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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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01:18:53

Top 10 Last 10: Welcome 2023 Edition

The Countdown ·

2023/02/10

Countdown #410 It's time to return to a fan favourite format - the Top 10 Last 10! - as the boys review ten of their most recent viewings from worst to best, with nothing else linking the films other than the fact they were recently seen. Of course this means more of the guys reviewing their favourite genres, so prepare for horror aplenty from Paul, while Wayne is all aboard the Rom-Com train. But who has the list that, for once, they're quite happy with? And who is left ruing their life

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26:45

Babylon review

The Countdown ·

2023/02/07

Damian Chazelle reportedly helped a studio out of a bind when he agreed to direct First Man, and now the studio system is paying him back by letting him write and direct a film about the decline of the Golden Age of Hollywood that is over three hours long ... and barely contains a plot. But what it does contain is some top shelf technical efforts, a cracking soundtrack, and some excellent performances. Is that enough to propel Babylon into being amazing? Or does it all end in a shower of

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50:21

Top 10 Uplifting 2022 Moments

The Countdown ·

2023/02/03

Countdown #409 For the final time, the boys cast their minds back to 2022, and in leaving the year behind, opt to do so with some positivity. And they're doing that by counting down the most uplifting moments of 2022 - those feel-good, hope-raising, nice stories that restore your faith in humanity. Of course, doing so is nowhere near as funny as picking on the dumbest moments of the same year, so this episode is significantly shorter and a lot more serious as the guys touch on climate

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24:56

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre review

The Countdown ·

2023/01/31

About a year back, this latest Guy Ritchie film trailer was all over YouTube and it was slated for release in April. Then it completely disappeared, only to re-surface with nary a ripple this month. The boys felt compelled to check it out and now report back to you as clearly no-one else has seen it (given the exceptionally poor box office). Among other things, they explain why the film disappeared, debate over its merits (or lack thereof) and wonder whether this really might be the end for Guy

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56:55

Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2023

The Countdown ·

2023/01/27

Countdown #408 This week the guys are dusting off their crystal balls and peering into their depths to run you through their most anticipated films of the year to come. Covering everything from big sequels with even bigger buzz through little horror-comedies that could be anything to surprising foreign films that virtually no-one has heard of, this Ep is full of promise and hope for the future. So, while it may not be anything like a normal episode, tune in anyway to get your watchlists up

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20:06

The Last of Us Pilot review

The Countdown ·

2023/01/24

Has HBO REALLY created a unicorn television show? Has the Video Game Adaptation curse FINALLY been broken? Paul and Wayne consider it their duty to find out, with Paul as a player of the game and Wayne having never come within twenty feet of a copy of it. Will their views of the pilot episode of The Last of Us differ accordingly, or has the hype train nailed this one? Find out as The Countdown continues ... Time Stamps The Last of Us NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:22 Op Fortune

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01:37:06

The Top 10 Films of 2022 (with Jason from Binge Movies)

The Countdown ·

2023/01/20

Countdown #407 It's here. The BIGGEST episode of the year. Our celebration of the very best films that the just ended year had to offer us. And for the biggest episode of the year, you sometimes need a giant of the podcasting game to help out. Enter Jason from the Binge Movies podcast! So, three men enter this best of 2022 film episode ... and only two men leave with their film review credentials intact. (At least according to the other two co-hosts). Along the way, a wide array of films are

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24:52

M3gan review

The Countdown ·

2023/01/17

2023 arrives with all the fanfare of a wet fart as far as cinematic releases are concerned, but Paul and Wayne are never ones to give up. So when it comes to the latest internet-memed horror film, even Wayne takes his licks in order to deliver content for the show. Or, if you prefer, the show reviews a film which neither host were holding their breath over ... Will Wayne hate on M3gan like a traditional horror film? Or will he respond to what's on display and grant a rare positive grade for

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01:27:42

The WORST 10 Films of 2022

The Countdown ·

2023/01/13

Countdown #406 It's time for the show's regular Public Service Announcement. The episode where Paul get so angry, he threatens to burst a blood vessel; where Wayne makes a seriously random call, revealing he hates a film he did not when reviewing it earlier in the year; and where film-makers the world over breathe a sigh of relief that this show has the audience that it does ... because it's time to name and shame the WORST ten films of 2022! How many horror films will Paul include on his

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23:39

White Noise review

The Countdown ·

2023/01/10

Desperate times call for desperate measures and when it's early in the year and nothing of consequence is being released, it falls to the boys to review a $100 million Netflix release which, according to Wayne, looks like it was made for $12 million. We're talking about White Noise here. Noah Bambauch's new film based on an "unfilmable" novel of the same name about, well, your guess is as good as mine ... Is this a sleeper hit which fires off 2023 in the right way? Or is it an absolute waste

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01:17:13

The Best & Worst of 2022 Television

The Countdown ·

2023/01/06

Countdown #405 It's time to wrap up the media we consumed at home through 2022, and for that purpose Wayne, and in particular Paul, have come armed with some very, very HOT takes. Prepare to have your feathers ruffled, your mind blown and your jimmies rustled (ask Dan from Netflix n Swill) as the boys countdown their best AND worst television shows of 2022. Then direct your angry responses to the Facebook Listener Community or thecountdownpodcast@gmail.com :) Find out whether you can

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26:43

Emacipation review

The Countdown ·

2023/01/03

Will Smith returns to our screens after the infamous Slap-gate at the Oscars in March 2022, but is the world ready for him? Smith himself asked that question, and Wayne and Paul are ready to answer it having checked out his new film on AppleTV+, Emancipation. It's directed by Wayne's favourite filmmaker (NOT!), Antoine Fuqua, so there's not much he's going to be positive on with Emancipation ... or is there? Paul, meanwhile, is trying to decide whether he's watching a survival thriller set

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01:24:01

The Top 10 Dumbest Moments of 2022

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2022/12/30

Countdown #404 Everything is back to front this week as not only is the main Countdown Ep dropping late in the week, but the boys are breaking their golden rule to never talk about politics on the show. But when the topic is the Top 10 Dumbest Moments of 2022, what were they to do? Strap yourselves in for the first of a month worth of shows looking back on the year of 2022, celebrating the best and skewering the worst of what occurred. This time around everyone from actors who are full of

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26:22

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery review

The Countdown ·

2022/12/27

Benoit Blanc and Rian Johnson return to our screens in time to make the best (or is it the worst?) lists of 2022, as there's another mystery to solve and it is NOT why Wayne is so into ass play :D Instead, there's a gathering of rich and influential people as organised by a mysterious and brilliant billionaire, and somehow Blanc has received an invite. Will he solve the crime when its committed? Is he entertaining while doing so? Has Rian Johnson improved on his very well received first murder

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32:01

Avatar: The Way of Water review

The Countdown ·

2022/12/23

13 years and hundreds of million dollars in the making, James Cameron's return to Pandora has finally arrived ... and reportedly needs to make $2 BILLION dollars - according Jim himself - to turn a profit. Is such a thing possible in a pandemic affected world? Paul and Wayne were in cinemas day one to watch and report back to you with their verdict. Can James Cameron deliver again? Or has he bitten off more than he chew? Find out as The Countdown continues ... Time Stamps Avatar 2

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50:11

The Top 5 Superpowers We’d Most Like to Have

The Countdown ·

2022/12/20

Countdown #403 This week the boys are getting stuck into the five superpowers they'd most like to have and the rationale for why they want such powers. Which, of course, causes some serious nerdy debate around how said powers would work and the limitations that most would come with. How would time travel actually work? Would teleportation be more dangerous than it was worth? And just how many of Wayne's choices are about him getting laid? Learn the answers to all these questions and more,

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01:16:12

BONUS: Our Favourite Films of All Time 50 - 41 (w/...

The Countdown ·

2022/12/16

No regular review this week, so here's a little something extra for you to chew on ... Sure, the cat is out of the bag with Paul's Top 10 films of all time now having been released, but there's still the small matter of his 50 through 11 fave films to reveal to finish this long-gestating bonus series. And back in April of 2022, Nicholas Haskins, now of Nikoli's Kitchen, ex Epic Film Guy, and the creator of Livestream for the Cure, joined Paul to countdown their 50th to 41st favourite

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01:13:36

Top 10 Pop Songs of the 90s

The Countdown ·

2022/12/13

Countdown #402 This episode is what happens when you give Wayne free reign to choose the topic, because he wasn't sure he had enough to say about music in general ... The result was counting down the very best Pop Songs of the 90s. Except Wayne took this to mean straight up the best Popular songs of the 90s and, well, Paul did not. Hence we have two very different countdowns with very little overlap. But hey, that's all part of the fun, right? Find out just how far of the rails this one

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22:05

Violent Night review

The Countdown ·

2022/12/09

It's almost Christmas and that means 1001 crappy films bursting with cheer and good will and the occasional grinch getting their comeuppance are suddenly in high rotation. But what if one studio was smart enough to counter-program in a film about Santa going Die Hard on some murderous bad guys? Complete with over the top gore and violence? So it is that the boys come to review Universal Pictures' Violent Night, starring everyone's favourite dad-bodder, David Harbour as Santa himself. Is this

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01:11:26

Worst 5 Dating Experiences

The Countdown ·

2022/12/06

Countdown #401 The new era of The Countdown Podcast is here - with the boys now moving beyond movies and television to talk anything and everything that can be counted down. And to commemorate this massive occasion Wayne and Paul decided they should go straight for the vulnerable part of their psyches and shame themselves publicly for the whole world by recounting their Worst 5 Dating Experiences. Now, they were smart enough to allow people they knew directly to contribute their stories,

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