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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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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

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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

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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/...

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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

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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

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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

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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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23:50

The Menu review

The Countdown ·

2022/12/02

A bit of an oddity for you this week, with a review of this dark comedy thriller (pseudo horror) that it turns out just about no-one has seen. So listen to the first half of this review which is spoiler free (assuming you've watched the trailer) and then decide if The Menu is for you, before coming back to tell us what you thought! But basically, it's not an MCU thing, so Paul is happy for the variation; Wayne slightly less so. Find out why as The Countdown continues .... Time Stamps The

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01:31:59

The Top 10 Films of ALL TIME!

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2022/11/29

Countdown #400 After 401 weeks of the podcast (the boys missed one week back in Year One), The Countdown: Movie and TV Reviews, as it has been known, comes to an end. And it's going out on a doozie of a topic, with Wayne and Paul revealing their personal top 10 film lists of ALL TIME! Of course, this is more than just a special occasion, it's the culmination of something which nobody (including the hosts) could have believed would have lasted so long. Likewise, there's not a person who could

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27:36

She Hulk: Attorney at Law review

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2022/11/25

Another week, another MCU review. Can Marvel break out of its Phase 4 slump with its latest streaming series? Or is time to turn our attention to Phase 5, hoping for the best, and to write off this last Phase as a brave swing for the fences that came up way, way short? And more importantly, can a Hulk character hold up a whole film/series on their own? Find out as The Countdown continues .... Time Stamps: She Hulk NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:30 She Hulk SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:30 -

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01:30:21

The Top 10 Televisions Shows of ALL TIME!

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2022/11/22

Countdown #399 So here it is. The penultimate episode of The Countdown: Movie and TV Reviews podcast after nigh on eight years of weekly "entertainment" - if you're kind enough to refer to this show so glowingly. And to mark the occasion, Wayne and Paul are going out on the two biggest episodes possible - given the name of the podcast - to this point. More specifically, this week it is the Top 10 TV Shows of ALL TIME! What television has captured the imaginations and adoration of the boys

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32:14

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever review

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2022/11/18

The final film in the MCU's fourth phase comes to theatres, and it is the hotly anticipated, massively budgeted Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Ryan Coogler is back in the co-writer and director's chair, and this time has some heavy lifting to do in terms of the very sad passing of his star, Chadwick Boseman, and Marvel's decision not to recast his role. The result is a film quite unlike anything else the MCU has thus far produced ... but is it any good? Paul trips over himself in his

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01:18:45

Our Top 10 Guilty Pleasure Movies

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2022/11/15

Countdown #398 There ain't no movie, like a guilty pleasure movie! That's the theory that Paul and Wayne are championing this week, as in the third last episode of the show in the current format, they decide to countdown the films they consider to be their most guilty of pleasures. From superheroes to super slashers, David Fincher to Renny Harlin, there really is something for everyone to wince and laugh at, as the boys defend what many would consider to be the indefensible - and that's

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38:59

The Rings of Power Vs House of the Dragon

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2022/11/11

Warnings: Spoilers Throughout for BOTH Shows! This week, Paul and Wayne try something a little different as they compare and contrast the two prequel shows that have dominated the pop culture landscape for the last few months: The Rings of Power and House of the Dragon. Effectively reviewing both first seasons of these prologue shows, the boys attempt to tease out which show more successfully achieves what it set out to do, and which was more enjoyable while doing it. Because at the end of

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01:15:25

The 10 Most Disappointing Films of ALL TIME!

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2022/11/08

Countdown #397 With just four episodes to go in the current iteration of the show, there are some massive topics to tackle, and Wayne and Paul opt to start by naming and shaming the ten films that have most disappointed them. So excited is Paul that he claims they've done this topic back in the early days of the show (they haven't), while Wayne can barely contain himself as he fires off the hottest of hot, hot takes to set the tone of this Episode. No franchise is safe; no sequel is given

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18:45

The Woman King review

The Countdown ·

2022/11/04

There's been a lot of critical buzz about The Woman King in recent weeks, so Wayne and Paul leapt at the opportunity to see this new Sony pictures release and here offer their thoughts. Is The Woman King everything they hoped it would be? Can Viola David lead an an epic war drama effectively? Is the lack of blood in such a film problematic? (You'll be surprised who first poses this question.) And was there any need for a romantic angle to be added to the mix? Learn the answers to all these

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01:05:57

The Top 10 Rom-Coms of ALL TIME!

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2022/11/01

Countdown #396 Wayne's ying to Paul's horror genre yang is the rom-com genre. So it's only fair after last week's show in which the boys ostensibly covered the best horror films of all time, that they would this week tackle rom-coms. And like Paul did on last week's show, Wayne this time around covers the ten best hidden gem rom-coms he thinks should be more seen, while Paul splashes around in the shallow end of the rom-com pool hoping no-one will notice he's just picking every Edgar Wright

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29:01

Black Adam review

The Countdown ·

2022/10/28

Paul and Wayne shout "Shazam!" this week, and when nothing happens, go on to review the new DC film, Black Adam, anyway. Reportedly 15 years in the making - if by "making", you accept Dwayne The Rock Johnson wanting to play the titular character - how does this one fare against the rest of DC's output? Wayne is the comic book nerd, while Paul was relying on this being a complete story in its own right. Were either or both disappointed by what DC and The Rock have here served up? Find out

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01:20:49

The Top 10 Horror Films of ALL TIME!

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2022/10/25

Countdown #395 It's Halloween, so Paul once again manages to force a horror countdown topic on Wayne. And given the current iteration of the show is coming to an end after Episode 400, Paul figured Wayne should go hard or go home. So it is that the boys are counting down their Top 10 Horror films of ALL TIME! Or, at least, Wayne is. Paul, meanwhile, purposefully goes off brief to appeal to "his people" (as Wayne calls them) - the horror film fans - by listing his ten favourite hidden horror

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32:48

Halloween Ends review

The Countdown ·

2022/10/21

Michael Myers returns to terrorise the town of Haddonfield, Illinois, and it will be either the last time for him, or for Laurie Strode, the woman who has survived three of his separate rampages (in this timeline). Even if one of them was just by laying in a hospital bed. Does David Gordon green bring this trilogy home with with an epic finale? Or is it a smear of excrement on celluloid which a 12 year old could not be proud of? Does Michael Myers terrify as he cuts a swathe toward Laurie? Or

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