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Episode Notes It's most appropriate that this weeks main offering is a review of The Odyssey because Will has been on quite the odyssey himself. He has returned from Australia having been beset by many obstacles. There was a ten euro coffee in Dubai airport, a pizza-eating possum in Sydney, a whole new hemisphere of stars to navigate by and a big banana in Coff's Harbour. Lorraine, meanwhile, has been keeping the lights on at Pop Filter HQ. This week, as I say, The Odyssey has been tackled and in an attempt to maintain standards, at least one of our heroes saw the film 'as Nolan intended'. Does a 79 foot tall screen help or hinder the enjoyment? Will has the answer. Next up, an opponent as formidable as anything Homer dreamed up: Katie Price. Nothing to Hide is her four part documentary series currently showing on Sky/NOW TV. It's a little more than your traditional 'star makes doc about themselves and lets themself off the hook quite a bit' format. Pop Filter are looking at you, Beckham! It's a rogues gallery of exes, both romantic and business, all coming together to give us a better picture of the artist formerly known as Jordan. Is it the case that, as novelist John Updike once said, 'Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face'? This might literally be the best argument for that quote ever.

Episode Notes This week, our heroes go on quite the rollercoaster of horror and comedy and sex and obsession. I know, it sounds just like one of Will's Saturday nights but this is the range of topics and genres found between the two films being reviewed in this episode. First up, it's massive sleeper hit, Obsession. Curry Barker's film tells the story of an infatuated 'nice guy' and how far he will go to get the girl of his dreams. Will's advice is that if you have to rely on a magical item to make things happen in a relationship, you need to rething your strategy. It's always worked for him as a maxim to live your life by. Lorraine has also approved this as a top point on any young man's checklist when approching a new relationship. Next up is Lorraine's choice, The Invite. When ordinary frustrated couple, Joe and Angela, invite their noisy-sex upstairs neighbours for dinner the scene is set for embarrassment and social awkwardness. When the neighbours are named Pina and Hawk, you know it won't be an ordinary evening. Rate and review the lads on the downloading platform of your choice. Subscribe too, why don't you? Sure, what else would you be doing?

Episode Notes This week, Lorraine & Will examine the adventures of Disney Plus TV show characters, Alice & Steve, and how they deal with the idea of Steve dating Alice's daughter. Can you tell a funny story about the betrayal of a lifelong friendship and still have engaging and sympatheric characters? If they're played by Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker, you can. Listen to Lorraine and Will take the idea apart as they try and figure out how such a story that would be traumatic in real life can make for an engaging comedy! Then they have some recommendations for you to enjoy if you're hiding indoors from the heatwave! Enjoy and let them know you're listening by leaving a review in your podcast provider of choice.

Episode Notes This week our heroes just Can't Get Kylie Out of Their Heads. So much so, in fact, they are left Spinning Around. That's enough Kylie song title word play. Netflix's 3 part Kylie documentary is this weeks subject. Lorraine, a lifelong fan, and Will, old enough to remember a pre-Kylie world. Also, the episode comes with some recommendations at the end, Especially For You. Right, ENOUGH!

Episode Notes Not many laughs in this weeks episode as our heroes taking on the tricky subject of Michael Jackson. 60 Minutes Australia recently aired an episode on Michael Jackson and the many allegations, both old and new, on the late singer. Lorraine and Will discuss his undeniable talent, the hard to ignore rumours, the undeniable court settlements and the hard to understand nature of celebrity and parasocial relationships with fans. They also hang around at the end to offer some recommendations that are less disturbing to watch. Why not review your boy and girl on the podcast provider of your choice? It can only help them out!

Episode Notes Another episode? So soon? Our heroes are really spoiling you. You might say that they are DTF (Downloading To your Feed)! This week, our champions delve into the murky world of suburban swinging and app-based adultery with HBO's newest offering DTF St. Louis. Old PF favourite David Harbour gets a shot at redemption alongside Jason Bateman and Linda Cardellini as they get caught up in a Bizarre Love Triange, as New Order would say. There's a reference for all you kids out there. Ordinary people doing sad, lonely things. Or is the show right? "No one's normal. It just looks that way from across the street'. Then again, they also say 'Cornhole is the only sport where you can hold a beer in one hand and your dignity in the other, and lose both simultaneously.' Give Pop Filter a rating on your platform of choice if you're trying to figure out a gift for either of them.

Episode Notes Pop Filter has detected an alien life-form on board their craft. It's little, rock-like alien Nicky Coghlan. Listen as Lorraine and Will try to understand him so they can get on with the weekly business of saving the planet. Nicky joins our heros from RTE where he is the head of children's podcasting. Nicky also co-hosted the podcast, Nilpod, with Will many years ago where they discussed the most juvenile things ever for over 200 episodes. Many of which are unavailable today. If you were curious, though.... https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/nilpod/id1473819045 https://open.spotify.com/show/5fKIEWMcAwH0qxiaOCn896?fbclid=IwY2xjawRTFIBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEwVmREUzdnOVJndFpmb2V6c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtkkQlfwxBNz01mbURsoZqn4s-bDWXMXzEUvCxUVWajIHASzKl_667pxdHim_aem_3IUrvlk4_Byun2g8SbVAzg This week, our gang are light years from home trying to save the dying sun with R-Goz and a spider-rock. Project Hail Mary is a huge hit without their blessing but it would put a nice bow on the top of their run, but will that happen? Next up, Small Prophets. Lorraine reveals how likely she would be to join a cult. Answer: very but it IS robe-dependant. Would you grow a humunculus in a jar in your shed and if so, what secret would you want it to reveal to you? The answers are undoubtedly elsewhere, but join our heroes to hear their ramblings one more time.

Episode Notes Episode Notes Our heroes return in a relatively timely fashion to discuss Toxic Masculinity and Toxic Femininity. Will is a clear representation of all that is wrong with modern men and the less said about Lorraine and her own particular brand of toxic femininity, the better! Of course we're just joking and they are fine representatives of their respective genders! First up is Louis Theroux's brand new Netflix documentary, Inside The Manosphere, where Louis subjects himself to spending time with poisonous, self-proclaimed 'Alphas' as they grift around looking to earn money. Whether it's from beating up someone on a live stream, to propositioning unsuspecting women in public, or giving unreliable crypto advice, they just don't care. It's all 'one-way monogamy' and 'I do what I want!' until the wife/girlfriend is in earshot. Then our hosts move back in time to 2003 and the launch of the 'reality' show America's Next Top Model. This documentary, poorly titled as Inside America's Next Top Model is a 3 part series talking of the rapid rise and subsequent fall of the show. We learn how far TV has progressed from the Wild West days of poor after-care for people involved in reality TV when they are spat out the other end back into society. Our heroes are hopeful, though. The grifting crypto bros will never win! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes It's been a while but our heroes have returned. This time it's Lorraine representing the Canada side and Will skating in from Russia with his big round bum, just in time for Valentine's Day! That's right, our hosts are tackling gay hockey romantasy juggernaut, Heated Rivalry. It's all artfully placed legs to hide modesty and much more willy talk than usual, which is all the more impressive considering one the hosts is called Willy and, indeed, has one! After that, they take on Robbie William's and his 13th studio album, Britpop. Part-time catfood salesman, Robbie, is back at his day job of being a pop star and he's not too bad at it. It's all very samey and all a bit soulless but it should be more than enough for Robbie to whip a gigantic crowd into a frenzy. Let your favourite hosts know if there's anything you'd like to hear their unique takes on. Enjoy. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Hello Old Acquaintances. Lorraine and Will want you to know you should never be forgot. Our heroes are on deck on January the first, starting as they mean to go on with a shiny new episode. This week, they dive into the murkiest of waters (or is it a pool full of baby oil) with Netflix's 3 or 4 part series, Sean Combs: The Reckoning. It's Fiddy vs Diddy with Fiddy getting the last laugh on his old foe. This documentary charts the meteoric rise and the spectacular fall of music mogul, Sean Combs. Lorraine and Will are definitely West Coast all the way. Next up, a quick round up of the years best TV/Podcast work according to our team and it becomes very obvious that neither Will or Lorraine are getting out of the house much these days. Give them a rating (a good one) on your podcast service of choice as it really helps them towards their goal of early retirement/maybe a free screening one day. Happy New Year one and all. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes This week, Lorraine and Will dust off their Wrangler jeans and their Nikes to go back to the 80's and fit right in with the kids from Stranger Things. Won't be a problem for Will as he's the only one of our heroes to properly remember the 80's and the mullet he sported for most of it. With such a huge cast of characters, they'll probably go unnoticed with their own subplot about two Irish people in Hawkins constantly tripping over and hurting their ankles in The Upside-Down! Following that is The Alabama Solution. Andrew Jarecki's documentary on corruption in the prison system and how it is a front for a modern-day slave trade is low on laughs so there'll be none here. Send your favourite podcasters (that's Lorraine and Will) an email/text/facebook message if you have any recommendations or indeed anything you'd like your heroes to know about you. A five star review in your podcast app of choice wouldn't hurt either! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Much like Victor Frankenstein, Lorraine and Will have cobbled together another episode from random bits they found lying about the place. Hopefully they raised this episode as much more loving parents than Victor Frankenstein turned out to be. This week our heroes tackle the latest Frankenstein telling from Guillermo del Toro and Netflix. Will they surrender to it's gothic beauty or flee to live in isolation in the Arctic circle (also known as the room they record in. It was very cold this week). Next under the microscope is Pluribus. Vince Gilligan's take on the Invasion of the Bodysnatchers as evil space aliens make us all very nice (if a bit boring) to each other. All except 12 hold outs, including our grumpy heroine, Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn). Will and Lorraine think a planet full of butlers who will cater to your every whim doesn't sound too bad. If you're one of the 12 that is. Although being one of the 8 billion 'joined' seems to be pleasant enough, too. What to do...what to do.... Give them a 5 star review if you feel so inclined on your podcast provider of choice. If you feel like giving a one-star review, Will and Lorraine urge you to keep your mouth shut! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Our heroes return. We all know Lorraine and Will enjoy a good gossip so could anything be more appropriate for their return than Lily Allen's West End Girl? This revenge album is also a return from a hiatus and shows Lily to be in tip-top musical (if not personal) form, just like our hosts. Next up is Tim Robinson's latest cringe-fest, The Chair Company. Lorraine and Will try and unravel the conspiracy theory at the heart of the show whenever they are not laughing or cringing at the antics of Tim Robinson's Ron Trosper, as his live unravels after an unfortunate workplace accident. Leave your favourite hosts a five star review wherever you get your podcasts from as they fully believe it will eventually lead to free stuff for them. Somehow. Find them on Facebook to send a message. Although you probably know at least one of them personally and have a phone number you could use. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes In what might be their last hurrah for a while, our heroes present a rogues gallery to send them off. This week they have Bob Dylan, Nosferatu, and what could be described as what you might get if Bob Dylan and Nosferatu were to somehow reproduce: Marilyn Manson. First up it's mustachioed, undead bloodsucker, Count Orlok, a.k.a. Nosferatu. Will Robert Eggers horror epic give Lorraine and Will the fear? Can Will get past Orlok's clumsy ultimatum? Next is tiresome shock-merchant, Marilyn Manson, who has been up to what can only be described as fairly unsurprising behaviour. Channel 4's 3-piece documentary boils our heroes blood to the point where Count Orlok himself would burn his tongue on it! Finally, Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown rounds off this trio. Can Timothee Chalamet pull off the job of inhabiting the most cantankerous and obtuse musicians of all time? This may be our last show for a while. We've had a great time doing it and we hope to be back at some point. Thanks to NEAR FM.ie for having us, and as Dylan himself said "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue". This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes This week our heroes are talking about men and girls. Men in the form of Robbie Williams and his monkey-centric biopic (with a soft 'o' for Lorraine) and then kink-shaming drama, Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman. Better Man has already come up short at the American box office but will Lorraine and Will let Robbie entertain them one last time on the show (he's been on A LOT)? Next up is kink-shaming drama, Babygirl. Nicole Kidman is the sexually-repressed CEO of a robotics company (yes, really. The symbolism is that heavy-handed) and Harris Dickinson is Samuel, a young intern who is surprisingly good at making attacking animals submissive (yes, it really is that heavy-handed). When his perv-radar goes off on Nicole Kidman, sparks fly and she ends up being incredibly harshly judged and punished. There's no room for kink-shaming in Pop Filter. Unless kink-shaming is your kink. Then they'll let it slide. Enjoy! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.