Spiraken Review Podcast

In this twenty fifth Installment of Spiraken's James Bond Marathon/Bond-o-thon, Xan and Gretta talk about the last James Bond film, which had the return of MI6's evil counterpart organization. Was their return handled well ? Well, grab a good glass of scotch and find out as they review the 2015 action adventure James Bond film Spectre , directed by Sam Mendes and starring Ralph Fiennes, Monica Bellucci, Dave Bautista, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Lea Seydoux, Christoph Waltz and Once again as James Bond, Daniel Craig.

In this episode, Xan reviews the perfect example of a "Dad Manga". Is it worth checking out? Well sit back and enjoy as he reviews the science fiction, comedy series Space Brothers  by Chuya Koyama.

In this twenty fourth Installment of Spiraken's James Bond Marathon/Bond-o-thon, Xan and Gretta talk about the 60th anniversary film for the James Bond Franchise. Is it an acceptable celebratory expression of the series or does it fall short? Well, grab a good glass of scotch and find out as they review the 2012  action adventure James Bond film Skyfall , directed by Sam Mendes and starring Ola Rapace, Rory Kinnear, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Craig and in her last film as "M", Judi Dench.

In this episode, Xan reviews a manga about students who want to get to the top of the Kouka Acting Troup School. Is it engaging or is a bore? Sit back and find out as he reviews the comedy slice of life manga series Kageki Shojo by Kumiko Saiki.

In this episode, Xan reviews a manga that is about immortality, life, death and the little experiences. Is it worth reading? Well sit back and find out as he reviews the fantasy sci fi action manga series To Your Eternity/Fumetsu no Anata.

In this mini movie review, Xan and Gretta give their initial thoughts on the latest MCU film: One that feels like a fun Martial Arts movie.  So enjoy as they review the 25th Marvel Cinematic Universe film, a martial arts, adventure film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Leung, Meng'er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong, Michelle Yaoh and a special appearance by Sir Ben Kingsley

In this mini-movie review, Xan and Gretta review a Netflix exclusive supernatural comedy about getting into heaven. Was it too formulaic? Well sit back and find out as they review Afterlife of the Party  directed by Stephen Herek and starring Victoria Justice, Midori Francis, Timothy Renouf, Adam Garcia, Gloria Garcia and Spencer Sutherlandi.

In this episode, Xan reviews a web comic about office politics and assassinations. So enjoy as he reviews the slice of life, comedy web manga series Happy Kanako's Killer Life by Toshiya Wakabayashi.

In this long awaited twenty third Installment of Spiraken's James Bond Marathon/Bond-o-thon, Xan and Gretta talk about Daniel Craig's second outting as 007. With it being filmed during a writer's strike, was the movie poorly made or does it still have charm? Well grab a Vesper Martini and find out as they review the 2008 action adventure film Quantum of Solace Royale , directed by Marc Forster and and starring Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, and Judi Dench and Daniel Craig as James Bond.

In this episode, Xan reviews the latest sci fi series by the creator of Gantz. Does it live up to its predecessor? Well, find out as he reviews the seinen action sci fi manga Gigant by Hiroya Oku.