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Diminished Returns - The Movie Podcast About Sequels, Prequels, Spin-offs and Reboots

A comedy podcast about sequels, prequels, spin-offs and reboots. Expect dumb jokes and Scottish accents. Hosted by a comedian (Chris) and an former roadie, (Allen), the show is split between 'franchise' episodes (about a particular film or series of films) and 'non-franchise' episodes where we talk, sequel news, trailers and recommendations.
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Now displaying: October, 2020
Oct 31, 2020

Our Halloween special is the first of two episodes on Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles adaptations, we talk 1994's star laden, Interview With The Vampire.

In this episode

-A triangle of 90s hotties: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Antonio Banderas

-Lil' Kirsten Dunst

-What makes a good vampire?

-Was Christian Slater even listening?

-and we take Sting to task. Even though he has nothing to do with this film.

Remind yourself of the film here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interview_with_the_Vampire_(film)

And yes, in two weeks time our next episode will indeed be Queen Of The Damned, where the vampire Lestat returns...

We are an independent podcast, so please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts and recommend the show to your friends.

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Contact email DiminishedPod@gmail.com

Oct 19, 2020

This is one of our non-franchise episodes, where instead of talking about a particular film or series of films, we talk sequel news, trailers and whatever the hell we want. 

In this episode:

-James Bond delays

-Mortal Kombat

-David Duchovny's music career

-and Chris vents about Yesterday

Trailer Talk

-Rebecca

-The Craft: Legacy

-The Witches

-Halloween Kills

We are an independent podcast, so please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts and recommend the show to your friends.

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Oct 12, 2020

A short 'deleted scene' from our last episode on Cruel Intentions.

Join us as we talk about that film's soundtrack and the popularity of 90s film soundtrack albums.

We are an independent podcast, so please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts and recommend the show to your friends.

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Contact email DiminishedPod@gmail.com

 

Oct 5, 2020

The 90s saw a teen adaptation gold rush. Amongst these, Cruel Intentions, a modern update of the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, (famously adapted as the John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer and Glenn Close starring Dangerous Liasons) has attained cult status.  How does it hold up?

In this episode:

-Sarah Michelle Geller suggests what? 

-Ryan Phillipe's Diary Of Dirty Kid

-Reece Witherspoon's good girl and Selma Blair's hilarious girl 

-A deep dive into the career of writer director Roger Kumble

-And a deep dive into the wiki pages of...well, a few things.

Remind yourself of the film here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruel_Intentions

We are an independent podcast, so please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts and recommend the show to your friends.

Find us @DiminishedPod on Twitter, Facebook and Insta.

Contact email DiminishedPod@gmail.com

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