The Reel Thing for August 16, 2018

-Your mission, should you choo-choo-choose to accept it, is to listen to our happy asses opine on the following after our two month hiatus:

-Why we (probably) were delayed in recording a recent podcast (GOD DAMN YOU, GAINESVILLE WASPS), the MoviePass clusterfuck, & our review of Mission: Impossible Fallout, The Rewatchables podcast, BlackKklansman, Sorry To Bother You, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Incredibles 2, our new segment You Could Do Worse (The Commuter/Fuck That’s Delicious/The Most Expensivest) and our review of Won’t You Be My Neighbor.

-It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood to listen to us for the next two hours. Thank you for your ongoing patronage.

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The Reel Thing for June 14, 2018

Greetings, soccer fans! We kick off our newest show with our number one goooooooooooooooal: pitching you reviews for the following material…

Solo: A Star Wars Story
Upgrade
Hereditary
Trailers for The Predator, Halloween (2018) and Suspiria (2018)
The movies of 1990 versus 1998

QUE VÍVE LO DEL CARRETE. GRACIAS.

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The Reel Thing for May 22, 2018

Happy World Goth Day!

(Shut up. So, we got some stuff we want to talk about or whatever. Pssh, we hate everything…)

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The Reel Thing for April 3, 2018.

-Yes, we’re back. Blame that stupid Smarch weather, but we’re back. Featuring our special guest, Nick Allred, quiz purveyor and host of the trivia show & podcast Hold On I Know This. And here weeeeeeeeeeee….GO!

-Ready Player One, a really brief recap on why we don’t watch the Oscars live anymore, Game Night, The Death of Stalin, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, Mark’s quick capsule reviews of Death Wish/Mom & Dad/Red Sparrow, The Looming Tower (and our impressions of former presidents), Mindhunter, Barry, and AP Bio.

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The Reel Thing for January 25, 2018

How do you follow up our longest show ever? WITH A LONGER ONE, OF COURSE!

-Featuring our guest host, Brad Henderson, of The Screamcast and the Screaming Pods network (connoisseurs of all things cinema, pop culture, horror, etc.)
-We pick Brad’s brains, talk Oscar nominations and will/should win picks, discuss a plethora of movies (including The Shape of Water, The Post, Phantom Thread, our Top Tens of the year 2017), and Mark #FINALLY sees the David Lynch classic, Blue Velvet

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The Reel Thing for January 2, 2018.

Merry Christmas, kiss our ass, kiss their ass, kiss your ass, Happy New Year. WE BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS FOR 2018, INCLUDING…

The Last Jedi….I Love You, Daddy….mother!….I, Tonya….and the new Dave Chappelle special Equanimity….ALL with the help of our very special guest, noted author, movie buff and friend, Jason S. Hornsby.

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The Reel Thing for November 30, 2017

-The weekend numbers (COCO! WHERE THE FUCK IS HE GOIN’????), Good Time, The Lost City of Z, Brawl In Cell Block 99, Justice League (SPOILERS, duh), Avengers: Infinity War trailer talk, Three Billboards Near Ebbing, Missouri/Ozark, Better Call Saul/the audacity of the Emmys regarding Michael McKean/TOO MUCH DAMN TV TO WATCH, PEOPLE, and Lady Bird.

“Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over
Thought I’d something more to say”

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The Reel Thing for November 13, 2017

-HOLY FUCK, YES, WE’RE BACK.
-Spiderman: Homecoming, Dunkirk, Atomic Blonde, The Big Sick, It Comes At Night, IT (THANK YOU, MOVIEPASS), all of this non-consensual REPORTED sexual bullshit coming out of Hollywood in the past month,#FINALLY with The Room, and Chris’ review of Thor: Ragnarok
-We promise we will never leave you again. Thank you for your continued support and love.

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The Reel Thing for June 15, 2017

-Wonder no more, ladies and gents, for Chris and Mark return back on the air to discuss the latest at the box office this past weekend, including the Dark Universe’s debut film The Mummy with Tom Cruise, as well as the iconic Wonder Woman.

-Discussion also delves into the latest trailer for American Made and Black Panther, and our two hosts talk about the #SIGNIFICANTDEATHS of Glenne Headly and Adam West.

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-Happy Memorial Day, guys and gals! We bring you back to the summer movie season by talking about the top grosser for this holiday weekend (Pirates 5: Johnny Depp Needs The Scratch), and our assessment of the newest in sci-fi terror, Alien: Covenant. Is it something to write home about or will they hear you groan in space instead of scream?

-We also discuss the latest offerings of Netflix in the form of the Brad Pitt movie War Machine and the latest season (first episode, actually) of the political drama House of Cards.

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The Reel Thing for May 8, 2017

-It may seem like we have been lost in space since late March, but we’re finally back! Chris and Mark review the latest box office king, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the previous champ (The Fate of the Furious), and the indie monster flick, Colossal.

-The Reel Thing also briefly discusses the recent trailers from worlds far, far away (specifically, The Last Jedi and Blade Runner 2049).

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-Did you miss us? YEAH YOU DID. Let’s delve back into the usual rigamarole with the numbers (Boss Baby at #1? Really?) and review the most recent releases we’ve seen, including the reboot of Beauty & The Beast and the sci-fi movie Life. We also talk about Ghost In The Shell, but not in the good way or anything since we don’t typically watch anime….

-Chris and Mark talk about the latest trailers, including the ones for Justice League, IT, Spiderman: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok.

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The Reel Thing for March 15, 2017

-You only had to wait ten days for this new show? Lucky you! Chris and Mark get to business by discussing and reviewing two of the top three movies this past weekend: the #1 movie, Kong: Skull Island, and the thriller with legs, Get Out. SPOILER ALERT FOR EVAN: one of these is the best movie released this year so far…

-We also talk about things that make us happy, such as the upcoming collaboration that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are reportedly working on, and things that make us sad, like a theater chain that is building indoor jungle gyms for the kids to help their shit ass parents out while movies play.

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The Reel Thing for March 5, 2017

-Welcome, damn it, welcome back from our month long hiatus (the doldrums of the movie season in our opinion). We jump back into the fray by talking about the number one movie in America with an adamantium covered bullet, Logan.
-We also discuss the show tied to the X-Men universe, though you wouldn’t know it on the surface, the FX series Legion.
-Chris and Mark also trade off February release reviews for The LEGO Batman movie and John Wick: Chapter 2, and discuss the prowess of action thespian supreme, Keanu Reeves.
-Oscar talk is definitely hit up here, as The Reel Thing goes into the obvious surprise of the night, and any other thoughts on the ceremony that come to mind (Jimmy Kimmel/previous Best Picture winners’ watchability/etc.).
-A truly #SIGNIFICANTDEATH, we pay homage to Bill Paxton, master of any schmuck role he got his hands on and them some. GAME OVER, MAN, GAME OVER.

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The Reel Thing for January 29, 2017

-After a long hiatus, we welcome (god damn it, WELCOME!) our listeners back with a discussion of the box office numbers over the last three weeks, including the current movie at the top, the M Night Shyamalan thriller Split. Chris and Mark go over the filmmaking career of Shyamalan and discuss his recent film (with NO spoilers FYI).

-The Oscar nominations have finally arrived, and The Reel Thing discusses the nominees at length from the major categories, including Best Picture/Actor/Actress, and talk about some of the nominees, including Moonlight, Jackie, Silence, 20th Century Women, and The Lobster. Find out if we think the Academy got their picks correct or way off base (No Deadpool but Suicide Squad got a nomination? Alrighty then).

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The Reel Thing for January 9, 2017

-Greetings from the other side of 2016 and Happy New Year! We welcome back all of our lovely followers by discussing the recent champ at the box office, Rogue One…..wait, Hidden Figures won last week???

-The Golden Globes occurred last night, and we discuss the winners and our takes on the movie awards season moving forward

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The Reel Thing for December 13, 2016

-Happy Holidays, ya filthy animals! We talk the numbers for the last two weeks (the reigning champ for the last two weeks, Moana…the Hawaiian version, not by Tony Danza), and review some recently released Golden Globe contenders, including Loving and Nocturnal Animals

-Rapid fire time! Some quick takes from Chris and Mark in regards to some new trailers (The Mummy reboot with Tom Cruise, Spiderman: Homecoming, etc.), Jimmy Kimmel hosting the Oscars, Trump versus SNL, and some ground rules needed for movie trailers moving forward into the awards season.

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The Reel Thing for November 22, 2016

-Fans of Harry Potter were thankful that the number one movie last weekend was Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them (beating the previous champ, Doctor Strange). Although, based on Chris’ assessment, the movie may not have been as fantastic as you might think….

-We also review other releases we’ve seen recently, including the better-than-expected kids’ movie Trolls and the latest from Denis Villenueve, Arrival.

-Time to head back to HBO’s Westworld to see if we still give a damn about this show (we do) and if there are any issues with the show at this point and moving forward (there are, but nothing that can’t be fixed).

–#FINALLY, Mark takes on one of Chris’s staples for a good movie, the Coen Brothers’ gangster classic, Miller’s Crossing

-Let us give thanks for the patrons of The Reel Thing, as we recap a bounty of movies centered around the Thanksgiving holiday for you and yours to enjoy (and Chris may even have his own movie to #FINALLY watch in the future!).

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-You had to wait two weeks to hear us…OH THE HORROR! We talk the box office champ for these past weekends, which makes Mark wistful since we don’t have a true horror movie reigning supreme this month (no, you don’t count, Tyler Perry).

-Speaking of scary movies, Chris and Mark ask the question and discuss at length (OVER time, in fact, so we thank you for sticking with us past the hour mark): pick five movies that you would recommend to someone that isn’t a horror movie fan but you want to scare the shit out of them (and…AND….we each had ten different films we discuss!)

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The Reel Thing for October 11, 2016

-We talk the numbers for the last two weeks at the box office. Congrats to Miss Peregrine and Girl On A Train (not so much The Birth Of A Nation), but does it really matter when we’ve got better things to watch at home?

-Speaking of which, all of you should take a trip to watch the new HBO series Westworld based on the recommendations of Chris and Mark seeing the first two episodes, but try not to watch Michael Crichton’s Runaway (unless Tom Servo & Crow T. Robot are with you).

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-Your box office champ this weekend is The Magnificent Seven. Chris reviews the reboot of this reboot. Is it as magnificent as its namesake?
-BRANGELINA ZOMG! THE CLINTON/TRUMP DEBATE LOL!
-We don’t just review tv and movies, y’know. Mark reviews the brand new ride at Universal Orlando, Skull Island: Rise Of Kong, and encourages you to consult Royce for all your VIP Revenge Of The Mummy ride needs.
-FINALLY! Mark watches the 1987 romantic comedy Bull Durham and the 1996 black comedy Trainspotting.
-Mark also reviews Batman: Assault On Arkham, proving once more than cartoon drawings are better than DC movies this year.
-And, lastly, SIGNIFICANT DEATHS pays homage to director Curtis Hanson, who dies at 71.

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The Reel Thing for September 18, 2016

-We’re back, people. Did you miss us? GOOD. We talk the numbers of the previous couple of weekends for the box office (TL;DR Sully remains in front), including the new release Blair Witch as reviewed by Chris. Is it scary or scary good? Take a wild guess…
-Chris reviews another recent release Hell Or High Water starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges
-Mark and Chris are both addicted to drug cartel movies and tv shows, so Mark gives his take on the recent season of Narcos
-Chris gets his wish for his favorite director of the moment Jeff Nichols to take on the latest reboot of Alien Nation
-We introduce our newest segment, FINALLY!, where Mark reviews movies that he should have already seen (in this case, Mean Girls and The Untouchables) and adds to the already growing list (see you soon, Miller’s Crossing)
-RIP Alexis Arquette and Jon Polito (also known as SIGNIFICANT DEATHS, another segment on our show FYI)

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The Reel Thing for August 21, 2016:

-It’s money time! We talk about the latest box office numbers (Suicide Squad wins again), Jared Leto throwing a hissy fit while the world is thrown at his feet, and comparing this crop of summer movies to years past in terms of quality, etc.
-Chris reviews Sausage Party, and we discuss the work of Seth Rogen and the hardest we’ve laughed in movies recently (re: we like movies about farts and poop FYI).
-We hit up the latest movie news, including the return of Bad Boys, Jesus from The Big Lebowski, Lady Gaga and Lethal Weapon.
-Our trailer round-up hits on Arrival, The Good Neighbor and Mr. Church.

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-Chris and Mark reviews the reigning champ at the box office, Suicide Squad. Will it put a smile on our face?
-Pete’s Dragon comes out this weekend, and Chris gives his take on this revamped Disney movie.
-We talk recently released trailers, including Dog Eat Dog, Dunkirk and Rogue One.
-Chris Whetton is a clairvoyant when it comes to Ghostbusters. SCARY.
-Ocean’s Ocho is the female Ocean’s Eleven. ¡AY CARUMBA!
-RIP The Big Lebowski
-We talk about Orlando Bloom’s dick. You’re welcome?

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The Reel Thing for August 2, 2016

-Box office numbers are in, and Bourne is back with the top spot, but is the film Jason Bourne worth the damn we were giving about it at the beginning of the summer movie season?
-Mark went to see Guns N’ Roses this past weekend in Orlando and argues that the song You Could Be Mine is the baddest motherfucking song that’s ever been in a movie (not really an argument, more of an observation as Chris agrees)
-Donald Trump continues to be awful to everyone, including stealing music from dead Hollywood composer Jerry Goldsmith
-We talk 90’s movies and reboots coming your way, including how Mark is going to be having an aquatic movie marathon thanks to Waterworld and Splash, and the Rocketeer is now a black chick? Huh??
-Michael Keaton, we salute you for your career choices (aka being against a Beetlejuice sequel) and your long overdue star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
-If hate were people, Mark would be China thanks to the movie Grease, and Chris discusses his distaste of Big Fish and recent Wes Anderson films (CUE THE KINKS!)

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The Untitled Movie Podcast is dead. Long live The Untitled Movie Podcast…..and make way for The Reel Thing on MLR for 7/24/2016!

-We are joined by our friend Brandon Peterson, who also knows more about movies than you probably do (especially horror)
-Box office numbers are discussed, sequels are already planned for Ghostbusters and Star Trek, and the Internet continues to be terrible towards Leslie Jones
-Divergent gets downgraded to a made-for-tv movie, so maybe Hollywoodis getting smarter?
-Wait, ANOTHER XXX/Xander Cage movie is coming out?? Forget what we just said about Hollywood being smart.
-RIP Garry Shandling, and RIP the VCR
-All three of us reminisce about (allegedly) the good times we had at AMC Merchants Walk 10 (thank God for the statue of limitations)
-We talk tv for a bit, including Stranger Things, The Night Of, and why Chris thinks The Wire is the most overrated show HBO offers
-Comic Con just happened, so we delve into all of the trailers and news that got released (Justice League, Kong, Wonder Woman, Doctor Strange, King Arthur, Blair Witch & Captain Marvel)
-Mark puts Chris and Brandon to sleep over the discussion of Christopher Nolan’s new film Dunkirk with dad movie actor Mark Rylance
-Jason Bourne comes out this week (FUCK YEAH), so we talk about the series and where we rank the previous movies

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