The Book's Better

Neil Gaiman fans be warned, we may have been a little underwhelmed by his novel that served as the basis for Henry Selick's 2009 film adaption Coraline. While we figure out why, Orlando gets caught up in the animation process of the movie (including an interesting physics problem) and Dan becomes obsessed with a cut scene featuring a swarm of hornets. In retrospect, it might have gone off the rails a bit.

The name's Dan... Dan and Orlando. That's right it's James Bond time! Casino Royale is actually the first novel in Ian Fleming's quintessential spy series and provides the basis for the first of Daniel Craig's Bond movies, which is the adaption we decided to focus on for this episode. We end up uncovering a few bombshells in this episode leading us to believe that maybe James isn't the ultra suave superchad you thought he was. Is he actually good at poker or just lucky? Is he actually a playboy or is he more of a SADboy? And you'll NEVER guess what he canonically wears to bed! All this and more inside!

This is one of the big ones folks, we're discussing one of Steven King's most famous novels and one of the most iconic films ever made, The Shining. At first glance Stanley Kubrick's adaption seems pretty straightforward but ultimately it differs greatly in both intent and execution, becoming a distinctive classic in its own right.

That's it folks, this week Orlando and Dan have finally had it up to here with Tim Burton's antics and they've decided that it's high time he was taken down a notch or two. That's why we're discussing his 2010 adaption of C.S. Lewis' Alice in Wonderland, comparing it with the 1951 Disney adaption and just generally wondering why anyone thought it was a good idea to make that movie.

Mystery is afoot this week as the boys are on the hunt for treasure! Long time Tintin lover Dan drags salty skeptic Orlando along as they both try to unravel the mystery of Spielberg's 2011 adaption of Hergé's comic series The Adventures of TinTin. What makes this movie so enjoyable yet so simultaneously mundane? Is it the plot? The characters? IS IT SNOWY THE DOG???? Find out inside!

Join us for our second dive into the madness of Stanley Kubrick with his 1971 adaption of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange. Somewhere either side of us delving into the morality of violence in the media we do manage to actually discuss the film and the novel, including trying to wrap our heads around the very confusing English-Russian hybrid that most of the novel is written in.

This week Orlando and Dan are going after Zack Snyder for his 2009 adaption of the graphic novel Watchmen, discussing what was lost and what (if anything) was improved. Weird costumes, ridiculous superhero voices, bad CG, this one really has it all folks, make sure to listen to the end for the explosive hosni rating!