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Yellowjackets Season 1 review

Well, this show came out of nowhere!

 

The buzz is real (sorry) for Yellowjackets, a new Showtime show that recently completed its first season and has earned some significant praise from critics and viewers alike. As such, Paul has talked Wayne into giving up ten hours of his oh so valuable time to review the whole season (by threatening him with two Aussie zombie action films as the alternative). Which therefore begs the question: Can Waynatron actually like something this year? Or is he once again strangely negative about this quality show?

 

Learn the answer to that question even as the boys geek out about many of the fan theories re the show, as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps

Yellowjackets S1 NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:36

Yellowjackets S1 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 12:36 - 30:55

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 30:55 - 32:40

 

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Top 10 Last 10: Hello 2022 Edition

Countdown #359

 

This week, the guys are reviewing near on 20 films for you - ranging from the worst of the worst to some quality productions - in the latest edition of the Top 10 Last 10.

 

For those new to the show, both Paul and Wayne rank ten films they've recently seen from worst to best, with the hope of guiding you away from the crap and toward the quality that exists out there.

 

Has Paul seen some better films this time around? And did Wayne manage to watch ten whole extra films he's yet to speak about on the show? Plus will the new Negatron curse follow him to the main Countdown episode?

 

Find the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...

 

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Moonfall review

Remember when Roland Emmerich made ID4 and everyone loved it? Well it's 26 years later and apparently Mr Emmerich is still chasing that kind of high because he continues to make the same type of film. Again and again and again and again. And every time he does so, like a photocopy of a photocopy, the quality decreases. Which, good listener, brings us to Moonfall.

 

Sigh.

 

Can this one be worse than Independence Day: Resurgence? What about Midway? Who paid money to see this one and how much do they regret it? And, most importantly, does Wayne continue his 2022 streak as Negatron?

 

Learn the answers to all these questions and so much more, as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps

Moonfall NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 15:03

Moonfall SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:03 - 24:08

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 24:08 - 25:40

 

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Top 10 Films Based on a True Story

Countdown #358

 

This week, top-level Patron Extraordinaire, Nicole Pressley, directed the guys to count down the very best Films Based on a True Story.

 

The last time Wayne and Paul ventured into such territory was with Episode 26, some 6 years and change ago, so you can bet their choices have changed, some 300 (for Wayne) and 1500 films later (in Paul's case).

 

Who thinks a comedy starring Ed Helms should make this list? Who has three Academy Award winning films on theirs (and does that really amount to sixth-eighth of anything worthwhile on a show like this)? And who gets offended at the other's omission of one Marty Scorsese film when that person had two other films from the master director on his list?

 

Learn the answers to all these questions - and more! - as The Countdown continues ... True story!

 

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Peacemaker mid-season review

Not content with aiding the resurrection of the DCEU last year, James Gunn returns with a sequel series to a character that would probably surprise many at first glance, Peacemaker.

 

This eight episode first season is streaming on HBO Max where available and Binge here in Australia and contains enough off the wall humour, comedic violence and excessive profanity, that there was only one way The Countdown was ever going to feel about this show. But who ends up loving it more and does 2022 Waynatron (Wayne + Negatron) continue (albeit relatively speaking)?

 

Find out as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps

Peacemaker mid-season NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 8:17

Peacemaker to End of Episode Three SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:17 - 18:16

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 18:16 - 20:00

 

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BONUS Ep: The Hating Game review

There's an old saying that you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Or, if you prefer, you can't be a movie review podcast without reviewing a few horrendously terrible films. Such is the confirmation provided by this month's BONUS Ep in which the boys reviewed the The Hating Game - a film which achieved a cinematic release here in Aus despite being so bad it almost broke the show's rating system.

 

Who is more offended by a rom-com which is neither romantic or funny? What are the odds that Lucy Hale could be the best thing about any film? And just how many expressions does co-star Austin Stowell offer throughout this 102 minute nightmare?

 

Get your schadenfreude on to learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...

 

NOTE: There are pretty much spoilers throughout this review, because, really, who cares about a film that made a whole $294K at the box office in North America and which you've been able to stream for almost two months.

 

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The Countdown vs Pint O Comics - Top 10 80s Comedies

Countdown #357

 

For the first time in 2022, the Show Vs Show format returns as Paul and Wayne welcome the Pint O Comics lads, John and Lloyd onto The Countdown. John came up with the most excellent suggestion to discuss the Top 10 1980s Comedies and so the two shows went away to formulate their best lists to pit against one another in a battle to the ... well, it's not exactly death is it? More like, pride. But even then, Wayne is such a soft c*ck, so why should Paul put his pride on the line when Wayne isn't giving it his all ...

 

How many cross ups between the two shows are there? Is Back to the Future a comedy first and foremost? What was it with excessive nudity in films in the '80s? And which show is most into films from the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams?

 

Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues.

 

John and Lloyd make amazing guests, so check out their awesome show, Pint O Comics, as thanks for giving up their time to be on The Countdown.

 

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Nightmare Alley review

Guillermo del Toro has done fairly well for himself over the years and has decided to follow up his Academy Award winning film about a woman falling in love with a fishman, with a film about Bradley Cooper playing a wide-eyed, young con-man getting into noir-esque trouble.

 

Does lighting strike twice? Or is Nightmare Alley a horrendously boring technical triumph? Can it justify its 150 minute run time or do the boys wish they were back contemplating fish dick?

 

Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps

Nightmare Alley NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:22

Nightmare Aley SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:22 - 22:02

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 22:02 - 23:45

 

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Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2022

Countdown #356

 

It's time for the annual episode in which the guys countdown a bunch of film's they haven't even seen yet! aka Their Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2022!

 

With everything from superhero films to horror and even a very dubious game adaptation mentioned, there's pretty much something for everyone to get their hopes up for. (Well, okay, if you're exclusively into musicals, you can probably skip this episode.) 

 

Find out what should be marked on your calendar among all the dubious singing and stinging attacks with The Soundboard, as The Countdown continues ...

 

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Scream 2022 review

The Requel - or is it Legasequel? - returns with the 2022 version of Scream. Wes has long left us, leaving some very big shoes to fill, but Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett thought they could manage one foot each, so here we are.

 

Quite beyond whether this is the best sequel in the franchise, and whether it's the bloodiest film in the series, is whether or not Wayne has been so corrupted by Paul that he's now the negative one on the show? Or, if you prefer, is it time for Wayne to record his own Negatron theme?

 

Find out as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps

Scream 2022 NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:48

Scream 2022 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 12:48 - 22:33

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 22:33 - 23:55

 

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