🎧 To listen to a podcast Is such a heavenly way to listen 🎧

Tom is so besotted with the idea of Summer as his dream girl, that he never truly invests in her as a person. He never asks her questions about her life, he wants, her goals. Anything we find out about her is his idealized version of her. It's no surprise she marries a guy who is interested in her

I'm not sure there's very much history and legacy out there for them, but I'd love to do an episode on these guys one day...

There's no new episode next week, because I've been poorly with a chest infection. Instead, I'll be rummaging through the archives and re-releasing something you may have missed. I'm feeling much better, so I'm hopeful this will just be a one week break, episode 323 is almost finished.

Nobody asks me to recommend podcasts, but I do it anyway. This week, it's @thepodcastnobodyaskedfor.co.uk, but really, everybody should be asking for it... Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter

I've been poorly this week, so this is nice to read 🫶 Thank you @aliceflorenceorr.bsky.social

Which do you love more? (500) Days of Summer or 2470 Days of Verbal Diorama? Both. Both is good. verbaldiorama.com/newsletter

🚨BRAND-NEW EPISODE🚨 Episode 322 - (500) DAYS OF SUMMER This is not a love story. This is a story about love. (500) Days of Summer was proof that audiences were ready for more complex, honest explorations of modern relationships. Available in your podcast app📱🎧

This is Abbey's legend. This good girl lights up the darkness. This, and more, in the latest episode of the podcast, all about this history and legacy of I Am Legend

Tomorrow, 6am GMT... Episode 322... The history and legacy of... (500) DAYS OF SUMMER

If you thought you saw Fred move... you did. It's one of the ways I Am Legend attempts to mess with viewers' minds, to make you question what you've seen, just like Dr. Robert Neville...

Here's just some of the incredible practical makeup test designs that Amalgamated Dynamics created for Ridley Scott's adaptation of I Am Legend. We never got Ridley Scott's version, and we also never got these incredible creatures. The full story is in the latest episode!

Who is the subject of his week's Podcast of the Week? She is legend! Drew Barrymore, of course, and the podcast dedicated to her: @howdoyoudrewpod.bsky.social Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter

Have you seen all the adaptations of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend? Which is your favorite? Do you think Ridley Scott and Arnold Schwarzenegger could have given us something (excuse the pun) legendary? verbaldiorama.com/newsletter

Episode 322 - (500) Days of Summer is now available for $5/£4+ Patrons on their exclusive RSS feed at verbaldiorama.com/patreon. It'll be available for everyone on Thursday (20th November) "There's no such thing as love. It's a fantasy."

3..2..1.. Go listen! 321 episodes of film history and legacy, all done by one really passionate, slightly awkward, totally lovable girl human. (It's true. It really is just all me. And I am slightly awkward.)

"I love The Smiths."

🚨BRAND-NEW EPISODE🚨 Episode 321 - I AM LEGEND Third time's a charm! While the movie would film on location in New York City, the beautiful prosthetic creatures they'd originally envisioned would be changed one week into production... Available in your podcast app📱🎧

Tomorrow, 6am BST... Episode 321... The history and legacy of... I AM LEGEND

Evacuation com... Evacuation com... Evacuation com... Evacuation com... Evacuation complete. This, and more, in the latest episode of the podcast, all about this history and legacy of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery!

The Usual Suspects did the business back in Sept, and dethroned Atlantis: The Lost Empire from the top spot, but then Austin Powers came along, and obliterated the competition Can anything beat the might of Britain's ultimate gentleman spy by the end of the year? (This is first day listens only)

I think it's mid-late 90s family movies! To me, every episode is fascinating, every movie has an amazing story, and every movie is a miracle. I love doing what I do on Verbal Diorama, and if you do too, that's cool. 😁🥰 If you don't know who I am, get on your podcast app and find out 😉

Justice for Mr. Bigglesworth!! Played by Ted Nude-Gent.

1 gentleman spy is tough enough to find, but finding 2?! Luckily, I found Scott and Cam @spyhards.bsky.social for this week's Podcast of the Week. If you're looking for a podcast all about spy films, they're groovy, baby, yeah! Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter

Episode 321 - I AM LEGEND is now available for $5/£4+ Patrons on their exclusive RSS feed at verbaldiorama.com/patreon. It'll be available for everyone on Thursday (13th November) "I can help. I can save you. I can save everybody."

Not the UK's premier spy, and international man of mystery, having the biggest debut on the podcast for the whole of 2025!? This news is very shagadelic! I guess it is true. Everyone loves Austin Powers 😍

Here's the plan. You listen to this episode, or I hold the world ransom for....{dramatic pause}.... $1 million! verbaldiorama.com/newsletter

From Evil Dead II to Austin Powers. From "groovy" to "groovy, baby". Unintentional podcast scheduling strikes again. I didn't even realize the link til I stated working on the episodes... 😅 Where did you get your first "groovy" from? Ash or Austin?

"Light up the darkness."

One podcast host, dressed as Austin Powers, for a work event, as mentioned in the latest episode on Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. I won Best Dressed. (There are no videos of my performance across the building to Soul Bossa Nova, but I can tell you it was groovy, baby, yeah!)

🚨BRAND-NEW EPISODE🚨 Episode 320 - AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY Oh, behave! Austin Powers became a cultural touchstone, introducing catchphrases and characters that defined late '90s comedy. But... be honest. Does he make you horny, baby? Available in your podcast app📱🎧

Truthfully, I have no idea how to work social media, and how to get engagement. I have no idea if people see my posts. How does it all work? Does my algo have rhythm? 😅 But while I'm not good at social media-ing, I am good at making film history podcasts. Or at least ever so slightly better.

Tomorrow, 6am BST... Episode 320... The history and legacy of... AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY

Your starter for ten... Have you listened to me on this episode of @britcomgoes.bsky.social ?

Tomorrow, 6am BST... Episode 320... The history and legacy of... AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY

BREAKING NEWS! The greatest movie ever made... is coming back from the tomb!

Tomorrow sees a new episode. Em from @verbaldiorama.bsky.social joins @guy-e-walker.bsky.social and @robertcheath.bsky.social to discuss #StarterFor10 Make sure you subscribe to @britcomgoes.bsky.social to get the episode when it drops or even earlier and without ads on our patreon or ko-fi

Bruce Campbell fighting against his own possessed hand in Evil Dead II, will never not be peak comedy. It's straight out of a Looney Tunes cartoon. Gosh, that man deserved to be a huge Hollywood star.

The version of Evil Dead II we got, was not the sequel to The Evil Dead we were originally going to get. In fact, it sounded a little bit more like something we'd eventually get in 1992... This, and more, in the latest episode of the podcast, all about this history and legacy of Evil Dead II.

There's no podcast recommendation this week, but featured so far... @staceysparlour.bsky.social @onceuponavhs.bsky.social @tsftmpod.bsky.social @doomgeneration.bsky.social @everyromcom.bsky.social @frametoframepod.bsky.social Subscribe for all the goodies! verbaldiorama.com/newsletter

For the very first time, I'm publishing the planned schedule for Animation Season 2026. 👀 This is the sixth annual Animation Season and this season, we'll be celebrating the podcast's 7th birthday with a Don Bluth trilogy. Bring your tissues!

Episode 320 - AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY is now available for $5/£4+ Patrons on their exclusive RSS feed at verbaldiorama.com/patreon. It'll be available for everyone on Thursday (6th November) "You can't resist us, Mr. Powers..."

A lovely surprise to be one of @findthatpod.bsky.social's podcast recommendations for the week. I'm very grateful. 🫶 So if you've not yet discovered me, go do some discovering... 😉

Day 31, the final day of Verbal Diorama's 31 Episodes of Spooktober! 🎃 31 days, 31 movie recommendations, 31 podcast episodes to listen to after all about the history and legacy of each movie. On Halloween, the ultimate Halloween, the ultimate boogeyman. #halloween

🎃BRAND-NEW EPISODE🎃 Episode 319 - EVIL DEAD II Evil Dead II was not the sequel that Sam Raimi intended. With a bigger budget, and more experience, Ash Williams is transformed from every man survivor to wisecracking action hero who gets beaten up by his own possessed hand. Have a groovy Halloween!

Day 30 of Verbal Diorama's 31 Episodes of Spooktober! 🎃 31 days, 31 movie recommendations, 31 podcast episodes to listen to after all about the history and legacy of each movie. Name the killer in Friday the 13th... #fridaythe13th

Nice job @pocketcasts.com . The new Halloween app icon can be easily positioned to attract ghouls, spooks and cats... 🎃

Tomorrow, midnight GMT... Episode 319... The history and legacy of... EVIL DEAD II

Day 29 of Verbal Diorama's 31 Episodes of Spooktober! 🎃 31 days, 31 movie recommendations, 31 podcast episodes to listen to after all about the history and legacy of each movie. One, two, Freddy's coming for you... #anightmareonelmstreet

Halloween on Verbal Diorama. It's going to be groovy.