The Prestige

Some six years (not five, Rob! we’ve been doing this aaaaages) after our first episode — and fourteen years after the…’discussion’ that prompted us to start doing this podcast (eventually), we’re revisiting Zach Snyder’s 2007 epic 300. After we read through that fourteen-year-old transcript, we talk about how our views of the film have changed, its roots in Spartan propaganda, and the aesthetics of a piece that were very much of its time. Next Up Next, we begin Season 5 — watch this space! Recent Media A QUIET PLACE (2018): John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds BO BURNHAM: INSIDE (2021): Bo Burnham, Josh Senior Recommendations WONDER WOMAN (2017): Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine STEVE JOBS (2015): Danny Boyle, Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet AUSTRALIA (2008): Baz Luhrmann, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman KONG: SKULL ISLAND (2017): Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson Footnotes If you’re not familiar with the battle on which this is based, then probably read up on that fir