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Jack, our resident movie expert, joins the podcast for this special episode. Rian picks Jack’s brain about favourite and underrated movies, filmmakers, adaptations, and what makes storytelling in films so unique, followed by a lightning round of questions just for fun.
00:00 Intro
01:18 Jack’s introduction
03:19 Read Watch Play
15:36 Topic intro: Let’s talk movies
16:41 Jack’s movie-a-day project
21:08 Why movies?
26:03 Favourite movies?
30:16 Favourite filmmakers/actors?
34:00 What are some characters that resonate with you?
38:00 Thoughts on film adaptations?
54:17 Underrated and lesser known films?
59:04 A story you would like adapted to film?
1:04:10 Lightning round!
1:11:26 Outro and links
Books/Comics
Ironheart (Marvel)
Butter - Asako Yuzuki
Outline - Rachel Cusk
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Foundations (Tower of Somnus)
A Psalm for the Wild-Build - Becky Chambers
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers
Eight Billion Genies
TV
Hysteria!
Brilliant Minds
Films
The Accountant²
Sinners
Until Dawn
Snow White
10 Things I Hate About You
Baby Driver
Pitch Perfect
The Gentlemen
Seven Psychopaths
Serenity
Harvey
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Aladdin
Shaun of the Dead
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Clerks
Get Out
Us
Nope
John Wick
Law Abiding Citizen
Adaptation
Sin City
Ready Player One
The Chipmunk Adventure
The Lord of the Rings
Dune
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Phoebe in Wonderland
The Boondock Saints
Civil War
The Green Mile
Thunderbolts*
Bridge to Terabithia
Paprika
Perfect Blue
Oldboy
Games
Murdered: Soul Suspect
The Bazaar https://playthebazaar.com
Growing Up
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
YouTube Channels Mentioned
Corridor Crew https://www.youtube.com/@CorridorCrew
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By Genre BlenderJack, our resident movie expert, joins the podcast for this special episode. Rian picks Jack’s brain about favourite and underrated movies, filmmakers, adaptations, and what makes storytelling in films so unique, followed by a lightning round of questions just for fun.
00:00 Intro
01:18 Jack’s introduction
03:19 Read Watch Play
15:36 Topic intro: Let’s talk movies
16:41 Jack’s movie-a-day project
21:08 Why movies?
26:03 Favourite movies?
30:16 Favourite filmmakers/actors?
34:00 What are some characters that resonate with you?
38:00 Thoughts on film adaptations?
54:17 Underrated and lesser known films?
59:04 A story you would like adapted to film?
1:04:10 Lightning round!
1:11:26 Outro and links
Books/Comics
Ironheart (Marvel)
Butter - Asako Yuzuki
Outline - Rachel Cusk
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Foundations (Tower of Somnus)
A Psalm for the Wild-Build - Becky Chambers
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers
Eight Billion Genies
TV
Hysteria!
Brilliant Minds
Films
The Accountant²
Sinners
Until Dawn
Snow White
10 Things I Hate About You
Baby Driver
Pitch Perfect
The Gentlemen
Seven Psychopaths
Serenity
Harvey
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Aladdin
Shaun of the Dead
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Clerks
Get Out
Us
Nope
John Wick
Law Abiding Citizen
Adaptation
Sin City
Ready Player One
The Chipmunk Adventure
The Lord of the Rings
Dune
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Phoebe in Wonderland
The Boondock Saints
Civil War
The Green Mile
Thunderbolts*
Bridge to Terabithia
Paprika
Perfect Blue
Oldboy
Games
Murdered: Soul Suspect
The Bazaar https://playthebazaar.com
Growing Up
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
YouTube Channels Mentioned
Corridor Crew https://www.youtube.com/@CorridorCrew
Follow Jack
Letterboxd
Goodreads
TikTok
Follow Rian
Bluesky
Letterboxd
Follow Kris
YouTube
Bluesky
Follow Genre Blender for podcast updates
YouTube
BlueSky
Website