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The big day is here! Hatter and I have planned for many months this 12-episode series. Dylan from Man, I Love Films mentioned "Why only 12?" and, yeah, thats a good question!

For me, the primary purpose of blogging and podcasting is to learn and to improve on my film interest through writing, reflecting and discussing cinema with a broad range of like-minded people. The 'dream' of joining film journalism in a professional sense is something that I do intend to work towards and, moreso, to even break in Film Academia by writing about cinema.

These 12-episodes are part of one series focussing exclusively on directors - choosing one film to extrapolate (love that word) from. In some cases, these are directors that I know through and through, in other cases they are directors I have had to research - and this podcast is a great outlet to relay the knowledge I have learnt.

It's a big job and takes a while to prepare, record and edit - but so far, it has been worth it. By keeping it as a limited run, we can reflect and improve if we decide to continue...

It is already up on itunes and can be found easily on podomatic - so, please do try and write reviews and support us if you can! We have the ol' RSS feed and 2.0 RSS and, if you link in different ways, we also have it on Google and Yahoo

Here we go:

Series 1: Episode 1 - Martin Scorsese and 'Goodfellas'

A-Z #36: Casino

You can pick up hundreds of DVD's for a round-pound each - it doesn't matter. Its never about quantity, its about quality. A-Z is my way of going through my collection, from A-Z, and understanding why I own the films ... or you can tell me why I should sell 'em

#36 - Casino 

Why did I buy it?

As a huge fan of Goodfellas, this is apparently an unofficial sequel to it - starring Goodfellas actors Robert de Niro, Joe Pesci and host of others. The length of the film put me off for a long time - and I was never sure if it would be as Goodfellas - but I had to give it a try...

Why do I still own it?

I am keen to understand it better on multiple viewings. I have watched it once so far since I bought it, and I wasn't bowled over. I mean, I loved De Niro and Pesci. Sharon Stone was great, but it just seemed to drag on a little. Many friends love this film and, more importantly, the odd few rate it higher than Goodfellas, claiming it is underrated. So, with that in my mind, I have every intention to reanalyse the film. I do believe that Scorsese films generally get better on multiple viewings so I shall simply watch it again and I am hoping I will appreciate it more... but when will I watch it again... ?

Maybe thats not enough - maybe, once watched, I should trust my instinct and sell it on... what do you think?

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Simon and Jo Revealed: Attenborough, Phone Boxes and much more

This weeks podcast came that little bit early and, due to this, you will be forced to wait a little over a week until the next one!

But Jo and I managed to film some small videos on different aspects of cinema - stuff to keep you entertained on these cold and lonely Easter nights ...

Simon and Jo on Prince Charles Cinema...



Simon and Jo on Premieres in Leicester Square...


Simon and Jo on Phoneboxes ...



Simon and Jo on Richard Attenborough ...