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Episode #402: Dear Santa (2024) with Ma Hinshaw

By Matt on Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Happy Wednesday nerderinos! Well the experiment continues, do you like our new format with Ma Hinshaw? Today we chat about the dark comedy Dear Santa starring Jack Black and Robert Timothy Smith. Not Satan related topics include McLarens, ASU wins, and middle school.

For our review next week your three movie lovers hit the theater to check out yet another Spider-Man villain film without Spider-Man, Kraven the Hunter starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Russell Crowe. 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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Dear Santa (2024)

Director: Bobby Farrelly

Writers: Ricky Blitt, Peter Farrelly, Dan Ewen

Stars: Jack Black, Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, and Post Malone

Release Date: November 27, 2024

Storyline from IMDB

When a young boy mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with one crucial spelling error, a devilish Jack Black arrives to wreak havoc on the holidays.

Watch the Dear Santa trailer below.

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Episode #400: Red One

By Matt on Wednesday, November 20, 2024

The podcast too tough to die continues with our 400th installment! This week Mike and Matt chat about the first Christmas inspired film of the year, Red One starring Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, and J.K. Simmons. Additional topics include Christmas movie classics, Matt gives up on women forever, and Christmas decorating.

For our review next week we hit nothing! That’s right Mike is out of town visiting Arizona of all places so no podcast. Matt and Ma are going to watch Gladiator II and chat about it on the radio. You can tune in on Friday at 9:00AM on KYCA.info. Don’t forget to stay to the end of our show for Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #90. Thank you for listening and we will chat with you next week!

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Red One

Director: Jake Kasdan

Writers: Chris Morgan and Hiram Garcia

Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, and J.K. Simmons

Release Date: November 15, 2024

Storyline from IMDB

After Santa Claus (code name: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.

Watch the Red One trailer below.

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Episode #353: Legacy – Home Alone (1990)

By Matt on Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Merry almost Christmas everyone! In celebration of the upcoming holiday Mike and Matt go back in time and chat about one of their favorite Christmas movies, Home Alone (1990). Bonus topics include Ma Talent, Legos, and our top 5 Christmas movies we must watch every year.

For next week’s review we hit the theater to check out the newest DCU film, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom starring Jason Momoa and Patrick Wilson. Don’t forget to stay for the end to hear Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #42. Thank you for listening and we will chat with you next week!

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Home Alone (1990)

Director: Chris Columbus

Writer: John Hughes

Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, and Catherine O’Hara

Release Date: November 16, 1990

Storyline from IMDB

An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.

Watch the Home Alone (1990) trailer below.

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Episode #201: Legacy – Die Hard Revisited

By Matt on Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Happy Festivus everyone! Today Mike and Matt fulfill one of their promises, they revisit the Christmas action classic Die Hard starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman. We first reviewed it for Episode #74 on Christmas Day 2018. Off topics today include Matt breaks his new phone, architecture, and lots of trivia.

If you have not seen Die Hard and you are listening to our podcast then shame on you! Die Hard is an incredible film that both of your hosts love. The acting is great, the stunts are big and bold, and the sets are engrossing. Basically this movie is the complete package on top of being a Christmas movie. Mike again gives Die Hard a perfect rating with 5 out of 5 Reels. Matt a tad lower like the original review awards the film 4.5 out of 5 Reels.

The guys are taking next week off because Mike Talent is gone on his third vacation of the year, must be nice. We will return in the new year with a new film Wonder Woman 1984, finally! Don’t forget to stay to the end of the pod to hear Matt’s debate with Leza Live about Die Hard definitely being a Christmas movie. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from all of us at the Reel Film Nerds podcast! (FYI it’s just Matt and Mike, mostly Matt though.) Thank you for another year supporting our podcast.

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Die Hard

Director: John McTiernan

Writers: Roderick Thorp, Jeb Stuart, and Steven E. de Souza

Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie 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.

Episodes Tributary

Episode #200: Tributary – Scrooged

By Matt on Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Welcome everyone to Reel Film Nerds Podcast 200! Shocking that we made it all the way to 200 episodes. Today Mike and Matt continue their holiday movie reviews with 1980’s comedy gold Scrooged starring Bill Murray. A handful of our many off topics include a house fire, The Chive, TV’s, and LCD’s.

Scrooged is a must watch retelling of the classic Christmas story by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Bill Murray plays one of his most iconic and dramatic roles, Frank Cross, a cynical TV executive wronging his employees and former girlfriend right before Christmas. The star studded cast includes Karen Allen, John Forsythe, and Carol Kane. This film is a comedy but a very dark comedy. The story is great, the special effects, mostly practical, still hold up well today, and the sets are perfect. The three ghosts of Christmas are memorable and unique compared to other tellings of this tale. Scrooged is a holiday classic Mike and Matt watch every year and you should too. Mike gives Scrooged 4 out of 5 Reels. Matt a tad lower awards the film 3.5 out of 5 Reels.

Next week the guys review a movie they have reviewed before. They promised it would make it’s return annually around Christmas, the skyscraper action spectacular Die Hard starring Bruce Willis and Reginald VelJohnson. Don’t forget to email us and enter our latest movie giveaway courtesy of Paramount Pictures, the brand new film The Stand In starring Drew Barrymore and Michael Zegen. Merry Christmas and thanks for your support of our podcast.

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