202 - This Is England (with Thomas Turgoose and Andrew Ellis)

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Guests: Thomas Turgoose and Andrew Ellis

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It’s a very special week at Diminishing Returns as we welcome the hosts of Overrated Everything podcast for a crossover! Did we mention that the hosts of Overrated Everything are Thomas Turgoose and Andrew Ellis who played Shaun and Gadet in This Is England? We probably should have done, because that's the film we're covering this week... We're also looking at the three miniseries follow-ups This Is England '86, '88 and '90 and, as always, chatting about the possibility of another sequel…

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Films (and TV) covered in this episode:

This Is England
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 100%

Note: score was subsequently revised when Calvin added his rating in our first live episode

This Is England ‘86
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 90%

This Is England ‘88
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 75%

This Is England ‘90
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 75%

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74 - Podcast of Horror II: The Blair Witch Project (with Ed Sanchez)

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Guest: Ed Sanchez

Films covered in this episode:

The Blair Witch Project
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 87%

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Allen: ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰
Overall score: 34%

Blair Witch
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 74%

 

It's the 2nd Diminishing Returns Halloween special!

We've done this two years running, so it's now officially an annual tradition. Celebrate with us by listening as we discuss and review The Blair Witch Project, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 and 2016's Blair Witch (the third one with a similar name to the first one).

Not only do we do the usual thing of pitching our own ideas for what the next sequel should be, but we also listen to some audio clips from the DVD commentaries and we take the time to chat to Ed Sanchez (who directed the first film with Daniel Myrick). Ed offers some fantastic insight into how the film was made, what he's been up to since and drops some hints about the possible future of the franchise.

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Diminishing Returns Halloween specials:
2016 - "Halloween"
2017 - "The Blair Witch Project"