July 16, 2026 • 7 mins
On this week’s Double Thumbs Up, Christian, Patsy and Rio share what’s been winning their two thumbs up: From stunning cinematography, engaging books to hilarious comedies, they've got it all covered.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
Hear more Gold podcast playlist and listen live on the
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Speaker 1 (00:18):
Got anything, gag Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
This is the Christian O'Connell Show podcast. All right, it
is Friday. Welcome to the Christian O'Connell Show. We did
this every Friday, first half hour the show. We go
around the team. We call it double thumbs up. It's
our Friday recommendations. Everything we're recommending. You can see it
(00:41):
again on our socials who put up there on Instagram,
also on Facebook, find The Christian O'Connell Show.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Patsy, what's it for you, mate?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
I've got into Little House on the Prairie.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
The remail life loves this show. Show at the moment.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yeah, we finished it last night.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
I think it's an eight episode first series and it's awesome,
absolutely beautiful. Is it the one thing I will say
about it. There's a couple of things, but the main
thing for me is the cinematography is absolutely stunning. So
it's filmed in Winnipeg in Canada, and honestly, just the
way that they've set up some of the scenes and
it is.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Just a piece of art. Absolute It's like looking at
a framed artwork.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Some of the scenes. It's so beautiful. I love the
seventy series as a little girl. This really is is
much much deeper than that, and it's more beautiful than that.
Of course, it's based on Laura Ingall's own books, A
little Girl who grew up in Pioneer America, and now
I actually I've never read the books.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Now I want to go and read the book.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
He's a good looking rooster and the guy that plays.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Australian, he's a thirty seven year for him, Luke Bracy.
His name is Via Home and Away. I haven't seen
much else. This is a real breakout role for him.
He's absolutely stunning.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
He's a good looking guys.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
It's beautiful and you will love it goes far deeper
into the story of Pioneer America and just land rights,
things that you when you first saw the seventies series
you didn't even think about this. This is beautifully made
and I want to read the book. So Little House
in the Prairie Number one on Netflix. The other thing.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
We did go and see the premiere of Mowana the
other week.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
I really liked it. And again we've got an Australian
in a lead role. So nineteen year old Katherine Leguia,
who was Jay's daughter. I think one of about eight
or nine kids. So acting's in her blood. Playschool, Yeah, rats,
what else was he in Star Wars as well?
Speaker 3 (02:39):
That's rare.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
But she's beautiful, naturally effortless on the screen.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
She's going to be a big star.
Speaker 5 (02:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
And the Rock Johnson in it. We had to google.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
In the cinema.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Johnson because I said to Chris, do you reckon? Is
this like cg CGI or is this his actual body?
Because I wouldn't be surprised because Maui, the demi god
he plays, is really bulked up.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
But he has got a special.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Pesthetic suit on because he looked a bit wider in
the waist and Chris is like, no, he's a bit
badder in the waist.
Speaker 5 (03:14):
That's not the wrong.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Mom always got a little bit.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
It's a forty pounds suit, this special suit.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Where so Maui has all these tats that move throughout
the story and it's been able to do that anyway,
maw not Maui Moana very true to the original story.
And how's this a nineteen year old girl making her
film day Boo on a Disney film.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
That is crazy.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Yeah, she's gorgeous, brilliant.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Okay, I've got some books and a very very very
funny movie as in Screaming Out Loud We.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Work at the weekend.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Oh my god, a proper old fashioned comedy movie that's
just relentlessly silly.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
They don't make them like that.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
There's not many great new comedy movies coming out anyway.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
First all, start the books.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Anne Patchett is an author that my eldest daughter ruby.
She loves an Patchett and so she's always recommending.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Her new book. She's got a new book out called Whistler.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
He's got a beautiful, stunning front cover of this horse,
the book I read in one go on the flight home,
and one of the steward essays came up to me
and when we are just saying, we've never seen someone
read a book on long haul, and when I want
to read this, I've got to read before I landed
back in Melbourne. So I've got something to talk to
(04:32):
my daughter about because she loves Anne Patching. It is incredible.
I cannot recommend that book enough. Whistler is a beautiful,
beautiful story, beautifully told the reason why she's one of
the biggest. I think it's got over twenty thousand and
five star reviews on Amazon. Wow, it's only been out
like six weeks.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
It's a beautiful horse. You're right, it's beautiful horse. And
then if you are.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
I love the I love the essays of David Sadaris,
very very funny author. He's got a new book out,
The Land and Its People. It is outstanding. It's very
very good. He's here actually again at the end of
the year. I came to see him a couple of
years ago when he was hearing he was brilliant, live,
very very very good.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
And then the movie.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Then, the funny movie is Little Brother Eric Andre and
John Senia good Rio. I watched it with my youngest daughter,
Lois at the weekend. I said, look, we'll give it
twenty minutes. The trailer was. She was like, Dad, I
think this is a youth thing. And I went, hey, listen,
I believe John Cena makes great choices, and I like
Eric Andre. We learn not watching the whole thing. We
(05:34):
were literally double over screaming with laughter, relentlessly silly. Really really,
that's a turn out of ten from both of us.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Wow, Oh my god. It reminds me.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Do you remember when peek Will Ferrell Old School and Command,
just relentlessly funny, just playing for last. Every single scene
not a wasted scene. It's chardish, puerile, and it's what's
needed in the world right now.
Speaker 5 (05:57):
I'm so glad you told me that, because I wrote
that up. I saw that went. I'm not watching that.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
It looks terrible.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
We took like three guys of watching that because Chris
really wanted to watch it, and Audrey and I were like, nah, tap.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Out, surrender, childish charms. It's on Netflix. Christopher Maloney's in
it as well. It's a Little Brother on Netflix.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Rio. What's it for you?
Speaker 5 (06:19):
I've got a prescription for you, Christian, because I know
you're still hurting from yesterday's England loss. You need something
to pick you up.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
You need a Why would you even mention it? I thought.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
This, I promise you, this will put you back in
a great headspace. The Sheep Detective on Prime. I didn't
know it was a real movie. I thought it was
like an SNL sketch or something.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Like especially brilliant. I saw a five out of five
star review in The Guardian.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
Yeah, I watched it because I thought a bit like
little watched it because I thought it'd be bad, but
it was. It was brillian. The cast is Unbelievable's Jackman,
Emma Thompson, Brian Cranston, Nicholas Braun, the guy from success
Greg in Succession, cousin Greg. Yes, cousin Greg plays like
this dopey cop. It's so good, it's so funny, it's
(07:10):
really cute. You absolutely love it. It is what I
think back in the old days you would have said
fun for the whole family. Really, everyone will love it.
It's a murder mystery involving where the sheep's are the detective.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Really to watch this weekend because I've seen nothing but
great reviews for it. It's someone said it's got the
same vibes as you know. I love the Paddington trilogy.
Speaker 5 (07:32):
Very similar Paddington Babe with a little bit of knives.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Out about it.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Really, yeah, it's.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Actually very funny. It's a murder mystery, no jarring accents.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Shape Christian O'Connell on podcast
I Heart Podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Hear more Gold podcast playlist and listen live on the
free I Heart app.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Got anything, gag Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
This is the Christian O'Connell Show podcast. All right, it
is Friday. Welcome to the Christian O'Connell Show. We did
this every Friday, first half hour the show. We go
around the team. We call it double thumbs up. It's
our Friday recommendations. Everything we're recommending. You can see it
(00:41):
again on our socials who put up there on Instagram,
also on Facebook, find The Christian O'Connell Show.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Patsy, what's it for you, mate?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
I've got into Little House on the Prairie.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
The remail life loves this show. Show at the moment.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yeah, we finished it last night.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
I think it's an eight episode first series and it's awesome,
absolutely beautiful. Is it the one thing I will say
about it. There's a couple of things, but the main
thing for me is the cinematography is absolutely stunning. So
it's filmed in Winnipeg in Canada, and honestly, just the
way that they've set up some of the scenes and
it is.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Just a piece of art. Absolute It's like looking at
a framed artwork.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Some of the scenes. It's so beautiful. I love the
seventy series as a little girl. This really is is
much much deeper than that, and it's more beautiful than that.
Of course, it's based on Laura Ingall's own books, A
little Girl who grew up in Pioneer America, and now
I actually I've never read the books.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Now I want to go and read the book.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
He's a good looking rooster and the guy that plays.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Australian, he's a thirty seven year for him, Luke Bracy.
His name is Via Home and Away. I haven't seen
much else. This is a real breakout role for him.
He's absolutely stunning.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
He's a good looking guys.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
It's beautiful and you will love it goes far deeper
into the story of Pioneer America and just land rights,
things that you when you first saw the seventies series
you didn't even think about this. This is beautifully made
and I want to read the book. So Little House
in the Prairie Number one on Netflix. The other thing.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
We did go and see the premiere of Mowana the
other week.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
I really liked it. And again we've got an Australian
in a lead role. So nineteen year old Katherine Leguia,
who was Jay's daughter. I think one of about eight
or nine kids. So acting's in her blood. Playschool, Yeah, rats,
what else was he in Star Wars as well?
Speaker 3 (02:39):
That's rare.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
But she's beautiful, naturally effortless on the screen.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
She's going to be a big star.
Speaker 5 (02:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
And the Rock Johnson in it. We had to google.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
In the cinema.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Johnson because I said to Chris, do you reckon? Is
this like cg CGI or is this his actual body?
Because I wouldn't be surprised because Maui, the demi god
he plays, is really bulked up.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
But he has got a special.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Pesthetic suit on because he looked a bit wider in
the waist and Chris is like, no, he's a bit
badder in the waist.
Speaker 5 (03:14):
That's not the wrong.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Mom always got a little bit.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
It's a forty pounds suit, this special suit.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Where so Maui has all these tats that move throughout
the story and it's been able to do that anyway,
maw not Maui Moana very true to the original story.
And how's this a nineteen year old girl making her
film day Boo on a Disney film.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
That is crazy.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Yeah, she's gorgeous, brilliant.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Okay, I've got some books and a very very very
funny movie as in Screaming Out Loud We.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Work at the weekend.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Oh my god, a proper old fashioned comedy movie that's
just relentlessly silly.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
They don't make them like that.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
There's not many great new comedy movies coming out anyway.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
First all, start the books.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Anne Patchett is an author that my eldest daughter ruby.
She loves an Patchett and so she's always recommending.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Her new book. She's got a new book out called Whistler.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
He's got a beautiful, stunning front cover of this horse,
the book I read in one go on the flight home,
and one of the steward essays came up to me
and when we are just saying, we've never seen someone
read a book on long haul, and when I want
to read this, I've got to read before I landed
back in Melbourne. So I've got something to talk to
(04:32):
my daughter about because she loves Anne Patching. It is incredible.
I cannot recommend that book enough. Whistler is a beautiful,
beautiful story, beautifully told the reason why she's one of
the biggest. I think it's got over twenty thousand and
five star reviews on Amazon. Wow, it's only been out
like six weeks.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
It's a beautiful horse. You're right, it's beautiful horse. And
then if you are.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
I love the I love the essays of David Sadaris,
very very funny author. He's got a new book out,
The Land and Its People. It is outstanding. It's very
very good. He's here actually again at the end of
the year. I came to see him a couple of
years ago when he was hearing he was brilliant, live,
very very very good.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
And then the movie.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Then, the funny movie is Little Brother Eric Andre and
John Senia good Rio. I watched it with my youngest daughter,
Lois at the weekend. I said, look, we'll give it
twenty minutes. The trailer was. She was like, Dad, I
think this is a youth thing. And I went, hey, listen,
I believe John Cena makes great choices, and I like
Eric Andre. We learn not watching the whole thing. We
(05:34):
were literally double over screaming with laughter, relentlessly silly. Really really,
that's a turn out of ten from both of us.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Wow, Oh my god. It reminds me.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Do you remember when peek Will Ferrell Old School and Command,
just relentlessly funny, just playing for last. Every single scene
not a wasted scene. It's chardish, puerile, and it's what's
needed in the world right now.
Speaker 5 (05:57):
I'm so glad you told me that, because I wrote
that up. I saw that went. I'm not watching that.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
It looks terrible.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
We took like three guys of watching that because Chris
really wanted to watch it, and Audrey and I were like, nah, tap.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Out, surrender, childish charms. It's on Netflix. Christopher Maloney's in
it as well. It's a Little Brother on Netflix.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Rio. What's it for you?
Speaker 5 (06:19):
I've got a prescription for you, Christian, because I know
you're still hurting from yesterday's England loss. You need something
to pick you up.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
You need a Why would you even mention it? I thought.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
This, I promise you, this will put you back in
a great headspace. The Sheep Detective on Prime. I didn't
know it was a real movie. I thought it was
like an SNL sketch or something.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Like especially brilliant. I saw a five out of five
star review in The Guardian.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
Yeah, I watched it because I thought a bit like
little watched it because I thought it'd be bad, but
it was. It was brillian. The cast is Unbelievable's Jackman,
Emma Thompson, Brian Cranston, Nicholas Braun, the guy from success
Greg in Succession, cousin Greg. Yes, cousin Greg plays like
this dopey cop. It's so good, it's so funny, it's
(07:10):
really cute. You absolutely love it. It is what I
think back in the old days you would have said
fun for the whole family. Really, everyone will love it.
It's a murder mystery involving where the sheep's are the detective.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Really to watch this weekend because I've seen nothing but
great reviews for it. It's someone said it's got the
same vibes as you know. I love the Paddington trilogy.
Speaker 5 (07:32):
Very similar Paddington Babe with a little bit of knives.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Out about it.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Really, yeah, it's.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
Actually very funny. It's a murder mystery, no jarring accents.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Shape Christian O'Connell on podcast
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