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The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd.
James, Alan and (occasionally) Deborah are film nerds just like you - if you're the kind of film nerd who likes to chat about all things film and get lost down an 80s rabbit hole. We talk about the new films we've been watching lately, classic films we haven't seen yet and overlooked hidden gems you need to see, ask remakes to justify their existence or be wiped from history and offer parole hearings to bad films that need to be remade to fix their flaws. Sometimes we also do a Spotlight episode on a filmmaker or subject we're interested in.
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Wednesday Mar 04, 2026
Wednesday Mar 04, 2026
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 of this issue, Double Reel Monthly is already available for download and next week we bring you the Remakes Tribunal.
Check out Alan's author page here: Alan Bayles Author
And check out physical media reviews on YouTube here: Maximum Disc
Wednesday Feb 25, 2026
Wednesday Feb 25, 2026
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 and The Rip. Alan also takes a look at modern classic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Then for our annual projects, Alan's tour of foreign sci fi films takes him to Chinese blockbuster The Wandering Earth and James explores his Curzon subscription with Lars Von Trier's Melancholia.
Next week we'll bring you Classics and Hidden Gems and the following week it's the Remakes Tribunal.
Check out Alan's author page here: Alan Bayles Author Page
And check out Double Reel's YouTube show reviewing physical media here: Maximum Disc
Sunday Feb 15, 2026
Sunday Feb 15, 2026
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.
The other three parts of Issue 69 are available to download now, and Issue 70 will be along on February 25th.
Check out Calum's Screen 1 Film Podcast here: Screen 1 Film Podcast
Check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: Maximum Disc
Sunday Feb 08, 2026
Sunday Feb 08, 2026
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 we offer a Parole Hearing to a film that didn't work the first time - the troubled 2015 production Jane Got A Gun.
Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems for this issue are already available to download, and we have a Spotlight episode coming next week.
Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter
And check out our YouTube show celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists
Sunday Feb 01, 2026
Sunday Feb 01, 2026
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 deserves your attention - the Aussie-American hybrid Quigley Down Under starring Tom Selleck.
Double Reel Monthly is already out and next week we'll bring you the Remakes Tribunal.
Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter
And check out our YouTube show celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists
Sunday Jan 25, 2026
Sunday Jan 25, 2026
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 watching foreign language sci fi films starting with Metropolis, and James wants to get the most out of the films on his Curzon subscription starting with A Separation.
The previous part covering the 5th Annual Double Reel Awards is already out. Next week we will bring you Classics and Hidden Gems with a Western theme.
Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter
And our physical media review show Maximum Disc is here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/podcasts
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
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 rest of Double Reel Monthly will drop in a couple of days and Classics and Hidden Gems will follow a week after that.
Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter
And our physical media review show Maximum Disc is here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/podcasts
*I mean, compared to the Golden Globes...
Friday Jan 16, 2026
Friday Jan 16, 2026
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 festive season; and in Violent Night Santa Claus is drunk, embittered and on the verge of quitting until a hostage situation calls for his particular set of skills.
This concludes Issue 68 of Double Reel - issue 69 starts on the 25th of January.
Check out Deborah's author page here: https://www.d-e-fox-author.com/
And Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter
And physical media reviews on Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm