There are moderate spoilers in our review of Steve Spielberg's latest Disclosure Day, but to be fair there's nothing happening here that didn't happen in Close Encounters of the Third Kind almost fifty years ago. https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/film-club-extra-145-disclosure-day/
J.R. Southall
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Team member on the Strangers in Space podcast, talking movies, music, TV, politics - and Doctor Who - so you don't have to Links page […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodonapp.uk/@JRSouthall, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
We're still calling it Who Review Extra, even if the Extra this time around is The Avengers for the second time in a row. The Hour That Never Was, in fact. https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/who-review-extra-76-the-avengers-the-hour-that-never-was/
It's not exactly Jason and the Argonauts... Our review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/film-club-extra-144-the-odyssey/
We couldn't talk about Spider-Man: Brand New Day without discussing its revelations and ending - and where the MCU might go next - so be warned before you listen to this episode, there are major spoilers herein https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/film-club-extra-143-spider-man-brand-new-day/
For the second time this week we sat down for a low budget, high return horror film from a director who has made their name on YouTube; this time it was Curry Barker's Obsession and oh boy. https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/film-club-extra-142-obsession/
From the Archives today, a recent conversation but nevertheless we round out our recent set of episodes about Bond on the big screen with a chat about the two non-Eon films, Casino Royale (not that one!) and Never Say Never Again https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
On our audio feed today is the summer quiz, in which we invited a team from the Trap One podcast to try and make fools of themselves... https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/the-2026-holiday-quiz/ There's a large visual element to the quiz which can be watched on […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]
From the Archives today, the final Bond (for now!) https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
This summer the Disney blockbuster has had its block well and truly busted by a pair of unlikely low budget horror films from YouTubers. In the first of two reviews we have a (moderately spoilery) chat about Kane Parsons' Backrooms https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/film-club-extra-141-backrooms/
From the Archives today, we talk Bond songs https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
From the Archives today, the very young (YMMV) Blue Box Podcast team - minus Lee, already on his third absence by the time of this 13th episode (if anyone's seen him please get in touch) - takes a look at Doctor Who cliffhangers https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
Rumours are starting to emerge about the names that might be on the table once the tendering process begins, so we talk through the people we think might be up for becoming the creative force behind the next stage of Doctor Who https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/blue-box-222-showrunners-riders/
From the Archives today, Daniel Craig Bond week continues with our thoughts from 2019 on Skyfall and Spectre https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
Never has the phrase "so you don't have to" been more important than where our review of Citizen Vigilante is concerned https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/film-club-extra-140-citizen-vigilante/
From the Archives this week: Bond, Daniel Craig Bond. And we start with our thoughts on Casino Royale. https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
In a little while, he's going to be our new Prime Minister. But before that can happen, we're going to see what we think of Andy Burnham's record collection. https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/music-club-extra-11-burnhams-best-beats/
From the Archives today, way back at the beginning of our podcasting journey, we asked if JN-T was right not to want hanky panky in the TARDIS https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
We recorded an episode of Too Hot for TV about various alternative versions of The Tripods in other media, during which it became apparent that Dylan had never seen the TV version. Obviously we forced him to take a look... (The Too Hot for TV is out tomorrow.) […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]
From the Archives today, our very first trip in the randomiser brings us to Manussa and a second encounter with the Mara https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
When we threw The Avengers into the randomiser, we weren't expecting it to choose for our first visit a trip back to before even Doctor Who began, for a glimpse of what The Avengers had been like before it became The Avengers we would all come to know and love […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]
Post-MayGann, we still can't help going back to the creators of the TV movie; here's our review of Smart Money, written by Matthew Jacobs and directed by Bernard Rose: https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/smart-money-1986-film-club-lite-102/ Or watch the film first: https://youtu.be/1wVSRDFWc9E
From the Archives today, we reel at the exclusions and wonder at the results of YouGov's list of the world's Top 25 pop artists. https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
From the Archives today, an old Blue Box Podcast featuring our very first discussion about the various companions of Doctor Who https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
Was planning to publish this tomorrow morning (if not Monday) but it's topical and it's in the can so it's here in your feeds right now: our predictions for England v Norway plus of course our thoughts on the latest evasive manoeuvres from Nigel Laughing-Stock […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]
Once we'd realised that Paul McGann made his screen debut in a Play for Today by The Ultimate Evil's Wally K Daly, we couldn't resist taking a look https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/play-for-today-whistling-wally-tv-club-101/
From the Archives this week, we discuss the changing role of the companions in Doctor Who - continuing with the Doctor's friends during the modern revival https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
The third Doctor poll results are in, plus a few thoughts about Justin Richards to get us underway https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/the-third-doctor-poll-blue-box-221/
From the Archives this week, we discuss the changing role of the companions in Doctor Who - starting with the Doctor's friends during the original run https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html
Chances are, you probably haven't been to the pictures to see Supergirl. And if you haven't, the plot is so linear you can pretty much guess its every turn - so with that warning, here's our lay-it-all-bare review. https://jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/supergirl-film-club-extra-139/
From the Archives today, the last in our series of podcasts about The Blow Monkeys is a review of their current album Birdsong (with special guest Dan Jennings of the Paul Weller Fan Podcast) https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/from-the-archives.html