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The Pod Charles Cinecast

The Prince Charles Cinema

The official podcast of The Prince Charles Cinema in London! Consider this an audio guide to the programme of your favourite independent cinema, as told by the people who help run the place.

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01:16:18

Halfway to 300

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/08/17

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas take a break from the front of the War season to celebrate a very special occasion – our 150th Episode!What better way to celebrate the halfway point to Episode 300, than to talk about Zack Snyder's gritty and full of machismo 2006 adaptation of Frank Miller's 300! Half of it, anyway...See you in 150 episodes...If you enjoy the podcast, leave a Rating and Review! It really helps

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15:44

Young Sheldon-verse : S1.E1. - Pilot

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/08/10

Due to an emergency with Fil that prevented us from recording Episode 150, there will be no episode of The Pod Charles Cinecast this week. But, you won't be left empty-handed, as Jonathan has a special treat in store for you all...It's the pilot episode for YOUNG SHELDON-VERSE!Don't miss this informative breakdown on what Jonathan thinks makes this The Big Bang Theory spin-off one of the best series around. Listen as Jonathan covers his experiences of dealing with the loss of his favourite

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01:24:54

False patriotism on the Paths of Glory

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/08/03

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas find themselves enlisted in the French Army during the height of World War 1. Stuck in the trenches trying to avoid the deadly mustard gas, the pair decide to record a podcast.It's Week 1 of our new arc – WAR, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?... HOLLYWOOD MOVIES – where we will be talking all things war movies and war adjacent over the next 8 or 9 weeks. We'll be kicking things off, as we

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01:19:07

Boy meets world

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/07/27

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas travel to New Zealand to deal with our daddy issues, in Taika Waititi's BOY.It's our second week of taking it easy and talking about our feel good movies, and Jon has picked this incredibly funny, sweet, and at times brutally sad 2010 coming-of-age film for his feel good flick. Nostalgic and warm, Boy is a film that centres around youthful optimism. Following the story of a young

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01:45:25

Feeling good in the Spider-verse

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/07/20

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas step into the Spider-verse and find themselves surrounded by a bunch of wacky versions of the classic Marvel superhero Spider-Man.We've spent too much time as of late thinking about lack of progress in life and what really are Midichlorians; so on doctor's orders, we will be keeping it nice and easy the next two weeks.Tune in, as we will be talking about some films that we love,

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02:40:52

Star Wars: Attack of the Scruffy-looking Nerf Herders

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/07/13

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas continue on their journey with George Lucas's Prequel Trilogy...Of course, that means it's STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES and we're talking how George Lucas picked up the shattered pieces of his heart, after the fan backlash against The Phantom Menace. How did Lucas move forward, you ask? He doubled down on political jargon, gifted us a love story for the ages with

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01:03:54

Child of Man : Nick Cassavetes's The Notebook

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/07/06

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas try to remember why they even started this stupid arc...And that arc is the Nepotism aka Children of Men arc, where in our final week we unearth Nick Cassavetes's (son of John Cassavetes) 2004 adaptation of the Nicolas Sparks novel, THE NOTEBOOK.Starring Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner and Director Nick's mother Gena Rowlands, we deal with the greatest love story about

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01:39:43

Child of Man : Carl Reiner's Stand By Me

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/06/29

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas go searching for dead bodies.In our 3rd Week of the Nepotism aka Children of Men arc, we discuss the iconic coming-of-age tale STAND BY ME, directed by Rob Reiner, son of Carl Reiner.This 1986 film adapted from Stephen King's novella "The Body", starring Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, and the late-great River Phoenix (plus Kiefer Sutherland and John Cusack), is a

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01:12:02

Child of Man : Jason Reitman's Juno

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/06/22

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas talk about the increase in teenage pregnancy rates following 2007's JUNO.In Week 2 of Children of Men aka Children of Famous Men aka Nepotism, we discuss the coming-of-age tale directed by Jason Reitman – son of Ivan Reitman. Starring Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Alison Janney and J.K. Simmons, the film was built off the back of the success found by

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57:34

Child of Man : Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/06/15

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas get lost in Tokyo and feel sad about being alone. It's time for a new arc – Children of Men aka Children of Famous Men aka Nepotism. Over the next four weeks, we will follow four different directors, who are the children of famous directors – picking out one film from each of their catalogues, to see how they stand against their parents' massive shadows. Do they sink or swim?First

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01:30:10

Making Moves, Making Movies

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/06/08

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas are finally back! After a month off from podcasting duties, the dynamic duo are here to talk about what was keeping them so busy that they couldn't pick up a microphone, press record, and say, "hi". The real truth is, there were big events going on, and all will be revealed inside. Tune in for talk about DIY, feeling emasculated by power tools, and wall plugs. Yes, WALL PLUGS!Oh,

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02:06:45

Star Wars: The Scruffy-looking Nerf Herders versus...

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/05/04

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas, in honour of MAY THE FOURTH, finally voyage to the galaxy far, far away to embark on a new journey with George Lucas's Prequel Trilogy...It's STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE and we're talking how George Lucas found his way back to the franchise with this fourth, but actually first, instalment. There will be lots of boring political jargon, pod races, double lightsaber

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01:10:30

Orange Harvard

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/04/27

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas try to get into College at two of the most prestigious Universities in America. To prepare, they put off studying for their SATs and cram by watching the 2002 films ORANGE COUNTY and STEALING HARVARD.ORANGE COUNTY follows Colin Hanks (Tom Hanks's son) as Shawn, who has great grades and high ambitions to go to Stanford and become a writer. When his College advisor sends in the

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01:34:05

90 unmerciful mins about Dude, Where's My Car?

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/04/20

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas partake in celebrating the finest holiday in April. No, not Easter... It's 420 dude, and we're lighting one up with the 2000 stoner movie DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR?.It's finally happening. After someone emailed in about it around two years ago, and our continued utterance of the phrase "Zoltan" ever since, we're finally revisiting this Ashton Kutcher and Sean William Scott led buddy

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01:18:32

Alex Winter : In Conversation

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/04/13

On Sunday 3rd April 2022, Writer, Director and Actor Alex Winter aka Bill S. Preston, Esq. joined us live for a special IN CONVERSATION event at The Prince Charles Cinema. We discussed Alex's career from his roots in London to his days spent on Broadway to Bill & Ted, The Lost Boys, Freaked, and beyond into his directing career! Don't miss this incredible interview, that gives insight into the life and career of one of the greats and a true friend of the cinema!You can watch the video version

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01:29:38

Damn The Man: Empire Records on Rex Manning Day

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/04/06

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas explore their love of the cinema through the eyes of the staff of the independent record store in EMPIRE RECORDS.Sounds weird, but it is eerie how similar the vibes of the two places are. In honour of Rex Manning Day at The PCC on 8th April, we're talking the 1995 cult classic with the killer soundtrack, super fun cast, and all the teenage angst.Say No More, Mon Amour. We mustn't

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01:18:11

Mr. Baseball

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/03/30

This week on Mr. Baseball, hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas get traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Central League of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball League, much like how Tom Selleck got traded to the Dragons in the 1992 baseball romp – MR. BASEBALL!MR. BASEBALL (1992): A professional American baseball player whose career is on the wane, Jack Elliot (Tom Selleck) gets traded to the Dragons, a Japanese team. Openly unhappy about the change, Elliott isn't eager to adapt to a new

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01:05:13

The Hot Chick gets Freaky

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/03/23

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas get their hands on a pair of mystical earrings that cause them to swap places with each other. It's Week 4, the final week, of WHAT ARE THE RULES : the body-swapping mini-arc, and we've completely jumped the shark with the 2002 Happy Madison production – THE HOT CHICK, starring Rob Schneider, Anna Faris and sort of Rachel McAdams.Some things are better left in the past... Like

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23:05

Jon and Fil watch the Moonfall

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/03/18

It was only meant to be a brief chat about the movie in our SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME EPISODE (now available on Patreon.com/ThePCCPodcast), but we kept on talking about Roland Emmerich's latest disaster (movie) MOONFALL, starring Patrick Wilson and Halle Berry. Jonathan watched it, Fil didn't; but that doesn't stop Fil from adding in his two cents based on his opinions from the trailer.Enjoy this Bonus, Bonus episode, which is appearing here in our Main Timeline to entice you to support the podcast to

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01:23:17

You're a Big boy now

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2022/03/16

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas head to New York City, where a 30-year-old man named Josh Baskin is claiming to be a 13-year-old boy who has been zapped into an adult body, after making a wish on a Zoltar machine.It's Week 3 of our WHAT ARE THE RULES, our body-swapping mini-arc, and we're talking all the ups and downs of the late-great Penny Marshall's BIG! You know, that film that put Tom Hanks on the map. You

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