Double Reel Film Podcast

71.2 Classics and Hidden Gems 1986: Labyrinth, Tough Guys

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 71 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's Classics and Hidden Gems, where we talk about a highly-regarded film we've only just got round to watching and pick out a lesser-known film we think you should try out. The theme is films from 1986 having their 40th anniversary and for our Classic James finally watched the Jim Henson/David Bowie mashup Labyrinth. Then for our Hidden Gem we offer up a double dose of nostalgia with Tough Guys.

The first part of the Issue is already out - Double Reel Monthly - and the next part will follow soon with the Remakes Tribunal.

Check out Alan's author page here: Alan Bayles Author

And check out YouTube reviews of films on physical media here: Maximum Disc

71.1 Double Reel Monthly: Hamnet, Crime 101, The Secret Agent, Dead of Winter, Send Help, Timecrimes, Caché

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Kicking off Issue 71 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine for the discerning film nerd. This is Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news, new releases, notable films we've watched this month and the latest in our annual projects.

The next part of the issue will be Classics and Hidden Gems, including films of 1986 having their 40th anniversary. The Remakes Tribunal will follow that on the same theme.

Check out Alan's author page here: Alan Bayles Author

And check our YouTube show reviewing films on physical media: Maximum Disc

70.4 Spotlight on Bong Joon Ho: Parasite, Mickey 17

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Concluding Issue 70 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This part is a Spotlight on famed Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, featuring special guest Deborah Fox. We talk about how we found Bong in the first place and what his films mean to us, and focus on his Oscar winning Parasite and his follow up Mickey 17.

All other parts of Issue 70 are already out, and Issue 71 will be here on March 25th.

Check out Deborah's author page: D E Fox Author

And check out physical media reviews on YouTube: Maximum Disc

70.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Blue Streak, War on Everyone

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 70 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's the Remakes Tribunal putting two more films up for judgement and continuing our Dirty Cops theme. First up a remake on trial, asking if Blue Streak was right to reboot an old British caper film and deserves to exist. Then we have a parole hearing for a film that didn't work the first time. Would a remake fix the many problems with John Patrick McDonagh's War on Everyone?

The first parts of the issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems. A Spotlight episode on Bong Joon Ho will be out next week.

Check out Alan's author page Here:

And check out our YouTube channel for physical media reviews on Maximum Disc

70.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Training Day, Internal Affairs

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 70 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Classics and Hidden Gems, and our theme for this issue is dirty cops. First up for our Classic, Alan finally gets round to watching Denzel Washington's Oscar winning turn in Training Day. For our Hidden Gem, we tell you why you should check out the intense 1990 thriller Internal Affairs.

Part one of this issue, Double Reel Monthly is already available for download and next week we bring you the Remakes Tribunal.

Check out Alan's author page here: Alan Bayles Author

And check out physical media reviews on YouTube here: Maximum Disc

70.1 Double Reel Monthly: Marty Supreme, Dust Bunny, No Other Choice, Wrecking Crew, The Rip, The Wandering Earth, Melancholia

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Double Reel is the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, and Issue 70 starts here. First up is Double Reel monthly with a look at news, new releases, new and notable films we've watched this month and our annual project films.

New cinema releases we review include Marty Supreme and No Other Choice and we've got some new streaming films for you as well - Dust Bunny, Wrecking Crew and The Rip. Alan also takes a look at modern classic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Then for our annual projects, Alan's tour of foreign sci fi films takes him to Chinese blockbuster The Wandering Earth and James explores his Curzon subscription with Lars Von Trier's Melancholia.

Next week we'll bring you Classics and Hidden Gems and the following week it's the Remakes Tribunal.

Check out Alan's author page here: Alan Bayles Author Page

And check out Double Reel's YouTube show reviewing physical media here: Maximum Disc

69.4 Spotlight on Michael Mann: Heat, Miami Vice

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Concluding Issue 69 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is a Spotlight on the supreme cinema stylist Michael Mann, and returning guest Calum from the Screen 1 Film Podcast helps us break down his unique filmmaking. We take a close look at the indisputed classic heist epic Heat from 1995, and the much more disputed but endlessly fascinating 2006 reboot of Miami Vice.

The other three parts of Issue 69 are available to download now, and Issue 70 will be along on February 25th.

Check out Calum's Screen 1 Film Podcast here: Screen 1 Film Podcast

Check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: Maximum Disc

69.3 The Remakes Tribunal: True Grit (2010), Jane Got a Gun

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 69 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the Remakes Tribunal where we put two films up for judgement. Firstly a remake of a well-known film where we ask if it deserves to exist and how it compares to the original - this issue we continue our Westerns theme with True Grit, the Coen Brothers' new version of the 1969 John Wayne film. Then we offer a Parole Hearing to a film that didn't work the first time - the troubled 2015 production Jane Got A Gun.

Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems for this issue are already available to download, and we have a Spotlight episode coming next week.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out our YouTube show celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

69.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Searchers, Quigley Down Under

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 69 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Classics and Hidden Gems and the theme for this month is Westerns. We're joined by special guest David Bayles (Alan's brother), and first up for our Classic Alan and I finally sit down to watch the iconic John Ford/John Wayne epic The Searchers. Then we tell you about a lesser known western that deserves your attention - the Aussie-American hybrid Quigley Down Under starring Tom Selleck.

Double Reel Monthly is already out and next week we'll bring you the Remakes Tribunal.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out our YouTube show celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

69.1 Double Reel Monthly: Song Sung Blue, Train Dreams, Avatar Fire and Ash, Goodbye June, Metropolis, A Separation

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 69 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. In this second slice of Double Reel Monthly we talk about the new and notable films we watched recently: Song Sung Blue, Train Dreams, Avatar Fire and Ash, Goodbye June, Spinal Tap II The End Continues, Wake Up Dead Man and Citizen Kane. We also unveil our new film watching projects for 2026. Alan is watching foreign language sci fi films starting with Metropolis, and James wants to get the most out of the films on his Curzon subscription starting with A Separation.

The previous part covering the 5th Annual Double Reel Awards is already out. Next week we will bring you Classics and Hidden Gems with a Western theme.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And our physical media review show Maximum Disc is here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/podcasts

69.0 5th Annual Double Reel Awards

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Here's Issue 69 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Double Reel Monthly was such an epic that we've had to split it into two parts, starting with the highly prestigious* 5th Annual Double Reel Awards for excellence and otherwise in 2025. Find out our picks for best acting performances, best films, who had the best year, worst decision, worst film and more besides.

The rest of Double Reel Monthly will drop in a couple of days and Classics and Hidden Gems will follow a week after that.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And our physical media review show Maximum Disc is here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/podcasts

*I mean, compared to the Golden Globes...

68.4 Spotlight on Alternative Christmas Films: Krampus (2015), Violent Night

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Thought Christmas was over? Think again. Whether you love Christmas and you're trying to keep it going or you've had enough for one year and you want to exorcise the spirit, we've got a January treat for you. Returning guest and author Deborah Fox joins Alan and James to talk about alternative Christmas films. In Krampus a terrifying spirit from the old country punishes those who don't respect the festive season; and in Violent Night Santa Claus is drunk, embittered and on the verge of quitting until a hostage situation calls for his particular set of skills.

This concludes Issue 68 of Double Reel - issue 69 starts on the 25th of January.

Check out Deborah's author page here: https://www.d-e-fox-author.com/

And Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And physical media reviews on Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm

68.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Red Sonja (2025), Masters of the Universe

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 68 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the Remakes Tribunal putting two films up for judgement, as part of our Sword and Sorcery Month. First we ask if the 2025 remake of Red Sonja deserves to exist or should be wiped from film history. Then we offer a parole hearing to a film that didn't work the first time to see if a remake would fix its problems. For this issue it's the 1987 oddity Masters of the Universe.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out Maximum Disc on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

68.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Princess Mononoke, The 13th Warrior

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 68 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's Classics and Hidden Gems, where we catch up with a film one or both of us hasn't seen before and tell you about a lesser known film you should check out.

Our theme is Sword and Sorcery (sort of) and for our Classic we talk about Ghibli's excellent Princess Mononoke. For our Hidden Gem we check out Antonio Banderas in The 13th Warrior and ask if it deserves more airtime and love.

Double Reel Monthly is already out and the Remakes Tribunal follows next week.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc, reviewing films on physical media: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm

67.4 Redux: Spotlight on Kurosawa Full Episode - High and Low, Ran

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:06:05 +0000

Our Kurosawa episode had an upload fault so we're giving it to you again, this time restored with the whole conversation. Still featuring the insights of Cam Sully from the excellent Jacked Up Review Podcast.

68.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Running Man, Die My Love, Troll 2, Rear Window, Under the Shadow

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The latest issue of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Double Reel Monthly, covering news, new releases, reviews of new films we've watched and the last parts of our annual projects.

Next week we'll continue the issue with Classics and Hidden Gems.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And our YouTube show celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc is here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm

67.4 Spotlight on Akira Kurosawa: High and Low, Ran

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 67 concludes with a special Spotlight episode featuring Cam Sully from the excellent Jacked Up Review Show. Today we take a closer look at one of the all time great filmmakers, Japanese cinematic titan Akira Kurosawa. We look across his whole career with particular attention to 1963's High and Low and 1985's Ran.

Check out the Jacked Up Review Show podcast here: https://linktr.ee/JURSPodcast

And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

67.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Legend, Windtalkers

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 67 continues with the Remakes Tribunal. First we put a Remake on Trial and ask whether there was any justification for a new version of the Krays story with 2015's Legend. Then we offer a Parole hearing to a film which failed and is currently languishing in movie jail. Would a remake fix the problems in the John Woo/Nic Cage war film Windtalkers?

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

67.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: 12 Years A Slave, The World's Fastest Indian

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 67 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Classics and Hidden Gems where we catch up with a great film one of us hasn't seen before, and then tell you the audience why you should check out a lesser known film which deserves your time. Our theme for this Issue is films based on true stories, and our Classic is the Oscar winning historical drama 12 Years A Slave. The Hidden Gem we want to tell you about is the 2005 film The World's Fastest Indian.

Part 1 of the Issue is already out, Double Reel Monthly, and next week we'll drop the next part The Remakes Tribunal

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

67.1 Double Reel Monthly: I Swear, Frankenstein, Relay, Family Plot, Sanjuro

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 67 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. We start with Double Reel Monthly, and news, new releases, reviews of new and notable films we've watched including I Swear, Frankenstein, Relay, How to Train Your Dragon (2025) and The Children's Hour. We also discuss the latest in our film projects for the year: Hitchcock's Family Plot and Kurosawa's Sanjuro.

Next week will bring Classics and Hidden Gems, and the following week will be The Remakes Tribunal.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out physical media review show Maximum Disc on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm

66.4 Spotlight on Ray Harryhausen: Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Closing Issue 66 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Our final part is a special spotlight episode featuring regular co-host Alan and returning guest Deborah Fox. We look at the colourful career of Ray Harryhausen and his legendary stop motion visual effects which livened up our childhoods. The episode focuses on two of his most famous films, Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans.

Deborah is campaigning for Breast Cancer Awareness, check out their site here: https://breastcancernow.org/wear-it-pink

Check out Deborah's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/deborah.fox.127

Here's Alan's author page: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And finally check out our physical media show Maximum Disc on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm

66.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Firestarter (2022), The Dark Tower

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 66 of the monthly magazine podcast of the discerning film nerd. Our theme is still Stephen King so we're putting two more adaptations of his stories up for scrutiny in the Remakes Tribunal. Our Remake on Trial is 2022's Firestarter - is there any justification for this new version? Then we have a Parole hearing for a film that didn't work the first time to see if a remake would fix its problems - 2017's disastrous the Dark Tower.

This Issue's Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems episodes are already out and we close with a Spotlight next week.

Check out Alan's author page: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out our YouTube show, Maximum Disc: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

66.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Misery, Dolores Claiborne

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 66 Continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. It's the spooky season as Halloween hits and winter approaches, so we've got in the spirit with Stephen King month. For our Classic, Alan finally braces himself to watch Misery and THAT scene. For our Hidden Gem we tell you why you should check the other King/Bates collaboration, Dolores Claiborne.

The first part of the issue Double Reel Monthly is already out and the next part the Remakes Tribunal will follow next week.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out Double Reel's YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

66.1 Double Reel Monthly: One Battle After Another, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Caught Stealing

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 66 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the first part Double Reel Monthly, with news, new releases, reviews of new and notable films we've watched and our annual projects. New films include One Battle After Another, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Caught Stealing and John Candy: I Like Me. We also catch up on some recent releases including Wolf Man, Karate Kid Legends and Elio, and Alan talks about an old classic he caught up with: 1961's Judgement at Nuremberg.

For the October instalment of our annual projects, Alan watched Hitchcock's controversial 60s film Marnie and James's film he's owned for years but only just got round to seeing is Edward Scissorhands.

The next part of the issue Classics and Hidden Gems is out next week.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And our YouTube show Maximum Disc has reviews of films on physical media here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm

65.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Rat Race, Hudson Hawk

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Concluding Issue 65 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. It's still comedy month and now it's the Remakes Tribunal, putting bad filmmaking on trial. First up we put a remake in the dock and ask if it deserves to exist: this month it's Rat Race, an unofficial remake of 1963's It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Then we have a parole hearing for a film which didn't work the first time and ask if a remake would fix its problems. This month we look at the disastrous Bruce Willis vehicle Hudson Hawk.

The other parts of the issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems. Issue 66 will be out soon.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out Double Reel's YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm

65.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Devil Wears Prada, The Hard Way

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 65 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's Classics and Hidden Gems and it's comedy month. For our Classic we finally get round to watching the hit Meryl Streep comedy The Devil Wears Prada, and for the Hidden Gem we tell you why you should check out Michael J Fox and James Woods in 1991's The Hard Way.

Double Reel Monthly is already out and the Remakes Tribunal will be out next week.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm

65.1 Double Reel Monthly: Weapons, Thursday Murder Club, Fantastic Four, Highest 2 Lowest, KPop Demon Hunters, North By Northwest, A Royal Affair

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 65 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd starts here. The latest Double Reel Monthly is packed with chat, including news, new releases, new films we've watched including Weapons, Thursday Murder Club, what James thought of the new Fantastic Four movie, KPop Demon Hunters, and Highest 2 Lowest. We catch up on some other notable films - The Caine Mutiny, The Monkey and Our Souls at Night, and our latest project Films North by Northwest and A Royal Affair.

Classics and Hidden Gems will follow next week. Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm

64.4 Spotlight on Brian De Palma: Blow Out, Carlito's Way

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Concluding Issue 64 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is a Spotlight episode taking a deep dive into the vivid, wild and often controversial films of Brian De Palma. Calum from the Screen 1 podcast joins to talk about this supreme stylist of the 70s movie brats, his Hitchcockian influences and occasionally overcooked sensibilities, with a close look at two of our favourite films of his, Blow Out and Carlito's Way.

The other parts of the issue are already available, and the next issue will be available from September 25th.

Check out Calum's Screen One Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4AeMfIFe2NF15hSPwhhTHY

And check out Double Reel's YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

64.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Dick Tracy, The Black Hole

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 64 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First a Remake on Trial, we ask whether the lavish 1990 updated big screen version of Dick Tracy deserves to exist. Then a Parole Hearing for a film that didn't work the first time to see if a remake would fix it's problems. This time it's Disney's unsuccessful attempt to make a sci fi classic, 1979's The Black Hole.

The first two parts of Issue 64 are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems, and there's a Spotlight Episode out next week.

Check out Alan's author page here - https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And check out Maximum Disc, a physical media review show on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm

64.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Usual Suspects, F/X Murder By Illusion

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 64 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's Classics and Hidden Gems, where we watch a great film one or both of us hasn't seen before, then tell you about a lesser-known film you should get round to watching. The Classic this time is 1995's iconic crime thriller The Usual Suspects which Alan is watching for the first time. For the Hidden Gem we tell you about an 80s home video rental stalwart, F/X: Murder By Illusion.

This issue's Double Reel Monthly is already out and the Remakes Tribunal will drop next week.

Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter

And here's our YouTube show celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

64.1 Double Reel Monthly: Fantastic Four First Steps, Superman, Naked Gun, Bring Her Back, The Wrong Man, The Tree of Life

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is back with a bang and Double Reel Monthly, looking at news, new releases, new and notable films we've watched and the latest in our annual projects. We compare the competing comic book films Fantastic Four First Steps and Superman, plus new releases Naked Gun, Bring Her Back, War of the Worlds and Happy Gilmore 2. For our projects Alan ticks off another great Hitchcock film The Wrong Man, and James finally dusts off The Tree of Life which has been sitting on the shelf for years.

Check out our YouTube channel for Maximum Disc, a show celebrating and reviewing films on physical media: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

63.4 Spotlight on Unsung Spielberg: Duel, A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

We finish up Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with a Spotlight episode. We're talking about the great Steven Spielberg, but focusing on two of his less-celebrated films which we both love. Duel was the film that broke him out of his TV job into his illustrious career as a film director, and A.I. is the project he inherited from Stanley Kubrick and which time has proven to be one of his best.

The other parts of this issue are already available to download - Double Reel Monthly, Classics and Hidden Gems and the Remakes Tribunal. Issue 64 will be with you from August 25th.

63.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Shaft (2000), U-571

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First before the judges: 2000's reboot-slash-sequel to the Blaxploitation classic Shaft. Does it deserve to exist or should we wipe it from history? Then up for parole: should the notoriously inaccurate U-571 be remade as a film that tells the story of what really happened to the German U Boats and their Enigma codes?

Check out our YouTube show celebrating films on physical media, Maximum Disc: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA-29lwrrn4YuwprPLNwcAApaxdB19-qX&si=tgKzv6dgBagxMT_c

63.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: High Fidelity, Nine Queens

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd returns with Classics and Hidden Gems, and our theme is films from the year 2000 enjoying their 25th Anniversary. First up our Classic in which Alan finally gets round to watching High Fidelity, then our Hidden Gem in which we tell you why you should check out Nine Queens.

Double Reel Monthly is already out, and the Remakes Tribunal will be with you next week.

Check out our YouTube channel for a show celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

63.1 Double Reel Monthly: Superman, F1 The Movie, Heads of State, Lilo & Stitch, Straw, Stage Fright, 2046

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. We open with a bumper edition of Double Reel Monthly, tackling news, new releases and reviews of new and notable films we've watched. We also bring you the latest in our annual project films: Alan catches up with Hitchcock's Stage Fright and James dusts off a film he owns but hasn't watched - Wong-Kar Wai's 2046

Next week we'll bring you our next part, Classics and Hidden Gems. In the meantime you can check out our YouTube channel for Maximum Disc, a show celebrating films on physical media:

https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

62.4 Spotlight on John Boorman's Lost Seventies: Zardoz, Exorcist 2 The Heretic

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 62 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with a Spotlight episode. Here we take a closer look at John Boorman, but not at his best and most beloved films. No, we wanted to examine why, at the height of his 70s fame, he used his clout and creative freedom to make the two most disastrous films of his career. James is joined by regular Double Reel co host Alan Bayles to pick over the wreckage and see if there's anything worth defending.

Check out our YouTube show celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc - https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists

62.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Piranha 3D, The Relic

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 62 continues with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up we put the 2010 version of Piranha under the spotlight and ask if it deserves to exist. Then we take a film that didn't work the first time - 1997's The Relic - and ask if a remake would fix its problems.

The previous parts of this months issue are out now - Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems. Next week we'll finish up with a Spotlight on John Boorman.

62.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Host (2006), Deep Rising

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Continuing Issue 62 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Classics and Hidden Gems, and for this month we have a monster movie them. For our Classic, James and Alan have only just got round to watching Bong Joon-Ho's The Host and tell you what they think. For our Hidden Gem we tell you why you should check out the unloved action horror B movie Deep Rising.

Next week our monster movie theme continues on the Remakes Tribunal. The first part of the issue Double Reel Monthly is already available to download.

62.1 Double Reel Monthly: Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning, Deep Cover, The Accountant 2, Predator Killer of Killers

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The latest issue of the monthly magazine for the discerning film nerd. As always our first part is Double Reel Monthly, looking at news, new releases, new and notable films we've watched and our annual projects.

New films this month include the new Mission Impossible Film, Deep Cover, The Accountant 2, Predator Killer of Killers and Widow's Game. Alan catches up on a couple of notable recent films including Small Things Like These and Heretic, and for our annual projects we bring you another Hitchcock film in The 39 Steps and Brandon Cronenberg's Possessor

The next part of the issue Classics and Hidden Gems will be out one week after this one drops.

61.4 Spotlight on Denis Villeneuve: Enemy, Blade Runner 2049

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The final part of Issue 61 is a special Spotlight episode focusing on the films of Denis Villeneuve. Returning guest host Calum joins us to examine how this rather understated French Canadian filmmaker has quietly built up arguably the best filmography of the last 15 years. Films like Sicario, Arrival and the two Dune films show his ability to do things few other directors can, and we want to find out how he's done it. We pay particular attention to his mind-bending early independent film Enemy and his hugely ambitious follow up to Ridley Scott's sci classic with Blade Runner 2049.

The other parts of Issue 61 are out now and the next issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd will be arriving from June 25th.

61.3 The Remakes Tribunal: The Time Machine, The Time Traveler's Wife

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 61 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal. First up, our remake on trial: was there any justification for the 2002 reboot of the sci fi classic The Time Machine? Then we offer a parole hearing to a film that didn't work the first time. This month we see if a remake could solve the problems in the Time Traveler's Wife.

The first two parts of the issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems. Next week we'll drop a Spotlight episode looking at the films of Denis Villeneuve.

61.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Somewhere in Time, Time Trap

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 61 of the monthly magazine for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. We're on a time travel theme this month in honour of the impending 40th anniversary of Back to the Future. For our Classic James finally gets round to watching the 1980 film Somewhere in Time, in which Christopher Reeve is understandably prepared to go decades into the past to meet Jane Seymour. For our Hidden Gem we recommend an underseen low budget sci fi thriller, Time Trap.

Next week brings the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. The first part of the issue, Double Reel Monthly is already available to download.

61.1 Double Reel Monthly: Sinners, Bullet Train Explosion, Holland, Havoc, Shadow of a Doubt, Our Man in Havana

Sun, 25 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 61 is here as we pass the five year milestone of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The first part of the Issue is Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news and new releases, reviews of new and notable films we've watched and our annual projects.

New films include Coogler and Jordan's striking horror musical Sinners, Japanese action sequel Bullet Train Explosion, Gareth Evans' much-delayed havoc and Nicole Kidman's streamer Holland. For our annual projects Alan discusses Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt and James finally dusts off an old film from his shelf in the form of Our Man in Havana.

Next week is Classics and Hidden Gems, with the Remakes Tribunal the week after that and there's another Spotlight episode in the works.

60.4 Spotlight on Wes Anderson: Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs

Fri, 16 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The final part of Issue 60 is a Spotlight episode with special guest, award-winning author Deborah Fox. This time we have a deep dive on singular film director Wes Anderson, whose films are so visually recognisable even one frame is enough to identify him. He also divides opinion somewhat which we dig into during the chat.

The other parts of Issue 60 are already available to download, and Issue 61 will be available starting May 25th.

Find out more about Deborah and her books at https://www.d-e-fox-author.com/

60.3 The Remakes Tribunal: King Solomon's Mines, Flesh + Blood

Fri, 09 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 60 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. More 40th anniversary films feature, including the cheap and cheerful 1985 remake of King Solomon's Mines - does it deserve to exist, or should it be wiped from cinema history. Then we have a Parole Board for the same year's disastrous film by Paul Verhoeven and Rutger Hauer, Flesh + Blood. Would a remake fix its problems?

The first two parts of the issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems - and next week sees a Spotlight episode on Wes Anderson.

60.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Prizzi's Honor, To Live and Die in LA

Fri, 02 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 60 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems, where we finally get round to watching a celebrated film and tell you about a lesser known film you need to check out. This month all our featured films are from 1985 and enjoying their 40th Anniversary.

Our Classic is a film which made a splash when it came out with multiple awards nominations and winning an Oscar: John Huston's Prizzi's Honor. For our Hidden Gem it's a cult favourite from forty years ago: To Live and Die in LA.

Issue 60's Double Reel Monthly is already out, and next week we'll bring you the Remakes Tribunal.

60.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Amateur, Black Bag, A Real Pain, Officer on Duty, The Lady Vanishes, Hidalgo

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 60 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, kicking off with Double Reel Monthly. We discuss news and new releases, review new and notable films we've watched recently and bring you the latest in our annual project films.

Classics and Hidden Gems will be released in a week's time, with the Remakes Tribunal a week later.

59.4 Spotlight on M Night Shyamalan: Signs, Old

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 59 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd closes with a special Spotlight episode focusing on the films of M Night Shyamalan. We welcome a special guest co-host, award-winning author Deborah Fox who is a passionate advocate for M Night's films. We have a good chat about how his reputation grew and changed over time, and Deborah tries to convince James to give some of his more divisive films another chance.

Find out more about Deborah's books here:

https://www.d-e-fox-author.com/ The other episodes for this issue are already out: Double Reel Monthly, Classics and Hidden Gems, and The Remakes Tribunal. The next issue will be out starting April 25th.

59.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Flight of the Phoenix, The Wicked Lady

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 59 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up, we look at the 2004 reboot of this month's Classic, Flight of the Phoenix, and ask if it deserves to exist. Then for our Parole Board we look at the 1983 version of The Wicked Lady, and ask if anyone could possibly improve on a historical drama produced by Cannon and directed by Michael Winner...

The other parts of this issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems, and we will bring you a Spotlight in M Night Shyamalan next week.

59.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Flight of the Phoenix, The Beast of War

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 59 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. In the Classic James finally gets round to watching 1965's The Flight of the Phoenix all the way through. In the Hidden Gem listener Nick Paticchio nominated a film for us to check out - we loved it and now we want all of you to hear about 1988's Afghan War film The Beast of War

The first part of this issue Double Reel Monthly is already available to download, and the Remakes Tribunal will be out in a week's time.

59.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Monkey, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Mickey 17, The Gorge, The Electric State

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 59 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd kicks off with another Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news, new releases, reviews of new films and our annual project for 2025.

Includes reviews of new films The Monkey, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Mickey 17, The Gorge and The Electric State, as well as a look back at Borderlands, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool and The Quiet Man. For our annual projects, Alan continues catching up on Hitchcock with pioneering real time thriller Rope, and James digs out another film he's owned for years without watching: Brazilian police thriller Elite Squad.

Next week we'll bring you another helping of Classics and Hidden Gems in part 2 of the issue.

58.4 Spotlight on David Fincher: Panic Room, Zodiac

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The last instalment of Issue 58 and it's a special spotlight episode looking in more detail at the singular film director David Fincher. Together with guest co host Calum we take a deeper dive into two of his films, Panic Room and Zodiac, to explore the dark and strange worlds of his movies.

Issue 59 will be with you soon and the other three instalments of Double Reel Issue 58 are out now for your enjoyment.

58.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Poseidon, When Time Ran Out

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 58 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. In keeping with our Disaster Movie theme for this month, our remake on trial is the 2006 film Poseidon. Was there any justification for this CGI-laden update of the 1972 classic The Poseidon Adventure? Then we offer a Parole Board hearing for a film that didn't work the first time. Would a remake fix all the problems with Irwin Allen's 1980 clunker When Time Ran Out?

Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems are already out for this issue, and we have a special Spotlight episode on David Fincher coming in a week's time.

58.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Towering Inferno, Only the Brave

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 58 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. This month we have a disaster movie theme so our Classic is a biggie, 1974's iconic The Towering Inferno starring Newman and McQueen. Our Hidden Gem sheds light on a lesser known example of the genre, 2017's Only the Brave.

Double Reel Monthly is already out with news, new releases, reviews of new films and our annual projects. The Remakes Tribunal will be out next week.

58. 1 Double Reel Monthly: The Brutalist, Companion, Moana 2, Fly Me To the Moon, Elevation, Lifeboat

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The latest issue of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This part is Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news and upcoming new releases, reviews of new and notable films we've watched including The Brutalist, Companion, Moana 2, Fly Me to the Moon, Elevation, The Gardener and Back in Action, and the films we watched for our 2025 projects including Hitchcock's Lifeboat and Leone's Duck You Sucker.

Part 2 of the issue is Classics and Hidden Gems and will land in your feed next week.

57.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Public Enemies, Modesty Blaise

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 57 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. Our Remake on Trial is Michael Mann's Public Enemies, which we compare to previous versions of the same story including 1973's Dillinger. Then we offer a Parole Board hearing to the genuinely terrible 1966 film Modesty Blaise, and ask if a remake would fix its problems

The first two parts of Issue 57 are already out, including Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems.

57.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Casablanca, Lone Star

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 57 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems, where we celebrate getting round to watching great films you've never seen and find lesser known films that deserve your time. The Classic is a titan, 1942's Casablance which Alan has only just got round to watching. For our Hidden Gem we tell you why Lone Star was one of the best indie thrillers of the 90s and deserves to be seen by everyone.

57.1 Double Reel Monthly: Conclave, Emilia Perez, Wallace and Gromit, Ad Vitam, 2024 Double Reel Awards

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd brings you its first Issue of 2025, starting with Double Reel Monthly. We start with a tiny bit of news, then give out our awards for last year's achievements in film, look at some new releases then talk about a whole bunch of films we watched including Conclave, Emilia Perez, Ad Vitam and the new Wallace and Gromit. We also have our New Year's Resolutions: Alan is going to explore Hitchcock films, James (no the other one) will try to answer the riddle of why Adam Sandler is so good and so bad, and James (yes that one) has to watch some of the films he's owned for ages but never watched.

Classics and Hidden Gems will land next week.

56.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Man of Steel, Sahara

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 56 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up is a remake on trial: does Zack Snyder's Superman reboot Man of Steel deserve to exist or should it be wiped from cinema history? Then we have a parole hearing for a film that didn't work the first time. Would a remake fix all the many problems in the notorious 2005 flop Sahara?

56.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Barbarella, Mystery Men

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 56 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. Normally we watch a Classic film to encourage people to check out great films they've been missing out on, but this time we're watching 60s camp sci fi Barbarella so you don't have to. Our Hidden Gem though is something you should really get round to seeing, the underseen, hugely underrated superhero spoof Mystery Men.

Double Reel Monthly is already out with a huge festive helping of news, new releases, reviews of new and notable films and our final project entries for the year. Next week we'll bring you The Remakes Tribunal.

56.1 Double Reel Monthly Part 2: Gladiator 2, Night Bitch, It's What's Inside and more

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Issue 56 of Double Reel continue with a long list of films we've watched to talk to you about over the festive period. We start with Gladiator II and we have many things to say about it, Nightbitch, It's What's Inside, and Look Back. Other notable but less recent films include M3gan, Longlegs, Can You Ever Forgive Me, and An Affair to Remember. The Jameses also conclude their year-long projects with Nolan's Memento and the final Woman Directors showcase Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

We hope this episode finds you having a wonderful festive season. Next week we'll bring you the next part of the podcast, Classics and Hidden Gems

56.1 Double Reel Monthly Part 1 Christmas Special

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 04:00:00 +0000

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd brings you a new issue just in time for Christmas Eve. We have a bumper issue for your festive listening, so long we've had to split it into 2 parts. This part is a look at news and the new releases we're looking forward to this coming month, including Star Trek: Section 31, The Brutalist and the exciting news of a new film in the Karate Kid/Cobra Kai universe coming in 2025.

Part 2 of Double Reel Monthly will be out imminently with reviews of new and notable films we watched this month

55.3 The Remakes Tribunal: The Saint (1997), Crack in the World

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 55 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up we put a remake in the dock and ask if it deserves to exist, or if it's just a useless cashgrab that deserves to be wiped from history. This month it's The Saint, the unloved 1997 Val Kilmer star vehicle. Then we look at a film that didn't work the first time and ask if a remake would fix its problems. For this issue we look at the unsuccessful 1965 disaster movie crack in the world.

Parts 1 and 2 of the issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems - and the first part of the next issue should be with you just before Christmas.

55.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Sexy Beast, The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 55 continues with Classics and Hidden Gems, and it's an all-British edition of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. First up the Classic, where we get round to watching Sexy Beast, which James and Alan have been avoiding for very different reasons... Our Hidden Gem is a 1961 sci fi film which is not well known but still relevant today, The Day the Earth Caught Fire.

Double Reel Monthly is already out, and next week we will also bring you the Remakes Tribunal.

55.1 Double Reel Monthly: Blitz, Paddington in Peru, Woman of the Hour, Time Cut, Interstellar, Cleo From 5 to 7

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 04:00:00 +0000

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is back for a new issue, starting with Double Reel Monthly. As well as a look at news and upcoming new releases, we talk about new films Blitz, Paddington in Peru, Woman of the Hour and Time Cut. For our ongoing annual projects James (no the other one) continues Year of the Nolan with the mighty Interstellar, and James (yes that one) has another entry in the Women Directors Showcase, Agnes Varda's iconic Cleo from 5 to 7

Next week we drop the next part of the issue, Classics and Hidden Gems, where we finally get round to watching a great film we've been meaning to see, and talk about a lesser known film that you should check out.

54.4 Spotlight on Alex Garland - Dredd, Annihilation

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:00:00 +0000

One last special treat for Issue 54 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd and it's a Spotlight episode where have a deeper dive into a subject we love. Occasional co-host Calum is back and this time we discuss Alex Garland, zeitgeist-defining novelist turned screenwriter turned writer-director who might just have made the best film of 2024. We look at his career overall and get into more detail on two of his films, Dredd and Annihilation.

54.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978), Crimson Peak

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:46:05 +0000

Issue 54 of the monthly magazine podcast continues with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up, we look at the first remake of the sci fi classic Invasion of the Bodysnatchers and ask how this succeeded where subsequent attempts failed. Then up for parole is the disappointing Guillermo Del Toro gothic horror Crimson Peak. Would a remake fix its problems?

Parts 1 and 2 of the issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems. Next week we will have another Spotlight episode for you so watch the feed.

54.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Exorcist, Tucker & Dale vs Evil

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0000

It's the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, it's Issue 54, and since our features have a scary movie theme we're releasing it a day early for Halloween. Classics and Hidden Gems is where finally we get round to watching a great movie we've been meaning to see, and recommend a lesser known film you should watch. For the Classic, co host Alan amazingly hasn't seen the Exorcist and for the Hidden Gem, we shine a light on the overlooked cult horror comedy Tucker & Dale vs Evil.

The first part of Issue 54, Double Reel Monthly, came out last week and next week we'll bring you the Remakes Tribunal.

54.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Substance, Jackpot!, Despicable Me 4, Following, Toni Erdmann

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0000

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd returns with Issue 54. We kick off with Double Reel Monthly where we look at news and new releases, and review new films including The Substance, Despicable Me 4, Jackpot1 and various streaming releases. We also catch up on some other recent films, and finish with our annual projects including Year of the Nolan where we discuss Following, and Women Directors Showcase which this month is Toni Erdmann.

Next week we'll bring you Classics and Hidden Gems and the week after it's the Remakes Tribunal.

53.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan etc, Supergirl

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 53 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd brings you the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. Continuing our 40th Anniversary edition of films from 1984, first up we ask whether a remake deserves to exist: (deep breath) Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes. Then we offer a Parole Board to a film which failed the first time, and ask if the disastrous big screen version of Supergirl could be redeemed with a remake.

The other two parts of this issue are already out: Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems, and we hope to bring you a Spotlight episode soon.

53.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Footloose, 2010

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 53 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. It's a 40th Anniversary edition in which our featured films are from 1984. For our classic it turns out Alan has never seen Footloose, to our great shock. We break down this iconic teen movie about Kevin Bacon changing the world through the medium of dance. Then for our Hidden Gem we shed some light on a science fiction sequel people need to see, 2010, the underrated sequel to Kubrick's 2001.

The latest Double Reel Monthly is out already for you to download, and next week we'll bring you the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial.

53.1 Double Reel Monthly: Alien Romulus, Rebel Ridge, Lee, Psycho, Daughters of the Dust, Inception

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0000

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd brings you its latest issue, starting with Double Reel Monthly. Along with news and a look at new releases, we review new films including Alien Romulus, Lee, Rebel Ridge, Lumberjack the monster and a slew of Netflix dreck; Alan and James (no the other one) discuss a couple of older films that they watched recently including Psycho and War Dogs; James (yes that one) continues his Women Directors project for 2024 with pioneering 90s tone poem Daughters of the Dust and James (no the other one) gets us back up to date with two entries for his Year of the Nolan - Inception and the Prestige.

We'll be back in a week's time with the next part of the issue, Classics and Hidden Gems.

52.4 Spotlight: Trainspotting and Danny Boyle

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 52 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with a Spotlight episode. Stuart Dugdale joins us to look in depth at the iconic 90s British film Trainspotting, the huge impact it had and where its makers went from there. In particular we look at the career of Danny Boyle, and how he tackled the huge challenge of following up one of the greatest films of all time. In particular we look at 28 Days Later and the sequel T2 Trainspotting.

The other parts of Issue 52 are out now, and Issue 53 will be with you on September 25th.

52.3 The Remakes Tribunal: The Getaway, The Specialist

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 52 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up, we put a remake in the dock and ask whether it should have been made. This month for our 30th anniversary special it's The Getaway, the 1994 attempt to reboot a Steve McQueen 70s classic with Alec Baldwin. Then we offer a parole hearing to a film that failed the first time and ask if a remake would fix its problems. The 1994 film up for a reprieve is the Sylvester Stallone/Sharon Stone action vehicle The Specialist.

The first two parts of Issue 52 are out now: Double Reel Monthly and a 1994 special edition of Classics and Hidden Gems. Next week we close out the issue with a Spotlight episode looking at Danny Boyle's Trainspotting.

52.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Three Colours White, The Shadow

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 52 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. This month all our featured films are from 1994 and celebrating their 30th anniversary. First we finally get round to watching Three Colours White and also discuss the whole Three Colours Trilogy. In our Hidden Gem we pick out a film you may not have watched and should give a chance, which this month is noirish superhero film The Shadow.

52.1 Double Reel Monthly: Deadpool & Wolverine, Longlegs, Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Belle

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 04:00:00 +0000

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is back with a new issue. First we bring you Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news, new releases, new and notable films we've watched and the latest in our year-long film projects for 2024.

As always we discuss or refer to loads of films to help you add to your watchlist and escape the Algorithm's content prison. The new films we watched and discuss include Deadpool & Wolverine, Longlegs, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, No Way Up and Space Cadet. Alan also took a look at two great vintage Hollywood films, The Misfits and Dial M for Murder. Finally James continues his year long project showcasing women directors with Amma Asante's Belle

51.4 Spotlight on Paul Schrader: Bringing Out the Dead, The Card Counter

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 04:00:00 +0000

One more part to Issue 51 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. As promised we've started up a series of Spotlight segments where we dig deeper into a single film or filmmaker. James is joined by fellow film nerd and Sunderland fan Calum to talk about legendary writer-director Paul Schrader. We look at the two parallel careers Schrader has had - as a writer for Scorsese and as a director of his own films. We take a closer look at his final collaboration with Marty - Bringing Out the Dead; then one of his own films, The Card Counter from 2021.

The other parts of Issue 51 are out now including Double Reel Monthly, Classics and Hidden Gems and the Remakes Tribunal. Issue 52 lands from August 25th.

51.3 The Remakes Tribunal: True Lies, The Day of the Animals

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 51 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Remakes Tribunal. Here we put bad filmmaking on trial, starting with True Lies, which not everyone knows is the Hollywood blockbuster version of a French film. Is it justified or should be wipe it from cinema history? Then it's the Parole Board where we offer a reprieve to a bad film to see if a remake would fix its problems. This month it's the near-legendary Day of the Animals, in which Leslie Nielsen wrestles a bear.

The other two parts of Issue 51 are already out: Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems.

51.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Godfather, Mr Holland's Opus

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Issue 51 of the monthly magazine continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. First it's the earth-shattering news that co-host Alan hadn't seen The Godfather before, so that's our Classic for this month, digging into why he didn't get round to it until now and what he thought. Then we talk about why you should get round to watching Mr Holland's Opus, a feelgood film that seems to be all but forgotten these days.

Double Reel Monthly is already out, featuring reviews of the Bikeriders, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and Fancy Dance, and a look back at Sally Potter's Orlando. Next week we conclude this month's issue with the Remakes Tribunal, asking if True Lies should have been made and if Day of the Animals could be salvaged with a remake.

51.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Bikeriders, Beverly Hills Cop Axel F, Fancy Dance, Trigger Warning, Orlando

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 04:00:00 +0000

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is back with another issue packed with film chat. The first part is Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news, new releases, reviews of new films including The Bikeriders, Beverly Hills Cop Axel F and Fancy Dance, and the latest in our annual film projects.

Next week we'll bring you Classics and Hidden Gems, where Alan finally gets round to watching the Godfather and we tell you why you should get round to watching Mr Holland's Opus.

50.3 The Remakes Tribunal: State of Play, The Osterman Weekend

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Continuing our theme of films about journalists and reporters, The Remakes Tribunal is in session putting bad filmmaking on trial. On the panel: the Adamsons and sci fi author Alan Bayles.

The remake on trial is State of Play. Was it justified for Hollywood to do a big screen version of Paul Abbott's classic British TV series from just six years before? Then we offer a parole hearing to Sam Peckinpah's disappointing final film The Osterman Weekend. Is there a good film in there somewhere, and would a remake fix its problems?

The other parts of Issue 50 are already out: Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems.

50.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Year of Living Dangerously, Salvador

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 50 continues with Classics and Hidden Gems, and our theme is journalists and reporters in film. The Classic is Peter Weir's Oscar winning 1982 drama The Year of Living Dangerously, featuring Sigourney Weaver and Mel Gibson before they were megastars. The Hidden Gem is the other film Oliver Stone made in 1986, Salvador starring James Woods.

Double Reel Monthly is already out and next week we'll bring you the Remakes Tribunal.

50.1 Double Reel Monthly: Furiosa, Hit Man, Atlas, Rebel Moon Part 2, Godzilla Minus One, Oppenheimer, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The monthly magazine for the discerning film nerd returns with Issue 50. First up is Double Reel Monthly and we're joined again by sci fi author and fellow film nerd Alan Bayles. The episode is packed as alwas with news, new leases, discussions of new films we've watched including Furiosa, Hit Man and Rebel Moon Part 2, and the latest films in our annual projects: Oppenheimer and We Need to Talk About Kevin.

Next week we'll bring you Classics and Hidden Gems.

Alan's novels Double Jeopardy and Oracle's Vision are out now.

49.3 The Remakes Tribunal: SWAT, The Year of the Dragon

Sat, 08 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The Adamsons conclude Issue 49 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. We're joined once again by noted sci fi author and fellow film nerd Alan Bayles.

The remake under our spotlight is 2003's SWAT, where we ask if this Colin Farrell and Sam Jackson-led reboot of an old TV show deserves to exist or should we wipe it from film history. Then we ask if the fatally flawed and quite racist 1985 police thriller Year of the Dragon should be remade to get it right this time.

The first two parts of Issue 49 are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems.

49.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Serpico, Cop Land

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 49 of the monthly magazine podcast continues with our Classics and Hidden Gems episode, where we're joined by special guest co host Alan Bayles, fellow film nerd and sci fi author.

The Classic one of us is finally getting round to seeing is the iconic 70s police drama Serpico, and the Hidden Gem we want you to consider watching is 1997's Cop Land.

The first part of the issue Double Reel Monthly is already out, and next week we finish up issue 49 with the Remakes Tribunal.

49.1 Double Reel Monthly: Monkey Man, Civil War, The Fall Guy, Tenet, The Hitch-Hiker

Sat, 25 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back with Issue 49 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The first instalment is Double Reel Monthly. We cover news stories and new releases that caught our eye, review some new films we've seen since our last issue, and look at the films from our year long projects The Year of the Nolan - Tenet - and Women Directors - Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker.

Next week will be our second part, Classics and Hidden Gems.

48.3 The Big Conversation: Films of the 2000s

Wed, 08 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The Adamsons bring down the curtain on Issue 48 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The final part is the Big Conversation where this month we discuss our favourite films of the decade 2000 to 2009.

Similar to our chat in Issue 46 we each nominate our favourite film from each year of the decade, and discuss which of them should be named best film of that year. Unlike last time we're allowing Best Picture Oscar winners from last year.

Our previous instalments from Issue 48 are out now - Double Reel Monthly with news, new releases, reviews of new films and the latest in our annual movie projects; and the Features in which we discuss a Classic, a Hidden Gem, our final One That Got Away, a Remake Hatewatch and a remake we'd like to see of a film that didn't work the first time.

Our next Issue is in development and will start to land in your podcast app from May 25th.

48.2 The Features: Touch of Evil, Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, Scorsese's House of Gucci, Orca, Tron: Legacy

Thu, 02 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 48 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features. The Classic we've just got round to seeing is Touch of Evil, and the Hidden Gem we think you should check out is Ghost Dog: the Way of the Samurai. Our final ever One That Got Away discusses how Martin Scorsese nearly made House of Gucci 20 years before Ridley Scott did it, and our Remake Hatewatch looks at Orca, 1977's blatant rip off of Jaws. Finally we look at the flawed but fascinating Tron Legacy and ask whether that should be remade better this time.

Part 1 of this month's issue Double Reel Monthly is already out, and next week we'll bring you the Big Conversation.

48.1 Double Reel Monthly: Immaculate, Ricky Stanicki, Road House Morris Men, The Dark Knight, Ladybird

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Another packed issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd kicks off with April's Double Reel Monthly, covering news, new releases, reviews of new films and how we're getting in with our annual film projects. New films include Immaculate, Ricky Stanicki, Road House, a catch up on the Beekeeper and two films featuring friend of the pod Jamie B Chambers: Morris Men and The Shamrock Spitfire.

Next week we'll bring you the next part of the issue, the Features.

47:3 The Big Conversation: The Oscars 2024

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The Adamsons bring Issue 47 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd to a close with the Big Conversation. As always we aim to entertain you by taking a longer look at a big topic from the film world, and this month we mark the end of awards season with our Oscar Chat.

We look at the big winners and losers, how we thought it went and whether 2024 was a good year, and what's next for the major players among the nominees.

The rest of Issue 47 is already out, including Double Reel Monthly, The Penalty Shootout Film Quiz and The Features.

47:2 The Features: Audition, Steel Rain, Wong Kar-Wai's The Lady From Shanghai, Oldboy Remake

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 47 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features, and for this issue we are focusing on East Asian cinema. Our Classics and Recommended is the notorious Takashi Miike psychological horror Audition, followed by our Hidden Gem the Korean cold war thriller Steel Rain. Our One that Got Away discusses how legendary filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai spent years nearly making international spy thriller The Lady From Shanghai with Nicole Kidman, and our Remake Hatewatch is the ill-advised US remake of Oldboy. As a treat at the end we discuss how we'd like to see a remake of one of the ninja films of the 80s.

Our latest Double Reel Monthly and Penalty Shootout Film Quiz are out now, and our Big Conversation will be out in a week's time.

Double Reel Presents: Penalty Shootout Film Quiz March 2024

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 47 of the monthly magazine film podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the latest Penalty Shootout Film Quiz, the fiendish and needlessly complicated battle of trivia skills between your co-hosts.

The score is 5-0 to James (no the other one) going into this month's instalment, with James (yes that one) still desperate to get a win on the board. The forfeits remain - James (no the other one) will have to watch The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou if he loses, while James (yes that one) is facing a viewing of The Room.

In a few days we'll release the next instalment of this issue, the Features.

47.1 Double Reel Monthly: Dune Part 2, The Zone of Interest, Madame Web, The Kitchen, Nomadland, Batman Begins

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back with the latest issue of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Released in four parts through the month, we start with Double Reel Monthly, featuring news, new releases, reviews of new films including Dune Part 2, The Zone of Interest, Madame Web and The Kitchen, our Women Directors project feature Nomadland and the latest in our Year of the Nolan project which is Batman Begins.

In a few days we will release the next part: the latest Penalty Shootout Film Quiz

46.3 The Big Conversation: Films of the 2010s

Sun, 10 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 46 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Big Conversation. This month we talk about our favourite films of the 2010s. We imposed a few rules on ourselves for the chat: We could only pick one best film of each year in the decade; we each had to suggest a nomination and duke it out over which went in; and Best Picture Oscar winners were admissible. This took out some of our favourite films such as 12 Years a Slave, Spotlight and Moonlight but mostly it freed us up to put our favourite films up where they belong.

The other parts of issue 46 are already out, including Double Reel Monthly, the Penalty Shootout Film quiz and the features.

46.2 The Features: Network, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Jacques Tati's Confusion, Bewitched

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 46 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the latest drop of our regular Features episode. The theme this month is films about the television industry, with Classics and Recommended Network, Hidden Gem Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The One that Got Away - Jacques Tati's Confusion and Remake Hatewatch Bewitched. As a bonus we also look at the remake we'd like to see - a new adaptation of Stephen King's dystopian reality TV prophecy The Running Man.

The previous instalments of Issue 46 are already available - Double Reel Monthly and the Penalty Shootout Film Quiz. Next week we'll conclude this month's issue with the Big Conversation - our best films of the 2010s.

Double Reel Presents: Penalty Shootout Film Quiz February 2024

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 46 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the fiendish Penalty Shootout Film Quiz. James (no the other one) is yet to win a quiz, with the score currently 5-0 to James (yes that one).

As always our intrepid hosts face off in the format of a penalty shootout (like from the footy) and the winner gets to make the loser watch a film they're going to hate. Will James (no the other one) finally get a win?

46.1 Double Reel Monthly: American Fiction, Poor Things, Selma, Dunkirk, The Dark Knight Rises

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 46 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd kicks off with its first instalment, Double Reel Monthly with news, a look at new releases coming soon, new films we watched in the past month and the latest in our "New Year Resolution" annual project. James (no the other one) continues his spotlight on women director's with Ava Du Vernay's Selma and James (yes that one) kicks off his look at the films of Christopher Nolan with a double bill of Dunkirk and The Dark Knight Rises.

In a few days we'll bring you the latest Penalty Shootout Film Quiz, then after that it will be the Features with a theme of films about the television industry.

45 3 The Big Conversation: 3rd Annual Double Reel Awards

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 45 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with our Big Conversation, and as it's our first of the year we're giving you our Annual Awards show for excellence and otherwise for the films of 2023.

As usual we go strictly on films that got their full release in the calendar year, and as usual we bring you innovative awards you don't get elsewhere such as biggest disappointment, worst accent, and an award chosen by James's dogs.

The other instalments of this issue are out already including Double Reel Monthly 45, the Penalty Shootout Film Quiz and the Features

45.2 The Features: The Player, Ed Wood, The Other Side of the Wind, Blonde

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 45 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features. This month our theme is films about films and the film industry. Our Classic is Robert Altman's The Player, our Hidden Gem is Tim Burton's lesser-known Ed Wood, the One That Got Away is the epic tale of Orson Welles trying and failing to make a film about a great director trying to make a film, and our Remake Hatewatch is the hateful Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde. At the end we also talk about a remake we'd like to see, of the promising but botched comedy An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn!

The latest Double Reel Monthly and Penalty Shootout Film Quiz episodes are already out, and next week we'll bring you the Big Conversation featuring our Third Annual Double Reel Awards.

Double Reel Presents: Penalty Shootout Film Quiz - January 2025

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The second instalment of Double Reel Issue 45, the fiendish, complicated and keenly contested Penalty Shootout Film Quiz. Currently the score stands at 5-0 to James (no the other one) and James (yes that one) is desperate to claw his way back into contention. The forfeits for the loser this month: James (no the other one) will have to watch The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou if he loses, but if it's James (yes that one) his forfeit will be The Room. This month's Double Reel Monthly is already out, and the Features will be released next week.

45.1 Double Reel Monthly: Three Musketeers Milady, Rebel Moon Pt1, Saltburn, CODA,

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:00:44 +0000

Back with a bang for the New Year, it's the Adamsons and the monthly magazine for the discerning film nerd. First up in our latest issue: Double Reel Monthly, with news, new releases, a look at new films including Three Musketeers Milady, Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Part 1, The Burial and Saltburn, the first film in a new film project about women directors starting with CODA and a preview of another new film project starting next month.

Double Reel Presents: The Cronenberg Institute

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Another special bonus anthology episode for your waiting ears. This compiles all the monthly entries in James (yes that one)'s annual project looking at films by the great David Cronenberg. This consists of nine films I hadn't seen before, followed by three of his best classics.

Our other anthology episode Legal Cage of Consent was released last week which you might also like.

Double Reel Presents: Legal Cage of Consent

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000

A special bonus anthology episode featuring all the films James (no the other one) discussed in his special project for 2023. For every month of the year he got the mighty online Nic Cage randomiser to select a film for him to watch then told us about it. Whether it was good Cage, bad Cage or just paying the bills Cage, we covered it for you.

Our other special project The Cronenberg Institute will be available soon.

44.3 The Big Conversation: Top Ten Ridley Scott Films

Sat, 06 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The Adamsons conclude Issue 44 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with the Big Conversation, where we dig into a topic from the film world in more detail. In keeping with our overall theme this month we discuss and agree Double Reel's Top 10 Ridley Scott Films.

The other parts of Issue 44 are already available to download including Double Reel Monthly, Penalty Shootout Film Quiz and the Features. Soon we will have some bonus episodes available with the collected films on our year long projects Legal Cage of Consent and The Cronenberg Institute.

44.2 The Features: Thelma & Louise, The Duellists, Kubrick’s Napoleon, Exodus Gods & Kings, Prometheus

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 44 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with a very Ridley Scott themed episode. Our Classic is his feminist road movie Thelma & Louise, our Hidden Gem is his less heralded debut The Duellists, The One That Got Away explores how Kubrick (one of Scott's idols) failed to get a Napoleon film off the ground 50 years before Sir Ridley made his version, and our Remake Hatewatch asks why Exodus Gods and Kings bothered to try and revive the Moses story. As a special treat at the end we suggest a remake to fix all the flaws in Prometheus.

The previous parts of Issue 44 are out now: Double Reel Monthly and the Penalty Shootout Film Quiz. Next week we close out this issue with a Ridley Scott-themed Big Conversation.

Double Reel Presents: Penalty Shootout Film Quiz December 2023

Tue, 26 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 44 of the monthly magazine film quiz for the discerning film nerd continues with the Penalty Shootout Film Quiz, the fiendishly complicated and keenly contested test of film trivia prowess.

The Adamsons face off to see who will win the quiz question shootout, with a forfeit awaiting the loser in the form of a film they really don't want to see, vindictively selected for them by the winner. This month James (no the other one) will watch Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou if he loses, while James (yes that one) will be forced to watch the notorious 2000s film parody Disaster Movie. The score currently stands at 5-0 to James (no the other one) so we all know which way the betting odds are leaning.

Double Reel Monthly no 44 is already out to listen to and next week we'll bring you the Features.

44.1 Double Reel Monthly: Napoleon, Hunger Games Songbirds & Snakes, Dream Scenario, The Rock, Videodrome

Sat, 23 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000

The Adamsons close out 2023 with the latest issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. We have a general theme this month, with all episodes linking in some way to the release of Ridley Scott's new Napoleon film. We release it in four parts to keep your podcast app busy through the month and over the festive period.

This is Double Reel Monthly with news, new releases, reviews of new films including Napoleon, Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Dream Scenario and Missing; and the final instalments in our year long projects Legal Cage of Consent and The Cronenberg Institute.

In a few days we'll drop the latest Penalty Shootout Film Quiz on you, followed in due course by the Features and Finally the Big Conversation.

43 3 The Big Conversation: Bucket List Cinema

Sat, 09 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000

The Adamsons conclude Issue 43 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with the Big Conversation. This month our cinematic deep dive discussed our movie watching Bucket Lists - the films you want to try and watch on the big screen at least once in your live. We talk about bucket list films we've already seen, films we dream of seeing at the cinema one day, and the films we think should be on everyone's bucket list.

The other parts of this month's issue are already available: Double Reel Monthly, Penalty Shootout Film Quiz and the Features.

43.2 The Features: Brotherhood of the Wolf, Rescue Dawn, Spielberg’s Trial of the Chicago 7, The Invasion, Hancock

Sat, 02 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 43 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features. Our Classic is bonkers French period action horror The Brotherhood of the Wolf; the Hidden Gem is Werner Herzog's Rescue Dawn; The One That Got Away features Spielberg's attempt to make The Trial of the Chicago 7; our Remake Hatewatch is the superflous 2007 version of The Invasion; and finally we ask for a remake of the superhero comedy Hancock.

The firsty two parts of this issue are already out: Double Real Monthly No.43 and the latest Penalty Shootout Film Quiz. In a week's time we will conclude this month's issue with the Big Conversation.

Double Reel Presents: Penalty Shootout Film Quiz November 2023

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Another round of the fiendish Penalty Shootout Film Quiz, where the Adamsons battle it out to see who has the best knowledge of cinematic trivia. The winner gets to force the loser to perform a forfeit and watch a film they're really going to hate. The score is currently 5-0 to James (no the other one) and James (yes that one) to claw his way back into contention.

Last month the loser had to watch Uwe Boll's horrific Alone in the Dark. This month, James (no the other one) will have to avoid the film he's successfully avoided for months now - Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. James (yes that one) will have to watch Tommy Wiseau's The Room.

Our latest episode Double Reel Monthly is already out now, and the Features will be released on December 2nd.

43.1 Double Reel Monthly: Killers of the Flower Moon, The Killer, Dead Ringers

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back with Issue 43 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Double Reel monthly is the first instalment with news, a look at new releases coming our way, reviews of new films including the new ones from Scorsese and Fincher, and the latest in our annual projects Legal Cage of Consent and The Cronenberg Institute.

WARNING: contains spoilers for Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 and Spider-Man Across The Spiderverse between 30mins and 47mins.

In a few days we'll drop our next instalment The Penalty Shootout Film Quiz, and next week we'll release the Features.

42.3 The Big Conversation: Dying’s Not Hard, Comedy’s Hard

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Issue 42 of the monthly magazine for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Big Conversation, where the Adamsons dig into a topic from the film world in more detail. This month we look at the fine art of making comedy films, why it shouldn't be so much harder than other genres but somehow it is, how tastes in comedy and the economics of comedy films have changed over the years, and whether cancel culture makes it impossible to make great comedies any more.

The other parts of this month's issue are already out now: Double Reel Monthly, The Penalty Shootout Film Quiz and The Features.

42.2 The Features: The Guard, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Bruce Willis In Broadway Brawler, Dolittle, Superman III

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:51:44 +0000

The latest issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features, which this month all have a comedy theme. Our Classics and Recommended film is Irish buddy cop film The Guard; our Hidden Gem is the 1986 film Down and Out in Beverly Hills; The One That Got Away features Bruce Willis in the disastrous cancelled project Broadway Brawler; our Remake Hatewatch is Robert Downey and his odd accent in Dolittle and our Remake Restoration suggests major changes to Superman 3.

October's Double Reel Monthly and the Penalty Shootout Film Quiz are already available to download, and next week we finish with The Big Conversation.

Penalty Shootout Film Quiz - October 2023

Sat, 28 Oct 2023 07:41:04 +0000

The fiendish monthly quiz where the Adamsons test each others film knowledge and battle to avoid a vicious forfeit. Previously we included the quiz as part of Double Reel Monthly but now we're releasing it as a separate episode.

The score currently stands at 4-0 to (young) James, and (the other) James is desperate to claw back some respectability. The stakes are high. If (young) James loses this quiz he has to watch The Life Aquatic by Steve Zissou, and (the other) James has an Uwe Boll film hanging over him. Who will win? Download and find out.

October's Double Reel Monthly is available to download now, and the Features will be released next week.

42.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Lesson, The Creator, Nimona, Con Air, The Fly

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 07:32:04 +0000

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is back with another issue packed with cinematic chat and opinion. As always we release the latest issue in instalments to keep your feed fed through the month, starting here with Double Reel Monthly. We have news and a look at new releases; reviews of new films including The Creator, The Lesson, Nimona and How to Blow Up A Pipeline; the latest in our year-long project The Cronenberg Institute and another randomly generated instalment of our other year-long project Legal Cage of Consent. The fiendish Penalty Shootout Film Quiz will be released separately in a few days. Next week it will be the regular Features Episode and the following week we'll have another Big Conversation.

Double Reel Special: The Return of Jamie B Chambers - I Am Rage

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:43:12 +0000

Exciting times here at Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd: hot on the heels of our recent special episode we have another one for you. Our special guest making their return to the pod is actor, stunt performer, fight choreographer and all round gent Jamie B Chambers. Jamie is back to discuss his new film the dark action-horror I Am Rage.

Jamie gives us the run down on the making of his new film, what to expect and some great stories from his time on a range of film sets including Brad Pitt's Fury, Star Wars the Force Awakens and Scott Adkins thriller One Shot. We also get a look at some of his new and upcoming projects and of course a chance to geek out with a fellow film nerd.

41.3 The Big Conversation: Spotlight on William Friedkin

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:03:40 +0000

Issue 41 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Big Conversation, where the Adamsons discuss a topic from the film world in more detail.

This month we mark the recent passing of legendary director William Friedkin with a retrospective on his films.

The other instalments of this month's episode are already available to download as well as a special interview with Mitch from new film discussion channel Primetime Mitch.

Double Reel Special: Primetime Mitch

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:28:55 +0000

An extra special episode of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Our guest is Mitch from Primetime Mitch, a brand new video channel dedicated to discussing your favourite crowd-pleasing films.

Mitch talks about what you can expect from his shows, as well as his own movie watching life, and kindly agreed to nominate some films that fit our usual feature categories of Classic, Hidden Gem, Remake Hatewatch and a remake he'd like to see.

The first two instalments of our latest monthly episode are out already, with the concluding part out next week.

41.2 The Features: Stalker, Take Shelter, David Lynch’s Ronnie Rocket, I Am Legend, Max Max Beyond Thunderdome

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:04:35 +0000

Issue 41 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with our regular features, which this month have a connecting theme of apocalyptic films. Our Classics and Recommended feature is the legendary Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker; our Hidden Gem is Take Shelter; The One That Got Away looks at David Lynch's decades-long attempts to make Ronnie Rocket; our Remake Hatewatch is 2007's I Am Legend; and finally we ask whether Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome needs to be remade to get it right this time.

Next week we'll bring you the Big Conversation which will be a retrospective on the films of the late great William Friedkin. September's Double Reel Monthly is already available to download.

41.1 Double Reel Monthly: Scrapper, The Equalizer 3, They Cloned Tyrone, Maps to the Stars, Leaving Las Vegas

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:14:42 +0000

The Adamsons bring you the latest issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This first instalment is Double Reel Monthly, with news, a look at new releases coming our way and reviews of new films Scrapper, The Equalizer 3, Barbie (again) and They Cloned Tyrone. We also bring you the fiendish Penalty Shootout Film Quiz and the latest in our year long film projects The Cronenberg Institute with Maps to the Stars, and Legal Age of Consent with Leaving Las Vegas.

Next week we'll release our regular Features episode.

Double Reel Presents: The Adamsons Versus AI

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:27:35 +0000

In case you weren't aware James and James do another podcast, The Adamsons Versus, in which we take an offbeat look at non film related topics. We're sharing our latest episode on this feed to give you a chance to listen to it - hope you enjoy it. In this episode we talk about the good, bad, scary and funny sides of AI, before rambling off onto other topics and ending with our regular look at what Florida Man has been up to.

The rest of our episodes are available on the Adamsons Versus feed.

40.3 The Big Conversation: Pitch Me A Blockbuster

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 07:52:51 +0000

Issue 40 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with a long chat in which the Adamsons offer to fix all of Hollywood's problems for them. Pitch Me A Blockbuster is our shot at suggesting some great films the studios could make to get them out of their current malaise. We throw out ideas, see if they'll work and indulge in some fantasy casting.

Parts one and two of this issue are already available - Double Reel Monthly and the Features.

40.2 The Features: Rio Bravo, American Made, John Boorman’s Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbarian, Last Action Hero

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 08:01:00 +0000

Issue 40 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with our regular Features episode. In our Classics and Recommended feature we look at the hugely influential 50s western Rio Bravo; our Hidden Gem is Tom Cruise's comparatively underseen American Made; The One That Got Away looks at British auteur John Boorman's failed attempt to make a live action version of Lord of the Rings in the 1970s; our Remake Hatewatch demolishes the execrable 2011 version of Conan the Barbarian; and to top it off we ask for Last Action Hero to be remade better this time.

Next week we'll bring you the latest Big Conversation, where we pitch ideas for the next big blockbuster. Our regular Double Reel Monthly for August is already available to download.

40.1 Double Reel Monthly: Oppenheimer, Barbie, Heart of Stone, Cosmopolis, The Wicker Man

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 05:59:00 +0000

Issue 40 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd starts here! As usual we're releasing it in three parts through the month to keep your feed fed regularly, and we begin with Double Reel Monthly. It's a bumper episode thanks to a long discussion on Oppenheimer, as well as our usual look at news, new releases, reviews of other new films including Barbie and Heart of Stone and the fiendish Penalty Shootout Film Quiz. We finish with our year-long projects Legal Cage of Consent in which James (no the other one) watches a Nic Cage film picked for him at random by the internet, and James (yes that one) with The Cronenberg Institute which this month features Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis. Next week we will bring you our regular Features episode and the following week it will be the Big Conversation.

39.3 The Big Conversation: Casting Decisions and ”What If” Moments

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:33:00 +0000

Issue 39 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Big Conversation, in which the Adamsons tackle a topic from the film world in more detail. This month it's how casting affects a film and how different some of your favourite films would have been if the original choice had been cast. Sometimes it's a fascinating Sliding Doors moment; or it just proves what James (no, the other one) says, that often filmmakers are lucky they didn't get what they wanted. The first two parts of Issue 39 are already available to download.

39.2 The Features: A Tale of Two Sisters, The Frighteners, Joe Carnahan’s White Jazz, The Fog (2005)

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 08:37:00 +0000

Issue 39 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with our regular features, all of which feature horror or disturbed characters. Our Classics and Recommended feature is the hit South Korean psychological chiller A Tale of Two Sisters; the Hidden Gem is Peter Jackson's horror comedy The Frighteners; The One That Got Away tells the story of Joe Carnahan's unrealised project White Jazz; the Remake Hatewatch lays into the insipid 2005 version of The Fog - and in our bonus Remake Restoration we discuss how the Shipping News could have been done better. Next week we bring you the Big Conversation in which James and James each try to pitch the next great blockbuster

39.1 Double Reel Monthly: Spider-Man Across the Spider Verse, Mission Impossible 7, A Dangerous Method, Knowing

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 06:04:00 +0000

Issue 39 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is here! As usual we release it in three parts, released a week at at time to keep your feed fed through the month. We start with Double Reel Monthly, including news, a look at new releases, reviews of new films Spider-Man Across the Spiderverse and (deep breath) Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1, our fiendishly difficult Penalty Shootout Film Quiz and the latest films in our annual projects The Cronenberg Institute and Legal Cage of Consent. Next week we will bring you the Features, including our Classic, our Hidden Gem, The One That Got Away and our much-beloved Remake Hatewatch. The week after we dive deeper into a topic from the world of film with the Big Conversation

38.3 The Big Conversation: The Golden Age of Animation (And Why It’s Over)

Sun, 09 Jul 2023 08:01:00 +0000

Episode 38 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with our Big Conversation. In keeping this this issue's theme of animated films we look at the Golden Age of Animation. This phrase used to be applied to the early Disney Classics from Snow White to the Jungle Book, but we're here to argue that the Golden Age of Animation started with the Little Mermaid in 1989 - or with Toy Story in 1995. James and James aren't 100% agreed on that. But they are agreed that the new golden age is over and will tell you why if you download and listen right now.The previous parts of this Episode, Double Reel Monthly and The Features, are already out now so please do go back and listen to them as well if you haven't done so already.

38.2 The Features: Akira, The Iron Giant, A Princess of Mars, Tom and Jerry The Movie

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 07:32:00 +0000

Episode 38 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the regular Features and this month's animation theme. Our Classics and Recommended film is 1988's anime masterpiece Akira; the Hidden Gem is the Iron Giant which became a family favourite but was hardly seen on its theatrical release; the One That Got Away is the story of how A Princess Of Mars nearly became the first ever animated feature film; the Remake Hatewatch is of the execrable 1992 version of Tom and Jerry; and we also have a Remake Restoration where we suggest a film that needs a remake because it didn't work as well as it could have. Next week we bring you the Big Conversation about the Golden Age of Animated Films. The first part of this month's issue Double Reel Monthly is already available now.

38.1 Double Reel Monthly: Super Mario Bros, Sisu, Sharper, Air, Tetris, Eastern Promises, Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse

Sun, 25 Jun 2023 08:25:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back with Issue 38 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This part one of three, Double Reel Monthly, with news, a look at new releases, reviews of new films we've watched and the compelling and incredibly complicated Penalty Shootout Film Quiz. We also check in on our film resolutions for 2023, in which we each watch a selection of films as part of annual projects. For James (no the other one) it's Legal Age of Consent, where he watches a Nic Cage film picked at random. For James (no that one) it's The Cronenberg Institute, which this month features 2007's Eastern Promises. Part 2 the features will be released in a week's time, and a week after that we'll have the Big Conversation.

37.3 The Big Conversation: The Art of the Trilogy

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 16:18:00 +0000

Issue 37 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Big Conversation, where we tackle a topic from the film world in more detail. This month we discuss film trilogies, including what qualifies a film as a trilogy (is it still a trilogy if they make a fourth film?). We look at some of the best and worst examples and wonder if they're still a thing in the age of streaming prestige TV shows. The previous parts of this issue are out now, including Double Reel Monthly and the Features.

37.2 The Features: Drive, Casualties of War, John Carpenter and Tombstone, Midway, Waterworld

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 06:41:00 +0000

Issue 37 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, and this week it's the Features, our regular discussions to enrich your film watching and help you escape the confines of the algorithm. Our Classics and Recommended feature is Drive, Nicholas Winding Refn's tribute to the characters of the 70s and styles of the 80s. Our Hidden Gem is the underrated and underseen Vietnam War film Casualties of War. In The One that Got Away we discuss how John Carpenter almost made the definitive western but in the end Tombstone was directed by someone else. Our Remake Hatewatch compares 2019's Midway to, you guessed it, 1976's Midway. And as a bonus we look at how a remake of Waterworld might actually be a good idea. Last week we dropped Double Reel monthly with news, reviews and a look at our annual film projects of David Cronenberg and Nic Cage classics. Next week we'll bring you the final part of the issue, the Big Conversation.

37.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, Spider, Boston Strangler, Ghosted

Thu, 25 May 2023 08:04:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back and so is the May 2023 issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The first part is Double Reel with news, a look at new releases, reviews of new films and our 12 month film projects. This month we review new films The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, Boston Strangler and Ghosted. We also bring you our Penalty Shootout Film Quiz where the loser has to watch a film they're going to absolutely hate. This month's visit to the Cronenberg Institute brings you Spider, the 2002 psychological drama, and we also discuss a Nic Cage film picked at random. Next week we bring you the features including the Classic, Hidden Gem, One That Got Away and Remake Hatewatch. The following week it will be our Big Conversation.

36.3 The Big Conversation: Most Overrated Film Directors

Tue, 09 May 2023 06:20:00 +0000

The Adamsons bring you the third part of the latest issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the Big Conversation, in which we tackle a topic from the film world in more detail. This month we ask who we think are the most overrated directors, and what makes a director overrated? The previous parts of Episode 36 are already out as well, including Double Reel Monthly where we bring you news, reviews of new films, a penalty shootout film quiz and our annual projects looking at Nic Cage films and David Cronenberg films.

36.2 The Features: 25th Hour, Matchstick Men, Shekhar Kapur’s Paani, Dawn of the Dead

Tue, 02 May 2023 07:36:00 +0000

The second part of this month's edition of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The Adamsons bring you their regular features, including:

Classics and Recommended: we finally get round to watching Spike Lee's 25th Hour;

Hidden Gem, where we tell you why should get round to watching the underrated Matchstick Men;

The One That Got Away, concerning Elizabeth director Shekar Kapur's twenty year quest to make the Indian cyberpunk sci fi epic Paani;

And the Remake Hatewatch, where we cast a sceptical eye over the 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead.

We also have a Remake Restoration in which we look at how Oliver Stone's Alexander could have been so much better.

36.1 Double Reel Monthly: John Wick Chapter 4, Renfield, Bandit, Lord of War, M. Butterfly

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:17:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back with another edition of the monthly podcast magazine for the discerning film nerd. We deliver the pod in three parts and this is the first, Double Reel Monthly. In the next hour and a bit we aim to set you up for the next four weeks of film watching with news, new releases, reviews of new films we've watched and more besides. As always our aim is to help you escape the confines of the Algorithm and watch something new or different. Coming up:

- A look at some recent news headlines and our pick of the new releases coming up this month;

- Reviews of any new and recent films we've watched;

- Penalty Shootout Film Quiz! James and James have to answer 5 testing quiz questions in turn, and whoever loses the shootout has to watch a film they will hate of the winner's choosing;

- The latest instalment in our Nic Cage project - a film from his canon picked at random

- The latest instalment in our David Cronenberg, looking at the, let's say "unusual" drama M. Butterfly

Part 2 the Features will be out next week and Part 3 the Big Conversation will follow the week after.

35.3 The Big Conversation - 2023 Oscars. Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale, Top Gun: Maverick, Elvis, Tar

Sat, 08 Apr 2023 07:32:00 +0000

The third part of this month's edition of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is our Big Conversation in which we tackle a topic from the film world in more detail, and since it's that time of year we're having a chat about the Oscars. We recap the latest ceremony, and how it compare's to last year's scandalous show, we talk about winners and losers and snubs, and we imagine what the future Oscars awards show would be like as a more multiplatform future beckons.

35.2 The Features: Michael Clayton, After Hours, Spielberg’s Night Skies, Roald Dahl’s The Witches

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 21:48:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back with the March Edition of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the second part including our regular features carefully picked out just for you. Our Classics and Recommended feature is Michael Clayton, the Oscar-winning legal thriller starring George Clooney and Tilda Swinton; The Hidden Gem is After Hours, Scorsese's lesser known dark comedy from the 1980s; The One That Got Away is the tale of Steven Spielberg's alien invasion thriller Night Skies; The Remake Hatewatch is the 2020 version of Roald Dahl's the Witches (and we also recommend a film that deserves to be remade). Next week we'll bring you our Big Conversation in which we have an in depth discussion of the Oscars.

35.1 Double Reel Monthly: Creed III, Cocaine Bear, The Whale, The Brood, Luther: The Fallen Sun

Sat, 25 Mar 2023 09:11:00 +0000

The Adamsons bring you the latest edition of their monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the first of three parts, aiming to set you up for your month in film and find you something to watch that the mighty algorithm might not have picked out for you. Coming up in this issue: Latest news and highlights of new releases arriving in cinemas this month; Penalty Shootout Film Quiz; Reviews of new films Cocaine Bear, Creed III and Luther: The Fallen Sun, and look back at awards contenders Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale and Elvis; The March entries in our annual projects: The Cronenberg Institute looking at 1979's The Brood, and from the Nic Cage Randomiser: Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance. Next week we'll bring you our regular features including the Classic, the Hidden Gem, The One That Got Away and our Remake Hatewatch.

34.3 The Big Conversation: Best Film Directors Working Today

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:48:00 +0000

The Adamsons conclude episode 34 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with the Big Conversation. This is where we get our teeth into a topic from the world of film in more detail and this month we look at who we think are the best filmmakers working today. All such lists are entirely subjective, and ours is made up of our favourite directors, with a natural bias towards those whose films we've seen the most. Our long list (in no particular order) consists of: Lynne Ramsay Guillermo Del Toro Jordan Peele Alfonso Cuaron Bong Joon-ho Park Chan-wook Alejandro Inarritu Ryan Coogler Ridley Scott Paul Thomas Anderson Denis Villeneuve Matt Reeves Quentin Tarantino Christopher Nolan Steve McQueen Kathryn Bigelow

34.2 The Features: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Deja Vu, Jim McBride’s Elektra, The Three Musketeers (1993)

Sat, 04 Mar 2023 13:18:00 +0000

Issue 34 of the monthly magazine podcast the discerning film nerd continues, with the second weekly drop of our top film content. This week it's our regular features including: Classics and Recommended: James (no the other one) finally gets round to watching Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri having been put off for years by a previous bad experience with this director's work; Hidden Gem: We remind people that Tony Scott and Denzel Washington did another collaboration, the lesser known but striking and unusual sci fi thriller Deja Vu; The One That Got Away: in which we discuss how Frank Miller's bonkers graphic novel Elektra: Assassin was nearly made into a film by Oliver Stone, based on a Jim McBride script; And the Remake Hatewatch: where we ask why the 1993 version of The Three Musketeers was made at all, and also express our wish for someone to do a remake of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen only better this time. The first part of this month's episode is out already, and our final part the Big Conversation will be released next week.

34.1 Double Reel Monthly: Babylon, The Pale Blue Eye, All Quiet On The Western Front, Top Gun: Maverick, Rabid, USS Indianapolis, Trespass

Sat, 25 Feb 2023 09:47:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back for February 2023 with a fresh format for the premier monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the first part of this month's issue, Double Reel Monthly. We bring you news, a look at upcoming new releases, reviews of new films we've watched and how we're keeping up our New Year's resolutions for this year. James and James review new films Babylon and The Pale Blue Eye, Oscar contender All Quiet on the Western Front and look back at recent hits Top Gun: Maverick and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. James (no, the other one) discusses February's visit to the Cronenberg Institute and 1977's body horror classic Rabid. James (yeah, that one) brings you his new project where the Internet selects Nic Cage films for him to watch at random. This month he was subjected to USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage and Trespass. On the 4th of March we'll bring you part two of this month's issue, our regular features including our Classic, Hidden Gem, the One That Got Away and a Remake Hatewatch.

Episode 33, Reel 2: The Second Annual Double Reel Awards

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:55:00 +0000

Reel 2 of the monthly magazine style podcast for the discerning film nerd. Our Big Conversation this month concerns the 2nd Annual Double Reel awards, for excellence and otherwise in the world of film. All the big contenders are discussed and chosen, and in a possible first in the history of film, a major award is decided upon by two dogs.

Episode 33, Reel 1: Avatar The Way of Water, Glass Onion, Shivers, Green Room, Apocalypto, Paul Verhoeven’s Crusade, Death Race

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:36:00 +0000

The Adamsons get 2023 off to a flying start with the latest episode of the monthly magazine style podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Reel 1 of the podcast packed with news, reviews and our regular features to keep you busy in the depths of winter. Included in our features: Reviews of new films including Avatar The Way of Water and Glass Onion; A new year long film project at the Cronenberg Institute, starting with 1975's Shivers; Classics and Recommended Feature Green Room; Hidden Gem Apocalypto; The One That Got Away - Paul Verhoeven and Arnold Schwarzenegger's unrealised Crusade project; Remake Hatewatch - Death Race (and we also discuss how Assassin's Creed should be remade better this time around) Reel 2 is available to download now featuring the 2nd Annual Double Reel Awards.

2022 A Kubrick Odyssey: The Complete Stanley Kubrick Filmography

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 08:34:00 +0000

A special anthology episode for our year long project featuring all the films directed by the great Stanley Kubrick. Each month we've been watching and discussing his films from his low budget debut Fear and Desire to his notorious final film Eyes Wide Shut. We've collected all the discussions of his films that were originally featured on our regular monthly episodes, into a single mighty episode for you to binge.

Full list of films:

Fear and Desire

Killer's Kiss

The Killing

Paths of Glory

Spartacus

Lolita

Dr Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

2001: A Space Odyssey

A Clockwork Orange

Barry Lyndon

The Shining

Full Metal Jacket

Eyes Wide Shut

Episode 32, Reel 2: The Lord of the Rings Franchise - From Peter Jackson’s original trilogy, through the Hobbit to the Rings of Power

Sat, 24 Dec 2022 12:12:00 +0000

The second reel of the monthly magazine style podcast for film nerds, as the Adamsons close out their last regular episode of 2022 with a discussion of the Lord of the Rings franchise. Early false starts and the 1970s animated version are followed by Peter Jackson's peerless original trilogy, the Hobbit follow up, the new TV series and what it all means for cinema and the fantasy genre as a whole. Reel 1 is available to download now, and a special bonus episode will be out soon to finish the year.

Episode 32, Reel 1: She Said, Eyes Wide Shut, Birdman, Nightcrawler, Scorsese’s Joker, Fantastic 4

Sat, 24 Dec 2022 09:29:00 +0000

The Adamsons deliver a bumper edition of the monthly magazine-style podcast for the discerning film nerd who needs something to listen to while they wrap their presents and defrost Christmas dinner. This is the first reel of the episode, in which our featured films were all released in the UK when co-host James turned 18 in 2014-15, when co-host James turned 18. We also tackle the news, what new films are coming out and what new releases we watched this month. This month includes: Reviews of new and new-ish films She Said and See How They Run; The final entry in 2022: A Kubrick Odyssey, covering his final film Eyes Wide Shut and a summing up of his remarkable career; Classics and Recommended feature Birdman: or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance; Hidden Gem Nightcrawler; The One That Got Away, concerning the rumours that Scorsese was once attached to make the Joker movie; Remake Hatewatch of the disastrous 2015 version of Fantastic Four (and a Remake Restoration of a film we think should be remade better this time). Reel 2 is also available to download and enjoy right now.

Episode 31, Reel 2: Films That Predict The Future. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Things To Come, Back to the Future, The Terminator, Blade Runner, Children o...

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 09:26:00 +0000

Reel 2 of the latest episode of the premier magazine-style podcast for the discerning film nerd. Continuing this episode's sci fi theme we look at futuristic films and how accurate or otherwise their predictions have been. We have fun looking at what older films predicted for our present day and rather less fun looking at what they are predicting for our dystopian future.

Reel 1 is also available to download if you haven't caught up with that already.

Episode 31 Reel 1: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Help, Decision To Leave, Full Metal Jacket, Alphaville, Outland, Rendezvous with Rama, The Day The ...

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:56:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back with a (mostly) sci fi themed episode of the monthly magazine style podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Reel 1 of 2, packed with features for your waiting ears.

Our monthly round up includes reviews of new films Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Help and Decision to Leave as well as a look at news from the world of film and what new releases are coming out; our continuing project 2022: A Kubrick Odyssey looks at Full Metal Jacket; our Classic is Godard's new wave sci fi head-scratcher Alphaville; our Hidden Gem is Connery space western Outland; the One That Got Away looks at David Fincher and Morgan Freeman's unsuccessful attempt to adapt Arthur C Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama; and our Remake Hatewatch asks why they bothered to make the updated Keanu version of The Day The Earth Stood Still. We also discuss a sci fi film that we think *should* be remade to get it right this time.

Reel 2 is also available to download now.

Episode 30, Reel 2: Second Chance Cinema. Titan AE, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Alien 3, Star Wars Episodes 7-9

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:48:00 +0000

The second reel of the monthly podcast magazine for the discerning film nerd, in which the Adamsons bring you the Big Conversation. This month it's Second Chance Cinema, where we talk about films that didn't fulfil their potential, and how we the armchair experts would have made them better if Hollywood only listened to us.

Reel 1 is also out now.

Episode 30, Reel 1: The Woman King, Blonde, The Shining, Get Shorty, Annihilation, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Cape Fear

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:32:00 +0000

The Adamsons bring you the October edition of their magazine-style podcast for the discerning film nerd. The theme this month is Second Chance Cinema, featuring films which didn't work or failed the first time and we're having another look at them to see if we like them better this time.

Our round up of news and new releases includes reviews of The Woman King and Blonde; 2022 A Kubrick Odyssey continues with the Shining; Our Classics and Recommended Feature is Get Shorty; our Hidden Gem is Alex Garland's Annihilation; our One That Got Away is Terry Gilliam's failed project to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote with Johnny Depp (and the 2018 version he eventually made with Adam Driver); and our Remake Hatewatch asks if we were too harsh on Scorsese's version of Cape Fear first time around.

Reel 2 is available to download now featuring our Big Conversation.

Special Episode: Jamie Chambers Interview, Morris Men

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:17:00 +0000

An extra episode of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The Adamsons are delighted to be joined by actor, producer and stunt co-ordinator Jamie Chambers, who talks about his upcoming film Morris Men which is released on October 29th. He also previews some other projects in the pipeline, including new films Guinea Pig and Death Do Us Apart, and docudrama The Beast featuring Arnold Schwarzennegger. Jamie shares some great stories from his times on film and TV projects, and gives us some feature nominations of his own for our Classic, Hidden Gem and Remake Hatewatch Categories.

Our regular episode 30 will be out on October 25th and we will aim to watch and discuss Morris Men the following month.

Episode 29, Reel 2: Conspiracy Movies. Foreign Correspondent, Three Days in May, Z, All The President’s Men, Capricorn One, Missing, JFK, Enemy of the...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Reel 2 of the September issue of the Adamsons' podcast magazine for the discerning film nerd brings you the Big Conversation. This month we explore the main theme of the episode with a Big Conversation about conspiracy movies. We look at the birth of the genre with Hitchcock's great thrillers, the development of the political conspiracy thriller from the 60s through to their 70s heyday and what they look like today after JFK and the X Files changed everything.

Episode 29, Reel 1: Three Thousand Years of Longing, Crimes of the Future, Barry Lyndon, The Parallax View, Blow Out

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 10:43:00 +0000

September's edition of the monthly podcast magazine for the discerning film nerd is here, as the Adamsons bring you another 2 reels packed with features and content. oThis is Reel 1 and our features this month are all connected to our overall theme of conspiracy films. Our round up includes news plus reviews of new releases Three Thousand Years of Longing and Crimes of the Future. Our latest entry in 2022: A Kubrick Odyssey is 1975's Barry Lyndon. Our features this month include: Classics and Recommended: The Parallax View Hidden Gem: Blow Out (again) The One That Got Away: Louis Malle's Moon Over Miami Remake Hatewatch: The Manchurian Candidate (2004). Reel2 is also available to download now

Episode 28, Reel 2: Sequel Syndrome. Godfather 2 vs 3, Aliens, Speed 2, Highlander 2, Mad Max Fury Road and much more

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 10:20:00 +0000

Reel 2 of our latest episode brings you the Big Conversation and This Time It's Personal. This month we dig into Sequel Syndrome, in which Hollywood can't resist continuing the search for more money with follow ups to successful films. We look at what works and doesn't work in sequels, and when they should and shouldn't be made. We range from the great sequels - Godfather 2, Aliens, Mad Max Fury Road, The Raid 2 to the OK but more of the same sequels - Die Hard 2, X Men 2, French Connection 2 - to the downright awful sequels like Speed 2, Highlander 2, Jaws 3D and Jaws The Revenge. We also ask whether some films are untouchable and shouldn't have a sequel, and what sequels we'd like to see that haven't been made yet.

Episode 28, Reel 1: Nope, Prey, A Clockwork Orange, Under The Skin, 2 Days in the Valley, ISOBAR, Solaris

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 08:52:00 +0000

It's August 2022 and the Adamsons deliver a blockbuster episode of their monthly magazine style podcast for film nerds. Packed as always with a range of features for your waiting ears, here's what's on Reel 1:

Reviews of new releases Nope, Prey and The Gray Man; the latest in our year-long Kubrick project, A Clockwork Orange; classic Under The Skin; Hidden Gem 2 Days in the Valley; The One That Got Away about the unrealised blockbuster project ISOBAR; and Remake Hatewatch of 2002's Solaris.

Reel 2 is also available to download now featuring our Big Conversation.

Episode 27, Reel 2: Dreams, Altered Reality and Mindbending Films. David Lynch, Luis Bunuel, Christopher Nolan, Jordan Peele, Aronofsky

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 09:25:00 +0000

The Adamson continue Episode 27's overall theme of dreams and altered reality in films with the Big Conversation. Here we talk about films and filmmakers that mess with your mind, and the different ways they do it. We talk about a selection of films by various filmmakers famous for playing with reality and exploring dreams: Christopher Nolan (Inception, Memento, Interstellar), David Lynch (Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks), Jordan Peele, (Get Out, Us), Luis Bunuel (Exterminating Angel, Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Phantom of Liberty) and Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan) among others.

Episode 27, Reel 1: Thor Love and Thunder, Hustle, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Paprika, eXistenZ, Vincenzo Natali’s Neuromancer, A Nightmare on Elm Street

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 09:12:00 +0000

The Adamsons bring you the Dreams and Altered Reality Episode of their monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, including:

Round Up of a month in the life of two busy film nerds, reviews of new films Thor Love and Thunder and Hustle;

2022: A Kubrick Odyssey continues with 1968's sci epic 2001;

Classics and Recommended: Paprika;

Hidden Gem - eXistenZ;

The One That Got Away: Vincenzo Natali's Neuromancer;

Remake Hatewatch: A Nightmare on Elm Street

Reel 2 featuring our Big Conversation is also available to download now.

Episode 26, Reel 2: Real people who deserve their own biopic

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 07:46:00 +0000

The second reel of the world's best monthly magazine-style film podcast that's presented by two people called James. This is our Big Conversation in which we discuss real life historical figures whose lives and achievements are so remarkable that they deserve their own film. Reel 1 is available to download with all our features for the month, if you haven't listened to that already.

Episode 26, Reel 1: Everything Everywhere All At Once, Top Gun: Maverick, The City of Lost Children, Pump Up The Volume, Clair Noto’s The Tourist

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 07:36:00 +0000

The Adamsons make a graceful balletic landing on June 2022 with the latest episode of the podcast for film nerds. In Reel we have all our regular features, including: A round up of news and reviews including new releases Everything Everywhere All At Once and Top Gun: Maverick; 2022 A Kubrick Odyssey continues with a look at 1964's Dr Strangelove; Our Classics and Recommended feature, The City of Lost Children; Our Hidden Gem Pump Up The Volume; Our One That Got Away, Clair Noto's The Tourist; And our Remake Hatewatch of Rollerball (2002) Reel 2 of this month's episode is also available to download, featuring our Big Conversation.

Episode 25, Reel 2: Spotlight on David Fincher

Wed, 25 May 2022 10:36:00 +0000

The May 2002 issue of our monthly podcast magazine for film nerds has as its Reel 2 Big Conversation a deep dive on the film career of director David Fincher, the meticulous and sometimes controversial talent behind Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac and Gone Girl.

Episode 25, Reel1: Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, Dr Strange 2, JoJo Rabbit, Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Lolita

Wed, 25 May 2022 09:06:00 +0000

The Adamsons hit May 2022 with a giant helping of nerdy film content in their monthly podcast magazine. The epic nature of this episode is partly because the films we're discussing have such long titles. This is Reel 1 featuring reviews of new films The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the latest entry in our Kubrick project - 1962's Lolita, our Classic JoJo Rabbit, our Hidden Gem The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, our One That Got Away on Robert Rodriguez's Predators, and a Remake Hatewatch of The Longest Yard. Reel 2 is also out now featuring our Big Conversation.

Episode 24, Reel 2: The 2022 Academy Awards

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:07:00 +0000

Reel 2 of our monthly magazine podcast for film nerds, in which the Adamsons bring you their latest Big Conversation. This month we look back at the recent Oscars ceremony, and instead of spending the whole time talking about Will Smith and Chris Rock we thought we'd be different and actually talk about the winners, nominees and voting decisions in general.

If you haven't caught up with Reel 1, it's out now and packed with great features for your waiting ears.

Episode 24, Reel 1: X, Jackass Forever, Deep Water, Wages of Fear, Battle Royale, Mira Nair’s Shantaram, Sorcerer

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 09:32:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back to help you through April 2022 with the latest episode of their monthly magazine podcast for film nerds. In Reel 1 we bring you a monthly round up of news and reviews as well as our regular features. This month includes:

Preview of our upcoming feature on the new Nic Cage film;

Reviews of new and newish films X, Jackass Forever, Deep Water, West Side Story, Death on the Nile and The King of Staten Island;

April's entry in 2022: A Kubrick Odyssey, featuring the legendary Roman epic Spartacus;

Classics and Recommended: The Wages of Fear;

Hidden Gem: Battle Royale;

The One That Got Away: Mira Nair's Shantaram;

Remake Hatewatch: Sorcerer (the 1977 remake of this month's Classic feature).

Reel 2 is also out now featuring our latest Big Conversation on the Oscars.

Episode 23, Reel 2: Action films in the 80s vs the 21st Century

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:22:00 +0000

In the second reel of this month's monthly magazine style podcast, the Adamsons bring you their Big Conversation. For Episode 23 we have a long chat about the great action films of the 1980s and how they compare to their 21st Century counterparts. We look at how the two eras compare by picking our ten favourite films from then and now and seeing what it tells us.

Episode 23, Reel 1: The Batman, Paths of Glory, 1917, You Were Never Really Here, Aronofsky’s Batman Year One, Red Dawn

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:59:00 +0000

The Adamsons bring you the March 2022 edition of their monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Reel 1, packed with the usual features, including:

The monthly round up including a review of new release The Batman;

The latest instalment in 2022: A Kubrick Odyssey in which we discuss 1957 anti-war classic Paths of Glory;

Our Classics and Recommended feature on Sam Mendes' 1917;

Our Hidden Gem looking at the great but overlooked You Were Never Really Here;

The One That Got Away featuring Darren Aronofsky's unrealised project Batman: Year One;

And the Remake Hatewatch looking at the dismal 2012 version of Red Dawn.

Double Reel Episode 22, Reel 2: Walter Hill. The Driver, The Warriors, The Long Riders, Southern Comfort, 48 hrs

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 13:00:00 +0000

The Adamsons bring you Reel 2 of their latest podcast episode, featuring the Big Conversation. This month it's a spotlight on the career of unsung Hollywood stalwart Walter Hill, one of the most influential genre filmmakers of the late 20th Century. From action classics which redefined and influenced everything that came after them like the Driver, to his masterpiece Southern Comfort, to his indispensable contribution to the Alien franchise, Hill has been behind some of your favourite films even if you didn't realise it.

There will also be a music-included version of the podcast on Spotify only, to reflect some amazing contributions his film's scores made to the cinema.

Episode 22, Reel 1: Belfast, Nightmare Alley, Straw Dogs, Pig, Superman Lives, The Killing

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 12:32:00 +0000

The Adamsons are here with another issue of their film podcast magazine to get you through the grim final stages of winter 2022. This is Reel 1, featuring:

Reviews of Belfast, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, The King's Man;

February's entry in 2002: A Kubrick Odyssey which is The Killing;

Classics and Recommended: Straw Dogs (1971)

Hidden Gem: Pig

The One That Got Away: Superman Lives

Remake Hatewatch: Straw Dogs (2011)

Episode 21, Reel 2: The First Annual Double Reel Awards

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:07:00 +0000

The Second Reel of the monthly podcast magazine for film nerds. This month our Big Conversation features the first annual Double Reel Awards, for excellence (and otherwise) in the films we watched in 2021. Categories include:

Best Supporting Actor and Actress

Best Screenplay

Best Score

Best Cinematography

Best Documentary Feature

Best Director

Best Actor and Actress

Best Picture

Film We Wished We'd Seen

Most Scene-Stealing Performance

Worst Film

Biggest Disappointment

Worst Acting Performance

Double Reel Special Award: Best Film We Watched for the Podcast

Episode 21, Reel 1: Spider-Man No Way Home, Licorice Pizza, Don’t Look Up, The Handmaiden, The Fisher King

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 14:44:00 +0000

The Adamsons hit 2022 with a ton of bricks and the latest edition of their podcast magazine for film nerds. We discuss new releases Spider-Man: No Way Home, Licorice Pizza and Don't Look up, plus two early Kubrick films as part of our new project Two Thousand and Twenty Two: A Kubrick Odyssey.

Also includes our regular features, our Classic - The Handmaiden, Hidden Gem The Fisher King, The One That Got Away featuring Barry Lyndon's The Captain and The Shark and a Remake Hatewatch of Sgt Bilko.

Bonus Episode: 2021 The Year of the Carpenter

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 12:08:00 +0000

Special bonus compilation of our year long project to bring you John Carpenter's best films. In ascending order of their IMDB rating we give you the finest work by a true original, a genre auteur who has influenced the last 40 years of film and brought us everything from full-on horror, urban thriller, sci fi, action comedy and vampire western.

Episode 20, Reel 2: How True Are Films Based On A True Story?

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:39:00 +0000

The second reel of the Adamsons' podcast magazine for film nerds, featuring our Big Conversation. Here we ask: how accurate are films which claim to be based on a true story? Does it matter if Braveheart is as historically correct as Highlander, or should films aim for the verisimilitude of Spotlight and Zodiac? Should Oliver Stone be permanently treated as an unreliable narrator? These questions and many more are asked an in some cases answered in our final Big Conversation of 2021.

Episode 20, Reel 1: House of Gucci, Last Night in Soho, Shang Chi, The Thing, The Big Sleep, Small Soldiers

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 10:28:00 +0000

The Adamsons close out 2021 with the 20th edition of their podcast magazine for discerning film nerds. In Reel 1:

Reviews of new cinema releases House of Gucci and Last Night in Soho, new streaming release Shang Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings and old favourite Heat;

Our Year of the Carpenter feature for December, The Thing;

Our Classics and Recommended Feature, The Big Sleep;

Our Hidden Gem Small Soldiers;

And our Remake Hatewatch of Get Carter.

Bonus Episode - No Time to Die Spoiler Discussion

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:27:00 +0000

A bonus episode from the Adamsons for those of you who have seen the Bond film and would like to listen to our discussion of the key plot points, choices and characters, including what's next for the franchise. This featured as a post-credits discussion on Double Reel Episode 19, but is presented separately now for your convenience.

Episode 19, Reel 2: Safety on Film Sets - Rust, The Crow, Shark, The Force Awakens plus SPOILERTASTIC BOND DISCUSSION

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:35:00 +0000

The second reel of our monthly podcast magazine for film nerds, featuring the Big Conversation. This month, in the wake of the tragic events on the set of Rust, we look at safety on film sets and notable incidents in films through the years. After the credits there's a spoiler-packed discussion of the new James Bond film, for you to listen to if you've seen it already or avoid if you haven't.

Episode 19, Reel 1: Dune, Spencer, The Harder They Fall, Eve’s Bayou, Zodiac, Inherent Vice

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:25:00 +0000

Join the Adamsons for the latest edition of our monthly podcast magazine for film nerds. In the first reel we have reviews of new releases Dune, Spencer and The Harder They Fall; rewatch old favourite Zodiac; our latest Year of the Carpenter entry Halloween; classic gothic drama Eve's Bayou; Hidden Gem Inherent Vice; The One That Got Away - Sergio Leone's Leningrad; and a Remake Hatewatch of Miami Vice.

MUSIC FREE VERSION: Episode 18 Reel 2: Composers and Songs in films - John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:44:00 +0000

This is the music free version of Reel 2 of the podcast. For those of you who use Spotify, you can find the other version of the episode there, featuring some of the film scores and songs from movies that we discussed.

The Adamsons bring you another Big Conversation in this second reel of their monthly film magazine podcast. This month we're discussing music in film. Starting with the composers who have soundtracked our greatest moments in film, from leading composers over the last few decades such as John Williams, Hans Zimmer and Ennio Morricone, we look at how film scores have evolved over time. This includes the innovations of pod favourite John Carpenter, the rise of new modern styles of composing in the 80s from the likes of Georgio Moroder and Michael Kamen, through to the new breed of composers such as Nordic tyros Ludwig Goransson and Hildur Gudnodottir and rock musicians who've turned to scoring films like Trent Reznor and Jonny Greenwood. We also look at classic film soundtracks that use rock and pop songs to enliven key scenes, from Trainspotting to Goodfellas and the mighty Saturday Night Fever, and the art of the Needle Drop when the perfect song meets the perfect film moment.

Episode 18 Reel 1: No Time To Die, The Last Duel, The Green Knight, Wadjda, Jodorowsky’s Dune

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 18:44:00 +0000

The monthly magazine podcast for film nerds with impeccable taste returns with another humdinger of an episode. In the first reel the Adamsons have reviews of new releases No Time To Die, The Last Duel and The Green Knight, plus the Year of the Carpenter reaches the top three and suspense classic Assault on Precinct 13. Our classic is 80s thriller No Way Out starring Kevin Costner, our Hidden Gem is Saudi drama Wadjda, The One That Got Away is Jodorowsky's Dune and the Remake Hatewatch is the 2005 version of Assault on Precinct 13.

Episode 17, Reel 2: Best Directors’ Worst Films: Coppola, Spielberg, Nolan, Scorsese, Tarantino, Ridley Scott

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 08:33:00 +0000

The second reel of Episode 17 brings you the Big Conversation, in which the Adamsons discuss a topic from the world of film in more detail. THis month we're looking at the worst films by a selection of great directors: the misfires, the grand folly that no one understood, the bad day at the office. Coppola, Spielberg, Nolan, Scorsese, Tarantino and Ridley Scott come under the microscope, plus nominations from you the listeners.

Episode 17, Reel 1: Candyman, Free Guy, My Cousin Vinny, Troll Hunter, Big Trouble In Little China

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 08:08:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back with another packed episode of their monthly magazine-style podcast for film nerds. This first real contains all your favourite regular features, including: The monthly round up of film news and reviews of new releases we saw at the cinema including: Candyman, Free Guy, The Suicide Squad; The Year of the Carpenter, which arrives at September's entry - the wonderful Big Trouble In Little China; Classics and Recommended where we give in to fan pressure and talk about 1992's My Cousin Vinny; The Hidden Gem which is Norwegian horror comedy Troll Hunter; The One That Got Away, which tells the story of Michael Mann's Gates of Fire which would have been a much better version than 300 of the legendary story of Spartan warriors; And the Remake Hatewatch, in which we wonder why anyone bothered to remake Hitchcock's Rebecca into a glossy tame Netflix "Original." Reel 2 is also available to download now.

Episode 16, Reel 2: Films From the Year You Were Born plus Movie Tennis - the new panel game taking Radio 4 by storm (probably)

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:25:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back for the second reel of this month's episode. Our latest Big Conversation looks at the best films from the year we were born. We look at the most notable films of 1973 and 1996 respectively, and how connected we feel to those films and to that year in general. As a special bonus at the end we unveil our new panel game Movie Tennis, which we are sure will be the next big thing on Radio 4. Once we work out a few kinks.

Episode 16, Reel 1: The Suicide Squad, Black Widow, Forgotten, Walk The Line, Hitcher Remake

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:17:00 +0000

The Adamsons are back to liven up your August with another healthy dose of nerdy film chat. In the first reel we have a round up including reviews of new releases The Suicide Squad and Black Widow, and The Year of the Carpenter featuring 80s sci fi They Live; our Classics and Recommended feature is Walk the Line; the Hidden Gem this month is Korean mystery thriller Forgotten; The One That Got Away is Tony Scott's Potsdamer Platz and the Remake Hatewatch is the 2007 remake of The Hitcher.

Reel 2 is also available to download now.

BONUS EPISODE JULY 2021: TENET Time Inverted Discussion

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 11:35:00 +0000

The Adamsons bring you a special bonus podcast, a time-inverted version of the Tenet discussion from our last episode last our from discussion Tenet the of version time-inverted a, podcast bonus special a you bring Adamsons The

Episode 15, Part 2: The Future of the Bond Franchise PLUS BONUS TENET DISCUSSION (TIME INVERTED)

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 09:25:00 +0000

The second reel of the magazine film nerd for the sophisticated film nerd brings you The Big Conversation, where the Adamsons look at what the future holds for the Bond franchise as we wait for the hopefully imminent release of No Time to Die. After the credits, there's a time inverted repeat of the bonus Tenet discussion.

Episode 15, Part 1: Quiet Place 2, Tenet, The Constant Gardener, The Illusionist, Game of Death

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 09:13:00 +0000

The monthly podcast magazine for the true film nerd returns with the first reel of a packed, giant episode. As the cinemas reopen we review A Quiet Place Part2 and discuss old favourite Casablanca. The Year of the Carpenter continues with Escape From New York. Our classics and recommended film is The Constant Gardener; our Hidden Gem is The Illusionist; The One That Got Away is Bruce Lee's The Game of Death; our Remake Hatewatch is The Jackal. And after the credits we have a special bonus discussion of Tenet, the latest Nolan epic that divided audiences last year.

Episode 14, Part 2: Representation in Film, Black James Bond, Colour Blind Casting, Historical Whitewashing

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:25:00 +0000

Reel 2 of the nerdy film magazine podcast brought to you by The Adamsons. This month our Big Conversation tackles representation in film, including how to create more opportunities for black and minority ethnic actors and filmmakers, the recent controversy over straight actors playing gay roles, colour blind casting and representation generally in the film industry.

Episode 14, Part 1: Near Dark, In The Mouth of Madness, The French Connection, Dredd, George Miller’s Justice League

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 08:52:00 +0000

The Adamsons return with their podcast for the enlightened film nerd, in its familiar old school format: in the style of the old film mags you used to buy, packed with great features for your waiting ears, and divided into two reels with an intermission so you can stop and buy a choc ice in the foyer.

This is the first reel of this month's episode, featuring a round up of the month's film news, a look at new release Those Who Wish Me Dead and old favourite Near Dark; The Year of the Carpenter with June's entry In The Mouth of Madness, and why Atlantis The Lost Empire is a lost Disney classic. Our Classics and Recommended feature looking at 1971 cop drama The French Connection; an appeal for more people to watch the Hidden Gem Dredd; The One That Got Away about George Miller's cancelled Justice League project; and a Remake Hatewatch of two Robin Hood films - the 2010 Russell Crowe effort and Taron Egerton's 2018 abomination.

Episode 13, Part 2: Films That Changed our Lives: Star Wars, Jaws, 12 Years A Slave, Toy Story 2, Inception

Tue, 18 May 2021 09:15:00 +0000

The Second Reel of this month's bumper magazine episode sees the Adamsons discussing the films that changed their lives. Each Adamson takes a list of 5 films and explains why these films are particularly meaningful.

James's List:

Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope

Toy Story 2

Blade Runner Director's Cut

12 Years A Slave

The Thing

James (The Other One)'s List

Toy Story 2

Jaws

Inception

12 Years A Slave

Rear Window

Episode 13, Part 1: Sound of Metal, Color of Money, Starman, Intouchables, The Damned United, David Lean’s Nostromo

Tue, 18 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000

The Adamsons return with another fully stocked edition of their monthly podcast magazine for the discerning film nerd. This month we look at some news and new releases, Awards show controversies, our film resolutions for 2021 including the Year of the Carpenter feature Starman; a recommended classic Intouchables; Hidden Gem The Damned United; The One That Got Away featuring David Lean's unrealised Nostromo Project; and a Remake Hatewatch of The Upside, the redundant Hollywood remake of this month's classic.

Episode 12, Part 2: CGI in film - The Irishman, Vertigo, Tron, Jurassic Park, The Hobbit

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 08:05:00 +0000

The monthly magazine podcast for the broadminded film nerd returns with Episode 12. Reel 2 features our Big Conversation in which we look at how CGI has changed the face of filmmaking. James and James look at modern trends such as de-ageing, motion capture and why some filmmakers persevere with practical effects.

Episode 12 Part 1: The Fog, Seven Samurai, Summer of Sam, Ridley Scott’s Tripoli, Disney Remakes

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 07:36:00 +0000

The world's premier monthly film podcast presented by two people with the same name is back with its 12th mighty instalment. This is Reel 1, packed with the usual magazine features, including: News and Round Up, including Oscar odds and a tribute to Yaphet Kotto; The Year of the Carpenter, featuring classic chiller The Fog; Our Classics and Recommended feature on Seven Samurai; The Hidden Gem featuring the highly controversial and divisive Summer of Sam; The One That Got Away featuring Ridley Scott's unrealised project Tripoli; Remake Hatewatch of all the Disney live action versions of their animated classics.

Episode 11, Part 2: TV vs Film; Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Lord of the Rings, Dune

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:39:00 +0000

The Adamsons bring you another Big Conversation, this time looking at whether TV has overtaken film as the pre-eminent art form and best place to adapt great and epic stories for the screen. We look at how books, graphic novels and other source material have fared in screen adaptations, spoil the ending of Behind Her Eyes, imagine what the future of filmgoing and VR might look like and look forward to the small screen version of Lord of the Rings as well as the big screen version of Dune.

Episode 11, Part 1: City of God, Prince of Darkness, Hell or High Water (SPOILERS), Dark City, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, RoboCop 2014

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000

The world's leading film podcast that is presented by two people with the same name returns for Episode 11. Packed with features as ever, Reel 1 includes: - News round up and what we watched this month, including old favourites, City of God and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness; - Our Classics and Recommended feature Hell Or High Water - WARNING SPOILERS; - Hidden Gem Dark City; - The One That Got Away, covering Hollywood's failed attempt to adapt Neil Gaiman's Sandman for the big screen; - A Remake Hatewatch of the 2014 reboot of RoboCop Shout out to twitter superfan Random Sandman: https://twitter.com/randomsandman?lang=en And to the mighty Neil Gaiman, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/neilhimself/?hl=en

Episode 10, Part 2: Toxic Fandom. Star Wars, DC, ”James Blond,” Rick & Morty.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:54:00 +0000

Reel Two of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, featuring The Big Conversation. James Adamson and James Adamson explore why deranged fans making threats and demands on the creators of their favourite stories jumped out of the imagination of Stephen King and took over social media. We also ask what we do about it, and wonder whether football's Harry Maguire may just have saved movie fandom and the entire internet.

Episode 10, Part 1: The White Tiger, CSA: The Confederate States Of America, One Night In Miami, Spike Lee’s Joe Louis Project, Pink Panther 2006

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:21:00 +0000

The best monthly film magazine podcast presented by two people called James returns for another two part odyssey of nerdy film content. Reel One features the regular monthly round up including reviews of The Midnight Sky, White Tiger and Steel Rain, a look at the Golden Globe Nominations and February's entry in the Year of the Carpenter, Dark Star. In Classics And Recommended we look at alternative history CSA: The Confederate States of America. Our Hidden Gem is Regina King's excellent One Night In Miami. The One That Got Away is Spike Lee's Save Us Joe Louis, and the Remake Hatewatch features a no-holds-barred savaging of Steve Martin's terrible Pink Panther Remake.

Double Reel Episode 9, Part 2: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard and #MeToo

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:26:00 +0000

EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING - The Adamsons bring you the second reel of this month's episode, featuring the Big Conversation. REALLY, THERE'S LOTS OF SWEARING IN THIS ONE. The discussion is delicate and nuanced, except for when we are talking about tabloid journalism and Rupert Murdoch - WE'RE NOT KIDDING. See what we have to say about the fallout from the Depp vs Heard case, and some of the issues raised by historic abuse allegations against filmmakers. LIKE ALL THE SWEARWORDS, WE HAD TO USE ALL OF THEM, I MEAN IT'S MURDOCH, COME ON.

Double Reel Episode 9, Part 1: Vampires, Train to Busan, Cross of Iron, Conan Reboot, Karate Kid 2010

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:54:00 +0000

The Adamsons hit the ground running with their first podcast of 2021, helping you through what we all hope is the final chapter of this pandemic nonsense. Featuring: cinematic New Year's Resolutions, film guests for your fantasy holiday dinner party, The Year of the Carpenter starting with The Master of Suspense's horror western Vampires, our modern Classic Train to Busan, Hidden Gem Cross of Iron, One That Got Away featuring the Wachowskis attempting to reboot the Conan the Barbarian series, and a Remake Hatewatch (or is it?) of the 2010 version of The Karate Kid.

Double Reel Episode 8, Part 2: Marvel Phases 4 and 5, Blade, Black Panther 2, Dr Strange At The Multiverse of Madness

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 12:30:00 +0000

The concluding Reel of the episode and of 2020, in which the Adamsons take on Marvel's upcoming films in their Big Conversation, with many many questions. What's coming up in phase 4 and 5, is there a new arc and Big Bad? Is Black Widow just a prequel? Will Captain Marvel 2 fulfil the main character's limitless potential? Are we more excited by Mahershala Ali as Blade, Dr Strange entering Lovecraft territory or just how chiselled Chris Hemsworth is? Is the Eternals' Kumail Nanjiani going to give him a run for his money? And most of all, will this next round of blockbusters get everyone back into cinemas once we've all had a vaccine?

Double Reel Episode 8, Part 1: Color Out Of Space, Blues Brothers, Sunshine, Kathryn Bigelow’s Joan of Arc, Ladykillers (2004)

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:57:00 +0000

The monthly podcast magazine for discerning film nerds brings you its final edition of 2020. James Adamson and James Adamson deliver a bumper episode to see you through to the New Year, featuring: this month's round up of film news and what we watched this month, including Lovecraft horror Color Out of Space; our Classic feature in which James (no, the other one) finally gets round to watching the Blues Brothers; our Hidden Gem, Danny Boyle's underrated Sunshine; The One That Got Away featuring Kathryn Bigelow's unrealised Joan of Arc project; and a Remake Hatewatch of the baffling 2004 Coen Brothers version of The Ladykillers.

Double Reel Episode 7, Part 2: No Time To Die, Dune, Netflix Originals, Covid Cinema Lockdown

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:42:00 +0000

The second reel of this month's nerdy podcast film magazine, bringing you another generous helpful of chat and content. In our updated format you can settle down after the intermission and listen to our Big Conversation uninterrupted and unbroken, as the Adamsons get their teeth into the Covid-induced delay in releasing Dune and the new Bond film, the knock on effect to cinemas who are closing their doors, and how the film world could change to meet the fresh challenges they face.

Double Reel Episode 7, Part 1: Borat 2, Casino, Dillinger, Hitchcock’s Kaleidoscope, Planet of the Apes (2001)

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:35:00 +0000

The first reel of the latest monthly podcast magazine for the distinguished film nerd. In our fresh new format, co hosts James Adamson and James Adamson bring you the latest news and a string of fascinating features, in the world's best namesake-hosted film podcast.

This month we round up the news including the sad passing of Sean Connery, a look at the new Borat film, a re-evaluation of Scorsese's classic Casino, Hidden Gem Dillinger, Hitchcock's One That Got Away which was his unrealised Kaleidoscope project, and a remake hatewatch of the unnecessary Tim Burton version of Planet of the Apes

You'll notice our unique hosting style including Robert Altman-style overlapping dialogue and Tenet-style innovative sound mix (OK, our broadband provider screwed us and there was some sound delay, but it still sounds pretty cool).

Shout out to our podcast friends in the Anchor family, Movies And A Podcast (INSTA: @moviesandapodcast) - thanks for telling your audience about us

Double Reel Special Edition October 2020

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 08:28:00 +0000

In this special edition we present the uninterrupted version of the special guest interview from Episode 6, in which the Adamsons try to get to the bottom of Martin Scorsese's beef with Marvel.

Double Reel Episode 6, Part 2: Stir of Echoes, Guillermo Del Toro’s At The Mountains of Madness, Wicker Man (2006)

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 08:38:00 +0000

The second reel of the monthly podcast magazine for discerning film nerds. This includes the exciting conclusion of the Adamsons' big conversation about Scorsese vs Marvel; the Hidden Gem featuring the overlooked 1999 ghost story Stir of Echoes, The One That Got Away which looks at Guillermo Del Toro's attempts to film HP Lovecraft's At The Mountains of Madness, and a Remake Hatewatch of Nic Cage's Wicker Man.

Double Reel Episode 6 Part 1: Tenet (again), Das Boot, Scorsese vs Marvel

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 08:26:00 +0000

The latest episode of the monthly podcast magazine for all your nerdy film needs. This is the first reel, featuring a round up of a month in the life of a busy film nerd and a trip to see Tenet for a second viewing at the cinema; James sits down to watch classic submarine drama Das Boot instead of watching Bond on ITV4 again; and the first half of the Adamsons discussing why Martin Scorsese has a problem with Marvel films.

Double Reel Special Edition September 2020: Reel Two

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:38:00 +0000

The concluding part of the Adamsons' epic discussion on Spike Lee, QT, and diversity in Hollywood and the wider world. This is the director's cut of the edited version of the chat you heard and hopefully enjoyed in Episode 5 of the regular monthly podcast.

Double Reel Special Edition September 2020: Reel One

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:36:00 +0000

Double Reel returns with a special edition packed with bonus content for those of you in need of more in depth nerdy film chat. This is the director's cut of the special guest conversation from Episode 5, in which the Adamsons dissect the feud between Spike Lee and Tarantino, and wider issues of diversity in Hollywood and beyond. The extended version is so extended that we've had to cut this into two parts. This is the first part of the discussion, and part two is available to download straight after this one.

Double Reel Episode 5 Part 2: Strange Days, Kurosawa’s Mask of the Black Death, Island of Dr Moreau (1996)

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:15:00 +0000

The second reel of your monthly podcast magazine full of top quality nerdy film content, including: The concluding part of the Adamsons discussing diversity and race in Hollywood; the Hidden Gem feature which looks at why Kathryn Bigelow's masterful Strange Days didn't achieve the success it deserved; The One That Got Away, featuring Akira Kurosawa's unrealised project The Mask of the Black Death; a Remake Hatewatch of the notorious 1996 version of The Island of Dr Moreau; and possibly a Marvel-style post credits Easter Egg for those of you nerdy enough to listen right to the very end.

Double Reel Episode 5, Part 1: Tenet, David Cronenberg’s Crash, Spike Lee vs QT

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:53:00 +0000

The latest edition of the monthly podcast magazine for the discerning film nerd, published in two parts with an intermission for that old school cinema experience. In Reel 1: a round up of a month in the life of a busy film nerd, including going to see Christopher Nolan's new film TENET at the IMAX; a look at the classic but highly controversial David Cronenberg's Crash, and the first part of the Adamson's discussing Spike Lee's feud with Quentin Tarantino and wider issues of diversity in Hollywood and beyond.

Double Reel Special Edition August 2020

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:48:00 +0000

Special bonus content for you nerdy completists out there, featuring the Director's Cut of the special guest conversation that featured in Episode 4 of the main podcast. Here is the uninterrupted and very slightly longer version of the Adamsons remembering the very mixed selection of films they were shown at school.

Double Reel Episode 4, Part 2: Angel Heart, Watership Down, Point Break (2015)

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 08:53:00 +0000

The second reel of your favourite monthly podcast magazine for the discerning film nerd. Coming up in this episode: - The concluding part of the Adamsons talking about the films they were shown in school; - This month's Hidden Gem feature on Alan Parker's Angel Heart; - The One That Got Away, looking at David Fincher's unrealised Captain Nemo project; - A remake hatewatch of the 2015 version of Point Break.

Double Reel Episode 4, Part 1: Queen & Slim, Inception, Let The Right One In

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 08:31:00 +0000

The monthly podcast magazine for film nerds returns, with two generous helpings of movie chat. In the first reel we cover: - A round up of the month in the life of a busy film nerd; - Listener messages; - A classic film James took time out to watch instead of watching the same old things on TV - 2008's Swedish vampire film Let The Right One In; - The first part of the special guest interview, James Adamson in Conversation With James Adamson. This month the Adamsons are discussing films they were shown at school. The second reel is also available to download now.

Double Reel Special Edition July 2020 - part 2

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:29:00 +0000

Special bonus episode from the Double Reel podcast, with the concluding part of the Adamsons' Oscar chat, director's cut. Only another hour to go, brave podcast nerds!

Double Reel Special Edition July 2020 - part 1

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:28:00 +0000

The monthly podcast magazine for film nerds is here again with some bonus content. "James Adamson in Conversation with James Adamson was great this month," you say? "It sounds like there was a lot more to say on those topics, I'd love to hear what else they discussed," you say? Well, this is the bonus podcast episode for you. The director's cut of the Oscar conversation is now available - and it's so extended it's in two parts. Here's part one.

Double Reel Episode 3, Part 2: The Duellists, The Oscars, Ghostbusters (2016)

Sat, 18 Jul 2020 10:46:00 +0000

The concluding part of this month's podcast magazine for the discerning film nerd. The rest of the bumper selection of features presented for your enjoyment include: - The concluding part of James Adamson in Conversation with James Adamson - The Hidden Gem feature, uncovering Ridley Scott's lesser known debut feature The Duellists - The One That Got Away, an in-depth look at a film project that never made it to the screen. This month: David Cronenberg's Total Recall - Remake Hatewatch, aiming some fury at a) fascists trying their hand at film criticism and b) the terrible 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters

Double Reel Episode 3, Part 1: Parasite, The Old Guard, Les Diaboliques

Sat, 18 Jul 2020 10:36:00 +0000

Part 1 of this month's nerdy film podcast. Brought to you in its usual magazine format, it's packed full to the brim with features, including: - A round up of a month in the life of a busy film nerd, including a trip to a drive in cinema - A look at a classic film James made time to watch - 1955 French suspense classic Les Diaboliques - The first part of special guest interview - James Adamson in Conversation with James Adamson - Readers' letters

Double Reel Special Edition June 2020

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 15:46:00 +0000

A special bonus episode, for the completist who wants to listen to the extended "Director's Cut" of the guest interview from episode 2, "James Adamson In Conversation With James Adamson." All the best bits are in the main episode but you earn the title of nerdiest listener if you go to the trouble of also listening to this version.

Double Reel Episode 2, Part 2: A Scanner Darkly, Batman Vs Superman, A Monkey’s Tale

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 08:12:00 +0000

This month's edition of the monthly magazine podcast for film nerds reaches its big finale, and first up it's the second half of James Adamson in conversation with James Adamson. Also featured in this episode: A Hidden Gem, namely Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly; A look at Quentin Tarantino's unrealised Silver Surfer project; Remake Hatewatch - James explains why Italian Job 2003 should never have happened.

Double Reel Episode 2, Part 1: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Punch Drunk Love, The American

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 08:10:00 +0000

Second episode of the nerdy podcast film magazine. This month's edition has been split into two parts to allow room for more content for your grateful ears. In part 1: - A round up of films I watched this month in between nappy changes and Zoom quiz nights - A look at a classic film I finally got round to watching: PT Anderson's Punch Drunk Love - Part 1 of a special guest interview - Listeners have their say

Double Reel Episode 1: Extraction, Lady Vengeance, Blow Out

Mon, 18 May 2020 09:20:00 +0000

Greetings film nerds - this is where it all began on Double Reel - on episode 1 the content is great but I was still learning the ropes and the sound and presentation are a bit basic. Stick with it, we get better as we go on!

First episode of a monthly film podcast by a film nerd who doesn't know any better than you but hopes you're running out of things to listen to. James Adamson is a slightly obsessive armchair fan, giving you his take on the world of cinema. He takes a look at an underrated classic that deserves a wider audience - Brian DePalma's Blow Out; a tall tale of a great film that never got made - John Carpenter's unrealised Firestarter project. He rants angrily about the unnecessary remake of Total Recall, and shares what it was like to watch Korean classic Lady Vengeance in between changing baby's nappies.