ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Neil Studd and Dan Billing bring you a fortnightly movie podcast with a software testing spin. We'll be looking for bugs in the plot, and comparing how the films compare to real-life experiences we've faced in the world of testing!
Update frequency:
monthly
Average audio length:
63 minutes
English
United States
30 episodes
since Feb. 24, 2017
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
We're joined by Jenna Charlton to discuss David Fincher's critically-acclaimed Mark Zuckerberg biopic which straddles a very fine line between hero worship and cautionary tale.
We talk about the pre-Facebook internet days of Angelfire and MySpace, how the movie mostly gets its tech correct for a c…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
It's time for another long-overdue dive into technology in 90s movies, as we go deep into the "not as bad as you heard it was" Sandra Bullock thriller, The Net.
We investigate whether Jack Devlin has the skills required to be an international spy, whether the film merited the little-known sequel a…
Trying to sync your episode with an immovable calendar date? Doing two recordings in one week? Suffering with kidney stones as well? It's no problem for your favourite (perhaps) test-focused movie buffs, who are here to talk about a sci-fi classic which has an unmentionable sequel, despite the fact…
Where have the last two years gone? Neil and Dan reunite as they attempt to quantify the many things that have kept them away from their microphones, whilst also focusing on some of the bigger issues of today (virulent or otherwise).
As well as the many subjects of births, deaths, marriages and bu…
We're back from a brief hiatus with - unbelievably - a film which actually deeply relates to testing! We're joined by Mark Tomlinson, who brings his own experiences of dealing with the National Transportation Safety Board, to discuss a film about a remarkable moment of true-life heroism, and the de…
Pop quiz, hotshot! You want to record a new podcast episode, but you also want a break from some of the darker plots that you've talked about recently. Plus, you're snowed-in at home. What do you do? Dan and Neil decide not to shoot the hostage, but to instead kick back with a discussion about Spee…
We return a little later than planned, as we discuss one of the greatest thrillers of our time, getting into discussions about psychology, interviewing, misogyny and gender politics, and appropriate occasions for purchasing FBI-themed cakes.
We also salvage the best bits of our failed Oscars annou…
We begin 2018 with a discussion of Neil's favourite film of 2017, and a worrying early revelation about Dan's general problems with musicals. But we persevere, and discover not only a few musical gems in Dan's closet, but also a shared appreciation for some of the plot elements in La La Land.
Thin…
As the year draws to a conclusion, Neil and Dan give a rundown of their favourite movies of the past 12 months, and highlight a few festive turkeys.
The show notes are deliberately brief to avoid spoilers, but if you want to see the films which we discussed in YouTube trailer format, there are som…
In an episode recorded over the course of five hours, your hosts gather at Chez Neil for their own mini Christmas party, with a fine array of mince pies, cheeses and ales, as well as two of their favourite festive movies. The result? A fun and rambling journey which gets increasingly erratic as we …
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