52 Week Film Project

The time has come! Tarantino's latest installment takes place in 1969 and spans 2.5 days in the life of Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) and Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) as they cross paths with the nefarious Manson family cult. Join us for an in-depth review including spoilers.

On this weeks episode of the #52WFP Will and Jake trace Quentin Tarantino's filmography, from 1992's Reservoir Dogs all the way up to the production of his 9th feature, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood! Tune in for on set secrets, anecdotes and the perfect warm-up to the latest installment.

We are back and can hardly contain our ✖️-citement!

Ryan Reynolds takes on a completely different form within which to wise-crack in 'Detective Pikachu'. We discuss...

The end is here. You already know what this is! First half SPOILER-FREE, second half SPOILER-FULL! Enjoy...

On a very special wrestling focused bonus episode, Will dives into Stephen Merchant's Fighting With My Family. Tagging in for Jake this week we welcome the wrestling  aficionado, friend of the pod and all around great guy Tom Thornhill. 

Better late than ever! The Kiwi Series continues with a review of the latest and (greatest?) from Marvel Studios - Captain Marvel! The review would not be complete without the insights of our special guest host, Olivia Radcliffe, who offers the incredibly useful opinion of a viewer who could not care less about the inner workings of the MCU! Tune in for a cracking conversation on all things super from three wanna-be heroes.

Week 37 is now live, and we begin our Kiwi series. Even though we are 13 hours apart we are connected in spirit, film, news and most importantly, via a webcam. 

Week 36 is now live

Week 35 is now live!

Week 34 is now live!

As promised, we are starting the week of with our mini review and reactions to the 2019 BAFTA awards at the Royal Albert Hall! We break down everything from Viola Davies' Bow Dress and Joanna Lumley's awkward punchlines, to Letitia Wright's sermon to the masses.  Plus, we go through the incredible award winners and see how our predictions shaped up! Tune in for a bite-sized breakdown of the British Academy of Film and Television awards 2019.

Week 33 is now live and we are bringing you another double bill!  In our fourth visit to Odeon’s Screen Unseen, we review Barry Jenkins’ eagerly anticipated follow up to Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, as well as Alfonso Cuaron's life-affirming technical masterpiece, Roma. Listen in for discussion on Voldemort memes, our increasing podcasting synergy that we are even beginning to ‘um’ at the same time, and for the most brain-scattered Critic Quote Awards EVER.

News = 2:43 Glass Review = 32:56 Week 32 is now live!

This week Jake and Will review the incredibly quaint Stan & Ollie! We talk about our (lacking) knowledge of Laurel and Hardy, alternative narratives the film could have toyed with and marvel at Rufus Jones' hilarious portrayal of England's most insincere manager. But first! In a week of political upheaval , we bring you some much needed light entertainment in the news roundup. We review our golden globe guessing abilities, try to beat our 40% guess rate with our BAFTA predictions and discuss the pros and cons of the upcoming Disney/Marvel/Fox Superhero merger. News 2:55 Stan and Ollie 50:50

This week we travel back to The Pod in White City Place to review Bandersnatch and The Favourite. We talk about the need for more Will Poulter, the comparisons Bandersnatch shares with The Tell-Tale Games series (RIP!) and how surprised we are at a stunning performance from Rachel Weisz.   But first, as we recorded on the eve before the Golden Globes, we dive into each category to give you the 52 Week Film Projects official predicitions. We discuss the merits of Black Panther winning Best Picture, how scary  Christian Bale looks in his Golden Globe profile picture on the official website, and guestimate how many of our predictions are correct (spoilers: we did not get as many as we boldly claimed).   1:10 - Golden Globes  45:25 - Bandersnatch  1:10:44 - The Favourite 

Happy New Year! To kick off 2019 we bring you two films that could not be more different - the Netflix sensation Bird Box and the wonderfully quaint Mary Poppins Returns. This results in frank discussion regarding the use of windswept leaves as a movie villain, Emily Blunt's infuriatingly impeccable british accent and whether Lin-Manuel Miranda played a cockney lamplighter, or a b-tec Alexander Hamilton. This week in news, we chat about Star Wars: Mandalorian, Jordan Peele's 'Us', Stranger Things Season 3 and THAT Kevin Spacey video. Business as usual really!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Week 28 is now live! This Week's News - 5:04 Spider Man: Into The Spider-Verse Review - 29:35  Aquaman Review - 54:10  This week on our festive episode of the podcast, we review the ambitious and frenetic Spider Man: Into The Spider Verse and 'the fuzzy genre melt' that is Aquaman.  We also share our thoughts on the long awaited Hellboy and Men In Black: International trailers, discuss whether the success of  Ludwig Göransson means that the Han Zimmer blockbuster monopoly is finally over, plus the rumours of Spider-Verse sequels and a new Guardians Director. And we even find time to do a podcast secret santa, even if there are only two of us...

In this week’s news and reviews roundup, Jake and Will go all the way down the rabbit hole with Sorry to Bother You, the most hilariously perplexing movie they have encountered this year. Creed 2, Steven Caple Jr’s boxing juggernaut gets a grilling, pulling some emotional punches but doubling down on the sweaty montages… and of course, our ‘short and sweet’ news section ends up at a weighty 40+ minutes, because of none other than THE AVENGERS ENDGAME TRAILER!!! Enjoy and as always, please drop us a review

Wow, haven't six months flown by! After reviewing a whopping 34 films and 1 tv series, join Will and Jake for an epic party episode in honor of reaching this milestone. Chock full of throwbacks, movie-themed cocktails and all- round hilarity we hope you enjoy celebrating with us!