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Issue 61 of the monthly magazine for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. We're on a time travel theme this month in honour of the impending 40th anniversary of Back to the Future. For our Classic James finally gets round to watching the 1980 film Somewhere in Time, in which Christopher Reeve is understandably prepared to go decades into the past to meet Jane Seymour. For our Hidden Gem we recommend an underseen low budget sci fi thriller, Time Trap.   Next week brings the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. The first part of the issue, Double Reel Monthly is already available to download.

Issue 61 is here as we pass the five year milestone of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The first part of the Issue is Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news and new releases, reviews of new and notable films we've watched and our annual projects. New films include Coogler and Jordan's striking horror musical Sinners, Japanese action sequel Bullet Train Explosion, Gareth Evans' much-delayed havoc and Nicole Kidman's streamer Holland. For our annual projects Alan discusses Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt and James finally dusts off an old film from his shelf in the form of Our Man in Havana. Next week is Classics and Hidden Gems, with the Remakes Tribunal the week after that and there's another Spotlight episode in the works.

The final part of Issue 60 is a Spotlight episode with special guest, award-winning author Deborah Fox. This time we have a deep dive on singular film director Wes Anderson, whose films are so visually recognisable even one frame is enough to identify him. He also divides opinion somewhat which we dig into during the chat. The other parts of Issue 60 are already available to download, and Issue 61 will be available starting May 25th. Find out more about Deborah and her books at https://www.d-e-fox-author.com/ 

Issue 60 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. More 40th anniversary films feature, including the cheap and cheerful 1985 remake of King Solomon's Mines - does it deserve to exist, or should it be wiped from cinema history. Then we have a Parole Board for the same year's disastrous film by Paul Verhoeven and Rutger Hauer, Flesh + Blood. Would a remake fix its problems? The first two parts of the issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems - and next week sees a Spotlight episode on Wes Anderson.

Issue 60 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems, where we finally get round to watching a celebrated film and tell you about a lesser known film you need to check out. This month all our featured films are from 1985 and enjoying their 40th Anniversary. Our Classic is a film which made a splash when it came out with multiple awards nominations and winning an Oscar: John Huston's Prizzi's Honor. For our Hidden Gem it's a cult favourite from forty years ago: To Live and Die in LA. Issue 60's Double Reel Monthly is already out, and next week we'll bring you the Remakes Tribunal.

Issue 60 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, kicking off with Double Reel Monthly. We discuss news and new releases, review new and notable films we've watched recently and bring you the latest in our annual project films.    Classics and Hidden Gems will be released in a week's time, with the Remakes Tribunal a week later.

Issue 59 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd closes with a special Spotlight episode focusing on the films of M Night Shyamalan. We welcome a special guest co-host, award-winning author Deborah Fox who is a passionate advocate for M Night's films. We have a good chat about how his reputation grew and changed over time, and Deborah tries to convince James to give some of his more divisive films another chance.  Find out more about Deborah's books here: https://www.d-e-fox-author.com/    The other episodes for this issue are already out: Double Reel Monthly, Classics and Hidden Gems, and The Remakes Tribunal. The next issue will be out starting April 25th.

Issue 59 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning  film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up, we look at the 2004 reboot of this month's Classic, Flight of the Phoenix, and ask if it deserves to exist. Then for our Parole Board we look at the 1983 version of The Wicked Lady, and ask if anyone could possibly improve on a historical drama produced by Cannon and directed by Michael Winner... The other parts of this issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems, and we will bring you a Spotlight in M Night Shyamalan next week.

Issue 59 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. In the Classic James finally gets round to watching 1965's The Flight of the Phoenix all the way through. In the Hidden Gem listener Nick Paticchio nominated a film for us to check out - we loved it and now we want all of you to hear about 1988's Afghan War film The Beast of War   The first part of this issue Double Reel Monthly is already available to download, and the Remakes Tribunal will be out in a week's time.

Issue 59 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd kicks off with another Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news, new releases, reviews of new films and our annual project for 2025. Includes reviews of new films The Monkey, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Mickey 17, The Gorge and The Electric State, as well as a look back at Borderlands, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool and The Quiet Man. For our annual projects, Alan continues catching up on Hitchcock with pioneering real time thriller Rope, and James digs out another film he's owned for years without watching: Brazilian police thriller Elite Squad. Next week we'll bring you another helping of Classics and Hidden Gems in part 2 of the issue.

The last instalment of Issue 58 and it's a special spotlight episode looking in more detail at the singular film director David Fincher. Together with guest co host Calum we take a deeper dive into two of his films, Panic Room and Zodiac, to explore the dark and strange worlds of his movies.   Issue 59 will be with you soon and the other three instalments of Double Reel Issue 58 are out now for your enjoyment.

Issue 58 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. In keeping with our Disaster Movie theme for this month, our remake on trial is the 2006 film Poseidon. Was there any justification for this CGI-laden update of the 1972 classic The Poseidon Adventure? Then we offer a Parole Board hearing for a film that didn't work the first time. Would a remake fix all the problems with Irwin Allen's 1980 clunker When Time Ran Out?   Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems are already out for this issue, and we have a special Spotlight episode on David Fincher coming in a week's time.

Issue 58 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. This month we have a disaster movie theme so our Classic is a biggie, 1974's iconic The Towering Inferno starring Newman and McQueen. Our Hidden Gem sheds light on a lesser known example of the genre, 2017's Only the Brave.   Double Reel Monthly is already out with news, new releases, reviews of new films and our annual projects. The Remakes Tribunal will be out next week.

The latest issue of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This part is Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news and upcoming new releases, reviews of new and notable films we've watched including The Brutalist, Companion, Moana 2, Fly Me to the Moon, Elevation, The Gardener and Back in Action, and the films we watched for our 2025 projects including Hitchcock's Lifeboat and Leone's Duck You Sucker.   Part 2 of the issue is Classics and Hidden Gems and will land in your feed next week.

Issue 57 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. Our Remake on Trial is Michael Mann's Public Enemies, which we compare to previous versions of the same story including 1973's Dillinger. Then we offer a Parole Board hearing to the genuinely terrible 1966 film Modesty Blaise, and ask if a remake would fix its problems The first two parts of Issue 57 are already out, including Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems.

Issue 57 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems, where we celebrate getting round to watching great films you've never seen and find lesser known films that deserve your time. The Classic is a titan, 1942's Casablance which Alan has only just got round to watching. For our Hidden Gem we tell you why Lone Star was one of the best indie thrillers of the 90s and deserves to be seen by everyone.

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd brings you its first Issue of 2025, starting with Double Reel Monthly. We start with a tiny bit of news, then give out our awards for last year's achievements in film, look at some new releases then talk about a whole bunch of films we watched including Conclave, Emilia Perez, Ad Vitam and the new Wallace and Gromit. We also have our New Year's Resolutions: Alan is going to explore Hitchcock films, James (no the other one) will try to answer the riddle of why Adam Sandler is so good and so bad, and James (yes that one) has to watch some of the films he's owned for ages but never watched. Classics and Hidden Gems will land next week.

Issue 56 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up is a remake on trial: does Zack Snyder's Superman reboot Man of Steel deserve to exist or should it be wiped from cinema history? Then we have a parole hearing for a film that didn't work the first time. Would a remake fix all the many problems in the notorious 2005 flop Sahara?

Issue 56 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. Normally we watch a Classic film to encourage people to check out great films they've been missing out on, but this time we're watching 60s camp sci fi Barbarella so you don't have to. Our Hidden Gem though is something you should really get round to seeing, the underseen, hugely underrated superhero spoof Mystery Men.  Double Reel Monthly is already out with a huge festive helping of news, new releases, reviews of new and notable films and our final project entries for the year. Next week we'll bring you The Remakes Tribunal.

Issue 56 of Double Reel continue with a long list of films we've watched to talk to you about over the festive period. We start with Gladiator II and we have many things to say about it, Nightbitch, It's What's Inside, and Look Back. Other notable but less recent films include M3gan, Longlegs, Can You Ever Forgive Me, and An Affair to Remember. The Jameses also conclude their year-long projects with Nolan's Memento and the final Woman Directors showcase Portrait of a Lady on Fire. We hope this episode finds you having a wonderful festive season. Next week we'll bring you the next part of the podcast, Classics and Hidden Gems

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd brings you a new issue just in time for Christmas Eve. We have a bumper issue for your festive listening, so long we've had to split it into 2 parts. This part is a look at news and the new releases we're looking forward to this coming month, including Star Trek: Section 31, The Brutalist and the exciting news of a new film in the Karate Kid/Cobra Kai universe coming in 2025.   Part 2 of Double Reel Monthly will be out imminently with reviews of new and notable films we watched this month

Issue 55 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up we put a remake in the dock and ask if it deserves to exist, or if it's just a useless cashgrab that deserves to be wiped from history. This month it's The Saint, the unloved 1997 Val Kilmer star vehicle. Then we look at a film that didn't work the first time and ask if a remake would fix its problems. For this issue we look at the unsuccessful 1965 disaster movie crack in the world.   Parts 1 and 2 of the issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems - and the first part of the next issue should be with you just before Christmas.

Issue 55 continues with Classics and Hidden Gems, and it's an all-British edition of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. First up the Classic, where we get round to watching Sexy Beast, which James and Alan have been avoiding for very different reasons... Our Hidden Gem is a 1961 sci fi film which is not well known but still relevant today, The Day the Earth Caught Fire. Double Reel Monthly is already out, and next week we will also bring you the Remakes Tribunal.

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is back for a new issue, starting with Double Reel Monthly. As well as a look at news and upcoming new releases, we talk about new films Blitz, Paddington in Peru, Woman of the Hour and Time Cut. For our ongoing annual projects James (no the other one) continues Year of the Nolan with the mighty Interstellar, and James (yes that one) has another entry in the Women Directors Showcase, Agnes Varda's iconic Cleo from 5 to 7 Next week we drop the next part of the issue, Classics and Hidden Gems, where we finally get round to watching a great film we've been meaning to see, and talk about a lesser known film that you should check out.

One last special treat for Issue 54 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd and it's a Spotlight episode where have a deeper dive into a subject we love. Occasional co-host Calum is back and this time we discuss Alex Garland, zeitgeist-defining novelist turned screenwriter turned writer-director who might just have made the best film of 2024. We look at his career overall and get into more detail on two of his films, Dredd and Annihilation.

Issue 54 of the monthly magazine podcast continues with the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up, we look at the first remake of the sci fi classic Invasion of the Bodysnatchers and ask how this succeeded where subsequent attempts failed. Then up for parole is the disappointing Guillermo Del Toro gothic horror Crimson Peak. Would a remake fix its problems? Parts 1 and 2 of the issue are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems. Next week we will have another Spotlight episode for you so watch the feed.

It's the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd, it's Issue 54, and since our features have a scary movie theme we're releasing it a day early for Halloween. Classics and Hidden Gems is where finally we get round to watching a great movie we've been meaning to see, and recommend a lesser known film you should watch. For the Classic, co host Alan amazingly hasn't seen the Exorcist and for the Hidden Gem, we shine a light on the overlooked cult horror comedy Tucker & Dale vs Evil. The first part of Issue 54, Double Reel Monthly, came out last week and next week we'll bring you the Remakes Tribunal.

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd returns with Issue 54. We kick off with Double Reel Monthly where we look at news and new releases, and review new films including The Substance, Despicable Me 4, Jackpot1 and various streaming releases. We also catch up on some other recent films, and finish with our annual projects including Year of the Nolan where we discuss Following, and Women Directors Showcase which this month is Toni Erdmann.   Next week we'll bring you Classics and Hidden Gems and the week after it's the Remakes Tribunal.

Issue 53 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd brings you the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial. Continuing our 40th Anniversary edition of films from 1984, first up we ask whether a remake deserves to exist: (deep breath) Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes. Then we offer a Parole Board to a film which failed the first time, and ask if the disastrous big screen version of Supergirl could be redeemed with a remake. The other two parts of this issue are already out: Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems, and we hope to bring you a Spotlight episode soon.

Issue 53 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. It's a 40th Anniversary edition in which our featured films are from 1984. For our classic it turns out Alan has never seen Footloose, to our great shock. We break down this iconic teen movie about Kevin Bacon changing the world through the medium of dance. Then for our Hidden Gem we shed some light on a science fiction sequel people need to see, 2010, the underrated sequel to Kubrick's 2001. The latest Double Reel Monthly is out already for you to download, and next week we'll bring you the Remakes Tribunal where we put bad filmmaking on trial.

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd brings you its latest issue, starting with Double Reel Monthly. Along with news and a look at new releases, we review new films including Alien Romulus, Lee, Rebel Ridge, Lumberjack the monster and a slew of Netflix dreck; Alan and James (no the other one) discuss a couple of older films that they watched recently including Psycho and War Dogs; James (yes that one) continues his Women Directors project for 2024 with pioneering 90s tone poem Daughters of the Dust and James (no the other one) gets us back up to date with two entries for his Year of the Nolan - Inception and the Prestige. We'll be back in a week's time with the next part of the issue, Classics and Hidden Gems.

Issue 52 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with a Spotlight episode. Stuart Dugdale joins us to look in depth at the iconic 90s British film Trainspotting, the huge impact it had and where its makers went from there. In particular we look at the career of Danny Boyle, and how he tackled the huge challenge of following up one of the greatest films of all time. In particular we look at 28 Days Later and the sequel T2 Trainspotting.   The other parts of Issue 52 are out now, and Issue 53 will be with you on September 25th.

Issue 52 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. First up, we put a remake in the dock and ask whether it should have been made. This month for our 30th anniversary special it's The Getaway, the 1994 attempt to reboot a Steve McQueen 70s classic with Alec Baldwin. Then we offer a parole hearing to a film that failed the first time and ask if a remake would fix its problems. The 1994 film up for a reprieve is the Sylvester Stallone/Sharon Stone action vehicle The Specialist. The first two parts of Issue 52 are out now: Double Reel Monthly and a 1994 special edition of Classics and Hidden Gems. Next week we close out the issue with a Spotlight episode looking at Danny Boyle's Trainspotting.

Issue 52 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with Classics and Hidden Gems.  This month all our featured films are from 1994 and celebrating their 30th anniversary. First we finally get round to watching Three Colours White and also discuss the whole Three Colours Trilogy. In our Hidden Gem we pick out a film you may not have watched and should give a chance, which this month is noirish superhero film The Shadow.

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is back with a new issue. First we bring you Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news, new releases, new and notable films we've watched and the latest in our year-long film projects for 2024. As always we discuss or refer to loads of films to help you add to your watchlist and escape the Algorithm's content prison. The new films we watched and discuss include Deadpool & Wolverine, Longlegs, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, No Way Up and Space Cadet. Alan also took a look at two great vintage Hollywood films, The Misfits and Dial M for Murder. Finally James continues his year long project showcasing women directors with Amma Asante's Belle

One more part to Issue 51 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. As promised we've started up a series of Spotlight segments where we dig deeper into a single film or filmmaker. James is joined by fellow film nerd and Sunderland fan Calum to talk about legendary writer-director Paul Schrader. We look at the two parallel careers Schrader has had - as a writer for Scorsese and as a director of his own films. We take a closer look at his final collaboration with Marty - Bringing Out the Dead; then one of his own films, The Card Counter from 2021.   The other parts of Issue 51 are out now including Double Reel Monthly, Classics and Hidden Gems and the Remakes Tribunal. Issue 52 lands from August 25th.

Issue 51 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd concludes with the Remakes Tribunal. Here we put bad filmmaking on trial, starting with True Lies, which not everyone knows is the Hollywood blockbuster version of a French film. Is it justified or should be wipe it from cinema history? Then it's the Parole Board where we offer a reprieve to a bad film to see if a remake would fix its problems. This month it's the near-legendary Day of the Animals, in which Leslie Nielsen wrestles a bear.   The other two parts of Issue 51 are already out: Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems.

Issue 51 of the monthly magazine continues with Classics and Hidden Gems. First it's the earth-shattering news that co-host Alan hadn't seen The Godfather before, so that's our Classic for this month, digging into why he didn't get round to it until now and what he thought. Then we talk about why you should get round to watching Mr Holland's Opus, a feelgood film that seems to be all but forgotten these days.   Double Reel Monthly is already out, featuring reviews of the Bikeriders, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and Fancy Dance, and a look back at Sally Potter's Orlando. Next week we conclude this month's issue with the Remakes Tribunal, asking if True Lies should have been made and if Day of the Animals could be salvaged with a remake.

The monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd is back with another issue packed with film chat. The first part is Double Reel Monthly, with a look at news, new releases, reviews of new films including The Bikeriders, Beverly Hills Cop Axel F and Fancy Dance, and the latest in our annual film projects.   Next week we'll bring you Classics and Hidden Gems, where Alan finally gets round to watching the Godfather and we tell you why you should get round to watching Mr Holland's Opus.

Continuing our theme of films about journalists and reporters, The Remakes Tribunal is in session putting bad filmmaking on trial. On the panel: the Adamsons and sci fi author Alan Bayles. The remake on trial is State of Play. Was it justified for Hollywood to do a big screen version of Paul Abbott's classic British TV series from just six years before? Then we offer a parole hearing to Sam Peckinpah's disappointing final film The Osterman Weekend. Is there a good film in there somewhere, and would a remake fix its problems?   The other parts of Issue 50 are already out: Double Reel Monthly and Classics and Hidden Gems.

Issue 50 continues with Classics and Hidden Gems, and our theme is journalists and reporters in film. The Classic is Peter Weir's Oscar winning 1982 drama The Year of Living Dangerously, featuring Sigourney Weaver and Mel Gibson before they were megastars. The Hidden Gem is the other film Oliver Stone made in 1986, Salvador starring James Woods.   Double Reel Monthly is already out and next week we'll bring you the Remakes Tribunal.

The monthly magazine for the discerning film nerd returns with Issue 50. First up is Double Reel Monthly and we're joined again by sci fi author and fellow film nerd Alan Bayles. The episode is packed as alwas with news, new leases, discussions of new films we've watched including Furiosa, Hit Man and Rebel Moon Part 2, and the latest films in our annual projects: Oppenheimer and We Need to Talk About Kevin.   Next week we'll bring you Classics and Hidden Gems.   Alan's novels Double Jeopardy and Oracle's Vision are out now.

The Adamsons conclude Issue 49 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd with the Remakes Tribunal, where we put bad filmmaking on trial. We're joined once again by noted sci fi author and fellow film nerd Alan Bayles.   The remake under our spotlight is 2003's SWAT, where we ask if this Colin Farrell and Sam Jackson-led reboot of an old TV show deserves to exist or should we wipe it from film history. Then we ask if the fatally flawed and quite racist 1985 police thriller Year of the Dragon should be remade to get it right this time.   The first two parts of Issue 49 are already out - Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems.

Issue 49 of the monthly magazine podcast continues with our Classics and Hidden Gems episode, where we're joined by special guest co host Alan Bayles, fellow film nerd and sci fi author.   The Classic one of us is finally getting round to seeing is the iconic 70s police drama Serpico, and the Hidden Gem we want you to consider watching is 1997's Cop Land.   The first part of the issue Double Reel Monthly is already out, and next week we finish up issue 49 with the Remakes Tribunal.

The Adamsons are back with Issue 49 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The first instalment is Double Reel Monthly. We cover news stories and new releases that caught our eye, review some new films we've seen since our last issue, and look at the films from our year long projects The Year of the Nolan - Tenet - and Women Directors - Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker. Next week will be our second part, Classics and Hidden Gems.

The Adamsons bring down the curtain on Issue 48 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. The final part is the Big Conversation where this month we discuss our favourite films of the decade 2000 to 2009.  Similar to our chat in Issue 46 we each nominate our favourite film from each year of the decade, and discuss which of them should be named best film of that year. Unlike last time we're allowing Best Picture Oscar winners from last year.  Our previous instalments from Issue 48 are out now - Double Reel Monthly with news, new releases, reviews of new films and the latest in our annual movie projects; and the Features in which we discuss a Classic, a Hidden Gem, our final One That Got Away, a Remake Hatewatch and a remake we'd like to see of a film that didn't work the first time. Our next Issue is in development and will start to land in your podcast app from May 25th.

Issue 48 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features. The Classic we've just got round to seeing is Touch of Evil, and the Hidden Gem we think you should check out is Ghost Dog: the Way of the Samurai. Our final ever One That Got Away discusses how Martin Scorsese nearly made House of Gucci 20 years before Ridley Scott did it, and our Remake Hatewatch looks at Orca, 1977's blatant rip off of Jaws. Finally we look at the flawed but fascinating Tron Legacy and ask whether that should be remade better this time.   Part 1 of this month's issue Double Reel Monthly is already out, and next week we'll bring you the Big Conversation.

Another packed issue of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd kicks off with April's Double Reel Monthly, covering news, new releases, reviews of new films and how we're getting in with our annual film projects. New films include Immaculate, Ricky Stanicki, Road House, a catch up on the Beekeeper and two films featuring friend of the pod Jamie B Chambers: Morris Men and The Shamrock Spitfire.   Next week we'll bring you the next part of the issue, the Features.

The Adamsons bring Issue 47 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd to a close with the Big Conversation. As always we aim to entertain you by taking a longer look at a big topic from the film world, and this month we mark the end of awards season with our Oscar Chat. We look at the big winners and losers, how we thought it went and whether 2024 was a good year, and what's next for the major players among the nominees.   The rest of Issue 47 is already out, including Double Reel Monthly, The Penalty Shootout Film Quiz and The Features.

Issue 47 of the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the Features, and for this issue we are focusing on East Asian cinema. Our Classics and Recommended is the notorious Takashi Miike psychological horror Audition, followed by our Hidden Gem the Korean cold war thriller Steel Rain. Our One that Got Away discusses how legendary filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai spent years nearly making international spy thriller The Lady From Shanghai with Nicole Kidman, and our Remake Hatewatch is the ill-advised US remake of Oldboy. As a treat at the end we discuss how we'd like to see a remake of one of the ninja films of the 80s.   Our latest Double Reel Monthly and Penalty Shootout Film Quiz are out now, and our Big Conversation  will be out in a week's time.

Issue 47 of the monthly magazine film podcast for the discerning film nerd continues with the latest Penalty Shootout Film Quiz, the fiendish and needlessly complicated battle of trivia skills between your co-hosts. The score is 5-0 to James (no the other one) going into this month's instalment, with James (yes that one) still desperate to get a win on the board. The forfeits remain - James (no the other one) will have to watch The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou if he loses, while James (yes that one) is facing a viewing of The Room.   In a few days we'll release the next instalment of this issue, the Features.