Cinema To The Letter

Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up. THIS is Double Edged Double Bill! Our latest episode features Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani going head to head on a double feature of films directed by Sam Raimi ! Raimi is best known as the man who revolutionized horror with The Evil Dead trilogy and opened the door for superhero films with his Spider-Man trilogy, but Adam, Thomas and special guest Sc...

Autumn leaves are falling. Pumpkins are being carved. Halloween is upon us. The Night He Came Home... for a Double Edged Double Bill! In honor of Michael Myers returning for a new Halloween film, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are doing a double header of films from the slasher franchise that kicked off 40 years ago with special guest Torrey Depina ! First up is Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, the...

Listeners beware, you're in for a scare! Well, hopefully more laughs than scares. This week on Double Edged Double Bill, we're talking about children's horror films in honor of Goosebumps 2 coming out. To examine these spooky films for kids, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani bring on their special guest  Kaycee Jarrard ! The trio's good film is The Monster Squad, the 1987 film that fulfills every kid...

When the double bill theater is full, the dead will walk the lobby. On the first of several horror themed episodes for the month of October, Double Edge Double Bill is doing a twofor of zombie films. Joining hosts Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani this week is special guest Lance Langford from The Horror Returns Podcast ! The trio's good feature this week is 2009's Pontypool, an underrated gem of the...

On September 6th 2018, the world lost a movie star. A Florida legend. A master of the moustache. Burt Reynolds was a massive icon who had a long storied career filled with high highs and low lows. So, with honor and respect, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani examine both sides of that coin on the latest Double Edged Double Bill. First is our good feature Deliverance, the 1972 classic that launched Re...

Yee-haw! It's time for another rootin' tootin episode of the Double Edged Double Bill! Our topic for this week is westerns and did we rustle up some varmints to cover for it. First up is the steampunk western DC comics adaptation Jonah Hex, which makes Wild Wild West look like The Searchers by comparison. Then, last year's Hostiles, a quiet contemplative western with a star studded cast that exami...

If it bleeds, we can double bill it. In honor of The Predator coming this week, Double Edged Double Bill is doing an episode all about the Predator franchise with special guest Yonathan Habtemichael . First up is our good feature Predator 2, which our crew mostly defends as an underrated follow up to the massively popular original film. Then, the underwhelming first attempt at Alien Vs Predator is...

In this 18th entry for the Double Edged Double Bill franchise, we are covering sequels! Specifically, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are going for two very different concepts of a sequel. First, the highly regarded second sequel in the Indiana Jones series, The Last Crusade. Then, the mostly obscure & vague-sorta-sequel to Rocky Horror Picture Show known as Shock Treatment. One film is regarded as...

Out of the shadows and fog comes a new episode of Double Edged Double Bill! This week, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are covering the genre of noir! Our good feature is the 1956 Stanley Kubrick film The Killing while the bad feature is the 2008 neo-noir comic book adaptation from legendary comic book writer/artist gone bad Frank Miller called The Spirit. Joining our two intrepid detectives is a m...

Time to play the music and light the lights! In honor of Happytime Murders coming out this week, Double Edged Double Bill is doing a double feature all about puppet films. First up is our good feature Team America: World Police from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. This satire of Jerry Bruckheimer action flicks & post-9/11 politics is one of the more memed puppet productions out the...

Steve Martin is a comedic icon. An accomplished actor, stand up, writer and musician, Stephen Glenn Martin has brought the world so much joy and humor over the last several decades. So in honor of his 73rd birthday today, Thomas and Adam are devoting an episode of Double Edged Double Bill to him! First up is his 1991 feature L.A. Story, which was written by and stars Martin as a middle aged weathe...

The seven seas bring many a creature from the depths. Whether it's the Old Ones with tentacle features or a killer whale with vengeance on its mind, the oceans breed many an unsettling monster for us humans to face. Yes, in honor of The Meg, Double Edged Double Bill is doing a good old fashioned Sea Creature Double Feature. Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani first contend with is Stuart Gordon's Dagon...

Like a bolt out of the blue, our Disney episode is here for you! Thomas Mariani and Adam Thomas are joined for a new Double Edged Double Bill of Disney films by special guest Heather Thomas, Adam's wife! Our first film is 1990's The Rescuers Down Under, the gorgeously animated sequel that is definitely the least talked about film of the Disney Renaissance. Then, our trio journeys into the post-Ren...

Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are reading into some Stephen King adaptations this week. Joining them is special guest from Horror News Radio & King super fan Dave Dreher ! The trio first dig into the good feature 1987's The Running Man, a sci-fi actioner that takes the very basic premise of a King novel and turns it into an Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle. But what a glorious vehicle for Schwarzene...

Get ready to belt your hearts out because Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani feel a song coming on! This week, our duo is looking at two very different examples of the musical genre with guest Caitlin Turner of Lost in a Sea of Stories ! First up is the good feature: 1972's Cabaret, a musical about love, music and Nazis that won several Oscars over The Godfather. Then, our trio sit through a not-so-Os...

If a teen gets killed in the woods, does Jason Voorhees make a sound? Of course he doesn't. But you'll be hearing the screams of Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani for days to come as they take a look at two of the under-examined entries in the slasher franchise Friday the 13th in honor of... well, Friday the 13th. First, the good pick is the controversial fifth entry A New Beginning, in which a copy...

Yes, rat brains! Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani have invaded your eardrums for another episode of Double Edged Double Bill. This week, the double features is focused on alien invasion films, the duo is going after some big titans of the topic. First, the 1978 version of the classic story Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It's got everything; goopy effects, 70s hair and Jeff Goldblum! After that, the...

2018 is at the half way point and that means it's time to reflect on the last six months. Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani have picked films released earlier in the year for this week's episode. The good film is the possession horror film Veronica from Netflix, though Adam and Thomas are arguing the level of good on display. Then, the boys dig into the forgotten disaster heist mash up Hurricane Heis...

Dr. Thomas and Dr. Mariani are welcomed to Jurassic Park to study dinosaurs. But they'll need a partner to help them out. Fortunately, Theodore Rex was killed in the line of duty, so returning guest Sam Brutuxan  is here to help breakdown two dinosaur films in anticipation of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom coming out. Our first feature is the infamous Theodore Rex, in which Whoopi Goldberg contrac...

This week, Adam and Thomas are getting pretty animated. Well, they're watching some cartoons anyway. Joining them for this animated adventure is Scott Johnson , beer enthusiast and animation nut. The first film for this episode's double feature for the evening is Wizards, the 1977 Ralph Bakshi film that stretches the limits of what one would consider a traditional family film. Then, our trio tries...

Two films. Two stacked casts. Only one of them is good. It's the biggest job they've ever faced. Yet, Thomas Mariani and Adam Thomas are here to pull off another episode of Double Edged Double Bill. In honor of Ocean's 8 coming out, the duo is covering heist films as the subject. First up is the dullest end of the blade Mortdecai, the Johnny Depp vehicle that's less a heist film and more of a seri...

Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani. Two men fighting against all odds to record a podcast. This is their story. For this episode, our hosts cover films allegedly based on true stories in honor of this week's release Action Point. Yes, that is based on a true story, but you wouldn't believe it would ya? Well, the same goes for The Amityville Horror, based on the alleged true hauntings of the Lutz famil...

Double Edged Double Bill is all Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars! To celebrate the release of Solo A Star Wars Story, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani have brought in their first guest Sam Brutuxan! The trio's first feature is Return of the Jedi, the third entry in the original trilogy that's celebrating it's 35th anniversary. Yes there's Ewoks, bored Harrison Ford and puppets galore! Then, the team...

For the second episode of Double Edged Double Bill, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are deep diving into the world of action comedies. First, they examine the early career of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson with 2003's The Rundown, as the pro-wrestler teams up with Stifler himself Seann William Scott to steal a treasure before Christopher Walken can. WOW! Then, our duo goes crazy for 1988's Miami Connect...

Welcome to the Double Edged Double Bill! For their first episode, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani have randomly selected Iron Man (2008) and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) as the double feature for the evening.