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Episode #412: Emilia Pérez

By Matt on Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Hello faithful listeners, guess what she is back, woo-hoo! Ma Hinshaw can speak again! This week we continue our Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees catch up with the Netflix Original Emilia Pérez starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Selena Gomez. Bonus topics today include the Macarena, bro, Mike’s wedding, and Cheez Its.

For our last Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees catch up of 2024, since the awards are Sunday, we check out the long one, The Brutalist starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, and Raffey Cassidy. 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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Emilia Pérez

Director: Jacques Audiard

Writers: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi and Boris Razon

Stars: Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz

Release Date: November 13, 2024

Storyline from IMDB

Emilia Pérez follows three remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel leader Emilia enlists unappreciated lawyer Rita to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.

Watch the Emilia Pérez trailer below.

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Episode #360: Tributary – Maestro

By Matt on Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Happy anniversary to us and Valentine’s Day to you! That’s right the Reel Film Nerds Podcast turns 6 years old today. We did it, I think? Anyways, this week Mike and Matt continue their Best Picture Nominee catch up with the Netflix Original Maestro written, directed, and starring Bradley Cooper. Not musical topics include a new giveaway, story is always #1, and trying to understand persecution.

Next week your podcast trio hits the theaters to check out Bob Marley: One Love starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, and James Norton. Don’t forget to stay for the end to hear Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #50, yes 50!!!! WOW! Thank you for listening and we will chat with you next week!

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Maestro

Director: Bradley Cooper

Writer: Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer

Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, and Vincenzo Amato

Release Date: December 20, 2023

Storyline from IMDB

This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

Watch the Maestro trailer below.

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Episode #358: Tributary – Leave the World Behind

By Matt on Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Welcome one and all to our weekly movie chat! For today’s episode Mike and Matt discuss a Netflix Original with an incredible cast, Leave the World Behind starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, and Ethan Hawke. Extracurricular topics include Poor Things is just flat out weird, technology is coming for you, and eyes suck.

For next week’s pod the boys and Ma Hinshaw head to the theaters to watch the spy thriller Argylle starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, and Sofia Boutella. Don’t forget to stay for the end to hear Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #48. 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

Leave the World Behind

Director: Sam Esmail

Writers: Rumaan Alam and Sam Esmail

Stars: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, and Charlie Evans

Release Date: December 8, 2023

Storyline from IMDB

A family’s getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices, and two strangers appear at their door.

Watch the Leave the World Behind trailer below.

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Episode #340: Tributary – Heart of Stone

By Matt on Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Welcome to your latest Reel Film Nerds Podcast! For this week’s review Mike and Matt chat about the Netflix Original Heart of Stone starring Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Jing Lusi, and Matthias Schweighöfer. Non spy thriller topics include Ahsoka, super fans, and the continued Hollywood strikes.

For next week’s review Matt, Mike, and Ma make their way back to the theater to check out the third Agatha Christie based film by Kenneth Branagh, A Haunting in Venice. Don’t forget to stay for the end to hear Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #29. 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

Heart of Stone

Director: Tom Harper

Writers: Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder,

Stars: Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Jing Lusi, and Matthias Schweighöfer

Release Date: August 11, 2023

Storyline from IMDB

An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable and dangerous weapon.

Watch the Heart of Stone trailer below.

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Episode #315: Tributary – RRR

By Matt on Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Wow, March is moving by quickly! This week Mike, Matt, and Ma Hinshaw chat about a recent Academy Award winning film RRR currently streaming on Netflix. Additional topics include Happy Birthday Mike, the British Empire was ruthless, and to dub or not to dub.

Matt has been wanting to watch this film since he found out about late last summer. He just wanted to wait to review it with Mike for this pod and man he was not disappointed. RRR is an incredible film! Excellent story, amazing action, and very very good acting. RRR is extremely loosely based on real revolutionaries and real events but it is a fictional retelling, almost a What If type story.

The stunts and action are some of the best we have ever seen. Yes they are very unrealistic at times and down right over the top but man are they cool to watch. The cinematography was excellent. It’s lit so perfectly and shot so well that it’s almost distracting. Mike, Ma, and Matt all agree RRR is a must see film!

Mike with the highest rating gives RRR 4.5 out of 5 Reels. Matt and Ma on the other hand both award it 4 out of 5 Reels and Oatmeal cookies.

For next week’s pod we head to theaters to catch Keanu Reeves latest installment of the infamous John Wick series, John Wick: Chapter 4!! 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