We’re back with 3 blockbusting cinematic adventures! Laurie & Phil both saw Thor’s 3rd solo outing boasting a slightly new direction from the much-buzzed-about Taika Waititi. Laurie saw emotional true story Breathe with Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, while Phil caught Happy Death Day in time for Halloween. We also chat a little about the (old) news that The Matrix might be in line for a reboot, and suggest an alternative way forwards for studios looking to make a quick buck from an old...

We’re off on hollygols until next week but here are some previews and bonus bits to keep your ears happy! We preview the current big releases, including Dave Franco & Olivia Munn in the LEGO Ninjago Movie, Michael Fassbender & Rebecca Ferguson in The Snowman, and Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin with Jason Isaacs & Steve Buscemi, and round off with some silliness about hotel slippers. Thanks for listening – get your reviews of these films in to [email protected] and...

Denis Villeneuve’s hugely anticipated sequel is here, and so far the critical consensus looks promising – what did Phil & Laurie make of it? Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Jared Leto and Dave Bautista star in this futuristic sort-of-mystery set 30 years after the events of Ridley Scott’s 1982 seminal sci-fi classic. Tell us if you agree/disagree with us, and which of us made their point best! And send your own reviews to [email protected] and...

Are videogame adaptations the next big studio cash cow? We take a look at the state of the videogame film genre, covering box office winners & losers over the last 20 years and trying to figure out why none of them have so far avoided a ‘Rotten’ critical reception. Featuring detailed looks at Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil (2002) and Mark Wahlberg in Max Payne (2008), we also chat through other videogame franchises we’d like to see on the big screen. Stay tuned to the end for your emails...

We both saw Kingsman: The Golden Circle, reuniting most of the original cast for Matthew Vaughn’s sequel and hopeful franchise starter; how does it hold up? Phil managed to catch Shia LaBeouf in sports docu-drama Borg McEnroe, and WWBW features Milla Jovovich in Ultraviolet, Josh Hartnett & Lucy Liu in Lucky Number Slevin, and Will Ferrell & Emma Thompson in Stranger Than Fiction. We even squeezed in time to chat about the forgotten art of movie theme songs a la ‘Kiss from a Rose’ by...

Has Netflix scored a hit with sports doping documentary Icarus? Phil tells all, while Laurie catches up with Judi Dench and Ali Fazal in historical drama Victoria & Abdul and Dylan O’Brien and Michael Keaton in ‘espionage thriller’ American Assassin. Pixar’s Ratatouille also joins the pack for WWBW, with Phil and Laurie on opposite sides for the first time in a while! We’ve got your emails and tweets towards the end of the show too – keep them coming to [email protected] and...

Phil pulled his socks up and tried not to scream (too much) watching the new take on Stephen King’s horror classic It with Bill Skarsgård, while Laurie watched Jeremy Renner try to out craggy-face Daniel Craig in Taylor Sheridan’s chilly crime drama Wind River. We also dip into the news that J. J. Abrams will return to direct and co-write Star Wars Episode IX, replacing Colin Trevorrow, and cover Jet Li’s Fearless (2006) and Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises (2007) for WWBW this week. Stay...

Six older films to watch or avoid this week in a WWBW special. Laurie tackles Mark Wahlberg’s Shooter (2007), Paul Verhoeven’s original RoboCop (1987) & bizarre Brendan Fraser rocker/slacker comedy Airheads (1994). Phil covers Quentin Taratino’s True Romance (1993), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) with Beyoncé Knowles & indie sci-fi flick Circle (2015). We also discuss the news that Colin Trevorrow has been dropped from Star Wars Episode IX, and Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Twitter...

Phil saw Kathryn Bigelow’s latest heavy-hitting drama Detroit, with John Boyega and Will Poulter, and also caught Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey in The Dark Tower, adapting Stephen King’s hugely popular series for the big screen. Laurie saw Bill Nighy and Olivia Cooke prance about in Jane Goldman’s adaptation of Stephen Ackroyd’s novel, The Limehouse Golem, and he brings Road House with Patrick Swayze to the table for What We’ve Been Watching. Phil also offers up his own views on Colossal...

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is soaking up critical praise and box office receipts, but is all of the acclaim well-deserved? We spent so long talking about it and reading out all your correspondence that we had to make it a stand-alone special episode! Did Harry Styles ruing everything? Listen to find out, and let us know if you agree or disagree with our thoughts on [email protected] and @superbaileybros.

Steven Soderbergh returns from a 4-year retirement to direct his self-admitted ‘anti-glam’ Ocean’s 11 in Logan Lucky, with Channing Tatum, Adam Driver & Daniel Craig – is it worth a watch? Laurie went to see it, and also caught Tom Cruise trying something a little different in Doug Liman’s based-on-real-events drug story American Made. We take a brief look at Ewan McGregor’s career and touch on the announced Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars feature, and Phil takes us through Nora Ephron’s...

Is the pairing of Ryan Reynolds & Samuel L. Jackson buddy comedy lightning-in-a-bottle? Find out what Phil and Laurie thought of The Hitman’s Bodyguard. We also chat about Daniel Craig’s recent confirmation that he will be returning as James Bond, after much tedious speculation that Tom Hiddleston might take up the mantle, which let’s be honest, was never going to happen. Laurie’s What We’ve Been Watching films cover Richard Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly with Keanu Reeves and a rewatch of...

Can Charlize Theron convince as an action hero in David Leitch’s cold war spy adaptation? Laurie saw Atomic Blonde and has the answer. Phil took a bullet for us all this week and went along to The Emoji Movie with T.J. Miller, Patrick Stewart and James ‘here I am again!’ Corden – enjoy his inevitable conclusion. We have a non-standard WWBW for you as well, covering cultural phenomenon Game of Thrones and our thoughts on the series as a whole, and Laurie also spends a couple of minutes asking...

Luc Besson’s record-breaking independent production landed in cinemas earlier this week with Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne – is it good enough to justify its enormous budget? Phil saw Kumail Nanjiani’s real-life romcom The Big Sick & caught up with Andy Serkis and Woody Harrelson in War for the Planet of the Apes. Laurie also managed to find a screening of Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled with Nicole Kidman, almost-darling of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. And of course, we’ve got your...

Join the hype train! Laurie is flying solo this week and has put his spare time to good use – listen to his plan to persuade Adam Buxton (from Adam & Joe) to join us on the Super Bailey Bros show, and how you can play a part! Phil is back next week, when we’ll be covering Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Dunkirk, War for the Planet of the Apes and much more. Keep your emails & tweets coming to [email protected] and @superbaileybros – especially if you’ve seen any...

Phil & Laurie are still away but briefly preview Christopher Nolan’s new war film Dunkirk, featuring Harry Styles – we still can’t believe that last part. Tell us if you’ve seen it, we want to hear your reactions! Send them to [email protected] and @superbaileybros and we’ll feature them on our back-to-school show. Thanks for listening!

Laurie & Phil are on holiday  but recorded their thoughts ahead of War for the Planet of the Apes’ release – and chucked in a bonus for good measure. Let us know if you’ve seen it and what your thoughts were – we’ll have a big review roundup on our return in 2-3 weeks! Thanks for tuning in. Stay in touch on [email protected] and @superbaileybros on Twitter.

Spider-man returns in his third incarnation as Tom Holland in Sony & Marvel’s hopeful new partnership – Phil tells us how it looks. Laurie saw kids’ favourite Despicable Me 3 with Steve Carell, while Phil also managed to catch Emma Watson & Tom Hanks’ tech thriller The Circle. WWBW features Disney classic Bedknobs and Broomsticks with Angela Lansbury, and Bailey family classic Galaxy Quest with Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver & Alan Rickman. Last but not least, we fit another brief...

Edgar Wright returns with a much-hyped genre piece; but how does it drive? / does it get in gear? /  does the pedal hit the metal? (You choose the driving pun there). Laurie also saw Japanese animated feature In This Corner of the World covering Hiroshima in the 1940s, and WWBW is back with James Cameron’s Avatar and Tony Scott’s Enemy of the State starring Will Smith. Phil has a Picture Perfect up his sleeve with the Moria staircase sequence from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings: The...

So much to say! Michael Bay directs the 5th (and last?) robots-in-disguise film, Transformers: The Last Knight, while we also cover Chris Evans in Gifted and Luke Wilson in animated feature Rock Dog. Two big movie news stories make the cut, with Daniel Day-Lewis‘s shock retirement, and Disney cutting ties with acclaimed directing duo Phil Lord & Chris Miller. WWBW has The Sweetest Thing (2002) and Thor: The Dark World (2013), and we also cram in some Movie Love/Hate thoughts on elderly...

Phil catches up with Tom Cruise in The Mummy, kicking off Universal’s ‘Monsters Universe’ – or whatever they’re trying to call it – while Laurie saw Brian Cox take on Churchill and puzzled through Bruno Dumont’s surreal French satirical comedy Ma Loute. WWBW covers Robin Williams in Bicentennial Man and Saoirse Ronan in The Host, while we also chat a little bit about symbolism in film. Thanks for listening and sending your thoughts to [email protected] and @superbailey bros!

Rachel Weisz tackles Daphne du Maurier’s enigmatic heroine in My Cousin Rachel, while BLAME! sees Netflix release a feature-length adaptation of a long-running Japanese manga series. Laurie saw both of these and also covers Children of Men and Gladiator for WWBW, with Phil taking a crack at How to Train Your Dragon and  Sense & Sensibility. He also tries to explain how he handles movie fan frustration when friends don’t pick up on a film in quite the same way. Thanks for your emails and...

Benedict was at Cannes 2017 this year and gives us the highs and lows of his festival experience – plus the big question everyone’s asking: how many beers did he share with Will Smith? Featured films include Visages Villages from Agnes Varda, You Were Never Really Here from Lynne Ramsay, The Killing of a Sacred Deer from Yorgos Lanthimos, Okja from Bong Joon Ho, Good Time with Robert Pattinson and even The Meyerowitz Stories from Noah Baumbach. Tune in for his thoughts and what to look out...

Gal Gadot storms into cinemas as Wonder Woman this weekend, has the DCEU finally scored a hit with Patty Jenkins directing? Laurie tells all and also covers Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new family drama After the Storm, plus Brad Pitt’s new political satire War Machine on Netflix originals. Phil caught Johnny Depp and Brenton Thwaites in Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (or was it Dead Men Tell No Tales?), and also covers off the whole Pirates franchise for a bit of nostalgic context in...

Laurie caught the Baywatch reboot with Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron – is it finally time for Zac to head back into our good books? He also saw Studio Ghibli co-production The Red Turtle from animation director Michael Dudok de Wit, and was lucky to catch a Q&A with the man himself too. Phil saw Amy Schumer’s comedy caper Snatched, also starring Goldie Hawn, and today’s WWBW features Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson in Pain and Gain, and James Cameron’s classic sequel Terminator 2:...