The #NOTwatching Podcast

Once again we're well into the year again before we announce which movies we are most looking forward to, but with release dates still slipping all over the place there's a good chance most of what we're banging on about here still won't be out yet! That cinema schedule is looking bright though and it's about time really that we refocussed our attentions on the big screen, with all our favourite franchises getting ground into the dust on the various streaming platforms at least we have the likes of John Wick and Indiana Jones to get off the sofa for, another death-defying outing for Tom Cruise and the Mission Impossible franchise and at last, finally and possibly the actual release of The Flash??? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's show we're covering our favourite TV shows of 2022, and such a task it was that you've had to wait until now for it. Too many streaming networks & services means too many goddamn shows. Suffice it to say there is very little crossover this year between Rob & Marcus's choices, which doesn't help when we felt obliged to each prepare a full top 10. Apologies for the running time in advance, there was just no other way quite frankly. Enjoy! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the first episode of a brand new year and like clockwork here once again are our favourite movies of the last 12 months. It's been another strange year for movies, despite a far healthier calendar of releases at the big screen, more streaming options, narrowing theatrical windows and a decline in living standards have made it difficult for people to make the effort anymore, while some movies ended up skipping the format entirely. But we're not here to complain, instead sit back and enjoy over an hour of our picks of 2022. We're even counting down from 10 this time, with a few honourable mentions to round things off. Next week, you guessed it, will be our Top TV of 2022! You're welcome! :D Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While Box office receipts have so far failed to return to pre-pandemic heights the small screen continues to thrive. With a summer dominated by Stranger Things and yet more entires in the Star Wars and Marvel canon, how could we possibly top that? The answer? Not one but two enormous high budget fantasy epics. We're back to Westeros AND Middle Earth. And how can we possibly process this? Well, by unfairtly comparing them of course... All this and we haven't mentioned that there's yet ANOTHER streaming service in town, bringing it with it one of the best new Star Trek shows for quite some time and whole lot more besides... Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a while, but we've been quite busy over the summer with the world now mostly back in business and that can only mean a fairly packed schedule at the box office. First though, we have all the Marvel Phase 4/5 news that dropped at Comic Con and the results of our summer movie wager. Enjoy! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the interest of full discretion this episode was recorded back in May, but has there really been much better on since. James Gunn's Suicide Squad spin-off had no right to be this good, blending satire and outright hilarity to glorious effect. And then there's the Ben Stiller difrected Severance, who mad sci-fi concept not only justified every episode, but probably added up to most successful first season of television for quite some time, solidifying Apple TV+ as a streaming service too far, but one we can't be without. All this and more on another TV-centric #NOTwatching Podcast! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There's a lot to fit in this week as we welcome the first proper summer movie season for 2 years with the first Marvel offering of the 2022 and a sort of bizarre Spider-man follow-up in more ways than one, for none other than Sam Raimi is behind the camera for this Doctor Strange sequel. We also go over some of the more notable releases so far this year, including The Batman and Everything Everywhere all at once and we go over our picks for this year's Summer Movie Wager, back by popular demand (honest ;)). We'll be back after the dust settles to see how well we did... Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this month's episode we're just focussing on a couple of shows Marcus and I have both been dipping back into recently. Well, we're definitely at different points along a Doctor Who rewatch as has been previously mentioned anyway - it's only a short one, but these two cult retro shows might not be for everyone so we thought we might as well spin these conversations into their own mini-episodes rather than derail the main show. Please induldge as we take a brief detour though time and space where this show *may* not have quite gone before! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we're talking about why The Book of Boba Fett is better when Boba Fett's not in it, the new obsession with the 90s in this latest wave of new drama spearheaded by the retro-tastic Yellowjackets and the triumphant finale of Ricky Gervais' After Life. All this and more on this first TVtastic #NOTwatching podcast of 2022! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New year, New Movies & New TV. That we know about anyway. On this week (month?)'s episode we're going through the things we're most excited about that are due to surface on a screen of some size in the next 11 months (or slightly less). Highlights include a new prequel series for Game of Thrones, the return of Ewan McGregor's take on the Jedi Master Obi Wan Kenobi, a new Batman movie and yet another tidal-wave of Marvel hitting both cinemas and the ever growing behemoth that is Disney+ And who can forget Avatar 2, which might actually see the light of day in a year full of long delayed treasures. We can but hope at least. Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Even with production scheduled blown off course by covid, the floodgates couldn't hold back the inevitable tidal wave of TV. So once again it's that time of year when we look back on the year that was and which shows were particular highlights of the past 12 months. It's no surprise that Netflix's The Witcher series features once again after a year away in COVID jail, nor Disney's most recent MCU offering, Hawkeye, after an incredibly strong year of original programming. Apple TV has also been fighting for our time with For All Mankind, See & Foundation, while HBO (via NowTV/Sky) continues to pile on hits like The White Lotus. And who can forget the insantiy of Squid game!?!... Oh what a year it has been! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Even with production scheduled blown off course by covid, the floodgates couldn't hold back the inevitable tidal wave of TV. So once again it's that time of year when we look back on the year that was and which shows were particular highlights of the past 12 months. It's no surprise that Netflix's The Witcher series features once again after a year away in COVID jail, nor Disney's most recent MCU offering, Hawkeye, after an incredibly strong year of original programming. Apple TV has also been fighting for our time with For All Mankind, See & Foundation, while HBO (via NowTV/Sky) continues to pile on hits like The White Lotus. And who can forget the insantiy of Squid game!?!... Oh what a year it has been! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Even with production scheduled blown off course by covid, the floodgates couldn't hold back the inevitable tidal wave of TV. So once again it's that time of year when we look back on the year that was and which shows were particular highlights of the past 12 months. It's no surprise that Netflix's The Witcher series features once again after a year away in COVID jail, nor Disney's most recent MCU offering, Hawkeye, after an incredibly strong year of original programming. Apple TV has also been fighting for our time with For All Mankind, See & Foundation, while HBO (via NowTV/Sky) continues to pile on hits like The White Lotus. And who can forget the insantiy of Squid game!?!... Oh what a year it has been! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Well 2021 was another funny old year for the movies wasn't it? With cinemas closed for the first third of the year, premium video on demand became almost a given for most theatrical releases, whilst Netflix continued to deliver blockbusters and oscar-bait in equal measure. We saw the Marvel stretch the credibility of the MCU to it's absolute lengths with it's belated Black Widow film and highly inclusive Eternals, while on a happier note, Denis Villeneuve's Dune finally came out and people actually went to see it, despite it going on HBOMax day 1, meaning part 2 is now confirmed for 2023! More importantly though, which films made our Top 5s? All this and you know the drill... enjoy! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why check out the #NOTplaying podcast at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc244dafa6910012b36778 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode marks the return of an anti-hero in whose ashes this very podcast was born, for as a means of recognising quite how extraordinarily bad that series finale was, we decided the devote an entire episode to it. Yet hear we find ourselves at the beginning of a new chapter in a series that unlike many of it's characters simply refuses to die. It's not all doom and gloom though, cos we can't ignore the phenomenon that is Netflix's Squid Game, Apple TV's epic adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation and whole lot more besides... Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com

This episode marks the return of an anti-hero in whose ashes this very podcast was born, for as a means of recognising quite how extraordinarily bad that series finale was, we decided the devote an entire episode to it. Yet hear we find ourselves at the beginning of a new chapter in a series that unlike many of it's characters simply refuses to die. It's not all doom and gloom though, cos we can't ignore the phenomenon that is Netflix's Squid Game, Apple TV's epic adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation and whole lot more besides... Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back to full force this month after Marcus's unfortunate accident and while he's not quite up to cinema visiting strength he has finally caught up on some recent cinema releases, including Shang Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings. Meanwhile Rob actually HAS been to the cinema to see the newest lega-sequel that is Ghostbusters Afterlife, Denis Villeneuve's masterful adaptation of Dune and Marvel's slightly more recent phase 4 offering, Eternals. All this and whole lot more on another big screen focussed #NOTwatching Podcast! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com

We're back to full force this month after Marcus's unfortunate accident and while he's not quite up to cinema visiting strength he has finally caught up on some recent cinema releases, including Shang Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings. Meanwhile Rob actually HAS been to the cinema to see the newest lega-sequel that is Ghostbusters Afterlife, Denis Villeneuve's masterful adaptation of Dune and Marvel's slightly more recent phase 4 offering, Eternals. All this and whole lot more on another big screen focussed #NOTwatching Podcast! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Poor old Marcus has bashed his leg up so it's a solo show with Rob this week. We thought about postponing it, but the Cinema & TV releases are coming so thick and fast now that COVID obstacles are relenting that we would never get through it all if we waited. So here are Rob's thoughts on the long delayed final Craig-starring bond movie, No Time to Die, the latest Marvel offering, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as well as a great many expedited releases onto the usual streaming suspects. All this and more on a somewhat abridged and mercifully brief #NOTwatching Podcast! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com

Poor old Marcus has bashed his leg up so it's a solo show with Rob this week. We thought about postponing it, but the Cinema & TV releases are coming so thick and fast now that COVID obstacles are relenting that we would never get through it all if we waited. So here are Rob's thoughts on the long delayed final Craig-starring bond movie, No Time to Die, the latest Marvel offering, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as well as a great many expedited releases onto the usual streaming suspects. All this and more on a somewhat abridged and mercifully brief #NOTwatching Podcast! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.