Nick and Alastair abandon the real world once again for one of their occasional recommendation specials! This time, they return to some beloved franchises during their eighties era, with Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt and Doctor Who: Earthshock. (Be aware – there are spoilers for the then-shocking endings of these 30+ year old stories. Enter at your own risk.)
But first, a pitstop in the current century, as Nick reads all 193 issues of zombie mega-epic comic series The Walking Dead, while Alastair investigates new Netflix spy show Kleo.
And then Nick takes us back to a better, darker, sadder time, as we get buried alive with Kraven’s Last Hunt (14:36), the classic Spider-Man story by J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck.
Lastly, Alastair improves the lighting (up to a point) with unique Doctor Who serial Earthshock (30:23), as the Cybermen return for revenge, so angry that they’ve pulled off all their cling film.
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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair effortlessly interweave the real and the fantastic with House of the Dragon and Thirteen Lives.
Lastly, Nick and Alastair are going deeper underground with Thirteen Lives (26:39), a movie about a bunch of kids trapped down a mine in Thailand. If that sounds familiar, it’ll be because it really happened.
This fortnight, two of the big TV events of the year hit Nick and Alastair all at once, with Netflix’s adaptation of The Sandman and the final few episodes of Better Call Saul.
Lastly, after covering it since the distant past of 
This fortnight, all the latest four-letter-titled movies fresh from the cinema, with sky-horror movie Nope and Predator prequel Prey.
Lastly, time to leg it into the forest with Prey (32:33), the next in the intermittent Predator franchise. But rumour among the trees says this one might be… good?
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair stay in to watch The Umbrella Academy season 3, and then finally read acclaimed comic mini-series The Many Deaths of Laila Starr.
And lastly, they’ve read The Many Deaths Of Laila Starr (27:02), a metafictional fantasy comic about the incarnation of death arriving in Mumbai as a teenage girl, by the dream team of writer Ram V and artist Felipe Andrade.
Nick and Alastair pick the week of a heatwave to dive into three enormous releases in an extra-long episode, with Thor: Love & Thunder, The Boys season 3 and Ms Marvel season 1.
But fortunately, we’re finishing on Ms Marvel season 1 (38:56) to cheer us right up again. (Again, a few spoilers in here.)
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair are watching six-episode miniseries all the time, with Obi-Wan Kenobi and We Own This City.
And lastly, in a slightly more grounded mode, Nick and Alastair take on We Own This City (
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair challenge the boundaries of the possible with meta-animated movie Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers and silent comic Step By Bloody Step.
And lastly, Nick and Alastair check out recently concluded comic mini-series Step By Bloody Step (29:33), written by podcast favourite Si Spurrier and drawn by Matias Bergara, a striking fantasy tale featuring the bold innovation of no text whatsoever.
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair take a dark turn with the beginning of the end for lawyer tragedy Better Call Saul, plus another round of Love, Death & Robots.
Lastly, a third volume of Netflix’s bleak anthology Love, Death & Robots (33:42) has arrived, so Nick and Alastair are morally obligated to count down their top three episodes. Will they agree a bit more this time?
A little preview of the MFV Best of 2022 episode here, as Nick and Alastair cover Everything Everywhere All At Once and the final run of Derry Girls.
After which, Nick and Alastair return to 90s Northern Ireland one more time for an emotional last visit with the Derry Girls (30:35).
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