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.