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Total ReelcallEPISODE 17 - TV of 2022Watched much TV lately? Simon and Dan haven't! Lets look through the Guardian's list of the best of TV from 2022. How many have you seen? What did you like/not like? 2023-01-1726 minTotal ReelcallEPISODE 16 - FILMS OF 2022It's been a while, right? But here we are back with a quick whizz through the Guardian's top 50 films of the year (2022), how many have we seen? What did we think of them? Listen along and keep your own tally.....2023-01-1526 min
Total ReelcallEPISODE 15 - Films of the 2000sSimon and Dan go through the list of the 35 "greatest movies of the 2000s" according to Shortlist
https://www.shortlist.com/lists/the-25-greatest-movies-of-the-2000s-400087 2022-03-0725 minTotal ReelcallEPISODE 14 - Crocodile DundeeG'day. It's in Dan's top 10 films, Simon hasn't seen it for 30 years. 2022-02-2826 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 13 - WarGamesMatthew Broderick, hacking, the hotel manager from Ghostbusters, arcade games, nuclear war, the 1980s? Count us in..!2022-01-2027 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 12 - The 2021 TV "Review" SpecialA rattle through the best of 2021 TV (as listed in The Guardians top 50). How many have we seen? What did we like, not like, not see...?!2022-01-0232 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 11 - The 2021 Film "Review" SpecialWe take a look at The Guardians Top 50 Films of 2021 and chat about what stood out for us this year - Spoiler Alert - not much! 2021-12-2941 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 10 - The French ConnectionDan and Simon mean business as they rattle through a breakdown of The French Connection (1971). Have you seen that car chase? It's pretty good. 2021-06-0719 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 9 - Crimson TideThis time we take a look at the 1995 Tony Scott film Crimson Tide, starring a a grumpy Gene Hackman and an efficient Denzel Washington. Hear Simons thoughts on all of the US Navy health and safety breaches!2021-05-2528 min
Total ReelcallEpisode 8 - Oscars SpecialWe go through the list of winners from the 2021 93rd Academy Awards, most of which we haven't seen, natch.
You can also watch this one as a limited edition video HERE2021-04-2611 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 7 - Jackie BrownThis week we revisited (or visiting for the first time in Dan's case) the 1997 Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown. We also waffled about video shops, pagers and 6th form!2021-04-1336 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 6 - The Cassandra CrossingOh boy, where to even start with this one?! This week we look at the 1976 film 'The Cassandra Crossing', starring Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Sophia Loren and a young Martin Sheen!
Join Simon and Dan on quite a journey as they talk their way through the chaos!
"Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?"2021-03-1945 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 5 - Miller's CrossingListen to Simon and Dan muddle their way through a breakdown of a film they don't really understand, the 1990 Coen Brothers classic 'Miller's Crossing'
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100150 2021-03-1026 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 4 - WhiplashLooking back at the 2014 Oscar winning film Whiplash. Making Dan feel guilty for still not having learned to play the drums, one of his Lockdown aims!2021-02-1728 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 3 - BigSimon & Dan have a great time revisiting the 1988 classic Tom Hanks film 'Big'.2021-01-2138 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 2 - This Is Spinal TapSimon and Dan chat about the 1984 classic This Is Spinal Tap (which Dan had never seen). Some tangents and general chat about film durations thrown in!2021-01-1129 minTotal ReelcallEpisode 1 - National Lampoon's Christmas VacationSimon and Dan do a retrospective rambling review of the 1989 Christmas movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation2021-01-0326 minTotal ReelcallMando/Jurassic Park TeaserNothing to do with or upcoming latest episode, but here is Simon's take The Mandolorian, Tremors and Jurassic Park. Look at how many subjects we cover in just a couple of minutes of waffle.....2021-01-0302 minTotal ReelcallTOTAL REELCALL - INTRO EPISODESimon and Dan chat about how they know each other, their relationship with film, their plans for the podcast and their history of visiting (and working in!) video shops2020-12-2613 min