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It's time to take on 2003! On a rare occasion where Sam and Lewis are in the same room, we look at Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill (both volumes) and cult classic School of Rock!

We blitz through the happenings in March and April, looking at the Oscars, Novocaine, The Last Showgirl and Mickey 17 before turning our heads to 2002! 2002 is the next year up in our series looking at each year of the 21st Century in film, and this time we look at zombie classic 28 Days Later, Oscar-winning musical Chicago and cult classic Scooby-Doo! (and there's another quiz in there).

Sam and Lewis are back to discuss three films from the year 2001 in the second episode of our new series looking at each year of the 21st century so far!We both look at Mulholland Drive, and discuss the passing of the great David Lynch, Sam reviews cult classic Donnie Darko and Lewis covers Baz Luhrmann's iconic eccentric musical Moulin Rouge! We also do a couple of quizzes and talk about a few films we've watched (such as Conclave).

Welcome back everyone, to the new and improved Now Showing podcast! After a lengthy absence, your hosts Sam and Lewis are back to discuss what we've been watching in the meantime, take a quick look at a few of the major films of 2024 (including The Substance, Joker 2 and Wicked) before jumping back in time to 2000! We look at Cast Away, Memento and Battlefield Earth in the first instalment of a new series in which we look at each year of the 21st Century! Bazinga.

We're back! After an 8 month absence we are finally coming back with a triumphant return to talk about... the critically panned latest entry in the SPUMC, Madame Web, and Matthew Vaughn's spy comedy-thriller Argylle. Sam also gets into the new Bob Marley biopic One Love, David Fincher's The Killer, and Lewis talks about Oscar darlings Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, and The Zone of Interest.

Join Sam and Lewis as tackle the cultural phenomenon that is Barbenheimer. First up is Greta Gerwig's Barbie, a meta-comedy starring Margot Robbie, Hugh Grant and Ryan "The Gozzer" Gosling; after that, we look at Christopher Nolan's biopic Oppenheimer which boasts Cillian Murphy as the titular nuclear physicist. We also review Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 and discuss the SAG-WGA strikes.

In this bumper recap episode, Sam and Lewis take a look at a whole host of TV shows and films that have been released over the past two months! Including Beau is Afraid, Across the Spider-Verse, The Flash, No Hard Feelings, Asteroid City, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Little Mermaid, Elemental, Cunk on Earth, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson and Rick and Morty.

In a shorter episode than usual, we join our heroes as they discuss the latest Marvel blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Will Lewis still maintain his usual level of MCU-apathy or will Gunn's style manage to win him over? In addition to this, the gang take quick looks at horror 'requel' Evil Dead Rise, and charming quintessentially-British Jim Broadbent heart warmer (that apparently isn't just The Duke again) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.

We are back! Our main events this week are the blockbuster box-office smash hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie and the divisive Dracula film Renfield. We also take a brief look at some of the big films we have missed because of Oscar season: John Wick Chapter 4, Women Talking, Shazam 2: Fury of the Gods, and Creed III. Lewis also gets into his horror era and talks about watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Last House on the Left, and Halloween, and more for the first time.

In the second episode in an Oscars trilogy we take a look at the 95th Academy Awards ahead of the ceremony this Sunday. We discuss the films nominated, some of the biggest snubs, and most shocking nominations, and make a few predictions.