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We interrupt our regular scheduled broadcast…
by Mc on Jul.17, 2011, under Newspost
No podcast today (Sunday) folks, Gavin had some “stuff to do” and I lay by the pool at day (don’t hate me).
We should bring you another cast by Tuesday however, so don’t change that dial.
Midweek Madness
by Mc on Jul.13, 2011, under Podcasts
That’s right, no podcast at the weekend due to traffic problems* but we couldn’t let a week go by without a sitting together to waffle on about movies so we’re proud to present a special mid-week episode of the McYapandFries movie podcast. (bear with us for the first few seconds of this week’s cast , there is a point honest)
This week we’ve got a double whammy of reviews with creature feature “Attack the Block” (in cinemas now) and the film that inspired it’s title; South Korea’s “Attack the Gas Station”, followed up with a review of the tale of a psychotic, psychic, tyre called Robert in “Rubber”.
We’ve also got a raft of trailers to review (see links below), lots of news on Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit”, and all sorts of gossip on casting news.
If you enjoy the show join the fun by emailing us at podcast@mcyapandfries.com or using the form at the “contact us” link above.
Until next time…
*there weren’t really traffic problems, read the news will ya!
Show Notes:
- Latest trailer for “The Adventures Of Tintin”
- First pics of the Dwarves Nori, Ori and Dori from “The Hobbit”
- More Dwarven pics from “The Hobbit” this time of Oin and Gloin
- 2nd Videoblogisode from “The Hobbit” (that’s enough Hobbit news for now )
- Trailer for Cuba’s “Juan of the Dead”
- Teaser Poster for “The Dark Knight Rises”
- I shouldn’t really post this but… the first trailer for Adam Sandler’s “Jack and Jill”
- Meryl Streep as Maggie Thatcher in the trailer for “the Iron Lady”
- ..and finally…the Russian poster for “Captain America”
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Transformers 3: The Dark side of Matlock
by Mc on Jul.04, 2011, under Podcasts
Yup I said Matlock. The two most memorable items this podcast were our regular as clockwork review, (every 2 years so far), of the latest offering/insult from Michael Bay in the Transformers franchise, plus a bit where Gavin talked about Matlock for a bit, as is his wont.
We also chatted about a whole heap of trailers (links below if you want to “watch along” with Mc and Yap) news of the latest Thor sequel and who, reportedly, won’t be returning to Asgard, Robert Rodriguez’s interesting split personality, Aromascope, Chocolate bar movies, Vince Vaughan, and conceptual Transformers.
If you’d like to join in the fun, submit a question or comment via the “comments” section below or use the form available at the “Contact us” link above.
Til next time…
- “Mission Impossible : Ghost Protocol” Trailer
- Trailer for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” with Garry Oldman , Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong and Dominic Cumberbatch.
- Holy freholy it’s the latest trailer for Dreamworks’ “Puss In Boots”
- Trailer for Pixar’s “The Brave”
- “Immortals” trailer 2
- Trailer for Stephen Spielberg’s latest directorial effort “War Horse”
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Putting the band back together….again
by Mc on Jun.28, 2011, under Podcasts
Yes, we’re back after quite a break, again and no neither of us was in jail . At this point I think that we have more “welcome back” podcasts than regularly scheduled shows.
We’ve selected only the choicest cuts from all the news for discussion in the podcast this week, including: the gritty reboot no one expected (or wanted); news on Tarantino’s next project (and who has already bailed on it, allegedly) and more casting news on Superman’s Dad with some rampant speculation on his accent and hairstyle .
As it’s been over a month since ewe’ve had a chance to cast, we also catch up on all the movies that we’ve missed with reviews of  “X-Men: First Class”, “The Hangover Part 2”, “Blitz”, “Green Lantern” (and a little bit on “Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides”).
As usual you can find all the trailers and pics mentioned in this week’s show below for your perusal.
Until next time, enjoy!
Show Notes:
- Latest “Captain America” Trailer: Heroes are made where?
- First pics of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in “The Hobbit”
- The Adventures of Tin Tin trailer
- First look at Hawkeye and The Hulk alongside Captain America, Thor and Iron Man in the new “Avengers” Promo Latest Poster
- Latest “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” trailer featuring JOHN LITHGOW!!
- Red Band “Conan the Barbarian” Trailer
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Another Night
by Mc on May.15, 2011, under Newspost
We may not have a podcast this week but that doesn’t mean we won’t have new content.
The first trailer for the remake of “Fright Night†is now up online and I have to say this looks like a lot of fun!
The original starred Chris Sarandon (the creepy Prince Humperdinck from “The Princess Brideâ€), Roddy McDowall (Planet of the Apes ) and William Ragsdale (who now plays Winona’s douchebag husband in “Justified†on TV), and told the tale of a high school kid who enlists the aid of an old TV horror show host to combat the vampire next door. They’ve been updated with Colin Farrell (from, well, loads), David Tennant (used to be Doctor Who) and Anton Yelchin, who I’m starting to hate on after getting plum roles as Chekov in “Star Trek”, Kyle Reese in “Terminator: Salvation†and not sucking at all.
Stop….Hammertime!
by Mc on May.11, 2011, under Newspost
As you may have noticed there’s not been many.. .well ANY updates round these parts for a while. Due to circumstances beyond our control (bloody work… rassum frassum), Mc and Yap will not be in the same country .. or the same timezone, for the next while, which can make doing a weekly podcast a little bit difficult.
Keep an eye on the site and our twitter feeds for updates and as usual keep sending us questions so we can have a bumper show when we inevitably return (no doubt when Captain America opens)
We’ll try to sort something out in the meantime but to tide you over here’s a picture of a cat doing hammer-time.
Til next time!
Thor Spoilercast
by Mc on May.04, 2011, under Avengers, Podcasts, Spoilercast
What madness is this!!? A second podcast within a single week!? Well Gavin and I couldn’t let Thor pass without having a no hold barred, cage match discussion of the film, the plot, the characters, the effects, character arcs, who lives, who dies, everything!
Hence we bring you our first separate SPOILERcast. If you’ve not seen Thor yet then we recommend that you DO NOT listen to this podcast until after you have seen it, lest you ruin your viewing pleasaure.
Once you have seen Thor relive the movie with us and let us know what you think of Asgard’s mightiest by emailing us at podcast@mcyapandfries.com or sending us your comments via the form available at the “contact us” link above (or click here )
Enjoy the show!
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Behold the Mighty Thor Frog!
by Mc on May.03, 2011, under Podcasts

Seriously?
This week we review, what else, but “Thor”, the next Marvel hero to jump from the comic book page to the big screen. For those of you worried about such things, our review of Thor in THIS podcast will be completely spoiler free, as we have prepared a separate Thor spoiler-cast, where we discuss the movie, in detail covering plot details of the film, which I’ll put up in a day or too once everyone has had a chance to see the movie.
I think I can fairly say that it’s not a spoiler that Thor Frog over there there is NOT in the movie. He’s just an incredibly dumb thing that we wanted to share
As for the rest of the show we’ve got news of Bill and Ted 3, rumours that Arnie may be back again for “Terminator:Retirement”, tales of the the apparent rivalry between Steve McQueen and Bruce Lee and much much more. All the trailers and pics we mention should be covered by the show notes below, let me know if I’ve missed something, enjoy!
Show Notes:
- First behind the scenes footage from “The Hobbit” , from Peter Jackson himself
- “Rise of the planet of the Apes” Trailer
- “Troll Hunter” Trailer
- Latest “Transformers 3” Trailer
- Latest trailer for “X-Men:First Class”
- Trailer for “30 minutes or Less” with Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari
- Weird Picture of Sean Penn in his new flick
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Reach out to McYapandFries!
by Mc on Apr.18, 2011, under Newspost
No podcast yet this week, however in preparation of the next podcast we’ve made it that little bit easier for you to contact us, by adding a form to the site through which you can send us messages.
The new page with the form is available here and via the “Contact us” link in the site header.
Drop us a line with the subject “Podcast Questions” and it’s pretty much guaranteed we’ll read it out on the show.
If you are having any issues with the site let us know and set the subject as “Website help” and we’ll get back to you if we can.
Jake-a-palooza
by Mc on Apr.14, 2011, under Newspost
Back once again with a mid-week podcast, this week’s show is chock full of Jake Gyllenhaal; with reviews of “Love and Other Drugs”, where he stars with Anne Hathaway, “Source Code” Duncan Jones directorial follow up for to last year’s “Moon”, with our Jake starring as a soldier who seems to be reliving the same train accident over and over again …or is he?
And we finish the show with a review of “True Grit”. Which doesn’t star Jake Gyllenhaal at all but what are you going to do?
Along with this, we bring you news of the villain Superman will be facing off against in Zack Snyder’s reboot of the franchise, along with the actor who will be playing them, news of Josh Brolin’s look for MIB 3, Mc’s growing anticipation for “Priest” and our usual set of bizarre questions from the mail bag.
Show Notes:
- Trailer for Arnie’s “The Governator”
- Genndy Tartakovsky’s animated prologue to “Priest”
- New Priest Trailer
- Michael Shannon’s IMDB page (The man who will be Zod in superman)
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