Plot summary: On another anniversary of his parents’ death, Batman contemplates hanging up his cape and cowl for good when his inaction leaves Jim Gordon fighting for his life.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 49: I Am the Night
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 Women
Plot summary: The Riddler returns to lure Batman into a virtual world of his own making, with Jim Gordon’s life at stake.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 48: What Is Reality?
Plot summary: Two rich socialites are so starved for drama they hatch a plot to gaslight The Penguin.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 47: Birds of a FeatherAt 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 ReviewThe original Thrawn trilogy of books has been something I have been meaning to read for years. As someone who has what can most charitably be described as a misguided interest* in the Star Wars book extended universe, I had heard about the books a while ago and never got to them. Having only read the Disney Thrawn books, I decided that was simply unacceptable and finally had to read the originals. Here were my thoughts!
*It’s a crippling addiction.
1. Thrawn is genuinely interesting!
Continue reading 5 Takeaways from the Original Thrawn Trilogy
