Episode #464: The Bride!

Welcome fellow movie nerds! For our latest podcast episode Mike, Ma, and Matt discuss a movie you probably should not see, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. Not monster topics include gargling Lysol, Matt goes really dark too fast, and is a drink a day a bad thing?

Next review we don’t go to the theaters, there is just not a lot coming out with the Academy Awards this Sunday. Instead we check out a new Prime Original streaming film The Wrecking Crew starring Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa, and Temuera Morrison.

You can find us on all things social such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or X. We also have an awesome community you can join, click here to check out our Facebook Fan Group so you can yell at Mike and Matt from the comfort of your keyboard while talking about films. Thanks for stopping by and listening to our podcast, we appreciate each and everyone of you and we will be back next week with another incredible episode of the Reel Film Nerds podcast.

The Bride! The Bride! Movie Poster

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Release Date: March 6, 2026

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When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target.

Watch The Bride! trailer below.

Episode #463: Scream 7

Welcome everyone to yet another tumultuous start to a new month in 2026. We aren’t going to talk about war here, we talk about fun things like movies and nerd culture! This week Ma, Mike, and Matt sit down and review the legacy horror film Scream 7 starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May, and Joel McHale. Not screaming topics include Harkin’s Popcorn Truck, horror gore, and another incredible giveaway from Paramount

For next week Matt gets back to picking films but wait what is this, another horror film? Yep that’s right folks we will chat about Maggie Gyllenhaal’s latest film The Bride! starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale.

You can find us on all things social such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or X. We also have an awesome community you can join, click here to check out our Facebook Fan Group so you can yell at Mike and Matt from the comfort of your keyboard while talking about films. Thanks for stopping by and listening to our podcast, we appreciate each and everyone of you and we will be back next week with another incredible episode of the Reel Film Nerds podcast.

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Release Date: February 27, 2026

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When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target.

Watch the Scream 7 trailer below.

Episode #462: How to Make a Killing

Hello kids and welcome to the last Wednesday of February. For this week Matt, Ma, and Mike chat A24’s latest production How to Make a Killing starring Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, and Ed Harris. Extracurricular topics include Cheba Hut, another amazing giveaway, and McDonald’s McNugget and Caviar Kits.

Well Mike decided to end his month-long reign of terror, I mean picking films, with one last horror flick we are all on pins and needles for, Scream 7 starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May, and Mckenna Grace.

You can find us on all things social such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or X. We also have an awesome community you can join, click here to check out our Facebook Fan Group so you can yell at Mike and Matt from the comfort of your keyboard while talking about films. Thanks for stopping by and listening to our podcast, we appreciate each and everyone of you and we will be back next week with another incredible episode of the Reel Film Nerds podcast.

How to Make a Killing How to Make a Killing Movie Poster

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Release Date: February 20, 2026

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Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

Watch the How to Make a Killing trailer below.

Episode #461: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

Welcome nerderinos to our little show! Today Mike, Ma, and Matt chat about our second AI inspired film of 2026, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die starring Sam Rockwell, Zazie Beetz, and Michael Peña. Not AI take over topics include not 1 but 2 incredible giveaways, worst Valentine’s Day stories, and Sedona jeeping

Next week the nerds and Ma keep up their theater watching with A24’s latest production How to Make a Killing starring Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, and Ed Harris.

You can find us on all things social such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or X. We also have an awesome community you can join, click here to check out our Facebook Fan Group so you can yell at Mike and Matt from the comfort of your keyboard while talking about films. Thanks for stopping by and listening to our podcast, we appreciate each and everyone of you and we will be back next week with another incredible episode of the Reel Film Nerds podcast.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die Movie Poster

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Release Date: February 13, 2026

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A “Man From the Future” arrives at a diner in Los Angeles where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.

Watch the Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die trailer below.

Episode #460: The Strangers: Chapter 3

G’day nerderinos and welcome to the 460th installment of our podcast brought to you by Ma Hinshaw, Mike Talent, and Matt Hinshaw! This week we chat about our second horror movie in a row that’s not in October, The Strangers: Chapter 3 starring Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath, and Richard Brake. Not scary topics include the 2026 Winter Olympics, photojournalism, and traveling for work is a vaca.

For our next podcast we check out a new film from the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Gore Verbinski, and starring Sam Rockwell, Zazie Beetz, and Michael Peña. The film Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.

You can find us on all things social such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or X. We also have an awesome community you can join, click here to check out our Facebook Fan Group so you can yell at Mike and Matt from the comfort of your keyboard while talking about films. Thanks for stopping by and listening to our podcast, we appreciate each and everyone of you and we will be back next week with another incredible episode of the Reel Film Nerds podcast.

The Strangers: Chapter 3 The Strangers: Chapter 3

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Stars: Madelaine Petsch, , , and Richard Brake

Release Date: February 6, 2026

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In the climactic conclusion of the “Strangers” trilogy, the survivors seeking rehabilitation from their past encounters with the masked strangers are thrust back into a fight for survival. Amidst their struggle, they uncover unsettling secrets that threaten to alter their fate, blurring the line between life and death.

Watch The Strangers: Chapter 3 trailer below.