Episodes

  • Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002) With Luke Chilton
    Mar 23 2024

    "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist" is a movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial-arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge his parents' deaths at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain. Along the way, he encounters some strange characters, one of which is a cow trained in the martial arts.''


    Comedian Luke Chilton breaks down why Kung- Pow was his choice to rent on repeat.

    Show more Show less
    49 mins
  • Memento (2000) with Comedian Ginnia Cheng
    Feb 24 2024

    Ginnia Cheng is a writer, presenter, and comedian who most recently, won Louis Theroux and Amazon Studios’ “Looking For Louis” competition.

    She discusses how Nolan's Memento had an impact on her writing.

    Memento is a 2000 American neo-noir mystery psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, based on the short story "Memento Mori." 

    Show more Show less
    40 mins
  • Abi Carter Simpson on Tick Tick Boom (2021 Netflix) Based on the life of Jonathan Larson
    Feb 4 2024

    Fresh off Britain’s Got Talent, Comedian Abi Carter Simpson walks us through the film that tributes the life of Jonathan Larson (played by Andrew Garfield who won the golden globe for it ) and how it impacted her at the time and again now

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 7 mins
  • The Mummy (1999 Film) With Dan McKeon
    Jan 21 2024

    Comedian and Writer Dan Mckeon discusses why The Mummy is still a slam dunk of a film and why the Brendan Fraiser and Rachel Weisz version Directed by Stephen Sommers stands stronger than the more recent Tom Cruise version.


    Hosted by Laura McMahon, Produced by Islington Radio

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 4 mins