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Second Take Cinema

Impala Films

Impala Films presents Second Take Cinema, a movie review podcast in which indie filmmakers give a second chance to films they've seen previously and try to see the good in the bad, the flaws in the good and see if some films can be improved with minor changes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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S4 · E6
Thursday · 36 min
Iron Man 2: Great Sequel or Playing It Safe?
Jamie and Rory go back to the MCU as they take a look at the second Iron Man movie and ask the question; did this film move the story along at all? Did it play things too safe?
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S4 · E5
August 20 · 50 min
Sorcerer: The Worst Titling Blunder In Film History?
Jamie and Rory take a look at the poorly-named Sorcerer which is actually an American remake of the French movie The Wages of Fear which we covered back in season 1. Poorly received on release, Sorcerer underwent a critical re-evaluation and many film...
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S4 · E4
August 13 · 45 min
Raiders Of The Lost Ark: A Story With An Inefficient Protagonist
On this week's episode of Second Take Cinema the gang take a look at one of the most famous movies of the 1980s; Raiders Of The Lost Ark. With Steven Spielberg and George Lucas running the show and Harrison Ford in the leading performance, Raiders...
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S4 · E3
August 6 · 57 min
No Country For Old Men: Post-Modern Masterpiece or Bad Writing?
Things get heated on this week's episode of Second Take Cinema as the gang discuss the movie usually regarded as the Coen Brothers' Magnum Opus: No Country For Old Men. Is it a genius post-modern deconstruction of all of the narrative tropes Hollywood...
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S4 · E2
July 30 · 48 min
Apocalypse Now: The Worst Movie In The World?
We're finally doing it! One of the movies that inspired the creation of Second Take Cinema; Apocalypse Now. Often hailed as one of the greatest movies of all time, Jamie saw this movie at University and absolutely hated it. If you've ever listened to...
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S4 · E1
July 23 · 1 hr 45 min
The Odyssey - Is Looking Back To The Past The Future Of Cinema?
A brand new season of Second Take Cinema is here and our fourth season kicks off with an unusual episode for us in that we aren't discussing an old movie to see if it still holds up but rather a brand new movie in Christopher Nolan's epic retelling of...
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S3 · E30
May 28 · 1 hr 19 min
Back To The Future (Listener Request Month)
It's the end of season 3 and the end of listener request month here on Second Take Cinema! For this entry we're going to Luke in Chelmsford who asked us to look back at this highly regarded 80s sci-fi movie and give it a second take. How well does...
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S3 · E29
May 21 · 43 min
The Last Dragon (Listener Request Month)
An obscure cult film from the 1980s, The Last Dragon is a mash-up of hip hop music with martial arts, produced by music legend and founder of Motown Berry Gordy. It's an unusual film that, whilst not good cinema in the traditional sense certainly has...
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S3 · E28
May 14 · 59 min
28 Days Later (Listener Request Month)
Listener request month continues with Danny Boyle's low budget indie horror hit 28 Days Later which helped revive the zombie genre in the early 2000s and has gone on to spawn a franchise (28 Months Later and 28 Years Later). Jamie has seen this film...
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S3 · E27
May 7 · 41 min
Cube (Listener Request Month)
Requested by listener Tierra in Wisconsin, USA this week Rory and Jamie was watching cult Sci-Fi indie movie "Cube." A group of strangers wake up in a steel cube with no recollection of how they got there or how they know one another. Every subsequent...
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S3 · E26
April 30 · 49 min
Batman Begins (Listener Request Month)
It's the start of listener request month (or listener requests for slightly more than a month) and first up is Batman Begins! The start of Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, listener Craig claims this is the best film in the trilogy but Jamie has always...
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S3 · E25
April 23 · 1 hr 46 min
Double Bill: Moonwalker & Spice World
We wrap up season 3 of Second Take Cinema with a pair of movies made by musicians! Moonwalker is the vanity project by Michael Jackson at the height of his fame (and arguably madness). Rejecting narrative and traditional filmmaking in favour of a...
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S3 · E24
April 16 · 59 min
The Devil's Rejects
On this week's episode of Second Take Cinema the boys return to the work of Mr Robert Zombie with his second ever movie "The Devil's Rejects." Jamie saw this movie when he was 14 and has maintained that this is the best movie in Rob Zombie's...
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S3 · E23
April 9 · 1 hr 1 min
The Incredible Hulk
After a stunning start with Iron Man, the MCU hit a misstep early on with its second movie out the gate; The Incredible Hulk. Or did it? The film has a mixed reaction and the lead actor Edward Norton was famously replaced by Mark Ruffalo going...
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S3 · E22
April 2 · 1 hr
Glengarry Glen Ross
Based on the popular play and featuring a cast of massive names including Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Jack Lemmon and Ed Harris this is a contained movie about salesman facing the chop if they can't reach the increasingly high targets set by their...
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S3 · E21
March 26 · 47 min
The Terminator
On this week's episode of Second Take Cinema we take a look back at this sci-fi classic from 1984, the film that put so many of the people involved on the map; director James Cameron as well as stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael...
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S3 · E20
March 19 · 50 min
Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Wow, we recorded this episode literally almost about a year and a half ago and due to some schedule changes never got around to releasing it. The boys are joined by Kirk Redgate, indie filmmaker and George Romero fan to discuss the OG zombie...
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S3 · E19
March 12 · 48 min
Strangers On A Train
The boys are joined by special guest David Gardner (the voice of Karl Trevino) on this weeks episode of Second Take Cinema as they take a look back at this Alfred Hitchcock classic which sees two strangers plan the "perfect" murder; by swapping...
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S3 · E18
March 5 · 1 hr
The Blair Witch Project
This indie film was a juggernaut in the late 90s and is usually credited as being the film that first mainstreamed the "found footage" subgenre. Since release it's been a divisive movie with some audiences finding the lack of anything happening dull...
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S3 · E17
February 26 · 36 min
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This week we're talking about the Sandman, no not the Neil Gaiman Netflix show but Adam Sandler. It's undeniable that Sandler has built a lengthy career in Hollywood although the quality of that career is up for discussion. On today's episode Jamie...
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