Two for One

Source Material: Patricia Highsmith's novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, which introduced the murderous conman in 1955.

Source Material: Elmore Leonard's 1953 short story about a regular man escorting a notorious outlaw to the train that will take him to prison.

Recollections, recriminations, and retractions from the past year. What's up next?

Source Material: Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction epic Dune. The novel follows the fall of House Atreides and the rise of the teenage Paul Atreides as the messianic Lisan al-Gaib.

Source Material: Arsenal superfan Nick Hornby's honest memoir of his ups and downs with the team.

Source Material: Erich Kästner's Das doppelte Lottchen, about identical twin girls who are separated at birth and rediscover each other at a summer camp.

Source Material: Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay Suspiria de Profundis, loosely adapted for the screen by Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi.

Somehow Claire and David missed 1995's Clueless growing up. How does director Amy Heckerling and star Alicia Silverstone's take on Jane Austen's Emma compare to more literal interpretations?

Source Material: An original screenplay by Alan Trustman, following a millionaire who orchestrates a bank heist and the insurance investigator hired to track him down.

Source Material: Rosalind Wiseman's non-fiction guide for parents, Queen Bees and Wannabes, adapted into a screenplay by comedian Tina Fey.

Source Material: Louisa May Alcott's semi-autobiographical novel of four sisters growing into womanhood. First published in 1868, and here reimagined by three different eras of Hollywood.

Source Material: The Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novels about the disastrous voyage of an 18th century British warship. The novels were themselves based on the infamous real-world mutiny.

Source Material: George Romero's screenplay for 1978's influential zombie movie Dawn of the Dead, the second installment in a franchise that began a decade prior with Night of the Living Dead.

Source Material: The American novelist Evan Hunter's novel King's Ransom, though directors Akira Kurosawa and Spike Lee largely use the book as a starting point for their explorations of social problems.

Another year, another 20+ movies for our heroic podcast hosts.

Source Material: Charles Portis's 1968 novel, in which a young girl searches for a man with "true grit" to pursue her father's killer.

Source Material: Paul Gallico's 1969 novel. A group of passengers on an ocean liner struggles to reach safety after the ship is capsized by a massive wave.

Source Material: Ronald Bass's original screenplay for the 1997 romantic comedy.

Source Material: The 1950 Georges Arnaud novel, in which four men are hired to transport nitroglycerin to the site of an oil well fire.

Source Material: William Shakespeare's renowned tragedy. Both films adhere closely to the Bard's text.

Source Material: H. G. Wells' 1895 novella The Time Machine, a contemplation of humanity's future in a world of accelerating technological innovation and economic inequality.

Source Material: Hungarian-born playwright Miklós László's Parfumerie, a tale of two coworkers who fall in love via the written word, despite not being able to stand each other in real life.

Source Material: The 1973 body swapper by Mary Rodgers, who also wrote the screenplay for the 1976 adaptation.

Source Material: Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel, in which detective Philip Marlowe investigates an apparently simple case of blackmail, but discovers a bottomless well of drugs, lies, sex, and murder.

Source Material: John W. Campbell's novella Who Goes There?, adapted by Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby as a fifties monster movie and later remade more faithfully by horror icon John Carpenter.

Claire and David celebrate the ultimate accomplishment: finishing the entire James Bond anthology, from 1964's Dr. No through 2021's No Time to Die. Dust off your tux, mix yourself a Vesper, and get ready to discuss the ups and downs of the iconic 007.

Once again, Claire and David reminisce on a year of movies and preview what's to come.

Source Material: The Broadway musical, itself based on Shakespeare's romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet.

Source Material: Husband-and-wife duo The Gordons' novel Undercover Cat, in which a cat comes home from his evening prowl with a watch that might be evidence of a crime. The original adaptation is a comedy thriller; the remake is a zany, cartoonish Scooby Doo-style mystery.

Source Material: The original Michael Caine caper, which some consider iconic. The 2003 remake, a loose reinterpretation, stars Marky Mark.

Source Material: The reign of Elizabeth I of England, particularly her relationship with the explorer and privateer Walter Raleigh.

Source Material: Akira Kurosawa's original samurai epic, remade just a few years later as a Hollywood western.

Source Material: An original screenplay for the Spanish-language zombie horror movie, remade by Hollywood just a year later.

Source Material: Armitage Trail's novel Scarface, loosely based on the life and crimes of Al Capone. Each film depicts the rise and fall of a first-generation American gangster who believes the world is his.

How does 2022's Prey stack up against the 1987 original? Explore the past, present, and future of the storied Predator franchise.

Source Material: A key battle in the Pacific during World War II. Taking place in June 1942, the Battle of Midway was a significant victory for Allies forces.

Source Material: Frances Hodgson Burnett's children's classic The Secret Garden, in which young Mary Lennox moves into her uncle's house and starts uncovering long-buried family secrets.

Source Material: Ian Fleming's screenplay-turned-novel Thunderball, released in 1961.

Is Barbenheimer genuine hype or cynical marketing? Can the most anticipated movies of the summer even be compared? Is the strong nuclear force more powerful than Kenergy?

What's the deal with Disney remaking all their animated classics, and why doesn't Two 4 One cover them?