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Dispatch 80 – San Andreas and the Legacy of Disaster Movies
June 05, 2015

On this week's show, Fernando talks about earthquake readiness in Tokyo, James reviews Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in San Andreas, before we get into a wide-ranging discussion about the disaster movie genre itself,

Dispatch 79 – Pitch Perfect 2, Annie & Spy
May 21, 2015

This week we cast our eye over three recent female-led films, starting off with Elizabeth Banks' directorial debut, Pitch Perfect 2, then the bold new take on the much-loved musical Annie followed by the Melissa McCarthy action comedy Spy. -

Dispatch 78 – Mad Max: Fury Road & A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
May 15, 2015

On this week's dispatch I get more than a little enthusiastic about George Miller's return to his hugely influential dystopian action franchise with Mad Max: Fury Road, then Fernando talks about Ana Lily Amirpour's Iranian vampire drama,

Dispatch 77 – Avengers Age Of Ultron & The Sad State Of Comic Book Fandom
May 08, 2015

After a quick digression to talk about Fernando's recent experience at a Taylor Swift concert in Tokyo, we manage to steer the show almost seamlessly into an in-depth discussion of Avengers: Age Of Ultron. We then throw our net broader to address the o...

Dispatch 76 – Baahubali, Pride & The Dead Lands
April 23, 2015

On this week's show, James talks about his recent trip to India to visit the set of Baahubali, and then joins Fernando in a discussion about two recent films - British comedy Pride and the Maori action adventure The Dead Lands - both of which are well ...

Dispatch 75 – Furious 7 & Hong Kong International Film Festival
April 10, 2015

On this week's show, we discuss the latest grease, blood and adrenaline-smeared instalment in the ever-expanding Fast & Furious franchise. James also touches on one or two of his favourites from the Hong Kong International Film Festival,

Dispatch 74 – 50 Shades Of Grey
March 19, 2015

Let's talk about sex. Specifically, let's talk about contractual, dominant, controversy-laden, potentially unfulfilling sex, as it appears in recent blockbuster 50 Shades Of Grey. Certainly not the best, but unlikely to be the worst film of the year, this

Dispatch 73 – Sequels
March 06, 2015

Every year fans are up in arms as the latest round of sequels to their beloved favourite films are announced and another summer of franchise instalments clutter the blockbuster season and throttle creativity in cinema. But, are all sequels really that bad

Dispatch 72 – The 2015 Academy Awards Prediction Show
February 20, 2015

The time has come for our fourth Academy Awards' prediction show. Over the past three years, James has done rather well, with a 76.4% success rate at picking Oscar winners, with Fernando trailing not far behind with 73.6% correct. However, this year has s

Dispatch 71 – State Of The Review or how I learned to stop worrying and love ordinary coffee
February 06, 2015

This week James and Fernando share an open and honest conversation about film reviewing. With the rise of blogs and social media, reviewing has changed forever, altering the way we approach everything from looking for places to drink coffee to snobbery in