The Countdown

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/

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!

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!

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!

Sure, happy endings to movies are great. But sometimes you wanna experience them deep cuts, embrace your humanity and occasionally cry like Wayne at a puppy show. (Protip: He's a little b*tch.) This week, the fellers are counting down their top ten films with UNhappy endings! But don't worry, the damn soundboard is back this week to annoy Wayne and make Paul break wind with delight. Also, get the low-down on Paul & Wayne's Oscar predictions, and giggle along once again with the boys from the Countdown! Time Stamps: Recount: 2:17 – 7:21 Oscar Predictions: 8:27 – 20:00 Top 10 Films With Unhappy Endings: 20:46 – 54:43 Listener Feedback: 54:43 – 1:04:59 This week's promos are for awesome #PodFix Network show, More Gooder Than with Chris, Cory and Donnie at http://www.mgtpodcast.com/ and the excellent Quote Unquote Guilty Podcast with Joe Ketchum at https://soundcloud.com/quoteunquoteguilty 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 two networks 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!

It's time to talk BLACK PANTHER, folks! And Paul & Wayne have enlisted a bona fide Marvel expert, Sam Hurley from the Movie Reviews in 20 Q's Podcast, to help out! This guy knows a LOT for a Kiwi (ohhhh!!!) (Did the boys mention they're hoping to stoke the Trans-Tasman flames? No? Oh well, read on ...) Then all three guys fanboy out with their Top 10 Comic Book Movie Villains! Does Ozymandias deserve a mention? Can anyone knock off Heath Ledger's Joker? And who doesn't rate Catwoman? Find all these answers and much much more amid merriment, smarmy remarks and good natured cultural ribbing this week on The Countdown! Recount: 5:49 – 12:57 Black Panther NON-SPOILER Review: 13:47 – 25:09 Black Panther SPOILER_FILLED Discussion: 25:09 – 35:38 Top 10 Comic Book Movie Villains: 36:10 – 1:18:57 Listener Feedback: 1:18:57 – 1:27:22 Please thank Sam for guesting by checking out his show at https://soundcloud.com/nvn-726271491 and giving him a follow on Twitter @MovieReviewsIn This week's promos are for awesome #PodFix Network show, Who Spiked The Puns? with Fuzzy Dan at http://whospikedthepuns.com/podcast/ and another great Australian show, The Retro Cinemas podcast, with Gidgit Von LaRue and Angry Man at http://theretrocinema.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! Also: Please check out our two networks 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!

How often do you disagree with what the critics have to say? Those hoighty-toighty, high-falutin', too-cool-for-school know-it-alls, who think, just because they've studied film, that they can tell the rest of us what to think about a movie? What about Rotten Tomatoes? Ever spat your morning coffee over your keyboard in shock at the score for the latest Michael Bay masterpiece? Well, okay, that last part is a stretch, but Wayne and Paul most definitely are sick and tired of professional critics getting it wrong. And so this week on The Countdown, they're putting it right with their Top 10 Critically Panned Films That Were Actually Awesome (aka Go Blow, Critic!) They also find the time to sneak in a review of the sneakily released The Cloverfield Paradox. Is this the future of film releases? Could theatres soon be as dead as drive-ins? The boys give their thoughts and opine on whether Netflix wisely spent their money in acquiring this one ... All this AND a very moving tribute by Paul to The Soundboard as The Countdown continues! Time Stamps: An Ode to a Fallen Comrade: 1:07 – 3:20 Recount: 5:18 – 10:00 The Cloverfield Paradox NON-SPOILER Review: 11:01 - 19:04 The Cloverfield Paradox SPOILER-FILLED Discussion 19:04 - 30:37 Top 10 Critically Panned Films That Were Actually Awesome: 31:11 - 1:14:47 Listener Feedback: 1:14:47 - 1:25:37 This week's promos are for awesome #PodFix Network show, Netflix 'n Swill at http://netflixnswill.podbean.com/ and the really fun Odd Dad Out podcast with Adam at http://odddadout.blogspot.com.au/ 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! Also: Please check out our two networks 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!

It's hard to hit one out of the park on your first go-around. But some directors have swung that action wonderfully BIG TIME! Join the fellers as they fawn over their favourite films by first time directors! Which of your favourites will hit the list? Then the guys take a few pokes at Gerard Butler's belly in the new thriller - Den of Thieves! Is it Sparta, or is it Farta? Find out when this week WITHOUT the help of The Soundboard, that very VERY suspiciously no longer works after Wayne was left alone with it for the past week... This week's promos are for awesome #PodFix Network show, Shaken Not Nerd featuring Dudi, Ian and Tom @ShakenNotNerd and the Was It Worth it? podcast featuring Toffa and Ethan @WasItWorthItPod and http://masterdebaters.podomatic.com/ And don't forget our oldest and bestest podcasting friends, the Epic Film Guys, aka Nick and Justin, at http://epicfilmguys.podbean.com/ and on Twitter @EpicFilmGuys. 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 two networks 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!

This week the boys are STARTING something different by opening up a whole new can of BEGINNINGS with their Top 10 OPENING SCENES in film history! (Sorry, Wayne took the week off from writing the opening paragraph of the show notes, and this was the best Paul could do after a REALLY crappy day.) Which films grabbed them by the short and curlies right up front? And how many of those films were awesome versus straight up teases which promised so much and delivered so very little? And as if that's not enough, the fellers found the time to squeeze in a requested review from listener Nick Spinarksi, one of the ultra-generous individuals who shells out his hard earned cash to listen to two grown men bust each others' balls as part of the show's Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown. That review is for the divisive mother! from Darren Aronofsky. Paul's feelings on this one are well know, but what did Wayne think after finally managing to watch it? All this and more as The Countdown continues ... Time Stamps: Recount: 1:39 - 10:26 mother! NON-SPOILER Review: 11:14 - 17:20 mother! SPOILER-FILLED Discussion 17:20 - 27:16 Top 10 Opening Scenes: 27:54 - 1:15:43 Listener Feedback: 1:15:43 - 1:25:47 This week's promos are for awesome #PodFix Network shows, Who Spiked The Puns? with Fuzzy Dan at http://whospikedthepuns.com/podcast/ and 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 two networks 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!

It's time to get art-house up in here with Paul and Wayne! Join the fellers for an achingly poignant yet somehow penis-joke-laden review of Guillermo del Toro's latest artistic offering, The Shape of Water. The boys also wax lyrical on their most anticipated releases this year before getting straight up nostalgic on the top ten hidden gems of the noughties! How many have you seen? Then they peer into their crystal balls (no, it's not a testicle reference) and sound off on their most anticipated films of 2018. You'll laugh at the wisecracking dumbasses, you'll cry at the petty infighting, and you'll pee at some stage during this episode because it's slightly longer than normal! Time Stamps: Recount: 1:55 - 8:45 Shape of Water NON-SPOILER Review: 9:15 - 16:46 Shape of Water SPOILER-FILLED Discussion 16:46 - 29:07 Top 5 M0st Anticipated Films of 2018: 30:02 - 48:13 Top 10 Hidden Gems of the Noughties: 48:13 - 1:28:29 Listener Feedback: 1:28:29 - 1:36:48 This week's promos are for new Aussie film podcast Bears on Film at http://bearsonfilm.net/ and awesome #PodFix Network show, Super Movie Bros with Dave and Jay at http://supermoviebros.podbean.com/ And don't forget our oldest and bestest podcasting friends, the Epic Film Guys, aka Nick and Justin, at http://epicfilmguys.podbean.com/ and on Twitter @EpicFilmGuys. BIG NEWS: The Countdown has launched a PATREON page! Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown and check out the growing pieces of bonus content, as the guys attempt to grow the show by reinvesting your generous pledges back into it. 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 two networks 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!