William Shakespeare on Film
[School of Movies 2026] Possibly the greatest playwright the world will ever see, creator of countless clever words and idioms, '"Heart of g...
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School of Movies
Super in-depth analysis of movies (and occasionally TV, and video games). Hosted by veteran podcasters Alex & Sharon Shaw with different guests for round-table chats every week.
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Mortal Kombat II
[School of Movies 2026] Back in 2021, after a surprising 24-year absence of Mortal Kombat live action movie adaptations while several really...
Own Your Stuff
[School of Everything Else 2026] This is one of the most significant shows we have ever recorded and took an immense amount of research, pre...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
[School of Movies 2026] After an extruciatingly long five years away from this version of Peter Parker we rejoin his sad, thrilling saga. Th...
Predator: Badlands
[School of Movies 2026] Dan Trachtenberg, director of 10 Cloverfield Lane has quietly, modestly, and with surety of purpose revolutionised t...
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
[School of Movies 2026] I did not expect to be proudest of this third show on the Pirates Trilogy. While the first was spent delving into th...
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
[School of Movies 2026] The original trio of Gore Verbinski Pirates films have become sacred cows to millennial movie commentators on YouTub...
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
[School of Movies 2025] NOTE: This episode was originally released in 2025, a year before we covered the sequels in 2026. An extremely long-...
EPIC: The Musical
[School of Everything Else 2026] This is a commissioned show for AJ. We recorded it several months ago, but banked it until the long-awaited...
Supergirl
[School of Movies 2026] Following on from the sunny and heartfelt success of James Gunn's 2025 Superman we have the scrappy follow-up by Cra...
Toy Story 5
[School of Movies 2026] After the 2022 failure ($226m on a $200m budget) of Lightyear to succesfully spin-off from the main Toy Story franch...
Toy Story 4
[School of Movies 2026] Back in 2011, early in my podcasting career I recorded three shows with Daniel Floyd on what seemed at the time to b...
Masters of the Universe (2026)
[School of Movies 2026] This is a fun one. Statistically speaking if you're under the age of 45 you didn't go and see this summer blockbuste...
The Mandalorian & Grogu
[School of Movies 2026] The first Star Wars movie released in cinemas after seven long years since The Rise of Skywalker. It's a crowd-pleas...
The Mandalorian & Boba Fett
[School of Everything Else 2026] Kicking off our Summer Blockbuster Season, before we get to the first theatrically released Star Wars movie...
Companion
[School of Movies 2026] As we perform a shutdown on MA.I. with a rousing singalong of 'Daisy Bell', we get to one of the least-seen-yet-best...
The Electric State & Ron's Gone Wrong
[School of Movies 2026] The main event Electric State episode was recorded at the start of the year with Willow, a powder-keg, ready to go t...
Ex-Machina & HER
[School of Movies 2026] MA.I. continues, and here we're getting into relationships between humans and Artificial Intelligence with two stori...
WALL-E
[School of Movies 2026] Our month of movies about A.I. continues, this time with something everybody loves. And WALL-E is in fact pulling do...
WarGames & S1M0NE
[School of Movies 2026] This is the beginning of a month-long project on films exploring humanity's relationship with Artificial Intelligenc...