-part special, bringing BHC up to date with current releases, to lend their thoughts on Spectre, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt 2, Steve Jobs and finally, of course, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Join them in Pt 2 as they cover 2016...
Published 03/21/16
In our third annual Academy Awards special, Tony Black hosts and is joined by a returning Dan Taylor, plus Chris Wilson--having appeared on both the 2014 and 2015 editions--to talk the 88th Academy Awards. They discuss the ceremony, marked by the #oscarssowhite controversy Chris Rock makes the most of, and if they agree on one thing all night it's that Sam Smith is a prized tit. After a segue into talking the Razzies, and the worst Hollywood has to offer, they break down all of the Oscar...
Published 03/02/16
Following our summer break, Emma Platt returns to the hosting chair, joined again by her Chris-shaped partner in crime Mr Byrne, along with his podcasting compadres Dave Bond & Becca Andrews from awesome new 007-centric podcast, Do You Expect Us To Talk. Movie news tackles plans for the second PROMETHEUS film, while Emma runs down the UK & US Box Office figures, before the team get stuck into reviewing... BILL, from the Horrible Histories team... SOLACE, a new thriller starring...
Published 09/30/15
In a brand new spin-off from Black Hole Cinema, Tony Black launches the 'Pick a Film' initiative. Put simply, someone picks ideally an obscure or less well known picture, which Tony and his chosen guest must watch and discuss from top to bottom, with help from Wikipedia and any other helpful articles. Emma Platt here joins Tony to discuss A TASTE OF HONEY, nominated by Tony's good friend Claire Stanley - one of the first proponents of 'kitchen sink realism', Tony and Emma discover a film...
Published 09/27/15
Dan Taylor returns to host his first Black Hole Cinema after our summer break, alongside guests Owen Hughes of Failed Critics and Chris Haigh from the Fan Friction podcast. In this episode, they discuss fresh NEWS including the Universal/Legendary troubles delaying Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim 2, Zack Snyder’s spat with Sebastian Stan over Marvel, and a recent piece of controversy at the Toronto Film Festival... Chris takes a close look at M. Night Shyalaman’s THE VISIT, leading to a...
Published 09/23/15
Tony Black hosts once again and this week is joined by Leslie Byron Pitt and, making his podcast and Black Hole Cinema debut, Kane Richards. They chow down on the latest NEWS, including Sam Smith belting out the latest Bond theme, the new Hardcore trailer & the upcoming King Kong vs Godzilla recently announced, before getting into the films of the day... LEGEND, the new Tom Hardy starring biopic of the Kray brothers, which Les & Kane get into... We take a joint look at both the UK...
Published 09/16/15
In our first podcast since July, Tony hosts and is joined by co-hosts Emma Platt & Dan Taylor to catch up on what we've missed over the summer blockbuster season.... We hash through successes such as Pixar's latest INSIDE OUT, the fifth impossible mission ROGUE NATION and slick spy fun THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E... ...while we also dissect the failures including controversial superhero flick FANTASTIC FOUR, misfire retro adventure PIXELS and video game reboot HITMAN: AGENT 47... ...plus we...
Published 09/09/15
Emma Platt hosts and is joined this week by Chris Byrne to discuss the UK Box Office Top Ten, along with... ...digesting this weeks NEWS, dissecting new trailers for SUICIDE SQUAD, BATMAN vs SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE & FANTASTIC FOUR... Chris leads discussion on found footage horror THE GALLOWS, plus Tarsem Singh's new sci-fi piece SELF/LESS, both slipping through under the wings of... ANT-MAN, which Emma leads analysis on - find out why she and Chris were satisfied but not overwhelmed...
Published 07/23/15
Dan Taylor hosts and is joined this week by Leslie Byron Pitt & Chris Wilson to discuss the UK Box Office Top Ten, plus... ...chow down on this weeks news, including an RIP to Omar Sharif, how James Bond is about to become a musical, and the end of The Dissolve leads Les on a tirade against modern film criticism... Dan then leads analysis of TED 2, Seth MacFarlane's comedy sequel, which gets a lukewarm reception... Chris dissects LOVE & MERCY, the unorthodox Beach Boys biopic...
Published 07/14/15
Tony Black hosts a special episode, alongside guest Lee Chrimes, to discuss the TERMINATOR franchise, with a sneaky look at the UK Box Office along the way... They begin with an examination of THE TERMINATOR, James Cameron's original 1984 classic... TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY is up next, Cameron's 1991 sequel, which Lee judges as 'better than The Godfather Pt 2'... Onto TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, from Jonathan Mostow in 2003, which Tony argues is much better than people give it...
Published 07/08/15
Tony Black hosts another Black Hole Classic, this time joined by Matt Latham to discuss his designated classic movie... BLADE RUNNER, the cult 1982 Ridley Scott sci-fi adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novella 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?', which divided critics on release - why over three decades later is it considered such a great movie?
Published 07/05/15
Emma Platt hosts alongside guests Chris Haigh & Chris Byrne, as they chow down on the current UK Box Office as well as... ...digesting the latest NEWS, including sad RIP's to Patrick Macnee & James Horner, plus chatter about the big new SPIDER-MAN casting revelation. Also find out which retro TV star Emma is named after! Chris B then lends his lukewarm thoughts about Eli Roth's twisted thriller KNOCK KNOCK, while Chris H & Emma both reveal how MINIONS disappointed them - seems...
Published 06/30/15
Dan Taylor hosts and is joined by Matt Latham & Tony Black, to discuss the latest UK Box Office Top Ten, plus: -- This weeks NEWS, including Sony's controversial leaked SPIDER-MAN memo & the US success of Pixar feature INSIDE OUT... Latham has mixed feelings toward the big screen adaptation of TV show ENTOURAGE... Tony gets the game afoot by discussing the classy MR. HOLMES... And finally, in a brand new fun section called OSCAR HALL OF FAME, Dan asks the lads to name their best...
Published 06/24/15
Tony Black hosts this Jurassic Special and is joined by Luke Asquith & Pete D. Gaskell to chew over the latest UK Box Office Top Ten, plus: -- This weeks NEWS, including an interesting new male cast member joining the all female GHOSTBUSTERS, and a tribute to the late, great Sir Christopher Lee & Ron Moody... Tony begins a look back at Steven Spielberg's legendary 1993 blockbuster JURASSIC PARK... Pete discusses the divisive Steven Spielberg sequel, 1997's THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC...
Published 06/17/15
Emma Platt hosts and is joined by Chris Haigh, Ian Austin & Tony Black, to discuss the latest UK Box Office Top Ten, plus: -- This weeks NEWS, including responses to controversial FIFA biopic UNITED PASSIONS, the truth about Eddie the Eagle's biopic, and why Josh Trank *really* quit Star Wars Anthology 2... Ian--possibly possessed by Pazuzu--gives his scathing thoughts about INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3... Chris & Tony both chat about how much they enjoyed Paul Feig's action comedy...
Published 06/11/15
Tony Black hosts another Classic special, focusing on the greatest movies as chosen by special guests. This time around, Owen Hughes of Failed Critics discusses 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, the seminal and groundbreaking 1968 science-fiction film from Stanley Kubrick, and why it's a serious contender for the greatest motion picture ever made...
Published 06/07/15
Emma Platt hosts and is joined by guests Chris Byrne & Leslie Byron Pitt to give their thoughts on the weeks new movies including: The remake of 1982 classic horror POLTERGEIST... Brad Bird & Damon Lindelof's new Disney adventure TOMORROWLAND... MAN UP, a romantic comedy with Simon Pegg & Lake Bell... And finally Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson vs an earthquake in SAN ANDREAS...
Published 06/03/15
In this super special podcast crossover special, Tony Black takes over hosting duties from Failed Critics for the second film 'quiz cast', featuring: Emma Platt & Chris Byrne representing reigning champions BLACK HOLE CINEMA... Owen Hughes & Steve Norman representing FAILED CRITICS... Pete D. Gaskell & Chris Haigh combining forces to represent THE WORD OF NERD & FAN FRICTION respectively... And finally Jack Stevens, Chris Wallace & Phil Sharman representing...
Published 05/25/15
Emma Platt hosts and is joined by guests Chris Haigh & Owen Hughes to give their thoughts on the weeks new movies including: THE AGE OF ADALINE, a romantic mystery starring Blake Lively... Chris Rock's directorial debut TOP FIVE... Big Sam as the President in BIG GAME... And finally SPOOKS: THE GREATER GOOD, adapting the hit BBC tv series for the big screen...
Published 05/15/15