Double Reel Film Podcast
Double Reel Film Podcast is a monthly magazine show for film enthusiasts. Hosted by James Adamson and his son, also named James Adamson, the podcast covers cinema news, new releases, and how they fit movie watching into their busy lives. It also explores tales of potentially great films that never got made, overlooked classics, and rants about unnecessary remakes.
Episodes
73.4 Spotlight on Possessed Vehicles: Killdozer, The Wraith
Concluding Issue 73 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. It's a Spotlight episode, with James, Alan and Deborah taking a closer look at the niche subgenre of films about possessed vehicles. We talk origins, the early 70s attempt Killdozer, its glorious mid-80s apex with The Wraith and few mentions of the mad and drug-addled production of Maximum Overdrive.
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73.3 The Remakes Tribunal 1976: King Kong, Won Ton Ton The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Continuing Issue 73 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the Remakes Tribunal and like the previous part of the issue we're focusing on films from 1976 that are having their 50th anniversary. For our Remake on Trial we ask if there was any reason to do an updated version of King Kong with Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange. For our Parole Board we ask if a
73.2 Classics and Hidden Gems 1976: Taxi Driver, Murder by Death
Continuing Issue 73 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's time for Classics and Hidden Gems featuring films from 1976 that are turning 50 this year. First up for our Classic, Alan finally gets round to watching Scorsese's legendary Taxi Driver. Then for our Hidden Gem we look at a lesser known film from that year, the detective spoof Murder by Death.
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73.1 Double Reel Monthly: Michael, Undertone, The Devil Wears Prada 2, Hokum, Apex, The Wave, Exotica
Here's Issue 73 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. First up it's Double Reel Monthly, with news, new releases, reviews of new films we've watched including Remarkably Bright Creatures, Michael, Undertone, The Devil Wears Prada 2, Hokum and Apex. Alan and James also discuss the films they watched for their annual projects.
Next week we'll bring you the second part of the
72.4 Spotlight on Taika Waititi: Jojo Rabbit, Next Goal Wins
Concluding Issue 72 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is a Spotlight episode on Taika Waititi. Author and friend of the pod Deborah Fox joins James and Alan to talk about his career, taking a closer look at Jojo Rabbit and Next Goal Wins
All the other parts of Issue 72 are available to download as well, and Issue 73 will be with you from May 25th.
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72.3 The Remakes Tribunal: The Winslow Boy, Body of Evidence
Continuing Issue 72 of the monthly magazine podcast of the discerning film nerd. This is the Remakes Tribunal and still on the theme of courtroom and legal films. Our Remake on Trial asks if there was a good reason for David Mamet to update a 1940s film of an Edwardian court case with 1999's The Winslow Boy. Then have our toughest case yet on the Parole Board: is there any way, any way at all, to
72.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: A Few Good Men, Dark Waters
Continuing Issue 72 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 tell you about a lesser-known film you should check out. Our theme this month is Legal and Courtoom films and for our Classic, Alan finds out whether he can handle the truth when he finally watches A Few Good Men. T
72.1 Double Reel Monthly: Project Hail Mary, Hoppers, Saipan, Mercy, Thrash, I'm A Cyborg But That's OK, Triplets of Belleville
Issue 72 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd starts here. First up is Double Reel Monthly, discussing news, new releases, new and notable films we've watched recently and the latest in our annual projects for 2026.
Next week we'll bring you Classics and Hidden Gems, the week after is the Remakes Tribunal and we'll finish off with a Spotlight episode with a special guest.
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Double Reel Special: Lurking (2026) with Director Ben Barlow
A special episode of Double Reel while you're waiting for the next issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. We were very excited to get a special guest on the pod, writer-director Ben Barlow who is here to talk about his new film Lurking, which will be out later this year.
We talk about Ben's career to date and outlook on filmmaking and then he gives us the lowdown on h
71.3 The Remakes Tribunal 1986: Invaders from Mars, Howard the Duck
Concluding Issue 71 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's the Remakes Tribunal where we put two more films up for judgement, both from 1986 and having their 40th anniversary. For our remake on trial we ask whether the 80s update of 50s sci fi classic Invaders from Mars deserves to exist. Then we have a parole hearing for a film in movie jail to see it it can be reh
71.2 Classics and Hidden Gems 1986: Labyrinth, Tough Guys
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 Labyr
71.1 Double Reel Monthly: Hamnet, Crime 101, The Secret Agent, Dead of Winter, Send Help, Timecrimes, Caché
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 the
70.4 Spotlight on Bong Joon Ho: Parasite, Mickey 17
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 Iss
70.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Blue Streak, War on Everyone
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
70.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Training Day, Internal Affairs
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
70.1 Double Reel Monthly: Marty Supreme, Dust Bunny, No Other Choice, Wrecking Crew, The Rip, The Wandering Earth, Melancholia
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 a
69.4 Spotlight on Michael Mann: Heat, Miami Vice
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.
69.3 The Remakes Tribunal: True Grit (2010), Jane Got a Gun
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
69.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Searchers, Quigley Down Under
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
69.1 Double Reel Monthly: Song Sung Blue, Train Dreams, Avatar Fire and Ash, Goodbye June, Metropolis, A Separation
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 wat
69.0 5th Annual Double Reel Awards
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 r
68.4 Spotlight on Alternative Christmas Films: Krampus (2015), Violent Night
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
68.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Red Sonja (2025), Masters of the Universe
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 proble
68.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Princess Mononoke, The 13th Warrior
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 Ba
67.4 Redux: Spotlight on Kurosawa Full Episode - High and Low, Ran
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
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 c
67.4 Spotlight on Akira Kurosawa: High and Low, Ran
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
67.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Legend, Windtalkers
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://ww
67.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: 12 Years A Slave, The World's Fastest Indian
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 Yea
67.1 Double Reel Monthly: I Swear, Frankenstein, Relay, Family Plot, Sanjuro
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 b
66.4 Spotlight on Ray Harryhausen: Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans
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 C
66.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Firestarter (2022), The Dark Tower
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 fi
66.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Misery, Dolores Claiborne
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 i
66.1 Double Reel Monthly: One Battle After Another, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Caught Stealing
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
65.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Rat Race, Hudson Hawk
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
65.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Devil Wears Prada, The Hard Way
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 Rema
65.1 Double Reel Monthly: Weapons, Thursday Murder Club, Fantastic Four, Highest 2 Lowest, KPop Demon Hunters, North By Northwest, A Royal Affair
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 O
64.4 Spotlight on Brian De Palma: Blow Out, Carlito's Way
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 f
64.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Dick Tracy, The Black Hole
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 u
64.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Usual Suspects, F/X Murder By Illusion
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
64.1 Double Reel Monthly: Fantastic Four First Steps, Superman, Naked Gun, Bring Her Back, The Wrong Man, The Tree of Life
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 ti
63.4 Spotlight on Unsung Spielberg: Duel, A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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 ha
63.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Shaft (2000), U-571
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 wha
63.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: High Fidelity, Nine Queens
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 Trib
63.1 Double Reel Monthly: Superman, F1 The Movie, Heads of State, Lilo & Stitch, Straw, Stage Fright, 2046
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
62.4 Spotlight on John Boorman's Lost Seventies: Zardoz, Exorcist 2 The Heretic
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 p
62.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Piranha 3D, The Relic
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.
62.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Host (2006), Deep Rising
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
62.1 Double Reel Monthly: Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning, Deep Cover, The Accountant 2, Predator Killer of Killers
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
61.4 Spotlight on Denis Villeneuve: Enemy, Blade Runner 2049
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
61.3 The Remakes Tribunal: The Time Machine, The Time Traveler's Wife
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 pa
61.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Somewhere in Time, Time Trap
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.
61.1 Double Reel Monthly: Sinners, Bullet Train Explosion, Holland, Havoc, Shadow of a Doubt, Our Man in Havana
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, Garet
60.4 Spotlight on Wes Anderson: Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs
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
60.3 The Remakes Tribunal: King Solomon's Mines, Flesh + Blood
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 Verhoev
60.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Prizzi's Honor, To Live and Die in LA
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 nomin
60.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Amateur, Black Bag, A Real Pain, Officer on Duty, The Lady Vanishes, Hidalgo
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
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 hi
59.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Flight of the Phoenix, The Wicked Lady
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
59.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Flight of the Phoenix, The Beast of War
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 fir
59.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Monkey, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Mickey 17, The Gorge, The Electric State
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
58.4 Spotlight on David Fincher: Panic Room, Zodiac
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 yo
58.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Poseidon, When Time Ran Out
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
58.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Towering Inferno, Only the Brave
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, rev
58. 1 Double Reel Monthly: The Brutalist, Companion, Moana 2, Fly Me To the Moon, Elevation, Lifeboat
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 Li
57.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Public Enemies, Modesty Blaise
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 fi
57.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Casablanca, Lone Star
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 t
57.1 Double Reel Monthly: Conclave, Emilia Perez, Wallace and Gromit, Ad Vitam, 2024 Double Reel Awards
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 Ye
56.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Man of Steel, Sahara
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
56.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Barbarella, Mystery Men
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 underrat
56.1 Double Reel Monthly Part 2: Gladiator 2, Night Bitch, It's What's Inside and more
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 wi
56.1 Double Reel Monthly Part 1 Christmas Special
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 Ki
55.3 The Remakes Tribunal: The Saint (1997), Crack in the World
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 t
55.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Sexy Beast, The Day the Earth Caught Fire
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.
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55.1 Double Reel Monthly: Blitz, Paddington in Peru, Woman of the Hour, Time Cut, Interstellar, Cleo From 5 to 7
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 an
54.4 Spotlight on Alex Garland - Dredd, Annihilation
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
54.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978), Crimson Peak
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?
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54.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Exorcist, Tucker & Dale vs Evil
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 an
54.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Substance, Jackpot!, Despicable Me 4, Following, Toni Erdmann
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, a
53.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan etc, Supergirl
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 di
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