Here’s two films you probably haven’t seen, but you should.

After four long years, we’re back!

We’ve skipped the cinema, we’re not talking Tenet. Instead, we’re talking about the series everyone has seen, The Queens Gambit.

If you haven’t seen it yet, I’ve included chapters to avoid spoilers.

For the main event we talk Captain America: Civil War. And we kinda agree that it was a great film. Which is weird, because we disagreed a lot about films in the past. Hey, is long-term memory-loss a normal effect of such an unusually long hypersleep? Nah. I’m sure I’d remember.

We also catch up with loads of interesting and noteworthy films that we missed while we were under:

The Martian
Straight Outta Compton
Spectre
10 Cloverfield Lane
The Revenant
Spotlight
Hail Caesar!
The Hateful Eight
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Creed
Steve Jobs
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

The great thing is that we disagree about all of these films, just like the old days. Wait, is short-term memory-loss an effect of hypersleep? Nah. I’m sure I’d remember.

So grab your shield, or wings, or flying super-suit, or hammer, or magic psychic powers… or just bring kickass you. Whatever you bring, you’re gonna have to choose a side ’cause it’s Pete v Justin on the Shoot the Glass podcast!

We also say a sad but only temporary goodbye to Pete who is heading off on paternity leave. It lends a somber tone to this episode I think, but really it’s the happiest news there could be. Good luck Pete and Megan and the as-yet-unnamed little bundle of joy I’m insisting on calling Awesome Wells!

And… do enjoy this latest episode of the Shoot the Glass podcast!

We also give our very first on-request shout-out… the requester remains anonymous and you’ll have to listen to find out who gets shouted to!

So remember: whatever you do don’t cross the streams, don’t talk about Fight Club, don’t talk about Fight Club, and don’t feed Pete and Justin after midnight on the Shoot the Glass podcast!

For homework there’s Soderbergh’s original Magic Mike and Cameron’s undying, unstoppable classic, The Terminator.

So come on down to the gym and feel the burn with Pete and Justin on the Shoot The Glass podcast!

This episode Pete reports on some top-shelf TV with the recently-premiered Empire and the recently-cancelled Hannibal before we move onto the main show with Pixar’s latest, Inside Out. We also talk documentary Kurt Cobaine: Montage of Heck and the Melissa McCarthy-starring comedy, Spy.

For homework, there’s Terminator Genesys which we’ll be talking about next week but, more importantly, listen to some Nirvana.

So put on those cufflinks (explosive darts), straighten your bow-tie (hidden camera), and just relax and be yourself (international superspy) with Pete and Justin on the Shoot the Glass Podcast!

For homework we have a flick we’ll be talking about next episode, the Melissa McCarthy vehicle Spy. And if you can’t make it to the cinema for that you can stay in with the excellent Bridesmaids.

So grab the kids and the camera and come ride a dinosaur with Pete and Justin on the Shoot the Glass Podcast!

Alec is something of a comic-book expert so we talk a lot about the film and TV ventures of Marvel and DC. We also talk Mad Max and discuss in some depth a film we saw just for this episode, the latest Disney flick Tomorrowland.

For homework we have one of Alec’s favourite books The Long Earth and an old favourite film of mine, Explorers.

So don your favourite cape and cowl and come stand on the edge of something tall to get the best possible hero-shot with Alec and Justin (and an extra providing the silhouette stand-in for Pete in the background) on the Shoot The Glass podcast!

The big one, though, is the Alex Garland-written-and-directed sci-fi meditation Ex Machina. We spoil it after the music plays so, without wanting to give away our feelings about the film, I heartily entreat you to see it before you listen!

For homework we have two of Garland’s previous writing efforts in Dredd and Sunshine and from the director of The Rundown we have the best dumbest and dumbest best film you’ll see in a while in Battleship. In honour of the recent passing of King Arthur himself Nigel Terry we have the classic Excalibur, directed by John Boorman.

On the Boorman front our final homework suggestion is the spectacular Zardoz starring Sean Connery in his undies and a giant floating stone head that spews guns onto a bunch of weird troglodytes also in their undies. It truly must be seen to be believed… keeping in mind that “spectacular” is not necessarily a positive adjective. “The penis is evil!” is an actual quote from this film. I’ll just leave you with that.

So come and look yourself in the mirror in an intense and meaningful way with Pete and Justin as we ask ourselves: what is a soul?