The Recommendation Game

Dec 29 2024 213 ep. 56 mins 35
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A bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given. Orla McNelis and Ricardo Deakin, Dublin and Toronto.

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Episode 214: The Haunting

Dec 29 2024 59 mins  
The Haunting (1963) directed by Robert Wise. When Dr John Markway, a scientist, invites Eleanor and Theodora to the ancient Hill House to investigate reports of paranormal activities in the mansion, things start getting out of hand. This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then

Episode 213: The Fifth Seal

Nov 04 2024 59 mins  
The Fifth Seal (1976) directed by Zoltán Fábri. In 1944 Budapest, one of a group of four friends poses a hypothetical moral question to the others, an act that will unexpectedly alter their lives forever. This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoi

Episode 212: Whisper Of The Heart

Sep 09 2024 59 mins  
WEDDING WEEK EPISODE!! Whisper of the Heart (1995) directed by Yoshifumi Kondō. Based on the manga with the same title, this animated film follows Shizuku, an inquisitive young girl and a voracious reader, who longs to be a writer when she grows up. One day she notices that all of her library books have previously been taken out by one Seiji Amasawa. Amid chasing after a large c

Episode 211: A Brighter Summer Day

Jul 15 2024 59 mins  
A Brighter Summer Day (1991) directed by Edward Yang. The intricacies of young love, masculinity, and identity are illuminated through the eyes of a 14-year-old Taiwanese boy as he moves through a pivotal era in his life. This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to d

Episode 210: Red River

Jun 03 2024 54 mins  
Red River (1948) directed by Howard Hawks. Headstrong Thomas Dunson (John Wayne) starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot (Walter Brennan), and his protégé, Matt Garth (Montgomery Clift), an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri,

Episode 209: The Holdovers

May 20 2024 57 mins  
The Holdovers (2023) directed by Alexander Payne. A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War. This is The Recommendation Game

Episode 208: The Mitchells Vs. The Machines

Mar 11 2024 57 mins  
The Mitchells Vs. The Machines (2021) directed by Michael Rianda This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given. We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla McNelis, two filmy types who love waffling. Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio every second Mond

Episode 207: The Beasts

Feb 12 2024 59 mins  
The Beasts (2022) directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen. A French couple move to a Galician town in search of a closer relationship with nature. However, a conflict with their neighbours, the Anta brothers, causes tensions to grow until the situation reaches a point of no return. This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the

Episode 206: The Count Of Monte Cristo

Jan 15 2024 60 mins  
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) directed by Kevin Reynolds. Special guest episode!! Eileen joins us for 00's delights. May I steal your wife?... for the DANCE. The classic story of an innocent man wrongly, but deliberately imprisoned and his brilliant strategy for revenge against those who betrayed him. Dashing young sailor Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is a guileless and honest

Episode 205: Psycho 2

Dec 04 2023 57 mins  
Psycho 2 (1983) directed by Richard Franklin. Two decades after the original murders at the Bates Motel, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) completes his treatment at a mental institution and returns home to find his hotel run down under the management of Warren Toomey (Dennis Franz). Despite a new friendship with a waitress (Meg Tilly) and a job busing tables at a diner, Norman begin