The CineClub Podcast

It’s double the Drebin this week on The CineClub Podcast with the team comparing the brand new The Naked Gun (2025) starring Liam Neeson and the iconic Leslie Neilson The Naked Gun: From the Files of…

This week the CineClub team of Matthew, Rhys, Jake and Billy, fondly discuss the Muppets and their creator, Jim Henson.

They start with The Muppet Movie (1979), but with 8 Muppet films, 3 Television …

It’s been an awesome summer for cinema and the team of Rhys, Matthew, Dion and Billy discuss two of the biggest films of the season - Superman (2025) and Fantastic Four (2025). It’s the equivalent of…

This week we’re in the weird world of Al Yankovic. The team of Jake, Matthew, Billy and Rhys discuss the bizarre comedy, the songs and outstanding filmic parodies of UHF (1989) and the more recent We…

This week the Team share their Letterboxd favourite films. What’s interesting is that each of the four choices share some common themes: the films are all quite stylized (albeit in different ways), t…

The team of Jake, Billy, Rhys and Matthew are on a magical mystery tour of The Beatles’ animated film Yellow Submarine (1968).

There’s clearly some evidence of Beatlemania in the episode, but there’s …

This week Lupin aficionados Dion and Jake enthuse about the Japanese animated action films Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Mystery of Mamo (1978) and Lupin III: The First (2019).

These cult films focus …

Lock the door and leave the light on – this episode explores horror films based on or around television shows. The team of Matthew, Connell, Jake and Bebe discuss the iconic BBC television film Ghost…

This week sees the release of the new Superman film starring David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan and directed by James Gunn. The team of Rhys, Billy, Jake and Matthew discuss the range of Superman f…

To coincide with the recent release of 28 Years Later, the Team discuss the merits and demerits of the ‘28’ film series.

28 Days Later is accepted by the whole team as a film which ‘loves to have the …

There’s a difference of opinion in the team this week when Matthew, Rhys and Billy ruminate on Keanu’s back catalogue of work. Matthew wonders about Keanu’s line delivery and mannequin-like face, Rhy…

This week Rhys, Billy, Connell and Jake consider monsters from the Universal Studios. The team chat about early monster films such as Bride of Frankenstein and Creature from the Black Lagoon amongst …

In this episode the team discuss their guilty pleasures – those films so bad they’re good! First in the frame in the horror category are Jason X and Freddy vs Jason, then there’s disagreement about T…

In this episode the team of Connell, Billy, Matthew and Jake chat about the very first CineClub Film Festival which was sponsored by Sunderland Culture. The festival included screenings of Police Sto…

This week the triumvirate discuss the quirks and wonders of the Wes Anderson filmography.

Prompted by CineClub’s recent screening of Rushmore, the Team delve into Anderson’s back catalogue and select …

It’s a controversial topic this week, but a goodie! The team move out of ‘classic’ film territory to examine the post Endgame Marvel and whether it’s now just ‘teasing slop’….

From the questionable MC…

This week the Team take on the ‘Teens’ with a detailed chat about Heathers and Mean Girls.

From representations to dark humour and the songs in the musical versions of the stories, the CineClubbers h…

This week the team discuss film soundtracks and debate whether an original score or licensed music produce more iconic soundtracks.

This episode is full of fun and passion. The name dropping reaches …

This week the three amigos, Billy, Matthew and Jake, celebrate Val Kilmer – an actor with the distinction of playing rock legends Jim Morrison and Elvis Presley, as well as iconic film characters, Ba…

This week the CineClub Podcasters discuss monsters and their metphors.

From the plethora of Godzilla films to Mothra, King Kong and Cloverfield, the team ponder the complexities of the monster film. …