Cinema To The Letter

226: Mobsters Tell A Bronx Tale

Ever since they could remember, Adam and Thomas always wanted to do a Double Edged Double Bill about gangsters. Specifically covering movies about Italian mobsters! First, Christian Slater leads a cast that could've only come together in 1991 to play legendary mafiosos in Mobsters! Then, Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri try to teach a young man about the ways of life in the wonderful coming of age mob drama A Bronx Tale! Together, our two heroes answer the crucial questions. Can you make a Young Guns about old school mobsters? Are their thoughts about the actor who plays Teenage Calegro clear enough? Which two films will they choose for next week's episode about Hellraiser? Well, sit next to Anthony Quinn at his elaborate dinner table at our legitimate gentleman's club so you can listen to find out!
Subscribe to our Patreon for $1 a month to get bonus podcasts & polls to choose episode topics and films we cover! Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally! We’re a proud member of the Talk Film Society Podcast Network!

225: Rated NC-17 for Killer Joes And Showgirls

Blonde is coming out to great controversy on Netflix, notably its NC-17 rating. The infamous MPA rating has been a scarlet letter for cinema since its inception over 30 years ago. So, it's a natural subject for a Double Edged Double Bill! First, Matthew McConaughey kicks off his comeback with the extremely upsetting William Friedkin film Killer Joe! Then, Paul Verhoeven makes the ultimate rise to fame story in the fascinating Showgirls! Together, our duo answer the crucial questions. Is Gina Gershon the queen of NC-17? Would Matthew McConaughey fit in a western setting? Which two films will they cover for next week's episode on mafia movies? Well, put on your cowboy hat and travel to DIFFERENT PLACES while you listen to find out!
Subscribe to our Patreon for $1 a month to get bonus podcasts & polls to choose episode topics and films we cover! Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally! We’re a proud member of the Talk Film Society Podcast Network!

224: Viola Davis Is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close to the Widows

Viola Davis is set to rule over all as The Woman King this week. So, we're devoting a Double Edged Double Bill to her prolific career! First, Viola Davis has to suffer through Oscar Bait drivel with the offensively treacle Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close! Then, Viola Davis gets her long overdue leading turn in the heady heist drama Widows! Together, our duo answers the crucial questions. Does winning Jeopardy! Kids Week properly prepare you for a leading role? Could Cynthia Ervio outrun the T-1000? What will they choose for next week's episode on NC-17 rated films? Well, stop your massive scavenger hunt through New York and put on this episode en route to your heist so you can listen to find out!
 
Subscribe to our Patreon for $1 a month to get bonus podcasts & polls to choose episode topics and films we cover! Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally! We’re a proud member of the Talk Film Society Podcast Network!
 

BONUS: Top 10 Robots From TV & Film (From Patreon)

Given Labor Day & DragonCon scheduling issues, there's not regular episode this week. So, we're releasing a bonus podcast from behind the paywall of our Patreon on the main feed! This time, it's Adam and Thomas counting down their Top 10 Robots from TV & Film! It's full of twists and turns, just like the hours of other bonus podcasts you can listen to if you become an Edged Lord for $1 a month!
 Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally! We’re a proud member of the Talk Film Society Podcast Network!

223: Ponyo On the Cliff By the Skeleton Man

For this Double Edged Double Bill, the fantasy realms are coming to us! Yes, Adam and Thomas are here with an episode about urban fantasy films (ie when fantastical elements come into our real world) given the genre is in the air with the recent premieres of House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power! First, Michael Rooker and a group of mercenaries must catch the baffling titular villain in the Predator rip off TV movie known as The Skeleton Man! Then, acclaimed animator Hayao Miyazaki does his spin on The Little Mermaid with a little fish girl and boy finding each other in Ponyo On the Cliff By the Sea! Together, our duo answer the crucial questions. What would it be like to work with The Skeleton Man? Why can't we eat anime food? Which two films will they cover for their next episode on Viola Davis? Well, watch out for helicopter destroying arrows as you run on top the sentient waves of Japan so you can listen to find out!
 
See Thomas at DragonCon this Labor Day Weekend in Atlanta, GA! Subscribe to our Patreon for $1 a month to get bonus podcasts & polls to choose episode topics and films we cover! Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally! We’re a proud member of the Talk Film Society Podcast Network!
 

222: Martin Short Sends Clifford Into Innerspace

Martin Short is a famously manic performer. Hopefully, this episode of Double Edged Double Bill all about him can keep up with the Only Murders in the Building star's energy! First, Martin Short tries to get a tiny Dennis Quaid out of his body in Joe Dante's Innerspace! Then, Martin Short plays a child who ruins Charles Grodin's life through antics in Clifford! Together, our duo answers the crucial questions. Can Martin Short play a lead character? Who is the modern star that owes their entire existence to Innerspace? Which two films will they choose for next week's episode on urban fantasy films? Well, try to survive a hyperdrive run through Dinosaur World with your original face shape in tact so you can listen to find out!
 
Subscribe to our Patreon for $1 a month to get bonus podcasts & polls to choose episode topics and films we cover! Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally! We’re a proud member of the Talk Film Society Podcast Network!
 

221: Bowfinger Films the Best Worst Movie About Movies

Get ready for your close up, Mr. Double Edged Double Bill! Adam and Thomas are devoting a whole episode to movies about movies and are joined by special guest Chris Luciantonio! First, Steve Martin attempts to skewer Hollywood with double the Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger! Then, a documentary chronicles the cast & crew of Troll 2 discovering its unintended cult fandom with Best Worst Movie! Together, our trio answers the crucial questions. How do communities build up around so bad they're good movies? Can a unique Eddie Murphy performance provide enough good will to last feature length? Which two films will they pick for next week's episode all about Martin Short? Well, put on your homemade goblin costumes and run away from the stunt drivers so you can listen to find out!
Subscribe to our Patreon for $1 a month to get bonus podcasts & polls to choose episode topics and films we cover! Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally! We’re a proud member of the Talk Film Society Podcast Network!

220: I Saw The Devil And Wanted Revenge!

Revenge is a dish best served cold. However, this week's Double Edged Double Bill is full of hot takes about the subgenre of revenge films! First, James McAvoy goes on Harry Potter style fantasy journey through a world of assassins with Wanted! Then, two men go on a gory cat and mouse game of revenge in the South Korean thriller I Saw The Devil! Together, our duo answers the crucial questions. What restaurant chain uses their donut glaze recipe for healing bullet wounds? How can a film about such ugly subject matter still be colorful? Which films will they choose for next week's episode covering movies about movies? Well, try to curve that bullet away from your Achilles tendon so you can listen to find out!
 
Subscribe to our Patreon for $1 a month to get bonus podcasts & polls to choose episode topics and films we cover! Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally! We’re a proud member of the Talk Film Society Podcast Network!
 

219: Brad Pitt Travels to the Cool World of Ad Astra

Brad Pitt is one of our great movie stars. So, it only seems natural for Adam, Thomas and returning guest Mel Glenn Gore to devote an episode of Double Edged Double Bill to him just in time for his latest vehicle Bullet Train! First, a young Brad Pitt tries to act against dirty cartoon characters in the infamous failure Cool World! Then, a more mature Brad Pitt works through his daddy issues in the cold reaches of space in Ad Astra! Together, our trio answers the crucial questions. Did Cool World almost kill Brad Pitt's career? What will win win us our absentee Neptune daddy's love? Which two films will they cover on next week's episode about revenge films? Well, avoid zero gravity space rover chases and doodle femme fatales so you can listen to find out!
Subscribe to our Patreon for $1 a month to get bonus podcasts & polls to choose episode topics and films we cover! Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally! We’re a proud member of the Talk Film Society Podcast Network!

218: One Crazy Rough Night From Dusk Till Dawn

Prepare for one crazy night with Double Edged Double Bill! This week, Adam and Thomas explore the subgenre where most of the actions occur over the course of one night via two specific films. First, Scarlett Johansson leads a comedy ensemble about a bachelorette party gone wrong that itself never goes right with Rough Night! Then, George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino shift from hot day to dark night and from crime thriller to horror action with From Dusk Till Dawn! Together, our duo answers the crucial questions. How crucial is balancing varying comedic tones? What happens when Frankenstein eats shellfish? Which two films will they choose for next week's episode about Brad Pitt? Well, finish those drinks and grab a wooden stake so you can survive the night & listen to find out!
Subscribe to our Patreon for $1 a month to get bonus podcasts & polls to choose episode topics and films we cover! Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally! We’re a proud member of the Talk Film Society Podcast Network!