Double Edged Double Bill

2020 is coming to an end! However, before Adam and Thomas pack this year away they need to take a look at two films that somehow came out in the chaos of 2020. Whether on a streaming service or the few theaters left open, 2020 still had a vibrant and weird film scene that's worth discussing. First, Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti have a meet cute in a time loop with Palm Springs! Then, the long running X-Men franchise concludes with The New Mutants, which contrary to reports may not be such a whimper ending. Together, our duo answers the crucial questions. Has the 2020 quarantine just been a time loop? Who is Adam's mysterious contact about the X-Men franchise? Which two films will they choose for the first episode of 2021 all about Nicolas Cage? Well, grab your pizza pool float and watch out for the demon bear so you can listen to find out! Listen to Thomas talk about Possessor on the latest episode of Talk Film Society! To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to double

After a troubling year, comic book films are returning with Wonder Woman 1984 this week on HBO Max! So, Adam and Thomas are celebrating by taking a look back at the DCEU film series. Warner Bros has had plenty of growing pains from the start of this DCEU continuity with Man Of Steel. Thus, Double Edged Double Bill is covering two specific and very different films to represent the growth. First, Harley Quinn roller blades past Gotham City's underworld in the colorful Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)! Then, the Man of Steel and The Caped Crusader face off in the ambitiously sprawling yet baffling Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice! Together, our duo answer all the crucial questions. How delicious does a Gotham bodega egg and cheese sandwich look? Which sad comic strip character does Superman resemble? Which two films will they choose for next week's big 2020 wrap up episode? Well, fly on over to our Bat Cave and don't you dare say our mother's name so you can listen in to fi

Dogs have been a part of film from the start. So, Double Edged Double Bill is devoting a whole episode to cinematic canines. Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani welcome back a good boy of a guest in the form of The Quietus Breaker: Brother Death author and writer at Lounging Lizard Sam Brutuxan to help dissect two dog movies! First, Lance Henriksen creates a monster dog in Man's Best Friend! Then, Steven Spielberg brings Belgian's favorite boy adventurer and his plucky dog to life in The Adventures of Tintin! Together, our trio answers the most important questions. Why would a dog need to piss acid? Does Tintin feature the best action set piece of all time? What two films will they choose for next week's episode on the DC Extended Universe? Well, let your genetically engineered puppy curl up next to you and listen to our latest rousing adventure now! To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content fo

Meryl Streep is one of the greatest living actresses of all time. Though we're sure she loves her Oscars, her most prestigious honor is being the subject of a Double Edged Double Bill! First, Meryl Streep stretches our her comedic muscles past the limits of the human body in Death Becomes Her! Then, a baffling third Oscar win comes from Meryl Streep doing a silly British voice in The Iron Lady! Together, Adam and Thomas answer the crucial questions. What roll did Meryl really deserve to win her third Oscar for? Why isn't Bruce Willis funny anymore? Which two films will they choose for next week's dog movies episode? Well, drink this magical potion and listen to our Parliament filibuster of an episode to find out!   To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you like the show, please subscribe or rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher! We’re a proud member o

Coming of age films show us how we can transition from childhood to adulthood. This week, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani talk about two coming of age films with the help of returning guest and host of the podcast Have Not Seen This Rafe Telsch! First, it's a whose who of who didn't quite make it in the 2002 gang drama Deuces Wild. Then, Thor Ragnarok director Taika Waititi gives us a heartwarming & funny New Zealand coming of age story with Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Together, our trio answers the crucial questions. Are you truly Italian if you've never seen The Sopranos? Which rapper name also makes for a cute dog name? Which two films will be chosen for next week's episode on Meryl Streep? Well, grease up your hair and walk through the New Zealand mountains with us to find out!   To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you like the show, please subscribe or

Double Edged Double Bill is returning for all the major chills of psychological thrillers! Adam and Thomas welcome back Caitlin Turner of 0%ValueCast to talk about two psychological thrillers. First, Joan Crawford and Bettie Davis square off in the classic showbiz thriller What Ever Happened To Baby Jane! Then, Tom Cruise sees his reality warp around him in the genre bending Vanilla Sky! Together, our trio answers the crucial questions. What is the line between horror and thrillers? Is Vanilla Sky the crucial point of Tom Cruise's entire career? What films will they choose for next week's episode on coming of age films? Well, put on your best Baby Jane dress and dance along to this week's episode to find out! To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you like the show, please subscribe or rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher! We’re a proud member of The E

Criterion is a wonderful home video and streaming service company that specializes in curating artful cinema from around the world. So, Adam, Thomas and returning guest Ryan Corderman discuss two films from the Criterion Collection for a Double Edged Double Bill! First, Warren Beatty cuts hair and beds many a woman in the 1968 set comedy Shampoo. Then, two French women discover a passion for art and each other in Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Together, our trio answers all the crucial questions. What is up with Beatty's wardrobe? What fast food item did Adam put down while watching Portrait of a Lady on Fire? Which two films will be chosen for next week's episode on psychological thrillers? Well, grab your closest glass of chardonnay and take some sips while you listen to find out! To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you like the show, please subscribe or rate u

Recently, we lost a cinematic titan in the form of Sir Sean Connery. The incredible star power of Connery helped shape the world of pop culture with James Bond and an overall career that spans over 50 decades. Now, Adam and Thomas are taking a look at his career with two of his more bizarre genre choices. First, Sean Connery cracks down a drug ring at a mining colony on the moon of Jupiter in Outland. Then, Sean Connery wears red underwear and encounters some surreal craziness in Zardoz. Together, our duo answers all the crucial questions. How did a Scotsman and a British woman produce a poorly dubbed American boy? Can anyone truly decipher Zardoz? What films will be chosen for next week's episode on The Criterion Collection? Well, embrace the floating head in the sky and listen to this episode to find out!   To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you like the s

Election Day is upon us in the US. So, Double Edged Double Bill is taking a break from the chaos by watching two films about fictional cinematic presidents. First, Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken has to save the very British president Donald Pleasance in John Carpenter's classic Escape From New York! Then, Harrison Ford has to get Russian terrorists off his titular plane in Air Force One. Together, Adam and Thomas answer all the vital questions. How elaborate is Snake's lower tattoo? Is Air Force One secretly a Quantum Leap movie? Which two films will they choose for next week's episode about the late Sir Sean Connery? Well, do your civic duty and listen to this episode while you're in line to vote to find out!   To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you like the show, please subscribe or rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher! We’re a proud member of T

Halloween season is ending and Double Edged Double Bill wraps things up on a gross note! Tonight, Adam and Thomas dedicate an episode to two films from director David Cronenberg. A Canadian filmmaker known for unsettling body horror and extremely horny fascination. First, a parasite spreads a zombie sex drive disease in Shivers. Then, Jeremy Irons plays twin gynecologists who go from prestige medicine men to drug addict mad men in Dead Ringers. Together, our duo answers all the crucial questions. What species from Canada is currently mad at Adam? How good can literal cinematic trash be? Which two films will they choose for next week's episode about fictional presidents? Well, sink your special instruments into this episode and make your way through the apartment halls to find out! To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you like the show, please subscribe or

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre revolutionized the horror genre. Somehow, it became a weird franchise. Now, it's a horror series Double Edged Double Bill is taking a look at this spooky season! Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani welcome horror culture writer Tiffany Blem to take a look at two odd Leatherface adventures. First, Tobe Hooper returns to warp the grounded horror of the original into a brazen carnival geek show with Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Then, New Line Cinema tries to turn our face wearing country boy into the new box office horror cash cow with Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III! Together, our trio answers the crucial questions. How does Dennis Hopper juggle so many chainsaws? Is Viggo Mortensen eternally hot? Which two films will they choose for next week's episode about David Cronenberg? Well, rev up your chainsaws and cut deep into this episode to find out!   To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Pa

Vincent Price hasn't been with us for decades, but he's still giving us frights to this day! This week, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani welcome back Christian Alvarez to pay tribute to an icon of horror this spooky season. First, Vincent Price cashes in a check near the end of his career as the host of a mean and poorly put together anthology film From a Whisper to a Scream. Then, Vincent Price delivers perhaps the performance of his career as a brutal man out to prosecute "witches" in Witchfinder General. Together, our trio answers some crucial questions. Does Weekend at Bernie's have a secret prequel? What is the true horror of witchcraft? Which two films will they choose for next week's episode on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise? Well, open up your book of weird horror stories and tune in to find out! Hear Thomas talk about Babe on the Why This Film Podcast! To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get

Vampires in film kicks off the spooky season for Double Edged Double Bill! Adam and Thomas welcome back writer, podcast and vampire enthusiast Ale Gonzalez from Seequels to talk two very different films featuring the creatures of the night. First, three alluring blood thirsty vampires seductively fight off aging in Tony Scott's erotic thriller The Hunger. Then, Gerard Butler attempts to bring history's most famous vampire into the new millennium to lesser results with Dracula 2000! Together, our trio answers some crucial questions on the tip of everyone's fangs. What happens when you mix film noir and goth culture in your vampire film? Is there a worse Dracula film than Dracula 2000? What two films will they choose for next week's Vincent Price episode? Well, put on your Matrix trench coat and pick up some headphones at your nearest Virgin Records to find out!   Hear Adam talk about The Last Starfighter on the Why This Film Podcast! To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedbac

This week, Double Edged Double Bill travels to Europe! Specifically, Adam and Thomas are celebrating films from Spain. First, our heroes suffer through the grueling E.T. rip off Extraterrestrial Visitors. Or, as Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans may know it, Pod People! Then, an intense debate begins over the merits of prolific Spain filmmaker Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In. Together, our heroes answer crucial questions. Is Trumpy the alien just a reuse of an Ewok? How good of a Dr. Frankenstein type is Antonio Banderas? What two films will they choose for next week's episode on vampires to kick off the spooky October season? Well, sit back and hear the engines roll now to find out!   To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you like the show, please subscribe or rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher! We’re a proud member of The ESO Network, alongs

This week, Double Edged Double Bill is returning to Japan with a special episode on anime. Adam and Thomas aren't otakus by any stretch, but they've sought the help of previous guest and anime super fan Yonathan Habtemichael to help dissect this diverse and plentiful medium. First, they take a look at the highly influential action/sci-fi film Ghost in the Shell! Then, a thoughtful look back at the massive cultural phenomenon that was Pocket Monsters with Pokemon: The First Movie! Together, our trio answers all the important questions. Does John Cena owe his invisibility to anime? What is the upsetting canon backstory of Mewtwo? What two films will they choose for next week's episode on the cinema of Spain? Well, release this episode from your Pokeball to find out! To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you like the show, please subscribe or rate us on Apple Podca

Peter Jackson made two trilogies, so he's bound to survive a Double Edged Double Bill! This week, Adam and Thomas bring along editor-in-chief of Talk Film Society Marcelo Pico to journey through two Peter Jackson films. First, high praise is abound for the infamously gory zombie film Braindead. Then, Peter Jackson attempts to cram 500 different films into 2 hours with The Lovely Bones to middling results. Together, our trio answers all the crucial questions. Do we have a zombie baby to thank for Frodo Baggins' height? How does Mark Wahlberg give off sad puppy dog energy? Which two films will they choose for next week's episode on anime films? Well, grab your lawnmower and get ready to cut through this episode to find out! To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you like the show, please subscribe or rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher! We’re a pro

Happy Birthday Adam Sandler! From his Saturday Night Live roots to his modern Netflix stardom, there's a much more nuanced comedic journey to the Sandman than most folks would give him credit for. In honor of the comedic powerhouse turning 54 this week, Adam, Thomas and special guest Scott Johnson are taking a look at his highly contested career. First, the gang takes a look at Adam Sandler turning to the dramatic for the first time in Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch Drunk Love. Then, the boys drag their feet through the cinematic low of Jack & Jill. Together, our trio answers the crucial questions. Did JJ Abrams steal his lens flares from Paul Thomas Anderson? What is the worst Adam Sandler film? Which two films will they choose for next week's episode on Peter Jackson? Well, take a listen to our harmonium of an episode to find out!   To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $

2020 is rough so let's time travel through the history of movies past! Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani bring along Marcus Wilturner to adjust the flux capacitor so they can make sense of two very different movies about time travel. First, Ethan Hawke is a time traveling cop out to fix a very strange paradox at all costs in the extremely twisty Predestination. Then, animated dinosaurs travel to 1993 New York to dance, sing and do all sorts of other insane things for no discernible reason in We're Back a Dinosaur Story. Together, our trio answers crucial questions. Can you close a time loop? Are circus owners with screw eyes and brain altering drugs all that bad? What films will they choose for next week's episode on Adam Sandler? Well, roll back the rock and tune into the latest Double Edged Double Bill to find out!   To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you

Double Edged Double Bill is diving into an intimidating director! This week, Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani take a look at two films from legendary director Stanley Kubrick. First, a dark stab at the comedy genre Dr. Strangelove (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb) in which Stanley Kubrick makes nuclear holocaust hilarious. Then, the passion project Kubrick never got to finish and his friend Steven Spielberg got to finish for him A.I. Artificial Intelligence which has been forgotten yet may just be a secret masterpiece. Together, our duo answers crucial questions. Are Jim Varney and George C. Scott secretly related? Is Jude Law a leading man or handsome character actor? Which two films will they choose for next week's episode on time travel films? Well, grab your cowboy hat and ride the bomb down your earholes to find out! To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for

Double Edged Double Bill is howling at the Full Moon this week! Adam Thomas and Thomas Mariani are taking a look at two films from the odd world of Charles Band and his production company Full Moon Features! First, a puppeteer uses his sentient creations to seek revenge in the best entry from Full Moon's flagship franchise with Puppet Master: Toulon's Revenge! Then, Charles Band tries to avoid Marvel copyright claims with his take on sorcerer superheroes Dr. Mordrid! Together, our duo answers crucial questions. How long can two dorks talk about the 14 Puppet Master movies? Can a sorcerer landlord fix a sink? Which two films will they choose for next week's episode on Stanley Kubrick? Well, wave your sorcerer hands around and hear these two puppets gab right now to find out! To stay up to date, follow us on Twitter @DEDBpod or Facebook. Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe to our Patreon to get exclusive content for just $1 a month! If you like the show, please subscribe or rate us