MFV #215 - Sweet innocent lovely corpse mutilation
Moderate Fantasy Violence
This fortnight, two eagerly anticipated adaptations - the millennial-nostalgia event X-Men '97 (13:36) and post-apocalyptic video game series Fallout (27:28). And remember you can still back for another two weeks. Fuller shownotes at
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MFV #214 - The Meninist K-Hole
Moderate Fantasy Violence
This fortnight, an exercise in extreme contrast with thoughtful historical drama Shogun (24:39) and cartoonish high school comedy Bottoms (40:18). Meanwhile, Nick is back on Kickstarter with The Collected Letters of Courier Z, a series of stories about a space-postwoman turning to crime. And see fuller shownotes about this episode at
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MFV #213 - The worst job in the world
Moderate Fantasy Violence
This fortnight, we face the horrible present-future with Civil War (18:10), then retreat into a cosy fantastical past with Renegade Nell (34:48). Fuller shownotes at
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MFV #212 - EBV (Extreme Bloody Violence)
Moderate Fantasy Violence
We make a mockery of our podcast name this fortnight, tackling two releases where the violence is definitely not moderate - Invincible season 2 (15:03) and Monkey Man (34:15). Fuller shownotes at
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MFV #211 - A void in Walthamstow
Moderate Fantasy Violence
Back to Nick's superhero territory this fortnight, with the second season of powers-focused sitcom Extraordinary (20:40) and the first two issues of the new Ultimate Spider-Man series (36:02) from Marvel Comics. Fuller shownotes on
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MFV #210 - The Golden Honk of the Sandworm
Moderate Fantasy Violence
A big episode for Alastair this week, as we cover his annual Oscar predictions audio extravaganza, and the new Dune movie (16:11, with hard spoilers from 25:24), plus bonus piracy with Our Flag Means Death season 2 (36:52, spoilers from 43:34). Fuller shownotes on
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MFV #209 - 80s Magic Mike
Moderate Fantasy Violence
Some seasonal February moments of dark intensity this fortnight, in The Iron Claw (12:19) and the new Mr & Mrs Smith series (26:37). Fuller shownotes at
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MFV #208 - Teenage Milked Ninja Turtles
Moderate Fantasy Violence
We're covering two separate ends of the movie spectrum this fortnight, with thoughtful current Oscar-contending movie American Fiction (15:40) on one side, and last year's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (29:38) on the other. Fuller shownotes at
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MFV #207 - True Confessions of a Serious Film Critic
Moderate Fantasy Violence
This fortnight, 2024 begins in earnest with Oscar-nominated film Poor Things (14:07) and new Marvel show Echo (28:06). Fuller shownotes at
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MFV #206 - Let’s quack on
Moderate Fantasy Violence
As is traditional, the first episode of a new year is spent mopping up some leftovers from the end of the previous one, with What If... season 2 (12:49) and Slow Horses season 3 (31:17). Fuller shownotes at
info_outlineThis fortnight, we're both away in the lofty world of demons and angels in Good Omens 2 (12:27, ending spoilers from 23:01) and down in the dirty world of secret agents in Old Dog (29:55).
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