Chummy Thumbs

Chummy Thumbs

Welcome to Chummy Thumbs! Your weekly dive into films, TV, and behind-the-scenes tales! Join us as we review, debate, and share insider stories from our time in the industry.

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June 20, 2025 59 mins

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Welcome to episode 060 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for another in-depth discussion, covering some interesting topics, but not limited to:

- Have you ever been on a fast? Shao gives us the lowdown on his recent experience.

- Three types of toilet paper wiping. Cloud. Fold. Mummy. We bring this back to the discussion table as Justin finds himself changing his ways. Which are you?

- Is there anything Tom Cruise can...

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Welcome to episode 059 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for another in-depth discussion, covering some interesting topics, but not limited to:

- Father's Day has come and gone. Those of us who are father's, how did you spend your day?

- Enhancement games. Are enhanced (juiced-up) athletes the future of sports? Where do we draw the line? Is there room for both to co-exist?

- Airplane etiquette. What is it to...

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Welcome to episode 058 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for another in-depth discussion, covering some interesting topics, but not limited to:

- Has news become just another form of entertainment?

- Are we living in the age of the death of Journalism?

- What do we find ourselves engaging in? Tech and AI advancements? Science and Health breakthroughs? Entertainment industry? Global Sports? Politics?

- Has there ever be...

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Welcome to episode 057 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for another in-depth discussion, covering some interesting topics, but not limited to:

- Can video gaming have real-world applications? 

Racing games to racing real-life cars?

Alex Kidd; rock, paper, scissors matches, to beating Japanese soccer managers in best 2 out of 3 matches.

- Do you ever actually watch your watchlist? Or just continually add to it?

Can you ...

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Welcome to episode 056 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for another in-depth discussion, where we'll cover some interesting topics in this episode.

- Losing your wallet can be a real pain in the butt. Do we even need physical wallets these days?

- At what point will 'enough be enough' when watching a TV show or film? 
- Have you ever stopped watching or walked out of a movie theatre?

- Di...

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May 16, 2025 62 mins

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Welcome to episode 055 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth variety discussion, so sit back and enjoy the bantering.

- Has the concept of cancelling plans become more socially acceptable?

- Would you rather be the one to make the plans and have the option to cancel, or do you feel good about having someone else cancel for you?

- Big movies are changing their name for international release (Marv...

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May 9, 2025 64 mins

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Welcome to episode 054 of Chummy Thumbs!

We invite you to join us for our in-depth variety discussion, paired as always with some enjoyable banter.

- Classic villain vs modern villain. We are living in the era of the sympathetic villain. Why are we leaning towards this type of character now more than ever? 

- Music for film and television. What do we find iconic, what sticks with and resonates with ...

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Welcome to episode 053 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth variety discussion this week!

- It's official, we are now one episode into year two of the show!


- Last week, we enjoyed Shao's discussion of video games and leaping into film/television so much that we continued with it again this week.
- How well is it going so far? how many are successfully accomplishin...

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April 25, 2025 74 mins

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Welcome to a special episode of Chummy Thumbs, the one-year mark, 052 episodes of Chummy Thumbs!

Today's episode is a little different as we wanted to mark this occasion with a little something from all of us. No show or film this week. 

Hayden leads us in with a monologue overview of the creation of the show.

Shao kicks us off with a discussion on video games and what, if any, part they played in our li...

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Welcome to episode 051 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth review and discussion of the themes and topical questions from the film Over the Top.

Sit back and enjoy our discussion on this niche classic from 1987.
What's the macho world of arm wrestling and truck driving like? And how does a father reconnect with his son he hasn't seen for a decade?

Hayden poses the question to Sh...

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April 11, 2025 76 mins

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Welcome to episode 050 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth review and discussion of the themes and topical questions from the Sci-Fi film The Creator.

Sit back and enjoy our discussion on what the use of AI will have and its possible effects on the world.

- Did Humanity deserve to lose?  We discuss the film and its themes, plot, visuals, performances, what we liked, and what we didn...

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Welcome to episode 049 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth spoiler review and discussion on the final two episodes of the Robert De Niro-led Netflix limited series Zero Day.

- Here we are, the final two episodes. How will the series finish after the rising tension and action of the middle two episodes?

- Like all good discussions, there are opinions from both sides and straight up the middle!

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Welcome to episode 048 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth spoiler review and discussion of the Robert De Niro-led Netflix limited series Zero Day.

Sit back and enjoy the bantering of our discussion on the middle two episodes.

- Three weeks in, how has the country responded? With a cyber attack on a bank and no signs of finding the people responsible, not so good! 

- With his mental ...

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Welcome to episode 047 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth spoiler review and discussion of the Robert De Niro-led Netflix limited series Zero Day.

Sit back and enjoy the bantering of our discussion on the first two episodes.

- How would a country respond if all networks were taken offline simultaneously?
- In the aftermath of a terrorist attack where this has happened we witnes...

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* This episode contains discussions of certain heinous crimes (violence, murder and rape/sexual assaults) that may be triggering for some listeners*


That said, it is still the same old podcast you've come to love, so welcome to our special St Patrick's Day episode of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth review and discussion of the cult classic 1998 film 'The Boondock Saints' from first-tim...

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Welcome to episode 045 of Chummy Thumbs!

Season Finale time. Join us for our in-depth spoiler review and discussion of the  Disney plus/ Hulu series 'Paradise'.

Sit back and enjoy as we dissect all the answers and questions we got from the final episode of this new series.

- Finally revealed, who killed President Call Bradford. It leads to this episode. Is it who you guessed? Was...

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February 28, 2025 64 mins

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Welcome to episode 044 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth spoiler review and discussion review of the Disney plus/ Hulu series 'Paradise'.

Sit back and enjoy our discussion on one of IMDb's highest rated television episodes, episode 007.

- As the episode title hints at, this episode sees as going back to The Day, the extinction event.

- It's rare, but sometimes i...

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Welcome to episode 043 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth spoiler review and discussion review of the Disney plus/ Hulu series 'Paradise'.

Sit back and enjoy our discussion on the next two episodes of this new series.

- Let's dig into character once again. This go around we see how POTUS Cal Bradford went about becoming the man he became and what maybe led to his eve...

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Welcome to episode 042 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth spoiler review and discussion of one of the new Disney plus/ Hulu series 'Paradise'.

Sit back and enjoy the bantering of our discussion on the next two episodes of this new series.

- Let's dig into character backstory. We learn a lot about Xavier, his relationship with his family, and how he is the 'Wildc...

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Welcome to episode 041 of Chummy Thumbs!

Join us for our in-depth spoiler review and discussion of one of the new Disney Plus/ Hulu series: 'Paradise'.

Sit back and enjoy the bantering of our discussion on the first two episodes of this new series.

- Why is the US now limited to a select 25000 citizens contained in an underground city?
- Why does the president need so much se...

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