The latest entry into James Cameron's Avatar franchise is here including an all new fiery villain that has moviegoers (and Adam) hot under the collar. But does 'Fire and Ash' do enough to keep viewers engaged and invested in this multibillion dollar story? Keep listening to find out...

Oh, it's also the CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!! What better excuse is there to grab a mince pie and test your 2025 film knowledge with a quiz courtesy of professional question writer, Joshua Dodd. There's also fan favourite games including BIG QUESTION, Caine's *Christmas Candy Cane* Corner and a particularly daft edition of A-List Star In Our Impressions Repertoire.

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"I sat there and tried to make myself fall to sleep" - Adam Barlow, 2025.

This week the lads talk spoilers on one of the most anticipated releases of the year, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. For Adams original review from the LFF catch episode 84. For spoilers and joint discusion make sure to check this episode out!

Adam caught Fackham Hall, which strays the line of Airplane rip off and geniunely funny comedy. And he also caught Ella McCay, which Adam is brandishing as the worst film hes seen all year. Ouch!

We've also got an email from friend of the show, Josh Brooker, talking about the new Amazon MGM film Hedda.

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This week! The lads discuss those Christmas films that you HAVE to watch each year in the return of BIG QUESTION. Adam reviews 'Eternity' which stars Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner and Miles Teller while Alfie reviews the new Apple TV show 'Pluribus', from the creator of 'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul'.

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This week, there's 4 excellent films in discussion: the much anticipated Disney sequel, 'Zootropolis 2' and a film that dives into BDSM culture head first, 'Pillion'. Sydney Sweeney's boxing biopic, 'Christy' and 'Desperate Journey', a modest but impactful wartime drama.

The Peter Serafinolist returns, listener Leah gives a first-hand account of the 4DX experience and the lads address Michelle Yeoh's new catchphrase... MM... WW... Wicked Witch!

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Just in the first 10 minutes you can hear Adam rehearse his falsetto, peak his microphone levels, and hear Alfie mispronounce cacophony and philanthropist (twice). Impressive blunders from the boys at Movie On Up. It wouldn’t be MOU without it.

This week on this absolute whiplash of an episode, we’ve got the much anticipated Part Two of the stage to screen adaptation: WICKED: FOR GOOD. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh and Adam’s best friend Jeff Goldblum.  Adam then lowers the tone and reviews NUREMBERG, the Sky Original based on the 1945 trials of the same name, starring Russel Crowe, Michael Shannon, Rami Malek, Leo Woodall and (friend of the pod) Richard E. Grant.

The lads finish with some listener correspondence and a Wicked themed quiz prepared by Denis the Menace himself.

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Abracadabra - pull up a chair, four reviews will appear from out of thin air!

'Now You See Me Now You Don't', 'Predator: Badlands', 'The Choral' and 'A Very Jonas Christmas Movie' are on the agenda this week. There's also a fantastic sound game courtesy of Lenny and a NIGHTMARE cinema experience, as shared by Josh.

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Frankenstein and The Creature… we’ll let you decide which of our hosts is which. 

Reviews for two new releases this week and the lads seem to be in good favour for both.  Hot off the media embargo lifting, the boys review The Running Man, the newest flick from Edgar Wright, starring Glenn Powell, Coleman Domingo, Josh Brolin and a whole host of A List Star talent. Based on the 1986 Stephen King novel of the same name, the boys discuss whether it has that Edgar Wright charm we’ve all come to love. A huge thank you to Paramount Pictures for inviting us to the press screening in Leicester Square - you can catch The Running Man from Wednesday the 12th November in UK cinemas. 

The lads also discuss Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toros newest gothic horror released to Netflix. A surprisingly sombre and thoughtful watch, with phenomenal set design, scale and whimsy.

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Welcome back to Ghouly On Up - mwahahahahaHAHAHAH!!

In this week's episode, the lads review 'I Swear', 'Good Fortune' and 'Boots' before discussing some of the best spooky films, whipping out their Nosferatu impressions and sharing what scares them the most.

There's also a wonderful email from listener Jenna. It brings a few tears to Adam & Alfie's eyes.

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Five bumper reviews for your listening pleasure this week. Alfie is back and joined Adam for the Saturday showcase at the London Film Festival. Together they caught the new gay romance The History of Sound, starring man of the moment Paul Mescal and cheeky chappy Josh O’Conor. They also caught a screening of Robert Pattinson and J Laws new film, from MUBI the studio that brought you The Substance, Die My Love.

Adam also had time to somehow catch Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, this month’s musician biopic starring everyone’s favourite chef Jeremy Allen White as The Boss himself. Jared Leto’s latest attempt at killing off a fil franchise Tron: Ares. And even squeezed in a press screening of Regretting You, the newest adaptation of  the tripe written by Colleen Hoover. Regretting You?… more like regretting wasting 20 quid on a train ticket to London.

Grab a beverage and a snack and enjoy some early reviews of some very anticipated films releasing later this year! 

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Adam & Josh attend more screenings at the 69th London Film Festival with reviews for the hugely praised 'Hamnet', 'Train Dreams', 'The Mastermind', '& Sons' and 'Sirāt'. The guys also loose their minds over Oscar Isaac and Josh O'Connor - who wouldn't, to be fair?

Keep an eye out for more LFF coverage coming soon! :)

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In this bonus episode, Adam is on the ground at the 69th London Film Festival, joined by friend of the show and honorary MOU reporter, Josh Brooker. They review 'Sentimental Value', 'Jay Kelly', 'The Testament of Ann Lee' and 'H is for Hawk'.

Keep an eye out for more LFF coverage coming soon! :)

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The 69th London Film Festival is well underway and Adam is in the thick of it! On the ground, being a film journalist, watching too many films - kidding, that's not a thing. But it's certainly a feat. The MOU boys are back to discuss Rian Johnson's third Knives Out Mystery, 'Wake Up Dead Man' and you do NOT want to miss it. There are also reviews of 'The Smashing Machine', 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey' and 'Fwends'. What a corker!

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This week, Adam reviews Paul Thomas Anderson's 10th film, 'One Battle After Another', while Alfie makes the bold claim that Apple TV might just be the best streaming service out there.

Movie On Up also get a shout-out on EMPIRE's official podcast, an invite to a multimedia screening of 'Roofman', Adam experiences the woes of paparazzi when he meets Radio 1's Greg James and a long forgotten- sorry, a rested segment returns!! Stay tuned, it's worth the wait...

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This week, Adam reviews 'The Long Walk' - a Stephen King adaptation which stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson and Mark Hamill - and 'Sorry, Baby', the directorial debut of Eva Victor. One of them earns a perfect 5/5... but which one? Keep listening to find out!

Meanwhile, Alfie is ecstatic because 'The Muppets Show' is finally returning next year, let's just say, Movie On Up called it first.

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This week, Adam reviews 'On Swift Horses', a romance set in the 1950's that has snuck under the radar but stars a strong trio comprised of Daisy Edgar-Jones, Will Poulter and Jacob Elordi. Josh (friend of the show) sends in a review of 'Honey Don't' while the lads discuss Indiana Jones and the greatest adventure movies of all time.

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The Movie On Up boys have FOUR reviews this week for you lucky listeners! A wickedly funny comedy called 'The Roses', starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Coleman, Netflix's adaptation of Richard Osman's book 'The Thursday Murder Club', 'Paul & Paulette Take A Bath', a unique French-British romcom and 'Hostage', a gripping political drama.

They even make time to react to Emerald Fennell's 'Wuthering Heights' teaser trailer and rant about the $1000 (£899) LEGO Death Star. No topic is safe - that's cutting-edge journalism.

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We thought about making a gross podcast thumbnail of us blended together like in the film we're reviewing this week... but for the sake of giving you a sleepless night, we decided not to.

This week Alfie reviews the new Substancesque body horror, Together, starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie. Adam caught an early screening of Darren Aronofsky's newest flic: Caught Stealing, starring Elvis himself, Austin Butler. Adam even squeezed in a showing of Netflix's biggest ever film: KPOP Demon Hunters.

The boys also make a stop at the 'A-List Star in Our Impressions Repertoire' for its (kind of) year anniversary - adding two absolute legends to the roster.

A trio of excellent films this week, so chuck your headphones on, grab a brew, and soundtrack your weekend with the lads dulcet tones.

Ari Aster is back and as controversial as ever with a pandemic-set film called 'Eddington' that stars Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler and Emily Stone... talk about a hot cast! Meanwhile 'Nobody 2' is described by Adam as being irksome. You win some, you lose some.

Play along with Alfie's excellent game: Pedro Pascal's Poignant Performances™ and tell us your dream romcom trio.

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Two opposite ends of the spectrum on the podcast this week and were not talking about the boys undiagnosed autism. Some of the absolute best cinema has to offer in the form of Zach Cregger's Barbarian follow up: Weapons, starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich and Benedict Wong.

The legacy sequel no one saw coming, Freakier Friday, with returning stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. An adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Life of Chuck, brought to the big screen by Mike Flanagan. But most importanty the star of this weeks show being Ice Cube's screenlife version of War Of The Worlds... just wow.

The lads also talk breifly about the first episode of Alien: Earth, the new Disney+/FX show. Finishing with a sexy fish net legging clad version of BIG QUESTION.

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In this week's episode, Adam reviews three films (you'll be surprised by which he enjoyed the most) and Alfie picks his dream trio of actors for a romcom. Sir Tom Jones and Warwick Davis are added to the A-List Star In Our Impressions Repertoire™. The Cbeebies' show, 'Rastamouse' also gets a name-drop, don't ask.

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