Genuine Chit-Chat

Genuine Chit-Chat is back, and what better way to finish a hiatus than to have Gough of Beernuts Productions return for his tenth visit? Mike & Gough talk about his newest two films; the narrative-driven “Mr X” and the gag-filled sketches in “Trick Or Treat”, including working with younger actors, the costumes designs and more behind-the-scenes elements that indie filmmakers must consider. Towards the end, Gough also talks about his recent time in an Australian airport where he almost missed his flight, due to the lack of assistance. Watch the news clip about the airport fiasco here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GknthQrTqbs Watch Gough’s full Brisbane/Oasis gig vlog here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jz4woRldZXg Make sure you check out Gough’s other appearances on GCC, on episodes 48, 65, 84 (& 85), 105, 126, 150, 183, 220 & 258! Beernuts Social Media; IG: @BeernutsProductions – X: @Beernuts_gough - FB: /BeernutsProductions Beernuts website here: https://beernutsproductions.com –Beernuts YouTube channel with trailers & behind the scenes videos: https://youtube.com/BeernutsProductions Join Mike’s Patreon at the free tier for monthly bonus episodes, or support for £1 a month for weekly episodes! Head there now for access to the massive catalogue; www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat You can also support with a one-off payment at Ko-Fi and Mike will be sure to send you bonus content as a thank you: https://ko-fi.com/GenuineChitChat Guest Spots:Mike was recently on Spider-Dan’s pod, talking about the Special Edition of James Cameron’s The Abyss, detailing the making-of, behind-the-scenes drama and more: https://pod.fo/e/401e58 Mike also appeared on Back To The Filmography, talking in-depth about Interstellar, including behind-the-scenes details, Matthew McConaughey’s performance and more: https://pod.fo/e/3b9a62 Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat Don’t forget to review & share this episode wherever you can!

It’s time for interview number two from Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2026! Ben talks about what film means to him, which leads into a discussion on physical media and that there are no wrong film opinions! This is part 2 of the interview with Ben, for part 1, go to Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores: https://pod.fo/e/425fe2 Subscribe & tune into both podcast feeds (or YouTube channels) so you don’t miss any of their FWFF coverage! YouTube will have the video versions and clips will be on YT, TikTok & Instagram. Mike & Spider-Dan reviewed 13 movies from the film festival, and have 6 interviews to release, catch the first (1985’s Ladyhawke), on the feed of Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores. Make sure you follow @FWFilmFestival on social media and visit their website for more information and future events: www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk Find Ben on Instagram and Letterboxd at @SeeThisIf: http://instagram.com/SeeThisIf - https://letterboxd.com/seethisif/ Mike & Spider-Dan review 13 movies from FWFF ’26, so check out the 6 reviews on GCC and the 7 on SP&TSB. Their first review, of Ladyhawke on SD&TSB review is here: https://pod.fo/e/40954b For video versions, check out this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51H9VeN6CKk&list=PLy_ca4KI17VBXnk-HtPBK12mJQKbDa8M- Join Mike’s Patreon at the free tier for monthly bonus episodes, or support for £1 a month for weekly episodes! Head there now for access to the massive catalogue; www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat You can also support with a one-off payment at Ko-Fi and Mike will be sure to send you bonus content as a thank you: https://ko-fi.com/GenuineChitChat Guest Spots:Mike was recently on Spider-Dan’s pod, talking about the Special Edition of James Cameron’s The Abyss, detailing the making-of, behind-the-scenes drama and more: https://pod.fo/e/401e58 Mike also appeared on Back To The Filmography, talking in-depth about Interstellar, including behind-the-scenes details, Matthew McConaughey’s performance and more: https://pod.fo/e/3b9a62 Find all of Spider-Dan’s details on his website: https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat Don’t forget to review & share this episode wherever you can!

Cocktail-creating entrepreneur Sam Espensen speaks about her love of Young Sherlock Holmes and film at Forbidden Worlds Film Festival, and more! Video version here: https://youtu.be/ep9-7v_D0zQ Espensen Spirit’s social media is all @EspensenSpirit Espensen Spirit has been making exceptional spirits in East Bristol for a decade, and also has a mobile bar & events company, doing everything from weddings to silent reading nights. Sam Espensen is a huge film nerd, and has been partnering with 20th Century Flicks and the Forbidden World Film Festival for several years. Espensen Spirit’s website (coming soon): www.espensenspirit.com Find more questions to Sam on Spider-Dan’s podcast feed very soon: https://spiderdanandthesecretbores.com Make sure you check out Dan & Mike’s other coverage at FWFF including more interviews (like with Gale Anne Hurd) and their reviews of Battle Beyond The Stars, Orca, She Creature & The Whale God on this feed, and check out Spider-Dan’s feed for the other half of their reviews, including Waterworld, The City Of Lost Children, Tremors, Alligator and more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBGeVcphpNw&list=PLcO1Ib_BGD8Ztm2q8Rs_s6C9MP4nNaV9m&index=1For more information, visit www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk Check out the special preview episodes Mike & Dan did, where Mike reviewed the 1985 movie Young Sherlock Holmes for the 40th Anniversary of the movie, where a special showing (& cast Q&A) is happening! For Dan’s preview episode, he delved into the Waterworld sequel comic; Children Of Leviathan! Star Wars fans must check Mike’s in-depth reviews, breakdowns & things you missed episodes of Season 2 of Andor, on any podcast app or on YouTube: https://podfollow.com/starwarschitchat & https://youtube.com/@starwarschitchat All Patreons have been receiving bonus episodes, including reviews on Thunderbolts, Superman III & IV, Venom 3 and more, as well as early access! Support at www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat or https://ko-fi.com/GenuineChitChat Guest Spots: Another episode of Disney Discussions is out where Mike & Dan spoke about Lilo & Stitch 1 & 2 with Megan, Ria & guest Natalie! https://tinyurl.com/2bs7kker Mike recently reviewed Superman ’78, Superman II and the Super/Man documentary on the 20th Century Geek podcast, while Dan spoke about Superman IV! https://pod.fo/e/2bea07 Mike was on Reckless Rebellion to talk about Andor’s Prison Arc from S1, listen here: https://pod.fo/e/2c28cc Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat Please review/rate, subscribe and share – it helps the show out an incredible amount!

Legendary producer Gale Anne Hurd answers our questions at The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival! Video version here: https://youtu.be/IqpzoUBZXsE In more detail, a group of press each ask Gale Anne Hurd questions during FWFF and this is the first half of the roundtable! Questions are varied and come from several creators, talking about Gale’s mentors & inspirations, her early and later film & TV production work, why she loves film, her apathy of sequels she didn’t produce and others, all bringing exclusive insight into her iconic career with projects like as Aliens, Terminator, The Abyss, The Walking Dead and more! Find part 2 of this roundtable interview on Spider-Dan’s podcast feed: www.youtube.com/@dan_bores Make sure you check out Dan & Mike’s other coverage at FWFF including more interviews and their reviews of Battle Beyond The Stars, Orca, She Creature & The Whale God on this feed, and check out Spider-Dan’s feed for the other half of their reviews, including Waterworld, The City Of Lost Children, Tremors, Alligator and more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBGeVcphpNw&list=PLcO1Ib_BGD8Ztm2q8Rs_s6C9MP4nNaV9m&index=1For more information, visit www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk Make sure you follow & subscribe to Spider-Dan’s podcast as much of the coverage is split between the feeds/YouTube channels! https://spiderdanandthesecretbores.com & www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretbores Others at the GAH roundtable include Rob Hill: https://youtube.com/@TheBadMovieBible, Matthew Buck: https://youtube.com/@FilmBrain, Fergus: https://instagram.com/fergmaster, Nathan Hardie: https://linktr.ee/hardiewrites, Jon Melville: linktr.ee/jonathanmelville Check out the special preview episodes Mike & Dan did, where Mike reviewed the 1985 movie Young Sherlock Holmes for the 40th Anniversary of the movie, where a special showing (& cast Q&A) is happening! For Dan’s preview episode, he delved into the Waterworld sequel comic; Children Of Leviathan! Star Wars fans must check Mike’s in-depth reviews, breakdowns & things you missed episodes of Season 2 of Andor, on any podcast app or on YouTube: https://podfollow.com/starwarschitchat & https://youtube.com/@starwarschitchat All Patreons have been receiving bonus episodes, including reviews on Thunderbolts, Superman III & IV, Venom 3 and more, as well as early access! Support at www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat or https://ko-fi.com/GenuineChitChat Guest Spots: Another episode of Disney Discussions is out where Mike & Dan spoke about Lilo & Stitch 1 & 2 with Megan, Ria & guest Natalie! https://tinyurl.com/2bs7kker Mike recently reviewed Superman ’78, Superman II and the Super/Man documentary on the 20th Century Geek podcast, while Dan spoke about Superman IV! https://pod.fo/e/2bea07 Mike was on Reckless Rebellion to talk about Andor’s Prison Arc from S1, listen here: https://pod.fo/e/2c28cc Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat Please review/rate, subscribe and share – it helps the show out an incredible amount!

The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival reviews conclude with 1962’s Japanese Moby Dick adaptation; The Whale God Mike & Spider-Dan delve into the 1962 kaiju/Moby Dick movie The Whale God, which Mike was hugely looking forward to watching but it has some controversial topics within – although it’s not gratuitous, note the sexual assault trigger warning. Neither Mike or Dan had seen or heard of this movie before, due to its non-existent UK release, so they were excited to watch it on an IMAX screen at Forbidden Worlds – they review the movie in-depth, talking about the plot, dialogue and kaiju for the first 30 minutes, then give the trigger warning and discuss the sexual assault scenes and the plot implications & character reactions that follow. Although this is the last review, Mike & Dan still have some interviews to release, so keep an eye out for those before GCC returns to the more regular interview-style pods! Make sure you check out their reviews of Battle Beyond The Stars, Orca & She Creature on this feed, and check out Spider-Dan’s feed for the other half of their reviews, including Waterworld, The City Of Lost Children, Tremors and more! For more information, visit www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk – Kaiju Expert Steven Sloss: https://linktr.ee/stevensloss For visual elements, check out the video version on YouTube: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat Make sure you follow & subscribe to Spider-Dan’s podcast as much of the coverage will be split between the feeds/YouTube channels! https://spiderdanandthesecretbores.com & www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretbores Make sure you check out the special preview episodes Mike & Dan did, where Mike reviewed the 1985 movie Young Sherlock Holmes for the 40th Anniversary of the movie, where a special showing (& cast Q&A) is happening! For Dan’s preview episode, he delved into the Waterworld sequel comic; Children Of Leviathan! Check out Mike’s in-depth reviews, breakdowns & things you missed episodes of Season 2 of Andor, on any podcast app or on YouTube: https://podfollow.com/starwarschitchat & https://youtube.com/@starwarschitchat All Patreons have been receiving bonus episodes, including a Thunderbolts, Superman III and Superman IV review, as well as early access and more! Support at www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat or https://ko-fi.com/GenuineChitChat Guest Spots: Another episode of Disney Discussions is out where Mike & Dan spoke about Lilo & Stitch 1 & 2 with Megan, Ria & guest Natalie! https://tinyurl.com/2bs7kker Mike recently reviewed Superman ’78, Superman II and the Super/Man documentary on the 20th Century Geek podcast, while Dan spoke about Superman IV! https://pod.fo/e/2bea07 Mike was on Reckless Rebellion to talk about Andor’s Prison Arc from S1, listen here: https://pod.fo/e/2c28cc Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat Please review/rate, subscribe and share – it helps the show out an incredible amount!