It’s such a shame that it’s so difficult to find opinions about this film online. Luckily, Mike & Matt just so happen to have a podcast series dedicated to covering every film in the Spider-Man franchise! We hope you enjoy Matt blabbering on and on and on about comic book characters he likes and Mike feeling depressed about the current and future state of superhero movies! Continue reading Big Spideas – Episode 5: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse’
Mike Thomas & Matt Waters take another trip into the Spider-Verse to talk about the ill-advised Venom solo movie, with such hot takes as “it’s ehhhh” and “what a criminal misuse of Jenny Slate” and even a fun debate about the title of the podcast. How could you NOT immediately download/stream this episode?! Continue reading Big Spideas – Episode 4: ‘Venom’
Between Season 2 and 3, the creators of LOST made an alternate reality game called “The Lost Experience”, which expanded the backstory of the DHARMA Initiative. It was designed to satiate the most die hard of fans who wanted more answers than the show could provide, and involved so many pieces it’s remarkable it even happened at all. Ben and Kevin discuss, if they feel it was a success, and what the ARG was and what the most important takeaways from it were.
From there, the duo discusses the last entrant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant-Man and the Wasp! With the beloved Kate Austen in a titular role, it only felt right to do so. They discuss their thoughts on the movie, some LOST flashbacks they experienced, why it is other LOST actors haven’t achieved a similar level of success, and a story that of an obnoxious movie-goer. It goes without saying there are MCU spoilers in this one!
Continue reading From Broadcast Depth – Bonus Episode: The Lost Experience & Ant-Man and The Wasp
In what would originally have been the second of FOUR episodes of X-Cellent Adventures had New Mutants and Dark Phoenix not been bumped to 2019, Mike & Matt return to their true calling and share their thoughts on the second season of Noah Hawley’s Legion. Just you wait until you hear how Mike Thomas experienced the season’s best episode. Continue reading Mike & Matt’s X-Cellent Adventures: Episode #16 – Legion Season 2
X-Cellent Adventures is back! Deadpool is back! Mike Thomas is back! ‘Intentionally’ crappy MS Paint show posters are back! Will our listener count be back? Prolly not! Continue reading Mike & Matt’s X-Cellent Adventures: Episode #15 – Deadpool 2
Finally… the non-stop Marvel spam can end because Ben & Matt reviewed Avengers: Infinity War and brought their MCU podcast to its conclusion… until August.
Enormous *Spoilers*, obviously. Continue reading Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 20: Avengers Infinity War
To celebrate the 10 Year Anniversary of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ben & Matt decided to take a look back at the highs and lows of the last decade, as well as industry and competitor reaction to the notion of a shared universe and the state of superhero movies in general.
This podcast was recorded before the release of Avengers: Infinity War but does contain spoilers for everything leading up to it. Continue reading Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 19: MCU 10 Year Anniversary
The moment that Captain America first appeared on-screen in Avengers: Infinity War, the whole audience around me cheered. No other character got this kind of response — and that is entirely down to the legacy and mythos that Marvel has built over Chris Evans’ eight appearances as this character.
Disclaimer: This article was written just after Infinity War Continue reading Steve Rogers: More Than Just a Big Red, White & Blue Boyscout
It all began with Tony Stark. Literally. On May 2nd 2008, Iron Man premiered and the Marvel Cinematic Universe was born, reigniting the career of Robert Downey Jr. in the process. A decade later, with the 10 Year Anniversary of the MCU on the horizon, let’s look back on the Journey of Tony Stark.
Disclaimer: This piece was written before the release of Avengers: Infinity War and contains no spoilers… except for the ones for previous films. There are a tonne of those.
Continue reading Tony Stark: Marvel’s Most Developed Character
After revisiting every single film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ben Phillips & Matt Waters finally feel qualified to rank every single (pre-Infinity War) entry in the franchise, continuing with films 9 – 1. Continue reading Ben & Matt Rank the MCU: 9 – 1
The Reel World 