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The Weekly Planet
The Weekly Planet covers all things movies, TV shows and comics. Often considered the first and worst podcast on the Planet Broadcasting Network.
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Episodes
The Weekly PlanetMax Payne - Caravan Of Garbage
We're kicking off a brand new series with a look at four terrible video game movies that are bad and did badly. Starting with 2008's Max Payne starring Mark…
The Weekly Planet528 X-Men '97
The X-Men are back! And this time it's 1997. In addition to getting into the just wrapped up Season 1 we talk a release dates for Supergirl, Daredevil: Born…
The Weekly PlanetWar for the Planet of the Apes - Caravan Of Garbage
With War for the Planet of the Apes we got the conclusion of the Caesar storyline. We're now in a full on primate/human conflict with Caesar seeking revenge…
The Weekly Planet527 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wonderful news for the 2001 Planet of the Apes reboot. There's a new Planet of the Apes movie called Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and it's not linked to…
The Weekly PlanetDawn of the Planet of the Apes - Caravan Of Garbage
2014 saw the release of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, set 15 years after the previous movie kicked off the ape-pocalypse. Caesar and friends have set…
The Weekly Planet526 Dwayne Johnson Drama & Hollywood Divas
This week a huge exposé on Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson landed detailed his tardiness, peeing in bottles and putting other actors off side leading to big…
The Weekly PlanetRise of the Planet of the Apes - Caravan Of Garbage
In 2011 the great minds over at 20th Century Fox decided to reboot the Planet of the Apes franchise but make it good. Aiming to be a retelling of the ape…
The Weekly Planet525 The Fall Guy and Deadpool & Wolverine Trailer
The Fall Guy is out in some places in the world so we're more than happy to get into that. Plus we breakdown the Deadpool & Wolverine trailer, Sony delays…
The Weekly PlanetMad Max: Fury Road - Caravan Of Garbage
Mel Gibson is out and Tom Hardy is in! Mad Max finally returned after a 30 year hiatus with Fury Road. This time around he's tangled himself up with Immortan…
The Weekly Planet524 Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
After much anticipation we finally have a chance to wrap up the Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon saga (for now) with Part Two: The Scargiver. We also talk the news of…
The Weekly PlanetMad Max: Beyond Thunderdome - Caravan Of Garbage
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…
The Weekly Planet523 Civil War & Joker: Folie à Deux Trailer
Cinema Con 2024 brought us details and enthusiastic descriptions of multiple upcoming movies including Deadpool & Wolverine, Captain America: Brave New World…
The Weekly PlanetMad Max 2: The Road Warrior - Caravan Of Garbage
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…
The Weekly Planet522 Monkey Man & Silver Surfing Casting
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…
The Weekly PlanetMad Max - Caravan Of Garbage
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…
The Weekly Planet521 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
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…
The Weekly PlanetKing Kong 1933 - Caravan Of Garbage
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…
The Weekly Planet520 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
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…
The Weekly PlanetGodzilla 1954 - Caravan Of Garbage
It seems unlikely that the creators behind the 1954 original Japanese Godzilla movie could anticipated it not only remaining culturally relevant at least 70…
The Weekly Planet519 Best & Worst Legacy Sequels
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…
The Weekly PlanetThe Real Ghostbusters - Caravan Of Garbage
After the success of Ghostbusters 1984 but before the mediocrity of Ghostbusters 2 there was The REAL Ghostbusters, an animated childrens show that aimed to…
The Weekly Planet518 Should Batman Kill & The Oscars 2024
It’s a big news week ranging from sad with the loss of Akira Toriyama and Bradley Cooper not winning an Oscar to fascinating look into Zack Snyder’s insight…
The Weekly PlanetThe Legend Of Zorro - Caravan Of Garbage
In 2005 we finally were treated to a follow up to The Mask Of Zorro with The Legend Of Zorro. Antonio Banderas is back as Alejandro de la Vega along with…
The Weekly Planet517 Dune: Part Two
Wow. Movies are good again with the release of Dune: Part II. But before we get to the release of that we talk the news of the week including an official title…
The Weekly PlanetThe Mask Of Zorro - Caravan Of Garbage
Here at Caravan Of Garbage industries there is one hard and fast rule. Zorro is the best. And arguably the pinacle of Zorro (of which there are many) in the…
The Weekly Planet516 Avatar: The Last Airbender
It's been an incredible month for another live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. This time around it's much longer which is very 2024 of it…
The Weekly PlanetThe Last Airbender - Caravan Of Garbage
In 2010 Hollywood attempted the impossible, a direct live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Turns out. It was impossible. With many considering…
The Weekly Planet515 Madame Web & The Fantastic Four Casting
We're kicking off the year of SPUMM (the Sony Pictures Universe Of Marvel Movies) with the release of Madame Web, one of the most baffling comic book movies of…
The Weekly PlanetSpider-Man: No Way Home - Caravan Of Garbage
Despite numerous stumbling blocks leading up to the release of No Way Home including a temporary ending to the MCU/Disney and Sony deal, Covid protocols and…
The Weekly Planet514 Superbowl 2024 Trailers! Deadpool & Wolverine!
Huge news everybody! It’s Super Bowl LVIII and with that comes a slew of trailers and TV spots including Deadpool & Wolverine, Kingdom of the Planet of the…
The Weekly PlanetSpider-Man: Far From Home - Caravan Of Garbage
Spider-Man is back and this time it's personal/Europe! Hot of the death of Tony Stark/Iron Man our hero Peter Parker is off on an overseas adventure before…
The Weekly Planet513 Argylle (from the Twisted Mind of Matthew Vaughn)
We're back with another episode to talk about Matthew Vaughn's latest, Argylle. But on the way there we talk the passing of Carl Weathers, 28 Years Later moves…
The Weekly PlanetSpider-Man: Homecoming - Caravan Of Garbage
After the cinematic lows of The Amazing Spider-Man series it was time for another Spider-Man reboot, this time by folding him into the MCU. After his first…
The Weekly Planet512 Most Anticipated Movies & Shows 2024
Annnnnd we're back for 2024 with a look at the most anticipated upcoming movies and TV shows. But before we get to that we've got news concerning Fast XI…
The Weekly PlanetBest of The Weekly Planet 2023
It’s the annual “best of” clip show! We might’ve been in our grub era but at least we still have dog time. Thanks for listening. New bonus episodes are still…
The Weekly Planet511 The Best & Worst of 2023 (& Aquaman 2 I guess)
2023 has come to an end. But it's not going anywhere just yet because we simply insist on going through all the best and worst movies, TV shows, streaming…
The Weekly Planet510 Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child On Fire
The long awaited Zack Snyder's Star Wars is here in the form of Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire. We review that plus the Jonathan Majors legal case and…
The Weekly PlanetZach Snyder's Justice League - Caravan Of Garbage
After covering Man Of Steel, Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice and Justice League 2017 we're finally returning to the movie that launched a million hashtags…
The Weekly Planet509 Wonka Prequel
2023 is fast wrapping up but it would be remiss of us not to take a look at the Willy Wonka prequel directed by the guy whom directed Paddington and Paddington…
The Weekly PlanetCharlie & The Chocolate Factory - Caravan Of Garbage
With the third on screen adaptation of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory arriving with Timothee Chalamet as Wonka we thought we'd take it back to where it all…
The Weekly Planet508 Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials
David Tennant is back as the Doctor in a trilogy of 60th Doctor Who anniversay specials! So we thought why don't we watch and also talk about those. Plus news…
The Weekly PlanetGodzilla VS Kong - Caravan Of Garbage
After three movies and multiple hints Godzilla VS Kong arrived in cinemas (and streaming) in 2021. The promise of two classic movies titans going head to head…
The Weekly Planet507 Godzilla Minus One
Forget everything you know about the Monsterverse. Godzilla X Kong, Monarch, etc and whatever because this week we talk a genuine modern classic Japanese…
The Weekly PlanetGodzilla: King of the Monsters - Caravan Of Garbage
After a King Kong centric prequel things return to Godzilla himself in Godzilla: King of the Monsters! The idea with this Monsterverse entry being to bring in…
The Weekly Planet506 Napoleon (the horny little rat man)
It's time for another podcast and it's also time for another Ridley Scott historial epic in Napoleon. Plus we talk the fallout from the firing of Melissa…
The Weekly PlanetKong: Skull Island - Caravan Of Garbage
Instead of jumping directly into another Godzilla movie after Godzilla 2014 the inexplicable decision was made to make a King Kong prequel set during the…
The Weekly Planet505 Madame Web & Three Hour Hunger Games Prequel
Huge week for Sony and their universe of Spider-Man movies they consistently threaten us with! The Madame Web trailer is here. Plus we talk What If season 2…
The Weekly PlanetGodzilla 2014 - Caravan Of Garbage
Godzilla 2014 managed to kick off a new era of monster movies, now titles the Monsterverse. Directed by Gareth Edwards of Rogue One/The Creator fame it became…
The Weekly Planet504 The Marvels & The End of the Actors Strike!
It's that time of year again for the third time, a new MCU entry. This time, The Marvels, which is proving to be one of the biggest box office disasters for…
The Weekly PlanetThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II - Caravan Of Garbage
Great news. We're finally at the end of The Hunger Games trilogy and by that I mean the second part of the third movie. At the very least in this one at least…
The Weekly Planet503 Crisis At Marvel & The Killer Review
Big revelations at Marvel this week with Variety dropping an article highlighting all the problems behind the scenes including bringing back original/dead…
The Weekly PlanetThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I - Caravan Of Garbage
Because Harry Potter split it's last book into two movies and it worked really one that one time a decision was made to take the weakest book in The Hunger…
The Weekly Planet502 Saw X & Five Nights at Freddy's
It's the spookiest time of year everyone! And I'm not just talking about tax time. This week we're looking at both the long awaited Five Nights At Freddy's…
The Weekly PlanetThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Caravan Of Garbage
After the huge success of the first Hunger Games an adaptation of the sequel book was inevitable. So a year later in 2013 Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss…
The Weekly Planet501 Killers of the Flower Moon & Reboot Star Wars!
Apologies for the slight delay if this has any impact at all but we spent the entire weekend watching Killers Of The Flower Moon, a movie which we will be…
The Weekly PlanetThe Hunger Games - Caravan Of Garbage
In the early 2010's every single dystopian young adult fantasy novel got a chance at a movie adaptation. Most either bombed at the box office or experienced a…
The Weekly Planet500 Best, Worst & Weirdest Movies of the Last Ten Years
This week marks the 500th episode of The Weekly Planet and ten years of episodes. So to mark that occasion we do the news (which isn't unusual that's normal)…
The Weekly PlanetThe Green Hornet - Caravan Of Garbage
You'd think with the combination fo Seth Rogan & Evan Goldberg the minds behind The Boys, Superbad and TMNT Mutant Mayhem, director Michel Gondry from Eternal…
The Weekly Planet499: Ahsoka, Loki S2 and The Beekeeper
Star Wars is back after never having disappeared! Ahsoka Season 1 has just wrapped up on Disney Plus and we have many thoughts. In addition to that we're…
The Weekly PlanetThe Phantom - Caravan Of Garbage
In 1996 Paramount Pictures took a shot at creating another Indiana Jones franchise with The Phantom. Starring Billy Zane as Kit Walker, the latest in the Ghost…