Just The Thing
Writers Joel Jessup and Chris Regan reimagine cult and classic movies by adding John Carpenter's The Thing into the story. Not even the two hosts understand why they are doing this but they'll figure it out, one movie at a time.
Podcasting since 2022 • 40 episodes
Just The Thing
Latest Episodes
Batman Returns with Matt O'Dwyer and Peter Regan
In the Just The Thing 2024 Christmas Special, Joel and Chris are joined by Matt O'Dwyer and Peter Regan as they attempt to unwrap Tim Burton's Batman Returns and imagine what might happen if the shapeshifting creature from John Carpent...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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1:22:21
Slipstream with Geraint D'Arcy (and special guest Paul Reynolds)
Joel and Chris are joined by Geraint D'Arcy, Associate Professor and Head of Media at UEA, where the three originally met as students in the late 90s. Geraint was also the star of Chris and Joel's short film, Bad Day, often referenced on the po...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:16:34
The Devils with John Jessup
It's a Just The Thing first as Joel and Chris finally welcome a guest who actually worked on the film they're talking about: John Jessup, Joel's father!For most of his life John has been an award-winning advertising creative, but when he wa...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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1:04:15
Southland Tales
Joel and Chris try to decipher Richard Kelly's 2006 puzzle of a film the only way they know how... by adding the creature from The Thing. Will the addition of a shapeshifting, parasitic alien help to make sense of this sprawling, apocalyptic sa...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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1:05:29
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Joel and Chris take on the totally not controversial and not at all divisive Star Wars entry, The Last Jedi. Directed by Rian Johnson, they discuss how this film went from critics' darling to most-hated movie of the century, and consider why th...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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