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UK Film Review Podcast
Film reviews and movie trailers of the best cinema, as well as a stunning podcast with film critics providing film reviews and banter. Alongside some of the biggest releases, as also cover indie film reviews, short film reviews and more. Our genre specific shows include The Fantom Zone - covering all your superhero film reviews, The Scream Test - horror film reviews, New Releases, and Gay, Actually - our LGBTQ+ film reviews. And UK Film Club, hosted by Chris Olson and Brian Penn, with film…
Episodes
UK Film Review PodcastNew Film Releases: Avatar The Way Of Water Non-Spoiler Review
After a break last month, Robert Stayte returns to give you his slightly extended thoughts on James Cameron's sequel to his original hit Avatar. Be sure to…
UK Film Review PodcastGay, Actually: Does Lez Bomb (2018) Actually Bomb?
Welcome back to Gay, Actually! For this December episode, Amber and Joyce take a journey into a questionable 2018 film: Lez Bomb. They discuss the film…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Fantom Zone - Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Happy Holidays from The Fantom Zone! This week, Chris Ian and Tobi get together to chat about the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, the latest Special…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Scream Test: Silent Hill
With the upcoming release of the new Silent Hill film ''Return to Silent Hill'' me and fellow fan, Sarah, sit down to discuss this foggy and damp town and all…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFR Podcast Films Of The 1960s
UK Film Reviewers Brian and Lucy discuss the films of the 1960s - from British Kitchen Sink dramas to famous musicals. Listen to discover their favourite films…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF 2022 Winners: Best Comedy, Best Feature, Best Short Film
The final episode of the Film Festival specials! With reviews ofPowdered DandelionsPreyQueen of DiamondsPurgatoryRageThe FindAlso stay tuned to find out the…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF 2022 Winners: Best Drama
Film critics Chris Olson and Jason Knight announce the winner of the Best Drama category at the 2022 UK Film Review Festival. With a recap of all the entries…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF 2022 Winners: Best Crime-Thriller
Film critics Chris Olson and Alasdair Macrae announce the winner of the Best Crime/Thriller at the 2022 UK Film Review Festival. A short and sharp episode of…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF Episode 11: Playdate, Ukraine War, The Show, Wicked Plans, Rise Of Fizzy Pop
Film critics Chris Olson and Brian Penn are back for another 5 films reviews for this year's UK Film Review Festival. Covering the documentary Ukraine War: The…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF 22: Best Horror Film
The Scream Test host Rachel Pullen is joined by The Fantom Zone co-host Ian Lunny to review the entries for this year's Best Horror film at the UK Film Review…
UK Film Review PodcastGay, Actually: UKFR22 - Pronouns in Bio, For I Am Dead, Swimming With You
This month's Gay, Actually episode is a special feature! Join Amber and Joyce as they discuss 3 official selections of the 2022 UK Film Review Festival for the…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF22 - Ep 10: The Girl & The Tide, The Quiet, Throw Your Heart Over First, True Colours, Trigger
Another jam-packed film review podcast with Brian Penn and Chris Olson from UK Film Review, discussing 5 more official selections of the 2022 UK Film Review…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF - Episode 9: Best Crime Thriller Sometime Else, Coast Road, The Saint, The Night Out
Film critics Chris Olson and Alasdair Macrae discuss this year's Best Crime/Thriller entries to the 2022 UK Film Review Festival. Including reviews of 2…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Fantom Zone: Black Adam
Tell them The Fantom Zone sent you! This week, Chris, Ian and Sym sit down to discuss the latest offering from DC Studios, Black Adam. We discuss the highs…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF - Episode 8: Sometime Else, Railroad To Hell, Pulse, Ruth
Film critics Chris Olson and Jason Knight review 4 more films for the UK Film Review Festival. All within the Best Drama category, they review Sometime Else, a…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF - Episode 7: Man To Man, One For The Ditch, Painting By Numbers, Plant Life, Old Windows
Film critics Chris Olson and Brian Penn are back with another film festival special of the UK Film Review Podcast. A full lineup of short films, the lads…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Scream Test: Sci-Fi Horror
This week, host Rachel sits down with sci fi expert Richard to discuss everything sci fi horror, from Predator to Alien to 90's gems such as the Faculty.With…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF - Episode 6: Fat Boy, Jumpers For Goalposts, Lactown, The World Cruzer, What You Can't Promise
Episode 6 of the UK Film Review Podcast Festival Specials continues with reviews of short films Fat Boy, Jumpers for Goalposts and Lactown. We also review the…
UK Film Review PodcastNew Film Releases: LFF2022 Impressions
On today's episode, special guest Louis Rabinowitz is joining me to discuss the various films shown at the London Film Festival this year. Both the films I saw…
UK Film Review PodcastGay, Actually: Why We Love Queer Indian Cinema
This week, Amber and Joyce sit down and chat about a wide range of Indian Cinema that represents LGBTQ+ people within Indian communities. From banned to…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF 2022 - Episode 5: A Pandemic Spy, Moving Parts, Anonymous, Mein Mehmood, A Moral Man
The best film podcast is back with critics Chris Olson and Brian Penn exploring 5 more films that will appear at the 2022 UK Film Review Festival. 5 great…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Fantom Zone: Werewolf by Night
This week, as an early Halloween treat, Chris, Ian and Sym sit down and have a good chat about the new special presentation from Marvel Studios, Werewolf by…
UK Film Review PodcastMedicinema - Interview With Paul Giggal
Film critic Chris Olson interviews COO of Medicinema Paul Jiggal about their incredible charity. Learn more about how Medicinema is helping hospital patients…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Scream Test: Scooby Doo
Halloween is just around the corner, and so of course it's time to discuss one of the longest running shows that has offered spooks and scares, chills and…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF - Episode 4: Holestepper, Finding Wilson, Cha, The Letters, Garage
The UK Film Review Festival Podcast Specials are back with episode 4, which features reviews of these indie and short films:Holestepper (Pisahueco)Finding…
UK Film Review PodcastNew Film Releases: Toronto International Film Festival 2022 Impressions
I went on holiday to Canada with my mother and saw 15 films at the Toronto International Film Festival. I will be giving my raw, general thoughts on all of…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF - Episode 3: Making Beethoven Proud, Kowalsky, Green Lanes, HoneyDough, Where The Merrows Roam
Brian and Chris are back with another festival special episode of the UK Film Review Podcast. With another array of short films and a feature being reviewed…
UK Film Review PodcastGay, Actually: Great Classic UK Queer Cinema
This month, Amber and Joyce highlight 3 iconic queer films that help define the 'classic' era of UK cinema. Alongside discussing the contemporary issues…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Fantom Zone: Blade Runner
Describe only the good things that come into your mind about...Blade Runner. This week, Chris, Ian and Sym sit down, stare directly at the Voight-Kampff…
UK Film Review PodcastUKFRF 2022 - Episode 2: Clout, Chapel Of Rest, Brother Troll, Community Service and Hollow
In episode 2 of our UK Film Review Festival 2022 specials, critics Chris Olson and Brian Penn discuss an array of short films, including Clout, Chapel of Rest…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Scream Test: Jordan Peele
This week me and fellow podcast host Jake, jump down the rabbit hole and chat all that is Jordan Peele, from the recent addition to the Candyman films, to his…
UK Film Review PodcastNew Film Releases: Prey Spoiler Review
Another installment of New Film Releases is here and today will be a spoiler-filled look at Prey, the latest film in the Predator Franchise and the one that…
UK Film Review PodcastGay, Actually: "The Carol Effect"
This month, Amber and Joyce take a deep-dive tour into the workings of infamous lesbian cinematic masterpiece, Carol (dir. Todd Haynes, 2015). Is this a…
UK Film Review PodcastFestival 2022: A Manchester Story, Another Day, Baroness, Boomslang 2: The Dinner, Coast Road
Join film critics Chris Olson and Brian Penn as they launch the 1st episode of the Festival Specials for 2022. That's right, the UK Film Review Festival is…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Fantom Zone: Scott Pilgrim vs The World
We are the Fantom Zone! This week, Chris, Ian and Sym sit down to talk all about Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, discuss some of the latest nerd news and get…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Scream Test: Stephen King Part II
You want more King chat? I got you! this month I'm joined by co host and super Stephen King fan, Paul, as we dive deep into some of his top picks from the…
UK Film Review PodcastNew Film Releases: The Lost Boys (1987) Review
Hindsight Disclaimer: Recorded a month ago, the Morbius memes have since gotten less attention and were swiftly overtaken by the Gentleminions in terms of a…
UK Film Review PodcastGay, Actually: Authentic Transgender Characters on Screen
In this month's episode of Gay, Actually, Amber and Joyce discuss films that centre transgender characters and the importance of having authentic trans*…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Fantom Zone: Thor: Love and Thunder
This week our comic nerds Chris and Ian, with the help of an all-too-brief cameo from Symone, talk all about the latest from the MCU, Thor: Love and Thunder…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Scream Test: Evil Dead
planning a summer vacation in a cabin in the woods? then check out this weeks episode, where me and Sadie delve into the grotesque world of the Evil dead…
UK Film Review PodcastNew Film Releases: The Black Phone Review
Just Robert today for a slight advance review of the new horror thriller The Black Phone. There's a slight jump about 7 minutes in because I had to pause the…
UK Film Review PodcastNew Film Releases: Men Spoiler Review and Discussion
Join Robert Stayte and new guest Jack Smith as they dive into the meaning of Men, Alex Garland's new trippy horror film, and discuss how it holds together as a…
UK Film Review PodcastGay, Actually: When Lesbian Representation Goes Wrong
Happy Pride Month! For June’s episode, both Amber and Joyce take a deep dive into their trashy guilty pleasures and discuss lesbian-led films they watched…
UK Film Review PodcastScream Test: Stephen King
Film critic Rachel sits down for a spooky fire side chat with her pal Pete about all things Stephen King! Covering everything from children of the corn to the…
UK Film Review PodcastNew Film Releases: Ambulance Review
Join Film Reviewer Robert Stayte in the first of New Film Releases (I forgot to say Film in that title at the beginning), a section dedicated to covering and…
UK Film Review PodcastGay, Actually: LGBTQ+ Cinema Highlights
Join fim critic Amber and queer cinema enthusiast Joyce as they discuss all things LGBTQ+ cinema and their favourite film picks. From cinematic masterpieces…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Fantom Zone: Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
Chris, Ian and Sym sit down to to talk about the latest offering from the MCU, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness where we discuss the highs, the…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Scream Test: J Horror
Film critic Rachel is joined by Japanese horror fan Sarah to discuss all things spooky from the world of J horror, covering such classic as the ring and the…
UK Film Review PodcastPeriod Dramas
Join critics Corey Bulloch and Robert Stayte as they discuss the world of period dramas. Discussing Gosford Park, The Remains of the Day, Little Women and…
UK Film Review PodcastNicolas Cage
Join critics Rachel Pullen and Jason Knight as they discuss films starring American actor Nicolas Cage. Discussing Leaving Las Vegas, Vampire's Kiss, Face/Off…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Northman Review
Join critic Robert Stayte as he reviews the new film release The Northman. This is a film podcast episode for fans of Viking movies and great films. Please…
UK Film Review PodcastVikings In Cinema
Join critics Robert Stayte and Corey Bulloch as they discuss the world of films about Vikings. Discussing Valhalla Rising, The Vikings, Beowulf and more. This…
UK Film Review PodcastFantastic Beasts Series
Join critics Chris Olson and Robert Stayte as they discuss the world of the Fantastic Beasts film series. This is a film podcast episode for fans of the…
UK Film Review PodcastJodie Foster
Join critics Brian Penn, Rachel Pullen and Jason Knight as they discuss films starring acclaimed American actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster. Discussing The…
UK Film Review PodcastMorbius
Join critics Chris Buick and Ian Lunny as they discuss the upcoming comic book movie Morbius and also other upcoming comic book films including Doctor Strange…
UK Film Review PodcastGuy Ritchie
Join critics Chris Olson and Brian Penn as they discuss films by English filmmaker Guy Ritchie. Discussing Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Aladdin…
UK Film Review PodcastThe Batman Review
Join critics Chris Buick and Ian Lunny as they discuss the new superhero film release The Batman. This is a film podcast episode for fans of superhero movies…
UK Film Review PodcastSean Baker
Join critics Chris Olson and Robert Stayte as they discuss films by American filmmaker Sean Baker. Discussing Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket and…
UK Film Review PodcastBatman Films
Join critics Chris Buick and Ian Lunny as they discuss the world of films about Batman. Discussing related movies including the ones directed by Tim Burton…
UK Film Review PodcastVideo Games Becoming Movies
Join critics Chris Buick, Rachel Pullen and Ian Lunny as they discuss the world of movies that are based on video games. Discussing Silent Hill, Mortal Kombat…