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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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01:35:58

False memories of Memento

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/09/20

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas are fresh out of prison and faced with a new dilemma – Jonathan can't quite remember what happened in jail, or pretty much any aspect of his life. With the help of Fil, he scours his memories for clues... We're bringing the old gimmick back – It's Week 1 of our returning mini-arc called 2 THOUGHTS 2 DEEP TOO : TOKYO DRIFT – where, like we did in 2021, we will be exploring four new

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01:48:15

The great Escape From Alcatraz

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/09/13

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas are tasked with finishing out their prison sentence at the hardest place to ever do time... The Rock! It's the final episode of our BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW crime arc, and we end things with a good ol' fashioned jailbreak, with Don Siegel's 1979 prison thriller, ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ, starring Clint Eastwood. Based on the true story of the three men who in 1962

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01:19:14

They can Lock Up your body, but not your mind

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/09/06

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas get transferred to Gateway Prison, where they witness the evil warden subjecting a fellow inmate to some hard time because he previously broke out of another prison under his watch, which resulted in him being forced to run this horrible prison... or something...It's the penultimate episode of the BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW arc, and we are looking at the forgotten

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01:15:22

Life is good

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/08/30

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas try breaking out of prison using a crop duster, just like Eddie Murphy attempted to do in LIFE (1999).This week in the prison section of our BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW arc, we take it easy after the big mamma-jamma excursion into Shawshank Penitentiary, and have a look at one of our favourite underrated 90s movies starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. The film is full

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02:19:32

Is The Shawshank Redemption the GOAT?

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/08/23

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas attempt to break out of prison using a small rock hammer, after seeing Tim Robbins do it in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.We've entered the final portion of our BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW arc, the Prison Movie section! And we kick off the festivities with the film that is often debated to be the Greatest Movie of All-Time – Frank Darabont's 1994 prison drama adaption of Stephen

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01:27:00

Liar Liar pants on fire

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/08/16

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas hit the courthouse for the final time, to sit in on a divorce case where it turns out one of the scummy lawyers can't tell a lie because of a birthday wish his son made. It's the last week of Courtroom section of our BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW arc, and we are talking the 1997 Jim Carrey courtroom comedy, LIAR LIAR. With baseball and wrestling references, Cary Elwes

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01:41:30

My Cousin Vinny, Aunt May and The Karate Kid

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/08/09

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas once again find themselves in Alabama, where they watch a rookie lawyer try to win his first case – which just so happens to be a murder case, where his defendants will be executed should he lose. No pressure...We're in Week 3 of the Courtroom section of our BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW arc, and we've made it to one of Fil's all-time favourites, the 1992 Joe Pesci courtroom

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01:45:43

It's a sin To Kill A Mockingbird

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/08/02

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas get called to jury duty once again, this time in the state of Alabama, where a white lawyer is set to defend an innocent African American man in a rape trial. It's week 2 of the Courtroom section of our BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW arc, and we of course of are talking the famous 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, starring Gregory Peck as the revered hero,

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47:44

ANDERSON vs. ANDERSON – Jon and Fil visit Asteroid City

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/07/26

On this special Bonus Episode of The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas reignite the rivalry, and once again ask the ultimate question, "Are you an Anderson Guy, or an Anderson Guy?"That's right! With a new Wes Anderson film now out, Anderson vs. Anderson is back, with the 11th feature from the visionary director – ASTEROID CITY. Once again, we've got an ensemble cast, with Jason Schwartzman leading the charge, alongside Wes

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01:37:34

Two sweaty boys watch 12 Angry Men

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/07/19

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas finally get put on trial for all their misdeeds to the art of podcasting over the last few years, and their fates are put in the hands of... 12 ANGRY MEN.Now that our crime wave is in the books, in our BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW arc, we are moving on to our second part of the season – the Courtroom. We've got four courtroom films in store, and we're kicking off with one of

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02:10:32

The HEAT is on!

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/07/12

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas return to Los Angeles for another round of bank heists and get caught up in a dangerous game of cat and mouse, where a loose cannon cop will stop at nothing to catch his criminal; and a serial killer gets tossed into the mix to make things interesting.It's the final episode of our crime wave portion of our BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW arc, and we are diving into one of the

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01:54:32

The Fast and the Furious is Point Break with cars

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/07/05

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas hit the beach in Southern California, where they try their hand at surfing and make friends with a surfer who is secretly undercover as a cop looking for a group of bank robbers that he suspects are fellow beach bums.It's our third week of BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW crime season, and we are finally talking about the film that inspired The Fast and the Furious, Kathryn

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01:28:33

Breaking The Law in the Office Space

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/06/28

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas try out the office job life, and must contend with annoying colleagues, terrible bosses, monotonous work and those damn TPS reports!It's Week 2 of BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW crime season, and this week we are taking it easy with the 1999 low-key workplace crime comedy, OFFICE SPACE, written and directed by Mike Judge, and starring Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston and Gary

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01:37:57

Breaking The Law in the Dog Day Afternoon

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/06/21

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas head to New York in the 70s to witness a stand-off between armed robbers and police, as a bank robbery has escalated into a hostage situation. It's a brand-new arc to see us through the summer – BREAKING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW – where we will be going through three stages of crime films, consisting of 1) Films about The Crime, 2) Films about The Trial, and 3)Films about The

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01:20:26

Fire in the Projection Booth

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/06/14

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas are back in the cinema recording an episode together for the first time since before the pandemic. To mark the occasion, they are joined by long-time projectionist, Dan Walden. With the last few weeks spent having a look at cinema-based movies, where some projectionist or showman is making the magic happen for the audience by gimmick or magic ticket, we decided to talk to Dan

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01:39:07

A Matinee presented in Atomo-Vision

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/06/07

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas head to Key West, Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis, where a show-boating B-movie Producer comes to town to cash in the fears of imminent nuclear disaster amongst the townsfolk with his latest sci-fi horror film, MANT. We've got one last date (for now) with the Filaversary, our 1993 arc, where we are having a look at Joe Dante's coming-of-age film, MATINEE, starring John

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01:59:50

FAST X : Fast-Ten Your Seatbelts - FRANCHISED

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/05/31

What do you know!? FRANCHI$ED is back (sort of)! Jonathan & Ariane return to the driver seat to get back to their roots with the franchise that started it all, The Fast Saga (are they still calling it that?). Of course, we are talking about the new instalment of the super spy car racing series, FAST X.After going to space in the last film, you might wonder how the series could top itself? Well, we venture to the depths of the ocean to pluck out not one, but two Aquamen, add in even more new

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01:09:06

Unbreakable

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/05/29

In this bonus edition of The Pod Charles Cinecast, we see the next adventure in our two new side ventures – BRUCE WILLS US: A Pod Charles Cinecast Brucie Bonus, where we're going to be looking at some of our favourite films from Bruce Willis every once in a while on the main timeline, and SHYAMALAMANIA, where we will be charting the films of M. Night Shyamalan in special Patreon exclusives.Like last time, because the M. Night film we're looking at this month, again, stars Bruno himself, we're going

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01:46:45

Last Action Hero bombs the box office

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/05/24

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 kid gets his hands on a magical cinema ticket that allows him to jump into his favourite movies.Just when we thought the Filaversary arc was over, and we could move on to some films about cinemas in film, we got pulled back in with the 1993 meta-action comedy, LAST ACTION HERO, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. So, we are getting meta with a new arc,

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01:24:23

Jon and Fil are Chained for Life

The Pod Charles Cinecast ·

2023/05/17

On this Bonus Edition of The Pod Charles Cinecast, hosts Jonathan Foster & Fil Freitas decided to make a movie about making a movie.It all gets meta, as we talk about Aaron Schimberg's 2019 surrealistic drama, CHAINED FOR LIFE. Starring Jess Weixler and Under The Skin's Adam Pearson, the film takes you down the rabbit hole, as it follows a beautiful actress who develops a relationship with her co-star who suffers from a rare facial deformity. Along the way, you will be treated to a menagerie of

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