The Countdown

F1 EARLY review

Ready for your Pitt stop? (Wayne's joke: full credit.)

 

Racing! Brad Pitt! Joseph Kosinksi! 200 million dollars!

 

Do you need any more reasons to check out this very early review with thanks Warner Brothers Pictures Australia? We didn't think so.

 

Time Stamps:

F1 NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:45

F1 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:43 - 21:02

Final Scores and Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 21:02 - 22:45

 

If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.

 

Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning and the specific video of this review can be found here!

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

The Worst to Best Television We've Been Watching in 2025

Countdown #506

 

To mark the almost half way mark of the year, Paul and Wayne get together to rank and rate the ten TV seasons they've been consuming in 2025. Counting down (cause that's the name of the show) from worst to best, the lads will attempt to warn you off anything poor they've laboured through, before highlighting the shows that are absolute worth your precious time.

 

So smash that play button and ready yourself for the usual questionable takes, non-subtle banter and shrill laughter, because The Countdown is back (for this month's longer episode)!

 

Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.

 

While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Ballerina and The Phoenician Scheme reviews

Two for the price of one this week as the boys check out a film everyone would expect them to (Ballerina) as well as one nobody would think would be their jam (The Phoenician Scheme). Are those assumptions correct or are their some surprisesn in store?

 

Find out but hitting that play button on this ep!

 

Time Stamps:

Ballerina NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 9:00

Ballerina SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 9:00 - 20:05

The Phoenician Scheme NON-SPOILER Review: 20:05 - 29:57

 

Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Top 10 Horror Films for Wusses Like Wayne

Countdown #505

 

Aka the Top 10 Gateway Horror Films episode!

 

Do you have a friend who refuses to watch horror films even though you know there are many great films in that genre? Or perhaps you have a child or a niece or nephew who is just getting to that age where they're developing an interest in horror films? Maybe you want to introduce your significant other to this most awesome genre, but aren't sure where to start because you don't want to be over-eager and blow it with something too full on? Or perhaps you're just a massive wuss like Wayne and are ready to challenge yourself with some slightly more frightening or gory films?

 

Well, the boys have just the episode for you. And it's a classic in every sense as Paul and Wayne come at their lists in polar opposite directions, but regardless, will guide you on what to watch when it comes to gateway horror films!

 

Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.

 

While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning review

The final film (maybe?!) in the Mission Impossible franchise dropped EARLY in Australia and with thankls to Paramount Pictuyres Australia, the boys were in attendance at an advanced screening to bring you the early word on whether Tom cruise and Christopher McQuarrie nail the brief.

 

Can Ethan Hunt overcome the entity and save everybody he loves as well as the world? Will Wayne regret seeing a 170 minute films twice in three days? And just how inadequate does Tom Cruise make the guys feel?

 

You know the only way to learn these questions: tune in, damnit!

 

Time Stamps:

MI: TFR NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 15:43

MI: TFR SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:43 - 28:51

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 28:51 - 30:33

 

Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning and the specific video of this review can be found here!

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Top 10 Last 10: Resurrected Edition

Countdown #504

 

With thanks to those mad geniuses at the Cinereelists Podcast for the concept, Paul and Wayne are back with their first Top 10 Last 10 episode in over 6 months.

 

Tune in for 20 mini-reviews as the guys countdown ten of their recent watches from worst to best, and letting you know the point where they recommend you start watching what they're reviewing.

 

Of course, there's the usual bawdy humour, subtle and not so subtle swipes at one another, and more than one controversial call, but what else do you listen to The Countdown for?

 

Check out Wayne's playlist of Yacht Rock songs if you must!

 

Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.

 

While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

The Accountant 2 review

The boys have headed back to the cinema with thanks to Warner Brothers Australia and Universal Australia to see the sequel which, well, few people expected: The Accountant! The critics seem to be liking and the audience score is high on most-metrics, but what do Paul and Wayne have to say about this apparent crowd-pleaser?

 

Can Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal and director Gavin O'Connor re-capture the magic of the well-received 2016 original? Or is this a case of tax time at the box office? (Yeah, I know. I was pretty proud of that one.)

 

Time Stamps:

The Accountant 2 NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 8:36

The Accountant 2 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:36 - 19:15

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 19:15 - 20:26

 

Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Our Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of (the Rest of) 2025

Countdown #503

 

Just when you thought it was safe to peer back into your podcatching app ... the boys are back!

 

Sure, it's been a hot minute since the last Countdown ep, and yes, everyone did their most anticipated films of 2025 about three months ago. But by holding out for those three months, not only have Paul and Wayne distilled their list down to nine months' worth of films, but they've also had time for their anticipation to GROW, so you can really feel the passion in this one.

 

Will Ballerina finally get released? Can Wayne put anything other than Tom Cruise movies and comedies on his list? And has Paul, after ten years, finally outgrown his love of horror films?

 

There's only one way to find out the answers to all these questions and more, and that's but hitting play on this episode. So, stop anticipating, and get into it!

 

Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.

 

While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Black Bag review

Paul and Wayne return to the land of reviews with the new spy "thriller", Black Bag.

 

Is it everything the critics would have you believe? Or is it a bunch of boring conversations around a dinner table interspersed with a lot of emotion-less dialogue?

 

Either way, you can be sure it's a lively discussion, given this is Wayne's favourite genre and it's directed by Mr Hit-or-MIss, Steven Soderbergh.

 

Time Stamps:

Black Bag NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 15:22

Black Bag SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:22 - 19:55

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 19:55 - 21:40

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

The Top 10 Films of 2024 (with Jason from Binge Movies)

Countdown #502

 

Jason from Binge Movies returns to join the lads as they - finally! - countdown their Top to Films of 2024!

 

Sure it's two months after most every other podcast has done this episode, but you've sampled the entrees and here's the main course - complete with films all three wouldn't have watched if they did do this episode on Jan 1st.

 

Jason gets upset with Paul for multiple picks; Paul gets upset with Wayne for a bunch of his picks; and Wayne has managed to see at least eleven films in 2024, so get ready for a big episode! :D

 

And please thank Jason for being on the show by checking out Binge Movies!

 

Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

 

While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!