On a brand-new episode, we are no longer horsing around as we discuss the much-loved and much-derided sub-genre of Found Footage. From The Blair Witch Project to Cloverfield to the recent Late Night with the Devil, no stone is left unturned, and no gap in logic is tolerated. In addition to the classics, we go over The Tunnel, Rec 1&2, End of Watch,…

In our new episode, we shamble into and barricade ourselves in the studio for an intense and scary examination of George A. Romero's zombie apocalypse films, from the seminal Night of the Living Dead to the dire Diary of the Dead and the classic Dawn of the Dead and everything in between. The influences, the legacy, the subtext—it's all covered. We…

We are back! And we have decided to re-introduce the main topics! On this new episode, we decided to talk about one of our combined favorite films - Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam epic Apocalypse Now. We go through its troubled production history, its legacy, and its influences and finally render a critical consensus on the career of its direc…

After a brief tangent about meeting your childhood heroes, we get into everything we have been watching and/or doing. Includes Final Fantasy 16, Aliens: Dark Descent, The Flash, Something in the Dirt, Tape to Tape, Time, Platonic, and The Last Ronin as well as...Michael Bay's first two Transformers films. We also talk about the state of 2023's Summ…

After a long break, we are back! We harken back to one of our most popular episodes where we talked about dinner and discuss our ideal series of courses and what media will accompany them. Through the silliness we get to cover Renfield, It's always sunny in Philadelphia, John Wick 4, Train to Busan, Beef, Street Fighter 6, Dawn of the Dead, and Gua…

In a brand spanking, new geek out we introduce a new section of the podcast! In "The Supposed Classic" we revisit 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula and 2014's first season of True Detective. In addition, John finally plays Elden Ring and we review Crimes of the Future, House of the Dragon, Glorious, Expeditions Rome, Mad God, and more! SPOILERS FOR MIDN…

We are back! And it's time for opinions and banter! This week we talk all about the recently announced slate for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Batgirl debacle over at DC. After this, we review Prey, Bullet Train, Netflix's Resident Evil, and The Sandman, Stray, and Yellowjackets. Join us! Intro - 00:00:25 News MCU Phase 5 and 6 - 00:04:58 B…

After a series of tangents about DLC, puppets, gas bills, and governmental foolishness, we have a bumper crop of reviews. We get jiggy with Elvis, depressed with Pleasure, We Own This City, and the new Arcade Fire album. Plus Stranger Things season 4 part 2, Ultrasound, The Outfit, and Warhammer 40K: Battle Sector. In the news this week we discuss …

On a stomping new show on the podcast that refuses to stay extinct, we navigate evolution, logic, and terror to review Jurassic World Dominion. We also review French arthouse triumph Petite Maman, new horror movie The Black Phone, arcade throwback Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge, indie coming of age tale Cha Cha Real Smooth, and Far…

After battling Covid-19 and a week of British celebrations, your hosts are back to smash through reality with a packed episode of reviews. In this episode, we review season 3 of The Boys and Love, Death and Robots, season 1 of Obi-Wan Kenobi, season 4 of Stranger Things, and then the movies Top Gun: Maverick and the breakout Indian hit RRR. In addi…

This week after a brief apology from one of our hosts, we head back into the darkest of all timelines to talk about Black Mirror season 6, This is Spinal Tap 2, Daredevil returning to screens, and The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Then we go into a heavily packed reviews section that includes multiplayer madness in Evil Dead: The Game, stresse…

Foiled again by time management and MCU "discourse" we instead turn our attention to multiverses of a different sort this week with reviews of Everything Everywhere All At Once, Licorice Pizza, old school point and click masterpiece Norco, documentary Next Goal Wins, The Pentaverate and the bleak High Life. Sadly no Strange GP's were involved here,…

On this week's dastardly yet "fine" new episode we talk all about the recent Netflix debacle, the possibility of a Streets of Rage movie, the resurrection of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio and of course the announcement of The Batman 2. Then in our jam-packed reviews section, we ponder originality with The Northman, disagree about The Matrix Resurrec…

This week we have reviews of Ghostwire Tokyo, Apollo 10 1/2, Scream (5?), Moon Knight, Doctor Sleep, the original Dark Souls, and James saw Sparks live in Belfast! We also talk about the possibility of a remake of The Crow, Kathryn Bigelow's next film, Kristen Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding, and Rian Johnson coming to TV with Poker Face. Email Us: l…

We are back! In our new episode in our new ongoing format, we talk all about the essential news and reviews that you need to hear! Capcom's Exoprimal, and CD Projekt Red's new Witcher game are discussed as well as the forthcoming Disney + Obi-Wan Kenobi show and Panos Cosmatos' Mandy follow up Nekrokosm. Then we review The Batman, Lamb, Olli Olli W…

On the final episode of season 3 of LHGO, we go through all of the things we have been doing over the last few months. Including reviews of *deep breath...Titane, The Kingsman, The Power of the Dog, The After Party, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Love Death and Robots, Sunshine, Ready Player Two, Pokemon Yellow, and The Colony. In addition…

This week we have a topic that has been very important for one of us for a long time....we rake Hollywood over the coals for its inaccurate portrayal of historical events! From Brian De Palma's The Untouchables to U-571 and Braveheart to the more recent The Last Duel and Bohemian Rhapsody. Nobody is safe from our research! In addition, we review Ma…

This week we have a whole mess of news and reviews comin' at ya! First, we discuss the premiere date for season 3 of The Boys, then mull over a possible Quantum Leap reboot. We disagree over a possible Scott Pilgrim anime and ponder Sony's future after Microsoft purchased Activision/Blizzard. Then it is time for the reviews as we discuss The Book o…

After a brief Christmas-induced hiatus, your heroes are back! In our latest episode, we look back and say goodbye to 2021 and how we spent it with our favorite TV, Games, and Movies including Squid Game, Dune, Mass Effect, Succession, and Justice League. Then we look forward to things that are coming in 2022 including Avatar 2, Jurassic World: Domi…

This week we delve into the franchise that is about to see a massive comeback with The Matrix Resurrections. We get philosophical in bullet time with the 1999 original, then the Animatrix, the Enter the Matrix video game, and the release in 2003 of the back-to-back sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Finally, we finish off with …

In our new episode, we reveal something we have been working on for a few weeks. James and John set each other seven films to watch and report back on. There is sadness, laughs, thrills, and spills as we get into each film and what we thought including films by Sam Peckinpah, Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, Panos Cosmatos, Lars Von Trier, Alex Cox, …

On a brand new all colour episode of LHGO, we go on a deep dive into our favourite ever comic books/graphic novels! We go from the mainstream Batman, The Walking Dead and Watchmen titles to the bizarre The Maxx, Preacher and Saga, to the indie, artier fare such as Persepolis and Maus. In addition, we have reviews of the new Guardians of the Galaxy …

On our new episode we reminisce, wander back through the mists of time to revisit the PS3 era of gaming. The problems at launch with the Blu-Ray drive, The Six-Axis controller, and then the games from Resistance: Fall of Man to the early days of Call of Duty to Grand Theft Auto 5. We also review the latest Bond movie No Time to Die, Netflix's He's …

On this week's shaken and stirred episode we are talking the worlds's longest-running movie franchise - James Bond 007. From the 60's Sean Connery era to the camp Roger Moore run through the underrated Timothy Dalton to Pierce Brosnan and then Daniel Craig. No stone is left unturned as we discuss the good, the bad, and the mediocre. We disagree, we…

On this week's new episode of LHGO, we delve into the one thing that Hollywood has so far failed to crack - turning successful video games into successful movies. From the lows of Super Mario Bros and Street Fighter to the recent relative highs of Sonic the Hedgehog and Tomb Raider, we get up close and personal with some of the worst movies ever ma…

We are back! On the triumphant return of the LHGO we talk all about what we watched, played and read over the summer break including The Suicide Squad, Free Guy, Brand New Cherry Flavour and Pig! A Final Fantasy virgin plays the remake, someone gets involved in the shenanigans of Mafia 3 and we ponder the point of Jim Jarmusch films. In addition, w…

Here for you existing fans and newcomers alike, a clip show/highlight reel from our last two seasons. Listen as we riff on future sports, quicksand, pizza, dinosaurs, and sexy online vampires. There are also clips from our rants on Tenet, The Boys, and The Stand. We will be back with a new episode in a couple of weeks. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter a…

It's our final episode of season two! To celebrate one year of the podcast and the start of our summer holidays we have a general chit-chat. We debate the existence of ghosts and Zack Snyder's Star Wars riff for Netflix. Then we review Loki, the comic book Something is Killing the Children, The Forever Purge, Rick and Morty season 5, Fear Street, a…

On this slamming new episode, we ask you to smell what we are cooking as we open a can of talk ass. We get into it about the wrestling business and those iconic wrestlers who made their way to Hollywood stardom. From the early days of Hulk Hogan and the beloved Rowdy Roddy Piper to Stone Cold Steve Austin, Dwayne Johnson, and then the more recent w…

On this week's new and explosion-filled show we talk all about the summer blockbusters of the past and present. We talk about the trends and rise of sequels and comic book movies and what is headed our way in Summer 2021. Then we reminisce about our favorite summer movie-going experiences over the years including Jaws, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park,…

On a special solo single/bonus episode, John Holt runs down his top ten movies of 2021 so far. Including time warps, middle-aged women, drugs, horror, mumblecore, lockdown specials, and bone-crunching violence. Follow us on twitter @lunchhourgeek Email us lunchhourgeekout@gmail.com Theme music: Show Your Moves by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompe…

This week we go back through time and look back on our early experiences with horrifying and disturbing media. This includes Public Information Films, Alien, The Watcher in the Woods, V, Twin Peaks, The Grudge, Ghostwatch, Insidious...Quick Sand and more! In addition, we look forward to Neill Blomkamp's Demonic and we review A Quiet Place part 2. *…

In this week's new episode, we catch up on everything we have been watching/playing/reading! Includes reviews of Army of the Dead, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Suspiria 2018, Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus, Invincible, Zombieland: Double Tap, and more. In addition, we talk about the prospect of Indiana Jones 5, The Sandman …

We are back! And we have decided to look back on the 2020/21 awards season movies by going through all of the Best Picture Oscar Nominees that were up for the award this past April. Including Minari, Sound of Metal, Promising Young Woman, and eventual winner Nomadland. Were they the best of a bad year? Or were they just shoved into the limelight du…

In this week's new episode we give our early impressions of Outriders, talk about Space Jam, a ThunderCats movie, and the Knives Out sequels. We also review The Kid Detective and revisit Parks and Recreation and The Assassination of Jesse James. Then we catch up with your emails and tweets you have kindly sent to us. Includes discussion of pizza, m…

Join us on a special bonus episode of LHGO as we review Godzilla vs Kong!! We get into it over the massive monkey fighting a giant lizard, the Monsterverse, and what we thought of this latest instalment from director Adam Wingard. **Massive Spoilers from the start** Follow us on Twitter @lunchhourgeek Email Us: lunchhourgeekout@gmail.com Theme Musi…

This week we 'borrow' a game from an old podcast - Movie God. We quiz each other on tough choices, if we had to blink Hollywood careers out of existence who would we choose? The answers and discussions include George Lucas (of course) Francis Ford Coppola, Edgar Wright, Guy Ritchie, David Fincher, Chris Nolan, Adam Sandler, Middle Earth, and Star T…

On this weeks episode of LHGO we flip our last episode about great quotes on its head and reminisce about the worst dialogue and line delivery we have ever witnessed in film including Spider-Man 3, Aquaman, Troll 2, X-Men, Star Wars, Armageddon, Broken Arrow and Starship Troopers. In addition this week we preview Aliens: Fire Team, look back at 198…

Welcome to our very first bonus episode where we are joined by Gareth Chappell of Retro101.co.uk for a review of the first season of WandaVision! We get into our opinions of the show as a whole, the MCU and theories on where it could be going as well as the huge online discourse around the show. Be warned **HEAVY SPOILERS** for WandaVision as well …

This week we drunkenly test each other's geek trivia knowledge to determine the title of Omega Prime of the Podosphere!! Listen as we battle it out over Star Wars, Middle Earth, Superheroes, Anime, 90's Music and More! A true test of might for the ages... In addition, we talk about the Mortal Kombat trailer, Edgar Wright's version of The Running Ma…

Author, podcaster and Dr Who expert Hayden Gribble joins us this week for a packed episode of the podcast where we discuss our guilty pleasures. What are the awful pieces of entertainment from across the decades that we just love so much? Includes discussions of peak Roger Moore, Bat Nipples, Saucy Hair Metal Lyrics, Phil Collins, Star Wars, Michae…

The term "Cancel Culture" is seemingly everywhere at the moment, but what is the reality of this? This week we look at controversial historical figures and their impact on pop culture and whether or not they should be as revered or fondly remembered as they are. We also get into more recent examples of this including figures such as Johnny Depp, Me…

We are back! It's a new year, it's a new season of the show, and it's time to get optimistic! Therefore pre any further world ending or changing events, we talk about the games, music, movies and TV we are looking forward to in 2021 including new music from Arcade Fire and Greta Van Fleet, the movies Dune, A Quiet Place part 2, and The Matrix 4, th…

...And that was 2020, an awful year for pretty much the entire human race. A year where we all embraced media as a species like never before. Was there anything good about 2020? Join us as we go through the year that killed cinema and the games, movies and TV that kept us sane in 2020 including 1917, The Mandalorian, The Invisible Man, Tiger King, …

With the release of the new game from CD Projekt Red, this week we discuss the sub-genre of Cyberpunk. We get into the films, the books, the anime and our hopes and fears for the upcoming game. In addition, we talk about Brandon Cronenberg's gnarly sci-fi thriller Possessor, a book called Japans Infamous Unit 731, David Lynch's mysterious new Netfl…

With the arrival of a new generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft, it is time to look back on the eighth console generation, the hallowed time of the PlayStation 4, X-Box One and Switch. We go through our top five games of the previous generation including Resident Evil 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Yakuza 0, Devil May Cry 5, Overwatch, Civilisa…

This week we discuss what we have been watching including Lindsay Ellis' recent YouTube videos, Borat Subsequent Movie Film, Centurion, Of Unknown Origin, Freaks, Relic, Ted Lasso, '71 and #Alive. Apologies for the poor sound quality in the first half of this episode. Our main topic is some of our favourite quotes from TV and Film including - Black…

Its the Halloween Bleak Out Frightacular! As it's Halloween we go through all of our favourite things in the world of horror. This includes Favourite Films, Games, Franchises, Remakes, Novels and Guilty Pleasures. We get into it over George Romero, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, It, The Exorcist and many more! We also discuss 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, To …

Join us for the exciting conclusion of our pick for the top ten films of the last decade, the teens as it were. We run down our choices from 6 - 1 and discuss Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve, George Miller, The MCU and their associated masterpieces as well as some more unexpected arthouse and horror choices. Follow us on twitter @lunchhourgeek …

This week we begin the countdown of our favourite ten films from the last decade. This includes much discussion around the brilliance of Jeremy Saulnier, Quentin Tarantino, and Joe Carnahan and the underrated films from Pixar and Damien Chazelle. We also get into news stories concerning the death of cinema, a movie adaptation of Sega's Yakuza franc…