Category: Film

Secret Agent Men – Episode 3: Mission: Impossible II

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Ben Phillips & Matt Waters are sick to death of Oscar contenders so have decided to get their spy on instead, examining how the Mission: Impossible, Bourne and James Bond franchises have danced around each other over the years.

Backflip Kick on down as your utterly delirious hosts do their best to make sense of this towering monument to insanity. Everybody’s wearing masks and they all hate the only woman in the movie. Literally. Continue reading Secret Agent Men – Episode 3: Mission: Impossible II

Secret Agent Men – Episode 2: The Bourne Identity

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Ben Phillips & Matt Waters are sick to death of Oscar contenders so have decided to get their spy on instead, examining how the Mission: Impossible, Bourne and James Bond franchises have danced around each other over the years.

Zip-line through a window and fire your uzis wildly to celebrate Matt’s heartbreak as he’s confronted with the sobering truth that a film he thought was a masterpiece is in fact just pretty okay. Continue reading Secret Agent Men – Episode 2: The Bourne Identity

The Superhero Pantheon: Volume 2, Episode 44: Aquaman

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Jerome and Brian go underwater to explore one of the most profitable superhero movies of 2018, a film that continued the DCEU’s momentum and took over the holiday season. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon: Volume 2, Episode 44: Aquaman

Secret Agent Men – Episode 1: Mission: Impossible

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Ben Phillips & Matt Waters are sick to death of Oscar contenders so have decided to get their spy on instead, examining how the Mission: Impossible, Bourne and James Bond franchises have danced around each other over the years.

We get things rolling with a trip back to 1996 where Tom Cruise is always running, never kissing ladies and surfing an unrecognisable version of the Internet. Steal a bible and come on down for Ethan’s mystery masquerade. Continue reading Secret Agent Men – Episode 1: Mission: Impossible

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker Podcast Review

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Christmas Specials aren’t the only annual Reel World tradition; we also cover Star Wars movies, and boy howdy do we have one to discuss here…

We re-litigate The Last Jedi, discuss where we were at after The Force Awakens, speculate on the future of the franchise and weigh in on some things that we actually liked about this movie we mostly hated. Enjoy! Continue reading Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker Podcast Review

There Will Be Movies – Episode 25: The Hurt Locker

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Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009.

Our final episode of Volume 1 is finally here, so it’s about time for us to ship out, much like Bravo Company and their tour of Iraq. Celebrate the impending New Year with your fun time pals, James, Sanborn and Eldridge, and of course your loveable hosts as Matt has to watch ANOTHER war movie! Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 25: The Hurt Locker

The Superhero Pantheon Holiday Special 2019 (Into The Spider-Verse & Watchmen)

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It’s the holiday season, and listeners get a special treat with a 90 minute discussion of Watchmen featuring Jerome Cusson and special guest Ben Phillips. They discuss one of the best shows of the year and one of the most impactful superhero properties ever created. Then Brian joins Jerome for a discussion of Spider-Man:Into the Spider Verse. Is this finally the film to break the Spider-man pantheon curse? Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Holiday Special 2019 (Into The Spider-Verse & Watchmen)

There Will Be Movies – Episode 24: Inglorious Basterds

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Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009.

Matt hates three things: 1) Quentin Tarantino films. 2) War films. 3) Long films. So as you can imagine he’s having a great time this week, while Ben is as giddy as Hans Landa. Can this movie stuffed with phenomenal acting performances do anything to change Matt’s mind? Who cares? Let’s kill some Nazis! Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 24: Inglorious Basterds

These Are the Only 4 Good Things About The [extremely bad] Rise of Skywalker

There have been a lot of posts and articles out there about the film that represents the end of the Skywalker Saga. And here’s the thing: they are all true! And then some!!

It is such a fucking shitty movie. You will laugh a lot at how shitty it is though, and laughter is good. Civilization will end in the next 50-60 years due to climate devastation. We need to be able to laugh! And this film will make you laugh.

So, you should assume that whenever this movie is playing, something bad is happening. That being said, there are a handful of moments in it that are in fact Actually Good. I will eventually splice them together and call it “The Actually Good Cut.” It will be about two minutes long.

SPOILERS ARE AHEAD BUT REALLY WHO CARES IT IS THAT BAD Continue reading These Are the Only 4 Good Things About The [extremely bad] Rise of Skywalker

The Reel World Christmas Special 2019: The Thin Man & Iron Man 3

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The tradition lives on! This year Mike Thomas decided to “give the people what they want” by forcing Matt to continue his tradition of bringing Shane Black films to the table, this time: Iron Man 3. Then it’s time to travel all the way back to 1934 to discuss The Thin Man and for Matt to make it sound an awful lot like he’s never seen any films from pre-1960. ‘Happy Christmas’ Everybody! Continue reading The Reel World Christmas Special 2019: The Thin Man & Iron Man 3