Double Reel
169 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago -The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd.
James Adamson is a slightly obsessive armchair fan, giving you his take on the world of cinema. So is James Adamson, his imaginatively named son and co-host. As well as a look at news, new releases and how we're fitting in movie watching with our busy exciting lives, we look into tall tales of potentially great films that never got made, overlooked classics you need to see, and rants about remakes that should never have been made at all.
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47:3 The Big Conversation: The Oscars 2024
April 08, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBThe 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 ...
47:2 The Features: Audition, Steel Rain, Wong Kar-Wai's The Lady From Shanghai, Oldboy Remake
April 01, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBIssue 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 H...
Double Reel Presents: Penalty Shootout Film Quiz March 2024
March 28, 2024 07:00 - 51 minutes - 46.1 MBIssue 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 (ye...
47.1 Double Reel Monthly: Dune Part 2, The Zone of Interest, Madame Web, The Kitchen, Nomadland, Batman Begins
March 25, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 87 MBThe 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 late...
46.3 The Big Conversation: Films of the 2010s
March 10, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBIssue 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 mos...
46.2 The Features: Network, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Jacques Tati's Confusion, Bewitched
March 03, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBIssue 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...
Double Reel Presents: Penalty Shootout Film Quiz February 2024
February 29, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes - 43.6 MBIssue 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
February 25, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 89.4 MBIssue 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...
45 3 The Big Conversation: 3rd Annual Double Reel Awards
February 08, 2024 07:00 - 2 hours - 123 MBIssue 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 insta...
45.2 The Features: The Player, Ed Wood, The Other Side of the Wind, Blonde
February 01, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 93.7 MBIssue 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...
Double Reel Presents: Penalty Shootout Film Quiz - January 2025
January 28, 2024 07:00 - 49 minutes - 44.5 MBThe 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...
45.1 Double Reel Monthly: Three Musketeers Milady, Rebel Moon Pt1, Saltburn, CODA,
January 25, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBBack 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
January 19, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 95.9 MBAnother 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
January 12, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBA 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
January 06, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBThe 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 fi...
44.2 The Features: Thelma & Louise, The Duellists, Kubrick’s Napoleon, Exodus Gods & Kings, Prometheus
December 30, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBIssue 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 s...
Double Reel Presents: Penalty Shootout Film Quiz December 2023
December 26, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutes - 40.9 MBIssue 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...
44.1 Double Reel Monthly: Napoleon, Hunger Games Songbirds & Snakes, Dream Scenario, The Rock, Videodrome
December 23, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBThe 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 Scen...
43 3 The Big Conversation: Bucket List Cinema
December 09, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBThe 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 avail...
43.2 The Features: Brotherhood of the Wolf, Rescue Dawn, Spielberg’s Trial of the Chicago 7, The Invasion, Hancock
December 02, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBIssue 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 alread...
Double Reel Presents: Penalty Shootout Film Quiz November 2023
November 29, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.1 MBAnother 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...
43.1 Double Reel Monthly: Killers of the Flower Moon, The Killer, Dead Ringers
November 24, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 75 MBThe 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 ...
42.3 The Big Conversation: Dying’s Not Hard, Comedy’s Hard
November 08, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBIssue 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 mo...
42.2 The Features: The Guard, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Bruce Willis In Broadway Brawler, Dolittle, Superman III
November 01, 2023 09:51 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBThe 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 change...
Penalty Shootout Film Quiz - October 2023
October 28, 2023 07:41 - 43 minutes - 38.2 MBThe 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 fil...
42.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Lesson, The Creator, Nimona, Con Air, The Fly
October 25, 2023 07:32 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBThe 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 instalmen...
Double Reel Special: The Return of Jamie B Chambers - I Am Rage
October 13, 2023 16:43 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBExciting 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 ran...
41.3 The Big Conversation: Spotlight on William Friedkin
October 09, 2023 10:03 - 1 hour - 103 MBIssue 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
October 05, 2023 09:28 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBAn 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 o...
41.2 The Features: Stalker, Take Shelter, David Lynch’s Ronnie Rocket, I Am Legend, Max Max Beyond Thunderdome
October 02, 2023 09:04 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBIssue 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 g...
41.1 Double Reel Monthly: Scrapper, The Equalizer 3, They Cloned Tyrone, Maps to the Stars, Leaving Las Vegas
September 25, 2023 07:14 - 2 hours - 110 MBThe 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 ...
Double Reel Presents: The Adamsons Versus AI
September 15, 2023 11:27 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBIn 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 Versu...
40.3 The Big Conversation: Pitch Me A Blockbuster
September 08, 2023 07:52 - 1 hour - 92.9 MBIssue 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
September 01, 2023 08:01 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBIssue 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 B...
40.2 The Features: Rio Bravo, American Made, John Boorman’s Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbarian, Last Action Hero
September 01, 2023 08:01 - 1 hour - 72 MBIssue 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 B...
40.1 Double Reel Monthly: Oppenheimer, Barbie, Heart of Stone, Cosmopolis, The Wicker Man
August 25, 2023 05:59 - 2 hours - 128 MBIssue 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 Consen...
39.3 The Big Conversation: Casting Decisions and "What If" Moments
August 08, 2023 07:33 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBIssue 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. T...
39.3 The Big Conversation: Casting Decisions and ”What If” Moments
August 08, 2023 07:33 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBIssue 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. T...
39.2 The Features: A Tale of Two Sisters, The Frighteners, Joe Carnahan's White Jazz, The Fog (2005)
August 01, 2023 08:37 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBIssue 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 ou...
39.2 The Features: A Tale of Two Sisters, The Frighteners, Joe Carnahan’s White Jazz, The Fog (2005)
August 01, 2023 08:37 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBIssue 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 ou...
39.1 Double Reel Monthly: Spider-Man Across the Spider Verse, Mission Impossible 7, A Dangerous Method, Knowing
July 25, 2023 06:04 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBIssue 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 Institut...
38.3 The Big Conversation: The Golden Age of Animation (And Why It's Over)
July 09, 2023 08:01 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBEpisode 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 ...
38.3 The Big Conversation: The Golden Age of Animation (And Why It’s Over)
July 09, 2023 08:01 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBEpisode 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 ...
38.2 The Features: Akira, The Iron Giant, A Princess of Mars, Tom and Jerry The Movie
July 02, 2023 07:32 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBEpisode 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 ...
38.1 Double Reel Monthly: Super Mario Bros, Sisu, Sharper, Air, Tetris, Eastern Promises, Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse
June 25, 2023 08:25 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBThe 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 fil...
37.3 The Big Conversation: The Art of the Trilogy
June 07, 2023 16:18 - 53 minutes - 49 MBIssue 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...
37.2 The Features: Drive, Casualties of War, John Carpenter and Tombstone, Midway, Waterworld
June 01, 2023 06:41 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBIssue 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 de...
37.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, Spider, Boston Strangler, Ghosted
May 25, 2023 08:04 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBThe 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...
37.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, Spider, Boston Strangler, Ghosted
May 25, 2023 08:04 - 1 hour - 83 MBThe 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...
36.3 The Big Conversation: Most Overrated Film Directors
May 09, 2023 06:20 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBThe 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 pro...