We are back everyone! Sorry about the last minute cancellation but the guys had some personal and family things to tend to. Don’t worry though today you get a double feature with their reviews of CODA and The Adam Project! Bonus topics today include Tesla, a new movie giveaway, and allergies suck!

I will do my best not to write too much, it’s getting late and I do need to get to bed. The Apple Original CODA is an absolutely incredible film. The acting, the story, everything is just so wonderful and heartfelt. This film should win the Academy Award for Best Picture but we all know that it won’t because well it’s not weird. CODA is a coming of age story for a high school senior looking to go to college for singing but her entire family is deaf except her. This adds many challenges that most of us would never even contemplate let alone understand. Mike and Matt both agree this is a must see film awarding it 4.5 out of 5 Reels.

Our second review of the pod is the new Netflix Original The Adam Project starring  Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. This is a fun sci-fi summer blockbuster kind of film with some heart thrown in for good measure. Time travel has been invented and Ryan Reynolds must team up with his younger self to save mankind from impending doom oh and rescue his wife who is trapped in the past. This film was just a lot of fun. It is nothing special but just a really good time with great acting, special effects, and a tried and true story with lightsabers, kind of. Mike and Matt agree this is well worth the watch if you have a Netflix subscription. If not, go over to a friend’s house and watch it with them. Mike with the surprise higher rating gives The Adam Project 3.5 out of 5 Reels. Matt really enjoyed the movie too but thought it was just average. He awards The Adam Project 3 out of 5 Reels. 

For next week’s podcast, if we can keep our crap together, we continue catching up on new Netflix Originals with Mike’s pick Windfall starring Jason Segel, Lily Collins, and Jesse Plemons. Thanks for listening and reading to the end of our show notes. Chat at you next week!

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CODA

Director: Sian Heder

Writers: Sian Heder, Victoria Bedos, and Stanislas Carré de MalbergBelier”)

Stars: Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, and Daniel Durant

Release Date: August 13, 2021

Storyline from IMDB

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Watch the CODA trailer below.

The Adam Project

Director: Shawn Levy

Writers: Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, and Jennifer Flackett

Stars:  Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo

Release Date: March 11, 2022

Storyline from IMDB

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future.

Watch The Adam Project trailer below.

Come one come all and check out our newest pod! Today Matt and Mike chat about another Best Picture nominee for this year’s Academy Awards, Nightmare Alley directed by Guillermo del Toro. Not carny related topics include Aldi, Sons of Anarchy, and hot tubs.

Nightmare Alley is a beautiful period piece from about 1941 based on a carny that takes the big city by storm as a mentalist. There are a ton of incredible actors in this film from Bradley Cooper to Ron Pearlman to Toni Collette and they all do an incredible job telling this story. The only thing that overshadows the acting is the cinematography. This film is dark, mysterious, and dingy but holy cow is it beautiful! The cinematography in Nightmare Alley rivals other Best Picture nominee Dune and that is really saying a lot. Mike and Matt both agree this is a great must watch film especially since it is currently streaming on HBO Max. They both award the film 4 out of 5 Reels.

Next week we might be a few days late with Episode #262. Matt is heading out of town for work. Don’t fret we are still going to review the new DC film The Batman starring Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz. Chat at you next week!

If you have a film you would like Matt and Mike to review, email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com

You can find us on all things social such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Why not join our Facebook Fan Group so you can yell at Mike and Matt from the comfort of your keyboard while talking about films. Thank you for liking, subscribing, rating, reviewing, and telling your friends about our podcast. Stay home and stream as many movies as you can!

Nightmare Alley

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Writers: Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan, and William Lindsay Gresham

Stars: Bradley Cooper, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett, and Toni Collette

Release Date: December 17, 2021

Storyline from IMDB

An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Watch the Nightmare Alley trailer below.