Critics On A Bus

In this episode, Cameron is joined by Nate and Dan to talk about the latest DC film, The Batman.

In this episode, Cameron is joined once again by Aisling to look at the newest Netflix film, Munich - The Edge of War.

It's time for everyone's favourite episode of the year, Cameron's Top 10 list! This year, Aisling and Paul go head to head right here in the episode, trying to guess Cameron's list. Who will be victorious, but most importantly, what will be Cameron's top film of 2021?

As the year comes to a close, Cameron is once again joined by Dan and Maddie to talk through the latest instalment in the Spider-man story in the MCU.

In this week's episode, Cameron is joined by another new critic, all the way from America! Nate and Cameron will be talking through one of Netflix' latest hits, Red Notice, starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot.

In this episode, Paul returns for a classic debate as we get our teeth into Dune, one of the most hotly anticipated films of 2021!

We've got a Marvel double-whammy for you this week, as today we're sharing our review of Shang-Chi where Cameron is joined by a new guest critic, Jacob.

If you missed seeing this in the cinema, you can catch it on Disney+ from today.

Dan returns for another review with Cameron! This time, they're talking through James Gunn's The Suicide Squad.

Cinemas are back, which means we're back too!

In this episode, Cameron and Dan talk about the latest addition to the MCU, Black Widow.

What were Cameron's favourite films of the past year, and can Paul beat Cameron's impressive score of 4 correct guesses? Listen to find out!

It's that time of year again, who can guess the most correct? Paul takes us through his favourite films of 2020 while Cameron tries to guess his list.

It's that time of year, let the family arguments over the best Christmas film commence! Which ones will be at the top of our lists?

Reviewing the newest Netflix film, The Trial of the Chicago 7.

0:00 Intro

2:00 What we liked

4:40 What we didn't like

7:10 Would we recommend?

7:30 SPOILER ZONE

7:45 Historical plot context

13:58 The plot

19:47 Cast Performances

32:25 Political Relevance

36:10 The Music

37:45 Paul's Critics Corner

38:30 Awards?

41:58 Summaries

45:00 Scores

48:10 In closing

Get our thoughts on the latest Netflix film, Enola Holmes!

00:00 Intro

01:18 - What we liked

03:30 - What we didn't like

06:09 - Would we recommend

SPOILER ZONE

09:40 - The Plot

30:35 - Casting

39:03 - Music

41:44 - Paul's Critics Corner

44:17 - Summaries

47:53 - Scores

50:36 - Thanks for listening

In this special episode, we listen to Cameron and Paul's big tangent from the Tenet review where they debate the ins and outs of time travel in Tenet and the philosophy behind it.

Cinemas are back, Christopher Nolan is back, and most importantly, Paul is back! In this episode, we headed back to cinemas to review Nolan's latest film, Tenet!

1:01 Plot Summary

2:05 Spoiler-Free Discussion

4:32 Spoilers

10:33 Spoiler plot summary

17:36 Plot discussion

26:07 Performances

32:30 Visuals

38:58 Soundtrack

41:36 Nolan's Legacy

50:12 Critics Corner

56:11 Scores

Featuring another special guest this week, Cameron and Dan review the newest Netflix release Project Power.

0:00 - Intro

01:20 - Spoiler-free film summary

02:50 - What we liked

05:40 - What we didn't like

08:40 - Would we recommend 

SPOILER SECTION 

10:30 - The plot in depth

23:25 - Special effects

30:05 - Is this a Superhero film?

34:40 - Acting performances

41:15 - Ideal for streaming services

43:10 - Is TV the way forward (tangent)

45:40 - Critics Corner

47:48 - Summaries

50:20 - Representation

52:25 - Scores

54:30 - Coming up

Season 3 of Critics On A Bus is here! In this first episode, we have a special guest helping us to rank all 8 of the Harry Potter films.

By popular demand, we share our thoughts on the musical Hamilton, which was released onto Disney+ last weekend.

3:03 Cameron before Hamilton

6:33 Paul’s love of Hamilton

8:11 Cameron’s first impression

10:02 Music

16:04 Story

25:04 Acting

29:03 Staging

37:06 Translation to TV

41:05 Paul’s Critics Corner

42:53 Summaries and Scores

In this episode, we review Disney's latest film, Artemis Fowl!

Spoiler Free

1:19 What we liked

2:26 What we didn’t like

7:39 Would we recommend? 

SPOILERS

8:29 Story

17:23 Acting and Writing

29:05 CGI

32:11 Aisling’s Irish Corner

36:31 Paul’s Critics Corner

38:12 Summaries

41:53 Scores

We've got a couple of film recommendations for you this week. We've picked some of our favourite movies from 5 different genres. Let us know your favourites from these genres and which ones we should do next!

0:00 Intro

2:44 Musicals 

9:33 Sci-Fi

21:22 Superhero 

31:45 True Story 

38:26 Medieval Fantasy

In another possibly controversial episode, we take a stab at ranking all 23 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Find out if our friendship can survive the controversy!

Intro to Marvel - 0:45

How the ranking will work - 01:46

General Predictions - 02:41

Top 3 predictions - 05:31

Film 23 to 19 - 06:50

Film 18 to 14 - 11:30

Film 13 to 9 - 18:05

Film 8 to 4 - 35:09

Top 3 - 46:05

In honour of Star Wars day this week, we're reviewing The Mandalorian series, which is available to stream now on Disney+.

1:10 What is the Mandalorian?

3:49 SPOILER Plot Summary 

5:20 Plot Discussion

8:06 Stand-Alone Episodes

12:39 Production Value

20:37 Baby Yoda

25:49 Characters

28:50 Easter Eggs

34:05 John Favreau

38:25 Paul’s Critics Corner

41:00 Summaries

45:12 Scores

Get our thoughts on the brand new film from Chris Hemsworth and the Russo brothers, Extraction. Available now on Netflix.

0:50 Plot Summary

2:02 SPOILER-FREE - Likes

4:03 Dislikes

5:48 Would We Recommend?

7:26 SPOILERS!  Action

12:55 One Cut

18:20 Story and Characters

22:05 Heroic Sacrifice

26:44 The Ending

34:30 Unnecessary Complexity

35:03 Critics Corner

35:55 Music

37:55 Summaries

40:44 Scores

Paul brings to the table that there is a fundamental issue with Disney movies and Disney +, but is he right?

0:47 What is Disney+?

2:23 The Debate

3:27 Monopolies

5:55 Nostalgia and Remakes

13:42 Scorsese and Crowding Out

21:52 The Brand Effect

30:29 Meme-ability

39:27 Cam’s Mando Rant

43:15 Franchise, Franchise, Franchise

45:45 Disney+ More Specifically

50:00 Plot Twist

We're going to reveal which films are our guilty pleasures! 

0:00 - Welcome

01:00 - Introduction

03:00 - Cameron's 1st Guilty Pleasure

05:44 - Paul's 1st Guilty Pleasure

08:23 - Cameron's 2nd Guilty Pleasure

08:45 - Paul's 2nd Guilty Pleasure

11:59 - Paul's 3rd Guilty Pleasure

13:33 - Cameron's 3rd Guilty Pleasure

16:54 - Paul's 4th Guilty Pleasure

19:10 - Time Travel Tangent

22:50 - Cameron's 4th Guilty Pleasure

24:30 - Paul's 5th Guilty Pleasure

26:23 - Paul's Final Guilty Pleasure

27:47 - Cameron's Final Guilty Pleasure

29:50 - Audience Guilty Pleasure movies

32:20 - IMDB Guilty Pleasure list

33:40 - Bonus Guilty Pleasure

34:19 - Paul's small rant

Just in time for the launch of Disney+, we rank all 22 Pixar films from best to worst.

00:10 Introduction
01:17 A few points before we start
02:52 - Paul's ranking - 17 to 6
13:13 - Paul's top 5 Pixar films
20:53 - Cameron's ranking - 22 to 6
38:43 - Cameron's top 5 Pixar films
47:17 - The lists are finalised

In this episode, we review Mark Ruffalo's latest film, Dark Waters.

00:15 - Intro SPOILER FREE

01:40 - Plot Summary

02:19 - What we liked?

06:09 - What we didn't like?

10:00 - Would we recommend?

11:50 - SPOILER ZONE

12:05 - Extended story details

14:35 - Thoughts on true story details

25:20 - Acting performances

30:59 - Framing of Mark Ruffalo

34:30 - Pacing

37:40 - Opening scene theory

41:20 - Cameron's score corner

43:19 - Paul's critics' corner

44:57 - Oscar snub

46:46 - Summaries

50:26 - Scores

52:49 - what's next

We have reviewed the latest Pixar animation Onward.

0:54 Spoiler-free plot summary

2:00 What did we like

7:00 What we didn’t like

11:09 Would we recommend?

11:58 SPOILER ZONE

12:08 Spoiler plot summary

14:34 Characters and acting

25:47 The quest

34:01 Minor qualm

37:18 The emotional quest

45:10 Paul’s Critics Corner

48:25 Summaries

51:43 Scores

We review Tom Hank's latest film which got him an Oscar nomination. 0:49 - Plot Summary 1:41 - Spoiler Free 2:05 - Like and Dislikes 7:11 - Recommend? 8:33 - Spoiler Zone 8:34 - Tom Hanks 11:55 - Screen Time Issues 13:08 - Editing 15:17 - Dark Side? 19:45 - Show Format 21:17 - Strange Dreams 25:41 - Emotional Connection 29:02 - Resolutions 30:31 - Misfire 35:00 - Paul’s Critics Corner 36:32 - Summaries 39:20 - Scores