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English
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32 episodes
since Aug. 10, 2021
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This month, the Guardians of the Galaxy had their cinematic swansong space spectacular, and a new Guardians movie means another carefully curated soundtrack!For a trilogy where the music has been such a fundamental part of the experience, what better way to talk about its impact than by looking at …

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This month on Poditive Spin, we dissect the ever-growing toxicity of internet fan culture, hoping to discover a healthier approach to film and media criticism. If you’re an arts fanatic, chances are you’ve gotten involved in your fair share of internet spats and mud-flinging over a creative product…
Following the conclusion of HBO’s The Last of Us (Season 1), we discuss the overwhelmingly positive response to both the show and the original video game sensation. Friendly Warning: Spoiler spores galore!Do we dare believe that the curse of video game adaptations is finally broken?Have we finally …
It's Lang (and co.) vs Kang the Conqueror!This month on Poditive Spin we're putting Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania under the microscope...geddit?While lots of mixed-to-negative spin has already surrounded the movie, we attempt to dissect some of the positives of the MCU's grand op…
From intimate portraits of the human experience to epic battles across the sky, the sea, and the multiverse, this year's nominees for Best Picture at the Oscars are a smorgasbord of experiences. Here in the Friendly Fan Club, we thought a round-up was in order!Join us for a spoiler-free breakd…
New Year: New SEASON of Poditive Spin!To get us off the starting blocks of 2023, the Friendly Fan Club looks into the near future to decide what upcoming projects should get everyone sweating with anticipation for this coming year. Be prepared for ‘Mr Alex and the Three Bears’, a Renaissance for a …
As the sun sets on 2022, so too does the Friendly Fan Club end its retread of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy. Near-universally considered the low point of Middle-Earth cinema, The Battle of the Five Armies was never even originally intended to be its own third feature, and we'd be lyi…
It's a Star Wars movie unlike any other: gritty, nuanced, and it even gets the fanbase to agree on something! In honour of the first season of Andor on Disney+, the Friendly Fan Club revisits the daring efforts of Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor, and the rest of the Rogue One crew to steal the plans t…
The Friendly Fan Club continues its quest to unearth the treasures of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. The Desolation of Smaug famously found itself  retrofitted into a 'middle chapter' when Warner Bros. decided mid-production to split the originally planned two films into a trilogy. Desp…
It's been almost five years since Marvel's Black Panther became a global cultural phenomenon, and a landmark of African American representation at the movies. It introduced the world to Wakanda, a highly advanced nation of Africa untouched by colonisation and oppression, and made an insta…
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