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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 are his co hosts: James Adamson, his imaginatively named son, and Alan Bayles, a sci fi author, fellow film nerd and fellow Sunderland fan. 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 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.
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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
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
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 problems. For this issue it's the 1987 oddity Masters of the Universe.
Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter
And check out Maximum Disc on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists
Wednesday Dec 31, 2025
Wednesday Dec 31, 2025
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 Banderas in The 13th Warrior and ask if it deserves more airtime and love.
Double Reel Monthly is already out and the Remakes Tribunal follows next week.
Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter
And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc, reviewing films on physical media: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
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.
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
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 celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc is here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
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
And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
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://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter
And check out our YouTube show Maximum Disc here: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists