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This long-form conversational podcast dives deep into both film and the psyches of two film-obsessed friends. Join Adam and Nathan through movie deconstructions, lists, histories, or just sharing their views on what is good and what is not. Welcome to Line of Sight.

Adam Coates & Nathan Makarenko


    • Feb 19, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
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    293 - ALIENS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 218:55


    To celebrate Nathan we go to his 9th favourite movie.0:00 -50:00 Intro and DVD present talk50:00 ALIENS discussion

    292 - For Your Consideration (2006)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2026 135:44


    It's Oscar season, and there is lots of buzz about Oscar gold for many films form last year, but we're going to talk about one from 20 years ago in honour of the great Catherine O'Hara. For Your Consideration is a Christopher Guest film will all the usual players, about a film and it's actors who have rumours of earning an Oscar nomination.

    291 - IRON WILL

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2026 136:07


    We go dog sledding.

    290 - Bridesmaids (2011)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2026 133:14


    It's January, it's Brenda's birthday, so welcome back to the podcast Adam's wife Brenda, as we talk about the female-centric comedy Bridesmaids.

    289 - Our Top Tens of 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2026 166:44


    We talk our favs of 2025.

    288 - Favourite New Watches of 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 139:14


    These are our favourite first-time, or at least for Nathan "first-in-a-long-time," movies we watched in 2025, not including new releases. Stay tuned for that list next week!

    287 - Anaconda, Marty Supreme, Song Sung Blue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2026 135:11


    Adam and Nathan go on a movie marathon to finish off the year.

    286 - Avatar: Fire and Ash

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2026 174:57


    We go back to Pandora, again, and discuss the latest in the James Cameron Avatar Franchise: Fire and Ash.(REPOST)

    286 - Avatar: Fire and Ash

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 175:14


    We go back to Pandora, again, and discuss the latest in the James Cameron Avatar franchise: Fire and Ash.

    285 - It's a Wonderful Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 118:41


    We finally talk in depth about one of the greatest Christmas movies, nay, movies of all time.This one is a banger.

    284 - Stand By Me (1986)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2025 134:16


    We recorded this 5 days before the untimely and unexpected passing of directorial legend, Rob Reiner. RIP Rob, we only had good things to say about your movie.Featuring special guest "Fake Adam"

    283 - I'm Glad It's Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 131:29


    For our annual Jessica Lowndes Hallmark Christmas movie this year we have chose then one with the title that has nothing to do with the movie, other than to be a pun for Gladys Knight being in it.

    282 - The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 127:46


    There are many version of this story, but the one from 2002 was on both of our Top 100 lists, in fact they were right beside each other as numbers 86 and 87. So close.

    281 - Seven Samurai and Frankenstein (2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2025 97:24


    The main review is Seven Samurai but we ended up talking a lot about the new Frankenstein.0:00-29:00 Frank29:00 and beyond Samurai

    280 - Force 10 From Navarone (1978)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 106:59


    A powerhouse cast leads this forgotten gem of a WWII film, just in time for Remembrance Day.

    279 - The Wolf Man (1941) and The Wolfman (2010)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 167:52


    Happy Howl ween, this week we jump into the Wolf men world. The original Universal monster from 1941 and the Benicia del Toro, Anthony Hopkins Emily Blunt master piece directed by Joe Johnston.

    278 - Pixar Tier Ranking

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 187:38


    We go through all the Pixar feature films and give them our collective tier ranking.Listening is fun but, for the first time ever, you can watch along on with video! Available on YouTube , tier ranking portion only, so you have to listen to the audio version for the preamble, or this is the perfect excuse to skip it!

    276 - Sense and Sensibility (1995)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 123:33


    We love us some Jane Austen.

    277 - Movies that Scare Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2025 136:46


    We have not done a list in a while so here is one.

    275 - Spy Game (2001)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 119:05


    As a tribute to Mr Robert Redford we take a look at Tony Scott's Spy Game from 2001. Also talk Whitney and Dolly

    274 - Down Periscope (1996)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 87:18


    We round off Subtember with a "comedy" from 1996 that actually captures the essence of a sub movie quite well, but doesn't exactly capture the essence of a comedy movie.

    273 - Hunter Killer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 112:34


    We continue Subtember with Hunter Killer. We also talk sneezing and food.

    272 - 20,000 Leagues of Extraordinary Gentlemen

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 172:01


    It's that time of year again, but I don't have to tell you, avid Line of Sight listener... it's SUBTEMBER!!!We kick things off with a mashup of two movies featuring maybe the most famous submarine of all, the Nautilus. We watch for maybe the first time the 1954 movie 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, and the 2003 counterpart The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for maybe the last time.

    271: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 137:05


    We finish off the Summer of Spielberg with a film neither of us had seen before. Enjoy and get mentally prepared for SUBTEMBER!!!

    270 - Back to the Future Part III

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 121:56


    Doc sent Marty a letter...The epic conclusion to the Back to the Future trilogy, and nearing the end of The Summer of Spielberg on Line of Sight.

    269 - Back to the Future Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 99:55


    Marty's back, back from the future.

    268 - War of the Worlds (2005)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 140:57


    We had no idea that Ice Cube was going to star in a new version of War of the Worlds this year, just after we recorded this, otherwise we definitely would have reviewed that one instead of this one starring Tom Cruise directed by Steven Spielberg.

    267 - Back to the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 174:13


    0:00-23:00 min Film Junk Episode 1000 Talk 23:00 Mins Back to the Future

    266 - Jurassic World Rebirth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 146:48


    Next up for our "Summer of Spielberg" we are trading the shark for something much bigger, but not better. The Jurassic franchise is a cash cow, and much like the cow in the original movie it has been ripped to shreds.

    265 - Jaws (1975)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 176:59


    We continue our Summer of Spielberg with one of his greatest achievements.

    264 - The Goonies (1985)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 102:15


    As the sudden and unexpected (we come up with the idea this episode) kick off of our Summer of Spielberg â„¢, we're easing in with a Spielberg-adjacent classic The Goonies . He has a story credit and is an executive producer, he is an uncredited editor and second unit director, and he gets his name right up top as "Steven Spielberg presents..."Nathan's never seen it, so this could also be one of those "You've Never Seen...?" episodes we used to do.But The Goonies just turned 40, so here we are either way.

    263 - Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 211:57


    They said it could not be done but we did it. We have finally finished the Star Wars features. Again Star Wars "expert" Steve joins us to finish off the saga.

    262 - May Springtime Watches

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 138:25


    Adams returns from Mexico, talk a little Mission Impossible, Jaws, The Brutalist, Cast Away, The Three Musketeers, Venom The Last Dance, Out of Sight, From Dusk till Dawn, Michael Clayton, Case Bonita Mi Amor, The Road to El Dorado.

    260 - Tombstone (1993) and Wyatt Earp (1994)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 173:10


    It's a Wyatt Earp double (maybe triple) feature. With the passing of Val Kilmer we though it was time we talked about one of the most quotable Westerns ever, and its lesser counterpart that came out less than a year later.

    261** - Thunderbolts*

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 116:20


    *You'll see why at the end of the movie**We're releasing this ahead of 260 because relevancy.Everyone is loving Marvel's "return to form" with Thunderbolts, or are they? One or both of us may not think it's all it's cracked to be. Are critic and user reviews lying about this latest blockbuster, or have they been starved for some semblance of the former glory of the MCU that they will accept almost anything at this point?

    259 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 210:51


    Happy May the 4th be with you, to celebrate we dive deep into the objectively worse Star Wars film to date. Also Nathan has a Disney World story.

    258 - Sneakers (1992)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 116:11


    Not the shoes, the 1992 hidden gem that kind of snuck by, starring Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd, Sydney Poitier, May MacDonnell, and River Phoenix, just to name a few. Why haven't you seen it yet? And if you have, why haven't you listened to the episode yet?

    257 - Timeline (2003)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 129:18


    Time travel, Michael Chrichton, Richard Donner, Paul Walker, early 2000s. What could go wrong?

    256 - The Fugitive (1994)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 120:13


    Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones peak 90's. He didn't kill his wife.

    255 - Favourite Foreign Title Translations

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 101:14


    These the the WILDEST, FUNNIEST, and MOST SURPRISING titles of beloved films that have been translated into other languages. You won't believe #6!

    254 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 183:13


    Star Wars Nothing But Star Wars.

    253 - The Greatest Movies of All Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 145:49


    Two almost-40-year-old straight white men discuss what the greatest movies of all time are, and it's about what you'd expect. We each come up with our own top 10 lists and then decide on a final, master, official Line of Sight Top 10 Greates Films (that we've seen) of All Time list.Donuts are also discussed, again.Next episode will be Star Wars: The Force Awakens, despite what is said at the end of this episode.

    252 - Braveheart (1995)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 186:03


    A epic movie calls for epic podcast run time. We talk Mel Gibson's 30 year old now classic Braveheart.Number 5 on Nathan's top 100Braveheart talk starts approx 25min into episode.

    251 - Basic (2003)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 134:07


    Are we scratching your surface? We tackle this forgotten 'classic',

    250 - Anne of Green Gables (1985)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 174:19


    For the big 250th episode it is also Adam's wife Brenda's birthday, and her birthday wish is to talk about one of her favourites Anne of Green Gables. It's a Canadian classic and everyone should see it, and then listen to us talk about it for almost 3 hours. That's almost 6 hours of Anne content, and we barely get into the sequels!

    BONUS EPISODE - Groundhog Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 77:36


    It's GROUNDHOG DAAAAAAAY!

    249 - Anaconda (1997)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 110:01


    It is absolutely crucial that we talk about 1997's masterpiece Anaconda. It's basically a prequel to Marry Me (2022).

    248 - Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi 1983

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 205:18


    Another trilogy complete in the Star Wars saga. Intro 0:00 Rotten Tomatoes Star Wars Game 23:00 Main Movie Discussion 1:00

    star wars return of the jedi star wars the return
    247 - Top 10 of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 144:00


    We didn't see everything last year, but these are our favourite 2024 releases.

    246 - Favourite First-Time Watches of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 122:33


    Before we get to the Top 10 of 2024 we like to discuss the ten movies we watched for the first time in 2024 that were released in previous years. It's nice to look back and reflect on all we accomplished in 2024, and films we watched are part of those accomplishments. These are the best, our favourite, most likely to be rewatched, and worthy to be mentioned.

    245 - Too Close For Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 138:07


    From the imagination of director Ernie Barbarash we talk Too Close For Christmas. The third film collaboration we have done on the show with generational talents Jessica Lowndes and Chad Michael Murray. Also we talk cheese and crackers.

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