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There's a lot to fit in this week as we welcome the first proper summer movie season for 2 years with the first Marvel offering of the 2022 and a sort of bizarre Spider-man follow-up in more ways than one, for none other than Sam Raimi is behind the camera for this Doctor Strange sequel. We also go over some of the more notable releases so far this year, including The Batman and Everything Everywhere all at once and we go over our picks for this year's Summer Movie Wager, back by popular demand (honest ;)). We'll be back after the dust settles to see how well we did... Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this month's episode we're just focussing on a couple of shows Marcus and I have both been dipping back into recently. Well, we're definitely at different points along a Doctor Who rewatch as has been previously mentioned anyway - it's only a short one, but these two cult retro shows might not be for everyone so we thought we might as well spin these conversations into their own mini-episodes rather than derail the main show. Please induldge as we take a brief detour though time and space where this show *may* not have quite gone before! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we're talking about why The Book of Boba Fett is better when Boba Fett's not in it, the new obsession with the 90s in this latest wave of new drama spearheaded by the retro-tastic Yellowjackets and the triumphant finale of Ricky Gervais' After Life. All this and more on this first TVtastic #NOTwatching podcast of 2022! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New year, New Movies & New TV. That we know about anyway. On this week (month?)'s episode we're going through the things we're most excited about that are due to surface on a screen of some size in the next 11 months (or slightly less). Highlights include a new prequel series for Game of Thrones, the return of Ewan McGregor's take on the Jedi Master Obi Wan Kenobi, a new Batman movie and yet another tidal-wave of Marvel hitting both cinemas and the ever growing behemoth that is Disney+ And who can forget Avatar 2, which might actually see the light of day in a year full of long delayed treasures. We can but hope at least. Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Even with production scheduled blown off course by covid, the floodgates couldn't hold back the inevitable tidal wave of TV. So once again it's that time of year when we look back on the year that was and which shows were particular highlights of the past 12 months. It's no surprise that Netflix's The Witcher series features once again after a year away in COVID jail, nor Disney's most recent MCU offering, Hawkeye, after an incredibly strong year of original programming. Apple TV has also been fighting for our time with For All Mankind, See & Foundation, while HBO (via NowTV/Sky) continues to pile on hits like The White Lotus. And who can forget the insantiy of Squid game!?!... Oh what a year it has been! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Well 2021 was another funny old year for the movies wasn't it? With cinemas closed for the first third of the year, premium video on demand became almost a given for most theatrical releases, whilst Netflix continued to deliver blockbusters and oscar-bait in equal measure. We saw the Marvel stretch the credibility of the MCU to it's absolute lengths with it's belated Black Widow film and highly inclusive Eternals, while on a happier note, Denis Villeneuve's Dune finally came out and people actually went to see it, despite it going on HBOMax day 1, meaning part 2 is now confirmed for 2023! More importantly though, which films made our Top 5s? All this and you know the drill... enjoy! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.com/61dc2bc83a030a0012ae34a4 If you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review! If you're interested in videogames why not check out the #NOTplaying podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode marks the return of an anti-hero in whose ashes this very podcast was born, for as a means of recognising quite how extraordinarily bad that series finale was, we decided the devote an entire episode to it. Yet hear we find ourselves at the beginning of a new chapter in a series that unlike many of it's characters simply refuses to die. It's not all doom and gloom though, cos we can't ignore the phenomenon that is Netflix's Squid Game, Apple TV's epic adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation and whole lot more besides... Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back to full force this month after Marcus's unfortunate accident and while he's not quite up to cinema visiting strength he has finally caught up on some recent cinema releases, including Shang Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings. Meanwhile Rob actually HAS been to the cinema to see the newest lega-sequel that is Ghostbusters Afterlife, Denis Villeneuve's masterful adaptation of Dune and Marvel's slightly more recent phase 4 offering, Eternals. All this and whole lot more on another big screen focussed #NOTwatching Podcast! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Poor old Marcus has bashed his leg up so it's a solo show with Rob this week. We thought about postponing it, but the Cinema & TV releases are coming so thick and fast now that COVID obstacles are relenting that we would never get through it all if we waited. So here are Rob's thoughts on the long delayed final Craig-starring bond movie, No Time to Die, the latest Marvel offering, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as well as a great many expedited releases onto the usual streaming suspects. All this and more on a somewhat abridged and mercifully brief #NOTwatching Podcast! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Who'd have thought if you gave the man behind Guardians of the Galaxy a chance to have another crack at DC's Suicide Squad, you'd end up with the greatest summer blockbuster of 2021. Or at least perhaps, the film we all deserve after such a wretched couple of years. It's also been a cracking few weeks for the small screen, with the return of Ted Lasso, Netflix's utterly deranged Brand New Cherry Flavour and the cutting satire of The White Lotus on Sky/Now. All this and more on another you know the score by now ENJOY! :) Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's show we're back at the cinema once again, this time watching the already quite tardy, but also massively delayed Black Widow, which sees Scarlett Johansson's ill fated former assassin tackling the demons of her past in another bombastic MCU adventure. Meanwhile in another ludicrously sprawling franchise, Vin Diesel literally shoots cars into orbit in the latest installment of the Fast & Furious franchise. And not to be outdone, Netflix attempts to launch it's own cinematic universe on the small screen based on R L Steins 'Fear Street' novels, with an impressively gory trilogy of slasher movies set across several centuries. All this and bunch of Loki spoilers at the end, as we get to grips with the implications of that ending on not just a second series of the show in question, but the entire future of the MCU! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cinema is BACK! And with it an actual proper release schedule of blockbuster films that have been put on hold for more than a year! Chiefly among those is A Quiet Place 2, which while being completely unnecessary yet almost entirely inevitable stays true to the original's formula and expands it's universe. Also at the flicks is the Bob Odenkirk brutalfest, Nobody, which sees the small screen's favourite corrupt lawyer going to town on fools like a less beardy John Wick. Meanwhile Loki returns, this time to the small screen in his own Disney+ show, graphic novel adaptation, Sweet Tooth lands on Netflix and Sean Bean stars in the delightlfully grim Time on the BBC. Before all that though, we dive into the recent shock (in a good way) news that Good Omens is coming back for a second season! Hoorah! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the world starting to wake up again, we're sure you've noticed that TV trickle turning once more again into a stream, especially given most of the decent stuff coming from anywhere but Netflix right now! First up we've got our second MCU show of the year, The Falcon & The Winter Soldier, which while not quite being the buddy cop thing we expected, certainly does some heavy lifting for the future of the franchise. Then there's Invincible on Amazon, putting further weight behind Rob's theory that the Pandemic was going to bring forth an animation renaissance and finally there's For All Mankind, the Apple TV+ show from Ronald D. Moore that's finally putting him back on the Sci-Fi map. All this and whole lot more on this small-screen focussed #NOTwatching Podcast! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's awards time again and despite cinemas being closed, we've managed to catch some of the nominees and winners of this years most prestiguous ceremonies, including Riz Ahmed's star turn in Sound of Metal and the outrageously dark Promising Young Woman. Also worthy of mention outside the torrent of awards contenders finding their way onto the various streaming platform is Andy Samberg starring Palm Springs, which puts a unique spin on the suitably popular time loop genre, which couldn't be more appropriate for the times we've found ourselves in lately. And finally, spoilers at the ready for the ten ton 4 hour elephant in the room that is Zack Snyder's Justice League, which couldn't be a more appropriate monument to the last couple of years. I don't know when else we would have found the time to watch it! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's show we're picking over the carcass of what's actually managed to get released in 2021 so far, including the stunning third and fully netflix backed season of Cobra Kai, the also youtube-premium originated Wayne on Amazon Prime and the second insane season of M. Night Shyamalan's Servant on Apple TV+ There's also been a couple of decent enough movies out across the various streaming platforms that would have felt equally at home of the big screen, including Amazon Prime's Gerard Butler starring disasterpiece, Greenland and Paul Greengrass's new western, News of the World starring Tom Hanks. So have no fear dear listeners, as sad as it is, there is much more to watch on TV than the life Story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh RIP. :'( Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com 25 days ago #disney+, #marvel, #marvelcinematicuniverse, #mcu, #notwatching, #wandavision See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We know it's taken a while to get an episode out this year, but we wanted to make sure we had something significant to discuss before we did. And it doesn't get much more significant than the first official MCU show on Disney+ Wandavision arrived in all it's retro-glory back in January and now the final episode has aired we can get into it spoilers an' all. There's also some chat about all the other Disney+ shows that got announced as part of THAT investor call just before Christmas. So consider this your final warning. Fast forward to 25:00 if you want to skip the Wandavision Spoilers. We'll be back soon with the best of the rest so far in 2021! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once again, we're well into another year, but there's still time to go through our picks of the best TV from last year, especially in a year that was so hugely reliant on the small screen, with more streaming services than there are days in the week now - it was a small mercy in a year where entertainment options were at a premium. Disney+ made a belated but hugely significant impact, with not one, but two seasons of the first live action TV show set in the Star Wars Universe, Gareth Evans brought his cinematic chops to bear on Sky's Gangs of London & even Apple had something to say with their impressive slate of comedy and drama. It's quite telling that Netflix shows feature far less heavily than in recent years. So here it is, our top TV of the shambles that was 2020. Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If there's one silver lining to be had from 2020 it would be that putting together our list of favourite movies wasn't really much of a challenge this year. Whether that was due to a complete lack of films being released or the sheer quality of output from the various streaming services is arguable. Or simply the fact that certain films managed to capture the sheer despair of this horrific year so well. In any case, here are our rather quite diverse picks of 2020. Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Well we were honestly expecting to be talking about the new James Bond movie by now, but alas it was not to be. With cinemas shut, we once again turn to the small(er) screen to keep ourselves sane and what a relief that we are once again in the company of Disney's The Mandalorian, as it's second season begins to air during another national lockdown. Honestly, having new live action Star Wars to look forward to each week is a blessed godsend right now. We also take a look at some even newer streaming services, namely Apple TV+ and their arguably must-see, Ted Lasso, the revival classic puppet satire, Spitting Image, on 'another thing you have to pay for', Britbox and after all that, we're back on Netflix for The Haunting of Bly Manor and the latest season of The Crown. All in all, there's enough here to keep you happy until Christmas probably. We'll be back in the new year with our picks of these fetid stinking awful past 12 months. Good riddance etc... Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The cinemas might have been a wasteland this year and with restrictions delaying productions of all kinds you could be forgiven for believing the small screen might be barren too. Thankfully there's been a constant drip-feed of entertainment to keep us sane in this most bunkered down of years. In fact, we've had some of the highest quality shows of the year these past few weeks, including the second seasons of the Umbrella Academy and The Boys and the debut of HBO's twisted take on the black experience in 1950's Lovecraft Country. It's all about libraries and tentacles on this month's #NOTwatching Podcast! Contact us on Email at: notwatchingpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.uk If you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review! To Check out other shows in the Collection visit: http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.