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Episode #414: Mickey 17

By Matt on Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Hey there friends! This week the three amigos finally head back to the theater to catch a brand new film, Mickey 17 starring Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, and Toni Collette. Bonus topics include ranch dressing, Mexican restaurants, and In-N-Out Burger.

For our next podcast we continue hitting the theaters to check out brand new films with the action comedy Novocaine starring Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, and Jacob Batalon. 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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Mickey 17

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Writers: Bong Joon Ho and Edward Ashton

Stars: Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, and Toni Collette

Release Date: March 7, 2025

Storyline from IMDB

Mickey 17, known as an “expendable,” goes on a dangerous journey to colonize an ice planet.

Watch the Mickey 17 trailer below.

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Episode #401: Moana 2 with Ma Hinshaw

By Matt on Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Welcome to December everyone! This week we have a fun one for ya. Mike and Ma Hinshaw chat about Moana 2 while Matt sits back and moderates the madness. Tell us what you think about this new format and if we should keep doing a three person pod or return to two separate pods. Off topics include family, Indian films, and Thanksgiving dinner.

For our review next week we hit the streaming services to watch the dark comedy Dear Santa starring Jack Black and Robert Timothy Smith. 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!

Moana 2

Directors: David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, and Dana Ledoux Miller

Writers: Jared Bush, Dana Ledoux Miller, Bek Smith, and Bryson Chun

Stars: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Hualalai Chung, and Rose Matafeo

Release Date: November 27, 2024

Storyline from IMDB

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.

Watch the Moana 2 trailer below.

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Episode #181: Tributary – The Old Guard

By Matt on Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Welcome faithful listeners! This week Mike and Matt reviewed a Netflix Original that is destroying the charts, The Old Guard. Not too far off topics include Aeon Flux, favorite Pixar Films, and are movie theaters ever coming back.

What a great surprise of a film! This one really came out of nowhere. The Old Guard is a fantasy action movie based around immortality and world history. The world building is excellent especially the juxtaposition of Charize Theron’s character Andy and KiKi Layne’s character Nile. The old versus the new shows you this unique world from two different perspectives helping flesh it out. Mysterious Mike really enjoyed The Old Guard giving it 3.5 out of 5 Reels. Matt thought the film was incredible and can not wait for the inevitable sequel awarding it 4 out of 5 Reels.

We hope the guys will be talking about a movie next week. Mysterious Mike Talent did not do his homework. Hopefully, he will even though it is late and we will get something watched and reviewed for you. Thanks for listening to our pod, hopefully you enjoyed it as much as we did. Chat at you next week!

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The Old Guard

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Writers: Greg Rucka

Stars: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Chiwetel Ejiofor

Release Date: July 10, 2020

Storyline from IMDB

A covert team of immortal mercenaries are suddenly exposed and must now fight to keep their identity a secret just as an unexpected new member is discovered.

Watch The Old Guard trailer below.

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Episode #175: Tributary – Artemis Fowl

By Matt on Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Check it out everyone, we finally got a new film to watch! Thanks to Disney not waiting for movie theaters to open, you can now catch Artemis Fowl (originally slated for theaters) on their streaming platform Disney Plus. Extracurricular topics today include National Treasure, COVID-19 movie delays, and Dolby Atmos.

Based on the popular books series, Artemis Fowl follows the son of a criminal mastermind, with the same name, on a quest to rescue his father while discovering a second world exists with fairies, trolls, and more. To call Artemis Fowl mediocre would be high praise. This is a rough film that suffers from Matt’s #1 complaint, the story or lack thereof. This world is beautiful, fun, and interesting but the story doesn’t live up to it’s characters or environment.

Clearly the story must be great in the books since they are a world phenomenon but the filmmakers dropped the ball on their translation to the big screen. The acting was rough but we aren’t going to slam the lead, it is literally his first film ever. The sets are gorgeous and the digital effects are also well done. Both your hosts agree, this is not a must see film. It is a hard pass unless you read the books then maybe. We are sorry to report Mike and Matt are back to agreeing everyone, yes again, graciously awarding Artemis Fowl 2 out of 5 Reels.

Next week the guys keep the new streaming films rolling with another movie that was supposed to hit the theaters this year. Currently streaming on Netflix, The Lovebirds starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani. Thanks for listening to our latest podcast, we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Chat at you next week from the Internets!

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