53 - The Mummy

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06/04/17 • 86 min

Diminishing Returns heads back to the Universal Monsters franchise (now known as Dark Universe apparently) to explore the The Mummy movies (1932's The Mummy, The Mummy's Hand, The Mummy's Tomb, The Mummy's Ghost, The Mummy's Curse, Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, 1999's The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - as well as Hammer's 1959 remake). We're not exactly sure how we feel about the new Tom Cruise movie coming out, but we talk through how we'd reboot the franchise all the same.

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52 - Suicide Squad

In a Diminishing Returns first, here's an episode about a film that we did an episode tying into (yes, we've been going so long that things are going to start getting meta). If you haven't already heard it, got and listen to our Review of the Year 2016 episode, in which Calvin and Allen butt heads over whether Suicide Squad is a solid action movie or complete and utter dross. Afterwards, come back and listen to this one in order to hear Sol cast the deciding vote All before some of the usual sequel-pitches and general pratting about.

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54 - Review of the Year 2017: Part 1

Happy birthday, Diminishing Returns! 1 year old today (well, last week, actually, but we wanted to cover The Mummy). In order to prevent our end of year review episode being 5 hours long, we decided to celebrate our 1-year anniversary with a look back at the last 6 months of cinema (and some films we wanted to revisit from last time). This episode contains reviews of: - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Star Wars: Rogue One - M. Night Shyamalan's Split - Fifty Shades Darker - Logan - Kong: Skull Island - Disney's live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast - Power Rangers - the live-action Ghost in the Shell remake - The Fate of the Furious - season 4 of Bates Motel - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Alien: Covenant - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (aka Salazar's Revenge) - Wonder Woman ...and more! There's also some games, special guests and all the usual fun and japes (and arguments) that come with the show. Be sure to listen to the end. Also launching with this episode: the brand new Diminishing Returns website. From now on, head to www.dimreturns.com for all of your Diminishing Returns needs. It's more than a mere episode guide so go and check it out!