Double Reel Film Podcast

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.