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Episode #464: The Bride!

By Matt on Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Welcome fellow movie nerds! For our latest podcast episode Mike, Ma, and Matt discuss a movie you probably should not see, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. Not monster topics include gargling Lysol, Matt goes really dark too fast, and is a drink a day a bad thing?

Next review we don’t go to the theaters, there is just not a lot coming out with the Academy Awards this Sunday. Instead we check out a new Prime Original streaming film The Wrecking Crew starring Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa, and Temuera Morrison.

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The Bride!

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Writers: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Mary Shelley

Stars: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, and Penélope Cruz

Release Date: March 6, 2026

Storyline from IMDB

When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target.

Watch The Bride! trailer below.

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Episode #387: Alien: Romulus

By Matt on Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Welcome boys and girls to our weekly Reel Film Nerds Podcast! This week Mike and Matt chat about the new sequel prequel, Alien: Romulus directed by Fede Alvarez. Additional topics include new federal real estate laws, too much tongue, and AI.

Next week Ma, Mike, and Matt hit the theaters, to check out a remake that should have never been made, The Crow (2024). Don’t forget to stay to the end for Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #77. Thank you for listening and we will chat with you next week!

If you have a film you would like Matt and Mike to review, email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com

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Alien: Romulus

Director: Fede Alvarez

Writers: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues, Dan O’Bannon, and Ronald Shusett

Stars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu

Release Date: August 17, 2024

Storyline from IMDB

While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

Watch the Alien: Romulus trailer below.

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Episode #381: A Quiet Place: Day One

By Matt on Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Welcome podcast listeners to Reel Film Nerds land! This week Matt and Mike chat about the new film A Quiet Place: Day One starring Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, and Alex Wolff. Not alien invasion topics include Charlie Sheen, pizza, and the Independence Day film.

For next week’s episode we keep going with the space theme with our review and discussion of Fly Me to the Moon starring Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson, and Ray Romano. Don’t forget to stay to the end for Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #71. Thank you for listening and we will chat with you next week!

If you have a film you would like Matt and Mike to review, email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com

A Quiet Place: Day One

Director: Michael Sarnoski

Writers: Michael Sarnoski, John Krasinski, Bryan Woods, and Scott Beck

Stars: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, and Djimon Hounsou

Release Date: June 28, 2024

Storyline from IMDB

After the events and revelations of ‘A Quiet Place’ and ‘A Quiet Place: Part 2’ it is time to go back to ‘Day One’. Following Sam (Lupita Nyong’o) as she’s on a group trip in New York City, everything is going fine, until the invasion that sends the world into silence begins. Can the city stay quiet and can Sam and Eric (Joseph Quin), a new unlikely friend, make it somewhere safe? But no matter what happens, don’t make a sound and you might just find out what happens in ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’.

Watch the A Quiet Place: Day One trailer below.

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Episode #352: Godzilla Minus One

By Matt on Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Happy Wednesday everyone! For our latest podcast Mike and Matt jump on the bandwagon and review Godzilla Minus One. Spoiler Alert, we love this film! Not Kaiju related topics include Shindin, sleeping, and B+ movies?

For our next review Matt and Mike get into the holiday spirit by watching one of their favorite Christmas films from their childhood, Home Alone. Don’t forget to stay for the end to hear Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #41. Thank you for listening and we will chat with you next week!

If you have a film you would like Matt and Mike to review, email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com

Godzilla Minus One

Director: Takashi Yamazaki

Writer: Takashi Yamazaki

Stars: Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki

Release Date: December 1, 2023

Storyline from IMDB

Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.

Watch the Godzilla Minus One trailer below.

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Episode #336: The Last Voyage of the Demeter

By Matt on Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Happy Wednesday everyone! For this week’s podcast Mike and Matt chat about the latest Dracula film, The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Not blood sucking topics include Iron Man 3, nudity, and Mattdad?

For next week we go the opposite route with a raunchy comedy starring puppies, Strays. Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies is back! She reviews not only this week’s film but also last week’s film, enjoy! Thank you for listening and we will chat with you next week.

If you have a film you would like Matt and Mike to review, email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com