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Chummy Thumbs

Chummy Thumbs - podcast

Welcome to Chummy Thumbs! Your weekly dive into films, TV, and behind-the-scenes tales! Join us as we review, debate, and share insider stories from our time in the industry.

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

60:50

Strap on Your Boots

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/11/08

Send us an email Welcome to episode 079 of Chummy Thumbs! Sitting nicely in Netflix's top 10 is our next show we're looking to get stuck into: the marine boot camp drama 'Boots'. This week we'll discuss the first two episodes of this 8 part season. When you don't know your place in the world, what do you do? Try and find yourself and your place in it? How about joining the Marine Corps with your best friend? 'Boots' is centred around Cope, a gay teenager who does just that. Based...

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67:26

This is Halloween. This is Halloween.

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/10/31

Send us an email Welcome to episode 078 of Chummy Thumbs! Join Spider-Man and Spider-Man and another spidey... Shao is back! He joins Justin and Hayden and recounts his journeys through Japan. What are some of his highlights? Super Mario World? Sushi train mishaps? Some great stories indeed. Halloween is happening tonight! What are your plans? Traditions? Hayden makes a confessional statement. What is it? Giveaway time! Did you get this week's keyword? How about the bonus entri...

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56:09

K-pop Dragon Trainers

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/10/24

Send us an email Welcome to episode 077 of Chummy Thumbs! Join Justin and Hayden as they discuss the live-action remake 'How to Train Your Dragon' and the phenomenon that is 'K-pop Demon Hunters'. Shao is still away, Jet-setting, so they've had to tackle two films to fill his missing seat. Does live-action always work for animated films? What works for the transition? What doesn't? K-pop Demon Hunters, the biggest Netflix film ever. Platinum soundtrack. Hayden came late to the p...

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54:11

The Fall-Autumn-PSL-Han Solo Season

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/10/10

Send us an email Welcome to episode 075 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us today as we discuss the beloved season that is Fall (or Autumn, depending where you're from), and all that the changing of seasons brings with it. While Shao is away (or is he?) we land between shows and movies, so decided to chat about this time of the year. New sports seasons begin. Football, Soccer, Hockey. What are we ready and excited for? Will Hayden ever understand the allure of Hockey? Will Justin and Shao be ab...

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46:46

Dark Wolves bringing the suspense pt 4 - the finale

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/10/03

Send us an email Welcome to episode 075 of Chummy Thumbs! The finale episode of the military/ espionage/ suspense/ drama/ thriller series 'The Terminal List: Dark Wolves'. This prequel series to the popular "The Terminal List" (2022) is Executive Produced by Chris Pratt, and stars Taylor Kitsch in the lead role. Justin and Hayden are back, having to go at it as only 2/3 of the Thumbs as Shao is away. But fear not loyal listeners! He was kind enough to send us his thoughts on the series fin...

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49:50

Dark Wolves bringing the suspense pt 3

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/09/26

Send us an email Welcome to episode 074 of Chummy Thumbs! The penultimate episode of the military/ espionage/ suspense/ drama/ thriller series 'The Terminal List: Dark Wolves'. This prequel series to the popular "The Terminal List" (2022) is Executive Produced by Chris Pratt, and stars Taylor Kitsch in the lead role. Have you ever stressed about travelling? Did you remember everything? What have I forgotten? Will I make my flight? As Shao readies to jetset for a month, he brings those real...

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64:22

Dark Wolves bringing the suspense pt 2

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/09/22

Send us an email Welcome to episode 073 of Chummy Thumbs! On to the next two episodes of the military/ espionage/ suspense/ drama/ thriller series 'The Terminal List: Dark Wolves". This prequel series to the popular "The Terminal List" (2022) is Executive Produced by Chris Pratt, and stars Taylor Kitsch in the lead role. Preamble... with the announcement of the newest iPhone, where do we think the future of mobile devices is headed? Now, the series! - Have they levelled up the intens...

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72:00

Dark Wolves bringing the suspense pt 1.

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/09/12

Send us an email Welcome to episode 072 of Chummy Thumbs! Time to get stuck into a military/ espionage/ suspense/ drama/ thriller new series from Amazon Prime. Come with us as we discuss the first three episodes of 'The Terminal List: Dark Wolves". This prequel series to the popular "The Terminal List" (2022) is Executive Produced by Chris Pratt, and stars Taylor Kitsch in the lead role. Did someone say giveaway? We hint at a giveaway for some goodies Shao brought back with him from his ti...

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70:19

Daniel Dae Kim is one handsome man pt 2.

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/09/05

Send us an email Welcome to episode 071 of Chummy Thumbs! We are back as a whole. The Chummy Thumbs team welcomes Shao back from his little adventure out of town, just in time to help us discuss the end of the Daniel Dae Kim led mini series 'Butterfly'. International travel comes with its own set of interesting and curious stories. We start with some of our own, and some of the more strange ones we've heard. But the real talk is 'Butterfly' and how well does it end? - Butterfly. How do...

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76:20

Daniel Dae Kim is one handsome man

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/08/29

Send us an email Welcome to episode 070 of Chummy Thumbs! We're 2/3 Chummy Thumbs this week as Shao is out of town, but join Justin and Hayden as they discuss the Daniel Dae Kim led mini series 'Butterfly' streaming on Amazon Prime. How's life? School? Work? Family? This is the part where you get to know what we're up to. TV watching guidelines, do you have any? Problems with drooling? How about the two together? Now, the series! - Butterfly. What do we think of the first few episodes?...

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66:32

Swords & Sandals from Scott to your Screen

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/08/22

Send us an email Welcome to episode 069 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us today as we discuss the Epic film from an age long ago, Gladiator II, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, and Connie Nielsen. The original Gladiator came out in 2000, can Ridley find the same magic 25 years later? But before we get to that, we start off like we do, with a little friendly chat, leading us to get into the ultimate driving music. Is it Creed? Guns n Roses...

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72:29

Amazon Prime: it can save you from an Alien invasion.

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/08/15

Send us an email Welcome to episode 068 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us today as we discuss the latest adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. War of the Worlds - starring Ice Cube. It's hard to pinpoint a movie in recent memory that has been universally labelled 'the worst film ever made'. Does it fall into the category of so bad it's good? Or is it actually that bad? We discuss this film in detail, what we liked (was there anything?), what we would change, and do we feel it was maybe meant ...

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69:51

Please...Leave your clothes on - The Naked Gun

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/08/08

Send us an email Welcome to episode 067 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us today as we come back from a holiday weekend and discuss the 80s classic, The Naked Gun: From The Files of Police Squad! We preface this week's episode with a quick discussion of our weekend adventures. Victory for Coyote vs Acme. The film will see the light of day despite the studio's best efforts to shelve it. Reality television - what is your all-time favourite version of this genre of TV? Which, if any, do you think you wo...

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69:24

Happy Gilmore 2 - do I compare thee to your 90s...

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/08/01

Send us an email Welcome to episode 066 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us today as we discuss the highly anticipated sequel to a 90s classic, Happy Gilmore 2. We preface this week's episode with a quick discussion of the animated film 'Kpop Demon Hunters'. Happy Gilmore 2. We've all been tracking this film for a long time, and now is the time, it has finally arrived on Netflix. Adam Sandler brings back his iconic hockey player turned golfer. - Was it a hole-in-one? - Or more like Crappy ...

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58:58

Could Coldplay Make You Regretfully Famous

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/07/25

Send us an email Welcome to episode 065 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us today as we discuss the most pressing issues facing society. Did you ever play Uno as a kid, or even now as an adult? Well, now you can find a table in Vegas to try your luck! Coldplay concerts outing adulterous CEO's. This story you can't escape. What did you find hilarious about it? How quickly did the internet run with it? More Gen Z versions of classical lines, this time we head into the world of cinema. How many can we/yo...

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63:23

Modern Day Shakespeare Has Us Tasting Selena's Oreo

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/07/18

Send us an email Welcome to episode 064 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us today as we look ahead to new beginnings. Every one of us is going through changes, and what better way to start an episode than to share it with you? How about some new takes on classic Shakespearean lines? Justin serves up modernised slang versions of some familiar quotes. Ever had an embarrassing slip of the tongue? What was Hayden trying to say when he mentioned Selena Gomez' new Oreo flavour? Sit back, Learn, laugh and ...

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68:04

Playground Rules in Affect - Who is The Best Gen 1...

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/07/11

Send us an email Welcome to episode 063 of Chummy Thumbs! Boy, do we have a special one for you today! Join us in the Court of Justin, as Shao and Hayden go head to head on who is the best starter Pokémon from Generation 1. Shao presents his case on Bulbasaur being the worst, while Hayden argues why he is the best starter. We each give an opening statement, followed by a series of questions from Justin in attempt to win over his newbie mind. Whose side are you on? Team Charmander? Team...

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57:32

What are Your Unwritten Rules?

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/07/04

Send us an email Welcome to episode 062 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us for another in-depth discussion, covering some interesting topics, but not limited to: - In Canada, McDonald's currently has the Heist menu. Flavours of the world, but what else does the rest of the world actually have in store? -Shao challenges Justin and Hayden to see if they can figure out where each menu item originates from. - Unwritten rules, we all know of them, what are some you live by? - Justin's 1, 3, 5,...

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63:51

Old Man Tales

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/06/27

Send us an email Welcome to episode 061 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us for another in-depth discussion, covering some interesting topics, but not limited to: - What's the process of auditioning like? Shao recounts his latest outings, and how Hayden did for his first go, or how cooked Justin was during his. An interesting insight to be sure. - What is it like to age? Are there things you've noticed you can no longer do? Things you have to be careful of eating? How about your memory, does it lose t...

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59:42

Mission Possible: The Tom Cruise episode

Chummy Thumbs ·

2025/06/20

Send us an email Welcome to episode 060 of Chummy Thumbs! Join us for another in-depth discussion, covering some interesting topics, but not limited to: - Have you ever been on a fast? Shao gives us the lowdown on his recent experience. - Three types of toilet paper wiping. Cloud. Fold. Mummy. We bring this back to the discussion table as Justin finds himself changing his ways. Which are you? - Is there anything Tom Cruise can't do? Drama, action, stunt man, run awesome? The man does it all....

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