Silver Screen Queens 76: The Captive

Published 5 November 2014 • 36 minutes, 14 seconds

In a snowy Canadian winter, a little girl goes missing from the back of her father’s car. Atom Egoyan directs an episodic and bleak film that isn’t what you expect it to be.

Silver Screen Queens 75: The Cabin in the Woods

Published 29 October 2014 • 46 minutes, 3 seconds

Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon made a small horror film about horror films. It also happens to be one of Katie’s top five movies, so we’ve chosen it for our Halloween special!

Mobile Couch 43: I Made That Button, Mum

Published 27 October 2014 • 1 hour, 4 minutes

Jane Abernethy — part of the iOS development team at the Commonwealth Bank in Sydney — joins the couch to fill in for the globetrotting Ben, and to talk about her work, her team and IBDesignables. Also, follow up. Lots and lots of follow up.

Silver Screen Queens 74: Dracula Untold

Published 22 October 2014 • 39 minutes, 48 seconds

Mediaeval Transylvanian prince Vlad the Impaler makes a deal with the supernatural when invading Turkish forces threaten his kingdom and his family.

Silver Screen Queens 73: Gone Girl

Published 15 October 2014 • 36 minutes, 12 seconds

On her fifth wedding anniversary, Amy Elliott Dunne disappears from the home she shares with her husband Nick. As Nick follows the clues she left behind, he becomes the main suspect in her disappearance.

Mobile Couch 42: It’ll Be Great… Next Year

Published 13 October 2014 • 1 hour, 24 minutes

Jelly is working on a big update for GIFwrapped, which prompts discussion with Ben and Jake about getting validation from shipping something cool, designing for single handed use, iOS8 extensions and rotation based on size classes.

Silver Screen Queens 72: Step Up All In

Published 8 October 2014 • 36 minutes, 32 seconds

Katie makes us watch a Step Up movie due to her obsession with So You Think You Can Dance. We enjoy some spectacularly bad acting and some spectacularly good dancing and totally make some clever intellectual points.

Silver Screen Queens 71: The Boxtrolls

Published 1 October 2014 • 31 minutes, 36 seconds

A boy called Eggs is raised by creatures called Boxtrolls who live under the streets of Cheesebridge. Social climbing local Archibald Snatcher tries to exterminate the Boxtrolls in return for a prestigious white hat.

Mobile Couch 41: The Pinnacle of Adulthood

Published 29 September 2014 • 1 hour, 6 minutes

Jake deliberates on purchasing an unwanted iPhone 6 plus from a friend, while Ben talks about his first impressions and the bugs in the recently released iOS8, and Jelly gets shirty about the whole watch thing.