Cinema To The Letter

Double Edged Double Bill turns the big 5-0 at 24 frames per second. Since the Laika title Missing Link came out recently, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are joined by their returning animation enthusiast guest Scott Johnson to talk about two films featuring the artform of stop motion animation. First up is the good feature Fantastic Mr. Fox, where Wes Anderson brought his live action dollhouse aes...

Double Edged Double Bill returns to the realm of fantasy films! Along with returning guest Caitlin Turner, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani take a look at two fantasy films from the magical year of 1985! First is our bad feature Red Sonja, where Bridget Nielsen makes her awkward debut and Arnold Schwarzenegger is... briefly there. Then, our good feature is Return to Oz, the weird quasi sequel to the...

Double Edged Double Bill has done episodes on Marvel and DC Comics adaptations, but what about the films based on comic books outside the big two? Given a new Hellboy movie is on the horizon along with several other comic book films this month, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani decided to do a double feature of independent comic book film adaptations with returning guest Torrey Depina! The good featu...

Put on your black and white stripes, you pale loners! It's time for Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani to talk two films from director Tim Burton because Dumbo is coming out! The good feature is Big Fish, Burton's underrated bid for Oscar gold that will make you cry. Then, the bad feature is his very odd attempt to remake Planet of the Apes that will also make you cry... for different reasons. Plus, o...

Are you watching closely? Do you see double? Well, you certainly are seeing Double Edged Double Bill's new episode! Given Jordan Peele's new film Us is coming out this week, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are covering a double header of films where actors play multiple roles. Our good film is Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, in which both Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale play dual roles while duel...

The year is 2050. The world is in chaos. People are at each other's throats in divisive opinion. Humanity's future looks bleak. Stupidity and bureaucracy reign supreme over thought and compassion. So... it's pretty similar to 2019. Still, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are here to parse out a Double Edged Double Bill all about dystopian fiction films in honor of Captive State coming out. Our good...

With Captain Marvel soaring her way into theaters to punch skrulls in the face, Double Edged Double Bill decided to dedicate an episode to female led action films. Hosts Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are joined by Sara Sorrentino , Associate Editor at  Talk Film Society  and host of podcasts like Seequels  and We Forgive You . The good feature for our trio is Steven Soderbergh's Haywire, in which...

About a month ago, we lost the unsung hero of cult cinema Dick Miller . A character actor who worked for six decades with directors like Roger Corman, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese and so many more. In honor of this legendary actor, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are joined by The Podcast By The Cemetery host Scott Crawford to discuss two films featuring Mr. Miller. First up is...

It's awards season again and the Academy Awards are on the horizon. However, unlike that show, Double Edged Double Bill actually has hosts. Before the latest Best Picture winner is crowned though, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are looking back at a couple of winners of the past with returning guest Yonathan Habtemichael . First up is the winner from 2016 Moonlight as our good film. Then, playing...

This week's Double Edged Double Bill is for all you lovers out there. With Valentine's Day coming up, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are getting lovey dovey for this double feature of romance films. The good film is Somewhere In Time, the sci-fi romance starring Christopher Reeve. Then, the bad film is the infamous cult so-bad-it's-good film The Room from writer/director/producer/star Tommy Wiseau...

25 years ago this week, Jim Carrey kicked off his stardom with one of the most insanely successful years for any comedy star. In 1994, he appeared in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber, three of the most successful comedies of the decade.  So, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are celebrating that banner year's anniversary with a Jim Carrey double feature. First up, the good fil...

While the picks on Double Edged Double Bill tend to be subjective, we've reached a new level with this week's episode. Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani have each picked a film they consider overrated and underrated respectively. The first film is Thomas' underrated film The Night of the Hunter, the 1955 thriller that inspired many a filmmaker yet isn't well known by the general public. Then, the dis...

This week, our captains Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are going where no man has gone before: the Star Trek film franchise! Alright, plenty of Trekkers have been here before, but not our intrepid crew of the USS Double Edged Double Bill! Beaming aboard is returning guest and actual Trekker Kaycee Jarrard who will school Adam and Thomas as they venture into this double bill. First is the good feat...

As Glass hurtles towards theaters this week, writer/director M. Night Shyamalan is earning the greatest honor of his near three decades as a filmmaker. That's right; being the subject of a Double Edged Double Bill episode! Adam and Thomas are joined by make up artist and film fan  Whitney Collazo  to dissect two films from the infamous auteur. First, our good feature is the understated superhero o...

January is a glum time, especially at the theater. The first calendar month of the year gets a bad reputation as a dump month and with good reason. Movie studios celebrate the new year by releasing their worst leftover films into theaters. Yet, a few gems do slip through the cracks. That's why our latest Double Edged Double Bill is all about films released in January. Our good feature is City of G...

Happy New Year! As we ring in 2019, it's still important to look back a bit at 2018. Specifically, the great and not-so-great films of the year. Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are joined by returning guest  Yonathan Habtemichael  to discuss two notable films from the year on the latest Double Edged Double Bill. Our good feature is the underrated indie dramedy Blindspotting and the other is the meg...

Double Edged Double Bill is getting super serious about silliness for the last episode of 2018! Adam Thomas, Thomas Mariani and returning guest Heather Thomas are here to laugh with and at two spoof films in "honor" of the Will Ferrell vehicle Holmes and Watson in theaters! First up is our good feature Fatal Instinct, where comedy legend Carl Reiner takes the early 90s erotic thriller genre down a...

Welcome back to another Double Edged Double Bill, old chums! In honor of the release of Aquaman this week, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are doing an episode on DC Comics adaptations... but mostly Batman. Yes, the luck of the Double Edged Double Bill ended up in The Caped Crusader's favor and our returning guest Scott Johnson  is joining our Justice League of Discussion! Our good feature is the 1...

Do you feel lucky, punks? Well then, why not press your luck with the latest episode of Double Edged Double Bill? This week in honor of the release of The Mule, we're doing an episode all about it's writer/star Clint Eastwood . Known for his tough guy roles and efficient directorial style, Clint Eastwood is cinematic icon who - for better or for worse - is still making films at age 88. Now, Adam T...

Happy Holidays, everyone! December is here and we've got a double header about as odd as a grab bag stocking on this week's Double Edged Double Bill. First up as our good feature is the 1977 Jim Henson Christmas special Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas. Then, our bad feature is the 2005 horror comedy film Santa's Slay starring wrestler Bill Goldberg as a killer Santa Claus. Yeah, it may be our str...

Joe Dante has been making genre pictures for over forty years. In honor of his birthday this week, Double Edge Double Bill hosts Thomas Mariani and Adam Thomas are taking a look at two films in his storied filmography. Our good feature his underrated 1989 comedy The Burbs, wherein Tom Hanks leads a gang of wacky neighbors to find out the mysteries of the new weirdos next door. Then, our bad featur...

Grab your hot dogs and six pack for the big game! With Creed II coming out this week, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are doing a double bill of sports films! Even if our duo aren't huge sports people, they love a good sports film. For this week, that good film is the seminal baseball drama The Natural, which basically feels like the superhero origin film for a master of America's past time. Then i...

Gather, fare maidens and lordes. It's time for another Double Edged Double Bill! This week we're doing a double header of fantasy films, given Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is set to come out! Guest and fan of the show Dan Chambos joins Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani to look at films about magical realms. First, 1988's Willow where George Lucas rips himself off and gets the dynamic t...

Need a Coen fix? We got you, Brothers. In honor of  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs coming to Netflix soon, Double Edged Double Bill is doing an episode about the Coen Brothers. Our good feature is 1991's  Barton Fink , in which every genre blends together as a writer gets writer's block. Our bad feature is their 2004 remake of  The Ladykillers , which may not be as bad as some say, though it leaves...

For the final horror themed episode of October, Double Edged Double Bill is delving into horror remakes. With the new Suspiria closing in on release, Adam, Thomas and special guest Shakyl Lambert take a look at how right and how... not so right a horror remake can go. First up is 2010's The Crazies, a remake of George A. Romero's 1973 film that pulled out all the stops to improve on what the maste...