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We Watched A Thing

Join Billy, a visual effects artist and cameraman, and Dave, who has an encyclopedic knowledge of film, as they catch up and chat about a thing. With a wealth of film knowledge, a love of cinema, and a humorous style, find out what we’ve watched this week, and what we thought about it. If you like this podcast, or hate it and us and want to tell us so - You can reach us at wewatchedathing@gmail.com, and find us at http://www.wewatchedathing.com

Tracks

316 - Saltburn
Join us this week as we head out to Oxford, drink some bath water, and make some friends, all while discussing the new film from Emerald Fennel - 'Saltburn'. Don't forget to join our new Facebook listener group to interact with us, and have your comments read out in the show! https://www.facebook.com/groups/861635818954588 We Watched A Thing is supported by Dendy Cinemas Canberra. The best Australian cinema chain showing everything from blockbusters to arthouse and indie films. Find them at https://www.dendy.com.au/ If you like this podcast, or hate it and us and want to tell us so - You can reach us at wewatchedathing@gmail.com Or, Twitter - @WeWatchedAThing Facebook - @WeWatchedAThing Instagram - @WeWatchedAThing and on iTunes and Youtube If you really like us and think we’re worth at least a dollar, why not check out our patreon at http://patreon.com/wewatchedathing. Every little bit helps, and you can get access to bonus episodes, early releases, and even tell us what movies to watch.
24:25 11/29/23
The Hunt For The Perfect Album Episode 2 - Resisting Calm by Melanie Oxley and Chris Abrahams
Welcome back to episode 2, where Dave has thrown a 1990 Australian album Billy's way! Tune in to hear our thoughts on this 4 track EP.
18:05 11/26/23
315 - BIRTHDAY SPECTACULAR - Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes / Five Nights at Freddys / Thanksgiving
It's our birthday! So indulge us while we party, and chat about 3 brand new releases in 'A Ballad of Snakes and Songbirds', 'Five Nights at Freddy's', and 'Thanksgiving'. Enjoy! Don't forget to join our new Facebook listener group to interact with us, and have your comments read out in the show! https://www.facebook.com/groups/861635818954588 We Watched A Thing is supported by Dendy Cinemas Canberra. The best Australian cinema chain showing everything from blockbusters to arthouse and indie films. Find them at https://www.dendy.com.au/ If you like this podcast, or hate it and us and want to tell us so - You can reach us at wewatchedathing@gmail.com Or, Twitter - @WeWatchedAThing Facebook - @WeWatchedAThing Instagram - @WeWatchedAThing and on iTunes and Youtube If you really like us and think we’re worth at least a dollar, why not check out our patreon at http://patreon.com/wewatchedathing. Every little bit helps, and you can get access to bonus episodes, early releases, and even tell us what movies to watch.
60:26 11/22/23
314 - The Marvels
This week we're getting a team together, kicking some butt and playing swapsies, all while discussing the 33rd film in the MCU 'The Marvels'. Don't forget to join our new Facebook listener group to interact with us, and have your comments read out in the show! https://www.facebook.com/groups/861635818954588 We Watched A Thing is supported by Dendy Cinemas Canberra. The best Australian cinema chain showing everything from blockbusters to arthouse and indie films. Find them at https://www.dendy.com.au/ If you like this podcast, or hate it and us and want to tell us so - You can reach us at wewatchedathing@gmail.com Or, Twitter - @WeWatchedAThing Facebook - @WeWatchedAThing Instagram - @WeWatchedAThing and on iTunes and Youtube If you really like us and think we’re worth at least a dollar, why not check out our patreon at http://patreon.com/wewatchedathing. Every little bit helps, and you can get access to bonus episodes, early releases, and even tell us what movies to watch.
47:38 11/15/23
313 - The Mixtape - Our Ultimate One Hit Wonders Playlist
Join us this week as we return to music, and count down our ultimate list of one hit wonders! Don't forget to join our new facebook listener group to interact with us, and have your comments read out in the show!   https://www.facebook.com/groups/861635818954588
63:15 11/9/23
312 - Killers of the Flower Moon
This week we're marrying into money, murdering into money, and holding onto our bladders, all while discussing the brand new Martin Scorsese epic 'Killers of the Flower Moon'. Don't forget to join our new facebook listener group to interact with us, and have your comments read out in the show!   https://www.facebook.com/groups/861635818954588
43:20 11/1/23
BONUS - Our 2023 Halloween Spooktacular! (w/ Newsk)
You demanded, so here she is! Join Billy and Newsk as we go through an assortment of horror movies for this Spooktober season. Enjoy! Don't forget to join our new facebook listener group to interact with us, and have your comments read out in the show!   https://www.facebook.com/groups/861635818954588  
43:27 10/30/23
311 - Our Top 10 Most Underrated Horror Films
Join us one and all as we get our spook on and introduce you to some underrated scary fare for this Halloween season! Don't forget to join our new facebook listener group to interact with us, and have your comments read out in the show! https://www.facebook.com/groups/861635818954588
60:37 10/25/23
310 - Our Top 10 Actors We’d Watch Do Anything
Join us this week as for something a bit different we count down our favourite actors that we would watch play the shark in Jaws.
54:33 10/19/23
309 - The Exorcist: Believer / Saw X
Join us this week as we assemble an Avengers style team-up from churches 'round the world, fight an evil demon, and then force it to cut out it's own bone marrow, all while discussing two new horror sequels in 'The Exorcist: Believer', and 'Saw X'.
33:36 10/11/23
308 - The Creator
Join us this week as we fly over New Asia, fight against AI, and hunt for a shred of personality in John David Washington, all while discussing the new sci-fi blockbuster 'The Creator'.
28:14 10/5/23
307 - The Mixtape - Our Ultimate Drinking Song Playlist
Join us this week as for something different we construct a playlist of our all time favourite drinking songs! Be this songs about drinking, or songs to jam out to while having a cheeky bevvy, or in Dave's case constructing a playlist that tells the story of an evening! Enjoy!
58:07 9/27/23
306 - Blue Beetle / A Haunting in Venice
Join us this week as we find some alien tech, and join our familia at a haunted orphanage, all while discussing two new releases in 'Blue Beetle' and 'A Haunting in Venice'.
40:08 9/21/23
305 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem / The Nun II
Join us this week as we emerge from the ooze, take to the nunerry and try and solve a problem like a thousand year old demon, all while discussing two brand new releases in 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem' and 'The Nun II'.
37:52 9/12/23
304 - Past Lives / Coherence
Join us this week as we rekindle (stalk) an old flame,force her husband to endure an evening with us on the night of a comet, and chat about all things 'Past Lives' and 'Coherence'.
42:13 9/10/23
303 - Five Random Flicks (Monos / Grave of the Fireflies and more)
Join us this week as we dive into an assortment of random movies we've forced each other to watch! Movies include The Ring, Monos, Grave of the Fireflies, Local Hero, and The Rage in Placid Lake. Enjoy!
34:40 8/30/23
302 - BlackBerry
Join us this week as we go back to a simpler time, a time when we could first email from our pockets, and we could LAN all night, as we discuss the new comedy-drama biopic 'BlackBerry'.
28:35 8/23/23
301 - Our Summer Cinema Releases Rankings
Join Billy and Dave as we count down our favourite releases of the past few weeks. Including Meg 2, Talk to Me, Sisu, Asteroid City, and Gran Turismo!
32:44 8/16/23
BONUS - The Hunt for the Perfect Album: Episode One - Guppy by Charly Bliss
Poor Dave is under the weather, so rather than subjecting you all to listening to the rantings and ravings of Billy left to his own devices, here is the first episode of our new bonus series ‘The Hunt for the Perfect Album’, available to all patrons of the show! This first episode sees Dave listen to one of Billy’s favourite albums - ‘Guppy’ by ‘Charly Bliss’. An album that Billy dubs perfect. Will Dave agree? Either way - You all should check out Charly Bliss, as I (Billy) firmly believe they are the greatest band of the last 5 years.
27:01 8/10/23
300 - Required Viewing 2: REPORT CARD - More Hidden Gem TV Shows
Welcome to required viewing, our lesson in things we haven’t watched that we should! Join Billy and Dave as we count down more of our most underseen television shows of all time! Enjoy!
50:09 8/3/23
299 - Barbie / Oppenheimer
‘And now I am become Ken - The destroyer of Barbieland. (and the box office!)’ Join us as we join the Barbenheimer craze and cover the biggest box office weekend since ‘Avengers: Endgame’. View the full list of uncredited VFX artists for Oppenheimer here - https://www.dneg.com/show/oppenheimer/ Barbie is a 2023 American fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig and written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films. The film follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis. It features an ensemble cast that also includes America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell. Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist who was pivotal in developing the first nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project, and thereby ushering in the Atomic Age. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, with Emily Blunt as Oppenheimer's wife Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer, Matt Damon as General Leslie Groves, director of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, a senior member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. The ensemble supporting cast includes Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek and Kenneth Branagh.
52:15 7/26/23
298 - Insidious: The Red Door / Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1
Join us as this week as we astral project our way into the IMF, all while discussing two brand new releases ‘Insidious: The Red Door’, and ‘Mission colon impossible hyphen dead reckoning part 1.’ Insidious: The Red Door is a 2023 American supernatural horror film directed by Patrick Wilson (in his directorial debut) from a screenplay by Scott Teems based on a story by Leigh Whannell and Teems. It is a direct sequel to Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), and the fifth installment in the Insidious franchise. Original director James Wan serves as a producer, as does Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner. Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Andrew Astor, Steve Coulter, Whannell, Angus Sampson, and Lin Shaye reprise their roles from previous films; Sinclair Daniel and Hiam Abbass also join the cast. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is a 2023 American spy action film directed by Christopher McQuarrie from a screenplay he co-wrote with Erik Jendresen. It is the sequel to Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) and the seventh installment in the Mission: Impossible film series. Dead Reckoning Part One sees Tom Cruise return as Ethan Hunt, whose IMF team matches wits with a powerful rogue AI known as "the Entity". The ensemble cast also features Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, and Henry Czerny.
52:23 7/20/23
297 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny / Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Join us as we throwback to everybody’s favourite Indy flick ‘The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’, before diving into the latest entry to the franchise - ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.’ Indiana Jones is an American media franchise that began in 1981 with the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. Consisting of five films and a prequel television series, along with games, comics, and tie-in novels, the series depicts the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (portrayed in all movies by Harrison Ford), a fictional professor of archaeology.
42:40 7/12/23
296 - Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Temple of the Last Crusade
Join us as we throwback to the first three films in the ‘Indiana Jones’ franchise, as Billy finally watches them in the lead-up to ‘Dial of Destiny’. Indiana Jones is an American media franchise that began in 1981 with the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. Consisting of five films and a prequel television series, along with games, comics, and tie-in novels, the series depicts the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (portrayed in all movies by Harrison Ford), a fictional professor of archaeology.
29:20 7/5/23
295 - Our Top 5 Movie Modernisations
Join Billy and Dave as we count down our top 5 movie modernisations! Who will have more movies that don’t fit the brief at all? How many crossovers will there be? And who will admit to enjoying ‘A Knight’s Tale’?
37:28 6/28/23
294 - The Flash
This week we’re going back to the future, just like in that classic Eric Stoltz film, while we bring out all our favourite superheroes and CG the out of them, all while discussing the latest entry in the DCEU ‘The Flash’. The Flash is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC character of the same name. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, Double Dream, and the Disco Factory, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures,[6] it is the 13th installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film is directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson and stars Ezra Miller as Barry Allen / The Flash alongside Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, Antje Traue, and Michael Keaton. In the film, Barry travels back in time to prevent his mother's death, which brings unintended consequences.
38:33 6/24/23
293 - Our Top 5 Comic Book Movies
Join Billy and Dave as we count down our top 5 comic book movies of all time! Who will have more (or any) MCU or DCEU? Who will have the most non-superhero films? Join us to find out!
41:32 6/14/23
292 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
This week we’re slinging some webs, pointing some fingers, and hopping through holes all while discussing the brand new animated feature ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a 2023 American computer-animated superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales / Spider-Man, produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), it is set in a shared multiverse of alternate universes called the Spider-Verse. The film is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, in their feature directorial debuts, from a screenplay written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller (who both also co-produce) and David Callaham. Shameik Moore voices Miles, starring alongside Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Karan Soni, Daniel Kaluuya, and Oscar Isaac. In the film, Miles goes on an adventure with Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman across the multiverse where he meets a new team of Spider-People known as the Spider-Society, led by Miguel O' Hara / Spider-Man 2099, but comes into conflict with them over handling a new threat.
30:22 6/8/23
291 - Renfield
Join us this week as we chow down on some bugs, spray y’all with blood, and attend some lovely self-help groups, all while discussing the new action-horror-comedy ‘Renfield’. Renfield is a 2023 American comedy horror film directed and produced by Chris McKay, and written by Ryan Ridley from a story by Robert Kirkman, who also served as producer. Inspired by characters from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, the film stars Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Brandon Scott Jones, Adrian Martinez, and Nicolas Cage.
27:54 5/31/23
290 - Fast X / Evil Dead Rise
FAAAAMMMIIIILLLLYYY!!!! That’s it. That’s the shownotes. Fast X (pronounced Fast Ten, also known as Fast & Furious 10 and marketed as Fast & Furious X) is a 2023 American action film directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay written by Dan Mazeau and Justin Lin, who also co-wrote the story with Zach Dean. It is the sequel to F9 (2021), the tenth main installment, and the eleventh installment overall in the Fast & Furious franchise. It stars Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto alongside an ensemble cast including Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Scott Eastwood, Daniela Melchior, Alan Ritchson, Helen Mirren, Brie Larson, Rita Moreno, Jason Statham, Jason Momoa, and Charlize Theron. In the film, Toretto must protect his family from Dante Reyes (Momoa), who seeks revenge for his father's death and loss of his family's fortune. Evil Dead Rise is a 2023 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Lee Cronin. It is the fifth installment of the Evil Dead film series. The film stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland as two estranged sisters trying to survive and save their family from deadites. Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, and Nell Fisher (in her film debut) appear in supporting roles.
45:49 5/26/23

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