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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 #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!

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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 #386: Borderlands

By Matt on Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Hi kids! For this weekly Reel Film Nerds Podcast we chat about a video game inspired film Borderlands starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt and Jack Black. Additional topics include the World Wide Web, E.T the Video Game, and Octoberfest.

Next week Ma, Mike, and Matt hit the theaters, to check out a new horror Sci-Fi film Alien: Romulus directed by Fede Alvarez. Don’t forget to stay to the end for Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #76. 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

Borderlands

Director: Eli Roth

Writers: Eli Roth and Joe Abercrombie

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt and Jack Black

Release Date: August 9, 2024

Storyline from IMDB

Based on the best-selling videogame, this all-star action-adventure follows a ragtag team of misfits on a mission to save a missing girl who holds the key to unimaginable power.

Watch the Borderlands trailer below.

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Episode #382: Fly Me to the Moon

By Matt on Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Howdy doody everyone! For today’s epic podcast Mike and Matt chat about a romcom. Yes, you read that right, a romcom, Fly Me to the Moon starring Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson, and Ray Romano. Not fake moon landing topics include Amazon Prime Day, Magic Mike, and of course love.

For next week’s episode we come down out of space to chat about the weather with our review of Twisters starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos. Don’t forget to stay to the end for Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #72. 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

Fly Me to the Moon

Director: Greg Berlanti

Writers: Keenan Flynn, Bill Kirstein, and Rose Gilroy

Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson, and Ray Romano

Release Date: July 12, 2024

Storyline from IMDB

Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, Fly Me To The Moon is a sharp, stylish romantic comedy set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA’s historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Brought in to fix NASA’s public image, sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones (Johansson) wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis’s (Tatum) already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, the countdown truly begins.

Watch the Fly Me to the Moon trailer below.

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Episode #363: Dune: Part Two

By Matt on Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Happy Wednesday everyone! This week we have a heck of a review for you. The highly anticipated sequel 3 years in the making, Dune: Part 2 Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and Rebecca Ferguson. Bonus topics today include Poor Things, sequels that are better than the original, and direct to streaming films.

For next week’s podcast Matt, Mike, and Ma give themselves one last Best Picture Nominee catchup podcast with their review of The Zone of Interest directed by Jonathan Glazer. Don’t forget to stay to the end for Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #53. 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