134. IT & Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast feat. Reel Politik

It's a podcast crossover episode as Tom and Jack from the Reel Politik podcast join us to review the Kickstarted documentary Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast. It's an intimate portrait of the fearsome socialist MP that really nails why he is known as the Beast of Bolsover: his lilting singing voice, his Woody Allen fandom, and his love of trees.Then we review IT, the horror smash about a gang of youths being terrorised by a demonic clown. Most audience members have gone bananas for this latest adaptation but as a paedophobe, I found the children's treatment of Pennywise deeply upsetting.PLUS we wonder if Benedict Cumberbatch is capable of playing a non-posh, non-genius character, speculate about an exciting collaboration between Spike Lee and Jordan Peele and give British auteur Peter Strickland some fantastic title ideas for his next film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.