The Cracked Reel Podcast

I have returned to give my latest ever best and worst films of 2025 list as well as reviews for Maggie Gyllenhaal's nightmarish (Derogatory) vision of the bride of Frankenstein with The Bride!, Glen Powell unleashing his inner Agent 47 with How To Make A Killing & Ryan Gosling saving the world with a space rock companion in Project Hail Mary. SCREAM at how I forget actors names, GASP at the runtime of the episode, SWOON at my repeated use of the word "Captivating", GRIMACE at my endless rambling and YAWN every time I yawn because I recorded this very tired...

My annual promise and subsequent failure to record a podcast more frequently has returned! This would have been shorter, but I had to pay my respects to one of the biggest cinematic inspirations there ever was: the immeasurable David Lynch - but I also have no self-control. Please enjoy me yammering about the best, worst, most disappointing and great films of 2024 while talking copious amounts of shite. Sync this up with The Brutalist for the more perplexing film commentary of all time.

Back once again... again... AGAIN for my list of the best and worst films of 2023. I don't go much further outside of that... a bit of stand-up comedy... some plans to catch up on director blind spots... expect bold words.

I have returned after 8 months, a new record! This time I bring a guest, after teasing his appearance since the very beginning, Joe O'Donohoe of The Lazy Dad's Guide To Movies is finally here to talk about everything from Blu-rays to underrated Jackie Chan films to creating shorts in his youth and even how he carries a torch for Amanda Donohoe (No relation). Enjoy all this and much more, plus lots of echoes, sound issues and potentially double the amount of swearing you usually find here. More guests to come!

My big 2022 return has finally found its sequel... in 2023! Once again, I'm back... I plan to be back for longer... Time will tell on that front. In this triumphant return, I list my favourite and least favourite films of 2022 as well as mention a few gems in the middle and a whole heap of honourable mentions! Enjoy if you dare.