Loose talk, sharp movie instincts.
Matt Hudson and John Burke talk through films with the ease of people who have already argued half the point off air. The show mixes current reviews, actor rankings, cinema-world side trails, and everyday chat about tea, weather, travel, and Florida.
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Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast is a movie review show with the shape of a weekly catch-up and the instincts of two critics who enjoy working things out aloud. Matt Hudson and John Burke bring an across-the-pond dynamic to the format, with the conversation often starting in ordinary life before it lands on the film. Tea comes up. Weather comes up. Florida comes up often enough to feel like a running condition of the show. Those digressions are part of the texture rather than filler, because they give the later criticism a relaxed, personal charge. The pair cover major releases and related film talk, including recent episodes on Faces of Death, Project Hail Mary, Scream 7, Send Help, Iron Lung, and The Bride!. They also step sideways into rankings and filmographies, as in a Margot Robbie discussion that moves through her performances, comic book work, and producing profile. The show has room for enthusiasm, but it is not a hype machine. It is just as interested in whether a movie is slight, silly, gorgeous, messy, fun, or worth defending. When Send Help brings up Sam Raimi, the conversation expands into tone, comic-book seriousness, set atmosphere, cinematography, and Bill Pope's work. When Iron Lung becomes a route into world cinema, the discussion widens toward Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, UNESCO-linked cinema efforts, and the value of watching beyond one native language. The review format still stays accessible. The hosts use comparisons, memory, and practical judgment more than abstract theory. They also seem aware of the listener's spoiler line, sometimes noting that heavier details were handled off air. The result is loose but useful. It suits people who like movie criticism with personality, but still want the film itself to remain the point.
Made for: For movie fans who like conversational reviews, major release reactions, actor rankings, and critics who can move from everyday banter into specific film craft without turning academic.
What sets it apart: The show stands out through its relaxed across-the-pond rhythm: casual life updates first, then a real attempt to decide whether the movie works. Its criticism feels argued into shape rather than prepackaged.
Each week, Matt and Jon review the major movie release, plus movie talk in 'Concessions of a Cinephile', everything we've been checking out, and MORE! 🍅 Rotten Tomatoes approved!This podcast features Matt Hudson from What I Watched Tonight (whatiwatchedtonight.co.uk) and Jonathan Berk from Berkreviews.com.CreditsMusic from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.comSampled The Italian Job and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
John Burke and Matt Hudson pair friendly disagreement with specific attention to story, performance, cinematography, and the wider culture around movies.
John Burke and Matt Hudson turn movie reviewing into an easygoing argument between friends, testing reactions against story structure, character work, cinematography, tone, and the basic question of whether a film earns its choices.
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A personable Margot Robbie ranking that centers performance while acknowledging the hosts have not seen every film.
Bloody Awesome turns its rankings format back to Margot Robbie, with John Burke and Matt Hudson sorting through a career they treat as wide-ranging: The Wolf of Wall Street, lead roles, smaller parts, comic-book work, hits, and misses.
A loose, useful nudge toward expanding a film diet beyond one's native language.
The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast keeps its survey of cinema beyond Hollywood relaxed and accessible, treating international film as something to explore rather than study from a distance.
A loose, craft-minded Send Help review built around Sam Raimi's tone and Bill Pope's camera work.
Send Help gets a lively, slightly unruly discussion as John Burke and Matt Hudson weigh Sam Raimi's comic-book playfulness against the heavier seriousness of The Dark Knight trilogy and the Snyder movies.
A relaxed thumbs-up for How to Train Your Dragon 2025, shaped by a debate over beloved animated animals.
The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast frames How to Train Your Dragon 2025 around a simple but lively question: does Toothless belong among the great animated animals?
A lively franchise discussion about fundamentals, predictability, and Karate Kid: Legends' overloaded story.
Jon Burke and Matt Hudson give Karate Kid: Legends a skeptical but useful workout, circling the question that matters most for a franchise return: can a predictable story still land if the fundamentals are solid? Their answer is measured.
Three friends recap Daredevil, Fallout, and new releases scene by scene, in Spanish.
Slasher talk with sharp teeth.
Matt Hudson and John Burke discuss the upcoming film 'Return to Silent Hill' and catch up on weather and personal updates.
Jon Burke and Matt Hudson discuss the horror movie Smile 2 and its box office performance.
Hosts Jon Burke and Matt Hudson review the new legacy sequel 'Karate Kid: Legends.' They express disappointment, criticizing its superficial connection to the franchise, clunky writing, and rushed plot.
Matt Hudson and Jonathan Berk review the 2025 live-action adaptation of 'How to Train Your Dragon.' They discuss its 77% Rotten Tomatoes score, the performances of Mason Thames and Nico Parker, and debate whether the shot-for-shot remake was necessary.
Matt Hudson and John Burke discuss the controversial 1978 shockumentary film 'Faces of Death' on their movie podcast.
Hosts John Burke and Matt Hudson catch up on personal lives and current events before discussing movies.
Matt Hudson and John Burke introduce their podcast episode about the film Project Hail Mary, discussing their absence last week and sharing personal anecdotes.
Hosts John Burke and Matt Hudson discuss daylight saving time and its effects before introducing the movie podcast.
Hosts Matt Hudson and John Burke introduce a discussion about the film Scream 7 on the Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast.
Fennell's Wuthering Heights keeps the names, but not much else from Emily Brontë.
Mark Fischbach’s performance and the practical gore carry a film whose middle section still feels too long.
John Burke and Matt Hudson review Sam Raimi's new film Send Help, starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien as plane-crash survivors stranded on an island, noting the film sits at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
John and Matt catch up on life and weather before discussing films in the run-up to the festive period.
The hosts of the Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast apologize for a hiatus and preview upcoming episodes covering Wicked: For Good, Zootopia 2, and Five Nights at Freddy's 2.
John and Matt chat about the heat in the UK and a custom Father's Day shirt before reviewing How to Train Your Dragon.