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Hosted by Paul & Wayne · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 170 episodes
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The Countdown is a weekly comedic podcast in which two massive film buffs countdown a topic in order of awesomeness from 10-1 while picking apart the other's list.
Paul & Wayne hosts The Countdown, a tv show with 170 episodes published.
Countdown #515 What's been setting the 2026 box office on fire? And are those actually the best films of the year so far? Paul and Wayne certainly have their opinions, and since they have a podcast, they're going to tell
The DCU has been re-formatted like a hard drive sporting Windows 95, and two films deep, the question is now being asked: Is it working? The boys are back with their take on that question, as they consider the merits of
Countdown #514 These days, the small screen delivers just as much epic content as the theatre does, and Paul and Wayne are happy to be your canaries in cages when it comes to sampling some of what TV-Land has to offer. F
Wayne and Paul channel their childhoods playing with figurines (not a euphemism) and watching cartoons before school as they this week take on the brand new version of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe! Among the ma
Countdown #513 In an epic labour of love that stretched across three recording sessions, multiple hardware failures (and one act of dumb-assery), the lads are finally back with a full Countdown episode, and how could it
In this completely NON-SPOILER review, Wayne is again off to the cinema himself to review the second film in the 2020s version of a game he grew up pumping free credits into (not a euphemism) for himself and his friends.
Countdown #512 Recorded in mid-March, Paul and Wayne look at what is slated for release in 2026 and rank order what they're most excited to see form 10 to 1. Of course, some of those films have already come to (and in on
In this completely NON-SPOILER review, Wayne goes a little crazy for this Gosling shaped brand of entertainment that Andy Weir, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller has fashioned, resulting in him giving Project Hail Mary th
Countdown #511 A long time ago, in a galaxy exactly like this one, three podcasters recorded their regular crossover event in which the American joined the two Australians to talk the best films of the previous calendar
Scream is back with its seventh installment and it's eating up the box-office, but the critics (generally) think it's pretty crap. So where does the franchise-loving Paul and the horror-hating Wayne stand? There's only o
Danny Boyle hands the reigns to Nia DaCosta as the saga of the rage virus and the country it has decimated continues ... But is it a better film than the love it or hate it first film in the proposed new trilogy? Does Wa
Countdown #510 For the first episode of 2026, the lads are celebrating all the film-related reasons why they're happy to say goodbye to 2025 with a countdown of the worst 10 films of 2025. From disappointments through bi
Countdown #509 Just in time for the new year of film and television, Paul and Wayne return to begin their wrap up of the year that was 2025. And, as always, they begin with their lists of the best and worst of television
Countdown #508 Novels. Graphic novels. Comics. Non-fiction books. Fantasy. Self-Help. Horror. Superhero. All types of books and genres are in play as the lads attempt to quantify the unquantifiable and countdown the very
Wayne has been to TWO advanced screening - kicking Paul to the curb (who may or may not have been busy) in the process - and now he fronts up to tell you, dear listener, which (if either) of One Battle After Another and
Countdown #507 It's been too long between countdowns, so the lads are back with almost 20 mini-film reviews with their latest Top 10 Last episode. There are crossovers, disagreements, banter and bad language aplenty as W
Frank Drebin (Junior) is back in The Naked Gun sequel/reboot/requel. And this time he's played by Liam Neeson. Can he crack the case involving the Elon-Musk type Danny Huston? And are Liam and Pamela Anderson really in l
Where's the colon?? The Jurassic Park franchise is back and after dinosaurs were let loose to spread across the earth, what more can the franchise offer viewers? The answer is to go back to the beginning formula and hope
It's time for Wayne's most anticipated film of the year! With James Gunn in the driver's seat, can his vision of Superman possibly live up to Wayne's expectations? And what about Paul? How will he go with this ultra comi
Wayne is a massive wuss and leaves Paul to check out the third film in the 28 Film franchise all on his own. Will Paul be consumed by the rage virus? Does Wayne stand a chance against 28 inches? There's only one way to f
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