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Hello, romantics! The podcast that’s all about love celebrates 60 episodes by covering Down with Love! Your host Manish (@vertigay314) welcomes back the show’s first guest, Maxwell Haddad (@cinemaxwell), to discuss the ‘60s-set 2003 romcom, starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor, directed by Peyton Reed!

Hurry Hurry Hurry! Step right up and take a ride on the Double Edged Double Bill! Even though the Jurassic Park franchise has long since jumped off of the amusement park theme by Jurassic World: Dominion, Adam and Thomas are looking at amusement park themed films this week! First, Johnny Knoxville & Chris Pontius try and fail to adapt their Jackass stunt energy to a narrative with Action Point! Th...

Marcus and Marcelo go back in time to cover the 2006 Cannes Film Festival! That's right, we're talking about the festival where Southland Tales made its debut, and where it was notoriously booed at its screening. They talk about a handful of films there were in competition with Richard Kelly's film that year, including Volver, Fast Food Nation, Pan's Labyrinth, Marie Antionette, Babel, and The Win...

Films that are box office bombs often become infamous. Yet, is that infamy deserved? It's a question that weighs heavy over both of the films for this week's episode! First, Antonio Banderas is very miscast as the titular The 13th Warrior! Then, the entire miscast ensemble of Gods of Egypt must deal with bizarre effects work and terrible blockbuster dialogue! Together, our duo answers all the cruc...

Tom Cruise has been running across big screens for over forty years. Now that he's returning to the character that made him a star with Top Gun Maverick, it's finally time to devote an episode of Double Edged Double Bill to him! Adam, Thomas and special guest Matt Curione of the Monsters Never Die podcast are here to talk about Tom Cruise and his star power via two specific films. First, Tom Cruis...

The Spooky Boys Matt (TheRealMattC) and Jacob (Jacob_deNobel) are back and there’s something weird nipping at their ankles! That’s right, this month they tackle the varied iterations of Gremlins Knock-Offs! From Critters, to Ghoulies, to Munchies, and back to the Gremlins themselves, the Spooky Boys have a blast and a half talking about these weird little guys being weird little dudes. Enjoy and s...

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A24 releases some of the best arthouse films today. Naturally, they're more than worthy of being the focus for another Double Edged Double Bill episode! First, an extremely obvious metaphor lurks in the shadows in It Comes At Night! Then, a family tries to hide the secret of their beloved matriarch's health from her in The Farewell! Together, our duo answers the crucial questions. Can a character'...

Marcus and Marcelo talk Chapter 9 of Southland Tales! That’s timecode 1:37:55 - 1:50:57 for those keeping track. They talk drinks (of course), and they talk Richard Kelly setting up the pieces in Southland Tales on the mega-zeppelin before the explosive finale, and they talk Kevin Smith!

Double Edged Double Bill is celebrating its fourth anniversary and dead or alive you're listening to us! Adam and Thomas take this opportunity to devote an episode to films about superheroes that were originally created for film! First, Will Smith plays a drunken reprobate with a Superman power set in the messy Hancock! Then, Paul Verhoeven crafts a film that helped defined the good & bad of the 8...

After a brief hiatus, Marcus and Marcelo return to talk about Richard Kelly and Southland Tales! They’re joined by special guest Richard Newby (@RICHARDLNEWBY) to discuss Chapter 8 of Southland Tales (timecode: 1:21:52 - 1:37:55). They also talk about Richard Kelly, The Rock, and so much more!

For the first time in over a decade, Sam Raimi is back behind the director's chair! Before we see him dive into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness though, it's time we returned to the director's earlier works for an episode of Double Edged Double Bill! First, Sam Raimi gives us his stab at a suspense drama with the low-key underrated gem A Simple Plan!...

Mockumentary is a diverse subgenre, but tends to be known as a vehicle for comedy. It can go so right or so wrong, making it perfect Double Edged Double Bill material! First, Taran Killam focuses his directorial debut on an Arnold Schwarzenegger cameo to little fanfare with Killing Gunther! Then, Andy Samberg and his Lonely Island crew create the ultimate modern pop musician satire with Popstar: N...

Your host Manish (@vertigay314) welcomes guest Conrado Falco (@CocoHitsNY) to this show dedicated to rom-coms to discuss High Fidelity. The 2000 Stephen Frears film stars John Cusack, Jack Black, and Lisa Bonet. How well does it hold up more than 20 years later, and how much does it have to say about modern romance? Put on your giant headphones and listen to find out.

Bruce Willis is one of our great movie stars. Given his recently announced retirement, Adam and Thomas felt it was finally time for Willis' long overdue Double Edged Double Bill treatment! First, Bruce Willis travels to the past in order to piece together his dystopian future in 12 Monkeys! Then, Bruce Willis is a cartoonish gentleman thief in the infamous Hudson Hawk! Together, our duo answers al...

(This was originally published on our Patreon on August 11th, 2021.) Matt and Marcelo are back to record an episode of that one podcast they did a while ago. In this episode they talk about The Big Sleep, Death Wish, Fallen Angels, Nobody, and celebrities who don't bathe, plus a lot more! patreon.com/talkfilmsociety

(This was originally published on our Patreon on April 21st, 2019.) Matt Curione and Marcelo Pico return to bring you another HeyCast episode! They catch up, talk video games, that new Star Wars trailer, podcasts, and movies (obviously!) They talk Shazam!, Dumbo, Mars Attacks!, The Mist, Interview with the Vampire, MCU movies, Godzilla, Destroyer, and more! Patreon.com/TalkFilmSociety

Steven Seagal gets sole writing credit and tracks down a serial killer in Kill Switch! It may be the most unpleasant movie James and Dylan have had to watch. But can a shocking twist ending reverse everything they thought they knew? Maybe there’s a game at the end. We don’t know! We recorded this a long time ago, and if you think we’re listening to these episodes to help write the descriptions you...

Time to find out the secret origins of two idiots recording a podcast together! This week, Adam and Thomas are avoiding the new Fantastic Beasts by talking about other prequel films! First, the origins of a Brian De Palma classic gangster film we never asked for are revealed in the prequel Carlito's Way: Rise to Power! Then, David Lynch brings us to a time before damn fine coffee with Twin Peaks:...

On this special episode, guest James (@JamesBarretts) talks about Solo: A Star Wars Story with host Callie (@calliesmith92). They also talk about all the Star Wars James hasn’t seen, the Galaxy’s Edge marketing gimmicks, and how Solo: A Star Wars Story is actually a good movie! May the Force be with you!

Wow! After a long, dark slumber the Most Popular Show on the Talk Film Society Network in History has returned! James and Dylan find themselves struggling with the very fabric of the show when they’re forced to watch The Onion Movie. The boys have no choice but to take solace in a familiar face and Wex Poetic.

Eli Smith (@heymisterwallet) returns as a guest to talk the season one finale of The Mandalorian with host Callie (@calliesmith92)! The talk Jason Sudeikis punching Baby Yoda, the Darksaber, and Boba Fett ruling Tatooine with respect instead of fear.

Michael Mann is returning to the director's chair for the pilot episode of HBO Max's Tokyo Vice. So, it only seemed right to do a Double Edged Double Bill episode all about this legendary director with two films that leave our cohosts divided! First, The Last of the Mohicans shows a very different side of Michael Mann as Daniel Day Lewis fights in the French Indian War. Then, Chris Hemsworth clack...

Back in February 2020, Marking the Marcs hosts Marcelo and Marcus started recording a new limited series on the Stone Cold Steve Austin-Vince McMahon rivalry of the late ‘90s and early 2000s. They only recorded the first two episodes and published them on the Talk Film Society Patreon in March 2020. Now, listen to those two episodes here in one episode with over two hours of wrestling talk. There...

The Spooky Boys, Matt (@TheRealMattC) and Jacob (@Jacob_DeNobel), have a question to ask: What's your favorite scary movie? If the answer is a Scream movie, you’re in luck! They’re joined by Scream Expert Carlo DiMicco (@micco3006) to discuss everything from Scream to Scream! From Wes Craven’s Scream Quadrilogy to the new re-quel by Radio Silence; yes, it’s a scream, baby!