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.
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.
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair struggle for survival in the zombie dystopia of The Last of Us season 2, not to mention the alien hunting ground of Predator: Killer of Killers.
Last of all, they’ve also seen Predator: Killer of Killers (28:16), a new animated anthology giving us fresh angles on cinema’s greatest killer.
This fortnight, two big scifi universes return for a second season – first, Doctor Who, then Star Wars prequel Andor!
And last of all, well-reviewed Star Wars series Andor (39:36) returns for its final run, taking us all the way to the start of Rogue One.
Nick and Alastair finally catch Sinners, the cinematic sensation of 2025 so far, then follow it up with the latest season of Love, Death & Robots on Netflix.
And then they return to Love, Death & Robots (35:19), the Netflix scifi anthology series which is increasingly veering away from scifi, including their usual countdown of their favourite episodes.
This fortnight, in a change to the advertised schedule, Nick and Alastair take on another Marvel double-bill with antihero punctuation movie Thunderbolts* and the first season of new Disney+ cartoon Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man.
Lastly, time for Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man (29:33), which Nick inevitably has lengthy feelings about. He also feels that it’s worth seeing this show unspoilt because there’s a good twist towards the end, but if you insist on ruining it for yourself, the spoilers are in the podcast anyway from 37:30.
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair delve into the dark side of superheroics with Daredevil: Born Again, then the grimy underbelly of tech and society itself in Black Mirror season 7.
Finally, another return to a previous subject in Black Mirror season 7 (38:15) – is it as sad as before? And is that good or bad? All that and more!
This fortnight, it’s all teenage death all the time, as Nick and Alastair cover the lurid cult-horror of Yellowjackets season 3, then the all-too-real sadness of Netflix’s Adolescence.
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair check out new scifi high-concept movie Mickey 17 and the third season of Invincible!
Last of all, they’ve also seen Invincible season 3 (38:38), the animated superhero series they’ve previously given rave reviews to. Will it keep up that quality? Includes heavy spoilers from 42:48.
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