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?

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.

Akira Kurosawa, often best known for his samurai epics, also pretty much invented the modern police procedural. Spike Lee, famed for his social commentary and love for New York, takes the story and runs with it. But which movie is more thrilling? Do these movies have anything to say?

The original True Grit, the story of a young girl seeking a hired gun to help her hunt down a murderer, is a classic. Can the Coen brothers create an adaptation that manages to blend the book, the original movie, and their own artistic sensibilities?

Fear of the open ocean runs deep in two thrillers about a luxury cruise ship that overturns and begins to sink.

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?

You've got the classic Bogie/Bacall sexual tension in 1946, and a 1978 remake that attempts to hew a little closer to Chandler's inscrutable story. Chandler himself couldn't follow the story he'd written well enough to explain it to Hawks, so just try to sit back and enjoy the ride.