This fortnight, Nick and Alastair venture into the deadly landscape of Predator: Badlands (15:44), then the even scarier dark underbelly of the internet in W0rldtr33 volume 3 (29:10).
Plus Nick’s read Eight Billion Genies by Charles Soule & Ryan Browne, while Alastair’s watched Ballad of a Small Player on Netflix.
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This fortnight, it’s espionage and political drama on both sides of the pond with A House of Dynamite (13:36) and Slow Horses season 5 (29:40).
In slightly lighter territory, Alastair’s also watched Wednesday season 2, while Nick’s been living and dying with The Celebrity Traitors.
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This fortnight, another double-superhero podcast, with DC’s Peacemaker season 2 (20:44), plus Marvel Zombies (38:55) from, shockingly, Marvel providing token Halloween content. Some spoilers on that Marvel Zombies review.
Also including a belated Wicked review from Nick, plus Alastair’s annual dispatch from London Film Festival, covering movies such as H is for Hawk, The Chronology of Water and Fucktoys.
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Nick and Alastair return to smash the system (exhaustedly) with One Battle After Another, then flee from icky extra-terrestrials in Alien: Earth.
But first, Alastair’s returned to the menace of adorable robot dolls in M3gan 2.0, while Nick’s back in the world of The Office US for the first season of The Paper.
And then it’s time for One Battle After Another (18:08), the widely acclaimed new movie from Paul Thomas Anderson about Leonardo DiCaprio looking ruined in a dressing gown.
Finally, it’s Alien: Earth (36:09), the polarising new spin-off series which finally gives the xenomorph some like-minded friends.
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To celebrate a ludicrous 250 episodes, Nick and Alastair once again recommend each other some favourites – this time, it’s Netflix series Alice in Borderland and 90s superhero-cyberpunk comic Spider-Man 2099.
But first, Nick’s caught up on the latest seasons of the two US sitcoms he watches – Ghosts US and Abbot Elementary – while Alastair’s watched 2024 movie Queer
And then they enter the real business, with Alastair recommending Nick Alice in Borderland (20:21), a Japanese series on Netflix in which desperate people must play sadistic party games to survive in a hellish alternate Tokyo, a show he got very into during the pandemic.
Lastly, Nick’s suggestion for Alastair is Spider-Man 2099 (36:15), the original late-90s series by Peter David and Rick Leonardi, introducing the iconic future version of Spidey to the world, and Nick to darker and more morally complex comics.
You’ve got about a week left to back Nick’s latest Kickstarter for action-fantasy comic Worrywart! Featuring a fun story of violent family feuds, plus amazing art by Lane Lloyd.
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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair revisit some old friends, as they exhume their favourite righteous serial killer in Dexter: Resurrection and witness another tense stand-off between the superhuman superpowers of The Power Fantasy.
But first, Alastair’s watched the recent revival of his beloved King of the Hill, while Nick’s cheering himself up with Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen.
And then they slice into the meat of the episode with Dexter: Resurrection (16:36) to find out if they can continue the track record of recent Dexter series being… surprisingly alright?
Lastly, the cold war is turning hot in The Power Fantasy volume 2 (32:46), the latest storyline in the forever-edging-the-apocalypse superhero comic by Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard.
And don’t forget you can back Nick’s latest self-published comic Worrywart on Kickstarter now – a story of violent teen rebellion in a monster royal family with amazing art by Lane Lloyd and lovely letters by Lettersquids.
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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair cover an animated extravaganza including Netflix sensation K-Pop Demon Hunters and new Marvel anthology Eyes of Wakanda.
But first, Nick’s gone back to watch The Marvellous Mrs Maisel season 1, while Alastair’s into the new genre of Scottish samurai movie with Tornado.
And then into our first main feature with K-Pop Demon Hunters (13:59), the big animated movie hit of the summer. Can our heroes get into the K-pop mindset?
Lastly, another Marvel show lands in Eyes of Wakanda (27:33), an anthology series about the espionage wing of the secretive African nation.
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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair cover the hotly anticipated return of two TV shows they liked a lot – The Bear and Poker Face.
But first, unusually they’ve read some prose books – specifically Butter by Asako Yuzuki and The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley.
After that, they re-enter the kitchen inferno with the fourth season of The Bear (19:57). Can the eternally stressed team get things back on track after a less-beloved third run?
Lastly, time to dig into the complex mystery of Poker Face season 2 (35:46). Will Natasha Lyonne get away with it again?
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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair cover Fantastic Four: First Steps, one of the year’s big comic adaptations, and The Old Guard 2, another one.
But before that, Nick’s read Saucer Country, a political UFO thriller comic by Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly, while Alastair’s seen The Ballad of Wallis Island, a new comedy movie starring Tim Key.
After which, they take off into another new dimension in the MCU with Fantastic Four: First Steps (17:10), somehow without dropping too many spoilers outside of stuff that was in the trailer.
And last of all, they settle in for The Old Guard 2 (33:22), following up the previous enjoyable adaptation of the comic by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez.
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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair discuss two new metallic superhero releases, as the Man of Steel returns to cinemas in Superman, and the latest Marvel TV show arrives in the form of Ironheart.
But first, Alastair’s seen the Japanese dark comedy movie Baby Assassins, while Nick’s watched the first season of new Apple TV scifi comedy Murderbot.
After which, it’s up, up and away with Superman (15:05) as they discuss whether the biggest superhero release of the year lives up to expectations, with impressively few spoilers.
Last of all, it’s time for Ironheart (36:43), which, conversely, they discuss with moderate spoilers from 41:59, and then fully ruinous ending spoilers from 48:11. Oh well.
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