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We're back into the Phantoms & Operas sagas, seeing how 2 distinct film eras take on the Phantom: the auteur era of the 70s, and the slasher horror era of the 80s!
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
We're back into the Phantoms & Operas sagas, seeing how 2 distinct film eras take on the Phantom: the auteur era of the 70s, and the slasher horror era of the 80s!
'Tis the season to hope the rich jerks in your life get haunted, and so Dan & Keith take on a Curated Selection of Christmas Carols. Covering every version would be an act of madness, so after going back to 1901 for the first ever film Scrooge, then Scrooge tales that add elements to the story--
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December 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
'Tis the season to hope the rich jerks in your life get haunted, and so Dan & Keith take on a Curated Selection of Christmas Carols. Covering every version would be an act of madness, so after going back to 1901 for the first ever film Scrooge, then Scrooge tales that add elements to the story--
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In sleep it sang to you, in dreams it came... the Phantoms of the Operas saga begins! We head way back to the silent era for the first film adaptation of the Phantom of the Opera. Then it's Chinese cinema's first ever horror movie, Song at Midnight, which may have added an element to Phantom lore?
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In sleep it sang to you, in dreams it came... the Phantoms of the Operas saga begins! We head way back to the silent era for the first film adaptation of the Phantom of the Opera. Then it's Chinese cinema's first ever horror movie, Song at Midnight, which may have added an element to Phantom lore?
Back to Fantastic Four cinema with two opposite takes on Marvel's First Family. In 2015, Josh Trank tried a more grounded, body-horror-infused take that met with severe studio notes and mandated reshoots, leading to grey corridors and one action beat before the credits. It didn't go over great.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Back to Fantastic Four cinema with two opposite takes on Marvel's First Family. In 2015, Josh Trank tried a more grounded, body-horror-infused take that met with severe studio notes and mandated reshoots, leading to grey corridors and one action beat before the credits. It didn't go over great.
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The Fantastic Four! Once dubbed "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine," they've struggled to hit on the big screen. Roger Corman produced the first attempt, a low-budget B-movie never intended to see the light of day, but which didn't account for the nascent internet's ability to spread a video file.
October 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The Fantastic Four! Once dubbed "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine," they've struggled to hit on the big screen. Roger Corman produced the first attempt, a low-budget B-movie never intended to see the light of day, but which didn't account for the nascent internet's ability to spread a video file.
Dan drags Keith into his film history brainrot in order to answer a question: do the biggest hits of the 20th century need or warrant a remake? We look at the biggest hit of each year from 1927 until 1999, from the dawn of the silent era to the birth of Jar Jar Binks...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Dan drags Keith into his film history brainrot in order to answer a question: do the biggest hits of the 20th century need or warrant a remake? We look at the biggest hit of each year from 1927 until 1999, from the dawn of the silent era to the birth of Jar Jar Binks...
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Get ready to get haunted as Dan & Keith dig into 13 Ghosts. In 1960, they tried a new gimmick: a special pair of glasses for audiences that either made ghosts appear, or made the movie utterly incomprehensible, as a family inherits their uncle's house only find it filled with about a dozen ghosts.
August 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Get ready to get haunted as Dan & Keith dig into 13 Ghosts. In 1960, they tried a new gimmick: a special pair of glasses for audiences that either made ghosts appear, or made the movie utterly incomprehensible, as a family inherits their uncle's house only find it filled with about a dozen ghosts.
Casablanca! Regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, perhaps the most correct the Oscars have ever been, and the last movie you'd ever expect to see on a podcast about remakes! So why is our favourite they-slash-femme comedienne @munsi.bsky.social joining Dan & Keith to talk about it?
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August 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Casablanca! Regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, perhaps the most correct the Oscars have ever been, and the last movie you'd ever expect to see on a podcast about remakes! So why is our favourite they-slash-femme comedienne @munsi.bsky.social joining Dan & Keith to talk about it?
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While James Gunn's Superman is soaring through theatres, Dan and Keith look back at his first time adapting a Warner Bros. franchise: a pup named Scooby-Doo. Digging into the casting, the rewriting of the pitch, we ask: is it over-hated? Is it more clever than it's given credit? Maybe.
July 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
While James Gunn's Superman is soaring through theatres, Dan and Keith look back at his first time adapting a Warner Bros. franchise: a pup named Scooby-Doo. Digging into the casting, the rewriting of the pitch, we ask: is it over-hated? Is it more clever than it's given credit? Maybe.
Dan, Keith, and returning guest Emma travel far back in film history to discuss the attempt at to file the serial numbers off Dracula with Nosferatu! We break down 1922's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, one of the earliest and most groundbreaking surviving horror movies of the silent era...
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July 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Dan, Keith, and returning guest Emma travel far back in film history to discuss the attempt at to file the serial numbers off Dracula with Nosferatu! We break down 1922's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, one of the earliest and most groundbreaking surviving horror movies of the silent era...
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People always say "You couldn't make a [insert Mel Brooks classic] today." But were there movies Mel Brooks shouldn't have remade? That's the question facing Dan and Keith, presented by guest Olav Rokne of @hugobookclub.bsky.social, as we tackle To Be Or Not To Be.
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June 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
People always say "You couldn't make a [insert Mel Brooks classic] today." But were there movies Mel Brooks shouldn't have remade? That's the question facing Dan and Keith, presented by guest Olav Rokne of @hugobookclub.bsky.social, as we tackle To Be Or Not To Be.
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Dan and Keith head back to that brief overlap between the Golden Age of Hollywood and the dying days of vaudeville with the Marx Bros. In A Night at the Opera, Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx hit a new height by blending their signature antics with an emotional arc, but how do those antics hold up?
June 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Dan and Keith head back to that brief overlap between the Golden Age of Hollywood and the dying days of vaudeville with the Marx Bros. In A Night at the Opera, Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx hit a new height by blending their signature antics with an emotional arc, but how do those antics hold up?
We head to ancient Greece to weigh old-school stop motion against modern CG in the Clashes of the Titans! Back in 1981, Ray Harryhausen wrapped a storied career with Clash of the Titans, in which Perseus fights his way through stop-motion monsters to win the girl and claim a throne.
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May 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We head to ancient Greece to weigh old-school stop motion against modern CG in the Clashes of the Titans! Back in 1981, Ray Harryhausen wrapped a storied career with Clash of the Titans, in which Perseus fights his way through stop-motion monsters to win the girl and claim a throne.
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Lllllllllet's get ready to ROLLERBALL! Dan & Keith dig into the 1975 dystopic sports flick Rollerball, in which James Caan rises up against the world's corporate overlords by playing the best darn game of Rollerball he can, after an hour of worldbuilding that only partially builds the world.
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April 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Lllllllllet's get ready to ROLLERBALL! Dan & Keith dig into the 1975 dystopic sports flick Rollerball, in which James Caan rises up against the world's corporate overlords by playing the best darn game of Rollerball he can, after an hour of worldbuilding that only partially builds the world.
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John Woo's The Killer: one of the most iconic 80s Hong Kong action flicks, with Chow Yun-Fat leaping through dove-invested areas to fire two pistols in slow-motion. Who would dare to remake it? John Woo. Dan & Keith dig into the choices excellent and confusing...
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March 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
John Woo's The Killer: one of the most iconic 80s Hong Kong action flicks, with Chow Yun-Fat leaping through dove-invested areas to fire two pistols in slow-motion. Who would dare to remake it? John Woo. Dan & Keith dig into the choices excellent and confusing...
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Hit the big city streets and get ready to look for vengeance, kind of, as Dan and Keith take on the Death Wishes. Back in '74, Charles Bronson found his most iconic role as an architect who lashes out at random street criminals in the wake of an attack on his family.
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March 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hit the big city streets and get ready to look for vengeance, kind of, as Dan and Keith take on the Death Wishes. Back in '74, Charles Bronson found his most iconic role as an architect who lashes out at random street criminals in the wake of an attack on his family.
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Dan &Keith head to Mega-City One to look at two Judges Dredd! First, Sylvester Stallone brought Britain's favourite satirical comic Judge to life, but perhaps put a little too much of him on the screen.
It's a blend of a Dredd adaptation and a Demolition Man follow-up that fails at being either. 1/2
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February 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Dan &Keith head to Mega-City One to look at two Judges Dredd! First, Sylvester Stallone brought Britain's favourite satirical comic Judge to life, but perhaps put a little too much of him on the screen.
It's a blend of a Dredd adaptation and a Demolition Man follow-up that fails at being either. 1/2
It's a blend of a Dredd adaptation and a Demolition Man follow-up that fails at being either. 1/2
Looking back at the film that set up Captain America: Brave New World: 2008's The Incredible Hulk. First, in 2003, Ang Lee attempted a deep, psychological Hulk, with comic-book-style editing, themes of trauma and repressed memories, and a whackadoo climax, that may have been all theme, no plot.
February 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Looking back at the film that set up Captain America: Brave New World: 2008's The Incredible Hulk. First, in 2003, Ang Lee attempted a deep, psychological Hulk, with comic-book-style editing, themes of trauma and repressed memories, and a whackadoo climax, that may have been all theme, no plot.
Dan and Keith take a deep sigh, say "This may as well happen," and get into two takes on The Crow. First, the extremely 90s original with Brandon Lee and a bunch of cool character actors. How does it hold up? How does the tragedy at the core of the movie affect the viewing?
January 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Dan and Keith take a deep sigh, say "This may as well happen," and get into two takes on The Crow. First, the extremely 90s original with Brandon Lee and a bunch of cool character actors. How does it hold up? How does the tragedy at the core of the movie affect the viewing?
It's a new year, and Hollywood is still allergic to new ideas, so we have a new crop of remakes on the Horizon! Hooray, question mark? Dan and Keith dig into all the remakes and reboots on the horizon, from Fantastic Four: First Steps and Superman...
January 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's a new year, and Hollywood is still allergic to new ideas, so we have a new crop of remakes on the Horizon! Hooray, question mark? Dan and Keith dig into all the remakes and reboots on the horizon, from Fantastic Four: First Steps and Superman...
Holiday greetings, as we celebrate the season the Recovered way: unpacking movies with the same premise! First up, the internet's favourite non-Muppet Christmas movie, Die Hard! John McClane is trying to save his marriage and Christmas, and we love him for it enough that it spawned a sub-genre.
December 26, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Holiday greetings, as we celebrate the season the Recovered way: unpacking movies with the same premise! First up, the internet's favourite non-Muppet Christmas movie, Die Hard! John McClane is trying to save his marriage and Christmas, and we love him for it enough that it spawned a sub-genre.
New this week: storm chasing with Twister and Twisters! In the 90s, one team chased tornadoes for Science while staying ahead of a rival out for vague Profit in what became one of the top hits of 1996. 28 years later came Twisters, which despite its title has about the same number of tornadoes...
November 21, 2024 at 5:49 PM
New this week: storm chasing with Twister and Twisters! In the 90s, one team chased tornadoes for Science while staying ahead of a rival out for vague Profit in what became one of the top hits of 1996. 28 years later came Twisters, which despite its title has about the same number of tornadoes...