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Moderate Fantasy Violence

Welcome to Moderate Fantasy Violence, a fortnightly podcast about pop culture and the world around it, as discussed by Nick Bryan and Alastair JR Ball. Nick will probably launch into a tangent about c... Read more

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MFV #193 - Can I complain now?

MFV #193 - Can I complain now?

This fortnight, we're heading into the criminal underworld with Nimona (15:09) and then the literal underground with Sil... Read more

20 Jul 2023

48mins

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MFV #192 - Murders per day

MFV #192 - Murders per day

We travel all across the different sides of America this episode, with the dark underbelly in Poker Face (13:56) and an ... Read more

6 Jul 2023

39mins

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MFV #191 - The Most Terrifying Bastard Imaginable

MFV #191 - The Most Terrifying Bastard Imaginable

A brutal duo this episode, as we cover cannibal teen drama Yellowjackets season 2 (15:02, mega-spoilers from 25:30) and ... Read more

22 Jun 2023

46mins

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MFV #190 - Screaming Service

MFV #190 - Screaming Service

A pair of major cultural events this year, with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (8:45) and Succession season 4 (26:5... Read more

8 Jun 2023

52mins

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MFV #189 - Are you Jedi or loser?

MFV #189 - Are you Jedi or loser?

Another animated anthology this episode, with Star Wars: Visions season 2 (12:43), so Nick and Alastair sit down to give... Read more

25 May 2023

38mins

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MFV #188 - All the Found Family you can eat

MFV #188 - All the Found Family you can eat

This fortnight, it's two different (but both wholly enjoyable) action movie flavours with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ... Read more

11 May 2023

40mins

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MFV #187 - Dark-shaped hole

MFV #187 - Dark-shaped hole

MFV back for another fortnight, and for the second time in our history, we're covering a season of The Mandalorian (12:1... Read more

27 Apr 2023

41mins

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MFV #186 - Metaverse or bust

MFV #186 - Metaverse or bust

We enter a world of imagination this fortnight, with two game-based movies: Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves... Read more

13 Apr 2023

42mins

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MFV #185 - Get on with the crying

MFV #185 - Get on with the crying

A journey into two different dark corners of the human psyche this fortnight, with The Last Of Us (14:06) and Alan Partr... Read more

30 Mar 2023

42mins

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MFV #184 - Oscar Results Honkathon 2023

MFV #184 - Oscar Results Honkathon 2023

It's Alastair's favourite time of year - he delivers his Oscar predictions, and then has them soundtracked by blaring so... Read more

16 Mar 2023

36mins

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