The Countdown

Spider-Man swings back into theatres, and of course, the boys are front and centre to give you the skinny on whether he sticks the landing...   Will Wayne come to appreciate Zendaya for the actor she is? Can Paul get past that this is not a Miles Morales Spider-Verse movie? And how incensed will Wayne become when Paul goes to town with The Soundboard?   Find out as The Countdown continues ...     Time Stamps: SM: BND NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 13:53 SM: BND SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:53 - 26:47 Final Scores and Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 26:47 - 27:27   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   There's more of Wayne over at his YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #515   What's been setting the 2026 box office on fire? And are those actually the best films of the year so far? Paul and Wayne certainly have their opinions, and since they have a podcast, they're going to tell you about them.   Recorded on July 5th, the boys talk through their favourite ten films 2026 has so far served up, and it's fair to say, there's more than a bit of controversy - especially with Wayne's list (shock horror). So join in the conversation and maybe find a film or three to check out, as The Countdown continues its mid-year resurgence ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!   Check out Wayne's guest appearance on the fantastic We Watched a Thing podcast.   And don't forget Paul's guest appearance on the Stew World Order podcast.

The DCU has been re-formatted like a hard drive sporting Windows 95, and two films deep, the question is now being asked: Is it working?   The boys are back with their take on that question, as they consider the merits of a punk-metal version of Supergirl versus her 80s predecessor and consider whether James Gunn and Peter Safran have their finger on the pulse of fans the world over. Is it time to panic that the DCU is going the way of the DCEU before it, or should everyone just take a chill-pill and enjoy Supergirl for what it is?   Find out as The Countdown continues ...     Time Stamps: Supergirl NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 14:32 Supergirl SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 14:32 - 23:20 Final Scores and Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 23:20 - 26:23   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   There's more of Wayne over at his YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #514   These days, the small screen delivers just as much epic content as the theatre does, and Paul and Wayne are happy to be your canaries in cages when it comes to sampling some of what TV-Land has to offer.   From Marvel one-offs to prestige spy shows, the lads are ordering much of what they've watched in order of awesomeness (or, if you prefer, from worst to best) so you don't have to! It is, after all, what The Countdown is all about. Along with the not-so-witty banter and The Soundboard adding its two cents every now and then...   So tune in to find out what 2026 has so far served up when it comes to television, as The Countdown continues its mid-year resurgence ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Wayne and Paul channel their childhoods playing with figurines (not a euphemism) and watching cartoons before school as they this week take on the brand new version of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe!   Among the many important questions answered (or at least asked): Does the film get the tone right for a modern re-boot of a 40 year old property that came from a simpler timer? Does Evil Lyn look good with that headpiece and has she always been blonde? And what happens to Adam's manhood when he turns into He-Man?   I mean, with that in mind, why wouldn't you listen? As The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: MotY NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 14:49 MotU SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 14:49 - 20:30 Final Scores and Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 20:30 - 21:48   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   There's more of Wayne over at his YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #513   In an epic labour of love that stretched across three recording sessions, multiple hardware failures (and one act of dumb-assery), the lads are finally back with a full Countdown episode, and how could it be anything other than a Top 10 Last 10?     Join Wayne and Paul as they mini-review 10 of their most recent watches, ranking them from worst to best, to aid you in deciding what next to spend your precious time viewing.   Of course, there are disagreements along the way, but also a couple of moments of surprising consensus, just to keep you on your toes. Find out what they are as The Countdown resumes ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

In this completely NON-SPOILER review, Wayne is again off to the cinema himself to review the second film in the 2020s version of a game he grew up pumping free credits into (not a euphemism) for himself and his friends. How does this compare to the '90s films and is it better than the 2021 original in this series? Paul, meanwhile, hasn't see the film at the time of recording, so he's all about the questions and insisting Wayne spoils nothing!   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #512   Recorded in mid-March, Paul and Wayne look at what is slated for release in 2026 and rank order what they're most excited to see form 10 to 1. Of course, some of those films have already come to (and in one case, gone from) cinemas, so you'll get to enjoy a knowing laugh or two at some of these choices ...   So if you're looking for a guide as to the most Countdownian of films to be released through the remainder of 2026, then you've absolutely come to the right place. As the 2026 version of The Countdown continues ...    Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

In this completely NON-SPOILER  review, Wayne goes a little crazy for this Gosling shaped brand of entertainment that Andy Weir, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller has fashioned, resulting in him giving Project Hail Mary the most definitive two thumbs down of all time! (This will make sense if you've seen the movie ...) Paul, meanwhile, hasn't see the film at the time of recording, so he's all about the questions and insisting Wayne spoils nothing!   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #511   A long time ago, in a galaxy exactly like this one, three podcasters recorded their regular crossover event in which the American joined the two Australians to talk the best films of the previous calendar year.   But the stars were not aligned that day, my friends. For the American had technical difficulties and his end of the conversation was lost to the Dark Movie Overl- sorry, wrong show - to the ether, forever.    It took many moons until the Australians felt ready to again scale the mountain that is this massive topic, knowing they would be doing so without their American friend. But here, now, eventually, <i>finally</i>, that episode is yours to enjoy.   But while doing so, spare a thought for the American in this story. Maybe go over and give his final season of Binge Movies a listen - one of the Australians did, after all, feature on the most recent ranking episode - the supposedly second last in that show's existence.   Or, if you're ready for some blood and gore, hit up that same American-Australian combo with ANOTHER (lovely) American over on the soon to be completed second season of The Slashers.   But whatever way you cut it, get ready to hear about the very best films that last year had to offer. In mid-March of the following year (but whatever) ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Scream is back with its seventh installment and it's eating up the box-office, but the critics (generally) think it's pretty crap. So where does the franchise-loving Paul and the horror-hating Wayne stand?   There's only one way to find out, and it's not by following the news, watching the football, or thinking about how hot your latest crush is.   Get downloading!   Time Stamps: Scream 7 NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 14:15 Scream 7 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 14:15 - 22:35 Final Scores and Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 22:35 - 22:55   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   Want to see the video version of this review? Check out Wayne's channel, Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Danny Boyle hands the reigns to Nia DaCosta as the saga of the rage virus and the country it has decimated continues ... But is it a better film than the love it or hate it first film in the proposed new trilogy? Does Wayne overcome his Wayneness to watch this one with Paul? Or will it be Paul doing the heavy lifting on this horror film? And most importantly, can a film released in January be truly good? You know the way to find out and it will encourage us to put more of these reviews out, so ...   Time Stamps: The Bone Temple NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:04 The Bone Temple SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:04 - 18:58 Final Scores and Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 18:58 - 19:23   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #510   For the first episode of 2026, the lads are celebrating all the film-related reasons why they're happy to say goodbye to 2025 with a countdown of the worst 10 films of 2025.   From disappointments through big comic-book films to head-scratching oddities, this episode takes no prisoners in calling out the biggest pieces of crap that tarnished our eyes through the year that was 2025.   So sit back, relax, and let Wayne and Paul act as your PSA when it comes to films you should avoid, as The Countdown enters 2026 swinging roundhouse left and right ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Countdown #509   Just in time for the new year of film and television, Paul and Wayne return to begin their wrap up of the year that was 2025. And, as always, they begin with their lists of the best and worst of television!   Was it a banner year for TV? Will future generations look back and marvel at what we were able to watch from the comfort of our couches through 2025? Or is this one of those years that will slip into obscurity without anything to truly set it apart from the decades of television that came before it? Does the good outweigh the bad? Or is there more to lambast than there is to praise?   There's only one way to find out - at least, if you care about anything Wayne and Paul have to say - and that's to hit the play button and sit back to enjoy The Countdown, as it (intermittently!) continues...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Countdown #508   Novels. Graphic novels. Comics. Non-fiction books. Fantasy. Self-Help. Horror. Superhero. All types of books and genres are in play as the lads attempt to quantify the unquantifiable and countdown the very best books they both have read through to this point in their lives.   And you could not hope for more different lists. Prepare yourself for an episode without much in the way of outrage, derision, snorts of disbelief, or rueful chuckles at what might have been, as Wayne has read only two on Paul's list and Paul has read none of what Wayne is putting out there.   So get ready to add to your TBR Pile, as The Countdown stutters but resumes!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Wayne has been to TWO advanced screening - kicking Paul to the curb (who may or may not have been busy) in the process - and now he fronts up to tell you, dear listener, which (if either) of One Battle After Another and a A Big Bold Beautiful Journey are worth your time and hard-earned...   Will Margot Robbie count for more than Leo and PTA combined? Or does the rest of the critical world have it right and is One Battle the film you should be prioritising for your next night out? (Unless, of course, it's a first date, as the boys will again tell you during this recording.)   Find out as The Countdown returns with a new episode!   Time Stamps: One Battle After Another NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:50 A Big Bold Beautiful Journey NON-SPOILER Review: 10:50 - 18:46   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #507   It's been too long between countdowns, so the lads are back with almost 20 mini-film reviews with their latest Top 10 Last episode.    There are crossovers, disagreements, banter and bad language aplenty as Wayne and Paul count down of their most recent watches, from worst to best, letting you know where you should start watching their list along the way.   In other words, The Countdown still has a hearty beat! Find its pulse by hitting that download button...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Frank Drebin (Junior) is back in The Naked Gun sequel/reboot/requel. And this time he's played by Liam Neeson. Can he crack the case involving the Elon-Musk type Danny Huston? And are Liam and Pamela Anderson really in love?   But most importantly, is the film funny?   Find out by pressing that play button ...   Time Stamps: The Naked Gun NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:58 The Naked Gun SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 10:58 - 19:46 Final Scores and Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 19:46 - 20:11   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Where's the colon??   The Jurassic Park franchise is back and after dinosaurs were let loose to spread across the earth, what more can the franchise offer viewers?   The answer is to go back to the beginning formula and hope nobody notices!   But almost 32 years later, can Universal once again stuff lightning in a bottle? Or without Steven Spielberg and Jeff Goldblum is this one DOA?   Find out by pressing that play button ...   Time Stamps: Jurassic Park Rebirth NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 15:18 Jurassic Park Rebirth SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:18 - 23:41 Final Scores and Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 23:41 - 24:57   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

It's time for Wayne's most anticipated film of the year!   With James Gunn in the driver's seat, can his vision of Superman possibly live up to Wayne's expectations?   And what about Paul? How will he go with this ultra comic-booky, positive version of Superman?   The results may surprise you!   Time Stamps: Superman NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 18:05 Superman SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 18:05 - 29:12 Final Scores and Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 29:12 - 32:17   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Wayne is a massive wuss and leaves Paul to check out the third film in the 28 Film franchise all on his own.   Will Paul be consumed by the rage virus? Does Wayne stand a chance against 28 inches?   There's only one way to find out as Danny Boyle and Alex Garland return to resurrect this franchise from the dead. (They're NOT zombies, damnit!)   Time Stamps: 28 Years Later NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 8:12 28 Years Later SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:12 - 15:05 Final Scores and Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 15:05 - 15:52   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning and the specific video of this review can be found here!   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Ready for your Pitt stop? (Wayne's joke: full credit.)   Racing! Brad Pitt! Joseph Kosinksi! 200 million dollars!   Do you need any more reasons to check out this very early review with thanks Warner Brothers Pictures Australia? We didn't think so.   Time Stamps: F1 NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:45 F1 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:43 - 21:02 Final Scores and Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 21:02 - 22:45   If you want more Countdowns and reviews - all the way back to Episode 40! - hit up our Podbean site.   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning and the specific video of this review can be found here!   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #506   To mark the almost half way mark of the year, Paul and Wayne get together to rank and rate the ten TV seasons they've been consuming in 2025. Counting down (cause that's the name of the show) from worst to best, the lads will attempt to warn you off anything poor they've laboured through, before highlighting the shows that are absolute worth your precious time.   So smash that play button and ready yourself for the usual questionable takes, non-subtle banter and shrill laughter, because The Countdown is back (for this month's longer episode)!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Two for the price of one this week as the boys check out a film everyone would expect them to (Ballerina) as well as one nobody would think would be their jam (The Phoenician Scheme). Are those assumptions correct or are their some surprisesn in store?   Find out but hitting that play button on this ep!   Time Stamps: Ballerina NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 9:00 Ballerina SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 9:00 - 20:05 The Phoenician Scheme NON-SPOILER Review: 20:05 - 29:57   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #505   Aka the Top 10 Gateway Horror Films episode!   Do you have a friend who refuses to watch horror films even though you know there are many great films in that genre? Or perhaps you have a child or a niece or nephew who is just getting to that age where they're developing an interest in horror films? Maybe you want to introduce your significant other to this most awesome genre, but aren't sure where to start because you don't want to be over-eager and blow it with something too full on? Or perhaps you're just a massive wuss like Wayne and are ready to challenge yourself with some slightly more frightening or gory films?   Well, the boys have just the episode for you. And it's a classic in every sense as Paul and Wayne come at their lists in polar opposite directions, but regardless, will guide you on what to watch when it comes to gateway horror films!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

The final film (maybe?!) in the Mission Impossible franchise dropped EARLY in Australia and with thankls to Paramount Pictuyres Australia, the boys were in attendance at an advanced screening to bring you the early word on whether Tom cruise and Christopher McQuarrie nail the brief.   Can Ethan Hunt overcome the entity and save everybody he loves as well as the world? Will Wayne regret seeing a 170 minute films twice in three days? And just how inadequate does Tom Cruise make the guys feel?   You know the only way to learn these questions: tune in, damnit!   Time Stamps: MI: TFR NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 15:43 MI: TFR SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:43 - 28:51 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 28:51 - 30:33   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning and the specific video of this review can be found here!   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #504   With thanks to those mad geniuses at the Cinereelists Podcast for the concept, Paul and Wayne are back with their first Top 10 Last 10 episode in over 6 months.   Tune in for 20 mini-reviews as the guys countdown ten of their recent watches from worst to best, and letting you know the point where they recommend you start watching what they're reviewing.   Of course, there's the usual bawdy humour, subtle and not so subtle swipes at one another, and more than one controversial call, but what else do you listen to The Countdown for?   Check out Wayne's playlist of Yacht Rock songs if you must!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

The boys have headed back to the cinema with thanks to Warner Brothers Australia and Universal Australia to see the sequel which, well, few people expected: The Accountant! The critics seem to be liking and the audience score is high on most-metrics, but what do Paul and Wayne have to say about this apparent crowd-pleaser?   Can Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal and director Gavin O'Connor re-capture the magic of the well-received 2016 original? Or is this a case of tax time at the box office? (Yeah, I know. I was pretty proud of that one.)   Time Stamps: The Accountant 2 NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 8:36 The Accountant 2 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:36 - 19:15 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 19:15 - 20:26   Check out Wayne's YouTube channel for more Wayne-esque content at Waxing & Wayning.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #503   Just when you thought it was safe to peer back into your podcatching app ... the boys are back!   Sure, it's been a hot minute since the last Countdown ep, and yes, everyone did their most anticipated films of 2025 about three months ago. But by holding out for those three months, not only have Paul and Wayne distilled their list down to nine months' worth of films, but they've also had time for their anticipation to GROW, so you can really feel the passion in this one.   Will Ballerina finally get released? Can Wayne put anything other than Tom Cruise movies and comedies on his list? And has Paul, after ten years, finally outgrown his love of horror films?   There's only one way to find out the answers to all these questions and more, and that's but hitting play on this episode. So, stop anticipating, and get into it!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and the great listeners of the show.   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Paul and Wayne return to the land of reviews with the new spy "thriller", Black Bag.   Is it everything the critics would have you believe? Or is it a bunch of boring conversations around a dinner table interspersed with a lot of emotion-less dialogue?   Either way, you can be sure it's a lively discussion, given this is Wayne's favourite genre and it's directed by Mr Hit-or-MIss, Steven Soderbergh.   Time Stamps: Black Bag NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 15:22 Black Bag SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:22 - 19:55 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 19:55 - 21:40   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with other listeners of the show (as well as the lads themselves!).

Countdown #502   Jason from Binge Movies returns to join the lads as they - finally! - countdown their Top to Films of 2024!   Sure it's two months after most every other podcast has done this episode, but you've sampled the entrees and here's the main course - complete with films all three wouldn't have watched if they did do this episode on Jan 1st.   Jason gets upset with Paul for multiple picks; Paul gets upset with Wayne for a bunch of his picks; and Wayne has managed to see at least eleven films in 2024, so get ready for a big episode! :D   And please thank Jason for being on the show by checking out Binge Movies!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Countdown #501   There were doubters. There were nay-sayers. And there were the incredulous.   But today, Paul and Wayne prove there is life in The Countdown yet. As well as fulfill their promise to (triumphantly) return in 2025 with more episodes. Not weekly; sure. But with new episodes none the less.   And it begins with this PSA regarding the very worst of the worst films from 2024 that the lads saw.   So, pop in your ear buds or have your car stereo bluetooth from your phone, because The Countdown is back, baby, and there's plenty to say about these abominations of cinema!    Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Countdown #500   ... ONE ...   Here it is, valued listener.   The final episode of the (weekly) podcast. And it is a fittingly massive one (that's what she said).   In this finale, the boys countdown their top 10 film goodbyes for, well, reasons.   Plus there's is a huge amount of listener feedback, messages from other podcasters and emails galore to celebrate the end of 9 and three quarters years of (almost) weekly podcasting.   To everyone who has supported the show - from the incredible patrons, to the other podcasters who guested and had Paul on their shows, and, of course to everyone who has listened, fed back to and shared the show - thank you for all that you have done. The Countdown would never have lasted as long as it did without your invaluable contributions.   And don't forget, the release of Reap: The Motion Picture is imminent ...   ... as the (weekly) countdown reaches ...   ... ZERO.   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

Okay, everyone. This was meant to be the last major review in the weekly format of the podcast, but instead we have some major information re a long-teased release ...   On Friday Dec 20th, Reap: The Motion Picture will be released for Patrons at the $10 and $20 level. While we're sorry we're about to ruin your Christmas, we do thank you for your incredible support of the show.   On Friday Dec 27th, Reap: The Motion Picture will drop for all other Patrons here on Patreon only. Thank you to everyone who has contributed over the years to the show.   And finally, on Friday, Jan 3rd, Wayne's 50th birthday, we will post Reap: The Motion Picture to Youtube for all to see.   Listen in here to catch all the info you need to know ahead of one of the most built up, anticipated, and disappointing films of all time ...   ... as The Countdown concludes.   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #499   ... TWO ...   The penultimate episode of the (weekly) podcast covers the best and worst of television in 2024, as far as Paul and Wayne have seen it. Two lists, one from bad to worst, and the other from good to great.   At least, that was the plan.   Somehow, after 499 episodes, one of the hosts (Wayne) forgets that's the way things have always been done and mashes the two lists together, so he goes straight from worst to best. It takes the other host (Paul) about 40 minutes to realise this, and from there, chaos ensues ...   So get on board for this last television-centric episode of the weekly (podcast), as The Countdown very nearly reaches its conclusion ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   While you're at it, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!

The second to last review for the weekly show arrives in the form of a film that's been out in North America and the UK for some time, Heretic.   Wayne, of course, is too much of wuss to see this one, to it's left to Paul to do all the heavy lifting for this psychological thriller-horror starring Hugh Grant.   Is it elevated horror? Should you race to see it at your local theatre? And will Wayne regret not seeing this one on the big screen?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Heretic NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:25 Heretic SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 10:25 - 20:38 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 20:38 - 21:15   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #498   ... THREE ...   This week the guys get personal as the end of the (weekly) show looms large. They're talking the films that personally spoke to them and in some way, shape or form, moulded their lives into the people they currently are.   Everything from childhood cinema experiences through to films that determined artistic endeavours and shaped careers are discussed.   Beyond that, be sure to stick around for a truly fantastic Pop 10 segment in which the listeners give personal accounts of films that determined who they are!   The end is nigh, everyone. So if you'd like to be a part of the show before it ends, hit us up in the Facebook Listener Community or send us an email at thecountdownpodcast@gmail.com with any thoughts you have about the show and what fond memories you may have of it.   Because there's only two (weekly) episodes to go, before The Countdown concludes ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Finally. Here it is.   As the weekly podcast draws to a close, Wayne rights a very old wrong by agreeing to watch one of Paul's favourite horror films of all time as this week's feature review, Train to Busan.   Whether Wayne did so because the only other options this week were to see Wicked at the cinema or suffer through the Aussie version of The Office at home, is irrelevant. What matter is has has listed to Paul who has sung the praises of this film to anyone who listens for nigh on eight years.   Will Wayne get on board with one of the most celebrated zombie films of this millennium? Or is this review episode destined to be another Soundboard-peppered argument?   Find out, as The Countdown continues ...   Also: If you want to see the boys record this one live, warts and all, check out Wayne's new YouTube channel, Waxing & Wayning!   Time Stamps: Train to Busan NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:16 Train to Busan SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 12:16 - 21:05 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 21:05 - 22:20   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #497   ... FOUR ...   The boys covered the best television since the show began last Ep, so it's only natural that this week they turn their attention to the very best films they've covered since The Countdown began in late March 2015.   Can Wayne somehow manage to stick to the brief this week? What will the show's consensus #1 be? And how annoyed will Paul get when Wayne omits a key film from his list?   It's anyone's bet with only four shows to go before the (weekly) podcast ends, so get on board now with The Countdown concluding ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It's not often the most expensive film of the year drops in November, but here we are ...   Ridley Scott returns sans Russell Crowe and Hams Zimmer to continue the story of his dead hero, Maximus, making for some very big shoes to fill (as Wayne posits).   Paul, meanwhile, is very concerned with how this is all just politccccssssss-ahhh!   Find out what all that means, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Gladiator II NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:50 Gladiator II SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 12:50 - 27:10 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 27:10 - 27:45   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #496   ... FIVE ...   The more things change, the more they stay the same. And so it is with The Countdown podcast.   After 496 attempts to countdown topics in order of awesomeness so you don't have to, Paul and Wayne are once again arguing about a loose brief. Of course, Wayne is the one contorting reality to fit into his very, very "flexible" list, and as always, it's Paul (and by extension, The Soundboard) taking umbrage, making for a classic episode of the show with much bad language and inappropriate humour.   Oh, and they talk about some great TV shows that have aired since the podcast began back in March 2015.   Enjoy hearing what those are amid much foul mouthed banter, as The Countdown nears its end ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It's still early November, and yet Hollywood would have you believe it's Christmas time already. How else to explain the release of Red One, the big budget holiday film, which at time of writing, has yet to open in North America, and critics were mysteriously not allowed to see until the day before it opened around the world.   Rarely a good sign, but can the star power of The Rock and Chris Evans turn this family adventure film into something worthwhile? Or is this a massive bomb in the making?   Find out, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Red One NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:28 Red One SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 10:28 - 23:55 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 23:55 - 24:56   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #495   ... SIX  ...   Here it is. The FINAL Top 10 Last 10 (at least for the weekly show), and boy oh boy wow-wee, have the lads saved the best for last for you.   Yes, there's the usual 10 mini reviews conducted by each of the guys of the ten films they've most recently watched but never spoken about on the show, and of course, they're ranked from worst to best. But the one film they have both seen and review this week ends up dividing them like never before! Insults, soundboard usage and the digging in of heels ensues!   Just how many and how barbed those insults get can only be revealed by tuning in, as The Countdown continues ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Having learned very little since the last Spider-adjacent movie came out, Sony are at it again, making Tom Hardy honour his three film contract to make Venom: The Last Dance.   Insert disbelief, consternation, and a healthy dose of WTF as Wayne and Paul try to make sense of this third and supposedly final film in the franchise.   Find out whether there will be more Venom, as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Venom: The Last Dance NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:33 Venom: The Last Dance SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:33 - 21:32 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 21:32 - 22:25   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #494   ... SEVEN ...   It's bigger than a very big thing on the biggest day of it's big, BIG life. It's HUGE. It's m-a-s-s-i-v-e! It's the final Show Vs Show episode for the (weekly) podcast and it stars two of the podcast's very best friends and most generous supporters, B-Dizzle and David Powell of the Poddy Mouth Radio network.   They join Wayne and Paul to countdown the Top 10 WTAF Movie moments - moments in which WTF was uttered aloud or at least represented by hanging jaws and incredulous, wide eyed surprise. Twists, unexpected comedic moments, anger inducing decision - all and more are covered as the two shows compare and contrast their lists.   So jump on board and be prepared to be surprised, as The Countdown continues (for now) ...   Please thank Dave and B-Dizzle for coming on the show by checking out Poddy Mouth Radio and giving one of their shows a listen!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

This week Wayne is fan-boying for Kevin Smith by reviewing his newest film no-one (other than a fan-person) has heard about,k while Paul does actual work for the podcast (in terms of thinking about download numbers) by reviewing the horror sequel, Smile 2.   Neither are screaming the merits of their film from the roof tops, but who will be the bigger champion of their type of film ... as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: The 4:30 Movie SPOILER-FREE Review: 0.00 - 7:23 Smile 2 SPOILER-FREE Review: 7:23 - 15:48 Smile 2 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:48- 24:23   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #493   ... EIGHT ...   If you're sick of the lads talking just about recent films and would love to hear about some classic film choices on The Countdown, then keep on scrolling, because in this episode Wayne is pulling left-field choices out of every orifice, while Paul (of course) is flying the old-school horror flag...   ... Or, you know, find out just how crazy these lists are, as The Countdown continues ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Wayne is an insanely greedy person trying to avoid Terrifier 3, while Paul is like a pig in excrement while getting to review the same. The result? Two non-spoiler reviews of films you might like to check out!   Find out which film (if not both) you should check out, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Greedy People SPOILER-FREE Review: 0.00 - 9:03 Terrifier 3 SPOILER-FREE Review: 9:03 - 22:15   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #492   ... NINE ...   Do you have a few films that you love and yet which, to your befuddlement, failed to make any kind of splash at the box-office? In fact, they went so poorly, they belly flopped into that box-office pool and lost approximately all the money?   Paul and Wayne most certainly do. And this week they're counting their ten favourite films which completely tanked at the box office, in some cases destroying or at least adversely affecting the careers of those responsible for the film.   How many crossovers will the lads have? How many times will Paul get to augment his trademark "LOW!" with the Soundboard? And will Wayne finally snap at said use of that same Soundboard?   Learn the answers to all those questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...   Note: Paul misspoke re Big Trouble in LC. Of course it had a domestic box-office release; it just did not have an international one according to Box Office Mojo.   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It should be a week of glowing positively on the show. Wayne is reviewing a Batman-adjacent film and Paul is reviewing a long-awaited horror film from one of his favourite Stephen King novels of all time. But, regardless of expectations, are either of the lads happy?   Find out as The Countdown continues ...   NOTE: Spoilers throughout both of these reviews! Salem's Lot (2024) SPOILIER-FILLED Review: 0.00 -10:57 Joker Folie a Duex SPOILER-FILLED Review: 10:57 - 28:18   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #491   TEN.   It's barely the spooky season and Wayne is suffering in his jocks (again!) for your amusement, this time by doing the horror-adjacent topic of the Top 10 Stephen King Adaptations.   Of course, another fantastic podcast was required to make up for Wayne's many, many shortcomings, and this time that role is filled by John and Lloyd from the fantastic The Pint: A Pop Culture podcast.   Lloyd is an old-school King fan (he has the tattoo to prove it), so how will he fare dealing with Wayne's lack of "Kingliness"? Or is there a bigger shock in store for he and John? Could it be Paul who will make the left-field calls?   There's only one way to find out, and it isn't by boofing spiders ... as The Countdown continues ...   Please thanks Lloyd and John by checking out their awesome show ASAP!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

The only way Wayne could have been any more ready for this George Clooney and Brad Pitt starring action crime comedy on Apple TV would have been if Henry Cavill and Tom Cruise were also both involved!   So how did Wayne take this Jon Watts written and directed film? Was he completely in love with its cool factor? Or did this one promise too much and deliver too little? And could it be that Paul is actually more down with Wolfs, despite his man-crush for anyone involved being considerably less intense than Wayne's?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Wolfs NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 8:09 Wolfs SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:09 - 16:02 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 16:02 - 18:25   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #490   The Countdown marks the beginning of the "spooky season" by convincing Wayne he could do such an episode if it was about the WORST horror films. Namely, the Worst 10 Horror Films of All Time!   But for such a massive topic, the boys needed some help. And it came in the form of the magnificent So Wizard Podcast! Joey returns and this time, instead of Markellus, he brought with him another horror hating podcaster, Aubrey!   What films will Wayne and Aubrey go to town on and will the horror fans (aka Paul and Joey) be able to take it? Just how many rants will Paul go on? And can Wayne actually talk about horror films without crapping on the whole genre?   Find out as The Countdown continues ...   And please thanks our guests by checking out So Wizard wherever you can find great podcasts!   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Two shorter reviews this week with Wayne checking out HBO Max's, The Penguin, the sequel to the hit film from two years ago, while Paul jumps on the English language remake of Speak No Evil, comparing and contrasting the original with this James Watkins' joint.   Are both lads satisfied as they get to play in their preferred genres this week, or art there surprises in store?   Find out as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: The Penguin NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 7:45 Speak No Evil NON-SPOILER Review: 11:45 - 13:23 Speak No Evil SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:23 - 20:50   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #489   With the end rapidly approaching, the boys shake it up with just one week this week - Wayne's list of the top 10 times Paul scored a film incorrectly, according to his Letterboxd ratings.   As a result, Paul puts himself out there for all the ridicule, abuse and judgment one can imagine - all for yours (and Wayne's) amusement!   Join the pile on amid much laughter, as The Countdown continues ...   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Brace yourselves, dear listener. This one may be a bit of a rough ride ...   The boys took in the long-awaited sequel to Tim Burton's beloved 1988 Beetlejuice and, well, they have thoughts. Wayne, especially has thoughts about Monica Bellucci shacking up with Tim Burton, but at the end of the day whose score is more likely to cause anger and outrage?   Find out as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:45 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:45 - 23:50 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 23:50 - 24:57   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #488   There have been some very funny songs released over the years, leading the lads to wonder what the very funniest of them have been. And with that, a Countdown topic was born.   So join Paul and Wayne as they attempt to cherry pick the best thirty seconds from some of the greatest comedy songs ever. Be it Conchords flying to a lonely island by way of a weird Willis, there's a little something for everyone amid the usual curse words and questionable calls.   Find out what gets crowned as the funniest song of all time by the lads and the listeners, as The Countdown continues (for 12 more episodes anyway ) ....   Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It's September and while prestige TV may still be dropping things of interest, the blockbuster season at the theatre is certainly over, as evidenced by Paul scraping the bottom of the cinematic release barrel to review Afraid for you. It's Blumhouse and horror (supposedly) so Wayne was going nowhere near it - which turns out to be a very smart decision - instead opting to focus his attention on the beginning of the second season of Prime's The Rings of Power (a less smart call).   Should you be heading to the cinemas or settling into the couch to watch TV this week? Hell, maybe getting out and going for a walk while listening to this episode is your best bet ... as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Afraid SPOILER-FILLED Review: 0:00 - 11:30 The Rings of Power Season 2 First 3 Eps LIGHT SPOILERS Discussion: 11:30 - 18:55   If you want more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - check out our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #487     The end (of the weekly show) is nigh! With only 14 episodes remaining, the boys return to a fan favourite format, the Top 10 Last 10), to countdown 10 of their most recently viewed films from worst to best, letting you know the point where they begin to recommend what they've seen.     It's all thanks to the Cinereelists podcast for the idea, and to you fine folk for tuning in over the last (almost) 10 years.     Find out what you should be seeing, and what you should be avoiding, as The Countdown continues ...     Want more? Find heaps more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Zoe Kravitz makes her directorial debut in this stylish thriller that, well, certainly goes places. One of the lads is right on board with what she's serving up here, while the other is decidedly less so.   So whose side are you on when it comes to Blinking Twice? Wayne or Paul's?   Make your choice by listening to this one post-haste, as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Blink Twice NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 9:15 Blink Twice SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 9:15 - 24:05 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 24:05 - 24:35   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #486   In their first TV-centric episode in some time, Paul & Wayne take aim at those once good TV shows that unfortunately dropped the ball and turned to seed. In other words, they're counting down their Top 10 Shark Jumping TV Shows.   Is there anything worse than The Fonz on skis and wearing his iconic leather jacket jumping over a shark? And which show jumped that shark harder: Dexter, GoT or The Walking Dead?   Find out, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It's been a lean 38 years if you're an Alien film franchise fan. From the disappointment of Alien 3 to the bamboozling direction Ridley Scott chose with the last two films, it's fair to say no old-school fan has been especially happy. So the question becomes, can Fede Alvarez do what many others before him could not and deliver a genuinely good Alien sequel?   Paul and Wayne certainly hope so, and they were front and centre very early in this film's release to bring you their view on whether this is the beginning of a new dawn for the Alien franchise or if it is just more of the same hope-sucking drivel?   Find out whether you should be purchasing your ticket to Alien: Romulus, as The Countdown continues...   Time Stamps: Alien: Romulus NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:09 Alien: Romulus SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:09 - 29:57 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 29:57 - 30:57   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #485   Wayne loves the guy and he's the flavour of the month as the messiah Marvel promised, so the boys decide to count down the very best performances from one Robert Downey Jr.   It takes about seventeen seconds for Wayne to debate the nature of this list, and only about five minutes more for Paul to reveal he's a bit down on the Downey and doesn't actually rate that many of his movies.   Can Wayne cope with this revelation? Who won't have the film that won him an Academy Award on their list? And is this the last performance-related count down the show will ever do?   Learn the answers to all those questions (and more!), as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

HOW?!   How does a violent first person shooter role playing game get made into a film like this starring an Academy Award winning actress? And how do they drop $100 million plus on it?   The boys unpack these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Borderlands NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 16:36 Borderlands SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 16:36 - 18:05 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 18:05 - 18:52   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #484   This week the lads are talking the very best prequel films that have been made.   Now generally speaking, prequels are not exactly beloved, so listen in to hear what tenuous links the boys are making to justify their choices? Are the left field calls that Wayne makes actually prequels? And is there anything more certain that Paul having a Mad Max film on his list?   Learn the answers to both of these questions and oh so much more, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Exploding heads, fists through chesty cavities, genitalia (of the female AND male type), profanity, kink and cake farting. If that sounds like an episode of The Countdown, you haven't been watching The Boys. But Wayne and Paul have, and they're to weigh in with their thoughts on the more-divisive fourth season of the massive Amazon Prime show.   Does it hold up against the rest of the series? What is the most disturbing moment? And is the show finally playing for keeps? Learn the answers to these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...    Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #483   What's the discussion everyone who's a film buff has? If it's not "What's your favourite film?", it most certainly is "What film would you recommend everyone should see?". It's a truly tough question to answer, but fret no more, film buffs. Paul and Wayne have your backs this week, with 20 films (actually 18, there are two crossovers) that you can now say to people when you're asked that question.   Of course, this list is fairly personal as the lads attempt to justify their choices, and the Ep goes in some fairly unpredictable directions, at one point even becoming a psycho-educational session about emotions.   But don't let that put you off! Rest assured, this is still an Ep that Wayne is co-hosting so there will be plenty of crude references and borderline inappropriate humour.   Which is to say, more of what you have come to expect, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

34 films deep the MCU fires off its only shot for 2024 by bringing in the R-rated Merc with a Mouth and combining him with a character who had one of the best send offs ever in Wolverine. Can two characters previously owned by 20th Century Fox resurrect the fortunes of the MCU and add to Disney's coffers? Or is this just the latest in a string of failures, even if Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman will have a few laughs along the way?   Find out all that the boys think about the violence, the swears, the cameos and the metaness of it all in this review the size of Deadpool's ego, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Deadpool & Wolverine NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 13:34 Twisters SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:34 - 35:24 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 35:24 - 37:06   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #482   Music returns to the Countdown this week as Paul and Wayne square off over their favourite Pop songs of the 1980s! Wayne decides he should acknowledge his perspective on what constitutes Pop music is wrong (or, you know, decides to work within Paul's more specific parameters because it was Paul's birthday this last week), making for what should be a very pleasant and melodic episode.   But no! It doesn't take long before Wayne is busting out some questionable choices, only for Wayne to lose it laughing at Paul's number one. So maybe the question shouldn't be who has the best list this week, but rather, who has the worst...?   Find out for yourself, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Two shorter reviews for you this week, as Wayne checks out rom-com Fly Me to the Moon, while Paul goes dark with the serial killer horror, Longlegs, starring everyone's favourite, Nicolas Cage.   Could there BE less in common between two films? Will Wayne be able to get past the 60s fashion in the rom-com to actually determine whether it's a good film or not? And will Paul be all about the shocking violence in his horror film?   Find out which of these films is going to be more your speed, as The Countdown continues ...   (Note: Wayne spoils the end of Fly Me to the Moon in his review, so please be warned!)   Time Stamps: Fly Me to the Moon SPOILER-FILLED Review: 0:00 - 8:22 Longlegs SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:22 - 16:50   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #481   This week the boys give some love to Sony Pictures and their virtual armada of different production companies as they countdown the best ever films Sony has produced.   Will Spider-Man films take up most every spot? Or are there a number of 80s classics for you to chew on? And has Wayne done proper research to ensure all the films on his list are actually co-produced (not just distributed) by Sony?   There's only one way to find out, as The Countdown continues ...     Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Remember that natural disaster film from the mid-90s that had a flying cow? Well, Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers and Amblin Entertainment are hoping you recall only enough to want to see another film about a bevy of twisters laying waste to Oklahoma while people chase the things across many, many flat rolling plains, because this film literally has nothing else to do with the original.   But does watching forces of nature wreak havoc while a bunch of people chase them around for various reasons a good film make? That's what Wayne and Paul are here to tell you, since for some odd reason, this very American film complete with more country music than even a diehard fan would care to hear has released internationally first.   Find out if this one is worth your time as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Twisters NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:36 Twisters SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 12:36 - 24:45 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 24:45 - 25:37   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #480   Why celebrate one country's finest films when you can combine a whole bunch of them and talk the best films out of a particular continent? That's Wayne's thinking, at least. Or is it that he just hasn't seen enough films from Europe (outside of the UK)?   Find out this week on the Countdown as Wayne goes "Scandi"-crazy, while Paul cannot believe his ears at some of his co-host's choices. Which seems more than fair until he suggests a film about mutating spiders attacking an apartment block is better than most everything else out of Europe.   Find out who has lost the plot more effectively, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

The man who does not age is back after 30 years in one of the role that made him famous. Yes, Eddie Murphy is Axel F and he's in Beverly Hills casing trouble for very obvious criminals, even when the other police officers from the previous films seem to have no idea re what's happening right under their noses.   Wayne is a big fan of the series; Paul less so. But are either of them blown away by the countless member-berries in this one? Or is Axel headed straight for an F grade?   Find out as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Axel F NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 13:58 Axel F SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:58 - 22:50 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 22:50 - 23:10   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #479   This week the lads are all about those performers who are second-billed or lower and how they sometimes shine just a little more than the person with their name on top of the poster. In other words, this countdown is all about co-stars who stole the film (or, if you're Wayne, show).   With little to no agreement on the parameters of what constitutes a co-star, this one is primed to be an old-fashioned banter-fest. Or have the boys matured somewhat as the podcast winds down toward Episode 500?   Find out as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Shhhhh!   The boys are back to review a film which they can't talk about for fear of being ripped apart by Death Angels. But is it as good as the previous two films that they both loved, which were also about being ripped apart by Death Angels, or does this one promise much and deliver little.   Find out as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: A Quiet Place: Day One NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 13:53 A Quiet Place: Day One SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:53 - 24:23 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 24:23 - 24:35   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

No new episode this week as the John Farnham-esque farewell tour stalls for Paul to travel to the eastern states, so instead go back to where the banter between the boys reached an all new level as Wayne causes Paul to lose his mind with one of the most infamous choices in Countdown history.     If you don't know the lore behind this episode, go in blind and "enjoy" what unfolds as the lads countdown their Top 10 War Films of all time circa October 2016 (and review Hacksaw Ridge along the way).     Then tune back in next week for The Countdown (to 500) to continue ...     Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Countdown #478     This week the boys get into listing films they were not at all interested in seeing, but when they somehow sat down to watch watch them (ie. were forced), they ended up loving what they saw. How and why this is the case forms the bulk of this week's episode, which is more than a little revealing about each of the guys ...     Find out just how revealing - and hear one of the greatest "Got you!" jokes in the history of the show - as The Countdown continues ...     Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

What does a Netflix rom-com about a guy pretending to be a hitman and the fifth film in a franchise about a reformed supervillain and his army of weird yellow minions have to do with each other?   Well, Paul dislikes them both, so there's that ...Find out just how much you side with Wayne on all things Richard Linklater, as The Countdown continues ...    Time Stamps: Despicable Me 4 NON-SPOILER Mini Review: 0:00 - 5:50 Hit Man NON-SPOILER Review: 5:50 - 15:17 Hit Man SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:17 - 21:03 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 21:03 - 23:23    Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #477   The boys are in fine form this week as they examine the filmography of one cantankerous old man, aka Sir Ridley Scott (or, if you're Paul, just Ridley Scott).   Drawing films from every decade that he's been making films, the lads debate whether he's a truly great film-maker or really more of an exceptional production designer who doesn't know how to edit the scripts he works on.   Is Sir Scott capable of making a tight film? Will Paul offend Blade Runner fans the world over? And which recent guest host rates Prometheus as a better film than Alien?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown (to 500) continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

In a film which comes uncomfortably close to mirroring the flagging staying power of The Countdown itself, the boys are this week reviewing Will Slap Smith and Martin Lawrence as they Ride or Die in the fourth Bad Boys film.     Wayne is surprisingly down on the film at review's beginning, while perhaps shockingly, Paul seems ready to defend what might fairly be described as a dumb action film. But will they occupy the same position by review's end? And can Wayne, for once, be prepared with his score for a film?     Lean the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...     Time Stamps: Bad Boys: Ride or Die NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:46 Bad Boys: Ride or Die SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 12:46 - 23:57 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 23:57 - 25:27     Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #476     In the latest Top 10 Last 10, the boys mini-review almost 20 films for you - with most being recent releases - as they guide you on a journey of what to watch and what to absolutely skip ...     ... as The Countdown (to 500) continues ...     Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.     But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.     Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!     Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Guy Ritchie has hardly been on a roll of late, but he's back with a story line on paper which sounds like an absolute cracker: The Dirty Dozen by way of Inglorious Basterds and based on documented fact... How could it possibly go wrong?   Well, let Paul and Wayne - who was so looking forward to this, he about cracked a sad when the film did not hit cinemas in Australia - tell you the multitude of ways that this film is a disappointment ... as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:31 The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:31 - 18:50 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 18:50 - 20:20   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #475   It's been a long time coming, but the Show v Show format returns this week as Paul and Wayne welcome Julio and Alex from The Contrarians podcast to do battle re a Top 10 topic. And that topic as nominated by The Contrarians is the Top 10 Memorable Moviegoing Experiences.   As you can imagine, not everything memorable is positive. Nor is it always PG. So strap yourselves in for some outlandish stories involving everything from anger in the cinema to, well, unexpected most pleasure (make of that what you will).   Whatever the reaction, this monster episode will be sure to remind you of some of your memorable experiences at the cinema/theatre, as The Countdown continues ...   Please thank Julio and Alex for coming on the show by checking out their show, The Contrarians.   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It's Paul's turn to get excited as the boys venture across the wasteland, braving marauding bands of cinema-goers, to see the brand new film set in the Mad Max universe, Furiosa!   Can the film possibly live up to Paul's eternal love for Fury Road? Will Wayne get over a film's runtime for once in his life? And is this THE film to beat in 2024?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Furiosa NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 18:09 Furiosa SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 18:09 - 31:58 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 31:58 - 33:10   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #474   Choo-choo, everyone! And welcome to the first ever Countdown about trains. Specifically train-based films in honour of listener Ben and his father who recently passed away.   Trains may not be square in the middle of the lads' wheel-house, but they make a pretty good fist of it, layering in enough inappropriate genitalia based humour to ensure that no-one will forget this is, after all, another episode of The Countdown.   With just 26 episodes to go, find out whether Paul manages to crow-bar in another reference to John Farnham (and what he gets called for it), as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

The Apes are back and now 300 years later they run the joint. At least until one Ape group attacks another Ape group and apparently it all stems from, ironically, Apes being together strongly. (Or something.)   Anyway, one of the boys doesn't much care for this continuation of the highly regarded Ape film trilogy from last decade, and the other claims to very much enjoy it. At least until you hear his score ...   Find out who is whom and whether you should see what kind of wonderful day it is within this cinematic universe, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 12:04 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 12:04 - 24:02 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 24:02 - 25:45   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #473   In this follow up to Episode 471, the lads get to their best ever travel experiences.   Of course, in this ying to the other episode's yang, there is plenty of inappropriate humour, and way too many references to Wayne spanking the monkey. But if you're in the mood for some laughs amid ideas on where you should travel to in the world and what you should do once you're there, look no further ...   Because where else can you come to for recommendations about Disneyland AND catch a story about Kenny Loggins' naked wedding?   ... as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Despite a more apt title for this one being Boy Fails Studio, the boys went along to see this latest action spectacle, which promised to douse all and sundry with plenty of blood. But is it better than the box office return would have you believe?     There's plenty of ways to find out, but only one of those involves a single button press if you're reading this ... as The Countdown continues ...     Time Stamps: Boy Kills World NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 9:49 Boy Kills World SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 9:49 - 19:55 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 19:55 - 20:48     Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #472   Long time Patreon supporter and bona fide Chef, Ben Randall, joins The Countdown this week to lend some class and legitimacy to a topic he came up with - the Top 10 Food on Film Scenes.   Now, full disclosure, Ben forgot he suggested Top 10 Food in Film OR TV Scenes, but so did Wayne, so Paul is left high and dry with one television scene, while the other two are chowing down on films exclusively.   How many of the choices will feature gross out moments with food? Does anyone get to third base with a pie? And just how does the mind of a Chef work?   Learn the answers to all these questions and oh so much more, as The Countdown continues ... Please thanks Chef Ben by checking out his food and Chef related podcast, In The Weeds.   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

It's Ry-Ry! It's Emily! It's a film based on a TV show from the early 80s! And it's Wayne's most anticipated film of the year! What could possibly go wrong?   Well, for one, the boys incorrectly suggest Heather Locklear starred in that show when it was Heather Thomas, and for two, Wayne has apparently forgotten how to critically review something when he has (odd) affection for it.   Find out how THAT goes, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: The Fall Guy NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 11:00 The Fall Guy SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 11:00 - 22:06 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 22:06 - 23:36   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #471   Okay, so this one starts out as one thing ... and ends up as half of it.   With thanks to listener Andrew for the idea, the boys attempt to countdown their five and worst travel experiences. But by the 45 min mark of the worst stories, it becomes wildly apparent the episode is going to be well over two hours. So because no-one has time to listen to these two fools prattle on for that long inside one week (and also because Paul doesn't have time to edit that down from the 2.5 hour raw recording), the episode is halved and the guys talk just their five WORST travel experiences.   Let the highly questionable subject matter begin, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

This week, two reviews for you because Wayne is too much of a wuss to see Abigail - the new horror film from Radio Silence - while Paul doesn't have enough time to sit through all the slow-mo in Zach Snyder's Rebel Moon (Hypen) Part Two (Colon) The Scargiver. Neither review has anything beyond the lightest of spoilers, but be aware things are mentioned that are plainly exposed in the trailer for Abigail.   Beyond that, find out which film is worth your time and which one is not, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Abigail VERY LIGHT-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:23 Rebel Moon Part 2 SPOILER-FREE Review: 10:23 - 23:12   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #470     This week the guys decide to cement the upcoming end of the show by taking aim at all that has gone wrong with the MCU, especially over the last five years.     Will you be like Julio and lose your mind to consider what the guys are suggesting here? Or will you be more like a Nicholas and be so ready for the lads to call out the MCU for all its faults that you're salivating reading this?     The only way to find out is to listen in, as The Countdown continues ...     Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.   But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.   Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!   Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Englishman Alex Garland takes a stab at what a future North America at war with itself might look like, and the results are ... highly polarising.   Join Paul and Wayne as they this unpack some of the uncomfortable truths Garland is playing with, while offering their spin on what one of the guys calls "the best film of 2024 so far..."    Find out who that is and determine whether you agree with him, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Civil War NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 13:20 Civil War SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:20 - 23:20 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 23:20 - 24:23   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #469   This week on the show, the guys countdown the very best third films in any and all franchises. From the MCU to the Scary Movie Universe, most every big franchise gets a mention - and a couple of smaller ones, too - but which will the listeners ultimately crown the greatest "Threequel" of all time?   Learn the answer to that question and so many more as the John Farnham-inspired goodbye tour of The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

Dev Patel seems like an awesome guy. And when the John Wick style trailer dropped for his debut feature film, Monkey Man, people collectively lost their minds.   Of course, than means Paul and Wayne were keen to be there front and centre to check this one and with thanks to Universal Pictures they got to do exactly that. Does The Dev deliver? Or will one of the lads come out critical guns blazing?   Let's just say this one gets a might testy, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Monkey Man NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 8:51 Monkey Man SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 8:51 - 20:05 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 20:05 - 22:23   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Countdown #468   In the first Ep of the podcast equivalent of a John Farnham goodbye tour, the boys run through all the television they've been watching of late - ranking it from meh to great - recommending a number of shows for you all to check out to keep your entertainment on.   From Billions to Three Body Problem, everything you need to know about "The Box" is right here!   Do you listeners get the John Farnham reference? Is it in bad taste? Quick, check out the episode and then let the boys know, because there's 32 more weeks to ride or die with this joke, as The Countdown continues ...   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

The fifth film in the Monsterverse hits cinema this week, and of course, Paul and Wayne are front and centre to report to you on whether you should see every punch, hit, bellow and roar on the biggest cinema screen you can.   Will Wayne recognise this is the fifth film in the franchise that also incorporates the recent Apple TV series - that he liked! - Monarch: Legacy of Monsters? Can Paul get past his hatred for plot contrivances? And most importantly, does a film that eschews human characters to make Kong the protagonist work?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...   Time Stamps: Godzilla x Kong NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 13:51 Godzilla x Kong SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 13:51 - 21:33 Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 21:33 - 22:32   Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown. But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site. Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.