This fortnight, it’s Alastair’s favourite time of year – prestige Oscar movie season! So the podcast digs into the new Nosferatu remake from Robert Eggers, and acclaimed comedy-drama A Real Pain.

But first, Alastair kicks us down that track with his thoughts on Nickel Boys, before Nick derails us with The Traitors season 3.

After all that, time to finally hunt down the vampire in Nosferatu (16:22), including thoughts on where it fits into the Robert Eggers canon and exactly what is going on with the moustache.

Notably less facial hair chat follows when they experience A Real Pain (35:11), a touching travel comedy-drama with Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin.

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This fortnight, some climactic cartoon chat as Nick and Alastair discuss the final seasons of both What If…? and Star Trek: Lower Decks.

But first, Nick’s read new urban fantasy novel The Great When from legendary comics writer Alan Moore, while Alastair’s watched new movie Better Man, in which Robbie Williams is played by a CGI monkey.

After all that, they blast off into the multiverse with What If…? season 3 (12:44), travelling across space and time to ponder the question… how many more alternate superhero stories can Marvel come up with? Plus. since this is an animated anthology show, Nick and Alastair each count down their top three favourite episodes.

Lastly, one final outing with the misfits of Star Trek: Lower Decks (28:34) in their fifth and final season. Will the lovable underdog characters achieving promotion to upper deck status make this silly show any less fun?

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Dune: Part TwoAs 2025 begins, one last gasp for last year, as Nick and Alastair get together for their traditional end of year round-up episode. Witness their general thoughts and top five favourites for both film (17:33) and TV (43:29) in 2024.

And for those who prefer it when they review specific things, there’s also chat about Dune: Prophecy and the recent Doctor Who Christmas special Joy to the World at the very start.

If this isn’t enough retrospective action for you, don’t forget you can also read Nick’s full Top Ten TV Shows and Alastair’s Year in Film on this very website.

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