239 - Review of the Year 2020: Part II (with Calvin Dyson)

Guest: Calvin Dyson

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We're so nearly there... 2020 is nearly over. But first, we need to have a frank discussion about Peninsula, Tremors: Shrieker Island, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Tenet, Bill & Ted Face the Music, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run and Mank... in that order. Also: a fun music quiz. Who will win? Allen or Calvin?

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Films covered in this episode:
Peninsula
Allen: ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: n/s
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 55%

Tremors: Shrieker Island
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: n/s
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 65%

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Allen: ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 70%

Tenet
Allen: ✰ ✰
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 60%

Bill & Ted Face the Music
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Calvin: n/s
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 65%

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Allen: ✰ ✰
Calvin: n/s
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 55%

Mank
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Calvin: n/s
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 65%

218 - The Christopher Nolan Season Rises (with Gareth Allen)

Guest: Gareth Allen

Films covered in this episode:
The Dark Knight Rises
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Gareth: ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰
Overall score: 53%

Interstellar
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Gareth: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 84%

Dunkirk
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Gareth: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 73%

Christopher Nolan Season comes to a thrilling and much-better-thought-through conclusion than The Dark Knight Rises with this: "The Christopher Nolan Season Rises", a look at the third Nolan Batman movie, Interstellar and an in-depth look at Dunkirk (following us touching on it in our 2018 Oscars episode, where we covered all of the Best Picture nominees).

Gareth Allen joins us to lend a third voice among the split opinions that dominate this episode.

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217 - The Christopher Nolan Season (with Emily Slade)

Guest: Emily Slade

Films covered in this episode:
The Prestige
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Emily: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 80%

The Dark Knight
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Emily: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 88%

Inception
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 90%

Diminishing Returns continue their exploration of Christopher Nolan's filmography with the help of Emily Slade, on hand to guide them through The Prestige, The Dark Knight and Inception.

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216 - Christopher Nolan Season Begins (with Paul Brear)

Guest: Paul Brear

Films covered in this episode:
Following
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Brear: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 74%

Memento.
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Brear: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 90%

Insomnia (1997)
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Brear: n/s
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 65%

Insomnia (2000)
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Brear: ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 67%

Batman Begins
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Brear: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 78%

Our hotly anticipated Christopher Nolan Season launches with a look at the first third of his career, comprising of Following, Memento., Insomnia and Batman Begins.

Paul Brear joins us for a discussion that also spans the chronological cut of Memento. and the original, 1997 version of Insomnia, of which Nolan's film was a remake.

Listen, then come back next week for The Prestige, The Dark Knight and Inception!

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