'The Running Man' with Dave Hanratty and Oversharing About 'Train Dreams'
Talk about a mixed bag this week, folks.We start off with Dave Hanratty, he of NO ENCORE, lands on the shores of Screenland waving the flag of death for Edgar Wright's reimagining of 'The Running Man', the Stephen King-Richard Bachman novella about reality TV gameshows that never could have imagined a world where Mr. Beast was doing pretty much the same thing. Except, y'know, he's not killing people. That we know of. Currently.Elsewhere, the largely forgettable 'Nuremberg' gets a going over while I get WAAAAAY too personal about Clint Bentley's 'Train Dreams' and, again, get WAAAAAY too personal about turning 4-0 this weekend. I am feeling a lot of *emotions* on this pod, folks. Be prepared.
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Is 'All's Fair' Really That Bad (Yes, It's Worse)
It's not an exagerration to say that 'All's Fair' is the worst TV show of 2025, maybe the worst TV show of the past two decades. But is it really all that bad? Is it not just campy fun? No, it's not. It's actually a terrifyingly empty look into the world of the rich and is probably the most potent example of how wealthy people shouldn't make art.Yeah, that's right. We're going there with this thing. After that, we're looking at 'Die My Love', the new Lynne Ramsey movie with J-Law and R-Pattz, we're looking at Daniel Day-Lewis returning to acting after nearly eight years away with 'Anemone', we're taking a quick sojourn to Northern England at the turn of the century with Hytner / Bennett's latest offering 'The Choral', and ending things with one of the most enjoyable movies of the year so far in 'Predator: Badlands'. Get it on, do it up! Don't forget to leave a comment, a rating, a cheery anecdote, a missive, a whatever.- Brian x
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Bonus Bugonia!
It's a bonus episode! For this week's offering, we're keeping this brisk and breezy with a semi-review-sort-of-mehness of 'The Witcher' Season 4 with Liam Not Chris Hemsworth replacing Henry Not Superman Cavill in the title role, while bemoaning the fact that most fantasy TV series look cheap and shit.The main course, however, is Yorgos Lanthimos' sci-fi remake comedy 'Bugonia' with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons squaring off in a 'Misery' meets 'They Live' scenario with aliens, honey, billionaires, and uncomfortable endings. Good stuff. Do it up.
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A Very Early Review of 'Saipan' + Screenland Suggestion Box 002
Yes, I'm sorry, I'm very very late with this but I swear, I'm going to make it up to you. How, you might ask?Well, for one, I'm giving you a VERY VERY VERY early review of 'Saipan', the much-anticipated sports drama about the infamous 2002 Saipan incident between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy, now immortalised in celluloid with Eanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan taking on the roles. The movie's not out until New Year's Day, man. That's how far ahead of it you're getting. Yeah.Elsewhere, I cracked open the Screenland Suggestion Box with contributions from you - that's right, you specifically - about this and that and other stuff.Yes, I'm dropping this on Bank Holiday Sunday. But you know what? Better late than never. Do it up!!!!!!!
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'After The Hunt', 'Black Phone 2', 'Ballad Of A Small Player' + Zara Hedderman on 'Something's Gotta Give'
We did it, Joe.Well, sort of. The bathroom renovations are still ongoing. But! We've managed to get a couple of hours free of hammers and noise to bring in Zara Hedderman, music journalist and creator of The Bad Arts on Substack, who has picked 'Something's Gotta Give', the romantic comedy starring the late, great Diane Keaton. No joke, folks - she picked this three weeks ago.Elsewhere, we're discussing Cancel Culture (boring) and Luca Guadagnino's 'After The Hunt' with Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri, Ethan Hawke returns for 'Black Phone 2', Colin Farrell does a Fast Show character in 'Ballad Of A Small Player' and brief musings on Aziz Ansari at the Riyadh Comedy Festival mixed with a review of 'Good Fortune', featuring the best casting of the past five years in Keanu Reeves as a well-meaning but slightly dim guardian angel.Less talk, more synthohol. Do it up!
From the big screen to the small screen to the one in your very hands, SCREENLAND is here to make sense of them all. Each episode, entertainment journalist Brian Lloyd (and a few guests along the way) will boost their screen report figures and rot their brains with all of the 2D ephemera that makes up our world today.
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