We're back to continue on our Rusty Crowe His-Trilogy, a peak into three Russell Crowe historical epics. This week it's 2003's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, a critically lauded nautical adventure that didn't quite reach the audience it needs to warrent a sequel. Also featuring the likes of Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd and James D'Arc…

Thank you for your vote in electing this early podcast and have a good safe week everyone. 00:00 The Start 02:40 Venom 3 Box Office & Superhero Fatigue (Again) 11:11 Why Sydney Sweeney Did Madame Web? 15:59 Ant Man Quantumania Made a Profit Actually 18:10 Tarantino Talks Joker: Folie a Deux 25:19 New Godzilla Movie (more...)…

Welcome back to this brand new and good podcast. Agatha All Along has wrapped up so we review that along with Robert Zemeckis' Here. Plus we talk the news of the week including the Venom: The Last Dance box office, why Sydney Sweeney did Madame Web, how Ant-Man 3 actually made profit actually, Tarantino talks Dune & Joker: Folie a Deux, a follow up…

In the year 2000 Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe successfully brought swords and sandals cinema back to the big screen with Gladiator! An epic tale drenched in revenge, blood and sand in what has since been considered one of the greatest movies of all time. Featuring a young Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielson, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris and the fin…

Eddie Brock/Venom is back in the latest SPUMM (Sony Pictures Universe Of Marvel Movies) to grace our screens in the biggest year of SPUMM ever. Plus we talk Christopher Nolan's latest movie starring Tom Holland, sequels to Alien Romulus, Prey and another Alien VS Predator crossover, a trailer for Love Hurts, Blade delayed again probably for a while…

Just a couple of gooey guys talking about the new Venom movie. Thanks for listening! 03:41 Tom Holland Christopher Nolan Movie 12:04 Alien: Romulus Sequel & More Predator Movies 19:50 Love Hurts Trailer Ahoy 26:18 Blade MCU Movie Delayed Again 30:23 Spider-Man 4 Release Date 36:37 Venom: The Last Dance Review 58:12 Venom: The Last (more...)…

In 2011 Universal had the absolute audacity to release a prequel to John's Carpenter's The Thing telling the story of the Norwegian camp we briefly saw in the original. With Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton in the lead it seems as if a genuinely solid attempt was made at recapturing the magic of the first before studio interference didn't …

It's a HUGE news week for this episode let me tell you that. Starting with the further failings of Joker II, Christopher Nolan's WB deal, more details on Daredevil: Born Again and Spider-Man 4, a Gollum movie update, the reworking of the God of War TV series and the John Wick spin-off Ballerina, trailers for Wolf Man, Dune: Prophecy, The Electric S…

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John Carpenter's The Thing from 1982 we treated incredibly harshly upon it's initial release. Labelled disgusting and mean on arrival audiences gradually turned around on it with it becomming one of the greatest horror movies of all time. With an incredible central performances from the likes of Kurt Russell and Keith David, ground breaking special…

In this weeks episode we're having the absolute time of our lives reviewing Transformers One and Hellboy: That Crooked Bloke. Plus we get into the news of the week which includes but not exclusively early reactions to Captain America: Brave Bird Man, details on Robert Downey Jr's role as Doctor Doom, Henry Cavill joining the Voltron movie, Francis …

Two movies and an early podcast! Thank you for listening. 00:00 The Start 05:05 Negative Reactions for Captain America: Brave New World 10:28 RDJ’s Doctor Doom Won’t Be Fantastic 4 Villain 14:38 Henry Cavill Cast in Voltron Movie 16:22 Coppola’s Next Move After Megalopolis 18:13 Kaos & Velma Series Cancelled 21:36 John Stewart Cast in (more...)…

in 2013 Sam Raimi decided to try something a little out of his wheelhouse of horror or comic book movies and directed a Wizard of Oz prequel focusing on the great and powerful wizard. Starring James Franco (RIP), Michelle Williams, Milla Kunis and Rachael Weisz it details his arrival into the mystical land, the origin of the Wicke Witch of the West…

Those madmen and women over at Warner Brothers Discovery have done the impossible, a sequel to the 2019 billion dollar smash Joker. Joker: Folie à Deux continues the adventures of Arthur Fleck this time joined by Harleen "Lee" Quinzel in a story everyone hates. Plus we also talk the passing of Kris Kristofferson, The Batman moving to the DCU, a new…

Guess the movie by this early review (it’s Joker 2). Thanks for listening! Aunty Donna & The Weekly Planet Team-Up: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAhoC6Iy0f2/ Confessions & Wilosophy Livestreams with James & Maso (if still available): https://cheerfulearful.podlifeevents.com/ 00:00 The Start 05:10 RIP Kris Kristofferson 07:07 The Batman in New DCU Pl…

46 years after the original Wizard of Oz comes Disney's attempt at a sequel, Return to Oz. Whilst a huge cinematic bomb in 1985 the same year it arrived it's legacy endured by the generation of children it traumatised by putting Dorothy through a series of horrifying trials to yet again attempt to make her way back to Kansas. This time she's joined…

It's been four decades in the making but Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is final here. And we have some thoughts. ALSO WE'RE BACK. THE PODCAST IS BACK. We get into the news of the week including the passing of Maggie Smith & John Cassaday, a potential Deathstroke and Bane movie, The Mandalorian wrapping up, a streaming release date for Hellboy:…

We back! 00:00 The Start 05:13 RIP Maggie Smith & John Cassaday 09:48 Bane & Deathstroke Movie Happening 14:55 The Mandalorian Series Ending 17:22 Straight to Streaming for Hellboy: The Crooked Man 18:44 The Last of Us: Part Two Trailer 21:42 Ballerina John Wick Movie Trailer 23:20 Hot Quick News! Kyle Chandler Green Lantern Series (more...)…

Beleive it or not The Wizard of Oz wasn't an immediate hit when it originally released in 1939. It was only in subsequent decades that it became the pop culture phenomenon which spawned multiple spin-offs, prequels and sequels like the upcoming adaptation of the stage musical Wicked. So come with is as we journey back to the Land of Oz with Dorothy…

James & Maso's Time Crapsule! A bigsandwich.co bonus podcast where we rank a year's pop culture contributions and discover some forgotten gems. The regular podcast will also hopefully return next week. Thank you to everyone who came to any of the live shows and maybe see you in Birmingham tomorrow (tickets below). Thanks for listening. There's also…

In 2019 Lionsgate attempted the unimaginable, a reboot of the Hellboy franchise after the much beloved Guillermo del Toro and Ron Pearlman dead cancelled trilogy. With David Harbour stepping into the role and directed (sort of) by Neil Marshall it was a critical and commercial bomb. HOWEVER as a movie some perhaps feel that it's been judged unfairl…

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Weekly Planet movie commentary track. The main podcast is currently on a short break during the UK Tour but please enjoy some previously exclusive bigsandwich.co bonuses while we're away. Some tickets for Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham might also still be available below. Thank you to everyone who h…

It starts so small. The first hit, the first puff, the first sip. It’s like watching "A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich"—you see young Benjie, that 13-year-old, living his life, trying to figure it all out in a world that don’t make sense. The streets and the people around him say it’s cool. They say that heroin, that ‘horse,’ can take away the p…

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Despite theo first Hellboy underperforming at the box office home DVD sales meant a sequel still moved forward resulting in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army in 2008. And the result is a film that's bigger, funnier and with more golden armies than ever. With Ron Pearlman, Doug Jones and Guillermo del Toro firing on all cylinders it's not wonder people are…

Welcome everyone! It's time for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (second Beetlejuice). Plus we talk the news of the week including the fate of MCU Blade and Armor Wars, Ian McKellen & Orlando Bloom returning to Middle Earth, Oceans 14, trailers for The Mincraft Movie, Alien: Earth & The Wolfman, a release date for Creature Commando's, Josh Brolin as Hal Jor…

Beetlejuice? Early episode of The Weekly Planet podcast with James, Maso and podcast dog. 00:00 The Start 06:35 Blade and/or Armor Wars Cancelled? 09:09 Ian McKellen on Gandalf Return 13:14 Oceans 14 Movie Happening 19:01 Minecraft Movie Trailer 24:43 Alien: Earth Series Trailer 27:05 Wolf Man Movie Trailer 30:22 DC’s Creature Commandos Release 36:…

In 2004 Guillermo Del Toro brought us the cinematic introduction of Hellboy, a demonic entity summonded from hell but who fights for the forces of good. Played pitch perfectly by Rob Pearlman and joined by the likes of Doug Jones as Abe Sapien and Selma Blair as Liz Sherman the first movie deals with stopping the Nazi's (lead by Rasputin) from open…

Big news for fans of The Crow! There's a new The Crow movie. That's pretty much where the good news ends. We get stuck into that in addition to the box office predictions for Joker 2, new details on Jurassic Park 7/Jurassic World 4, trailers for Sonic 3 & Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, a first look at The Thing for the upcoming Fantastic F…

Now you’re the crow… yessssssssss (early podcast) 00:00 The Start 03:21 Joker: Folie à Deux Box Office 08:40 Jurassic Park: Rebirth First Look 15:28 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Trailer 19:24 Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Trailer 20:59 First Look at The Thing (Fantastic 4: First Steps) 24:20 New Gambit Footage from Deadpool & Wolverine 28:59 (more…