In a nutshell: The Impossible Missions Force (IMF) are tasked with stopping the theft of the NOC list – a file containing every secret agent’s real name. When the mission goes horribly wrong and the list revealed to be a fake, Ethan Hunt finds himself framed as a double agent. To clear his name and catch the culprit, he assembles a team to steal the real NOC list from CIA headquarters. Warning: This review, should you choose to read it, is full of spoilers. “This whole operat

In a nutshell: Billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) has found a way to clone dinosaurs and wants to showcase them in his theme park – Jurassic Park. Due to an employee fatality, he brings in some experts, Dr Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Statler (Laura Dern) and Mathematician Dr Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) to help get approval to officially open it. Following some industrial espionage, the park loses all power and security measures, unleashing the dinosaurs. “Bingo! Din

In this month’s episode, Charlie and George’s mission, which they’ve chosen to accept, is to review Mission: Impossible and Mission: Impossible 2. With the release of the latest instalment, Mission Impossible : Fallout, join the Brothers McGhee as they go back to the beginning, looking at the spy franchise that Tom Cruise built. They discuss the classic espionage, Brian De Palma-drama of the first instalment, as well as the action-packed, multiple-masked insanity of the John

In a nutshell: 1935. Archaeologist, lecturer and “obtainer of rare antiquities” Indiana Jones is tasked by the US government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant. Jones finds himself in a race against time as Hitler has also dispatched his Nazi troops, led by a rival archaeologist, Belloq to recover the Ark by all means necessary… “ I don’t believe in magic, a lot of superstitious hocus pocus. I’m going after a find of incredible historical significance….” Summer of 19

In this months episode, Charlie and George are flown to a secret island off the coast to Costa Rica to rediscover Jurassic Park! In celebrating the films 25th anniversary and the current release of the fifth installment, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the boys evaluate what makes it such a classic blockbuster. They discuss the battle for the rights to the original novel, ground breaking CGI, Standard Spielbergian Suspense and of course, the natural wonder of the world that i

In a world of shared universes…. Charlie and George take a break from the RETRO films of their youth to unleash…. RECENT Ramble! A podcast dedicated to all things…well recent from movies, streaming, books and gaming. In this first RECENT episode, they review the Spielberg sci-fi nostalgia fest that is Ready Player One. They also take time to discuss other things they’ve been consuming whether it be Amazon Prime’s American Gods, Netflix’s Annihilation, the little seen sci-fi g

In a nutshell: Teenager Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) accidentally travels back to 1955 in a time machine built by his good friend and mentor Doc Brown. Due to a series of encounters, he has to get his parents to fall in love whilst finding a way to get….back to the future! How do you objectively review Back to the Future? A film that is beloved by so many? A film that is even used as an example at a Californian film school for being a “near-perfect” script? Despite it’s revere

To coincide with this month’s release of Ready Player One, in this episode, Charlie and George tackle the time travelling classic from 1985, Back to The Future! Join the brothers McGhee as they fire up the flux capacitor, hit 88 and reminisce what makes this film such a beloved blockbuster. Along the way they discuss everything from the production challenges (including one hell of a Coulda Woulda Shoulda) to Huey Lewis and the potential spin off, “Whatever Happened to The Lib

Retro Review by George McGhee Terminator 2 a nutshell: Ten years after the events of The Terminator and Sarah Connor is in mental asylum with no-one believing her story. Her son and the saviour of the future, John is a delinquent, living with foster parents. This time, two terminators arrive from 2029, one sent by Skynet to assassinate the Connors, another sent by John Conner reprogrammed to protect them. No time to read the article?  Listen or download the podcast episode he

Alien: Covenant hits cinemas May 9th and you’ve probably already seen posters about town and even checked out the trailers if you’re a fan of the franchise. We have too and it appears that, as per usual, there is more than one theatrical trailer. It also appears that, as per usual, one of those trailers is just right and the other gives far too much away – why film studios are choosing to do this these days is baffling. If you’ve not seen the trailer that seems to be doing th