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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!

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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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72:49

RE-RELEASE: The Godfather (w/ Jonty O'Callaghan)

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2025/06/22

Send us a text In preparation for tomorrow's new episode talking about 'The Godfather Part III', we've thrown it back to an episode we recorded three years ago, on which we discussed the first movie in the trilogy with Godfather fan Jonty O'Callaghan. The episode was released in the year of the film's 50th anniversary. We go on many a tangent and struggle to stay on topic, but when we do there's some great conversation to be had around the world of Francis Ford Coppola's groundbreaking film. ...

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60:34

Ghost

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2025/06/16

Send us a text This week we talkabout a romantic film that took cinemas by storm in 1990, with a pottery scene that is one of the most iconic (and messiest) in cinema history. it's 'Ghost'. We discuss the lore and logic behind the deaths, get creeped out the by the guy at the train station and talk all things Whoopi Goldberg. We also conduct a draft pick of the most romantic scenes in film and discuss the lead actors and their unexpected Disney appearances. Put us on in the background while y...

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100:52

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Lilo &...

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2025/06/09

Send us a text This week we talkabout the latest releases in film and TV. We hang on to planes and jump into deep water with 'Mission: Impossible - The Dead Reckoning'; we talk stocks and shares with Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme'; we leave nobody behind with the live action 'Lilo & Stitch'; and we spark the rebellion with Season 2 of 'Andor'. And that's not all, we also give our reviews of 'Fountain of Youth', 'The Studio', 'Murderbot', 'The Surfer', 'Your Friends & Neighbour...

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69:53

Point Break

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2025/06/02

Send us a text This week we talkabout the film that's responsible for the 'Fast and Furious' franchise, the film that walked so 'Surf's Up' could run, the film that saw President heists long before Edgar Wright explored that avenue, it's 90's classic: 'Point Break'. We discuss the best beach movies, comment on the surfing technique used in the film, admire the film's lead actors and retell our own surfing stories. Plus we chat movie musician cameos. Grab your surfboard, equip your parachute a...

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70:21

21 Jump Street

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2025/05/27

Send us a text This week we talkabout a Hollywood comedy that saw Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum head back to high school: '21 Jump Street'. We say more quotes than anyone cares for (including a ranking of Ice Cube lines), we talk about the careers of the two leads and we chat about Lord and Miller. It's full of fun this episode and stick around after the credits for some early thoughts on the newest 'Mission: Impossible' movie. Enjoy! A 23 Jump Street feels so nailed on. Especially as H...

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76:56

Hail, Caesar!

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2025/05/20

Send us a text This week we talkabout an oddball Coen Brothers movie with a cast more stacked than the Marvel films we've just spent weeks talking about: 'Hail, Caesar!'. We discuss the convoluted, unexpectedly bizarre plot, the standout set pieces and some iconic performances. We give our ranking of Coen Brothers movies, conduct a draft pick of the best movie dance scenes and continue our comedy run with a progression to another 2010's beloved movie. Stay tuned until the end to hear what we'...

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