This fortnight, in a slight change to the advertised programme (after an unexpected trip to the cinema), we cover new dark romcom The Drama (19:00) and recent BBC folklore adventure Small Prophets (31:41).
Also some bonus chat about Stranger Things season 5 and Project Hail Mary. Impressively, this podcast manages not to give away the big reveal in The Drama, but includes some broad Stranger Things spoilers.
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This fortnight, we delve into two unconventional takes on superheroes – the new Marvel series Wonder Man and the climactic third volume of The Power Fantasy by Kieran Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard.
Plus bonus chat about angry chef movie Soul Kitchen and the Vampirella comic run written by Christopher Priest, with art by Ergun Gunduz and others.
And you’ve got about a week left to back Nick’s latest volume of The Collected Letters of Courier Z, if so inclined! Campaign ends on Thursday April 2nd!
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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair return to Westeros once more for A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms (23:05), then go deep undercover in The Secret Agent (37:46).
Plus bonus chat about Nick’s extensive Judge Dredd reading, and Alastair’s favourite time of the cultural year arrives, with his Oscar predictions, plus a brief review of F1.
Not to mention – Nick’s latest comic, the second volume of The Collected Letters of Courier Z is funding on Kickstarter now, with five new scifi-crime short stories drawn by five new great artists. Back now!
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This fortnight, it’s the 10th anniversary of Moderate Fantasy Violence! Somehow Nick and Alastair have done this for a whole decade, and obviously, they celebrate by doing one of their double-recommendation episodes, this time focusing on releases from within the last ten years.
Nick’s suggested hot new comic series Absolute Batman (16:15) while Alastair’s plunging you into The Backrooms (34:30), the YouTube series by Kane PIxels about to become a movie from A24. If this chat makes you want to enter The Backrooms, here’s the playlist.
Plus bonus chat about Train Dreams, the next movie in the Oscar marathon, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3.
Nick’s latest comic on Kickstarter, the second volume of The Collected Letters of Courier Z, is open for prelaunch signups here, if you want to really make sure you’re ready.
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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair take a dark-comedy look at both our hellish conspiracy-laden present in Bugonia (18:05, spoilers from 28:32) and the nuclear-ravaged future in Fallout season 2 (35:04, spoilers from 43:17).
Plus bonus chat about cool queer hockey romance Heated Rivalry and another quiet Japanese film: Evil Does Not Exist.
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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair cover the latest damp Doctor Who spin-off The War Between The Land And The Sea (15:20) and recent tragic theatrical adaptation Hedda (33:53).
With bonus chat about toilet movie Perfect Days and murder comedy-drama Barry.
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For the first regular podcast of 2026, Nick and Alastair take a fully-informed look at Pluribus (17:01), their best show of 2025, and Marty Supreme (37:50), one of this year’s big Oscar contenders.
Plus bonus chat about the latest seasons of The Traitors and Foundation.
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Just in time for your 2026 return to work (and only one day late due to Nick’s holiday overindulgence schedule), it’s the MFV end of year round-up for 2025!
Featuring the usual reflections and individual top five round-ups for the core podcast areas of both TV (12:18) and film (43:42), and then Nick and Alastair attempt to reach a single unified top three. Will this be the year they finally come to blows?
Plus bonus chat about Studio Ghibli movie Spirited Away and Image comic series Monstress.
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Once again, it’s time for me, Nick Bryan, to creak my written TV critic muscles back into action for their one annual outing, after another year of only outpiping my opinions via the spoken word…
This festive fortnight, Nick and Alastair cover one of the big Christmas movies of this year, the new Benoit Blanc mystery Wake Up Dead Man (15:01), plus the latest season of political comedy-drama series The Diplomat (27:00).
Plus some bonus chat about acclaimed crime miniseries Task and ecological scifi play The Precipice.
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