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DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better

The comedy podcast where four long suffering friends dissect film’s most dastardly schemes, and then compete to improve those diabolical plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

tv & film film reviews

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Episode 12: The Truman Show

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/09/19

“Full of holes like fleshy Swiss cheese in a pool of ruby red fondue” The panel of peril turn off their Elk Rotary lawnmower, crack open a Penn Pavel’s Beer and settle in to watch 1998’s The Truman Show. We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. The Truman Show was a bizarrely prescient satire released just before the first series of Big Brother in which Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) slowly comes to realise that he is the

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51:17

Episode 11: Willow

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/09/12

“This is just like a dark Look Who’s Talking” The panel of peril are comin’ for ya like Elora as we travel to a magical land to chat about 1988’s Willow. We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. Willow was George Lucas’s major foray into the world of fantasy as he produced and has a story credit on Ron Howard’s film. A visual epic with an intimate story, Willow tells the tale of the child Elora who is prophesied to be

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50:17

Episode 10: Speed

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/09/05

“You can’t just cast Jack Lemmon in everything” The panel of peril alight one of those special cinema buses that I’ve just invented to watch and then chat about 1994’s Speed. We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. Speed was one of the breakout hits of ’94 and established both Keanu Reeves as an action star, and director Jan De Bont as a hot commodity on the Hollywood action scene. Speed is an economical, hostage

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38:19

Episode 9: The Invisible Man

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/08/29

“It’s ephemeral, you can’t touch it” The panel of peril know what’s up, and what’s up is having a good old chinwag about The Invisible Man from nouveau horror maestro Leigh Whannell. We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. Released in 2020, The Invisible Man retools HG Wells literary classic for the modern age as a tale of spousal abuse, mental health abuse and technology gone wrong. But don’t worry, it’s actually a

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29:26

Episode 8: Team America World Police

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/08/22

“Does it pass mustard?” Removing their tiny hands from the Washington Veterans’ Memorial, the panel of peril valmorphanise to their landmark bases to discuss Team America: World Police. We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. Released in 2004, Team America takes satirical aim at the culture of celebrities interjecting themselves into high-level world politics, action movie cliches, American exceptionalism, and the

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37:41

Episode 7: Batman (1966)

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/08/15

“I think Adam West was getting it all over” The panel of peril take a short break from obsessively labelling everything in their stately manor to talk 1966’s absurd classic Batman The Movie. We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. Batman The Movie was released between season 1 and 2 of the television series in order to boost overseas sales, and sees the Rogue’s Gallery team up to take on Batman and Robin. Adam West

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35:46

Episode 6: The Campaign

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/08/08

“If Gaz, Ben and I are agreed on something which you’re not then you’re basically wrong” The panel of peril take a break from supervising Filipino tilt-a-whirl operators to discuss Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis’s The Campaign. We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. Released in 2012, The Campaign was directed by comedy powerhouse Jay Roach and takes aim at the corruption and inherent preposterousness of big-time

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35:31

Episode 5: Big Trouble In Little China

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/08/01

“Have you ever had trifle at a Chinese restaurant?” A fantastical wire-fu battle rages as the panel of peril tries to watch this week’s film, John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China. We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. Released in 1986, Big Trouble In Little China marks the fourth collaboration between fan favourite director-actor duo John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. Also starring Dennis Dun, James Hong and

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29:59

Episode 4: Get Out

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/07/25

"I've had a good look and our following is 87% MAGA" The panel of peril have convened at a bucolic country home to watch this week’s film, 2017’s modern masterpiece Get Out. We then try to improve upon the villains’ diabolical plan for the privilege of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. Written and directed by Jordan Peele and starring Daniel Kaluuya, Alison Williams, Bradley Whitford and Catherine Keener, Get Out is one of the films that helped popularise the social horror sub genre,

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26:42

Episode 3: Ace Ventura Pet Detective

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/07/18

“Like a reverse version of The Bill” The panel of peril are back, back, back! This week’s episode has us take in the sights and sounds of Jim Carrey’s breakthrough film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. Directed by comedy maestro Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Dan Marino and Sean Young, this is the film that gave birth to a career of fully sanctioned

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Episode 2: Demolition Man

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/07/11

“I’m wearing more kimonos now than I was in 1993” The panel of peril have convened once again to discuss the dystopian sci fi, action film Demolition Man (1993). We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. Directed by Marco Brambilla and starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock and Sir Nigel Hawthorne (!), they certainly don’t make them like this anymore. See the trailer here

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Episode 1: Goldfinger

DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better ·

2022/07/04

"So it's a suicide mission?" The inaugural meeting of the panel of peril has us chatting about 1964’s quintessential James Bond flick Goldfinger. We then try to improve upon the villain’s diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week’s film and hosting the pod. Directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman and Harold Sakata. See the trailer here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA65V-oLKa8 ********PLOT SPOILER ALERT******** Goldfinger plans to irradiate Fort

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Diabolical Podcast

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2022/06/24

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