Double Reel Film Podcast

Continuing Issue 68 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the Remakes Tribunal putting two films up for judgement, as part of our Sword and Sorcery Month. First we ask if the 2025 remake of Red Sonja deserves to exist or should be wiped from film history. Then we offer a parole hearing to a film that didn't work the first time to see if a remake would fix its proble...

Continuing Issue 68 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's Classics and Hidden Gems, where we catch up with a film one or both of us hasn't seen before and tell you about a lesser known film you should check out. Our theme is Sword and Sorcery (sort of) and for our Classic we talk about Ghibli's excellent Princess Mononoke. For our Hidden Gem we check out Antonio Ba...

Our Kurosawa episode had an upload fault so we're giving it to you again, this time restored with the whole conversation. Still featuring the insights of Cam Sully from the excellent Jacked Up Review Podcast.

The latest issue of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Double Reel Monthly, covering news, new releases, reviews of new films we've watched and the last parts of our annual projects.   Next week we'll continue the issue with Classics and Hidden Gems.   Check out Alan's author page here: https://www.facebook.com/AlanBaylesWriter     And our YouTube show...

Issue 67 concludes with a special Spotlight episode featuring Cam Sully from the excellent Jacked Up Review Show. Today we take a closer look at one of the all time great filmmakers, Japanese cinematic titan Akira Kurosawa. We look across his whole career with particular attention to 1963's High and Low and 1985's Ran. Check out the Jacked Up Review Show podcast here: https://linktr.ee/JURSPodcast...

Issue 67 continues with the Remakes Tribunal. First we put a Remake on Trial and ask whether there was any justification for a new version of the Krays story with 2015's Legend. Then we offer a Parole hearing to a film which failed and is currently languishing in movie jail. Would a remake fix the problems in the John Woo/Nic Cage war film Windtalkers? Check out Alan's author page here: https://ww...

Continuing Issue 67 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Classics and Hidden Gems where we catch up with a great film one of us hasn't seen before, and then tell you the audience why you should check out a lesser known film which deserves your time. Our theme for this Issue is films based on true stories, and our Classic is the Oscar winning historical drama 12 Yea...

Issue 67 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. We start with Double Reel Monthly, and news, new releases, reviews of new and notable films we've watched including I Swear, Frankenstein, Relay, How to Train Your Dragon (2025) and The Children's Hour. We also discuss the latest in our film projects for the year: Hitchcock's Family Plot and Kurosawa's Sanjuro. Next week will b...

Closing Issue 66 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Our final part is a special spotlight episode featuring regular co-host Alan and returning guest Deborah Fox. We look at the colourful career of Ray Harryhausen and his legendary stop motion visual effects which livened up our childhoods. The episode focuses on two of his most famous films, Jason and the Argonauts and C...

Continuing Issue 66 of the monthly magazine podcast of the discerning film nerd. Our theme is still Stephen King so we're putting two more adaptations of his stories up for scrutiny in the Remakes Tribunal. Our Remake on Trial is 2022's Firestarter - is there any justification for this new version? Then we have a Parole hearing for a film that didn't work the first time to see if a remake would fi...

Issue 66 Continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. It's the spooky season as Halloween hits and winter approaches, so we've got in the spirit with Stephen King month. For our Classic, Alan finally braces himself to watch Misery and THAT scene. For our Hidden Gem we tell you why you should check the other King/Bates collaboration, Dolores Claiborne.  The first part of the issue Double Reel Monthly i...

Issue 66 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the first part Double Reel Monthly, with news, new releases, reviews of new and notable films we've watched and our annual projects. New films include One Battle After Another, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Caught Stealing and John Candy: I Like Me. We also catch up on some recent releases including Wolf Man, Karate Kid...

Concluding Issue 65 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. It's still comedy month and now it's the Remakes Tribunal, putting bad filmmaking on trial. First up we put a remake in the dock and ask if it deserves to exist: this month it's Rat Race, an unofficial remake of 1963's It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Then we have a parole hearing for a film which didn't work the first...

Continuing Issue 65 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's Classics and Hidden Gems and it's comedy month. For our Classic we finally get round to watching the hit Meryl Streep comedy The Devil Wears Prada, and for the Hidden Gem we tell you why you should check out Michael J Fox and James Woods in 1991's The Hard Way. Double Reel Monthly is already out and the Rema...

Issue 65 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd starts here. The latest Double Reel Monthly is packed with chat, including news, new releases, new films we've watched including Weapons, Thursday Murder Club, what James thought of the new Fantastic Four movie, KPop Demon Hunters, and Highest 2 Lowest. We catch up on some other notable films - The Caine Mutiny, The Monkey and O...

Concluding Issue 64 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is a Spotlight episode taking a deep dive into the vivid, wild and often controversial films of Brian De Palma. Calum from the Screen 1 podcast joins to talk about this supreme stylist of the 70s movie brats, his Hitchcockian influences and occasionally overcooked sensibilities, with a close look at two of our f...

Continuing Issue 64 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First a Remake on Trial, we ask whether the lavish 1990 updated big screen version of Dick Tracy deserves to exist. Then a Parole Hearing for a film that didn't work the first time to see if a remake would fix it's problems. This time it's Disney's u...

Continuing Issue 64 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. Now it's Classics and Hidden Gems, where we watch a great film one or both of us hasn't seen before, then tell you about a lesser-known film you should get round to watching. The Classic this time is 1995's iconic crime thriller The Usual Suspects which Alan is watching for the first time. For the Hidden Gem we tell...

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is back with a bang and Double Reel Monthly, looking at news, new releases, new and notable films we've watched and the latest in our annual projects. We compare the competing comic book films Fantastic Four First Steps and Superman, plus new releases Naked Gun, Bring Her Back, War of the Worlds and Happy Gilmore 2. For our projects Alan ti...

We finish up Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with a Spotlight episode. We're talking about the great Steven Spielberg, but focusing on two of his less-celebrated films which we both love. Duel was the film that broke him out of his TV job into his illustrious career as a film director, and A.I. is the project he inherited from Stanley Kubrick and which time ha...

Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First before the judges: 2000's reboot-slash-sequel to the Blaxploitation classic Shaft. Does it deserve to exist or should we wipe it from history? Then up for parole: should the notoriously inaccurate U-571 be remade as a film that tells the story of wha...

Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd returns with Classics and Hidden Gems, and our theme is films from the year 2000 enjoying their 25th Anniversary. First up our Classic in which Alan finally gets round to watching High Fidelity, then our Hidden Gem in which we tell you why you should check out Nine Queens. Double Reel Monthly is already out, and the Remakes Trib...

Issue 63 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. We open with a bumper edition of Double Reel Monthly, tackling news, new releases and reviews of new and notable films we've watched. We also bring you the latest in our annual project films: Alan catches up with Hitchcock's Stage Fright and James dusts off a film he owns but hasn't watched - Wong-Kar Wai's 2046 Next week we'll...

Issue 62 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with a Spotlight episode. Here we take a closer look at John Boorman, but not at his best and most beloved films. No, we wanted to examine why, at the height of his 70s fame, he used his clout and creative freedom to make the two most disastrous films of his career. James is joined by regular Double Reel co host Alan Bayles to p...

Issue 62 continues with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up we put the 2010 version of Piranha under the spotlight and ask if it deserves to exist. Then we take a film that didn't work the first time - 1997's The Relic - and ask if a remake would fix its problems. The previous parts of this months issue are out now - Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems....