Podcast Episodes

The original 3:10 to Yuma, released at the height of the Hollywood Western, is carried by the battle of wills premise and the dangerously charismatic performance of its antagonist, Glenn Ford. Fifty years on, did this movie really need to be fixed? And was James Mangold the man for the job?

How do you adapt an unadaptable sci-fi epic about the origins of religious belief, the moral responsibilities and failures of people in power, and intergalactic hallucinogens generated by giant worms?

The true story of an expedition from Britain to Tahiti and beyond, led by the cruel and unpopular Captain Blight. Yes, Claire let David do another episode about ships.

George Romero's Dawn of the Dead essentially introduced the concept of zombies to movie audiences, while adding some critiques of American capitalism, as well. Can a young Zack Snyder update the story for a mid-2000s audience? Join David, Claire, and special guest Grant to find out.

These movies, depicting men on the edge of society and the edge of hopelessness, are a different kind of thriller. Combining suspense (and a suspension bridge), action, and drama, this pair took David and Claire by surprise more than many other movies on this podcast.

It's the OG time travel story. A man invents a machine that allows him to witness humanity's past and future. Perhaps because time travel has been done to death ever since, adaptations of The Time Machine struggle to find something new to hook audiences. Does one of these movies get it right?

The Thing from Another World poses an important question. As special guest Grant puts it, "Is Science Bad?" Later adaptation The Thing poses an entirely different question: "Does Kurt Russell kick so much ass that he can kick an invulnerable shapeshifting alien's ass?"