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
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MFV #205 - What’s Earthworm Jim up to?
Moderate Fantasy Violence
The new year 2024 has begun, and that can only mean one thing - time for Moderate Fantasy Violence to talk about the previous one! Nick and Alastair assemble to look back on the movies (9:47) and TV shows (35:47) of 2023, both giving a broad overview chat, then running down their top 5 favourites each. Fuller shownotes (and full-length year-end summary articles) at
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MFV #204 - New face! WAUUUGH!
Moderate Fantasy Violence
Time for our festive late-2000s nostalgia special, as we cover the Doctor Who 60th anniversary Fourteenth Doctor specials (11:38) and the new Scott Pilgrim Takes Off anime (36:36). Fairly liberal spoilers for both, so recommend watching them before listening if you're heavily invested in either property. Especially the Scott Pilgrim one. Fuller shownotes at
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MFV #203 - Is Saltburn a British film?
Moderate Fantasy Violence
This fortnight, there's all kinds of sinister things happening at the universities, as we cover polarising dark academia movie Saltburn (13:49) and edgy superkids-at-uni show Gen V (37:05), a spin-off from The Boys. Fair warning - we manage not to explicitly spoil Saltburn, but do heavily imply the nature of the ending. You may want to see the film first if you feel strongly. Fuller shownotes at
info_outlineThis fortnight, we (festively) re-enter the (festive) jungle with Jumanji: The Next Level. And then, in a (festive) token effort to mention (festive) Christmas, we sit down for a big futile theoretical (festive) argument: which is the best Doctor Who Christmas special?
Fuller (festive) shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com