I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: There’s no place like home

Join us every week for a trip into the weird and wonderful world of trailers. Whether it’s the first teaser for the latest instalment in your favourite franchise, an obscure preview for a strange indie darling, whether it’s good, bad, ugly or just plain weird – your favourite pop culture baristas are there to tell you what they think.

Casting is a tricky business – and sometimes you get exactly the right person… a few decades too late, as Alan argued in this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees, using Christopher Lee’s Saruman and Jack Nicholson’s Joker as examples.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Welcome to the future

Join us every week for a trip into the weird and wonderful world of trailers. Whether it’s the first teaser for the latest instalment in your favourite franchise, an obscure preview for a strange indie darling, whether it’s good, bad, ugly or just plain weird – your favourite pop culture baristas are there to tell you what they think.

We at A Damn Fine Cup of Culture hope that you’ve all had happy holidays so far! On Wednesday, we did our part by releasing the Christmas Special 2025 – in which this thoroughly modern Maria got a shout-out.

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