
Jaded Eye
By Alex Dillon

Jaded EyeJul 11, 2022

Episode 142 - Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor four. Fourthor. Thour?

Episode 141 - The Batman
New script, new star, new director, new universe, new Batman film. But is it any good? Well, that's what we're here to tell you. Eventually. There were a lot of trailers.

Episode 140 - Spider-Man: No Way Home
Slim pickings at the start of the year but there was one gem still in cinemas. You know by now how well it's done at the box office, but is it a good film, or THE BEST film?

Episode 139 - Ghostbusters Afterlife
Five years since the last one, it's time for another Ghostbusters, apparently. Is this the one to set the franchise back on track?

Episode 138 - Eternals
It's the latest Marvel movie off the production line, but is it a break from the mould or is it broken and covered in mould?

Episode 137 - No Time To Die
Last year turned out to be No Time To Release for Bond 25; but now it's here, was it worth waiting for? Join us for a spoiler-free look at Daniel Craig's last outing as 007...

Episode 136 - Black Widow
Is the latest from Marvel enough to tempt people back into cinemas (or to pay to watch on streaming)? The long-awaited, much delayed, oddly-timeframed solo outing for Marvel's first female hero is finally here, and we went to see it.

Episode 135 - The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
I guess there are some films TOO BIG to go direct to home streaming, and... (checks notes) The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard is apparently one of them?

Episode 134 - Viy Forbidden Kingdom
It's just masochism at this point. Interest piqued by the insanity of recent release The Iron Mask, we decided to see if watching the first film in the Viy series would provide any illumination, context or understanding of this lunatic series. It did not.

Episode 133 - Rogue
"Neither rain nor snow nor glom of nit can stay these mesengers abot their duty" is a quote wholly out of context for this film, but possibly apt for the Jaded Eye film reviews podcast, who will not stop, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that perhaps they ought to. Anyway, as we struggle for new releases in 2020 here's a straight-to-streaming new action thriller (maybe?) starring Megan Fox about some inept mercenaries, generic terrorists and an angry CGI lion.

Episode 132 - The Iron Mask
Pickings have rarely been slimmer at the UK cinema right now, and much as Jim would have enjoyed going to see Tenet again to see if we understood more of it on repeat viewing, we decided to revisit 'Classic Jaded Eye' territory by queueing up the worst-best looking film we could find on streaming services. So here it is.

Episode 131 - Tenet
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the cinema... Well, it really isn't. But we were masked up and there were only two other people in the screening, so we're probably OK. Nothing was going to keep Jim away from the latest Christopher Nolan brainbending blockbuster, Tenet! We think the podcast is spoiler-free but honestly who can tell with this one.

Episode 130 - Dolittle
We were supposed to be going to see Birds of Prey, but then this stupid storm Ciara came along and played havoc with the trains, which meant instead we had to go to whatever was showing next and get back home ASAP. And that's how we ended up watching Dolittle, without question by far the most recent film version of the classic tale for the last 20 years. It may have lived up to its name at the box office, but what little does the film actually do? Well we both know you're not going to watch it yourself, so tune in to find out. CONTAINS SPOILERS later on, but we let you know they're coming.

Episode 129 - Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
Well, they're only 120 episodes behind us, but I'm sure Disney will close that gap in no time. An end to the trilogy of trilogies, but is it going out on a high or being retired in shame?

Episode 128 - Knives Out
Plenty of people had their knives out for writer/director Rian Johnson after his polarising take on the Star Wars franchise with The Last Jedi: but it's his turn now with this original whodunit tale packed full of Hollywood heavy hitters. But is it all killer, or just cinema filler?

Episode 127 - Terminator: Dark Fate
It's the franchise that always tells us it will be back; but by this sixth instalment is that a threat or a promise?

Episode 126 - IT: Chapter 2
IT or sh*t? Our podcast on the first part of this film was so long ago it's not even listed any more, so I feel comfortable in reusing the same joke from last time. Films based on Stephen King books are hit and miss when it comes to hollywood, so which column is this one in?

Episode 125 - Aladdin
Do Guy Ritchie films and Disney live action remakes have more in common than just a spotty record of quality (Beauty and the Beast live action wasn't very good; there, I said it)? Listen in to find out how well an ageing rapper can replace one of the most energetic improv comedians of all time at the height of his career.

Episode 124b - Avengers Endgame WITH SPOILERS
The second part of our Avengers Endgame podcast, where we don't hold back on discussing anything in the movie, so it's chock full of SPOILERS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Episode 124a - Avengers Endgame NO SPOILERS
The first part of our Avengers Endgame podcast, this contains NO SPOILERS WHATSOEVER for Avengers Endgame.

Episode 123 - Marvel's Captain Marvel
It's taken ten years, but there's finally a female-led Marvel movie. But is it any good, or just an amuse bouche before Avengers: Endgame? I mean, you can probably find out from a review site in a nanosecond, but why not listen to us talk about it for a bit instead (eventually, after about 45 minutes of talking about the trailers, as per usual).

Episode 122 – Mary Poppins Returns
She’s back, but should we be saying “it’s supercallifragilisticexpialidocious to see you?”, or “chim-chiminee chim-chiminee chim chim f*ck you?”<br />

Episode 121 – Aquaman
Could it be the film that saves the DCEU? Could it possibly be much worse than what’s gone before (Wonder Woman excepted)? How annoyed must the producers have been that they couldn’t cast Laurence Fishburne )(fish-born)<br />

Episode 120 – Bohemian Rhapsody

Episode 119 – The Predator

Episode 118- Solo: A Star Wars Story
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Episode 117: Avengers Infinity War [SPOILER FREE]

Episode 116 – Tomb Raider

Episode 115 – Black Panther

Episode 114: Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle
