60.3 The Remakes Tribunal: King Solomon's Mines, Flesh + Blood
Issue 60 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. More 40th anniversary films feature, including the cheap and cheerful 1985 remake of King Solomon's Mines - does it deserve to exist, or should it be wiped from cinema history. Then we have a Parole Board for the same year's disastrous film by Paul Verhoeven and Rutger Hauer, Flesh + Blood. Would a remake fix its problems?
The first two parts of the issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems - and next week sees a Spotlight episode on Wes Anderson.
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60.2 Classics and Hidden Gems: Prizzi's Honor, To Live and Die in LA
Issue 60 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems, where we finally get round to watching a celebrated film and tell you about a lesser known film you need to check out. This month all our featured films are from 1985 and enjoying their 40th Anniversary.
Our Classic is a film which made a splash when it came out with multiple awards nominations and winning an Oscar: John Huston's Prizzi's Honor. For our Hidden Gem it's a cult favourite from forty years ago: To Live and Die in LA.
Issue 60's Double Reel Monthly is already out, and next week we'll bring you the Remakes Tribunal.
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60.1 Double Reel Monthly: The Amateur, Black Bag, A Real Pain, Officer on Duty, The Lady Vanishes, Hidalgo
Issue 60 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, kicking off with Double Reel Monthly. We discuss news and new releases, review new and notable films we've watched recently and bring you the latest in our annual project films.
Classics and Hidden Gems will be released in a week's time, with the Remakes Tribunal a week later.
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59.4 Spotlight on M Night Shyamalan: Signs, Old
Issue 59 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd closes with a special Spotlight episode focusing on the films of M Night Shyamalan. We welcome a special guest co-host, award-winning author Deborah Fox who is a passionate advocate for M Night's films. We have a good chat about how his reputation grew and changed over time, and Deborah tries to convince James to give some of his more divisive films another chance.
Find out more about Deborah's books here:
https://www.d-e-fox-author.com/
The other episodes for this issue are already out: Double Reel Monthly, Classics and Hidden Gems, and The Remakes Tribunal. The next issue will be out starting April 25th.
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59.3 The Remakes Tribunal: Flight of the Phoenix, The Wicked Lady
Issue 59 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up, we look at the 2004 reboot of this month's Classic, Flight of the Phoenix, and ask if it deserves to exist. Then for our Parole Board we look at the 1983 version of The Wicked Lady, and ask if anyone could possibly improve on a historical drama produced by Cannon and directed by Michael Winner...
The other parts of this issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems, and we will bring you a Spotlight in M Night Shyamalan next week.
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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