Today we discuss the Hostile Takeover of Paramount outbidding Netflix for the Warner Brothers back catalogue. The team receive early Xmas presents, Drew pitches his new book recently published and generally catch up with what we've been watching and the Avengers Doomsday Trailer.

Hilarious episode with 2 guests from across the pond: Alex in Washington DC and Guy in Manhattan New York, talk to us about their new movie 'A Christmas Party'. Writers, Directors and Producers who in their early 20s have had lots of experience in film studies and filmmaking and have plans for new projects already. We talk comedies and their friendship along with a deep dive into their new movie which we thoroughly enjoyed. There is a lot of laughs and a lot of interesting conversations.

We catch up with an old friend from where we used to live in Andover, Hampshire. He used to make music videos for the local bands and has progressed to writing and directing his own short films and we expect big things from him in the future. We delve into horror movies and classic TV & Film from Michael Bay, David Lynch, David Cronenberg to Stanley Kubrick and discuss audiences over analysing themes to ambiguous endings. All that, much more and some reminiscing.

Kev and James vote for a less obvious Xmas movie for our guest from California to watch. Nicole is currently challenging herself to watch the top 1000 movies and has not seen many classics yet, due to being 18. So we decide to be annoying and recommend even more to add to her list. We have a laugh talking through Horrors as Halloween has just passed, talking through Christmas memories growing up and into recommended Xmas movies as well as ones to avoid. We did well as we never mention the cliche topic of 'Die Hard' but still discussed alternative Xmas movies as well as some classics. We try to keep on topic, but you know how things get sometimes. Enjoy.

Our American Correspondent Peter joins us today as he has selected the subject of our Deep Dive episode. John Carpenter has had a huge impact in the film industry especially the horror genre with not only creating the most important and famous slasher horror movie Halloween, but also the creator of the chilling soundtrack. We talk through his personal life, early profession career and a selection of his greatest movies and what he has influenced.

We discuss behind the scenes stories on movie sets and when Kev and Marina briefly worked together on a couple of film projects. Marina talks about her passion for the job, as well as the pressures that also come in this high paced industry, alongside the difficulty faced and overcome of often being the only female in the crew which has changed over the last 10 years. Her main role is the Focus Puller which is a highly skilled and critical job, as errors in focus can be expensive to reshoot. We discuss how to get into the industry and how important this role is for the overall feel and visual language of any movie. We also look into her fun fashion sense and the satisfaction and benefits that working in the movie industry provides.

We have Drew back with us, hopefully for good this time. We start with some classic Show & Tell, leading into movie news discussing Blade, Spiderman and Christopher Nolan. We have an update on the Emmanuel Bonami situation which gives us a lot of joy. We discussed a couple of movies we watched this week; on Netflix 'Woman of the Hour' and 'Venom: The Last Dance' at the cinema. Drew has then created a horror quiz for us with music sections which is a close call but who will win? We end discussing the greatest Horrors of 2024 and of all time.

Both of today's guests have had some of the most listened to and watched of any of our previous episodes and we are having them both on together. Kate is a regular guest and especially loved episode 48 where Emma first joined us as a guest, opening us up to a deeper conversation than movies and into mental health.

Today we discuss a whole host of subjects having fun along the way but delving into important subjects and including a meditation at the end.

If anything this episode affects you please talk to a therapist of a friend, people care and want to listen and help where they can.