#1020: 28 Years Later, Top 5 Danny Boyle Characters, Familiar Touch

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Whether you agree 28 YEARS LATER has too many ideas “smooshed” together or that it all coheres around a single compelling one, Adam and Josh are both eager to see how these rage zombies evolve. Plus, a revisit of the Top 5 Danny Boyle Characters with Danny Boyle. This episode is presented by Regal Unlimited⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes will not be precise with ads; chapters may start early.) Intro (00:00:00-00:02:12) Review: “28 Years Later” (00:02:13-00:36:01) Review: “Familiar Touch” (00:36:02-00:46:00) Filmspotting Family (00:46:01-00:50:07) Next Week / Polls / Promos (00:50:08-01:09:06) Listener Feedback (01:09:07-01:23:02) Top 5: Danny Boyle Characters Pt. 1 (01:23:02-01:45:21) Danny Boyle Characters Pt. 2 (01:45:22-01:59:11) Credits / New Releases (01:59:12-02:03:22) Links: Cinema Interruptus: “The Player” https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/interruptus New York Times: 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/best-movies-21st-century.html LBX: Films That Inspired Celine Song’s “Materialists” https://letterboxd.com/crew/list/films-that-inspired-celine-songs-materialists/ Top 5 Danny Boyle Characters with Danny Boyle https://www.filmspotting.net/top-5-lists-archive/2017/4/12/626-danny-boyle-characters Adam’s Danny Boyle Ranked https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting/list/danny-boyle-ranked/ Josh’s Danny Boyle Ranked https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm/list/danny-boyle-ranked/ Filmspotting’s Danny Boyle Episodes https://www.filmspotting.net/episodes-archive/tag/danny+boyle Feedback: -Email us at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠. -⁠⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and archive access. ⁠⁠http://filmspottingfamily.com⁠⁠ -T-shirts (and more) on sale at the Filmspotting Shop. ⁠⁠https://filmspotting.net/shop⁠⁠ Follow: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://facebook.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://facebook.com/larsenonfilm⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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