Send us a Text Message. In a bumper mostly TV (and two film) catch up Neil, Jose and Marie talk Snack Shack (to buy on streaming) Ghosts concert movie Rite Here Rite Now (in cinemas) Bodkin (Netflix) Obitaury (Netflix) Kin (BBC/RTE) The Regime (Apple TV+) Manhunt (Apple TV+) Spoiler Section The Artful Dodger (Disney+) House of the Dragon S2 EP 1 (S…

Send us a Text Message. What better way to start our 2nd century of episodes than a Season 2 spoiler special on Disney+ Superhero comedy Extraordinary as Neil, Jose & Marie breakdown Season 2 of the show and we have our first actor interview on the We Needed Roads Podcast as Neil chats to Magnet Girl Megan herself Olivia Marcus who takes us through…

Send us a Text Message. Great Scott!!! Yes, we overran a little bit on our 100th episode recording (on the greatest film of all time) as we realised 4 and a half hours might be a little much for one episode! So this episode continues from midway through our rewatch before we then get onto the legacy of the film and look at some of the best pop cult…

Send us a Text Message. Well it's finally here! Somehow we've made it too 100 episodes of We Needed Roads and I'm Neil & I'm joined by the full We Needed Roads team of David, Jose & Ben as we take a dive so deep into Neil & Bens favourite film Back to the Future that just like the VHS release of the film the episode says 'to be continued' because w…

Send us a Text Message. Hi and welcome to Vault 99 for a special spoiler episode on one of my favourite shows of the year so far Prime Videos Fallout. My names Neil and I will be your vault overseer today and I’m joined by everyones favourite wasteland wanderer Ben-Ghoul. From the brotherhood of evil goatees we have initiate Lopez! We have child of…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil, David & Jose for all the roundhouse kicks to the face (yet, sadly no throat ripping!) as we delve into all the spoilerly goodness for Doug Limans reboot of the 80s Swayze starrer Roadhouse, then because we had to roundhouse kick Jose in the face (okay, he hadn't seen it!) a very tired Neil & David make the mistake…

Send us a Text Message. In another bumper episode Neil, Jose & David talk Dunk and Egg casting news, and Trailer reactions to MaXXXine, Joker 2, Speak No Evil, Hitman, Hundreds of Beavers & Trap and in what we've been watching the guys review Renegade Nell, Civil War, The First Omen, Monkey Man, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare & Immaculate 03…

Send us a Text Message. In a seemingly packed but actually quite short episode for a change the WNR crew catch each other up on what they've been watching in a spoiler free roundup with Neil rewatching Community & Netflix's fantasy film Damsel on TV, and catching Drive Away Dolls & Godzilla X Kong at the cinema! Jose talks Blown Away/Car Masters:Ra…

Send us a Text Message. In a bumper episode Neil, Jose, Ben & David round up all the latest casting and trailer reaction news! 00.00 - 04.10 - Intro 04.10 - 17.30 - Aaron Taylor Johnson Bond rumours, how do they restart the franchise & who will the new director & bond girls be? 17.30 - 18.22 - Jose's Marvel minute as he expresses his love for Capta…

Send us a Text Message. Neil & Ben are joined by two special guests Sarah from Popcorn Chat & Marie from 2 Girls 1 Reusable Cup Podcast as they delve into a breakdown of Netflix's 14 episode adaptation of David Nicholls 2009 novel One Day starring Leo Woodhall as Dexter and Ambika Mod as Emma. We talk about THAT spoiler in depth, the shows amazing …

Send us a Text Message. In a very special episode Neil and Ben are joined by Punk Rock filmmaker Josh Roush all the way from SmodCastle cinemas in New Jersey. We talk about how we all got into the punk scene and what came first punk rock or filmmaking? We talk films that have the punk ethos about them like Clerks, El Mariachi, Trainspotting, Fight …

Send us a Text Message. Put on your still suits and drink your own bodily fluids with the We Needed Roads crew as Neil, Jose, David & Ben go riding off into the desert with a spoiler filled trawl through Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part 2 Support the Show. Interact with us on our socials https://twitter.com/NeededRoads (run by Neil) https://www.instagr…

Send us a Text Message. In a bumper packed new episode Neil, Ben, Jose & David round up the news and talk the Oscar nominations, Casting news for the new Karate Kid film, Our excitement for Fallout on Prime Video, Reactions to the new images from The Crow Reboot and Liam Neeson is Leslie Nielsen in a Naked Gun Reboot. In what we've been watching, N…

Send us a Text Message. In a bumper new episode Neil, Ben, Jose & David talk News Fantastic Four casting news Dune 2 excitement Do Madame Webs bad reviews damage the MCU because does the causal fan know the difference between Sony's Marvel films and Marvels studios own? What we've been watching Ben - The Bad Batch final season / Ted Jose - Masters …

Send us a Text Message. In our new episode Neil, Ben, Jose & David give you their top 10 shows they are most excited about in 2024 before the final We Needed Roads combined Top 10 shows to see in 2024 list With thanks to... Marie from 2 Girls 1 Reusable Cup Podcast Hayley from @hayley_films The Gentledorks Podcast Nick Van Dijik Turn of Phrase@exce…

Send us a Text Message. The full WNR crew is assembled as Neil, Ben, David & Jose each give their own personal top 10 films they want to see in 2024 before we give you our overall Top 10 films to see in 2024 list. Episode highlights include - Most manly thing you can do - Fight a bear Chase a tornado Lift WeightsBeing a great father So the Fall Guy…

Send us a Text Message. We're back with our first short bonus episode of 2024 as Neil, David & Jose recap what they've been watching since Christmas Neil and David get ranty about ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office Neil reviews Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos Poor Things David reviews Hayao Miyazakis The Boy & The Heron Jose reviews Natalie Portm…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil, David, Ben & Jose as they rundown their respective top 10 favourite TV shows of 2023 and then at the end of an increasingly frantic pod using the power of MATH we give you our overall We Needed Roads Podcast Top 10 TV Shows of 2023 Support the Show. Interact with us on our socials https://twitter.com/NeededRoads (…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil 'Greggors' Gregory, David 'I Don't Know Whats Happening Long?' Long, 'Ho Ho' Jose Lopez Jr & Ben "Lord' Davis as this fearless foursome give you their top 10 films of 2023 before using the power of MATHS we give you our combined We Needed Roads official Top 10 of 2023. Strap in folks, it is a long episode! Support …

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the party pals as We Needed Roads has its first ever 4 person episode and Christmas special as we delve into the Christmas classic (no, its not up for debate!) John McTiernans Die Hard. 00.00 - 12.00 - When did you first see Die Hard? 12.00 - 19.14 - Joses fun facts 19.14 - Alternate castings 32.48 - Rewatch notes…

Send us a Text Message. Neil is joined by his original co-host David Llong who has spent the last 4 month solely playing Baldurs Gate 3 and watching horror films & shows! In this episode they get into full spoilers for... Talk To Me Totally Killer Evil Dead Rise Lake Mungo The Fall of the House of Usher And a classic Neil rant on David Gordon Green…

Send us a Text Message. Well it is a super packed episode today which will be split in two the first part will be non-spoiler reviews where we’ll be reviewing Justine Triets oscar tipped courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall, then we have Barry Keoghan in Emerald Fennels sophomore effort Saltburn andNicholas Cage stars in a A24 film called Dream Scenar…

Send us a Text Message. As we say farewell to Laurie Nunn's Sex Education after 4 seasons myself & Ben-Lord are joined by a big fan of the show Marie from the 2 Girls 1 Reusable Cup podcast as we breakdown all the twists and turns of S4 and wildly speculate about where we think all the key characters end up Highlights include - Is Otis a dick? Do w…

Send us a Text Message. Oh God! Oh Jesus Christ!!! Yes, its time for our Halloween special where Neil & guest Nik Huggins delve into Robin Hardys 1973 classic The Wicker Man. Nik is an entertainment copywriter who has an extensive career in TV & Film and we find out what film we discuss that he renamed!!! 05.27 - History of the Wickerman 05.27 - 42…

Send us a Text Message. Alright, alright, alright we're back with a new episode where Neil & special guest Sarah from Popcornchat break down their respective Richard Linklater Top 10 lists and look at his overall career. Popcornchat Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Pmi4h-Gr5G7c-323o7J7Q Support the Show. Interact with us on our socials ht…

Send us a Text Message. YES JEFF, Join Neil (not Fak) & cousins Ben & Jose as they tuck into both courses of Christopher Storers sublime The Bear. This will be a full spoiler discussion of all episodes. Highlights include - A Breakdown of all the major character arcs Jose finds a link to 1993 Superhero movie The Meteor Man Ben revokes Neils musical…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil and Jose as Neil recounts his theatre days in Joseph as we review Theater Camp, Celine Songs Past Lives, the first 3 episodes of Season 2 of The Wheel of Time, Aussie comedy Fisk on Netflix and we get into some spoiler Trek talk as Jose begins his Strange New Worlds journey and we breakdown episodes 1+2 of Lower De…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil & Jose as they delve into... 00.00 - Intro 02.04 - The Meg 2 10.57 - Talk to Me 19.05 - The Blackening 27.13 - Scrapper 34.20 - Blue Beetle 46.29 - Dead Loch S1 53.56 - Blackbird 57.54 - Platonic Spoiler Special Support the Show. Interact with us on our socials https://twitter.com/NeededRoads (run by Neil) https://…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil, David & Jose for there 75th episode as they delve into all the films that are most definitely still coming out this year (at time of recording) 00.00 - 02.28 - Intro 02.28 - 07.19 - Killers of the Flower Moon 07.19 - 12.06 - Dune Part 2 (delayed today as we post this!) 12.06 - 21.06 - The Creator 21.06 - 25.47 - P…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil & the returning David as they deep delve into the other half of the Barbenheimer phenomenon as they review Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer and talk the threat of nuclear annhilation Support the Show. Interact with us on our socials https://twitter.com/NeededRoads (run by Neil) https://www.instagram.com/weneededroad…

Send us a Text Message. Join me and Jose in our mojo dojo casa house as ride horses and espouse patriarchy as we review one of the biggest films of the year in Greta Gerwigs Barbie Support the Show. Interact with us on our socials https://twitter.com/NeededRoads (run by Neil) https://www.instagram.com/weneededroads (run by David) Fund our quest for…

Send us a Text Message. This podcast will explode in 5 seconds... Actually it won't because then you won't have time to listen to it!! Join Neil & Jose as they delve into the 7th instalment in Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible franchise for a spoiler filled look at all the highs and lows of Dead Reckoning Part 1 Support the Show. Interact with us on …

Send us a Text Message. In a rather sombre episode join Neil & Jose as they debate the various issues surrounding the current writers and actors strike that has effectively shut down Hollywood. We'll talk execs being dicks, Ron Perlman threatening execs, the threat of AI in all our jobs & what happens to already struggling cinemas if they have no n…

Send us a Text Message. This episode me & Jose review Transformers:Rise of the Beasts, The National Theatre Cinema screening of Phoebe Waller-Bridges Fleabag, a very special guest reviewer for The Little Mermaid, a Secret Screening of Pixars new film Elemental, Jennifer Lawrence's new adult comedy No Hard Feelings before we round off with a spoiler…

Send us a Text Message. Neil, Ben-Lord & Jose tackle The Flash in full spoilery detail Support the Show. Interact with us on our socials https://twitter.com/NeededRoads (run by Neil) https://www.instagram.com/weneededroads (run by David) Fund our quest for a superyacht Our Merch store is open at... https://hawkr.live/weneededroadspodcast/store http…

Send us a Text Message. In a jam packed episode Neil & Jose give their initial non-spoiler review of Across the Spiderverse, delve into new trailers for Barbie, No Hard Feelings & Killers of the Flower Moon. We then hyped up by a 4 great new shows on Apple TV - Silo, City On Fire, Platonic & The Big Door Prize Support the Show. Interact with us on …

Send us a Text Message. In a bumper packed episode Neil is joined once again by David & Jose as they delve into the outrage surrounding Lockwood & Co's cancellation and take a look at the top 3 shows cancelled by Netflix. They also discuss Disney+ pulling over 100 movies and shows off their service and get into the writers strike. In reviews Colin …

Send us a Text Message. Once again I've joined by Ben David (#benlord) to talk all things Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and see if James Gunn sticks the landing on his intergalactic trilogy! Support the Show. Interact with us on our socials https://twitter.com/NeededRoads (run by Neil) https://www.instagram.com/weneededroads (run by David) Fund ou…

Send us a Text Message. Neil is joined by the co-creator of the We Neeede Roads theme music international band manager and self confessed Sci-Fi geek Ben Davis as they do a spoiler special on The Mandorian Season 3 and discuss which of the 3 new announced Star Wars films we are anticipating the most and we geek out on Season 3 of Star Trek Picard L…

Send us a Text Message. In a vey special episode Neil is joined for an in depth interview by Emmy nominated editor Dan Crinnion of Extraordinary, Critical, Killing Eve and many more. They talk about Dan's history and how he got his start in the TV industry and how his career his progressed over the years before finally going in deep on his new show…

Send us a Text Message. Do you like scary movies? Of course you do otherwise you wouldn't be reading this! Join Neil, Jose and a back from the dead David as we tackle all 6 of the Scream films and give our rankings on this classic horror franchise Support the Show. Interact with us on our socials https://twitter.com/NeededRoads (run by Neil) https:…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil & Jose as they delve into the following... 00.00 - 02.21 - Intro 02.21 - 08.55 - Willow cancellation news 08.55 - 19.13 - Quentin Tarantino / Edgar Wright live event review / General news 19.13 - 29.50 - Secret Invasion News / Marvel corporate firings 29.50 - 35.47 - Eugene Levy’s Reluctant Traveller 35.45 - 37.12 …

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil & Jose as they dust off their kevlar suits and dodge traffic in France all to do a spoiler filled dive into John Wick 4. Support the Show. Interact with us on our socials https://twitter.com/NeededRoads (run by Neil) https://www.instagram.com/weneededroads (run by David) Fund our quest for a superyacht Our Merch st…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil, David & Jose as the delve into all things Film & TV this episode, 00.00 - 05.20 - Intro 05.20 - 08.02 - News - Robert Eggers Nosferatu 08.02 - 09.35 - News - Breakfast Club box office 09.35 - 13.35 - News - Amazons Citadel Trailer 13.35 - 24.30 - What Neils been watching - Servant S4 / Yellowstone 1923 / You S1 / …

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil, David & Jose as we delve into the following this week Disney+ new superhero show 'Extraordinary' - 03.53 - 27.06 Netflix's new teen ghosthunting show 'Lockwood & Co' - 27.06 - 48.50 A new segment called 'What David's been made to watch' - 48.50 - 53.01 M Night Shymalan's new thriller 'Knock at the Cabin' - 53.01 -…

Send us a Text Message. We may have just missed Valentines day and like the terrible partner who brings you petrol station flowers and chocolates, here we are a week late with our Top 10 most Romantic films of all time. This list runs done Neil & Davids respective top 10 Romantic movies of all time and will feature spoilers for some of the films in…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil and guest-co-host Jose Lopez as they review Damien Chazelles 'Babylon' Sam Mendes 'Empire of Light' Jon Wrights 'Unwelcome' Prime Video's 'The Rig' Prime Videos 'The Peripheral' Paramount+ 'Tulsa King' & a Spoiler special at the end of the pod on Mark Mylods 'The Menu' 00.00 - 04.02 - Intro 04.02 - 12.10 -Empire of…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil & David as they take on the epic task of previewing some of the years biggest films in this 2 part episode which takes us from August to December in this years film releases All the films we discuss below 00.00 - 01.08 - Intro 01.08 - 03.43 - Blue Beetle 03.43 - 05.56 - The Marvels SPOILER ALERTS FOR MS MARVEL from…

Send us a Text Message. Join Neil & David as they take on the epic task of previewing some of the years biggest films in this 2 part episode which takes us from Feb-August in this years film releases All the films we discuss below 00.00 - 02.22 - Intro 02.22 - 04.28 - Knock at the Cabin 04.28 - 06.02 - Cocaine Bear 06.07 - 08.57 - Antman:QuantiumMa…

Send us a Text Message. in our latest episode we delve into (most) of this years Oscar Nominations and give our opinions on who and what we'd like to win and who we think will actually win! Support the Show. Interact with us on our socials https://twitter.com/NeededRoads (run by Neil) https://www.instagram.com/weneededroads (run by David) Fund our …