Category: Film

Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 15: Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2

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OMG you will never guess who Peter Quill’s dad is. Oh, they gave it away in the trailer, didn’t they? Still, we’ve got a teeny, tiny Groot and a delightful double-act of assholery to console us. Plus gold people!
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Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 14: Doctor Strange

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Far out dude. Let’s jam with some Pink Floyd and check out my gnarly blacklight poster of Doctor Strange fighting the Silver Surfer and like totally go to Mars… Ahem. This is our Doctor Strange episode. Sorry. Continue reading Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 14: Doctor Strange

Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 12 – Ant-Man

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Ben & Matt set themselves the challenge of keeping an episode under an hour after a stretch of long ones… and failed. Just. Still, look at that glorious poster! Continue reading Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 12 – Ant-Man

Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 11 – Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Ben & Matt are back to review this outrageously expensive glorious mess of superhero nonsense in an episode that just about manages to be shorter than the runtime of the film itself. All hail the Age of Robert California!
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Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 10 – Guardians of the Galaxy

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Want to hear what it sounds like when Matt doesn’t get to do as much preparation as he’d like and has a mouth full of pasta when he and Ben start recording a podcast about Guardians of the Galaxy? Of course you do, you’re a person!
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Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 9 – Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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Despite some audio issues and a format that rapidly got away from them, Ben & Matt were just about able to discuss one of the best reviewed movies under the Marvel banner, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and even managed to weigh in on the ‘Who is the best Chris?’ debate for good measure. Continue reading Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 9 – Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Ranking the 2018 Academy Award Best Picture Nominees

Mike Thomas and Jerome Cusson debated the 2017 Academy Award Best Picture Nominees in the form of a podcast. Deciding this year it was best to spare Matt Waters the extra hosting duties give his many Reel World responsibilities (wordplay!), we decided that this year we would discuss the nominees on (figurative) paper instead. After devising a secret formula to rank the nine nominees, we have come up with a definitive order for the Oscar films, ranked worst to best. Without further ado…

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Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 8 – Thor: The Dark World

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Bring a duvet and pillows because it’s time to discuss a film that even Thor mega-fan, Matt Waters, would describe as dull. Nevertheless, he and Ben Phillips endeavour to get an hour of fun discussion out of it and are helped out tremendously by the famously troubled production history of the film. Continue reading Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 8 – Thor: The Dark World