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 Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Gladiator II NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:50 Gladiator II SPOILER-FILLED...

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 Paul (and by extension, The Soundboard) taking umbrage, making for a classic episode of the show with much bad...

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 and Chris Evans turn this family adventure film into something worthwhile? Or is this a massive bomb in the...

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 one film they have both seen and review this week ends up dividing them like never before! Insults, soundboard...

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 Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Venom: The Last Dance NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:33 Venom: The Last Dance...

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 the Top 10 WTAF Movie moments - moments in which WTF was uttered aloud or at least represented by hanging jaws and...

This week Wayne is fan-boying for Kevin Smith by reviewing his newest film no-one (other than a fan-person) has heard about,k while Paul does actual work for the podcast (in terms of thinking about download numbers) by reviewing the horror sequel, Smile 2.   Neither are screaming the merits of their film from the roof tops, but who will be the bigger champion of their type of film ... as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: The 4:30 Movie SPOILER-FREE Review: 0.00 - 7:23 Smile 2...

Countdown #493   ... EIGHT ...   If you're sick of the lads talking just about recent films and would love to hear about some classic film choices on The Countdown, then keep on scrolling, because in this episode Wayne is pulling left-field choices out of every orifice, while Paul (of course) is flying the old-school horror flag...   ... Or, you know, find out just how crazy these lists are, as The Countdown continues ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode...

Wayne is an insanely greedy person trying to avoid Terrifier 3, while Paul is like a pig in excrement while getting to review the same. The result? Two non-spoiler reviews of films you might like to check out!   Find out which film (if not both) you should check out, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Greedy People SPOILER-FREE Review: 0.00 - 9:03 Terrifier 3 SPOILER-FREE Review: 9:03 - 22:15   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean...

Countdown #492   ... NINE ...   Do you have a few films that you love and yet which, to your befuddlement, failed to make any kind of splash at the box-office? In fact, they went so poorly, they belly flopped into that box-office pool and lost approximately all the money?   Paul and Wayne most certainly do. And this week they're counting their ten favourite films which completely tanked at the box office, in some cases destroying or at least adversely affecting the careers of those...

It should be a week of glowing positively on the show. Wayne is reviewing a Batman-adjacent film and Paul is reviewing a long-awaited horror film from one of his favourite Stephen King novels of all time. But, regardless of expectations, are either of the lads happy?   Find out as The Countdown continues ...   NOTE: Spoilers throughout both of these reviews! Salem's Lot (2024) SPOILIER-FILLED Review: 0.00 -10:57 Joker Folie a Duex SPOILER-FILLED Review: 10:57 - 28:18   If you want more...

Countdown #491   TEN.   It's barely the spooky season and Wayne is suffering in his jocks (again!) for your amusement, this time by doing the horror-adjacent topic of the Top 10 Stephen King Adaptations.   Of course, another fantastic podcast was required to make up for Wayne's many, many shortcomings, and this time that role is filled by John and Lloyd from the fantastic The Pint: A Pop Culture podcast.   Lloyd is an old-school King fan (he has the tattoo to prove it), so how will he fare...

The only way Wayne could have been any more ready for this George Clooney and Brad Pitt starring action crime comedy on Apple TV would have been if Henry Cavill and Tom Cruise were also both involved!   So how did Wayne take this Jon Watts written and directed film? Was he completely in love with its cool factor? Or did this one promise too much and deliver too little? And could it be that Paul is actually more down with Wolfs, despite his man-crush for anyone involved being considerably less...

Countdown #490   The Countdown marks the beginning of the "spooky season" by convincing Wayne he could do such an episode if it was about the WORST horror films. Namely, the Worst 10 Horror Films of All Time!   But for such a massive topic, the boys needed some help. And it came in the form of the magnificent So Wizard Podcast! Joey returns and this time, instead of Markellus, he brought with him another horror hating podcaster, Aubrey!   What films will Wayne and Aubrey go to town on and...

Two shorter reviews this week with Wayne checking out HBO Max's, The Penguin, the sequel to the hit film from two years ago, while Paul jumps on the English language remake of Speak No Evil, comparing and contrasting the original with this James Watkins' joint.   Are both lads satisfied as they get to play in their preferred genres this week, or art there surprises in store?   Find out as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: The Penguin NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 7:45 Speak No Evil...

Countdown #489   With the end rapidly approaching, the boys shake it up with just one week this week - Wayne's list of the top 10 times Paul scored a film incorrectly, according to his Letterboxd ratings.   As a result, Paul puts himself out there for all the ridicule, abuse and judgment one can imagine - all for yours (and Wayne's) amusement!   Join the pile on amid much laughter, as The Countdown continues ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on...

Brace yourselves, dear listener. This one may be a bit of a rough ride ...   The boys took in the long-awaited sequel to Tim Burton's beloved 1988 Beetlejuice and, well, they have thoughts. Wayne, especially has thoughts about Monica Bellucci shacking up with Tim Burton, but at the end of the day whose score is more likely to cause anger and outrage?   Find out as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:45 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice...

Countdown #488   There have been some very funny songs released over the years, leading the lads to wonder what the very funniest of them have been. And with that, a Countdown topic was born.   So join Paul and Wayne as they attempt to cherry pick the best thirty seconds from some of the greatest comedy songs ever. Be it Conchords flying to a lonely island by way of a weird Willis, there's a little something for everyone amid the usual curse words and questionable calls.   Find out what gets...

It's September and while prestige TV may still be dropping things of interest, the blockbuster season at the theatre is certainly over, as evidenced by Paul scraping the bottom of the cinematic release barrel to review Afraid for you. It's Blumhouse and horror (supposedly) so Wayne was going nowhere near it - which turns out to be a very smart decision - instead opting to focus his attention on the beginning of the second season of Prime's The Rings of Power (a less smart call).   Should you...

Countdown #487     The end (of the weekly show) is nigh! With only 14 episodes remaining, the boys return to a fan favourite format, the Top 10 Last 10), to countdown 10 of their most recently viewed films from worst to best, letting you know the point where they begin to recommend what they've seen.     It's all thanks to the Cinereelists podcast for the idea, and to you fine folk for tuning in over the last (almost) 10 years.     Find out what you should be seeing, and what you should be...

Zoe Kravitz makes her directorial debut in this stylish thriller that, well, certainly goes places. One of the lads is right on board with what she's serving up here, while the other is decidedly less so.   So whose side are you on when it comes to Blinking Twice? Wayne or Paul's?   Make your choice by listening to this one post-haste, as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Blink Twice NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 9:15 Blink Twice SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 9:15 - 24:05 Final Thoughts...

Countdown #486   In their first TV-centric episode in some time, Paul & Wayne take aim at those once good TV shows that unfortunately dropped the ball and turned to seed. In other words, they're counting down their Top 10 Shark Jumping TV Shows.   Is there anything worse than The Fonz on skis and wearing his iconic leather jacket jumping over a shark? And which show jumped that shark harder: Dexter, GoT or The Walking Dead?   Find out, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's...

It's been a lean 38 years if you're an Alien film franchise fan. From the disappointment of Alien 3 to the bamboozling direction Ridley Scott chose with the last two films, it's fair to say no old-school fan has been especially happy. So the question becomes, can Fede Alvarez do what many others before him could not and deliver a genuinely good Alien sequel?   Paul and Wayne certainly hope so, and they were front and centre very early in this film's release to bring you their view on whether...

Countdown #485   Wayne loves the guy and he's the flavour of the month as the messiah Marvel promised, so the boys decide to count down the very best performances from one Robert Downey Jr.   It takes about seventeen seconds for Wayne to debate the nature of this list, and only about five minutes more for Paul to reveal he's a bit down on the Downey and doesn't actually rate that many of his movies.   Can Wayne cope with this revelation? Who won't have the film that won him an Academy Award...