Jerome and Brian examine Bruce Lee’s finest and most important work, Enter the Dragon. They examine his history, his unfortunate passing, and the greatness of this film.
Continue reading Pantheon Plus – Tournament Edition: Enter the DragonOkay, so these movies are mostly ass. In fact, calling them “movies” is pretty much a stretch. For the most part, it just feels like the books were plugged into Google Translate to go from “book” to “movie” and they were just spit out. There was no real vision and the differing early styles, and the whole thing was clearly just a quick cash-in. Whatever! These books were not designed well for adaptation for the screen (big or small). As such, there’s really no great acting in there, but some characters were better served than others in the script with actors actually doing what was needed!
10. John Cleese
Continue reading Top 10 Performances in the Harry Potter Films
Jerome and Brian come back to superheroes for an end of the year special as they discuss HBO’s huge Watchmen adaptation that takes its cues from the graphic novel and less so from the 2009 film. The duo discusses why this television series is worth assessing for the Pantheon.
Then the final 30 minutes are a discussion of Wonder Woman 1984. Find out their very spoiler filled thoughts on a mixed bag of a movie to say the least.
Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon: Watchmen (2019) & Wonder Woman 1984
Ben Phillips & Matt Waters continue to present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, this time with 2010 – 2019.
Another year and another volume of There Will Be Movies in the books, and we’re closing with our only Oscar-winner to date: Parasite. Come for the class discourse, stay for Matt’s bleak announcement about future plans.
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 50: Parasite
Happy Christmas! Wear a fucking mask!
Oh, and enjoy two very different Christmas movies with Mike & Matt for their fourth annual special. Matt brings the Shane Black classic Lethal Weapon, while Mike throws us a curveball with Happiest Season.
Continue reading The Reel World Christmas Special 2020: Lethal Weapon & Happiest Season
Ben Phillips & Matt Waters continue to present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, this time with 2010 – 2019.
Gather around everyone for the last Ben’s Book Club of Volume 2, as we discuss feminism, literature and how many Oscar categories Greta Gerwig’s latest #WhitePeopleProblems flick was robbed in.
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 49: Little WomenAt The Reel World, we believe instead of paying us money to listen to and read our mundane thoughts on popular culture, you should give back what you can to people who need it. I suggest supporting The Manna-hatta Fund. “The Manna-hatta Fund presents an opportunity for all settlers to support the Indigenous peoples, such as the Lenni Lenape, who were forcefully displaced by European settlers and their descendants to create New York City and the United States.” Follow the beneficiaries on Twitter: @AICHNYC
We ranked the live-action, theatrically released Star Wars films! Here are the voters:
Matt Waters
Jerome Cusson
Kevin Ford
Ben Phillips
Mike Thomas
Enjoy!
11. Attack of the Colones (dir. George Lucas)
At The Reel World, we believe instead of paying us money to listen to and read our mundane thoughts on popular culture, you should give back what you can to people who need it. I suggest supporting The Manna-hatta Fund. “The Manna-hatta Fund presents an opportunity for all settlers to support the Indigenous peoples, such as the Lenni Lenape, who were forcefully displaced by European settlers and their descendants to create New York City and the United States.” Follow the beneficiaries on Twitter: @AICHNYC
Star Wars was never really known for its standout performances, but some of the work involved was still quite good! Here were the best of the bunch!
10. Ewan McGregor
1. Why do the sets look so cheap?
It looks like a student film that somehow held the real actors hostage. Continue reading 14 Questions about The Star Wars Holiday Special
It’s STAR WARS WEEK at The Reel World, so naturally means that it’s at last time for Mike & Matt to discuss Solo! And also Noah Hawley.
Continue reading Solo: A Star Wars Story Podcast Review
