This fortnight, our (festive) heroes (festively) re-enter the (festive) jungle with Jumanji: The Next Level! And Nick, forever behind on cinema, also finally (and, yes, festively) watched the first one.

But before that, time for the recommendations section, where Nick’s catching up on former podcast subject The Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett, and Alastair… defeats the point of the segment with his discussion of the BBC’s recent War of the Worlds adaptation.

And then they log into the great game with Jumanji: The Next Level (7:06), drawing inevitable questions about what exactly we want from our sequels. New stuff? Old stuff? More of the same stuff?

And then, remembering it’s late December and this is probably our (festive) Christmas episode, we settle down in the living room after the main event for a big pointless theoretical (festive) argument: which is the best Doctor Who Christmas special? (19:30)

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This fortnight, it’s 3.5 hours of power as Nick and Alastair tackle Martin Scorsese’s gangster mega-epic The Irishman!

But first, Alastair’s dissecting Alien with new documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien, while Nick’s caught up with DC’s cult favourite villain team-up comic Secret Six, by Gail Simone, Dale Eaglesham, Nicola Scott and more.

And then they sit their arses down for a long spell to watch The Irishman (11:07), complete with some ending spoilers after a short while. To the extent it’s possible to spoil this movie.

Finally, after that epic sit-in (which Nick watched in three separate sessions), they ask: What makes a good 3.5 hour movie? (30:50)

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