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Mel Gibsons run as Mad Max Rockatansky ended with Beyond Thunderdome in 1985. Set 15 years after the last it's often considered the weakest of the original trilogy but it's not without it's moments. Including the inclusion of Tina Turner as Aunty Entity, a bungee cord death match, a tribe of lost children and Australia's own Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson. Thanks for watching our Ca

Cinema Con 2024 brought us details and enthusiastic descriptions of multiple upcoming movies including Deadpool & Wolverine, Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts Asterix, Transformers One and a trailer for Joker Folie à Deux. Plus we talk the potential return of Robert Downey Jr to Iron Man, Heroes returning, Zack Snyder's thoughts on Batman/Superman killing and

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior allowed director George Miller to take the concepts and character from the 1979 original and really put the boot in. That meant a bigger myth, bigger stunts, bigger men, more butts cut out of leather trousers. And the result was a lot of the iconic imagery we know of the character even today. Forty years on it still holds up and it's influence has been f

I tells you what it is all happening this week with news concerning The Fantastic Four, new release dates for TronL Ares and The Mandalorian VS Grogu, Disney's Indiana Jones big loss, Bob Igers big win, an Avengelyne movie goes ahead, Dune III news, The Matrix 5 and more! Including our review of Dev Patel's Monkey Man. Thanks for listeningVisit bigsandwich.co for a bonus weekly sho

Before there was Max Fury Road there was two other Mad Max movies and then the original Mad Max movie from 1979. The directorial debut of George Miller and the first feature film from Melvin Gibson it gave the Australian film industry the kick in the arse it needed with it's influence the world over still being felt today. Crazy stunts, insane (or mad) performances and more Victori

Another week another movie about a giant lizard fighting a giant monkey but then those two team up to fight a different giant monkey. Tale as old as time. But before we review Godzilla x Kong we have to talk the news of the week including Star Trek 4 maybe happening again, a Ghostbusters animated series, Pirates of the Caribbean is getting a reboot, Thunderbolts get a title change,

We're going back to where it all began, the original King Kong movie from 1933. It's influence is still felt to this very day with it's unique story, amazing use of stop motion coupled with rear projection and a symphonic score to accompany the iconic imagery. It's easy to see why it became an instant classic and remains relevant in the year 2024. Thanks for watchingSUBSCRIBE HERE

James' greatest enemy, Ghostbusters, has returned in the form of a Frozen Empire. But is it more of the same or something new for the Sony Ghost Corps Ghostbusters IP/content farm? Before that though we talk the news of the week with some big Disney business drama, the future of AI in film along with the Late Night with The Devil controversy, Teen Titans getting a DCU entry, the

It seems unlikely that the creators behind the 1954 original Japanese Godzilla movie could anticipated it not only remaining culturally relevant at least 70 years but also would eventually feature Godzilla and King King (sans metal gauntlet) travelling into the hollow earth to fight a race of giant orang utans or whatever happens in Godzilla V Kong. And yet here we are. Anyways, le

It's an incredible time to be a fan of a franchise and then have that franchise get a movie a long time after the first movie. That's right, we're talking the best and worst legacy sequels covering Star Wars, Terminator, Tron, Dumb & Dumber and far too many more. We also talk the news of the week including a delay for The Batman 2, X-Men '97 head writer gets first, a trailer fo