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The Prestige
By KaijuFMTV & Film
The Prestige episodes
- 1.35 - STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015) & Belated SequelsNew year, new episode… Rob and Sam discuss the film event of last year, STAR WARS (EPISODE VII): various types of science fiction, the merits of JJ Abrams, and where the series goes from here.30 min
- 1.34 - Top 5 Films Of 2015What could be more appropriate for that post-Christmas, pre-New Year slump? No, it’s not turkey sandwiches AGAIN; it’s our lists of Top 5 Films of 2015. Merry Christmas to you and yours.25 min
- 1.33 - IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) & ‘The Christmas Film'We end our festive season with a look at a movie that Rob and Sam see a little differently (mainly just because it confuses one of us): Franz Capra’s 1946 classic IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Hee haw and Merry Christmas!30 min
- 1.32 - GO (1999) & The Para-Christmas FilmRob and Sam get all nostalgic for the late 90s for a change, with the 1999 film GO: sex, drugs, and mistletoe.32 min
- 1.31 - HOME ALONE (1990) & FamilyThe Prestige Christmas season starts with a film that needs no introduction: Rob and Sam discuss the 1990 classic HOME ALONE, family, the spirit of Christmas, and why Wile E. Coyote is an idiot.30 min
- 1.30 - THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPOVER (2010) & AdolescenceSam and Rob talk about David Robert Mitchell’s 2010 film THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPOVER and what it means to be a teenager, in a rambling discussion that moves from THE SOUND OF MUSIC to LOST IN SPACE and beyond... Ahhh, teenaged years. :)30 min
- 1.29 - BEASTS OF NO NATION (2015) & Youth
This week’s light-hearted knockabout comedy (ha) is the 2015 film BEASTS OF NO NATION: Rob and Sam talk about African politics, war, youth, and why HOOK is an underappreciated gem/genuinely terrible*.
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34 min - 1.28 - ZOMBI 2 (1979) & Schlock ColonisationThis week’s episode focuses on the 1979 Lucio Fulci film ZOMBI 2, the zombie/schlock-horror genre, and the Western fear of ‘otherness’ in pop culture.31 min
- 1.27 - Small Batch - SPECTRE (2015)
In today’s (not-so-)small-batch episode, we talk* about the new Bond film, SPECTRE.
Rob talks; Sam rants
18 min - 1.26 - THE BABADOOK (2014) & Trauma
To kick off our Hallowe’en-themed fright fest, this week’s episode looks at THE BABADOOK (2014) and conveying traumatic experiences — and Sam gets lessons in horror cinema!
Films recommended this week:
THE OTHERS (2001)CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012)PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971)LA MAISON ENSORCELEE’THE WITCH HOUSE’, or ’THE HAUNTED HOTEL'(1907)LE LOCATAIRE DIABOLIQUEexample of Georges Méliès short (1909)31 min
About The Prestige
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A podcast for cinephiles of all stripes. Join Rob & Sam, two life-long friends, one a veteran of the film industry, the other a Cambridge-educated writer on books, movies and graphic novels. Each…
week they talk about a film and some of the ideas it throws up.