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talkabout: A Film Podcast

Two more movie nerds choose a different film each week to discuss, review and decide if it deserves a place on their DVD shelf. With bits, anecdotes, facts and tangents, new episodes release weekly!

tv & film film reviews

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70:55

Roofman, Ballad of a Small Player, Springsteen:...

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2025/11/04

Send us a text The episodes have been coming thick and fast recently, and it doesn't stop there. We've got you a brand new wrapped episode talking about some of the recent big releases. Two men you can't confuse 'Roofman' and 'Chainsaw Man' rocked the big screen this month, alongside The Boss Bruce Springsteen and Colin Farrell's Lord Doyle. We also discuss 'Steve', 'Gen V' and 'Mr Scorsese. Plus we have a big discussion about some of the decisions made over at Disney, and pay homage to the l...

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78:06

The Evil Dead & Evil Dead II

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2025/11/01

Send us a text Happy Halloween one and all and welcome to an episode helping you continue the spooky festivities into November. We've got a double bill episode this week with our discussion about 'The Evil Dead' and 'Evil Dead II'. We talk all things Sam Raimi, with one of us deciding that perhaps we're not his biggest fan, and the other declaring their immense love for him. This episode splits us in half, with a heated discussion towards the end; don't fear though, the podcast is still full ...

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62:51

Tron: Ares

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2025/10/27

Send us a text This week we go tron and tron and tron about a film that looked good but tasted off, it's the latest film in the Tron universe: 'Tron: Ares'. Yes, in a month that's seen reports of Disney turning down both Fincher and Soderbergh Star Wars projects, we've watched the film that the mouse house did decide to green light. It's an episode full of plot hole conversation, Sci-Fi movie draft picks and an unhealthy amount of references to 'Morbius'. Enjoy! Tronsformers is inevitable isn...

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64:57

One Battle After Another

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2025/10/14

Send us a text This week we talkabout everyone's new favourite film: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another'. But did we enjoy it? Did we think it deserved a place on our shortlist for films of the year? No spoilers here, but we will tell you there's plenty of chat about the performances, cinematography, story, politics and general mastery on show throughout this film. We discuss the political mirroring to today's world, rave about those rolling hills and conduct a draft pick of Leo...

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74:21

Alien: Earth, The Long Walk, Highest 2 Lowest, Honey...

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2025/10/06

Send us a text This week we talkabout the latest movies, TV Shows and pieces of entertainment news. We give our thoughts on 'The Simpsons Movie 2' announcement, speculate what could be next for Martin Scorsese and pay tribute to the legendary Robert Redford. Plus we give some early thoughts on 'Marvel Zombies' and 'The Paper'. We have full reviews of Spike Lee's new joint 'Highest 2 Lowest', A Coen brother movie 'Honey Don't' and the latest Stephen King adaptation 'The Long Walk'. And unbelie...

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72:34

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

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2025/09/29

Send us a text This week we talkabout a film full of fantasy, doors, awkward conversation and I guess romance...it's 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey'. We discuss just how bold and beautiful this big journey really is, deciding the relevance of lighthouses when Willem Dafoe's not hanging around, and dissecting school theatre performances. We talkabout the leading pair of Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell, finding out who is best for the box office and who is best for movies in general. We also con...

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61:27

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

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2025/09/22

Send us a text This week we talkabout a legacy sequel like no other, as Spinal Tap reunite for a follow up to their 80's documentary, with Marty DiBergi back in the directing chair to follow one of England's loudest rock bands as they gear up for a reunion concert. This is 'Spinal Tap II: The End Continues'. Does the film follow in the originals footsteps? Do the cameos land? What do we think of the band members and their new careers? Ultimately we decide if the sequel goes to 11, or if it is...

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69:02

Weapons

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2025/09/16

Send us a text This week we talkabout one of the films from the Summer; a horror that took the world by storm: 'Weapons'. As the children from a classroom in America all ran off in the dead of night, we witness a handful of characters and their involvement to the case. We talkabout the film and it's greatest scenes, we analyse the cast, ranking the five top billed stars and conduct a draft pick of 21st century horror. It's the first in a slightly new direction which focuses on newer releases ...

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82:45

The Naked Gun, The Roses, Bring Her Back, Materialists

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2025/09/11

Send us a text This week we talkabout some of the most recent movie releases, with a big chat about a return to form for 'The Naked Gun', a romantic struggle for both 'The Roses' and 'Materialists' and some of the best horror of the year so far with 'Bring Her Back' and 'Weapons'. Plus we give some early thoughts on 'Alien: Earth' and 'The Paper' and dig deep into some recent movie news stories. Stick around after the credits for some results from our recent draft picks too. Frank Drebin Jr h...

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65:26

Flushed Away

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2025/09/08

Send us a text This week we talkabout an animated film full of rats, frogs, slugs and references galore, it's Aardman's 'Flushed Away'. We quote our way through the episode as we discuss plot details, hilarious character moments and animation style with a film that we've been wanting to discuss since the dawn of our podcast. We conduct a draft pick of rodent and frog films and discuss the all star cast. There's so much packed in to this episode, don't be a Millicent Bystander and make sure to...

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51:55

We Bought a Zoo

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2025/08/28

Send us a text This episode on talkabout we discuss a family film that one of our listeners deemed 'overlooked'. Starring Matt Damon and ScarJo, we give our thoughts on 'We Bought a Zoo'. What zoo is this actually based on? Why is there any romance subplot? Why didn't that bear eat them all? So many questions that we answer in a neat (shorter than usual) episode. We conduct a draft pick of big cat movies and discuss the cast and some of their previous work. Enjoy! Still waiting for this film'...

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46:45

Mamma Mia

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2025/08/20

Send us a text This week we singabaout the classic musical movie: 'Mamma Mia'. We get our floaty shirts and shorts on and head to the beach for just under an hour of choreographed fun. We create a Mt Rushmore of musical movies, conduct a draft pick of ABBA musical numbers in the film and assess how bad those vocals really are. Enjoy! Does Donna know everyone's name? Is she that integrated in the island that she's on a first name basis with every dancer, barman, sailor there or does she have h...

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67:10

Superman, The Fantastic Four: First Steps

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2025/08/12

Send us a text This week we talkabout two of the biggest films in town at the minute. A superhero outing for both Marvel and DC; two films so big that we've given them their own episode: 'Superman' and 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'. We share her loves and our grievances about the films, talking through in spoilerific detail about casting decisions, world saving characters and villains with eating problems. Plus, we look ahead to the next MCU movie 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' and the rest ...

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67:11

Jurassic World Rebirth, Heads of State, The Ballad of...

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2025/08/06

Send us a text This week we talkabout the latest releases in film and TV...sort of. For one week only Ellis is without Gwilym, and is joined by regular visitor to the pod Gareth Bradwick. Ellis and Gareth discuss the newest addition to the Jurassic franchise, a butting of heads for Cena and Elba in 'Heads of State' and praise a UK indie film 'The Ballad of Wallis Island'. They do give brief thoughts on the two big superhero releases, but they'll be given their own episode very soon. Plus, the...

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59:34

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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2025/07/28

Send us a text This week we talkabout another cult classic, this time with a trip to toon town as we discuss 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'. We talk character details. admire that animation and debunk toon-related injuries. We also conduct a draft pick of Alan Silvestri scores, put four Zemeckis films on a Mt Rushmore and decide how iconic of a villain Christopher Lloyd is as Judge Doom. Enjoy! Are all toons actors? All of the toons we see are from other films or TV shows and the lore that's estab...

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59:56

G-Force | Summer Season Choices 2025

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2025/07/24

Send us a text This week (for some reason) we dedicate a whole episode to a bunch of genetically enhanced Guinea Pigs in the live action/CGI crossover movie 'G-Force'. We spend a small amount of time talking about the movie, then conduct a draft pick of animal-talking movies, discuss the soundtrack and finish off by looking ahead to our summer season of films. Enjoy! Surely you bring sequels to this universe and just carry on the alphabet. H-Force with Hamsters, I-Force with Iguanas, J-...

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69:05

Face/Off

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2025/07/15

Send us a text This week we talkabout a 90's cult classic, as Nicolas Cage and John Travolta face-off in 'Face/Off'. It's an utterly bizarre concept with some wonderfully crazy performances, and we dive into all the weird and the wonderful in this epic action John Woo film. We create a Mt Rushmore of Action movie directors, conduct a draft pick of body swap movies and do more Nicolas Cage impressions than an episode of SNL. Enjoy! The sequel is much anticipated, and so what would a sequel be ...

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100:49

28 Years Later, F1, Ballerina, How to Train Your Dragon

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2025/07/07

Send us a text This week we talkabout the latest releases in film and TV. We run from the Alpha in '28 Years Later', race round corners with 'F1' and take to the skies with 'How to Train Your Dragon'. We also share our thoughts on 'Ballerina', Pixar's 'Elio', 'M3GAN 2.0', 'Predator: Killer of Killers', 'The Bear: Season 4' and more! We talk all things movie news too with a 'Spaceballs' sequel, another adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol' and the reveal of the next Bond director... Give the episo...

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68:35

National Treasure

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2025/06/30

Send us a text This week we talkabout a Nicolas Cage family film that follows in the footsteps of great adventure films with an added Nic Cage charm: 'National Treasure'. We conduct a draft pick of Cage films, break apart some of the plottier moments of the film and rip apart some extremely over the top quotes. If one things for certain, it's when Nicolas Cage enters a room (or in this case a podcast), you're not going to forget him in a hurry; and why would we move on from that so quickly. S...

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64:45

The Godfather Part III

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2025/06/23

Send us a text This week we talkabout the third film in The Godfather trilogy. Having discussed the first two films on the podcast in the past we felt it time to watch the final film, and we approached with caution! We give our opinions and discuss whether this is "significantly worse" than the previous films, we conduct a draft pick of family member movie titles and we debunk Michael's fall from grace. Plus, stick around until the end to see what treasure of a film we'll be discussing next w...

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