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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!

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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!

Companion

Director: Drew Hancock

Writer: Drew Hancock

Stars: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, and Harvey Guillén

Release Date: January 31, 2025

Storyline from IMDB

A billionaire’s death sets off a chain of events for Iris and her friends during a weekend trip to his lakeside estate.

Watch the Companion trailer below.

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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!

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 #390: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

By Matt on Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Howdy fellow ghosts and ghostettes! For this week’s incredible podcast Mike and Matt review a sequel 36 years in the making, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice starring Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder. Not haunting topics include the NFL is back, Primus vs. Winona Ryder, and Jersey Mike’s.

For next week’s amazing pod we hit the theaters again to check out a fun action comedy The Killer’s Game starring Dave Bautista, Pom Klementieff, and Sofia Boutella. Don’t forget to stay to the end for Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #80. Thank you for listening and we will chat with you next week!

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Director: Tim Burton

Writer: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Seth Grahame-Smith, Michael McDowell, and Larry Wilson

Stars: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, and Justin Theroux

Release Date: September 6, 2024

Storyline from IMDB

After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.

Watch the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice movie trailer below.

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Episode #183: Tributary – An American Pickle

By Matt on Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Another week and another podcast for your listening pleasure. Today Mike and Matt dip into yet another streaming service to watch the first HBO Max Original film An American Pickle starring Seth Rogen and Seth Rogen. Extra topics include PSL, portrait mode, and do we really need more streaming services?

An American Pickle is definitely a movie. It is not a good movie, it is not a terrible movie, it’s just a movie. The premise is hilarious with tones of the hit TV show Futurama and the slapstick goofiness of an Adam Sandler comedy but it just doesn’t deliver. In fact the movie gets down right mean and cruel towards the end. It is a dark comedy but sometimes the darkness is just upsetting and not funny. Is this the film to force your hand to subscribe to yet another streaming service? No, definitely not. If you have the time plus a subscription to HBO Max and want to watch Seth Rogen play against himself in what could have been a very funny film, then sure why not sit down and watch this one. Matt and Mike suggest you don’t. Mike Talent gives An American Pickle 2 out of 5 Reels. Matt getting back to normalcy gives it a smidge high score with 2.5 out of 5 Reels.

Next week, as of right now, we plan on watching the Johnny Depp and Christian Bale cops and robbers biopic Public Enemies currently streaming on Netflix. Thanks for listening to our pod, hopefully you enjoyed it as much as we did. Chat at you next week!

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