Join us as we revisit Labyrinth (1986) in this nostalgic review. From David Bowie’s iconic performance as the Goblin King to the film's unforgettable puppetry, we’ll break down why this cult classic continues to captivate audiences. Tune in for a fun, insightful look at the magic of Labyrinth!Af That Film Stew Podcast

Directed by Tyler Spindel and written by Julie Paiva and Amy Schumer, Kinda Pregnant is the Netflix comedy film starring Amy Schumer alongside Jillian Bell, Brianne Howey, and Will Forte.When Lainy’s (Amy Schumer) plan to settle down and start a family falls apart, she puts on a fake baby bump, tells a lie, and accidentally falls for her dream guy.…

In this episode, we dive into the latest buzz in the world of film and TV! We break down the exciting new trailers for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Jurassic World Rebirth, and Final Destination: Bloodlines. Plus, we’ve got the first look at M3GAN 2.0, where M3GAN is seen dancing to Chappell Roan's music. And of course, we discuss the all-new lo…

Directed by Leigh Whannell, Wolf Man is the horror film produced by Jason Blum and Blumhouse Productions, which serves as a reboot of The Wolf Man franchise.Blake (Christopher Abbott) inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. Blake persuades his wife Charlotte (Julia Garner) to take a bre…

Directed by Dave Bullock and written by Stan Berkowitz, Justice League: The New Frontier is the animated superhero film adapted from the DC Comics limited series DC: The New Frontier.Luke and Nathan head back to 2008 to review the second film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies by Warner Bros. Animation.Superman, Batman (Jeremy Sisto), Wond…

Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Presence is the supernatural thriller drama written by David Koepp.A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they're not alone.Af That Film Stew Podcast

They're living their best lies.Directed by Seth Gordon, Back in Action is the latest action comedy film to hit Netflix.Former CIA spies Emily (Cameron Diaz) and Matt (Jamie Foxx) are pulled back into espionage after their secret identities are exposed.Af That Film Stew Podcast

Directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland, 28 Days Later is the post-apocalyptic horror film starring Cillian Murphy.Luke and Jae revisit the zombie-ridden apocalypse back in 2002.A group of misguided animal rights activists free a caged chimp infected with the "Rage" virus from a medical research lab. When London bike courier Jim (Cillia…

We've got some Supergirl casting and our first look at the back of Milly Alcock's head, "I'm just Ken-obe" - Ryan Gosling may join Star Wars, Robert Eggers continues to build his own cinematic universe of classic monsters, and Fraiser has left the building (again).Af That Film Stew Podcast

Succumb to the Darkness.Written and directed by Robert Eggers, Nosferatu is the gothic horror film starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, and Lily-Rose Depp. It is a remake of the film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922), which was itself an unauthorised adaption of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897).In the 1830s, estate agent Thomas Hutter (H…

Produced by CBS Eye Animation Productions with Mike McMahan serving as showrunner, Star Trek: Lower Decks is the adult animated television series set in the 24th century Star Trek universe.Luke and Jae get onboard with the fifth and final season of the adventures of the low-ranking officers with menial jobs on the starship Cerritos, which premiered…

Silent. Invisible. Invincible. The ultimate hunter.Directed by Stephen Hopkins, Predator 2 is the science fiction action film starring Danny Glover. It is the second installment of the Predator franchise and the sequel to 1987's Predator, with Kevin Peter Hall reprising the title role of the Predator.In line with its upcoming 35th anniversary, Luke…

In this annual special episode, we’ll look back at the year that was 2024 in film and TV, and let you know what our worst and favourite movies of 2024 were.We started 2024 with a post-strike hangover – the writer’s strike was over and once again we found ourselves looking forward to some sort of a kind of normalcy. Movies were back in production, m…

Directed by J. C. Chandor, Kraven the Hunter is the superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment, it is the sixth film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe.Sergai Kravinoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is a man whose complex relationship with his ruthless gangster f…

Directed by Bruce Timm, Lauren Montgomery, and Brandon Vietti, Superman: Doomsday is the animated superhero film adapted from the Dc Comics storyline "The Death of Superman".Luke and Nathan go back to 2007 to review this first film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies.The Man of Steel (Adam Baldwin) battles an intergalactic killer, accidenta…

Produced by Marvel Studios Animation, with Matthew Chauncey serving as head writer and Bryan Andrews and Stephan Franck directing, What If...? is the animated anthology series based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name.Luke and Nathan jump back into the multiverse to check out the third and final season of the series that explored alternati…

Directed by Jon M. Chu, G.I. Joe: Retaliation is the military science fiction action film based on the G.I. Joe toy line.Luke and Nathan go back to 2013 to review it like they stole it - the second installment in the G.I. Joe film series and sequel to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2019).Duke (Channing Tatum), second-in-command Roadblock (Dwayne John…

Directed by Joe Dante and written by Chris Columbus, Gremlins is thr comedy horror Christmas movie that celebrates its 40th anniversary.Rob and Jason rewind to 1984 this holiday season to revisit this dark and outrageous Christmas classic.Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) receives a strange creature as a pet, which then spawns other creatures that tran…

'Til death do they part...Written and directed by Kelly Marcel, Venom: The Last Dance is the superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Venom. This is the third installment of the Venom trilogy following Venom (2018) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), and is the fifth film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.Eddie (Tom Hardy) and Venom are…

Produced by Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, Superman & Lois is the superhero television series based on the DC Comics characters Superman and Lois Lane.Luke and Jason check in on the fourth and final season of this CW series which stars Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch as the titular characters.Clark and Lois continue to deal …

Directed by Jeff Fowler, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the action-adventure comedy film based on the video game series published by Sega.Sonic, Tails and Knuckles (Ben Schwartz, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Idris Elba) face a powerful and mysterious new adversary, Shadow the Hedgehog (Keanu Reeves). Defeated by Shadow in every single way, the trio forms an un…

Directed by Bobby Farrelly, Dear Santa is the Christmas comedy film starring Jack Black (not as Santa).When a young dyslexic and meek six-grader Liam (Robert Timothy Smith) mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with one crucial spelling error, the devilish Satan (Jack Black) arrives to help him out – or to wreak havoc.…

Is Cap back for Avengers: Doomsday? From The Bear to The Hutt, we've got the latest casting addition to The Mandalorian & Grogu movie, we've got trailers for Star Trek: Section 31 and 28 Years Later, and the Final Destination franchise continues to cheat death.It could be time to put your Scrubs back on, Reacher takes on someone twice his size, and…

Question everything.Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, Heretic is the psychological horror film starring Hugh Grant.Two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of …

Directed by Brandon Vietti, Batman: Under the Red Hood is the 2010 animated direct-to-video superhero film featuring characters from DC Comics.Luke and Nathan revisit the eighth film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies which is directly derived from the Batman storyline "Under the Hood".Red Hood (Jensen Ackles), a villain who knows Batman's…

Infinite space. Infinite terror.Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, Event Horizon is the science fiction horror film starring Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill.Luke and Jae return to 1997 to take on this 2047 set space rescue mission.Captain Miller and his team discover unbelievable secrets when they board the Event Horizon, a starship that had mysteri…

Created by David S. Goyer, Blade: The Series is the 2004 television series based on the Marvel Comics character Blade.Luke and [co-host] this single season sequel series which shares continuity with New Line Cinema's Blade film series and takes place after the events of the film Blade: Trinity (2004).Krista Starr (Jill Wagner) returns from military…

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Hiccup and Toothless come to life, the Voltron movie is real, an Idle Hands remake is coming together, and Christopher Nolan adds more actors to the cast of his next movie.Looks like the Tulsa King will be back, Clayface is confirmed for the DCU, and From will return to raise even more questions.Af That Film Stew Podcast

Love can be a beast. Written and directed by Caroline Lindy, Your Monster is the romantic comedy-horror film based on Lindy’s 2019 short film. Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera) is a young actress enduring a cancer diagnosis and upsetting relationship breakup when she discovers a terrifying, yet weirdly charming monster (Tommy Dewey) living in her clos…

Developed by Lauren LeFranc (who also serves as showrunner) for HBO, The Penguin is the crime drama television miniseries based on the DC Comics character of the same name.Luke and Jae return to Matt Reeves' Gotham for this spin-off sequel to the film The Batman (2022).Oz Cobb (Colin Farrell), A.K.A. the Penguin, begins his rise in the underworld o…

If life isn’t kicking your ass, it’s not doing its job. Written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, Goodrich is the comedy film starring Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis. Art dealer Andy Goodrich’s (Michael Keaton) life gets upended when his younger wife leaves him and enters a 90-day rehab program while also threatening divorce. Andy takes charge of…

Written and directed by Jon M. Chu, Wicked is the musical fantasy film which is the first of a two-part film adaption of the stage musical Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, which is loosely based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire and explores the origins of some of the characters from The Wizard of Oz prior to the events of that sto…

Created by Jac Schaeffer (also showrunner and lead director) for Disney+, Agatha All Along is the television miniseries based on the Marvel Comics featuring the character Agatha Harkness.Luke and Jason walk the Witches' Road to check out this spin-off of the series WandaVision (2021) - the 11th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MC…

Scary Movie is back, Captain America: Brave New World drops its first full trailer, a new trilogy of Star Wars movies may be coming, and the Mission: Impossible franchise is supposedly coming to and end.The Lanterns cast continues to grow, Macaulay Culkin emerges from the Fallout, and what if What If...? actually comes to an end?…

Witness the origin.Directed by Josh Cooley, Transformers One is the animated science fiction action film based on Hasbro’s Transformers toy line.The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron: better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.…

Directed by Michael Dougherty, Krampus is the Christmas comedy horror film based on the eponymous character from Austro-Bavarian folklore.Luke and Nathan kick off the festive season early as they go back to this 2015 Yuletide feature which was co-written by Dogherty alongside Todd Casey and Zach Shields.When dysfunctional family squabbling causes y…

Directed by Brad Bird (in his directorial debut), The Iron Giant is the animated science fiction film based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.Luke and Nathan revisit this 1999 classic which stars the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonal…

Written and directed by Frank Miller, The Spirit is the neo-noir superhero film based on the newspaper comic strip of the same name by Will Eisner.Luke and Nathan revist this 2008 film to get a reminder of why The Spirit is something the world needs.Apparently murdered cop Denny Colt (Gabriel Macht) returns as the Spirit, dedicated to protecting Ce…

Directed by James Wan, The Conjuring is the supernatural horror starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren - paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of haunting.Luke and Jason go back to the start of The Conjuring Universe franchise to revisit the inaugural first installment.In 1970, paranormal i…

It's all about Tom Holland as he teams up with one of the biggest directors for his next film and dishes on Spider-Man 4. The game is back on as Jumanji 3 gets a release date, James Gunn delivers the official trailer for Creature Commandos, Superman has a dog, Nick Frost is a droid, and a Stephen King classic is set for the small screen with Mike F…

Written and directed by Wes Craven, A Nightmare on Elm Street is the first instalment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and our first introduction to the man of our dreams, Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund).Rob and Jason drift off back to 1985 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this supernatural slasher film.Several Midwestern teenagers fa…

Written and directed by Kevin Smith, The 4:30 Movie is the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy film loosely based on Smith's experiences sneaking into movie theatres as a teenager and his earliest romantic endeavours.During the summer of 1986, three 16-year-old buddies spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local cineplex. When on…

Directed bt Stephen Hopkins, Lost in Space is the science-fiction adventure film adapted from the 1966-1968 CBS television series if the same name (itself inspired by the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johan David Wyss).Luke and Jae get lost back in 1998 to review this theatrical reboot which stars Willian Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman, …

Directed by Jesse V. Johnson, Accident Man is the action thriller film based on characters created by Pat Mills and Tony Skinner.Luke and Jae accidentally head back to 2018 to review this Scott Adkins starring flick which takes 'em out one mishap at a time.Mike Fallon is a seasoned hit man who is known for making his target's death look like an acc…

Developed by Mattson Tomlin, Terminator Zero is the science fiction action series set in the Terminator universe created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd.Luke and [co-host] check out the eight-episode Netflix series which premiered in August 2024.A warrior from a post-apocalyptic future travels to 1997 to protect an AI scientist being hunted by …

Judgment is coming.Directed bt Pete Travis and written and produced by Alex Garland, Dredd is the science fiction action film based on thd 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd and the character of the same name created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra.Luke and Nathan revisit this Karl Urban starring 2012 post-apocalyptic wasteland set outing.Mega City…

Directed by Brian Taylor from a script he wrote with Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden, Hellboy: The Crooked Man is the superhero horror film based on the Dark Horse Comics character Hellboy, created by Mignola, which adapts The Crooked Man limited series also written by Mignola. It is the second reboot of the Hellboy film series and is the fourt…

Feeling old? DreamWorks turns 30 years old.Our nightmares are set to come to life as a live-action / CGI Rugrats movie is on the way, Henry Cavill takes on Voltron, and are you ready to get Fast and Loose with Will Smith and Michael Bay?Reacher reaches for a fourth season, it looks to be always sunny at Abbott Elementary, and the 90s have come to a…

The world is a stage... Directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay he co-wrote with Scott Silver, Joker: Folie à Deux is the jukebox musical psychological thriller film loosely based on DC Comics characters. It is the sequel to Joker (2019) with Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as the Joker. Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) has been institutionali…