Double Reel Film Podcast

64.1 Double Reel Monthly: Fantastic Four First Steps, Superman, Naked Gun, Bring Her Back, The Wrong Man, The Tree of Life

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is back with a bang and Double Reel Monthly, looking at news, new releases, new and notable films we've watched and the latest in our annual projects. We compare the competing comic book films Fantastic Four First Steps and Superman, plus new releases Naked Gun, Bring Her Back, War of the Worlds and Happy Gilmore 2. For our projects Alan ticks off another great Hitchcock film The Wrong Man, and James finally dusts off The Tree of Life which has been sitting on the shelf for years. 

 

Check out our YouTube channel for Maximum Disc, a show celebrating and reviewing films on physical media: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists 

63.4 Spotlight on Unsung Spielberg: Duel, A.I. Artificial Intelligence

We finish up Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with a Spotlight episode. We're talking about the great Steven Spielberg, but focusing on two of his less-celebrated films which we both love. Duel was the film that broke him out of his TV job into his illustrious career as a film director, and A.I. is the project he inherited from Stanley Kubrick and which time has proven to be one of his best.

 

The other parts of this issue are already available to download - Double Reel Monthly, Classics and Hidden Gems and the Remakes Tribunal. Issue 64 will be with you from August 25th.

63.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Shaft (2000), U-571

Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First before the judges: 2000's reboot-slash-sequel to the Blaxploitation classic Shaft. Does it deserve to exist or should we wipe it from history? Then up for parole: should the notoriously inaccurate U-571 be remade as a film that tells the story of what really happened to the German U Boats and their Enigma codes?

Check out our YouTube show celebrating films on physical media, Maximum Disc: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA-29lwrrn4YuwprPLNwcAApaxdB19-qX&si=tgKzv6dgBagxMT_c 

63.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: High Fidelity, Nine Queens

Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd returns with Classics and Hidden Gems, and our theme is films from the year 2000 enjoying their 25th Anniversary. First up our Classic in which Alan finally gets round to watching High Fidelity, then our Hidden Gem in which we tell you why you should check out Nine Queens.

Double Reel Monthly is already out, and the Remakes Tribunal will be with you next week. 

Check out our YouTube channel for a show celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists 

63.1 Double Reel Monthly: Superman, F1 The Movie, Heads of State, Lilo & Stitch, Straw, Stage Fright, 2046

Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. We open with a bumper edition of Double Reel Monthly, tackling news, new releases and reviews of new and notable films we've watched. We also bring you the latest in our annual project films: Alan catches up with Hitchcock's Stage Fright and James dusts off a film he owns but hasn't watched - Wong-Kar Wai's 2046

Next week we'll bring you our next part, Classics and Hidden Gems. In the meantime you can check out our YouTube channel for Maximum Disc, a show celebrating films on physical media: 

https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists 

62.4 Spotlight on John Boorman's Lost Seventies: Zardoz, Exorcist 2 The Heretic

Issue 62 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with a Spotlight episode. Here we take a closer look at John Boorman, but not at his best and most beloved films. No, we wanted to examine why, at the height of his 70s fame, he used his clout and creative freedom to make the two most disastrous films of his career. James is joined by regular Double Reel co host Alan Bayles to pick over the wreckage and see if there's anything worth defending.

 

Check out our YouTube show celebrating physical media, Maximum Disc - https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleReelFilm/playlists 

62.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Piranha 3D, The Relic

Issue 62 continues with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up we put the 2010 version of Piranha under the spotlight and ask if it deserves to exist. Then we take a film that didn't work the first time - 1997's The Relic - and ask if a remake would fix its problems.

The previous parts of this months issue are out now - Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems. Next week we'll finish up with a Spotlight on John Boorman.

62.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: The Host (2006), Deep Rising

Continuing Issue 62 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Classics and Hidden Gems, and for this month we have a monster movie them. For our Classic, James and Alan have only just got round to watching Bong Joon-Ho's The Host and tell you what they think. For our Hidden Gem we tell you why you should check out the unloved action horror B movie Deep Rising.

Next week our monster movie theme continues on the Remakes Tribunal. The first part of the issue Double Reel Monthly is already available to download.