Science Fiction Rating System

We emerge from post-lockdown life and consequently get too busy to podcast. But don't worry, we're back, with a film no one has seen, no one wants to see, and no one should see. So, business as usual…

It's the future, again, and this time cops are getting trained in a computer by a sadistic AI. What could possibly happen next? Join us as we really go off Russell Crowe, wonder how Brett Leonard kee…

These days, kids love battle royale games, like Fortnite and all that. Back when we were young kids loved Battle Royale, an ultraviolent film about 40 schoolkids trying to kill one another. Join us a…

Alex is back with another brush with Hollywood, this time interviewing top documentary maker Rodney Ascher about his latest film, A Glitch in the Matrix!

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This week we're going deeper underground and celebrating the release of Godzilla Vs. Kong with Hollywood's first attempt at bringing the king of monsters to the west. Join us as we discuss the star (…

This week we watch the super low budget indie time travel film Primer! Join us as we struggle to work out how time travel works, struggle to work out how time travel works, and finally struggle to wo…

So, it's come to this. Alex celebrates his birthday by breaking pod rules and picking a film we shouldn't technically see for another 3 years, or preferably never. Yes, it's Ready Player One, and yes…

It's Easter Friday, and what says Easter better than a healthy dose of ultraviolence and the old in out? We celebrate with a viddy at A Clockwork Orange, the film too shocking for you to see, althoug…

Join Alex and Sam for a bonus spoilercast they didn't think they would record. Expectations were rock bottom for Zack Synder's reconstruction of Justice League so we approach it tentatively but...it'…

This week we watch the classic anime Akira, a film that did a lot to shape the tastes of at least two thirds of this pod. But 30 years later does it still hold up? Join us as we find out and discuss …

This week Chris combines negotiating film contracts with hosting a podcast as we watch Galaxy Quest in installments, starting, stopping, and starting again. We also learn about Tim Allen's idea excha…

We're back from break with a change to your scheduled film, it's listener-requested '80s fantasy sci-fi, er, classic(?) Masters of the Universe! Join us to learn which cast member is a chemical engin…

Bonjour! This week we present a podcast recorded entirely in the original romance language, le French, in which we talk about classic nouvelle vague Godard flick Alphaville. Think we can't handle som…

This week we're going back to the '60s to the very first Planet of the Apes, a film so big we can't work out why we haven't done it yet. Join us for confusing space missions, terrible captains and un…

This week we celebrate the 4K release of Elysium by doing what we do best: an hour of Hot Chat. Join us as we get into the science of this particular dystopian future and the problem with Jodie Foste…

This week we conclude our trip back to 2016 with Sam's pick, The 5th Wave! Alex isn't sure whether this film was actually released, Sam has trouble with the wave system, and Chris broadcasts from a C…

This week we continue our 2016 trilogy with Alex's pick- it's Shin Godzilla! After a decade away from making Godzilla films Toho returned with a different but also not different take on the world's g…

Alex is back with another exclusive interview, this time speaking to Scott Adkins, star of the new sci-fi comedy The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud. Alex Zooms into Scott's car and discusses t…

Our season of Star Wars comes to an end with Gareth Edwards' spin-off prequel Rogue One, also the first of our 2016 film season! Opinions are all over the place as we discuss what this film gets righ…

Its 2021 and before we get back to ranking films we look back at one of the few highlights of 2020, the second season of The Mandalorian. We work through the big moments throughout the season before …