Script v Manuscript

Check out a criminally underrated movie and one of our oldest classics on this episode of Script v Manuscript when we compare Beowulf with it's best movie adaptation: The 13th Warrior aka "Eaters of the Dead."

When was the last time you thought about the French and Indian War? Probably not recently enough. Join us as we discuss the classic novel by American James Fenimore Cooper and the 1992 film adaptation directed by Michael Mann.

The exciting conclusion to the Lord of the Rings review saga. Thanks for your patience.

The first of a multi-part series of episodes on the Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein and the film trilogy of the same name directed by Peter Jackson. 

Time to set sail into a beautiful film and a vast series of beloved books. Today the guys discuss the 2003 historical epic Master and Commander and compare it to their experience reading the best selling series it's based on by Patrick O'Brian.

Time to chat about a surprisingly intelligent action schlock film from the 80's. One of Schwarzenegger's earliest hits and the movie that launched a horde of sword and sorcery clones, none of which were as good. Find out where the character came from and if the filmmakers did justice to Robert E. Howard's heroic barbarian creation.

We have a special guest on to discuss her current favorite work of literature and cinema. Also, some new Dune commentary, specifically related to sandworms.

We are back from our long break. Today we discuss Col. John Patterson's adventure journal "The Man-eaters of Tsavo" and "The Ghost and The Darkness."

Step with us back to the golden age of science fiction and the bombastic age of the 1980's to see two master storytellers go head to head. This episode we discuss The Thing (1982 dir. John Carpenter) and "Who Goes There?" (1938 John W Campbell, Jr.). 

In our first episode, we discuss Jurassic Park, the novel by Michael Crichton, and the movie directed by Stephen Spielberg. We also layout what our podcast is all about and talk a bit about what we are reading and how to exposit plot.

Today we talk Dune...for a long time. Settle in because the source material demands a lengthy chat. Join us for a chat about Dune by Frank Herbert and Dune 2021 dir. Denis Villeneuve.