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

We're back with another bonus episode and another guest host. Chris is still out so Dan Stevenson is here to talk aboiut Rock & Roll in movies and his new album There is Beauty in Everything. Find Dan on Instagram @Lift_Music And follow our show on Twitter @DiminishedPod

Strap yourself in for the ride of your life! Chris is still out with illness so we have, comedian and co-host of the Musical Taste Society Podcast, Joseph Goss sitting in to discuss Gone in Sixty Seconds. We marvel at the low budget chaos of the original and see if Cage can bring his usual flair to the remake. Find us on Twitter: Diminished Returns: @DiminishedPod The Musical Taste Society: @MusicalTasteSoc

After another health related delay we're back, well kind of back. A guest host, some trailers and some recommendations and all the usual gubbins. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @Diminishedpod Please like, rate, review and subscribe and tell all your friends about the show.  

This is a rededited version of our debut episode from 2016 covering The Dead Pool (1988), and the rest of the Dirty Harry franchise. Think of it like the George Lucas special edition treatment.

Chris and Allen belatedly kick off 2021 trying to create a cinema experience at home. In this episode we talk -Nostalgia ain't what it used to be -Cinema concessions -In cinema no-nos -Production company idents We are an independent podcast, so please rate and review the show wherever you get your podcasts and recommend the show to your friends. Find us @DiminishedPod on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Contact email DiminishedPod@gmail.com

Wonder Woman 84 is out so we look at Gal Gadot’s first solo outing as the heroic Amazonian. The DC Extended Universe has been, let’s say …a mixed bag but where does Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman film stand in the DCEU rankings? In this episode we talk -Is Chris Pine the best Chris? -Gal Gadot and our Chris’s privilege -The kinky origin of Wonder Woman -The lack of male gaze in this film -Scottish characters in movies -Plot sleight of hand -and a lot of dumb dirty jokes, obviously. Remind yourself of the film here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman_(2017_film) 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

Christmas and Christmas adjacent film recommendations. No one cares about your Die Hard is or isn’t a Christmas film chat. We recommend and have a wee spoiler avoiding chat about the following films -Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale -Three Days Of The Condor -Trapped In Paradise -L.A. Confidential -The French Connection -Enemy Of The State -The Apartment. -Christmas Evil / You Better Watch Out -Gremlins We’ll be back in approx a week to celebrate the release of Wonder Woman 84 by talking about 2017’s Wonder Woman. 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

Wow. 100 episodes of filthy jokes and dumb nonsense. A damning indictment of both the hosts and you, our dear listener. For our 100th episode -Special guests (including the ORIGINAL Evil Paddington) -We look back on the best and worst films we’ve seen. -And we discuss the good and bad of Sean Connery. Thanks to everyone for listening. 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

How do you follow up a star-studded hit like Interview With The Vampire? Well you wait until the film rights are about to expire and rush out a film that is, how do we put this? Not good. Queen Of The Damned is that film.  In this episode. -Bad vampire accents - Chris tries to explain the 'plot' of this film. - Nu-Metal takes a slagging - Aaliyah has little to do - The Vampire Lestat comes up with an orginal band name. - and Allen (who was former road crew for bands), looks at the ...err authentic portrayal of the live music industry in this film. Remind yourself of the film here (and if you haven't watched it.. we don't recommend you do): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Damned 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

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. Find us @DiminishedPod on Twitter, Facebook and Insta. Contact email DiminishedPod@gmail.com

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. Find us @DiminishedPod on Twitter, Facebook and Insta. Contact email DiminishedPod@gmail.com

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. Find us @DiminishedPod on Twitter, Facebook and Insta. Contact email DiminishedPod@gmail.com  

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

We are back with a slight change of name but all your favourite segments: News, Trailer Talk and Recommendations. In this episode -Action stars' make up regimes -DC fandome -We are the Pro Gunn lobby. James Gunn, that is -and of course, a respectful mention of the sad passing of Chadwick Boseman before we go on to talk our usual filth. Trailer Talk - F9: Fast and Furious 9 -The Suicide Squad -The Batman -Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway -Death On The Nile We are an independent podcast, so please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts and recommend the show to your friends. COMING SOON: We'll be back in two weeks with an episode on Cruel Intentions. Find us @DiminishedPod on Twitter, Facebook and Insta. Contact email DiminishedPod@gmail.com  

We are going to change the name of this show, slightly. You shouldn't need to do anything different if you are subscribed. So make sure you are subscribed! If it all goes to plan, we'll have new episode out for you on Monday 21 Sept 2020 as Diminished Returns.

The recent Leigh Whannell/Elisabeth Moss Invisible Man film was excellent, but how does the previous attempt to update the Invisible Man story hold up? We catch up with our old pals, Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue and Paul Veroeven for the turn of the century blockbuster Hollow Man In this episode< -daytime coin adverts -realistic portrayals of scientists -unrealistic portrayals of neighbours -and a lot of bacon puns. Remind yourself of the film here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Man We are an independent podcast, so remember and subscribe, rate and review the show wherever you get your podcasts. Have friends that like cult films and can understand Scottish accents? Send them a link to the show. CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@diminishingpod) https://diminishingpod.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/diminishingpod/ YouTube: Diminishing Returns (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkdqFm2OiLVwGhjVHEtaFw_)

In this non-franchise episode we talk -Snyder cut of Justice League -Joss Whedon -Theme tunes -Chris wants your money -Nostalgia jokes arent what they ...etc etc plus Trailer Talk: -Wonder Woman 1984 -Ghostbusters: Afterlife -Bill and Ted Face The Music We are an independent podcast, so remember and subscribe, rate and review the show wherever you get your podcasts. Have friends that like cult films and can understand Scottish accents? Send them a link to the show. CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@diminishingpod) https://diminishingpod.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/diminishingpod/ YouTube: Diminishing Returns (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkdqFm2OiLVwGhjVHEtaFw_)

Winona! Wheedon! Pearlman! And this is the Alien film people don't talk about...the reasons why? Well we go into it here. Before he made Amelie but after Delicatessen and City Of Lost Children, Jean-Pierre Jeunet was brought in to direct from a Joss Whedon script.  All they had to do was relaunch the Alien franchise and the character of Ripley herself after the seemingly definitive events of Alien 3. In this episode: -Family Friendly Alien spin-offs -Serenity/Firefly dry runs -How not to kill clones -And, of course weird Alien baby Remind yourself of the film here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Resurrection We are an independent podcast, so remember and subscribe, rate and review the show wherever you get your podcasts. Have friends that like cult films and can understand Scottish accents? Send them a link to the show.   CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@diminishingpod) https://diminishingpod.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/diminishingpod/ YouTube: Diminishing Returns (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkdqFm2OiLVwGhjVHEtaFw_)

We're back, baby! All it took for us to start recording again was a global pandemic. Swings and roundabouts, eh? In this episode: -Why the long hiatus? -Can we find any sequel news to talk about? -Recommendations -Arnie appreciation -James Bond -Star Wars -and more! We are an independent podcast, so remember and subscribe, rate and review the show wherever you get your podcasts. Have friends that like cult films and can understand Scottish accents? Send them a link to the show. COMING SOON ON DIMINISHING RETURNS: ALIEN RESURRECTION

Wizard Of Oz is a technicolour classic of the 30s. The 80s sequel? It's...different In this episode -Urban myths -Kansas vs Toto vs Pink Floyd -The dark underbelly of Wizard Of Oz -The dark everything of Return To Oz -and safety lessons for Wicked Witches Remind yourself of the fims here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Oz We are an independent podcast, so remember and subscribe, rate and review the show wherever you get your podcasts. Have friends that like cult films and can understand Scottish accents? Send them a link to the show. CONTACT LINKS Email us at: diminishingpod@gmail.com Find us at https://www.facebook.com/DiminishingReturnsPod https://twitter.com/diminishingpod  (@diminishingpod) https://diminishingpod.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/diminishingpod/ YouTube: Diminishing Returns (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkdqFm2OiLVwGhjVHEtaFw_) DIMINISHING RETURNS: A comedy podcast about movie sequels, prequels, spin-offs and reboots. Hosted by Allen and Chris. WARNING: Contains Scottish accents and spoilers.