Double Reel
By The Adamsons
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.
Double ReelAug 18, 2021
40.2 The Features: Rio Bravo, American Made, John Boorman's Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbarian, Last Action Hero
Issue 40 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with our regular Features episode. In our Classics and Recommended feature we look at the hugely influential 50s western Rio Bravo; our Hidden Gem is Tom Cruise's comparatively underseen American Made; The One That Got Away looks at British auteur John Boorman's failed attempt to make a live action version of Lord of the Rings in the 1970s; our Remake Hatewatch demolishes the execrable 2011 version of Conan the Barbarian; and to top it off we ask for Last Action Hero to be remade better this time.
Next week we'll bring you the latest Big Conversation, where we pitch ideas for the next big blockbuster. Our regular Double Reel Monthly for August is already available to download.
40.1 Double Reel Monthly: Oppenheimer, Barbie, Heart of Stone, Cosmopolis, The Wicker Man
Next week we will bring you our regular Features episode and the following week it will be the Big Conversation.
39.3 The Big Conversation: Casting Decisions and "What If" Moments
39.2 The Features: A Tale of Two Sisters, The Frighteners, Joe Carnahan's White Jazz, The Fog (2005)
Our Classics and Recommended feature is the hit South Korean psychological chiller A Tale of Two Sisters; the Hidden Gem is Peter Jackson's horror comedy The Frighteners; The One That Got Away tells the story of Joe Carnahan's unrealised project White Jazz; the Remake Hatewatch lays into the insipid 2005 version of The Fog - and in our bonus Remake Restoration we discuss how the Shipping News could have been done better.
Next week we bring you the Big Conversation in which James and James each try to pitch the next great blockbuster
39.1 Double Reel Monthly: Spider-Man Across the Spider Verse, Mission Impossible 7, A Dangerous Method, Knowing
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)
38.2 The Features: Akira, The Iron Giant, A Princess of Mars, Tom and Jerry The Movie
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
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
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
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
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 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.
36.2 The Features: 25th Hour, Matchstick Men, Shekhar Kapur's Paani, Dawn of the Dead
The second part of this month's edition of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The Adamsons bring you their regular features, including:
Classics and Recommended: we finally get round to watching Spike Lee's 25th Hour;
Hidden Gem, where we tell you why should get round to watching the underrated Matchstick Men;
The One That Got Away, concerning Elizabeth director Shekar Kapur's twenty year quest to make the Indian cyberpunk sci fi epic Paani;
And the Remake Hatewatch, where we cast a sceptical eye over the 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead.
We also have a Remake Restoration in which we look at how Oliver Stone's Alexander could have been so much better.
36.1 Double Reel Monthly: John Wick Chapter 4, Renfield, Bandit, Lord of War, M. Butterfly
The Adamsons are back with another edition of the monthly podcast magazine for the discerning film nerd. We deliver the pod in three parts and this is the first, Double Reel Monthly. In the next hour and a bit we aim to set you up for the next four weeks of film watching with news, new releases, reviews of new films we've watched and more besides. As always our aim is to help you escape the confines of the Algorithm and watch something new or different. Coming up:
- A look at some recent news headlines and our pick of the new releases coming up this month;
- Reviews of any new and recent films we've watched;
- Penalty Shootout Film Quiz! James and James have to answer 5 testing quiz questions in turn, and whoever loses the shootout has to watch a film they will hate of the winner's choosing;
- The latest instalment in our Nic Cage project - a film from his canon picked at random
- The latest instalment in our David Cronenberg, looking at the, let's say "unusual" drama M. Butterfly
Part 2 the Features will be out next week and Part 3 the Big Conversation will follow the week after.
35.3 The Big Conversation - 2023 Oscars. Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale, Top Gun: Maverick, Elvis, Tar
35.2 The Features: Michael Clayton, After Hours, Spielberg's Night Skies, Roald Dahl's The Witches
Our Classics and Recommended feature is Michael Clayton, the Oscar-winning legal thriller starring George Clooney and Tilda Swinton;
The Hidden Gem is After Hours, Scorsese's lesser known dark comedy from the 1980s;
The One That Got Away is the tale of Steven Spielberg's alien invasion thriller Night Skies;
The Remake Hatewatch is the 2020 version of Roald Dahl's the Witches (and we also recommend a film that deserves to be remade).
Next week we'll bring you our Big Conversation in which we have an in depth discussion of the Oscars.
35.1 Double Reel Monthly: Creed III, Cocaine Bear, The Whale, The Brood, Luther: The Fallen Sun
Coming up in this issue:
Latest news and highlights of new releases arriving in cinemas this month;
Penalty Shootout Film Quiz;
Reviews of new films Cocaine Bear, Creed III and Luther: The Fallen Sun, and look back at awards contenders Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale and Elvis;
The March entries in our annual projects: The Cronenberg Institute looking at 1979's The Brood, and from the Nic Cage Randomiser: Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance.
Next week we'll bring you our regular features including the Classic, the Hidden Gem, The One That Got Away and our Remake Hatewatch.
34.3 The Big Conversation: Best Film Directors Working Today
Lynne Ramsay
Guillermo Del Toro
Jordan Peele
Alfonso Cuaron
Bong Joon-ho
Park Chan-wook
Alejandro Inarritu
Ryan Coogler
Ridley Scott
Paul Thomas Anderson
Denis Villeneuve
Matt Reeves
Quentin Tarantino
Christopher Nolan
Steve McQueen
Kathryn Bigelow
34.2 The Features: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Deja Vu, Jim McBride's Elektra, The Three Musketeers (1993)
Classics and Recommended: James (no the other one) finally gets round to watching Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri having been put off for years by a previous bad experience with this director's work;
Hidden Gem: We remind people that Tony Scott and Denzel Washington did another collaboration, the lesser known but striking and unusual sci fi thriller Deja Vu;
The One That Got Away: in which we discuss how Frank Miller's bonkers graphic novel Elektra: Assassin was nearly made into a film by Oliver Stone, based on a Jim McBride script;
And the Remake Hatewatch: where we ask why the 1993 version of The Three Musketeers was made at all, and also express our wish for someone to do a remake of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen only better this time.
The first part of this month's episode is out already, and our final part the Big Conversation will be released next week.
34.1 Double Reel Monthly: Babylon, The Pale Blue Eye, All Quiet On The Western Front, Top Gun: Maverick, Rabid, USS Indianapolis, Trespass
James and James review new films Babylon and The Pale Blue Eye, Oscar contender All Quiet on the Western Front and look back at recent hits Top Gun: Maverick and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. James (no, the other one) discusses February's visit to the Cronenberg Institute and 1977's body horror classic Rabid. James (yeah, that one) brings you his new project where the Internet selects Nic Cage films for him to watch at random. This month he was subjected to USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage and Trespass.
On the 4th of March we'll bring you part two of this month's issue, our regular features including our Classic, Hidden Gem, the One That Got Away and a Remake Hatewatch.
Episode 33, Reel 2: The Second Annual Double Reel Awards
Episode 33, Reel 1: Avatar The Way of Water, Glass Onion, Shivers, Green Room, Apocalypto, Paul Verhoeven's Crusade, Death Race
Reviews of new films including Avatar The Way of Water and Glass Onion;
A new year long film project at the Cronenberg Institute, starting with 1975's Shivers;
Classics and Recommended Feature Green Room;
Hidden Gem Apocalypto;
The One That Got Away - Paul Verhoeven and Arnold Schwarzenegger's unrealised Crusade project;
Remake Hatewatch - Death Race (and we also discuss how Assassin's Creed should be remade better this time around)
Reel 2 is available to download now featuring the 2nd Annual Double Reel Awards.
2022 A Kubrick Odyssey: The Complete Stanley Kubrick Filmography
A special anthology episode for our year long project featuring all the films directed by the great Stanley Kubrick. Each month we've been watching and discussing his films from his low budget debut Fear and Desire to his notorious final film Eyes Wide Shut. We've collected all the discussions of his films that were originally featured on our regular monthly episodes, into a single mighty episode for you to binge.
Full list of films:
Fear and Desire
Killer's Kiss
The Killing
Paths of Glory
Spartacus
Lolita
Dr Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Eyes Wide Shut
Episode 32, Reel 2: The Lord of the Rings Franchise - From Peter Jackson's original trilogy, through the Hobbit to the Rings of Power
Reel 1 is available to download now, and a special bonus episode will be out soon to finish the year.
Episode 32, Reel 1: She Said, Eyes Wide Shut, Birdman, Nightcrawler, Scorsese's Joker, Fantastic 4
Reviews of new and new-ish films She Said and See How They Run;
The final entry in 2022: A Kubrick Odyssey, covering his final film Eyes Wide Shut and a summing up of his remarkable career;
Classics and Recommended feature Birdman: or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance;
Hidden Gem Nightcrawler;
The One That Got Away, concerning the rumours that Scorsese was once attached to make the Joker movie;
Remake Hatewatch of the disastrous 2015 version of Fantastic Four (and a Remake Restoration of a film we think should be remade better this time).
Reel 2 is also available to download and enjoy right now.
Episode 31, Reel 2: Films That Predict The Future. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Things To Come, Back to the Future, The Terminator, Blade Runner, Children of Men, Minority Report
Reel 2 of the latest episode of the premier magazine-style podcast for the discerning film nerd. Continuing this episode's sci fi theme we look at futuristic films and how accurate or otherwise their predictions have been. We have fun looking at what older films predicted for our present day and rather less fun looking at what they are predicting for our dystopian future.
Reel 1 is also available to download if you haven't caught up with that already.
Episode 31 Reel 1: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Help, Decision To Leave, Full Metal Jacket, Alphaville, Outland, Rendezvous with Rama, The Day The Earth Stood Still
The Adamsons are back with a (mostly) sci fi themed episode of the monthly magazine style podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Reel 1 of 2, packed with features for your waiting ears.
Our monthly round up includes reviews of new films Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Help and Decision to Leave as well as a look at news from the world of film and what new releases are coming out; our continuing project 2022: A Kubrick Odyssey looks at Full Metal Jacket; our Classic is Godard's new wave sci fi head-scratcher Alphaville; our Hidden Gem is Connery space western Outland; the One That Got Away looks at David Fincher and Morgan Freeman's unsuccessful attempt to adapt Arthur C Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama; and our Remake Hatewatch asks why they bothered to make the updated Keanu version of The Day The Earth Stood Still. We also discuss a sci fi film that we think *should* be remade to get it right this time.
Reel 2 is also available to download now.
Episode 30, Reel 2: Second Chance Cinema. Titan AE, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Alien 3, Star Wars Episodes 7-9
The second reel of the monthly podcast magazine for the discerning film nerd, in which the Adamsons bring you the Big Conversation. This month it's Second Chance Cinema, where we talk about films that didn't fulfil their potential, and how we the armchair experts would have made them better if Hollywood only listened to us.
Reel 1 is also out now.
Episode 30, Reel 1: The Woman King, Blonde, The Shining, Get Shorty, Annihilation, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Cape Fear
The Adamsons bring you the October edition of their magazine-style podcast for the discerning film nerd. The theme this month is Second Chance Cinema, featuring films which didn't work or failed the first time and we're having another look at them to see if we like them better this time.
Our round up of news and new releases includes reviews of The Woman King and Blonde; 2022 A Kubrick Odyssey continues with the Shining; Our Classics and Recommended Feature is Get Shorty; our Hidden Gem is Alex Garland's Annihilation; our One That Got Away is Terry Gilliam's failed project to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote with Johnny Depp (and the 2018 version he eventually made with Adam Driver); and our Remake Hatewatch asks if we were too harsh on Scorsese's version of Cape Fear first time around.
Reel 2 is available to download now featuring our Big Conversation.
Special Episode: Jamie Chambers Interview, Morris Men
An extra episode of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The Adamsons are delighted to be joined by actor, producer and stunt co-ordinator Jamie Chambers, who talks about his upcoming film Morris Men which is released on October 29th. He also previews some other projects in the pipeline, including new films Guinea Pig and Death Do Us Apart, and docudrama The Beast featuring Arnold Schwarzennegger. Jamie shares some great stories from his times on film and TV projects, and gives us some feature nominations of his own for our Classic, Hidden Gem and Remake Hatewatch Categories.
Our regular episode 30 will be out on October 25th and we will aim to watch and discuss Morris Men the following month.
Episode 29, Reel 2: Conspiracy Movies. Foreign Correspondent, Three Days in May, Z, All The President's Men, Capricorn One, Missing, JFK, Enemy of the State
Episode 29, Reel 1: Three Thousand Years of Longing, Crimes of the Future, Barry Lyndon, The Parallax View, Blow Out
Our round up includes news plus reviews of new releases Three Thousand Years of Longing and Crimes of the Future. Our latest entry in 2022: A Kubrick Odyssey is 1975's Barry Lyndon. Our features this month include:
Classics and Recommended: The Parallax View
Hidden Gem: Blow Out (again)
The One That Got Away: Louis Malle's Moon Over Miami
Remake Hatewatch: The Manchurian Candidate (2004).
Reel2 is also available to download now
Episode 28, Reel 2: Sequel Syndrome. Godfather 2 vs 3, Aliens, Speed 2, Highlander 2, Mad Max Fury Road and much more
Reel 2 of our latest episode brings you the Big Conversation and This Time It's Personal. This month we dig into Sequel Syndrome, in which Hollywood can't resist continuing the search for more money with follow ups to successful films. We look at what works and doesn't work in sequels, and when they should and shouldn't be made. We range from the great sequels - Godfather 2, Aliens, Mad Max Fury Road, The Raid 2 to the OK but more of the same sequels - Die Hard 2, X Men 2, French Connection 2 - to the downright awful sequels like Speed 2, Highlander 2, Jaws 3D and Jaws The Revenge. We also ask whether some films are untouchable and shouldn't have a sequel, and what sequels we'd like to see that haven't been made yet.
Episode 28, Reel 1: Nope, Prey, A Clockwork Orange, Under The Skin, 2 Days in the Valley, ISOBAR, Solaris
It's August 2022 and the Adamsons deliver a blockbuster episode of their monthly magazine style podcast for film nerds. Packed as always with a range of features for your waiting ears, here's what's on Reel 1:
Reviews of new releases Nope, Prey and The Gray Man; the latest in our year-long Kubrick project, A Clockwork Orange; classic Under The Skin; Hidden Gem 2 Days in the Valley; The One That Got Away about the unrealised blockbuster project ISOBAR; and Remake Hatewatch of 2002's Solaris.
Reel 2 is also available to download now featuring our Big Conversation.
Episode 27, Reel 2: Dreams, Altered Reality and Mindbending Films. David Lynch, Luis Bunuel, Christopher Nolan, Jordan Peele, Aronofsky
The Adamson continue Episode 27's overall theme of dreams and altered reality in films with the Big Conversation. Here we talk about films and filmmakers that mess with your mind, and the different ways they do it. We talk about a selection of films by various filmmakers famous for playing with reality and exploring dreams: Christopher Nolan (Inception, Memento, Interstellar), David Lynch (Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks), Jordan Peele, (Get Out, Us), Luis Bunuel (Exterminating Angel, Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Phantom of Liberty) and Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan) among others.
Episode 27, Reel 1: Thor Love and Thunder, Hustle, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Paprika, eXistenZ, Vincenzo Natali's Neuromancer, A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Adamsons bring you the Dreams and Altered Reality Episode of their monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, including:
Round Up of a month in the life of two busy film nerds, reviews of new films Thor Love and Thunder and Hustle;
2022: A Kubrick Odyssey continues with 1968's sci epic 2001;
Classics and Recommended: Paprika;
Hidden Gem - eXistenZ;
The One That Got Away: Vincenzo Natali's Neuromancer;
Remake Hatewatch: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Reel 2 featuring our Big Conversation is also available to download now.
Episode 26, Reel 2: Real people who deserve their own biopic
Reel 1 is available to download with all our features for the month, if you haven't listened to that already.
Episode 26, Reel 1: Everything Everywhere All At Once, Top Gun: Maverick, The City of Lost Children, Pump Up The Volume, Clair Noto's The Tourist
A round up of news and reviews including new releases Everything Everywhere All At Once and Top Gun: Maverick;
2022 A Kubrick Odyssey continues with a look at 1964's Dr Strangelove;
Our Classics and Recommended feature, The City of Lost Children;
Our Hidden Gem Pump Up The Volume;
Our One That Got Away, Clair Noto's The Tourist;
And our Remake Hatewatch of Rollerball (2002)
Reel 2 of this month's episode is also available to download, featuring our Big Conversation.
Episode 25, Reel 2: Spotlight on David Fincher
Episode 25, Reel1: Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, Dr Strange 2, JoJo Rabbit, Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Lolita
This is Reel 1 featuring reviews of new films The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the latest entry in our Kubrick project - 1962's Lolita, our Classic JoJo Rabbit, our Hidden Gem The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, our One That Got Away on Robert Rodriguez's Predators, and a Remake Hatewatch of The Longest Yard.
Reel 2 is also out now featuring our Big Conversation.
Episode 24, Reel 2: The 2022 Academy Awards
Reel 2 of our monthly magazine podcast for film nerds, in which the Adamsons bring you their latest Big Conversation. This month we look back at the recent Oscars ceremony, and instead of spending the whole time talking about Will Smith and Chris Rock we thought we'd be different and actually talk about the winners, nominees and voting decisions in general.
If you haven't caught up with Reel 1, it's out now and packed with great features for your waiting ears.
Episode 24, Reel 1: X, Jackass Forever, Deep Water, Wages of Fear, Battle Royale, Mira Nair's Shantaram, Sorcerer
The Adamsons are back to help you through April 2022 with the latest episode of their monthly magazine podcast for film nerds. In Reel 1 we bring you a monthly round up of news and reviews as well as our regular features. This month includes:
Preview of our upcoming feature on the new Nic Cage film;
Reviews of new and newish films X, Jackass Forever, Deep Water, West Side Story, Death on the Nile and The King of Staten Island;
April's entry in 2022: A Kubrick Odyssey, featuring the legendary Roman epic Spartacus;
Classics and Recommended: The Wages of Fear;
Hidden Gem: Battle Royale;
The One That Got Away: Mira Nair's Shantaram;
Remake Hatewatch: Sorcerer (the 1977 remake of this month's Classic feature).
Reel 2 is also out now featuring our latest Big Conversation on the Oscars.
Episode 23, Reel 2: Action films in the 80s vs the 21st Century
In the second reel of this month's monthly magazine style podcast, the Adamsons bring you their Big Conversation. For Episode 23 we have a long chat about the great action films of the 1980s and how they compare to their 21st Century counterparts. We look at how the two eras compare by picking our ten favourite films from then and now and seeing what it tells us.
Episode 23, Reel 1: The Batman, Paths of Glory, 1917, You Were Never Really Here, Aronofsky's Batman Year One, Red Dawn
The Adamsons bring you the March 2022 edition of their monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Reel 1, packed with the usual features, including:
The monthly round up including a review of new release The Batman;
The latest instalment in 2022: A Kubrick Odyssey in which we discuss 1957 anti-war classic Paths of Glory;
Our Classics and Recommended feature on Sam Mendes' 1917;
Our Hidden Gem looking at the great but overlooked You Were Never Really Here;
The One That Got Away featuring Darren Aronofsky's unrealised project Batman: Year One;
And the Remake Hatewatch looking at the dismal 2012 version of Red Dawn.
Bonus Music Version - Spotlight on Walter Hill
For those of you who haven't listened to Episode 22 Reel 2 yet (and even if you have), here is a Spotify only music version of the pod featuring some tracks used in Walter Hill's films. His use of music, especially that of Ry Cooder, was crucial to many of his best films so hopefully it will add to the atmosphere as you listen along.
Double Reel Episode 22, Reel 2: Walter Hill. The Driver, The Warriors, The Long Riders, Southern Comfort, 48 hrs
The Adamsons bring you Reel 2 of their latest podcast episode, featuring the Big Conversation. This month it's a spotlight on the career of unsung Hollywood stalwart Walter Hill, one of the most influential genre filmmakers of the late 20th Century. From action classics which redefined and influenced everything that came after them like the Driver, to his masterpiece Southern Comfort, to his indispensable contribution to the Alien franchise, Hill has been behind some of your favourite films even if you didn't realise it.
There will also be a music-included version of the podcast on Spotify only, to reflect some amazing contributions his film's scores made to the cinema.
Episode 22, Reel 1: Belfast, Nightmare Alley, Straw Dogs, Pig, Superman Lives, The Killing
The Adamsons are here with another issue of their film podcast magazine to get you through the grim final stages of winter 2022. This is Reel 1, featuring:
Reviews of Belfast, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, The King's Man;
February's entry in 2002: A Kubrick Odyssey which is The Killing;
Classics and Recommended: Straw Dogs (1971)
Hidden Gem: Pig
The One That Got Away: Superman Lives
Remake Hatewatch: Straw Dogs (2011)
Episode 21, Reel 2: The First Annual Double Reel Awards
The Second Reel of the monthly podcast magazine for film nerds. This month our Big Conversation features the first annual Double Reel Awards, for excellence (and otherwise) in the films we watched in 2021. Categories include:
Best Supporting Actor and Actress
Best Screenplay
Best Score
Best Cinematography
Best Documentary Feature
Best Director
Best Actor and Actress
Best Picture
Film We Wished We'd Seen
Most Scene-Stealing Performance
Worst Film
Biggest Disappointment
Worst Acting Performance
Double Reel Special Award: Best Film We Watched for the Podcast
Episode 21, Reel 1: Spider-Man No Way Home, Licorice Pizza, Don't Look Up, The Handmaiden, The Fisher King
The Adamsons hit 2022 with a ton of bricks and the latest edition of their podcast magazine for film nerds. We discuss new releases Spider-Man: No Way Home, Licorice Pizza and Don't Look up, plus two early Kubrick films as part of our new project Two Thousand and Twenty Two: A Kubrick Odyssey.
Also includes our regular features, our Classic - The Handmaiden, Hidden Gem The Fisher King, The One That Got Away featuring Barry Lyndon's The Captain and The Shark and a Remake Hatewatch of Sgt Bilko.
