The Countdown

Episode 162: The Countdown Vs Sanspants Radio - Top 10 Disaster Films

Hey folks, it's about to get REAL this week when Paul and Wayne face off with Kath and Carney from Sanspants Radio's Movie Maintenance Podcast to count down their Top Ten Disaster Films! Things are slightly twister-y this week, because for the first time, Paul and Wayne have a COMBINED top ten list, which will go up against Kath and Carney's joint list! Who will prevail? The crusty-ass Countdown boys, or the fresh-faced, delightfully hilarious Movie Maintenance crew? Twenty picks! Four Hosts! Two Lists! One screeching brown guy! And a whole new connotative meaning to the word "spasm" ... Please thank Kath and Carney for coming on the show by checking out their awesome work at http://www.sanspantsradio.com/ You can also catch them LIVE in Melbourne at the goodbye recording of Movie Maintenance on May 18th. Check out all the details @mmsanspants and get your tickets at http://www.sanspantsradio.com/live/ Follow Carney @sidekickofdowie and Kath @kathatkins5 - even though she's on Instagram way more ... Time Stamps: Recount: 4:08 - 10:37 Top 10 Disaster Films Vs Sanspants Radio: 11:20 - 1:17:26 Listener Feedback: 1:17:26 - 1:31:09 This week's promo is for fellow member of the PodFix Network, the InSession Film podcast hosted by JD and Brendan. Get into them at http://insessionfilm.com/ Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Get involved with the show's Patreon and gain yourself access to all kinds of exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown Also: Please check out the network the boys are a part of, The PodFix Network, at https://www.podfixnetwork.com/ for other great shows! And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

Episode 161: Top 10 Marvel Films / Avengers: Infinity War

The cackling brown man is back! That's right, Wayne returns to geek out with Paul over the biggest film release of ALL TIME, Avengers: Infinity War! Does it live up to the hype? Should it have pulled $630 million in its opening weekend? Find out as Wayne also reveals whether he's still feeling "thor" after the operation, who his latest man-crush is, and offers an overdue apology for a previous massive mistake! Then the guys rank the top ten movies with a marvel character in it! (Which is to say, not just the MCU movies ...) For all your movie obsession needs, keep it right here on The Countdown! Time Stamps: Recount: Approx 3:00 – 10:23 Avengers Infinity War NON-SPOILER Review: 11:12 – 19:25 Avengers Infinity War SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 19:25 – 40:03 Top 10 Marvel Films: 40:46 – 1:14:47 Listener Feedback: 1:14:47 - 1:24:19 This week's first promo is for the Epic Films Guys and their Livestream for the Cure event which is happening May 18th to 20th. Find all the details at https://cancerresearch.org/join-the-cause/fundraise/livestream-for-the-cure-20 Then there's a new promo from the Flicks XRayed podcast at https://flicksxrayed.com/ Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Get involved with the show's Patreon and gain yourself access to all kinds of exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown Also: Please check out the network we're a part of, The PodFix Network, at https://www.podfixnetwork.com/ for other great shows! And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

Episode 160: Top 10 Film Antiheroes / Rampage (w/ Who Spiked the Puns? & Shaken Not Nerd podcasts)

In the final Wayneless Episode (Virtual Wayne not withstanding), Paul is joined by two good friends from https://www.podfixnetwork.com/ Namely, Fuzzy Dan from the Who Spiked The Puns podcast at http://whospikedthepuns.com/ and Dudi Deutrom from Shaken Not Nerd at https://omny.fm/shows/shaken-not-nerd To kick things off Fuzzy, Dudi and Paul review the newest Dwayne Johnson "blockbuster", Rampage, which re-teams the star with the director of San Andreas. Two of the hosts go a little savage on the film, while the third defends it grimly as "popcorn" entertainment. Then it's time to see just how often the hosts between them can "Pull a Dudi" (which is basically when you haven't seen a film which everyone would expect you have. ie. nowhere near as rude as you might have initially thought) as the guys countdown their Top 10 Film Antiheroes. Who has trouble sticking to film as a medium? Who righteously loves it when someone else hasn't seen one of their entries? And who tries to shoehorn in reference to a film not yet made? (Protip: The answer to all of these questions is Dudi.) Please thank Dan and Dudi for filling in for Wayne by checking out their excellent shows, and tell 'em The Countdown sent you! Time Stamps: Recount: 2:32 – 8:25 Rampage NON-SPOILER Review: 9:12 – 17:18 Rampage One SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 17:18 – 29:58 Top 10 Film Antiheroes: 30:59 – 1:28:40 Listener Feedback: 1:28:40 – 1:39:33 This week's first promo is for the Epic Films Guys and their Livestream for the Cure event which is happening May 18th to 20th. Find all the details at https://cancerresearch.org/join-the-cause/fundraise/livestream-for-the-cure-20 Then there is good friends to the show, Dan and Caleb's Netflix N' Swill, which you can check out at http://netflixnswill.podbean.com/ Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Get involved with the show's Patreon and gain yourself access to all kinds of exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown Also: Please check out our the networks we're a part of for other great shows! The PodFix Network at https://www.podfixnetwork.com/ and The Word Salad Productions Network at https://www.patreon.com/WordSalad And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

Episode 159: Top 10 Films of the South / A Quiet Place

This week, Paul invites two southern gentlemen in the form of Wes from the Via VHS podcast and John from the Now in Technicolor podcast to guest on the show. Given they hail from North Carolina and Tennessee respectively, it was agreed there could be no finer Countdown than the Top 10 Films of the American South! Of course, defining what is the American South becomes an issue as even the Americans can't quite agree, before Disney gets lauded and criticised for how it behaved in the 1940s, Paul loses all credibility for launching into a tirade against Forrest Gump, and one of the hosts pulls a great big honking surprise out of his very deep bag for his number one #MenCanLikeChickFlicksToo All this and the guys review the new film John Krasinski, the very well received A Quiet Place. Which of the hosts seems a bit nonplussed by all the fuss? You might be surprised ... Please thanks Wes and John for covering for Wayne (who will be back for Ep 161 #200ForWayne) by checking out their respective shows at https://viavhs.podiant.co/ and http://nowintechnicolorpod.podomatic.com/ Time Stamps: Recount: 3:50 – 13:07 A Quiet Place NON-SPOILER Review: 13:45 – 18:42 A Quiet Place SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 18:42 – 35:10 Top 10 Films of the South: 35:59 – 1:30:30 Listener Feedback: 1:30:30 – 1:42:01 This week's promos are for the Who Spiked The Puns? and Shaken Not Nerd podcasts - the hosts of which will both be on the show next week! Check them out at http://whospikedthepuns.com/ and https://omny.fm/shows/shaken-not-nerd Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Get involved with the show's Patreon and gain yourself access to all kinds of exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown Also: Please check out our the networks we're a part of for other great shows! The PodFix Network at https://www.podfixnetwork.com/ and The Word Salad Productions Network at https://www.patreon.com/WordSalad And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

Episode 158: Top 10 Movie Fights (w/ the Epic Film Guys & So I Married a Movie Geek podcasts)

This week Paul decides to have some fun by returning to an old topic which has long since disappeared from the server with the Top 10 Movie Fights (or, somewhat more generally, Conflicts). And in keeping with the spirit of the topic he decided to recruit two guest hosts who are renowned through the PodFix Network for their polar opposite views on most things movie-related. So, here's an appropriate intro to both "competitors" ... In the red corner, out of New York State, weighing in at 140-odd episodes, it's the man who puts the hate into Haterade, the Count of Criticism, Epic Film Guy Nick Haskins! And up against him in the blue corner, straight out of the 'burbs of Los Angeles, weighing in at 300 plus episodes, it's the Paragon of Positivity, the Emperor of Enthusiasm, So I Married a Movie Geek's Justin Winters! These two fierce competitors are not about to let their opponent get the better of them as they offer their wildly disparate views on various films. And with not one but TWO Soundboards in play through this Ep, things are sure to get a touch out of hand ... So, without any further delays, let's get ready to banter! Please thanks Nick and Justin for covering for Wayne (who is doing well btw #200ForWayne) by checking out their respective shows at http://www.epicfilmguys.com/ and https://soimarriedamoviegeek.podbean.com/ Time Stamps: Recount: 3:22 - 6:48 Top 10 Movie Fights/Conflicts: 7:35 - 1:28:50 Listener Feedback: 1:28:50 - 1:37:33 This week's promo is for the Epic Film Guys, with their Livestream for a Cure at https://cancerresearch.org/join-the-cause/fundraise/livestream-for-the-cure-20 Please consider donating to this very important cause! Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Get involved with the show's Patreon and gain yourself access to all kinds of exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown Also: Please check out our the networks we're a part of for other great shows! The PodFix Network at https://www.podfixnetwork.com/ and The Word Salad Productions Network at https://www.patreon.com/WordSalad And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

Episode 157: Top 10 Hidden Gems of the 80s / Ready Player One (w/ Gidgit VonLaRue)

With Wayne out of hospital and commencing his recovery, Paul is this week joined by Gidgit VonLaRue from The Retro Cinema podcast. Gidgit's show is focused on '80s films so there was no better person to have on to discuss the nostalgia heavy, Steven Spielberg blockbuster release, Ready Player One. Gidgit does a great job of channeling the positivity of Wayne, but does Paul jump on the same hype train? Or is #Negatron back with a vengeance? Then Gidgit and Paul get down to unearthing some hidden gems from the '80s - films that most have forgotten, or were criminally underrated and not received the love they deserve. Both lists feature some incredibly deep cuts, so be prepared to add to your watchlist by the end of this one. And in a Countdown first, The Soundboard this week features when a guest is also on the show! Though, fear not, The Soundboard apparently saves its worst trolling for Wayne ... Please let Gidgit know how much you enjoyed her appearance on twitter @GidgitVonLaRue and check out her great show at http://theretrocinema.com/ Time Stamps: Recount: 2:40 – 9:42 Ready Player One NON-SPOILER Review: 10:16 – 17:31 Ready Player One SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 17:31 – 27:17 Top 10 Hidden Gems of the 80s: 28:08 – 1:09:49 Listener Feedback: 1:09:49 – 1:17:46 And just to sell the Retro Cinema's sweet, sweet Kool Aid a little harder, they're the first promo this week! Then there's a promo for an important charity event as organised by the show's bestest podcasting buds, the Epic Film Guys, with their Livestream for a Cure at https://cancerresearch.org/join-the-cause/fundraise/livestream-for-the-cure-20 Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Get involved with the show's Patreon and gain yourself access to all kinds of exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown Also: Please check out our the networks we're a part of for other great shows! The PodFix Network at https://www.podfixnetwork.com/ and The Word Salad Productions Network at https://www.patreon.com/WordSalad And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

Episode 156: Top 10 2nd Films in a Franchise / Pacific Rim Uprising

Get ready for a rim job from Paul & Wayne! (Just kidding, Paul can't handle butt stuff.) But they sure can handle reviewing Pacific Rim Uprising! Then settle in for a fight as the boys stand off in a knock-down drag out brawl when they rank which 2nd films in a franchise rocked the most! Will your fave be on the list? Will you get pissed at the critical one Wayne left off the list? (There's every chance you will ...) Then there's a great Easter Egg contribution from the awesome Deana Marie of the Twisted Philly podcast. Please let her know how much you value her effort by checking out her show at http://twistedphilly.com/ And, of course, this is Wayne's last Episode before he goes off for a hip replacement. Wish him well and help him out as per the end of the Ep discussion by leaving an Apple Podcast review for the show! #HelpWayneHeal #200ForWayne Time Stamps: Recount: 4:41 – 8:10 Pacific Rim Uprising NON-SPOILER Review: 8:59 – 16:22 Pacific Rim Uprising SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 16:22 – 28:10 Top 10 2nd Films in a Franchise: 28:10 – 1:10:59 Listener Feedback: 1:10:59 – 1:20:46 This week's promo is for an important charity event as organised by the show's bestest podcasting buds, the Epic Film Guys, with their Livestream for a Cure at https://cancerresearch.org/join-the-cause/fundraise/livestream-for-the-cure-20 Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Also: Please check out our the networks we're a part of for other great shows! The PodFix Network at https://www.podfixnetwork.com/ and The Word Salad Productions Network at https://www.patreon.com/WordSalad And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

Episode 155: Top 10 Movie Soundtracks/Scores

Oh man, this week the boys are gonna give you ears a hand job. It'll be gentle, but also exciting, and maybe just a little naughty... Join Paul and Wayne for an aural ambience circle-jerk as they count down their top ten movie soundtracks/scores of all time! Wayne is all about songs in movies, whereas Pauly holds the torch for movie scores. Who will have the most ball-grabbingly arresting list? Whichever one loses, you guys win! Bop along with the boys after they review the new Alicia Vikander flick, Tomb Raider! Big thanks to Patreon supporter and fan of the show, Ct Wewzow, for picking this week's Countdown - an incentive for all those who support the show at the top level over at https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown Time Stamps: Recount: 4:11 – 12:17 Tomb Raider NON-SPOILER Review: 13:06 – 22:51 Tomb Raider SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 22:51 – 29:33 Top 10 Movie Soundtracks/Scores: 30:07 – 1:19:03 Listener Feedback: 1:19:03 – 1:30:52 This week's promos are for the fantastic #PodFix Network show, Who Spiked the Puns? with funny man Fuzzy Dan at http://whospikedthepuns.com/podcast/ and the great Odd Dad Out podcast with Adam at http://odddadout.blogspot.com.au/ Plus don't forget our oldest and bestest podcasting friends, the Epic Film Guys, aka Nick and Justin, at http://epicfilmguys.podbean.com/ Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Also: Please check out our the networks we're a part of for other great shows! The PodFix Network at https://www.podfixnetwork.com/ and The Word Salad Productions Network at https://www.patreon.com/WordSalad And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/ Please subscribe via your favourite podcasting app, and rate & review the show!

Episode 154: Top 10 Actors Who Most Need a Slap (w/ Toffa from the Master Debaters Podcast)

Madness. Absolute madness. And a whole lot of laughs. That's what you can expect when Toffa from the Master Debaters Podcast returns to assist the boys in deciding which (male) actors are most in need of a slap! Which actors keep making poor casting choices? Which ones have a crappy attitude toward their fame (but love all the dollars they rake in)? And which ones are complete and total do*chebags in real life? Find out who are the worst of the worst, and marvel as Wayne, once again, completely goes his own way to the incredulity of Paul and Toffa. But that's not all! The listeners provide some of the best feedback ever this week, and there's the return of an old fave segment: Tag Lines! Time Stamps: Recount: 4:57 – 11:42 Tag Lines: 11:42 – 19:30 Top 10 Actors Who Most Need a Slap: 20:08 – 1:20:38 Listener Feedback: 1:20:38 – 1:35:15 Please thank Toffa for generously giving up time with his Mum on Mother's Day in the UK by checking out his hilarious show at http://radiomisfits.com/podcasts/masterdebaters/ and on Twitter @_masterdebaters. You can also catch him on Was it Worth It? at http://masterdebaters.podomatic.com/ This week's promo is for the awesome and always amazing #PodFix Network show, the Epic Film Guys, aka Nick and Justin, aka our oldest and bestest podcasting friends, at http://epicfilmguys.podbean.com/ Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Get involved with the show's Patreon and gain yourself access to all kinds of exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown Also: Please check out our the networks we're a part of for other great shows! The PodFix Network at https://www.podfixnetwork.com/ and The Word Salad Productions Network at https://www.patreon.com/WordSalad And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/ Please subscribe via your favourite podcasting app, and rate & review the show!

Episode 153: Top 10 Last 10 / Red Sparrow

Every so often the boys get delusions of being real movie reviewers and decide to review a whole bunch of films from worst to best that they've recently seen. They call it a Top 10 Last 10 show. But with all the usual banter, bad language, questionable calls, and rage-inciting Soundboard (which btw has received an upgrade!), you can bet your bottom-dollar that nothing is changing too much around these parts. Or is it? Because Wayne and Paul this week unveil a new potential opening theme to the show. "Potential" because it's the first of three or four that will ultimately be put to the fan vote to see which should sub-in occasionally for the well-worn and controversy-inducing old theme. Will you recognise the theme? Can Paul's limited vocals ruin Wayne's sterling effort? Is this the song to replace whatever the hell it is that starts the show right now? Oh, and the guys also review the new Jennifer Lawrence film, Red Sparrow. Find out whether the critics have the right of it as The Countdown continues ... This week's promos are for awesome #PodFix Network show, the Rabbit Ears TV Podcast, with Paul's Spirit Animal Ashlee at https://rabbitearstv.podiant.co/ and the great Now That I'm Older with Shane and Kenny at http://nowthatimolder.com/ And don't forget our oldest and bestest podcasting friends, the Epic Film Guys, aka Nick and Justin, at http://epicfilmguys.podbean.com/ Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Get involved with the show's Patreon and gain yourself access to all kinds of exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown Also: Please check out our the networks we're a part of for other great shows! The PodFix Network at https://www.podfixnetwork.com/ and The Word Salad Productions Network at https://www.patreon.com/WordSalad And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/ Please subscribe via your favourite podcasting app, and rate & review the show!