Tonight's Second Feature

This week on Tonight's Second Feature James & Rhys talk about Jean Rollins 1979 masterpiece, Fascination! In this low budget masterpiece, a runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret. This week in the third...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys go full strata chocolata on John Carpenter's Vampires 1998! And James takes us on a journey in 3D on the first segment of Into the Third Dimension. Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang. Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt https://www.instagram.com/look_its_jmes/ Podcast Cov...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys watch Ticks! 1993, with a runtime of only 85 minutes. Problem teens in Los Angeles join an inner-city wilderness project in an attempt to get back in touch with life's priorities, led by do-gooders Holly and Charles. When they get to the campsite, they begin having problems adjusting to the wild life, particularly local marijuana growers usin...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys chat about Coyote vs. Acme... oh, and the boys also discuss Zach Creggers new video game horror RESIDENT EVIL 2026! Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang. Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt https://www.instagram.com/look_its_jmes/ Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https:...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, Rhys lectures James on the backstory of Resident Evil. Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang. Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt https://www.instagram.com/look_its_jmes/ Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en Thumbnails created by Rhys Strang https:...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys get a little tipsy and watch The Deadly Bees 1966. Pop singer Vicki Robbins collapses from exhaustion while shooting the 1960s equivalent of a music video, and her physician prescribes a respite on Seagull Island with colleague and beekeeper Ralph Hargrove. Vicki finds the Hargroves' bitter marital strife oddly relaxing, but when a mysterious...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, whilst waiting for their plane to Melbourne. James & Rhys, running on no sleep, discuss their top 5 plane movies. After a week of non-stop festival-going, the boys are joined by guest Max Candy to discuss MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival). References: https://miff.com.au/ Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewit...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys embark on a bug bananza! That's right, folks, it's Creepy Crawlies!! This week the boys will drop into the second closet to talk THEM! 1954. References: file:///H:/TakapunaGolf_23.11.24/Stills/10.4324_9781315062921_previewpdf.pdf https://www.classic-monsters.com/them-warner-brothers-1954/   https://variety.com/1953/film/reviews/them-120041758...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys come to the end of An Odyssey through the Odyssey, concluding with Christopher Nolan's 2026 The Odyssey! References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSrLog7hbmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kui5PpD9ITE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpZCKnha464 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enOh1RMRF-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D00esm0gGmU&t=3...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys step into the second closet and discuss an abundance of DVDs, Blu-Rays, Box Sets, and Criterions. In Volume 1 of Physical Media, we talk about the mad world of physical media and stick around to the end for our physical media exchange. (01:01) - Intro (22:05) - Steelbooks (28:14) - Childhood Memory (35:44) - Thrift Find (41:38) - Strangest Fi...

“Good trash is, you never look down on it. You look up to it. I'm in awe of really bad taste."John Waters Each year The Hollywood Avondale host a 12 hour movie marathon of trash cinema elegantly titled “Trashathon” . This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys turn their brain to mush whilst once again enduring through this insane marathon. AND one last special segment exploring The Od...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys blast off to the moon as we discuss "Cosmic Journey" (1936), an important stepping stone in the science fiction genre and depiction of space travel on the silver screen.  Rhys will also take us on another Odyssey journey. Now, close to the release of Nolan's The Odyssey, the boys try to triumph against the odds and attempt to string a mighty...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, whilst lost amongst the liminal hellscape of the backrooms, the boys talk Kane Parsons and Steven Spielberg. That's right, folks, this week we dive into The Backrooms (2026) & Disclosure Day (2026)!! (00:23) - Intro (02:16) - Backrooms talk (14:57) - Backrooms scene by scene (28:47) - Meaning behind the film (01:08:45) - The Odyssey talk (01:40:47) - Disc...

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys go back 66 million years to watch The Lost World (1925). Amidst the pioneering silent epics of the 1920s, Hollywood would release the first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.   In London, Professor Challenger announces that prehistoric creatures are alive and flourish...

This week, on Tonight's first feature, we dive into TWO MOVIES! That's right, folks, we are double featuring Mother Mary 2026 (dir. David Lowery) & Obsession 2026 (dir. Curry Barker). David Lowery is an American filmmaker known for his independent features, such as A Ghost Story and The Green Knight, as well as his mainstream large-budget studio films, including Pete's Dragon. He is back with...

On this week’s Tonight's Second Feature James & Rhys dive into season 1 with Silent Spectaculars. Up first we silently watch The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920. Considered the first German expressionist film, its striking visual style, and physiological narrative is still felt throughout modern horror.  Rhys will take us on our first stage of the journey towards the release of Christopher Nolan’...

On this week of Tonight's Second Feature James & Rhys explore John Carpenters The Fog.  The Fog, released in 1980, was writer and director John Carpenter's third entry into the horror genre. Alongside perhaps his most important collaborator, Deborah Hill, the pair co-wrote and produced a film harking back to ghost stories of old. On the eve of celebrating its Centennial, strange poltergeist ac...

This week on Tonight's First Feature, James & Rhys discuss Hokum (2026). When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past. (00:00) - Opening (04:00) - Synopsis, starring & Madame Web 4k (06:33) - Dir...

On the first ever episode of Tonight's First Feature, James and Rhys discuss "Lee Cronin's The Mummy". Lee Cronin's debut feature film, The Hole in the Ground (2019), had its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. In 2023, he wrote and directed Evil Dead Rise, the fifth installment in the Evil Dead franchise. In June 2024, he passed on directing further sequels to Evil Dead Rise, signi...

On this week's Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys watch Creature From The Back Lagoon and talk about the Africa Across April challenge. African cinema has been severely neglected by film lovers. So this challenge is a chance to delve deeper into this overlooked continent. You can find out more on Letterboxd here: https://boxd.it/T7aAo In Season 0, we get warmed up with some of James' perso...

On the first episode of Tonight's Second Feature James & Rhys discuss their first introductions to B cinema and watch The Fly (1958).  On Season 0 we get warmed up with some of James' personal favourites. The Fly 1958 was released to commercial and critical success and would go on to spawn a remake by the legendary David Cronenberg. Whilst a little silly this absolute gem still lives on strong...