Time once again for one of our famous barely-festive Christmas specials, as we cover Arcane season 2 (18:50) and Blitz (32:39).

Plus some bonus chat about Baby Reindeer (sounds kinda seasonal!) and Day of the Jackal (less so!).

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Two big follow-ups this fortnight, with Gladiator II (16:10) and The Diplomat season 2 (27:45).

Plus bonus chat about the new Linkin Park album and the Monsters graphic novel by Barry Windsor-Smith.

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This fortnight, one final comic book supervillain story with The Penguin (17:26) and then a more grounded, theological story of villainy in Heretic (32:30).

Plus some chat about Only Murders In The Building season 4 and the filmed version of a recent Kiss Me Kate production.

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At last, our longawaited Marvel villain/anti-hero special, covering Agatha All Along (17:58 with full spoilers from 26:37) and Venom: The Last Dance (40:45).

Plus some bonus TV chat about Totally Completely Fine and Reservation Dogs.

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This fortnight, we're covering the fourth season of our beloved Slow Horses (17:58), plus new British scifi-comedy Timestalker (36:52), with some opening chat about neo-classic crime comic Criminal and Alastair's annual thoughts about his London Film Festival viewing.

If you want to check out Nick's new comics kickstarter for SoulD, a fantasy-cyberpunk comic about coporations selling our souls and two sisters caught in the middle, head over to this link and check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nickbryan/sould

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This fortnight, we take on two current movies: Joker: Folie a Deux (22:41, ending spoilers from 39:26) and Rebel Ridge (43:10). One has been extremely well received, the other has not.

Also featuring bonus chat about The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Superman & Lois season 3.

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This fortnight, we start off with Douglas is Cancelled and The Outrun, before diving into our main course reviews of Starve Acre (20:57) and The Bear season 3 (36:52).

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This fortnight, it's a weird world in The Umbrella Academy season 4 (14:17) and Cuckoo (33:56).

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