The Recommendation Game

The Recommendation Game

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The Recommendation Game episodes

  • Episode 225: The Mastermind

    The Mastermind (2024) directed by Kelly Reichardt.

    In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.


    This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.
    We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla McNelis, two filmy types who love waffling.
    Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio every second Monday: listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
    Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therecgame
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    1 hr
  • Episode 224: Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
    Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024) written and directed by KEVIN COSTNER.
    In 1859 families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy soon finds himself on the run with a prostitute and a young boy after killing a fellow gunman.
    This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.
    We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla McNelis, two filmy types who love waffling.
    Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio every second Monday: listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
    Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therecgame
    Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/therecommendationgame/
    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 223: Giant
    The Giant (1956) directed by George Stevens.
    When ranch owner Jordan visits Maryland to purchase a horse, he falls in love with Leslie and marries her. After they return to Texas, she employs Jett Rink to work at the family's homestead.
    This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.
    We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla McNelis, two filmy types who love waffling.
    Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio every second Monday: listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
    Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therecgame
    Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/therecommendationgame/
    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 222: The Eight Mountains
    The Eight Mountains (2022) directed by Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch.
    Two young Italian boys spend their childhoods together in a secluded alpine village roaming the surrounding peaks and valleys before their paths diverge.
    This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.
    We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla McNelis, two filmy types who love waffling.
    Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio every second Monday: listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
    Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therecgame
    Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/therecommendationgame/
    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 221: M
    M (1931) directed by Fritz Lang.
    One day we'll explain why the episodes are out of order, maybe when we get to 300 episodes in about 5 years.
    In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
    This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.
    We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla McNelis, two filmy types who love waffling.
    Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio every second Monday: listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
    Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therecgame
    Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/therecommendationgame/
    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 220: La Chimera
    La Chimera (2023) directed by Alice Rohrwacher.
    Just out of jail, rumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices – a happy-go-lucky collective of itinerant grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up.
    This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.
    We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla McNelis, two filmy types who love waffling.
    Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio every second Monday: listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
    Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therecgame
    Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/therecommendationgame/
    59 min
  • Episode 219: The Constant Gardener
    The Constant Gardener (2005) directed by Fernando Meirelles
    Assigned to a new post, reserved British diplomat Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) relocates to Kenya with his lovely young wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz), an activist for social justice. When Tessa is found murdered out in the wilderness, circumstances point to her friend, Dr. Arnold Bluhm (Hubert Koundé), but it is soon clear that he's not the killer. Grief-stricken and angry, Justin sets out to uncover the truth behind Tessa's murder -- and in the process, he unearths some disturbing revelations.
    This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.
    We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla McNelis, two filmy types who love waffling.
    Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio every second Monday: listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
    Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therecgame
    Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/therecommendationgame/
    1 hr
  • Episode 218: Soundtrack to a Coup D'etat
    Soundtrack to a Coup D'etat (2024) directed by Johan Grimonprez.
    Filmmaker Johan Grimonprez examines the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.
    This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.
    We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla McNelis, two filmy types who love waffling.
    Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio every second Monday: listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
    Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therecgame
    Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/therecommendationgame/
    1 hr
  • Episode 217: Here
    Here(2023) directed by Bas Devos.
    A Romanian construction worker and a Belgian-Chinese doctorate student cross paths in Brussels just before the former is about to move back home.
    This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.
    We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla McNelis, two filmy types who love waffling.
    Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio every second Monday: listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
    Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therecgame
    Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/therecommendationgame/
    1 hr
  • Episode 216: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) directed by George Miller.
    Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa gets caught in the crossfire of two tyrannical warlords. As the tyrants fight for dominance, Furiosa soon finds herself in a nonstop battle to make her way home.
    This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.
    We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla McNelis, two filmy types who love waffling.
    Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio every second Monday: listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
    Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therecgame
    Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/therecommendationgame/
    55 min

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A bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given. Orla McNelis and Ricardo Deakin, Dublin…