Description Returning guest Cavan Helps and Norman Mitchell join Joe and Producer Andrew for a role-playing Christmas adventure. This year, we’re celebrating the holidays in the Marvel Universe. Support PatreonDi Dueling Genre Productions

An iconic movie from 1950 with an often misquoted final line, Sunset Boulevard is one of those movies that I probably should have watched by now. But oh well! No time like the 75 years ago! For this week’s episode I’m joined by my friend and Paramount Archivist, Graham Marshall (@gwindalf on Letterboxd). He has all the knowledge about this movie an…

Description Returning guest Kjerste Christensen joins Joe to discuss the 1816 short story “The Nutcracker” by E.T.A. Hoffman. This story has been adapted frequently and has become a Christmas classic. It tells the story of a young girl’s favorite Christmas toy coming alive and battling the mouse king. Support Patreon Show Notes The Nutcracker and t…

The second act of Wicked lives in infamy for many Broadway fans. When the filmmakers behind the big screen adaptation made the decision to split their saga into two movies, they were left with an interesting challenge: an entire film made up of the most divisive, polarizing aspects of the musical. Did John M. Chu and company find a way to fix Act T…

Description Returning guest Kate Reid joins Joe to discuss the classic sitcom Friends. We’re talking about a pair of their Thanksgiving episodes, “The One with All the Thanksgivings” and “The One Where Ross Got High.” Besides talking about the specifics of these episodes, we learn that these are the first episodes of Friends that Joe has ever watch…

The First, Second and Third Doctors are being pulled from time, causing the Fifth Doctor to feel himself fading from existence. They are all drawn together in the forbidden Death Zone on Gallifrey along with their companions from throughout time, but the Fourth Doctor is trapped in a time vortex, saving the Fifth Doctor’s life and giving the Doctor…

As tempted as I am to have this description just be a full transcription of Frank Sinatra’s L.O.V.E., there are other parts of this movie that have absolutely cemented themselves into my subconscious! This week, we have the amazing new guest Shana Holmes (@Shanashananza on Instagram) joining so we can prove that two heads are better than one when y…

Description First-time guest Jonathan Wade joins Joe to discuss to classic, early sci-fi stories, “The Machine Stops” and “Mechanopolis.” In the 1909 short story “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Forster, humanity has begun living in underground cities with all their needs met by the machine, until one day their machine stops. In the 1913 short story “Me…

Stranded on an alien planet infamously called Desolation, can the Doctor find her way to the TARDIS as she promised her new friends? Will her newest company be of any help when they’re also racing against each other? And what exactly is “the Ghost Monument”? Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw Support Dueling Genre …

Halloween might be over, but on The Hallo-Rewind, spooky season never dies. Jacob Davison and Ryan Cultrera are joined by the show’s own “social media Renfield,” Frank Gillen, for a spirited deep dive into the 2006 cult favorite Monster House. The trio unwraps this haunted CGI time capsule, from its Amblin-style thrills and surprisingly heartfelt s…