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The Countdown

A weekly comedic podcast in which two friends aim to countdown every popular topic EVER from 10-1 while throwing shade at the other‘s list.

tv & film film reviews

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25:33

Barbie review

The Countdown ·

2023/07/25

The theatre just got a whole lot more colourful as Barbie opened across the world to much fanfare and positive reviews. The boys were there, front and centre, to see it, and here bring you their instant reaction review, recorded just minutes after walking out from catching the film. Can a film about a toy that was "just for girls" when it was released in 1959 entertain two middle aged male reviewers who were bemused by how much pink was being worn at the incredible premiere screening? And

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58:07

Top 10 Male Solo Artists

The Countdown ·

2023/07/21

Countdown #433 Music is back for the Countdown this week as Paul and Wayne countdown their favourite male solo artists. From the '50s through to the current millennium, pretty much every era of music is represented in this one, so there should be a little something for everyone. Speaking of, everyone thinks they know Wayne's highly predictable number one, but does he have a few tricks in store? And when it comes right down to it, does Paul throw the biggest curveball of the Ep? Find out -

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33:16

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 review

The Countdown ·

2023/07/18

The latest blockbuster in the franchise to rival James Bond is here and Wayne is in seventh heaven! There's spies and action and thrills and Rebecca Ferg Ferg. But most of all, there's T to the C, and Wayne is so happy, he saw this film twice in a week! Paul, as we all know, is harder to impress (unless it's a ludicrous horror film), so what does he make of the 163 minute run time and the most conversations about a MacGuffin this side of a NOK list? Learn the answers to this question and

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01:19:36

Top 10 Action Comedies with Stew from the SWO podcast

The Countdown ·

2023/07/14

Countdown #432 The incredibly awesome and efficient Stew from the Stew World Podcast joins the boys this week to talk a topic so quintessentially Countdown that it's a surprise it doesn't get re-done every 20 episodes or so: The Top 10 Action Comedies. Stew brings his A-game, while Paul battles tirelessly to suggest adventure films qualify as action-comedies. Wayne, meanwhile, is completely off in his own world banging on about Betamax (for example), so it should come as no surprise that his

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26:58

Secret Invasion review

The Countdown ·

2023/07/11

Look around. Do you know your loved ones? REALLY know them? Could they possibly be reptilian aliens able to alter their appearance to look like humans akin to a plot lifted straight from John Carpenter's seminal 80s classic, They Live? Wayne and Paul are intrigued to know whether Marvel can actually produce a good television show, and one based on more grounded spy-type shenanigans seems like a halfway decent place to start. So they're reviewing the first three episodes for you. Does Samuel L

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01:02:39

What We’ve Been Watching - 2023 Television So Far

The Countdown ·

2023/07/07

Countdown #431 This week, Wayne and Paul are wrapping up all the television shows they've been watching through the first half of 2023 that they've not formally reviewed on the show. Of course it's a Countdown, so the boys rank what they've watched from worst to best, as they continue their quest to save YOU time by recommending which shows to seek out, and which to steer well clear of. Find out what is what as The Countdown continues ... Check out the show's first draft of a website

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34:21

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny review

The Countdown ·

2023/07/04

The fifth and final Indiana Jones film is here with Harrison Ford recently decreeing: "When I go, so does Indy." Of course Paul and Wayne were beyond keen to see Harrison don the Fedora and crack the bull whip while growling at everyone who should care that 'It belongs in a museum!", but does that mean the film is any good? The early reviews were not kind, but will the lads find more to enjoy in this Indiana Jones adventure? There's only one way to find out, and that's to dial in your destiny

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01:16:21

Top 10 Last 10: Summer Blockbuster Edition

The Countdown ·

2023/06/30

Countdown #430 This week the boys are counting down ten of the most recent films they've seen, from worst to best, as their latest Top 10 Last 10. For once, Paul has made some poor decisions regarding what to press play on, while Wayne talks up having made similar bad calls, but it is soon revealed he is telling a porky pie as he seems to enjoy almost all of his films - which, at least in the case of Ghosted, is a HECK of a call. Will every film on Wayne's list generate two to three

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27:53

Extraction 2 review

The Countdown ·

2023/06/27

Who would have thought that the sequel to a surprise Netflic hit starring Aussie Chris Hemsworth would be the film to break the podcast?! But here we are as Wayne and Paul go to war over the merits (or lack thereof) of Extraction 2, with Wayne boldly making the claim it is a better action film than John Wick 4. Paul, of course, does not take this lying down, and mayhem ensues ... Find out which side of the divide you stand on, as The Countdown falters, but ultimately continues ... Time

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01:08:12

Top 10 Asian Films

The Countdown ·

2023/06/23

Countdown #429 Why break down the best ten films from individual countries on a whole continent when you can group them all together and kill many birds with one stone? That may be Wayne's thinking when it comes to talking the Top 10 Asian Films, or it could be he just hasn't seen enough films from this region of the world. Either way, Paul is frustrated by the number of fantastic films he's had to edit off this list. But fear not, all is forgiven when International Action Star - or is that

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33:08

The Flash review

The Countdown ·

2023/06/20

Wayne loves Batman. Especially the Michael Keaton Batman. So The Flash was on his most anticipated films of the year list. Paul had middling to no expectations whatsoever for the beginning of the end of the DCEU as we know it. Who will be disappointed and who will be impressed? Can Any Muscietti and co deliver a great film that will have the fans baying for more of the current Snyderverse? Or is this the final nail in what is turning out to be a very, very long coffin for the DECU? Learn

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01:01:05

Our Top 5 Most Embarrassing Moments

The Countdown ·

2023/06/16

Countdown #428 Paul and Wayne expose their deepest and most shamefully embarrassing stories for the whole world to hear, figuring no-one will listen to this episode. Because who would want to listen to two grown men completely humiliate themselves on a podcast when there are approximately one million other choices out there to listen to ... No-one, right? RIGHT? Please don't feel the need to prove the boys wrong, as The Countdown continues ... Check out the show's first draft of a

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33:05

Ted Lasso Season 3 review

The Countdown ·

2023/06/13

Ted Lasso comes to a close after its planned three seasons, and Paul and Wayne are your roving pitch-side reporters, ready to give you the scoop from the latest press conference determining whether this season has been a success ... or a let-down after the heady-heights of Seasons 1 and 2. Should Keely have been relegated to a side plot involving her PR firm? Was Nate done dirty from a story-telling perspective? Were the episodes too padded with side character plot lines? And have Bill Lawrence

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01:00:22

Top 10 Rock Songs of the 90s

The Countdown ·

2023/06/09

Countdown #427 Paul and Wayne are getting up there in years on this earth, so they don't mind admitting that the '90s was their heyday for most things - including, in Wayne's case, his hair. So it is that there's a special kind of excitement that comes along with a 90s themed countdown, as the boys get to relive aspects of their youth and take the p1ss out of each other in the ways they did some thirty years previously. This week's topic, then, is one which is a little close to Paul's

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36:34

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse review

The Countdown ·

2023/06/06

Four and a half years on from the original, Miles Morales swings back into theatres with one of the most anticipated films of the year (at least as far as The Countdown is concerned), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Can this one possibly re-capture the magic of Into the Spider-Verse and even be half as good? Will Wayne's inner artist be gorged on all that is on display here? And can Paul possibly be satisfied by his most anticipated film of the year? Could this be one of the greatest

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01:19:14

Top 5 True Spooky Encounters

The Countdown ·

2023/06/02

Countdown #426 With the new format allowing big pivots away from film and TV, the boys leapt at the chance this week to do a very different episode. So instead of bantering about what is good and what isn't on the box, in the theatre, or from your stereo speakers, the boys this week are (largely) eschewing the jokes about sexual organs and are instead recounting their Top 5 True Spooky Encounters. In this spine-tingling episode, you'll hear about everything from possession by an animal to a

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19:41

Renfield review

The Countdown ·

2023/05/30

Universal takes another bash at a classic monster that it owns, but this time livens things up by casting Nicolas Cage as Dracula, and making him play second fiddle to another Nicholas, this one of the Hoult variety, in the newly released Renfield. But after 6 weeks out in North America, the boys know this one hasn't set the world on fire, and are determined to learn for themselves whether this one has been unfairly overlooked or actually earns its rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Find out

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54:47

The Top 8 Films of the Last 8 Years

The Countdown ·

2023/05/26

Countdown #425 All good things must come to an end, and so it is with eating all the a$$es. The month long celebration of eight years of The Countdown podcast - affectionately known as the 8 All the A$$e$ month - draws to a close with Paul and Wayne running through the Top 8 Films of the Last 8 Years. There is some agreement, much swearing, occasional shock, and more than a smattering of incredulity. There's also plenty of The Soundboard. But most of all, there's laughter as all of the a$$es

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27:52

Fast X review

The Countdown ·

2023/05/23

FAMILY. Vin Diesel is FAMILY. And he is also the equal of J. R. R. Tolkien (at least in his own mind). But we can't bad-mouth FAMILY, so just roll with it. Like the cars do in this - and all the previous entries in this franchise - they roll, literally, and keep on driving. Because that's what you do when FAMILY is on the line. How do we know this? Well, because Vin Diesel says it is so. And like Kanye West, he's FAMILY. So what FAMILY says, goes. Who can argue against that? Not Wayne and

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01:01:24

The Worst 8 Films of the Last 8 Years

The Countdown ·

2023/05/19

Countdown #424 In some circle, the show must go on. But when it comes to The Countdown Podcast, the a$$e$ must be eaten! So despite Paul coming down with COVID and Wayne completely losing his voice (but not having COVID - go figure), the boys have bravely taken the mic to record the third part of the 8 All the A$$e$ celebration of 8 years of the show, this time counting the very worst films they've seen since the podcast began in March 2015. There are hot takes and squeaky voices aplenty,

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