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Super in-depth analysis of movies (and occasionally TV, and video games). Hosted by veteran podcasters Alex & Sharon Shaw with different guests for round-table chats every week.



To get into our hundreds of previous episodes look for the School of Movies Archive and the School of Everything Else Archive. If you can’t find a show it will be on one of those.

School of Movies Alex & Sharon Shaw

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Super in-depth analysis of movies (and occasionally TV, and video games). Hosted by veteran podcasters Alex & Sharon Shaw with different guests for round-table chats every week.



To get into our hundreds of previous episodes look for the School of Movies Archive and the School of Everything Else Archive. If you can’t find a show it will be on one of those.

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 2)

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 2)

    [School of Everything Else 2024]
    The conclusion (for now) to this series of shows on the triumphant return of Star Trek.
    Season 2 slaloms between unsettling and dark episodes which would feel more at home in Discovery if they weren't so personal to the characters in this rich ensemble... and some of the most hilarious, touching, light-hearted yet heart-breaking downtime episodes which highlight the comedy strengths and the charisma of everyone in the crew. It's bumpy, but so worth the journey.
    Kaoru's recommended episodes of the original 1966 series, AND the redheaded stepchild of Star Trek, the much maligned Enterprise series which ran for 98 episodes from 2001-2005.
    TOS S1-24: Space Seed
    TOS S2-7: Wolf in the Fold
    ENTERPRISE S4-4 to 6: Borderland/Cold Station 12/The Augments
    Chris' Suggestion: The Orville - Season 2
    Debbie's Suggestion: Talistheintrovert on YouTube with her presentation "PSYCH the best Sherlock Holmes adaptation in existence".
    Jesse's Book Pick: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone.
    Sharon's Book Pick: The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers.
    The Bad Batch S2-E12: The Outpost.
    Guests:
    From Sequentially Yours  Kaoru Negisa  @Moonpanther22
    and Debbie Morse  @bastet8300
    Jesse Ferguson of Recorded Tomorrow @TheDapperDM
    Chris Finik @finmonster09

    • 2 h 21 min
    The Mask of Zorro

    The Mask of Zorro

    [School of Movies 2024]
    Is this the last true swashbuckler of the 20th Century? It's certainly the Zorro movie so great, and so wildly successful in all of its aims that there hasn't really been a landmark big screen appearance since then (that wasn't the leading man playing a cat). Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta Jones in their prime, and Anthony Hopkins delivering my personal favourite performance of his. 
    Here, in this commissioned episode, we go through every department, exploring the multitude of exceptional craftspeople, thespians, stunt coordinators, wardrobe heads, practical FX masters, all the while accompanied by the music of the late, great master of horns, composer James Horner. All of their work blends together into an absolutely magnificent, sweeping romantic adventure of revenge and liberation, with not only the greatest fencing scenes ever filmed, but the sexiest! 
    This is the second of a trio of absolutely astonishing films directed by Martin Campbell. We have already covered the third, (twice!) Casino Royale (2006), and we really do need to get around to covering the first, GoldenEye (1995).
    Guest:
    Brenden Agnew @BLCAgnew of Cinapse

    • 1h 44 min
    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 1)

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 1)

    [School of Everything Else 2024]
    This is one of two commissioned podcasts on the first two seasons of the best Star Trek shows in decades. Refreshingly lacking in cynicism and tapping into the Kennedy-era energy of exploration and endeavour with a tight focus on character development, this one really is worth your time. We spend two and a half hours of spoilerific, textured discussion time really delving into these first ten episodes. 
    Kaoru's recommended episodes of the original 1966 series to watch for additional context...
    S1-11 & S1-12: The Menagerie
    S1-13: The Conscience of the King
    S1-14: Balance of Terror
    S1-19: Arena
    S2-01: Amok Time
    Guests:
    From Sequentially Yours  Kaoru Negisa  @Moonpanther22
    and Debbie Morse  @bastet8300
    Jesse Ferguson of Recorded Tomorrow @TheDapperDM
    Chris Finik @finmonster09

    • 2 h 41 min
    Rise of Skywalker Revisited

    Rise of Skywalker Revisited

    [School of Movies 2024]
    The late 2010s. It is a period of civil war. The vast Empire of Disney has released four of its five first Star Wars movies, to mixed reception. Critically and financially, The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi have done very well, as has Rogue One. However, the two episodes have divided the smaller portion of the global audience that amounts to the vocal fanbase, between those who are thrilled and those who are disgusted. 
    In a vain effort to smooth things over, it is decided that the pitched final film in this nine-episode Saga be made with nothing upsetting or challenging within. Writer/Director Colin Trevorrow is relieved of duty and replaced by the director of The Force Awakens and the writer of Batman V Superman. These two are then given a hard crunch time to get the movie developed, filmed, finished and released by the end of 2019. It must be by then, because a dark period for the cinema has been prophesised for the 2020s. What was released was designed to mildly please everybody, and as a result, felt largely mediocre, and did not become widely beloved. 
    Now, after years of living with the pain of this creative fumble, a lone film aficionado sets out into the wilderness of fan edits to see what has been done with the conclusion that left him so disappointed. What he discovered may shock and delight you, or it might induce a powerful rage. One thing is certain, that pain has been put to rest. 

    • 2 h 24 min
    X-Men: Evolution

    X-Men: Evolution

    [School of Everything Else 2024]
    This was originally going to be an After School Club episode, but a combination of the community discourse regarding the X-Men, and an extremely well-timed trailer drop for the '97 reboot, AND a horrendous cold that has ravaged Sharon and I, along with our timetable, we're making this a Main Event.
    If you're a little younger than us, you may well have been the exact right age and state of mind for this early-2000s animated series, which in many ways surpasses the much-vaunted '92 show. It is gratifyingly forward-facing, accepting that the Claremont era was thoroughly X-plored by its predecessor. And while its release clearly coincides with the early Fox movies, it holds to a high school relationship drama in a world initially unaware of mutants, and in distancing itself from the big screen, manages to be better, and more focused. 
    That said, there are some annoyances and character-handling that ground our claws, but it's in amongst some of the most relatable incarnations of these long-beloved weirdos. We absolutely urge you to track it down and devour the whole thing. 

    • 1h 4 min
    X-Men '92

    X-Men '92

    [School of Everything Else 2024]
    The infamous animated series with a theme tune you can hear just by looking at stills of it, finally gets a well-deserved podcast. We actually recorded this several years back, to coincide with the launch of the new X-Men '97 animated show on D+, and we're finally seeing images from that now. Whether it's good or bad, THIS ONE is worth watching, at least some choice episodes of.
    While often held up with the likes of Batman TAS, this one's strengths lie less in the flawless execution of those DCEU shows, and more in the goofy heart, wild Claremont-era stories and memorably crystallised colourful characters. In many ways, this is the evolution* of several decades of comic book storytelling, coming out to the world at large, at the opening of their most successful and popular decade. Planting a flag in the ground with a big old X on it, to mark the spot.
    We elected to focus only on Season 1 here, as after recording we went on to watch all of it, and that show would be five hours long and quite repetitive. But we nailed the salient points and I hope, managed to outline why this cartoon and its crew of kinda-silly characters meant so much, and could mean even more if Marvel play their cards right in future. 
    *Oh, and if you were born a little while after us and grew up with the second generation show, X-Men: Evolution, then you're going to love next week's podcast. 

    • 2 h 6 min

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