Just So Jables Film Podcast

What do you get when you take a quietly powerful, successful film about a tragic descent into chaos, strip it of plot, character, and empathy, and replace it with a few lacklustre musical numbers? A tragedy for all the wrong reasons.

While we can see all the flaws, this latest attempt to reboot the lovable Hellspawn is really a good B-movie horror that would benefit from better marketing. We're also talking about the BBC comedy Ludwig, plus this week's 'DVD from a charity shop' is In the Name of the King (which no amount of good marketing could have saved!).

The snarky hosting and terrible artwork can mean only one thing - it's time for the third annual Jables Awards! Join us as we discuss the highs and lows of the past year in cinema.

It's showtime! Back to Corn Exchange for the original and best, because there's just so much to love about the disgusting Ghost with the Most.

Not nearly as fun or exciting as we needed it to be, the sequel to the 80s classic falls decidedly flat. Fortunately we're looking forward to the original Beetlejuice for Retro Reels next week, as well as hitting the 70s with Harold and Maude and discovering Kaos on Netflix.

A little late to the party this week as we get to the latest film in the sci-fi horror franchise. Not a surprise party, though... Jables is also reliving his time in The Village through 60s series The Prisoner and we're looking forward to the original Beetlejuice for Retro Reels.

Just No Jables again this week so we're bearing Longlegs in mind to choose something from the writer/director's back catalogue. Also Day of the Jackal and One Life.

In a change to this week's plan, we've gone for the Arthouse option at the Corn Exchange. We're also talking about Arcadian and series 4 of Emily in Paris.

0.36 Recap last week (Deadpool & Wolverine, plus Sky Peels)

4.31 What we're on about

10.42 Initial thoughts on Longlegs

16.17 Review of Longlegs

39.23 Next week

It's Just No Jables this week as Producer Ben and Our Kid take a trip to Curzon Bloomsbury to see the debut feature of local filmmaker Moin Hussain.

Everyone knows there can be only one. Except for the sequels. And a possible remake. For now it's back to the Corn Exchange for Retro Reels so that we can talk all things Highlander.