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

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Corridor Crew https://www.youtube.com/@CorridorCrew

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