The podcast where film-fans Allen Turing and Sol Harris take a weekly journey to Development Hell to discuss a film, then pitch their ideas for the sequel.
Guest: Calvin Dyson
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It's an exciting week at Diminishing Returns as we're joined by Calvin Dyson to finally discuss Casino Royale. Will this be the James Bond movie to win over Sol and Allen?
Guest: Calvin Dyson
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It's time for our annual Diminishing Returns Easter Special where we take a look at a piece of religious cinema. We let Patreon choose the film we'd cover and they wanted The Wicker Man. We threw in the awkward spiritual sequel The Wicker Tree as well, because we're nice like that. There's even talk of the unmade third Wicker Man movie, The Wrath of the Gods.
Films covered in this episode:
The Wicker Man (1973)
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 77%
The Wicker Tree
Allen: ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰
Sol: ✰ ½
Overall score: 27%
Guest: Calvin Dyson and Japanese Bond
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To celebrate our landmark 250th episode, we let our Patreon-subscribers decide which film we should cover again (out of everything in our first 200 episodes). They wanted us to do You Only Live Twice... twice.
Films covered in this episode:
You Only Live Twice
Allen: ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 60%
Guest: James Perkins
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We technically covered King Kong vs. Godzilla back during our King Kong episode in 2017 (episode #40) but Godzilla set an early precedent for "raiding again" and so, this week, we're joined by film-maker and critic, James Perkins, for an enthusiastic Diminishing Returns kaiju-konversation©.
We had to do something what with Godzilla vs. Kong coming out later this month!
Films covered in this episode:
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Allen: ✰ ✰ ½
James: ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 50%
Guest: Gareth Allen
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The first of many 2020 Coronavirus time-capsule episodes where we covered a film tying into a new release, only for the film to be yanked from the schedule at the last minute. This time, it's our Coming to America episode, tying into Coming 2 America, which is out on Amazon Prime Video this week.
Films covered in this episode:
Coming to America
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Gareth: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 80%
Guest: Kiel O’Shea
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Fight choreographer and stage-combat instructor, Kiel O'Shea, stops by to help Diminishing Returns dissect Ridley Scott's Gladiator.
Films covered in this episode:
Gladiator
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Kiel: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 70%
Guest: The British Sitcom History Podcast (Allen Turing & Gareth Allen)
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What is this? A crossover episode? Yes.
Diminishing Returns collides with The British Sitcom History Podcast this week, with a look at the 1972 film spin-off of classic sitcom Steptoe and Son.
Films covered in this episode:
Steptoe and Son (1972)
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Gareth: ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 57%
Guest: Calvin Dyson
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It's Valentine's Day so things are about to get sexy. But it's also a Kubrick episode so things are probably also about to get cold and meticulous and obsessive. Phwoar!
Films covered in this episode:
Eyes Wide Shut
Allen: ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 60%
Guest: Alana Johnston
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Diminishing Returns are joined by Alana Johnston to tackle the divisive WW84 (or Wonder Woman 1984, depending on who you ask). To quote Alana: "It's a wild ride".
Films covered in this episode:
WW84
Alana: ✰ ✰ ½
Allen: ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 57%
Guest: Calvin Dyson
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We forgot to delay our episode when Escape Room 2's release got delayed from this week, so screw it. Here's an episode about Escape Room featuring Calvin!
Films covered in this episode:
Escape Room
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 68%
Guest: Dallas Campbell
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We're keeping things highbrow, this year, as we follow last week's Kes episode with an episode (finally) tackling the enigma that is Werner Herzog. Joining us to look at his 1977 film, Stroszek, is one of our most exciting guests to date: Herzog-expert, Dallas Campbell!
Films covered in this episode:
Stroszek
Allen: ✰ ✰
Dallas: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 67%
Guests: Tossed Popcorn (Lianna Holston & Siena Jeakle)
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We're joined by Lianna Holston and Siena Jeakle of Tossed Popcorn (formerly Frankly, My Dear), a podcast where two people who don't watch movies watch their way through the AFI Top 100.
Given that we're British, we thought we'd subject them to something from the BFI Top 100, instead, so here we are: Ken Loach's classic slice of social realist drama, Kes.
Films covered in this episode:
Kes
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Lianna: ✰
Siena: ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 48%
Guest: Calvin Dyson, Scott Chambers, Gareth Allen and Judey Bignell
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Introducing Wandy Newman Sings Diminishing Returns, the brand new album featuring never-before-heard outtakes from past Diminishing Returns recording sessions!
