The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Caravan of Garbage

Big movie alert! Maybe biggest movie of the year with the release of Avatar: Fire & Ash. We review that plus we talk the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, Netflix is probably pu...

22 Dec 20252h 1min

In 2010 two things were big. 3D films and Sam Worthington, both a result of Avatar from 2009. And whilst that franchise continues on Clash of the Titans (which incorporates both) acts as a time capsu...

18 Dec 202527min

Welcome back! To The Weekly Planet podcast! This week we talk about Paramount's derailment of the Netflix/Warner Brothers buyout, Disney investing 1 billion dollars in AI nonsense, Jennifer Lawrence a...

14 Dec 20251h 33min

Here we are at the conclusion of our Disney's Biggest Bombs series, rounding things out with Tomorrowland from 2015. Brad Bird who made a name for himself with the likes of The Iron Giant, The Incred...

10 Dec 202525min

In fantastic news for big business Netflix has officially purchased Warner Brothers Discovery for a staggering $82.7 billion. We talk that and the potential impact this will have on the cinema and str...

8 Dec 20251h 30min

In 2013 Disney were still looking for the next Pirates of the Caribbean so they thought, alright fine. Let's again get Johnny Depp in a dumb hat and have him run about balancing on stuff to a Hans Zi...

4 Dec 202525min

This is the episode description. I write them when Mason wraps up the show because I don’t really need to pay attention. You can really tell if you listen that I’m barely paying attention. But I was p...

30 Nov 20251h 54min

We're back with another huge Disney bomb! This time it's 2012's John Carter o̶f̶ ̶M̶a̶r̶s̶ which aimed to cash on the populatiry of Avatar, Star Wars, Pixar director Anrew Stanton, Taylor Kitsch, Ed...

27 Nov 202529min