Welcome to episode 7 of Reel History ! Well this week we were eager to find out “how does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower- Somehow defeat a global superpower?” 🤔 So naturally our gaze couldn’t help being drawn to the phenomenal smash hit “Hamilton – An American Musical” (2015) ! Who…
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Are you prepared for glory? Well you better get prepared because this week we’re discussing King Leonidas and the brave 300! Frank Miller’s famous comic book gets the Zack Snyder treatment and turns the Greco-Persian wars into a rock’n’roll soap opera where semi-naked men slaughter wave after wave of demons from the East. But who…
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Welcome to episode five of Reel History! This week we (well mainly Mark to be honest) take a critical sledgehammer to Joe Wright’s 2017 semi-historical drama “Darkest Hour” (available now on Netflix). Written by Anthony McCarten and set in early 1940, it provides a glimpse into the chaotic life and whiskey-soaked times of that quintessentially…
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This week we tackle Michael’s favourite subject – the Crusades. Yes, we’re discussing Ridley Scott’s flawed epic “Kingdom of Heaven.” from 2005. Join us as we discuss the events often described as a clash of civilisations, when religious fervor and ethnic allegiances led to the rise and fall of kingdoms and the siege of the…
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Welcome to episode three of Reel History! This week we delve head first into the paranoid pressure cooker of Stalin’s Soviet Union as we feast our eyes on the comedic pantomime that is Armando Lannucci’s “The Death of Stalin“ (2017). Based on the graphic novel “La Mort de Staline” by Fabien Nury & Thierry Robin…
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Welcome to episode two of Reel History! On this podcast we talk about historical movies and TV, anything that claims to be based on a true story, and we check- how bad they mess it up? What was life actually like during that time period? This week we watched Gladiator (2000) starring Russel Crowe as…
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Here we go, the home stretch, the final Sopranos season premiere of the run. Jim and Jakob go on a ride that starts with the past coming back to haunt Tony in the form of a tossed gun and hollow point bullets and travels to a lake side cabin with an important game of Monopoly….
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This is it! Just in time for Thanksgiving we have the Season 6A finale that spans the holiday season! Jim is pretty down on this episode as he has issues trying to separate it from being a “season finale”, we discuss the season as a whole and where things are going from here as we…
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Welcome to the first episode of Reel History! On this podcast we talk about historical movies and TV, anything that claims to be based on a true story, and we check – how bad did they mess it up? What was life actually like during that time period? We’ve watched Netflix’s The King (2019), starring…
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The Sopranos Season 6A is winding down and it seems like we have seen the last of poor Vito, meanwhile Carmella has an awakening overseas. Join Jim and Jakob as we gear up for the home stretch and head toward the ending of The Sopranos What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow….
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