Guillermo del Toro finally brings his lifelong passion project to the screen: a lavish, heartbreakingly beautiful Netflix retelling of Mary Shelley’s classic that spans Victor Frankenstein’s entire tragic life. With Oscar Isaac as the tormented creator, Jacob Elordi as the towering Creature, and a supporting cast including Mia Goth, Charles Dance and Lars Mikkelsen, this is the most faithful and emotionally devastating adaptation yet.

We explore why the story of playing God still haunts us two centuries later, how del Toro fixes the flaws of every previous version (yes, even the 1931 Boris Karloff icon), where it boldly diverges from the novel for the better, and why this slow-burn, two-and-a-half-hour epic ultimately feels like the definitive Frankenstein for our age.

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Recorded on the 21 November 2025 © Rogue Reviews.

Edgar Wright takes on Stephen King’s brutal 1982 novel (written under his Richard Bachman pseudonym) and delivers a hyper-kinetic, grimly satirical chase movie that finally does the source material justice. Glenn Powell stars as Ben Richards, a framed everyman forced into America’s favourite blood-sport: survive 30 days on the run while corporate killers hunt you live on air. Lee Pace is deliciously vile as the ratings-obsessed host Damon Killian, backed by Michael Cera, Colman Domingo, Josh Brolin and a perfectly cast supporting ensemble.

We break down how Wright’s trademark visual flair and breakneck editing turn a desperate urban sprint into something genuinely exhilarating, why this wipes the floor with the 1987 Arnie version, how scarily plausible its media-manipulation nightmare feels in the age of deepfakes and 24-hour outrage cycles, and whether the slower mid-section kills the momentum or deepens the stakes.

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Recorded on the 25 November 2025 © Rogue Reviews.

Three years on, with final seasons looming for some of the decade’s biggest series, 2022 suddenly looks like a golden year for television. Stranger Things went supersized and scarier than ever, The Boys swung harder at superhero sacred cows, Obi-Wan Kenobi gave prequel kids the reunion they’d waited decades for, and James Gunn somehow turned John Cena in a toilet-seat helmet into one of the most compelling anti-heroes on screen.

Here’s why these four shows still demand your attention (and a rewatch) before their stories close for good.

Fast-forward to hear about:

01:50: Stranger Things – Season 4 (2022)

17:32: Obi-Wan Kenobi – Season 1 (2022)

37:00: The Boys – Season 3 (2022)

57:07: Peacemaker – Season 1 (2022)

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Recorded on the 11 August 2022 © Rogue Reviews.