The Adamsons are back with Issue 49 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The first instalment is Double Reel Monthly. We cover news stories and new releases that caught our eye, review some new films we've seen since our last issue, and look at the films from our year long projects The Year of the Nolan - Tenet - and Women Directors - Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker. Next week will be our second part, Classics and Hidden Gems.
May 25, 2024•1 hr 14 min
The Adamsons bring down the curtain on Issue 48 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The final part is the Big Conversation where this month we discuss our favourite films of the decade 2000 to 2009. Similar to our chat in Issue 46 we each nominate our favourite film from each year of the decade, and discuss which of them should be named best film of that year. Unlike last time we're allowing Best Picture Oscar winners from last year. Our previous instalment...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 34
Issue 48 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features. The Classic we've just got round to seeing is Touch of Evil, and the Hidden Gem we think you should check out is Ghost Dog: the Way of the Samurai. Our final ever One That Got Away discusses how Martin Scorsese nearly made House of Gucci 20 years before Ridley Scott did it, and our Remake Hatewatch looks at Orca, 1977's blatant rip off of Jaws. Finally we look at the flawed but fascinating Tron Leg...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 33
Another packed issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd kicks off with April's Double Reel Monthly, covering news, new releases, reviews of new films and how we're getting in with our annual film projects. New films include Immaculate, Ricky Stanicki, Road House, a catch up on the Beekeeper and two films featuring friend of the pod Jamie B Chambers: Morris Men and The Shamrock Spitfire. Next week we'll bring you the next part of the issue, the Features....
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 32
The Adamsons bring Issue 47 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd to a close with the Big Conversation. As always we aim to entertain you by taking a longer look at a big topic from the film world, and this month we mark the end of awards season with our Oscar Chat. We look at the big winners and losers, how we thought it went and whether 2024 was a good year, and what's next for the major players among the nominees. The rest of Issue 47 is already out, including Double Re...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 31
Issue 47 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features, and for this issue we are focusing on East Asian cinema. Our Classics and Recommended is the notorious Takashi Miike psychological horror Audition, followed by our Hidden Gem the Korean cold war thriller Steel Rain. Our One that Got Away discusses how legendary filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai spent years nearly making international spy thriller The Lady From Shanghai with Nicole Kidman, and our Remake Hatew...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 30
Issue 47 of the monthly magazine film podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the latest Penalty Shootout Film Quiz, the fiendish and needlessly complicated battle of trivia skills between your co-hosts. The score is 5-0 to James (no the other one) going into this month's instalment, with James (yes that one) still desperate to get a win on the board. The forfeits remain - James (no the other one) will have to watch The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou if he loses, while James (yes tha...
Mar 28, 2024•51 min•Ep. 29
The Adamsons are back with the latest issue of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Released in four parts through the month, we start with Double Reel Monthly, featuring news, new releases, reviews of new films including Dune Part 2, The Zone of Interest, Madame Web and The Kitchen, our Women Directors project feature Nomadland and the latest in our Year of the Nolan project which is Batman Begins. In a few days we will release the next part: the latest Penalt...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 28
Issue 46 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Big Conversation. This month we talk about our favourite films of the 2010s. We imposed a few rules on ourselves for the chat: We could only pick one best film of each year in the decade; we each had to suggest a nomination and duke it out over which went in; and Best Picture Oscar winners were admissible. This took out some of our favourite films such as 12 Years a Slave, Spotlight and Moonlight but mostly ...
Mar 10, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 27
Issue 46 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the latest drop of our regular Features episode. The theme this month is films about the television industry, with Classics and Recommended Network, Hidden Gem Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The One that Got Away - Jacques Tati's Confusion and Remake Hatewatch Bewitched. As a bonus we also look at the remake we'd like to see - a new adaptation of Stephen King's dystopian reality TV prophecy The Running Man. Th...
Mar 03, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 26
Issue 46 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the fiendish Penalty Shootout Film Quiz. James (no the other one) is yet to win a quiz, with the score currently 5-0 to James (yes that one). As always our intrepid hosts face off in the format of a penalty shootout (like from the footy) and the winner gets to make the loser watch a film they're going to hate. Will James (no the other one) finally get a win?
Feb 29, 2024•48 min•Ep. 25
Issue 46 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd kicks off with its first instalment, Double Reel Monthly with news, a look at new releases coming soon, new films we watched in the past month and the latest in our "New Year Resolution" annual project. James (no the other one) continues his spotlight on women director's with Ava Du Vernay's Selma and James (yes that one) kicks off his look at the films of Christopher Nolan with a double bill of Dunkirk and The Dark Knight Ris...
Feb 25, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 24
Issue 45 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with our Big Conversation, and as it's our first of the year we're giving you our Annual Awards show for excellence and otherwise for the films of 2023. As usual we go strictly on films that got their full release in the calendar year, and as usual we bring you innovative awards you don't get elsewhere such as biggest disappointment, worst accent, and an award chosen by James's dogs. The other instalments of this iss...
Feb 08, 2024•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 23
Issue 45 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features. This month our theme is films about films and the film industry. Our Classic is Robert Altman's The Player, our Hidden Gem is Tim Burton's lesser-known Ed Wood, the One That Got Away is the epic tale of Orson Welles trying and failing to make a film about a great director trying to make a film, and our Remake Hatewatch is the hateful Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde. At the end we also talk about a rem...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 22
The second instalment of Double Reel Issue 45, the fiendish, complicated and keenly contested Penalty Shootout Film Quiz. Currently the score stands at 5-0 to James (no the other one) and James (yes that one) is desperate to claw his way back into contention. The forfeits for the loser this month: James (no the other one) will have to watch The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou if he loses, but if it's James (yes that one) his forfeit will be The Room. This month's Double Reel Monthly is already ou...
Jan 28, 2024•50 min•Ep. 21
Back with a bang for the New Year, it's the Adamsons and the monthly magazine for the discerning film nerd. First up in our latest issue: Double Reel Monthly, with news, new releases, a look at new films including Three Musketeers Milady, Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Part 1, The Burial and Saltburn, the first film in a new film project about women directors starting with CODA and a preview of another new film project starting next month.
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 20
Another special bonus anthology episode for your waiting ears. This compiles all the monthly entries in James (yes that one)'s annual project looking at films by the great David Cronenberg. This consists of nine films I hadn't seen before, followed by three of his best classics. Our other anthology episode Legal Cage of Consent was released last week which you might also like.
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 19
A special bonus anthology episode featuring all the films James (no the other one) discussed in his special project for 2023. For every month of the year he got the mighty online Nic Cage randomiser to select a film for him to watch then told us about it. Whether it was good Cage, bad Cage or just paying the bills Cage, we covered it for you. Our other special project The Cronenberg Institute will be available soon.
Jan 12, 2024•1 hr 7 min
The Adamsons conclude Issue 44 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with the Big Conversation, where we dig into a topic from the film world in more detail. In keeping with our overall theme this month we discuss and agree Double Reel's Top 10 Ridley Scott Films. The other parts of Issue 44 are already available to download including Double Reel Monthly, Penalty Shootout Film Quiz and the Features. Soon we will have some bonus episodes available with the collected films o...
Jan 06, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 18
Issue 44 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with a very Ridley Scott themed episode. Our Classic is his feminist road movie Thelma & Louise, our Hidden Gem is his less heralded debut The Duellists, The One That Got Away explores how Kubrick (one of Scott's idols) failed to get a Napoleon film off the ground 50 years before Sir Ridley made his version, and our Remake Hatewatch asks why Exodus Gods and Kings bothered to try and revive the Moses story. As a s...
Dec 30, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 17
Issue 44 of the monthly magazine film quiz for the discerning film nerd continues with the Penalty Shootout Film Quiz, the fiendishly complicated and keenly contested test of film trivia prowess. The Adamsons face off to see who will win the quiz question shootout, with a forfeit awaiting the loser in the form of a film they really don't want to see, vindictively selected for them by the winner. This month James (no the other one) will watch Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou if h...
Dec 26, 2023•46 min•Ep. 16
The Adamsons close out 2023 with the latest issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. We have a general theme this month, with all episodes linking in some way to the release of Ridley Scott's new Napoleon film. We release it in four parts to keep your podcast app busy through the month and over the festive period. This is Double Reel Monthly with news, new releases, reviews of new films including Napoleon, Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Dream Scenario ...
Dec 23, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 15
The Adamsons conclude Issue 43 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with the Big Conversation. This month our cinematic deep dive discussed our movie watching Bucket Lists - the films you want to try and watch on the big screen at least once in your live. We talk about bucket list films we've already seen, films we dream of seeing at the cinema one day, and the films we think should be on everyone's bucket list. The other parts of this month's issue are already available:...
Dec 09, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 14
Issue 43 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features. Our Classic is bonkers French period action horror The Brotherhood of the Wolf; the Hidden Gem is Werner Herzog's Rescue Dawn; The One That Got Away features Spielberg's attempt to make The Trial of the Chicago 7; our Remake Hatewatch is the superflous 2007 version of The Invasion; and finally we ask for a remake of the superhero comedy Hancock. The firsty two parts of this issue are already out: D...
Dec 02, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Another round of the fiendish Penalty Shootout Film Quiz, where the Adamsons battle it out to see who has the best knowledge of cinematic trivia. The winner gets to force the loser to perform a forfeit and watch a film they're really going to hate. The score is currently 5-0 to James (no the other one) and James (yes that one) to claw his way back into contention. Last month the loser had to watch Uwe Boll's horrific Alone in the Dark. This month, James (no the other one) will have to avoid the ...
Nov 29, 2023•57 min•Ep. 13
The Adamsons are back with Issue 43 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Double Reel monthly is the first instalment with news, a look at new releases coming our way, reviews of new films including the new ones from Scorsese and Fincher, and the latest in our annual projects Legal Cage of Consent and The Cronenberg Institute. WARNING: contains spoilers for Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 and Spider-Man Across The Spiderverse between 30mins and 47mins. In a few d...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 12
Issue 42 of the monthly magazine for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Big Conversation, where the Adamsons dig into a topic from the film world in more detail. This month we look at the fine art of making comedy films, why it shouldn't be so much harder than other genres but somehow it is, how tastes in comedy and the economics of comedy films have changed over the years, and whether cancel culture makes it impossible to make great comedies any more. The other parts of this month's is...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 11
The latest issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features, which this month all have a comedy theme. Our Classics and Recommended film is Irish buddy cop film The Guard; our Hidden Gem is the 1986 film Down and Out in Beverly Hills; The One That Got Away features Bruce Willis in the disastrous cancelled project Broadway Brawler; our Remake Hatewatch is Robert Downey and his odd accent in Dolittle and our Remake Restoration suggests major changes to...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 10
The fiendish monthly quiz where the Adamsons test each others film knowledge and battle to avoid a vicious forfeit. Previously we included the quiz as part of Double Reel Monthly but now we're releasing it as a separate episode. The score currently stands at 4-0 to (young) James, and (the other) James is desperate to claw back some respectability. The stakes are high. If (young) James loses this quiz he has to watch The Life Aquatic by Steve Zissou, and (the other) James has an Uwe Boll film han...
Oct 28, 2023•43 min•Ep. 9
The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is back with another issue packed with cinematic chat and opinion. As always we release the latest issue in instalments to keep your feed fed through the month, starting here with Double Reel Monthly. We have news and a look at new releases; reviews of new films including The Creator, The Lesson, Nimona and How to Blow Up A Pipeline; the latest in our year-long project The Cronenberg Institute and another randomly generated instalment of ...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 8
