Alright folks, welcome back to We Needed Roads. This week Neil, David, Jose and Luke are catching up on everything they watched over the holidays – a wildly unhinged mix of Christmas classics, (regular classics) and they even escaped the Christmas cheer to make it to the cinema several times!

We’re diving into stone-cold legends like Jaws (still perfect), Home Alone (way darker than you remember), The Muppet Christmas Carol (still untouchable, regardless of the calendar), Gremlins (NOT a kids film), and It’s a Wonderful Life (emotionally devastating every single time).

But it’s not all nostalgia – we also get into newer watches including new Christmas classic The Holdovers, Oh What Fun, Wake Up Dead Man, The Housemaid, Avatar:Fire & Ash. Luke also finally catches up with the Oscar winning Everything Everywhere All At Once and Neil laments the reception to Fackham Hall!

Finally the guys dragged themselves out of food comas to the cinema to see Oscar hyped Marty Supreme & not Oscar hyped Anaconda and David took another trip to Pandora!So if your holiday watchlist went completely off the rails, this one’s for you.

Expect hot takes, questionable opinions, and the usual chaos. This is We Needed Roads – let’s get into it. 🎬

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Happy New Year and welcome back to We Needed Roads — the podcast where the chat is nerdy, the swearing is plentiful, and research on release dates was definitely done.

This week we’re diving head-first into all the major TV show and movies were excited about that are hopefully dropping in 2026.

From superhero behemoths and prestige dramas to horror sequels, wild indies, new streaming experiments — we’re previewing it all with our usual hype & chaos!

Featuring in this episode:

🎬 Neil – watched absolutely everything like a gremlin of content.

💥 Jose – the blockbuster believer, defender of explosions.

📝 Clare – an actual film journalist keeping the rest of us semi-professional.

🤣 Luke – bringing opinions, energy and a love for the animated film.

Expect bold predictions, wrong predictions, heated debates, accidental slander, and the usual “wait… is that actually coming out in 2026?” panic.

In this bumper cornucopia of an episode the team will be talking...

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Coyote vs Acme

Rings of Power S3

House of the Dragon S3

A Knight of the 7 Kingdoms

Interview with the vampire S3

Clayface

The Chronology of Water

The Cat in the Hat

Bad Monkey S2

Hoppers

Heart Stopper The Movie

The Boys S5

One Piece S2

Resident Evil

Red White & Royal Wedding

Sunrise on the Reaping

Scream 7

Invincible S4

Lanterns

Supergirl

If I had Legs I’d Kick You

Hamnet

The Bear S5

Twinless

The Mandalorian & Grogu

Wuthering Heights

Yellowjackets S4

Project Hail Mary

Jumanji 4

Spiderman Brand New Day

Ready or Not 2

The Odyssey

Avengers:Doomsday

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We watched an irresponsible amount of television in 2025, and now it’s time to shout about it.On this episode of The We Needed Roads Podcast, we count down our Top 10 TV & streaming shows of 2025 — from prestige TV to the smaller show only Neil tried to make us watch.Join Neil who likely watched more TV than his other 3 co-hosts combined, Marie who checked out if it wasn't gay enough and also only seemed to rewatch the same 3 shows all year, David who luckily avoided the horrors of toddler TV but also because of parenting a tiny person had very limited TV time, and Jose who sent in a list of his top 3 shows (as opposed to 10) because either his amnesia is kicking in or he just watched a lot of mid-shows that didn't deserve a ranking.This list is correct. Until you tell us why it isn’t.If you love movies, TV, geek culture or listening to four people passionately argue about shows… give us a LIKE, drop a COMMENT, and hit SUBSCRIBE so we can lurk in your algorithm forever

Let us know if you agree with our Top 10 Shows of 2025 list, and if not what show you think should be there!Follow We Needed Roads Podcast on the socials:🐦 Twitter/Xhttps://twitter.com/NeededRoads📸 Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/weneededroads🎵 TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@weneededroadspodcast🎧 Follow us on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/0E31ucDQy7Ha5PRdtahAjb?si=50a97260f09f4ad7👤 Our SocialsNeilhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilg78.bsky.socialhttps://www.instagram.com/neil_gregory78Neil’s Substack:https://substack.com/@greggors78Davidhttps://bsky.app/profile/llongd.bsky.social@llongd.bsky.socialMarie🐦 https://x.com/Life_onMarsz📸 https://www.instagram.com/life.on.marsz/Her podcast:https://t.co/VEzFUG3ObXJose🐦 https://x.com/aspanishjoe📸 https://www.instagram.com/joselopezphotos📷 https://www.jlopezphotos.com🚗 Fund Our Quest for a DeLoreanhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/Weneededroads#2025tv #MoviePodcast #TVPodcast #WeNeededRoads #FilmTalk #GeekPodcast #MoviePreview #tv #PodcastUK #tvdiscussion #PopCulture #bestof2025 #podcast

Merry Christmas from everyone at the We Needed Roads Podcast!!!
It’s a time for friends, family, peace on earth and goodwill to all men (except Jose). Join the We Needed Roads team as SantaGreggors hosts a wonderfully festive Christmas Movie Quiz where David, Marie, Jose & Luke compete to be the ultimate Christmas movie nerd.

And just like a real family Christmas in this episode there will be swearing, shouting, accusations, storming off and Jose repeatedly being called a bag of dicks, for well acting like a bag of dicks and interrupting Santa Greggors before the questions have been fully asked!

So break out the mince pies, crack open a bottle of something strong and play along at home and let us know how you did and if you beat any of the We Needed Roads team? (Spoiler - you probably did!)

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Luke
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It’s a happy day in Hell — because we’re diving deep into Hazbin Hotel Season 2.

This season took everything fans loved and cranked it up. We got lore, emotions, wild twists, and songs that that are the good kind of tingle.

Vox rises as an incredible villain, delivering some of the most , memorable and entertaining songs of the series. The music is top-tier — from emotional ballads to heavy metal bangers. And yes… Huskerdust fans are absolutely broken-hearted after the finale.

Lucifer cements himself as Hell’s Number 1 Daddy, stealing scenes with charm, power, and goofy dad energy. And Alastor? A mad genius, both terrifying and brilliant — Season 2 had big plans for him and it delivered.

Sir Pentious is a good boy now!

This review covers character arcs, new lore, the emotional devastation, Vox’s rise to power, Alastor’s cunning plan, and how Season 3 sets can’t come soon enough.

If you love Hazbin Hotel’s chaos, music, and heartbreak, this is the breakdown you don’t want to miss.

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We don't have time to bleed but we do have time to get into all the bloody spoilerific carnage (PG-13 carnage that is!) in Dan Tractenberg's 3rd Predator film, Predator Badlands.

Join Neil, David & Jose as they hunt for answers in their full spoiler review of Badlands and ask questions like 'is this actually a Predator film?' & 'Have they turned the Predator into a Disney Princess?'

We're only joking with those questions but some people honestly believe that and we also get into the films reception, as well as giving our own personal rankings of the Predator Franchise.

And try and stop Jose rating films he hasn't seen!!!

If you love movies, TV, geek culture or listening to 3 guys ranking the Predator franchise… give us a LIKE, drop a COMMENT, and hit SUBSCRIBE so we can lurk in your algorithm forever like a proper Yautja!
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Tron has never been a massively successful franchise in terms of Box Office or critical acclaim, yet its always been a franchise that had amazing ideas that the 3 films have never delivered on.Join Neil & Jose as the delve into all 3 Tron films and look at what made the first two films cult hits and have such a hardcore fan base, but also why the films have never been able to be mainstream box office and critical successes?We also give our good, bad and WTF moments from the latest film Tron: Aresand we finish by asking is this the end for Tron on the big screen as Disney have hinted, and what is the future of the franchise? Let us know in the comments what you want from a great Tron film?#tron #tronlegacy #tronares #endofline #flynns #cultfilm #gretalee #jodieturnersmith #gilliananderson #evanpeters #jaredleto