Jerome and Brian celebrate Chris in April with a review of Shazam! They discuss how fun and funny DC’s latest is while also hashing out some of the issues with the plot mechanics. They also take a big picture look at the DC movie universe as it currently stands and discuss whether this was the best movie to take place in Philadelphia in 2019. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Vol. 2 – Episode 7: Shazam (2019) (Theatrical Review)
The Reel World’s Superhero Pantheon and Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey combine forces once again to preview the upcoming Avengers: Endgame. There are updated MCU rankings to discuss, a new wager to make and of course some burning questions about the movie and the future of Marvel and DC.
One year ago, it was a snappening. Listen to Jerome and Brian’s thoughts after having seen the movie immediately way back in April 2018 as they spent a solid 90 minutes going over some important aspects. They draft some important moments (none of which were the snap) and some characters (someone inexplicably drafted Chris Pratt).
Then it’s about 30 minutes of brand new content as Jerome and Brian assess the film based off the criteria and determine whether it’s already good enough to go into the Pantheon. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Vol. 2 – Episode 6: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Jerome and Brian step back into the DCEU for the first time in their Reel World run. This is where Warner Bros. seemingly started to get things right as Patty Jenkins put together one of the best 3/4 of a comic book movie of the modern era with great characters and a powerful love story. Is the ending bad enough to prevent this from going into the Pantheon? Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Vol. 2 – Episode 5: Wonder Woman (2017)
Coming off the high of a new MCU movie, Jerome and Brian review a slog of a movie. Is it sloggy enough to end up in the pile of shame? Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Vol. 2 – Episode 4: Elektra
Jerome and Brian are discussing the latest MCU film, Captain Marvel. They go over the strengths and weaknesses and you can also find out whether Jerome is a dog or cat person… That’s definitely something! Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Vol.2 – Episode 3: Captain Marvel (Theatrical Review)
Jerome Cusson and Brian DaBrain are back for episode two, and boy do they have an absolute banger of a film to review. It’s not a bird, plane, or even Superman. It’s Supergirl! Find out all about this bizarre movie with a phenomenal score…and not much else. Is it bad enough to warrant entry into the dreaded pile of shame? Listen and find out. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon – Volume 2, Episode 2: Supergirl
Jerome Cusson and Brian DaBrain are invading The Reel World with their own unique spin on the superhero podcast. They’ve been doing the show for about a year, but now they’re on a new feed ready to induct a new film into the Pantheon, especially after an awful Oscars ceremony. You’ll hear Chadwick Boseman’s speech from the SAG awards before hearing about what makes Black Panther so special, that it deserves to enter the Pantheon after just being around for one year. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon – Volume 2, Episode 1: A Soft Reboot a.k.a. Wakanda Forever!
Last week, Jerome Cusson and Michael Thomas ranked the films nominated for Best Picture at the 2019 Oscars. In light of Green Book actually winning Best Picture, try to wash that bad feeling away with these great films from 2019 that Jerome recommends.
Blindspotting
Continue reading The Alternate Oscars – 5 Films from 2018 Not Nominated for Best Picture
Mike Thomas and Jerome Cusson debated the 2017 Academy Award Best Picture Nominees in the form of a podcast. In 2018, we went with a written preview (which contained a frankly amazing HELLBOY gag). After devising a secret formula to rank this year’s nominees, we have come up with a definitive order for the Oscar films, ranked worst to best…
8. Green Book
This film is a racist piece of shit. Continue reading Ranking the 2019 Academy Award Best Picture Nominees
