Episodes

Nothing screams the early '90s more than a Tom Clancy thriller, and The Hunt for Red October (1990) might just be the finest adaptation of the bunch. This week on Born to Watch , we take a deep dive into Cold War tension, Sea...

Before “Drive to Survive,” before Lewis Hamilton made Formula One fashionable, and long before IMAX cameras were strapped to carbon-fibre rockets, there was just a snorbs reporter with a dream… and Brad Pitt behind the wheel....

Before "Ted Lasso," before viral Super Bowl speeches, and long before anyone tried to give athletes emotional depth in a rom-com, there was Jerry Maguire . The year was 1996. The Cold War was over, the NFL was king, and Tom C...

In this special edition of Born to Watch , the team dives back into the deep blue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's iconic 1975 thriller, Jaws . But this isn't just a rewatch, it’s a cinematic pilgrimage...

Before Call of Duty, before The Hunger Games , and long before kids with rifles were standard streaming fare, there was Red Dawn, a film where teenagers in Colorado picked up hunting rifles, hid in the woods, and waged war on...

By 2016, the Star Wars galaxy was splintered. Disney had bought the keys to the kingdom, and The Force Awakens had opened the floodgates of nostalgia; fans were debating whether the magic still remained. Enter Rogue One, a gr...

1985 was the year Sylvester Stallone went from Hollywood heavyweight to undisputed box office king. With Rocky IV on one side and Rambo: First Blood Part II on the other, he wasn't just riding the wave of 80s action; he was t...

Lock, load, and prepare for a ballistic ride. This week, the Born to Watch crew take on the movie that brought Keanu Reeves roaring back into the action spotlight and set a new standard for gun-fu carnage with their John Wick...

This week on Born to Watch , the boys dive sunglasses-first into their Cobra (1986) Review, Sylvester Stallone’s 80s fever dream of fascist fashion, cult chaos, and cheeseball one-liners. In a time when Sly was king of the bo...

Strap on your goggles and hoist the sails, this week on Born to Watch , the crew dives into a post-apocalyptic puddle with their Waterworld (1995) Review, Kevin Costner’s legendary aquatic epic that soaked Universal Studios i...

In this week’s Born to Watch , the lads swing for the fences with their deep dive Moneyball (2011) Review . Whitey, Dan on the Land, and Will “The Worky” take to the mound to dissect why this unconventional baseball flick, st...

Grab your cricket bat, raid the fridge for a cold one, and head to the Winchester, because this week, the Born to Watch crew are diving deep into one of the smartest and most beloved horror-comedies of all time with their Sha...

Tonight, Born to Watch delves deep into the dusty, desolate West Texas badlands to dissect a modern masterpiece: the Coen Brothers’ haunting 2007 thriller, No Country for Old Men . It’s a film that sidesteps genre conventions...

This week on Born to Watch , we're heading to the desert planet of Arrakis to break down one of the biggest sci-fi epics of recent memory in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part One Review . Join Whitey and Sir Dimmy of the House Co...

The heat is back on as the Born to Watch crew heads back to Beverly Hills for some high-octane hijinks, fast-talking cons, and serious shoulder-padded style. In this week’s episode, Whitey, G-Man, and Dan on the Land revisit ...

Step back into the Hyborian Age as the Born to Watch team revisits the sword-swinging, snake-worshipping, bass-drum-thumping fantasy epic that turned Arnold Schwarzenegger from a musclebound oddity into a bona fide cinematic ...

This week on Born to Watch, we lace up our Asics, slap on a second singlet, and head to the sun-soaked courts of Venice Beach as we rewind to 1992 with our White Men Can't Jump Review, a film that might be the most gloriously...

This week on Born to Watch, we dive headfirst into the bug-infested chaos of Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 cult classic, with our Starship Troopers (1997) Review . It’s brutal, brilliant, and batshit insane and we wouldn’t have it an...

In this week’s episode of Born to Watch , we’re diving deep, like three layers deep, into Christopher Nolan’s reality-bending sci-fi thriller with our Inception (2010) Review. The team celebrates three years of podcasting wit...

Clint Eastwood might be known for playing grizzled, hard-as-nails lawmen, but in our In the Line of Fire (1993) Review, he takes things in a different direction, just slightly. This week, the Born to Watch crew dives into thi...

This week on Born to Watch , the team takes aim at one of Quentin Tarantino’s most audacious creations with their Inglourious Basterds (2009) Review . Set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, Tarantino weaves together...

In a galaxy not so far from nostalgia, the Born to Watch crew rounds out the trilogy that changed cinema forever with our Return of the Jedi (1983) Review. It’s May the Fourth, and there’s no better time to jump back into the...

This week on Born to Watch , we dive into the horror landmark that changed the game: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) . Brutal, raw, and grimy in a way that still shocks today, this episode sees Whitey and Damo take on one ...

With Anzac Day just around the corner, Born to Watch honours a defining moment in Australian cinema with our Gallipoli (1981) Movie Review . Directed by Peter Weir and starring a young, raw Mel Gibson alongside Mark Lee, this...