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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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![51.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Bikeriders, Beverly Hills Cop Axel F, Fancy Dance, Trigger Warning, Orlando](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17129168/5383963-1589302186301-b7961482bd6ed_300x300.jpg)
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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](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17129168/5383963-1589302186301-b7961482bd6ed_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
50.3 The Remakes Tribunal: State of Play, The Osterman Weekend
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
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](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17129168/5383963-1589302186301-b7961482bd6ed_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
50.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Year of Living Dangerously, Salvador
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
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](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17129168/5383963-1589302186301-b7961482bd6ed_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
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](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17129168/5383963-1589302186301-b7961482bd6ed_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
49.3 The Remakes Tribunal: SWAT, The Year of the Dragon
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
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](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17129168/5383963-1589302186301-b7961482bd6ed_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
49.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Serpico, Cop Land
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
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](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17129168/5383963-1589302186301-b7961482bd6ed_300x300.jpg)
Saturday May 25, 2024
Saturday May 25, 2024
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](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17129168/5383963-1589302186301-b7961482bd6ed_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday May 08, 2024
48.3 The Big Conversation: Films of the 2000s
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Wednesday May 08, 2024
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.
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