Episode #76: Triple Feature

Welcome everyone to our first Triple Feature episode.  We did our best to keep it to a half hour but failed miserably.  Today your amazing hosts Matt and Mysterious Mike reviewed Bumblebee, Welcome to Marwen, and Vice.  Extracurricular topics included wrestling actors, camera’s, and politics.  To tell you the truth they mostly kept on topic throughout each review.  Matt even reigned in Mike a couple of times if you can believe it!

We are going to try to keep our show notes short and sweet so you can spend your time listen to our pod and not reading about it.  To sum it all up quickly go see Bumblebee and Vice.  Skip Welcome to Marwen unless you are really bored and want to see Steve Carell give one of his best performances ever.  Here go our ratings if you want to skip actual podcast.  Bumblebee, Matt likes it a ton but he is a giant nerd who grew up loving Transformers.  He gives it 4 out of 5 Reels.  Mike really enjoyed it but like always is harsh with his ratings, he gives Bumblebee 3.5 out of 5 Reels.  Neither of your hosts thought highly of Welcome to Marwen.  Mike gives it 2.5 out of 5 Reels.  Matt really was let down by this film and rated it lower than Mike giving it 2 out of 5 Reels.  Our last review is Adam McKay’s Vice.  Matt really enjoyed Vice but thought some of the story telling elements were just weird and take you out of the film.  He awards Vice 3.5 out of 5 Reels.  Mike on the other hand really loved Vice awarding it his highest rating of the 3 films with 4 out of 5 Reels.

We hope you enjoyed our first Triple Feature podcast.  If you did or did not please email or message us and let us know.  Maybe we will do this again when another movie-pocalypse is upon us!  Next week Matt and Mike review Aquaman on Tuesday and another film on Thursday.  What film is the question.  Maybe that new Netflix movie everyone is losing their minds over Bird Box.  Chat at you on Tuesday!

Thanks for your continued support of our podcast. Without you our listeners, this podcast would not exist, seriously. Anyways do us a favor and tell your friends and family about our fun little pod especially if you hate it! Don’t forget to subscribe and listen to our sister podcasts Rogues Radio, Code 3 Podcast, The Blue Milk Podcast, and The Mile High Show.

If you have a film you would like to hear Matt and Mike review feel free to email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com Thank you for liking, subscribing, rating, reviewing, and telling your friends about our podcast. Now go out and catch a movie!

Bumblebee

Director: Travis Knight Bumblebee Movie Poster

Writer: Christina Hodson

Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, and Pamela Adlon

Release Date: December 21, 2018

Storyline from IMDB

On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.

Watch the Bumblebee trailer below.

Welcome to Marwen

Director: Robert Zemeckis Welcome to Marwen Movie Poster

Writers: Robert Zemeckis and Caroline Thompson

Stars: Steve Carell, Merritt Wever, Gwendoline Christie, and Leslie Mann

Release Date: December 21, 2018

Storyline from IMDB

On April 8, 2000, aspiring artist Mark Hogancamp (Steve Carell) became a victim of a violent assault when five men beat him up and left him for dead. Following the attack, Mark was left with little to no memory of his previous life due to brain damage inflicted by his attackers. In a desperate attempt to regain his memories, Hogancamp constructs a miniature World War II village called Marwen in his yard to help in his recovery. Unfortunately, Mark’s demons come back to haunt him when he’s asked to testify against the five men that attacked him.

Watch the Welcome to Marwen trailer below.

Vice

Director:Adam McKay Vice Movie Poster

Writer: Adam McKay

Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, and Sam Rockwell

Release Date: December 25, 2018

Storyline from IMDB

The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.

Watch the Vice trailer below.

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Episode #75: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Welcome to 2019 everyone!  Today your insane host’s Mysterious Mike and Matt review a movie everyone in the world has probably seen but we are reviewing it anyways, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.  Matt has a full-on nerd melt down so here’s your warning.  It is not as bad as when we review a Star Wars movie, but it is pretty dang close.  Topics today also include snow, IMAX, the Universal Monsters, and finally our podcast goals for 2019.

The guys agree Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a ground-breaking film and really should be seen by everyone.  It is like watching a comic book come to life on the big screen.  The animation is out of this world, the voice acting is incredible, and the story is just a whole lot of fun to say the least.  Matt loved this movie.  There were very very minor issues with it in his eyes just enough to drop it down a little bit from a perfect score.  He awards Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse a 4.5 out of 5 Reels.  Mike also loved this film but not as much as Matt.  He is quickly becoming a film curmudgeon, and nothing is ever good enough for one of those.  He gives the animated Spider-Man flick a respectable 4 out of 5 Reels.

Winter Movie-pocalypse 2018 comes to a head this Thursday when your hosts attempt to review not 1, not 2, but 3, yes 3 movies in one podcast!  The 3 films in reviewed order are Bumblebee, Welcome to Marwen, and Vice.  We hope you are enjoying our attempt to watch every movie this holiday season and that our reviews are helping you to make the right choice on what to spend your money on.  Chat with you on Thursday with our first Triple Feature!

Thanks for your continued support of our podcast. Without you our listeners, this podcast would not exist, seriously. Anyways do us a favor and tell your friends and family about our fun little pod especially if you hate it! Don’t forget to subscribe and listen to our sister podcasts Rogues Radio, Code 3 Podcast, The Blue Milk Podcast, and The Mile High Show.

If you have a film you would like to hear Matt and Mike review feel free to email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com Thank you for liking, subscribing, rating, reviewing, and telling your friends about our podcast. Now go out and catch a movie!

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Movie Poster

Writers: Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman

Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, and Nicolas Cage

Release Date: December 14, 2018

Storyline from IMDB

Miles Morales is a New York teen struggling with school, friends and, on top of that, being the new Spider-Man. When he comes across Peter Parker, the erstwhile saviour of New York, in the multiverse, Miles must train to become the new protector of his city.

Watch the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse trailer below.

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Episode #74: Legacy – Die Hard

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!  We hope you opened lots of presents this morning and got everything you ever wanted.  Your hosts Matt and Mysterious Mike sure as hell didn’t.  Back on topic today in honor of Christmas we review one of Mike’s favorite Christmas movies of all time, Die Hard.  The guys talk about their first R rated movies, the hot mess that is Skyscraper, and their family Christmas get together’s.  Grab a cool glass of eggnog and enjoy our review of Die Hard!

Die Hard is one of the many great 1980’s action films in cinematic history.  The action is fantastic, the sets look incredible, and Bruce Willis is the every-man action hero guys want to be and women want to be with.  I think this goes without saying but Mysterious Mike loves this movie with all his heart.  He awards it his second perfect score in RFN history with 5 out of 5 Reels.  Matt really likes Die Hard a lot too but re-watching it definitely does not stand the test of time as well as it should.  He gives Die Hard a very good rating of 4.5 out of 5 Reels.

Thanks everyone for joining us for this super special Die Hard Christmas episode of the Reel Film Nerds Podcast.  We will not have an episode on Thursday thanks to your hosts busy holiday schedules.  They will return with the two films they promised to review this week, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Welcome to Marwen with maybe even more reviews if they have the time to chat this weekend.

Thanks for your continued support of our podcast.  Without you our listeners, this podcast would not exist, seriously.  Anyways do us a favor and tell your friends and family about our fun little pod especially if you hate it!  Don’t forget to subscribe and listen to our sister podcasts Rogues RadioCode 3 PodcastThe Blue Milk Podcast, and The Mile High Show.

If you have a film you would like to hear Matt and Mike review feel free to email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com Thank you for liking, subscribing, rating, reviewing, and telling your friends about our podcast. Now go out and catch a movie!

Die Hard

Director: John McTiernan Die Hard Movie Poster

Writers: Roderick ThorpJeb Stuart, and Steven E. de Souza

Stars: Bruce WillisAlan RickmanBonnie Bedelia, and Reginald VelJohnson

Release Date: July 20, 1988

Storyline from IMDB

John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Watch the Die Hard trailer below.

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Episode #73: Mortal Engines

Merry almost Christmas everyone!  Today we have a review of a movie you should never see, Mortal Engines.  The guys don’t mess around and just get right into it with this review, this is a bad movie.  Topics today included the Mars TV show, Steve Carell, and Mike taking notes again.

Mortal Engines is just a terrible movie.  The only redeeming part is the visual effects and the first 30 minutes that actually has a predator city chasing down another city.  Seriously that’s it in a movie based on predator cities one damn chase scene!  There is no character development at all.  The script poorly written, it comes off as a third movie in a trilogy when it’s the start of a new franchise?  Mortal Engines also rips off so many sci-fi and fantasy films including Star Wars that we lost count.  Mike flat out blasted this movie.  He really tore it apart more than usual.  He graciously gives Mortal Engines ½ a Reel out of 5.  Matt was very disappointed by this film.  He had very high hopes for it because it appears to be a very cool and fun world to tell stories in.  This first attempt failed miserably though.  He gives the film a more lenient score with 1.5 out of 5 Reels.

Next week the guys keep the reviews coming!  They are both out watching as many of the new films hitting the theaters as possible.  Reviews next week include the critically acclaimed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Robert Zemeckis’ Welcome to Marwen but they might toss in a few quick reviews to let you know what to see over your holiday break.  Chat with all of you next week and we hope you get lots of awesome movies for Christmas!

Thanks for your continued support of our podcast.  Without you our listeners, this podcast would not exist, seriously.  Anyways do us a favor and tell your friends and family about our fun little pod especially if you hate it!  Don’t forget to subscribe and listen to our sister podcasts Rogues RadioCode 3 PodcastThe Blue Milk Podcast, and The Mile High Show.

If you have a film you would like to hear Matt and Mike review feel free to email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com Thank you for liking, subscribing, rating, reviewing, and telling your friends about our podcast. Now go out and catch a movie!

Mortal Engines

Director: Christian Rivers Mortal Engines Movie Poster

Writers: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Philip Reeve

Stars: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo WeavingStephen Lang, and Jihae

Release Date: December 14, 2018

Storyline from IMDB

A mysterious young woman, Hester Shaw, emerges as the only one who can stop a giant, predator city on wheels devouring everything in its path. Feral, and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy, an outcast from London, along with Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.

Watch the Mortal Engines trailer below.

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Episode #72: The Mule (2018)

Morning everyone and welcome to another episode of the Reel Film Nerds podcast!  Winter Movie-pocalypse 2018 is upon us and your hosts start it out with Clint Eastwood’s latest masterwork The Mule (2018).  Mysterious Mike and Mean Matt do get off topic a bit in this pod, but it is hard to talk about Clint Eastwood and not about Westerns.  Topics today include That’s What She Said, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Deadwood.

The Mule (2018) is another stellar film from one of our acting and directing greats.  The casting is spot on, the story is incredible, and Clint Eastwood’s performance is one for the books.  Mike loved The Mule (2018) and thinks everyone should watch it but seeing it in the theater is not a must.  Matt agrees it was an incredible film, but he compares it to some of Eastwood’s other great films and feels it falls a tiny bit short of them.  They both award The Mule (2018) with 4 out of 5 Reels.

This Thursday the guys continue Winter Movie-pocalypse 2018 with another new podcast review of a film that was released this past weekend, Mortal Engines.  Spoiler Alert for the podcast and the movie, it is crap!  Seriously don’t see this film but do listen to our podcast.  Mike comes out of his shell a bit and just tears this movie apart.  Chat with you on Thursday!

Thanks for tuning in for another episode of two nerds talking about movies. Please do us a favor and tell your friends about the RFN podcast. Don’t forget to subscribe and listen to our sister podcasts Rogues Radio, Code 3 Podcast, The Blue Milk Podcast, and The Mile High Show.

If you have a film you would like to hear Matt and Mike review feel free to email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com Thank you for liking, subscribing, rating, reviewing, and telling your friends about our podcast. Now go out and catch a movie!

The Mule (2018)

Director: Clint Eastwood The Mule Movie Poster

Writers: Sam Dolnick and Nick Schenk

Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Taissa Farmiga, and Michael Peña

Release Date: December 14, 2018

Storyline from IMDB

A 90-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran is caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Illinois for a Mexican drug cartel.

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