If you are reading this it might be because you want to know more about Worse Addictions and what makes it a support group for film addicts. Or perhaps because you want to find out if the people making this podcast are remotely qualified to be counselling those afflicted by obsessions of the cinematic variety. Both are equally valid inquires.

Worse Addictions was created as an alternative meeting place for the intelligent discussion of cinema past and present from a group of professional addicts/aficionados based outside of the US, which currently dominates the online debate. With its founders representing Scotland, France, Australia and England and recording episodes in Sydney, Australia, Worse Addictions is officially the Internet’s most global movie podcast and one not afraid to make such lofty declarations.

Every Sunday members of the team meet to discusses themes and topics relating to the week’s cinema releases in Australia, the US and the UK with a particular interest in exploring the work of specific filmmakers and promoting the Australian film scene.

You can contact us at: worseaddictions@gmail.com

Worse Addictions is comprised of the following people:

Who?
Scott’s future in film was determined from the moment he started VHS-to-VHS pirating Police Academy movies and early Spielberg sometime in the 80s when video stores were still widely awesome. For the past eight years he has miraculously made a living as a professional critic and writer on film contributing to Hotdog, DVD Review (where he was Features Editor), Total Film, TimeOut and FilmFour. He is currently a film critic for 3D World, and creator/managing editor of Worse Addictions.
Guilty pleasure?
Father Of The Bride
Where else?
darkhabits.com

Who?
The first film that Matt ever saw was Sergei Eisenstein’s The Battleship Potemkin – a claim that has left him brandished a film snob for life, but mostly one that everyone else is secretly jealous. Matt is the Artistic Director of The Festivalists and the critical mind behind the film blog Last Night With Riviera.
Guilty pleasure?
Step Up
Where else?
mattriviera.net

Who?
A Sydney-based filmmaker and renowned podcaster, Alex suggested that Worse Addictions needed a female voice on crew and was promptly recruited despite her protestations. Alex is our resident comic book fan and keeper of great wisdom.
Guilty pleasure?
The X-Files
Where else?
youtube.com/axparker

Who?
Josh's love for cinema began early, repeatedly watching a movie where Charlton Heston tells some monkeys to back off. An obsessive cinephile, he has made films, worked on 'proper' films, been a cinema projectionist, run a video store and worked for the Sydney Film Festival. He is currently continuing his university career studying film and is sure he will finish at some point in his life.
Guilty pleasure?
Coach Carter
Where else?
joshwheatley.net

Who?
Daniel grew up on a steady diet of Jim Carrey films and Jerry Bruckheimer productions until he discovered Hitchcock at university, and watched 2001: A Space Odyssey in its titular year, and realised cinema was an art form. Currently the Film and Arts Editor of Sydney magazine 3D World, he has written for almost every street press in Australia. Daniel really wishes life was available in 70mm Cinerama.
Guilty pleasure?
Hercules Returns
Where else?
danieljeremy.com