The Adamsons

Double Reel Film Podcast

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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 is James Adamson, his imaginatively named son and co-host. 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 tall tales of potentially great films that never got made, overlooked classics you need to see, and rants about remakes that should never have been made at all.

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Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 24, Reel 2: The 2022 Academy Awards 25.04.2022

Reel 2 of our monthly magazine podcast for film nerds, in which the Adamsons bring you their latest Big Conversation. This month we look back at the recent Oscars ceremony, and instead of spending the whole time talking about Will Smith and Chris Rock we thought we'd be different and actually talk about the winners, nominees and voting decisions in general. If you haven't caught up with Reel 1, it...

Episode 24, Reel 1: X, Jackass Forever, Deep Water, Wages of Fear, Battle Royale, Mira Nair’s Shantaram, Sorcerer 25.04.2022

The Adamsons are back to help you through April 2022 with the latest episode of their monthly magazine podcast for film nerds. In Reel 1 we bring you a monthly round up of news and reviews as well as our regular features. This month includes: Preview of our upcoming feature on the new Nic Cage film; Reviews of new and newish films X, Jackass Forever, Deep Water, West Side Story, Death on the Nile...

Episode 23, Reel 2: Action films in the 80s vs the 21st Century 25.03.2022

In the second reel of this month's monthly magazine style podcast, the Adamsons bring you their Big Conversation. For Episode 23 we have a long chat about the great action films of the 1980s and how they compare to their 21st Century counterparts. We look at how the two eras compare by picking our ten favourite films from then and now and seeing what it tells us.

Episode 23, Reel 1: The Batman, Paths of Glory, 1917, You Were Never Really Here, Aronofsky’s Batman Year One, Red Dawn 25.03.2022

The Adamsons bring you the March 2022 edition of their monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is Reel 1, packed with the usual features, including: The monthly round up including a review of new release The Batman; The latest instalment in 2022: A Kubrick Odyssey in which we discuss 1957 anti-war classic Paths of Glory; Our Classics and Recommended feature on Sam Mendes' 1917;...

Double Reel Episode 22, Reel 2: Walter Hill. The Driver, The Warriors, The Long Riders, Southern Comfort, 48 hrs 25.02.2022

The Adamsons bring you Reel 2 of their latest podcast episode, featuring the Big Conversation. This month it's a spotlight on the career of unsung Hollywood stalwart Walter Hill, one of the most influential genre filmmakers of the late 20th Century. From action classics which redefined and influenced everything that came after them like the Driver, to his masterpiece Southern Comfort, to his indis...

Episode 22, Reel 1: Belfast, Nightmare Alley, Straw Dogs, Pig, Superman Lives, The Killing 25.02.2022

The Adamsons are here with another issue of their film podcast magazine to get you through the grim final stages of winter 2022. This is Reel 1, featuring: Reviews of Belfast, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, The King's Man; February's entry in 2002: A Kubrick Odyssey which is The Killing; Classics and Recommended: Straw Dogs (1971) Hidden Gem: Pig The One That Got Away: Superman Lives Remak...

Episode 21, Reel 2: The First Annual Double Reel Awards 25.01.2022

The Second Reel of the monthly podcast magazine for film nerds. This month our Big Conversation features the first annual Double Reel Awards, for excellence (and otherwise) in the films we watched in 2021. Categories include: Best Supporting Actor and Actress Best Screenplay Best Score Best Cinematography Best Documentary Feature Best Director Best Actor and Actress Best Picture Film We Wished We'...

Episode 21, Reel 1: Spider-Man No Way Home, Licorice Pizza, Don’t Look Up, The Handmaiden, The Fisher King 25.01.2022

The Adamsons hit 2022 with a ton of bricks and the latest edition of their podcast magazine for film nerds. We discuss new releases Spider-Man: No Way Home, Licorice Pizza and Don't Look up, plus two early Kubrick films as part of our new project Two Thousand and Twenty Two: A Kubrick Odyssey. Also includes our regular features, our Classic - The Handmaiden, Hidden Gem The Fisher King, The One Tha...

Bonus Episode: 2021 The Year of the Carpenter 30.12.2021

Special bonus compilation of our year long project to bring you John Carpenter's best films. In ascending order of their IMDB rating we give you the finest work by a true original, a genre auteur who has influenced the last 40 years of film and brought us everything from full-on horror, urban thriller, sci fi, action comedy and vampire western.

Episode 20, Reel 2: How True Are Films Based On A True Story? 21.12.2021

The second reel of the Adamsons' podcast magazine for film nerds, featuring our Big Conversation. Here we ask: how accurate are films which claim to be based on a true story? Does it matter if Braveheart is as historically correct as Highlander, or should films aim for the verisimilitude of Spotlight and Zodiac? Should Oliver Stone be permanently treated as an unreliable narrator? These questions...

Episode 20, Reel 1: House of Gucci, Last Night in Soho, Shang Chi, The Thing, The Big Sleep, Small Soldiers 21.12.2021

The Adamsons close out 2021 with the 20th edition of their podcast magazine for discerning film nerds. In Reel 1: Reviews of new cinema releases House of Gucci and Last Night in Soho, new streaming release Shang Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings and old favourite Heat; Our Year of the Carpenter feature for December, The Thing; Our Classics and Recommended Feature, The Big Sleep; Our Hidden Gem S...

Bonus Episode - No Time to Die Spoiler Discussion 30.11.2021

A bonus episode from the Adamsons for those of you who have seen the Bond film and would like to listen to our discussion of the key plot points, choices and characters, including what's next for the franchise. This featured as a post-credits discussion on Double Reel Episode 19, but is presented separately now for your convenience.

Episode 19, Reel 2: Safety on Film Sets - Rust, The Crow, Shark, The Force Awakens plus SPOILERTASTIC BOND DISCUSSION 25.11.2021

The second reel of our monthly podcast magazine for film nerds, featuring the Big Conversation. This month, in the wake of the tragic events on the set of Rust, we look at safety on film sets and notable incidents in films through the years. After the credits there's a spoiler-packed discussion of the new James Bond film, for you to listen to if you've seen it already or avoid if you haven't.

Episode 19, Reel 1: Dune, Spencer, The Harder They Fall, Eve’s Bayou, Zodiac, Inherent Vice 25.11.2021

Join the Adamsons for the latest edition of our monthly podcast magazine for film nerds. In the first reel we have reviews of new releases Dune, Spencer and The Harder They Fall; rewatch old favourite Zodiac; our latest Year of the Carpenter entry Halloween; classic gothic drama Eve's Bayou; Hidden Gem Inherent Vice; The One That Got Away - Sergio Leone's Leningrad; and a Remake Hatewatch of Miami...

MUSIC FREE VERSION: Episode 18 Reel 2: Composers and Songs in films - John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter 26.10.2021

This is the music free version of Reel 2 of the podcast. For those of you who use Spotify, you can find the other version of the episode there, featuring some of the film scores and songs from movies that we discussed. The Adamsons bring you another Big Conversation in this second reel of their monthly film magazine podcast. This month we're discussing music in film. Starting with the composers wh...

Episode 18 Reel 1: No Time To Die, The Last Duel, The Green Knight, Wadjda, Jodorowsky’s Dune 24.10.2021

The monthly magazine podcast for film nerds with impeccable taste returns with another humdinger of an episode. In the first reel the Adamsons have reviews of new releases No Time To Die, The Last Duel and The Green Knight, plus the Year of the Carpenter reaches the top three and suspense classic Assault on Precinct 13. Our classic is 80s thriller No Way Out starring Kevin Costner, our Hidden Gem...

Episode 17, Reel 2: Best Directors’ Worst Films: Coppola, Spielberg, Nolan, Scorsese, Tarantino, Ridley Scott 18.09.2021

The second reel of Episode 17 brings you the Big Conversation, in which the Adamsons discuss a topic from the world of film in more detail. THis month we're looking at the worst films by a selection of great directors: the misfires, the grand folly that no one understood, the bad day at the office. Coppola, Spielberg, Nolan, Scorsese, Tarantino and Ridley Scott come under the microscope, plus nomi...

Episode 17, Reel 1: Candyman, Free Guy, My Cousin Vinny, Troll Hunter, Big Trouble In Little China 18.09.2021

The Adamsons are back with another packed episode of their monthly magazine-style podcast for film nerds. This first real contains all your favourite regular features, including: The monthly round up of film news and reviews of new releases we saw at the cinema including: Candyman, Free Guy, The Suicide Squad; The Year of the Carpenter, which arrives at September's entry - the wonderful Big Troubl...

Episode 16, Reel 2: Films From the Year You Were Born plus Movie Tennis - the new panel game taking Radio 4 by storm (probably) 18.08.2021

The Adamsons are back for the second reel of this month's episode. Our latest Big Conversation looks at the best films from the year we were born. We look at the most notable films of 1973 and 1996 respectively, and how connected we feel to those films and to that year in general. As a special bonus at the end we unveil our new panel game Movie Tennis, which we are sure will be the next big thing...

Episode 16, Reel 1: The Suicide Squad, Black Widow, Forgotten, Walk The Line, Hitcher Remake 18.08.2021

The Adamsons are back to liven up your August with another healthy dose of nerdy film chat. In the first reel we have a round up including reviews of new releases The Suicide Squad and Black Widow, and The Year of the Carpenter featuring 80s sci fi They Live; our Classics and Recommended feature is Walk the Line; the Hidden Gem this month is Korean mystery thriller Forgotten; The One That Got Away...

BONUS EPISODE JULY 2021: TENET Time Inverted Discussion 25.07.2021

The Adamsons bring you a special bonus podcast, a time-inverted version of the Tenet discussion from our last episode last our from discussion Tenet the of version time-inverted a, podcast bonus special a you bring Adamsons The

Episode 15, Part 2: The Future of the Bond Franchise PLUS BONUS TENET DISCUSSION (TIME INVERTED) 18.07.2021

The second reel of the magazine film nerd for the sophisticated film nerd brings you The Big Conversation, where the Adamsons look at what the future holds for the Bond franchise as we wait for the hopefully imminent release of No Time to Die. After the credits, there's a time inverted repeat of the bonus Tenet discussion.

Episode 15, Part 1: Quiet Place 2, Tenet, The Constant Gardener, The Illusionist, Game of Death 18.07.2021

The monthly podcast magazine for the true film nerd returns with the first reel of a packed, giant episode. As the cinemas reopen we review A Quiet Place Part2 and discuss old favourite Casablanca. The Year of the Carpenter continues with Escape From New York. Our classics and recommended film is The Constant Gardener; our Hidden Gem is The Illusionist; The One That Got Away is Bruce Lee's The Gam...

Episode 14, Part 2: Representation in Film, Black James Bond, Colour Blind Casting, Historical Whitewashing 18.06.2021

Reel 2 of the nerdy film magazine podcast brought to you by The Adamsons. This month our Big Conversation tackles representation in film, including how to create more opportunities for black and minority ethnic actors and filmmakers, the recent controversy over straight actors playing gay roles, colour blind casting and representation generally in the film industry.

Episode 14, Part 1: Near Dark, In The Mouth of Madness, The French Connection, Dredd, George Miller’s Justice League 18.06.2021

The Adamsons return with their podcast for the enlightened film nerd, in its familiar old school format: in the style of the old film mags you used to buy, packed with great features for your waiting ears, and divided into two reels with an intermission so you can stop and buy a choc ice in the foyer. This is the first reel of this month's episode, featuring a round up of the month's film news, a...

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