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6 days ago
#56 Fallout
6 days ago
6 days ago
With the release of another videogame adaptation being met with praise, Alf and Tris talk about the stigma towards gaming as a storytelling medium.
Monday Apr 15, 2024
#55 Three Body Problem
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Alf and Tris are back talking about Sci-Fi this week, with Netflix adaptation of Chinese novel series Three-Body Problem. Steeped in geo-politics, this series highlights the challenges that come with translating a series between languages and cultures.
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
#54 Damsel
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Millie Bobby-Brown stars in this Netlifx fantasy that feels behind it's time. Alf and Tris discuss whether subversion is the new expectation with modern 'fairy-tales'.
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
#53 The Gentlemen
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
With the release of Guy Ritchie's follow on series from his hit movie The Gentleman, Alf and Tris discuss the Guy Ritchie style, and the 'British tough guy' archetype.
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
#52 Masters Of The Air
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
This week, Alf and Tris talk about Apple TV's Masters Of The Air, an series adaptation of Donald L. Miller's novel of the same title, that documents the story of the 'Bloody 100th' bomb group in the Second World War. With Spielberg and Tom Hanks back together on a 'war' series, directors like Cary Joji Fukunga and Tim Van Patten, and acting talent like Callum Turner, Austin Butler, Barry Keoghan and Ncuti Gatwa, this was hardly going to be a flop was it?
Monday Mar 18, 2024
#51 Wicked Little Letters
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Jonny Sweet's retelling of a lesser known tale from the 1920's: the poison letters of Little Hambleton. With Oliver Colman, Jessy Buckley and Anjana Vasan, it's hard to understand why this movie has been met with criticism.
Monday Mar 04, 2024
#50 True Detective: Night Country
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Written by Issa Lopez, the fourth season of True Detective has been quite contentious, seeing even Nic Pizzolatto turning against a show that was originally his creation. The discourse around the new instalment has revealed some unsettling truths the expectations of a modern audience, and makes a good focus point for a conversation about review bias.
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
#49 The Iron Claw
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Tris finally gets to talk about wrestling as much as he wants! Sean Durkin tells the tragic story of the Von Erich family, starring Zac Efron, Harris Dickenson and Jeremy Allen White. The Iron Claw makes us question the role of the Biopic once again.
Monday Jan 29, 2024
#48 Poor Things
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
An adaptation of Alasdair Grey's classic Scottish novel Poor Things, but with Scotland omitted. Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo bring this eccentric, Frankenstein-esq voyage of female discovery to life.
Monday Jan 15, 2024
#47 Society Of The Snow
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
This week, we talk about the art of telling a true story with Society of the Snow, based on the real events of the 1972 Uruguayan plane crash in the Andes.
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