The Reel World presents ‘Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey’, a podcast chronicling the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Iron Man to Endgame… and beyond.
With the first three Phases of the MCU firmly in the books and nothing on the horizon until 2020, Ben & Matt close out this volume of the podcast with a look at the distant future, including the 11 projects announced as Comic-Con and more.
Continue reading Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 25: Future of the MCU
Christian Bale steps into the cape and cowl, and Christopher Nolan steps into the director’s chair in another Batman origin story. Jerome and Brian break down a franchise film that is very different from the predecessor franchise. The sequel to this film is the one that gets a lot of the praise, but is this good enough to be entered into the Pantheon? Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Vol. 2 – Episode 22: Batman Begins
Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009.
While this may be one of the more controversial entries on our list due to a reasonably shaky script how does one overlook the towering performance of Denzel Washington? Let’s discuss!
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 3: Training Day
The Reel World presents ‘Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey’, a podcast chronicling the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Iron Man to Endgame… and beyond.
“This will be a short episode” Ben said. Continue reading Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey Episode 24: Spider-Man: Far From Home
Jerome and Brian get animated this week as they discuss the movie based off the animated series. For being kids program, things sure do get dark and violent. It’s the first of two straight Batman origin stories as the duo explore whether a fresh take on two older stories is good enough to get into the Pantheon.
Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Vol. 2 – Episode 21: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Spider-Man is back! Peter and pals party their way across Europe and occasionally some superhero nonsense gets in their way.
Speaking of nonsense, Mike & Matt are back for more Big Spideas, and as we now also have an MCU-dedicated podcast on the site, this episode will be focusing more on the Spider-Man aspects. How is Marvel’s continuing vision of Spider-Man? How does this compare to the Raimi and Webb versions? Does Into the Spider-Verse still reign supreme?
Continue reading Big Spideas – Episode 6: Spider-Man: Far From Home
Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009.
Gather around boys and girls, and witness Cameron Crowe’s retelling of how he lost his virginity to three women instead of writing an article on Dr. Manhattan and Earl Hickey. But who among us, ya know?
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 2: Almost Famous
The Burton/Schumaker run of Batman films end with *insert bad ice pun here* Jerome and Brian give a rather chilly reception to one of the worst superhero films ever made and if this doesn’t get into the Pile of Shame… then this is the last episode.
NOTE: The first fifteen minutes are spent discussing Spider-Man: Far From Home. Spoilers abound so be warned. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Vol. 2 – Episode 20: Batman & Robin
Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009.
To begin their journey it’s Christopher Nolan’s first major film, the mind-bending masterclass in editing: Memento. Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 1: Memento
Writing those numbers down still feels insane to me despite planning this post for weeks. But they’re accurate and against all odds, we made it to two hundred. Continue reading Three Years, 200 Episodes
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