297: Phil's Summer Review

Get out your coats as that’s a wrap – of the 2026 Summer. Which means the big blockbuster season, lasting seemingly for ever, is over for another year.  However, we couldn’t let this moment pass without having our say on some of the key movies of the hot months.  For this discussion we have unleashed Graham, Jeff and Phil to do the honours.  Phil of course watches just about everything with the other two rather in his wake.  We tried to make sure that for the main four films included in this review, all three lads have cast their critical gaze over them. Sadly Graham had a note from his mom excusing him from the slightly frightening one. Like last year we let Phil pick the films that made this a stand out summer for him.  Remarkably, Jeff and Phil hardly disagree on this show! So what are the four films: Obsession – The low budget hit that Graham ran away from The Odyssey – Christopher Nolan is back with another winner.  A film Jeff and Graham got to see in a premium cinema, especially designed for screening this epic (oh and Graham has a tale to tell of his toilet encounter after the movie) Spider-Man: Brand New Day – Of course Phil had to pick a Marvel movie.  Don’t worry, Jeff did try to fly the flag for DC’s Summer offering The End Of Oak Street – No Jurassic World this year, but there are dinosaurs! And as an added bonus, the three talk about the movies they are looking forward to seeing in the remaining months of 2026. Was it a great Summer? Absolutely and the team discuss why. As always please tell us what you think. For now, we are getting our notebooks out for the Fall (Autumn) season.  Watch out for us scribbling At The Flicks. Bye for now.