Total Reelcall: Recent Episodes
Dan Hodgett & Simon Arnold
Total Reelcall is a film inspired podcast looking back at much loved films & seeing how they stand the test of both memory and time.
Watched much TV lately? Simon and Dan haven't! Lets look through the Guardian's list of the best of TV from 2022. How many have you seen? What did you like/not like?
It's been a while, right? But here we are back with a quick whizz through the Guardian's top 50 films of the year (2022), how many have we seen? What did we think of them? Listen along and keep your own tally.....
Simon and Dan go through the list of the 35 "greatest movies of the 2000s" according to Shortlist
https://www.shortlist.com/lists/the-25-greatest-movies-of-the-2000s-400087
Matthew Broderick, hacking, the hotel manager from Ghostbusters, arcade games, nuclear war, the 1980s? Count us in..!
A rattle through the best of 2021 TV (as listed in The Guardians top 50). How many have we seen? What did we like, not like, not see...?!
We take a look at The Guardians Top 50 Films of 2021 and chat about what stood out for us this year - Spoiler Alert - not much!
Dan and Simon mean business as they rattle through a breakdown of The French Connection (1971). Have you seen that car chase? It's pretty good.
This time we take a look at the 1995 Tony Scott film Crimson Tide, starring a a grumpy Gene Hackman and an efficient Denzel Washington. Hear Simons thoughts on all of the US Navy health and safety breaches!
We go through the list of winners from the 2021 93rd Academy Awards, most of which we haven't seen, natch.
You can also watch this one as a limited edition video HERE
This week we revisited (or visiting for the first time in Dan's case) the 1997 Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown. We also waffled about video shops, pagers and 6th form!
Oh boy, where to even start with this one?! This week we look at the 1976 film 'The Cassandra Crossing', starring Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Sophia Loren and a young Martin Sheen!
Join Simon and Dan on quite a journey as they talk their way through the chaos!
"Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?"
Listen to Simon and Dan muddle their way through a breakdown of a film they don't really understand, the 1990 Coen Brothers classic 'Miller's Crossing'
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100150
Looking back at the 2014 Oscar winning film Whiplash. Making Dan feel guilty for still not having learned to play the drums, one of his Lockdown aims!
Simon and Dan chat about the 1984 classic This Is Spinal Tap (which Dan had never seen). Some tangents and general chat about film durations thrown in!
Simon and Dan do a retrospective rambling review of the 1989 Christmas movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Nothing to do with or upcoming latest episode, but here is Simon's take The Mandolorian, Tremors and Jurassic Park. Look at how many subjects we cover in just a couple of minutes of waffle.....
Simon and Dan chat about how they know each other, their relationship with film, their plans for the podcast and their history of visiting (and working in!) video shops