Double Reel Film Podcast

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.