Episode 12 - Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

For our April 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria – and the second in our new season – Adrian puts forward the film: Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley. 

Other talking points: 

Wonderful Hugh Grant 

Rubbish sorcerers 

A certain ambivalence 

Dungeons we have Dragonned 

Save the cat! 

Everything wrong with Hollywood 

Remembering the Forgotten Realms 

The "It's him!" moment of failed fan service 

 

Media Mentions: 

Dungeons and Dragons movie dir. Courtney Solomon 

Middle Earth Role-Playing (MERP) TTRPG 

Dungeons and Dragons TTRPG 

Conan the Barbarian, movie dir. John Milius 

Lord of the Rings series of movies dir. Peter Jackson 

Heretic, movie dir. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods 

Bridget Jones's Diary movie dir. Sharon Maguire 

Dungeons and Dragons, TV series 

28 Years Later, movie dir. Danny Boyle 

Galaxy Quest movie dir. Dean Parisot

 

Next month we look at the illustrated book Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan 

Adrian's music recommendation:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tEfYvY3bAg&list=RD5tEfYvY3bAg&start_radio=1

Emma's latest writing is included in Creative Futures (Beyond and Within) https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/creative-futures-allen-stroud/7847161 which was recently shortlisted for a BSFA Award 

Adrian's most recent book: Children of Strife https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/children-of-strife-adrian-tchaikovsky/7864905 

If you'd like to support the show, and get an additional monthly patrons-only episode, you can become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/c/starshipalexandria/home  

You can buy our official t-shirts and mugs at https://starshipalexandria.teemill.com/ 

Follow us at: 

Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and www.enewman.co.uk  

Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com