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...be it meta-commentary, modernization, or Muppets. Bill Murray, Michael Caine, Some Bloke From Eastenders, and Miscellaneous learn the errors of their ways on Xmas Eve, and we break down what errors they missed. God bless them, (almost) every one!
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Recovered is visited by three ghosts, six times — Writing Therapy Productions
'Tis the season to embrace, be merry, and hope the rich jerks in your life get haunted, and to celebrate, Dan and Keith take on a Curated Selection of Christmas Carols. Trying to cover every version o...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
...be it meta-commentary, modernization, or Muppets. Bill Murray, Michael Caine, Some Bloke From Eastenders, and Miscellaneous learn the errors of their ways on Xmas Eve, and we break down what errors they missed. God bless them, (almost) every one!
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/carols
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/carols
Back in America, the 40s tried a version that was too little Phantom, too much Opera, Hammer Horror in the 60s asked "But what if the Phantom WEREN'T the villain?" and Dan and Keith discuss which are even horror films as the Phantom Journey begins!
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www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/phantoms1
Recovered delves into the Phantoms of the Opera — Writing Therapy Productions
At last it arrives! In sleep it sang to you, in dreams it came... the Phantoms of the Operas Mega-Saga begins! Dan and Keith head way, way back to the silent era for the first film adaptation of Gasto...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Back in America, the 40s tried a version that was too little Phantom, too much Opera, Hammer Horror in the 60s asked "But what if the Phantom WEREN'T the villain?" and Dan and Keith discuss which are even horror films as the Phantom Journey begins!
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/phantoms1
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/phantoms1
27 years later, a star-studded remake was attempted that tried to touch on big topics, but like the robo-cop at the center of the story, stops working when emotions are involved. Dan & Keith have thoughts... wait, who's hosting this?
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www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/robocop
Recovered Reboots the RoboCops — Writing Therapy Productions
It's the big 100th episode, and to celebrate, our hosts (or are they?) dig into our lords and saviours, the RoboCops! In 1987, Paul Verhoeven satirized capitalism through a hero that was part man, par...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
27 years later, a star-studded remake was attempted that tried to touch on big topics, but like the robo-cop at the center of the story, stops working when emotions are involved. Dan & Keith have thoughts... wait, who's hosting this?
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/robocop
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/robocop
This very year, the MCU's crack at the characters presented a whimsical, retro-futuristic world where an established F4 takes on Galactus for the fate of their world, and their family. Have we hit the best and worst of the Fours Fantastic? Find out!
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www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/fours2
More Fours Fantastic with Recovered — Writing Therapy Productions
Wrapping up our dissection of Fantastic Four cinema with two polar opposite takes on Marvel's First Family. In 2015, Josh Trank attempted a more grounded, body-horror-infused take that met with severe...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This very year, the MCU's crack at the characters presented a whimsical, retro-futuristic world where an established F4 takes on Galactus for the fate of their world, and their family. Have we hit the best and worst of the Fours Fantastic? Find out!
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/fours2
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/fours2
11 years later, they made it to theatres with, so fae, the only F4 movie to earn a sequel. Who did best with Dr. Doom? Which source material should Story NOT have referenced? Can The Thing look good on screen? All this and more, with the Fantastic 4(s)!
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www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/f41
Recovered takes on the Fantastic Four(s)! — Writing Therapy Productions
The Fantastic Four! Once dubbed "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine," they've struggled to make it on the big screen, split between earnest attempts at blockbusters and quickie attempts to retain the...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
11 years later, they made it to theatres with, so fae, the only F4 movie to earn a sequel. Who did best with Dr. Doom? Which source material should Story NOT have referenced? Can The Thing look good on screen? All this and more, with the Fantastic 4(s)!
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/f41
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/f41
...and ask which of these hit films should be made again, which should stay lost to film history, and which will never stop being remade. Join in!
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www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/bocremake
Recovered remakes the box office champions — Writing Therapy Productions
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 ...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
...and ask which of these hit films should be made again, which should stay lost to film history, and which will never stop being remade. Join in!
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/bocremake
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/bocremake
2005 has a different spin, the precinct sieged by corrupt cops, as the simple menace of the original is replaced by being massively out-gunned by an elite squad... but Laurence Fishburne and Ethan Hawke are worth watching. Who had the better assault?
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www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/precinct13
Recovered withstands Assaults on Precinct 13 — Writing Therapy Productions
John Carpenter September continues as Dan and Keith crack open 1976's Assault on Precinct 13, and its 2005 remake, the same year as The Fog's remake. Carpenter's version favours simplicity, as the soo...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
2005 has a different spin, the precinct sieged by corrupt cops, as the simple menace of the original is replaced by being massively out-gunned by an elite squad... but Laurence Fishburne and Ethan Hawke are worth watching. Who had the better assault?
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/precinct13
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/precinct13
25r, Tom Welling and Maggie Grace headline a remake of this simple ghost story that lathers on lore, sets up a love triangle with no payoff, and ends with a payoff that has almost no set-up. We discuss, you are entertained.
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www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/recfogs
Recovered heads into The Fogs — Writing Therapy Productions
Welcome to Carpenter Summer, where Dan and Keith take on two 2005 remakes of vintage John Carpenter flicks! First up, The Fog, one of three 1980 horror movies starring Jamie Lee Curtis, in which an ee...
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September 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
25r, Tom Welling and Maggie Grace headline a remake of this simple ghost story that lathers on lore, sets up a love triangle with no payoff, and ends with a payoff that has almost no set-up. We discuss, you are entertained.
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/recfogs
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/recfogs
41 years later, it's the cast in the special glasses as Tony Shalhoub must save his family from just over ten ghosts with help from Matthew Lillard, and a bit of ghost writing from James Gunn-- well clearly Dan is going to fit Scooby-Doo in here somehow. Who haunts the best?
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Recovered encounters 13 Ghosts — Writing Therapy Productions
Throw on your special glasses and get ready to get haunted as Dan and Keith dig into 13 Ghosts. Back in 1960, William Castle attempted a new gimmick: a special pair of glasses for audiences that eithe...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
41 years later, it's the cast in the special glasses as Tony Shalhoub must save his family from just over ten ghosts with help from Matthew Lillard, and a bit of ghost writing from James Gunn-- well clearly Dan is going to fit Scooby-Doo in here somehow. Who haunts the best?
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Look Casablanca warrants a certain amount of bi-horniness.
August 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Look Casablanca warrants a certain amount of bi-horniness.
There's not a secret 90s Casablanca remake that's also a comic book adaptation starring Pamela Anderson, right? Right? RIGHT!? This 90s schlock flick might not be good, but was it the Casablanca remake we needed? Find out!
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www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/casasblanca
Recovered hits the Casas Blanca — Writing Therapy Productions
Casablanca! Generally 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 w...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
There's not a secret 90s Casablanca remake that's also a comic book adaptation starring Pamela Anderson, right? Right? RIGHT!? This 90s schlock flick might not be good, but was it the Casablanca remake we needed? Find out!
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/casasblanca
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/casasblanca
Then we jump to 2020 as WB tries to launch a Hannah-Barbera Cinematic Universe with Scoob! Is it funnier than we think? Is trying to do a Scooby-Doo movie and Blue Falcon: Brave New World at the same time too much? We break it all down!
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www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/scooby
Mystery Inc. is on the case as Recovered gets into Scooby-Doo — Writing Therapy Productions
While James Gunn's Superman is soaring through theatres, Dan and Keith look back at the first time he wrote a big-screen adaptation of a Warner Bros. franchise: a pup named Scooby-Doo. Digging into th...
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July 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Then we jump to 2020 as WB tries to launch a Hannah-Barbera Cinematic Universe with Scoob! Is it funnier than we think? Is trying to do a Scooby-Doo movie and Blue Falcon: Brave New World at the same time too much? We break it all down!
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www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/scooby
We tackle this low-budget retread first, which makes odd choices with its lead, then move on to Eggers, which shifts the focus from Thomas to Ellen. Does Doug Jones as Orlok make the amateur version work? How does Eggers retell the first vampire movie?
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www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/nosfera2
Recovered is Back in Black (and white) with more Nosferatus! — Writing Therapy Productions
Dan, Keith, and guest Emma Gallaher are back to Transylvania for the 21st century Nosferatus! In 2024, horror auteur Robert Eggers decided to take another spin at Count Orlok... and perhaps because of...
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July 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We tackle this low-budget retread first, which makes odd choices with its lead, then move on to Eggers, which shifts the focus from Thomas to Ellen. Does Doug Jones as Orlok make the amateur version work? How does Eggers retell the first vampire movie?
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/nosfera2
www.writingtherapyproductions.com/home/nosfera2