Episode 183: Watch-men Recommends Again

Episode 183: Watch-men Recommends Again

On this episode of The Watch-men Podcast, the gang share some more of their recent viewing recommendations. From irreverent sketch comedy, to grim folk horror, to the latest MCU and HBO series’, Matt, Sam and Joyce give plenty of reasons to stay home even as restrictions continue to lift. All this plus a preamble celebrating the 25th anniversary of a sci-fi classic (and 5th anniversary of a Watch-men review classic) and an extended news segment bringing you up to date on all the latest things people are arguing about on #FilmTwitter. - SPOILER ALERT - Our Recommendations Joyce: Loki (TV, superhero, Disney+) Mare of Easttown (TV, drama, HBO/Crave) The Morning Show (TV, drama, Apple TV+) Chocolat (movie, drama, Amazon Prime) Matt: I Think You Should Leave (TV, comedy, Netflix) Pitch Black (movie, action, iTunes) X2 / X-Men franchise (movies, superhero, Disney+) Highlander (just kidding, please don’t watch this, Amazon Prime) Sam: Band of Brothers (TV, drama, HBO/Crave) Midsommar / Hereditary (movie, horror, Netflix) Fear Street trilogy (movies, horror, Netflix)

Episode 182: The Nice Guys

In this episode, The Watch-men throw it back all the way to Los Angeles in the 70s for the 5th anniversary of The Nice Guys. Does this action buddy comedy that stars Russell Crowe as a grizled hired gun and Ryan Gosling as a private detective with a drinking problem hold up? Short answer: yes! Joyce also attempts summarize Cruella but spoils the whole movie instead. Tune in!

Episode 181: Tenet

On this episode, The Watch-men perform a temporal pincer movement and return to the depths of 2020 to review Christopher Nolan’s time-bending tentpole, Tenet. Did the movie twist our podcast protagonists’ minds into a pretzel or did Joyce, Matt and Sam manage to decipher some fun out of Nolan’s “Nolan-iest” effort to date? Tune in to find out… your future self already has! Links: Tenet timeline infographic - https://www.reddit.com/r/tenet/comments/ioq4ac/tenet_infograph_timeline/ The trailer for the killer-lions movie Sam mentions ‘The Ghost and the Darkness’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGsiY-2CkPU