February 2025 - Reel Film Nerds

Episode #412: Emilia Pérez

By Matt on Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Hello faithful listeners, guess what she is back, woo-hoo! Ma Hinshaw can speak again! This week we continue our Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees catch up with the Netflix Original Emilia Pérez starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Selena Gomez. Bonus topics today include the Macarena, bro, Mike’s wedding, and Cheez Its.

For our last Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees catch up of 2024, since the awards are Sunday, we check out the long one, The Brutalist starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, and Raffey Cassidy. Thank you for your continued support of our passion project. We will be back next week with another episode of the Reel Film Nerds Podcast!

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Emilia Pérez

Director: Jacques Audiard

Writers: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi and Boris Razon

Stars: Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz

Release Date: November 13, 2024

Storyline from IMDB

Emilia Pérez follows three remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel leader Emilia enlists unappreciated lawyer Rita to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.

Watch the Emilia Pérez trailer below.

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Episode #411: Captain America: Brave New World

By Matt on Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Happy Wednesday everyone! I have some bad news right off the bat, no Ma Hinshaw this week. She is off due to having a tooth pulled, YIKES! Don’t fret Mike and Matt have you covered for the first MCU film of 2025, Captain America: Brave New World starring Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, and Danny Ramirez. Time wasting topics include Marvel VS. DC, another incredible giveaway, and the Reebok Shaq Attaq 3.

Next week we continue our Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees catch up with the Netflix Original Emilia Pérez starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Selena Gomez. Thank you for your continued support of our passion project. We will be back next week with another episode of the Reel Film Nerds Podcast!

Captain America: Brave New World

Director: Julius Onah

Writers: Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, Julius Onah, Peter Glanz, Joe Simon, and Jack Kirby

Stars: Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, and Shira Haas

Release Date: February 14, 2025

Storyline from IMDB

Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan.

Watch the Captain America: Brave New World trailer below.

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Episode #410: Anora

By Matt on Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Well this is not how we anticipated the end of our 7th year to go but it happens. The audio for this week’s podcast is very jacked up. Matt did his best with editing, cleaning it up, and lining it up but you can only do so much. Ma, Mike, and Matt are sorry in advance.

We kick off our Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees catch up with Anora starring Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, Yura Borisov, and Lindsey Normington. Bonus topics today include the Bada Bing! club, way too much info about Ma Hinshaw, and how long does a Toyota Camry really last?

For our next pod we hit the theaters to watch the first MCU film of 2025, Captain America: Brave New World starring Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, and Danny Ramirez. Thank you for your continued support of our passion project. We will be back next week with another episode of the Reel Film Nerds Podcast!

Anora

Director: Sean Baker

Writer: Sean Baker

Stars: Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, Yura Borisov, and Mark Eydelshteyn

Release Date: November 8, 2024

Storyline from IMDB

A young escort from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Watch the Anora trailer below.

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Episode #409: Companion

By Matt on Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Welcome to February boys and girls! For our first podcast of the month we chat about the dark thriller Companion starring Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, and Harvey Guillén. Additional topics this week include not one but two giveaways, Florida Man, and Ma Hinshaw chats about blow up dolls.

Next week we begin our Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees catch up with Anora starring Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, Yura Borisov, and Lindsey Normington. Thank you for your continued support of our passion project. We will be back next week with another episode of the Reel Film Nerds Podcast!