Reel Rumble

What makes camp, camp? What is the best campy musical? In part one of this two part series, Jazeen and Stuart try really, really hard to answer these questions so some success maybe, sort of? They watched Rocky Horror Picture Show and Little Shop of Horrors for this rumble and chatted about things like Steve Martin's ability to act like a total butt, they're love of Tim Curry, and how prac...

Which one of these movies is more fun and why? Stuart and Jazeen get ranty, they get mad, they cannot believe one of these things got made. Clue, based on the board game, focuses on a mysterious dinner party full of mysterious guests in a mysterious mansion. All being blackmailed, the dinner guests are given a weapon, a candlestick, a knife, a gun, and so forth. They’re faced with a choice — kill...

Stuart and Jazeen talk about how stories should have a central question that gets us invested, why having a symbol in a movie isn’t enough to make Stuart care, how to make Pulse 10% better (there's no saving Dark Water) and how Jazeen went from a lover of J Horror to not. Pulse centres around three disconnected storylines trying to figure out why in the heck people in Toyko keep disappearing....

Stuart and Jazeen talk about the charisma and talent and skill of Philip Seymour Hoffman. FAN GIRLZ! They talk the wacky film editing choices made in the early 2000s, Marisa Tomei's addiction to biting her lip, Stuart's hatred of title cards, Jazeen's hatred of musical mofits that are so on the nose they're annoying and Stuart's hatred of directors who think they're clever...

Stuart and Jazeen chat about up and coming director Jane Shoenbrun's only existing films (to date). Unnerving, fresh and very pink and purple, "We're All Going to the World's Fair" and "I Saw the TV Glow" are two films to watch if you love Lynch, Cronenberg, themes of isolation, media, and coming-of-age. We talk about how there are maybe too many endings but we'...

We chat about how Furiosa would be absolutely mind-blowing... If Fury Road didn't already exist. But it does. We talk about missed story and character opportunities with Furiosa, how Fury Road is the best action movie ever made (maybe) and what if Wes Anderson remade Fury Road? Quick. We have to save the brides. What if, indeed.

I am excited to talk to my childhood friend and business lady extraordinaire, Sarah Todd. She chose The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) which still freaking holds up. We talk about how hobbit doors are very impractical, how Gandalf is straight blazin' 24/7, and how we think Sauron is just a hurt little boy that needs a hug.  Follow Reel Rumble: https://www.instagram.com/reelrumble/ Do you like what...

This episode I'm joined by Natalie Shore — the guitar shredding, lovely human being and half of London, Ontario's dopest rock duo, Hot Soda. Natalie chose a little short film called Harvie Krumpet (link below to watch) that packs a punch right in the feelings. We chat about how creepy claymation is, how everyday is magical and of course, the band and their debut single "Bubblegum."  Watch Harvie K...

In this episode I'm joined by some pals from a screenwriting class I took back in 2018 — Lance, Quinn and Shahin. Lance chose this flick, War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), and we chat about everything from the incredible CGI work by Weta, the moral dilemmas in this movie and why I don't like kid characters in films.  You can find Lance's cinematography/writing and films at https://lancegoosen...

Joe Smith is an assistant production coordinator for such streaming shows as 'Sex Life' and 'Designated Survivor' and takes me down memory lane with his pick - UHF. We talk Weird Al's career, the brilliance of Spatula City, and what makes this film so important to Joe.    Follow Reel Rumble for news and updates https://www.instagram.com/reelrumble/

Business developer at PurpleDOG Post, Keshia Saldanha, gives the rundown on the melodrama that doesn't quite hit its mark: House of Gucci (2021). We chat about the book, Ridley Scott's varied career, purposeless sex scenes, Italians and why Jared Leto should stop messing with his beautiful face.  Follow Reel Rumble on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReelRumble Follow Reel Rumble on Instagram: https:/...

This week Jazeen and writer/filmmaker Josiah Crocker fangirl hard over his pick of flick, Riders of Justice (2020). It's a Danish film starring Mads Mikkelsen with a majestic beard, unholy anger problems and a revenge complex. He's joined by three mega-nerds to take down a gang who may or may not be responsible for his wife's death. Jo and Jazeen talk about how the film navigates fatherhood, grief...

In this special double bill episode Jazeen is joined by reoccurring guest and master of sound Jim Kelly to chat about Ridley Scott's atmospheric horror classic with the drips and chains and the James Cameron sequel with the quips and the Newts. Both Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) have been dubbed horror/sci-fi classics and are both solid films in their own right. We chat sound, we chat director's...

History of the World Part 1 written/directed by Mel Brooks is a very silly film indeed. But with any good comedy, there's always a bit more going on under the hood. Musician, comic, teacher Josh Mover chose this childhood favourite that seems to be following him around. After seeing it a million times, he's got some thoughts. We chat musical numbers, we chat old comedy legends and we chat good-bad...

This episode is just as juicy as Imhotep. We talk about how some indecent exposure happened on the set of The Mummy. Why the guest this week, entrepreneur Josh Hollings, is afraid of earwigs and how The Mummy made that fear worse. I'm talking scarabs ya'll. How nobody appreciates a good scare anymore and why Benny is the real villain of the movie.   For behind the scenes and other fun stuff: Follo...

Having just finished watching 'Squid Game' on Netflix, Jazeen wanted to share her thoughts in this short-form podcast segment. Bright aesthetics covered in blood with a commentary on society, 'Squid Game' is both unsettling and mesmerizing. 

We talk to comedian/writer Steph Marie about her movie of choice - Cabin in the Woods. A horror/comedy flick that has some great quippy lines, a twist ending and like any decent horror movie, says something about something. 

In this month's rumble Jazeen and Jim compare two heavyweight horror/sci-fi flicks Alien and The Thing. Buckle up nerds it's about to get bumpy. They discuss practical effects, visceral vs psychological horror, Kurt Russell's blue jeans, and tape delays. 

Whew, that title is a mouthful. But what's more impressive is the dreamlike visuals and practical effects of this romantic science fiction comedy-drama film starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, underwear stealing Elijah Wood, pot smoking Kirsten Dunst and a Rivers Cuomo look-alike Mark Ruffalo. 

Nicholas Cage is a National Treasure. I mean, is in National Treasure. Angelina Jolie is in Tomb Raider. We compare these two over the top treasure hunter movies to determine which one is the best at raiding tombs and kicking ass. We were gonna do National Treasure vs Indiana Jones but let's be real, everybody knows who would have won... National Treasure? Anybody?

Get it together TETSUO! The mind bending, brilliantly animated anime from the late 80s Akira has been confusing watchers since its initial release. But once you've seen it 4-5 times, like us, you start to get it and then you realize the story is also just as next level as the animation.

Two dance-centric movies of the 1980s go toe to toe. Kevin Bacon fights oppression with the forbidden art of dance and does some pretty wild gymnastics in Footloose whereas Jennifer Grey falls in love and fights classism by learning the tango from a no good bad boy dancer in Dirty Dancing. Sultry dancing aside (is it hot in here) which one is the better movie?

Nothing says 'Happy Easter' like Sally Field and Burt Reynolds in exceptionally tight jeans. The plot doesn't have to make any sense to enjoy watching 1977s Smokey and the Bandit. We debate over who Smokey and the Bandit really are, discuss the iconic moustache and the fact that the chase was all to drink some Coors. East bound and down, up, side to side. 

We up the anty in this rumble. The classic animation showdown. Both star casts. Both bugs. Both ridiculous stories. Both neurotic main characters. Dave Foley plays an ant. Woody Allen plays himself. Sylvester Stallone is there. A fat German caterpillar is obsessed with being a beautiful butterfly. There is a dude lady bug? Antz happened because a guy got salty and wanted to spite Disney.

Podcasts are like a box of chocolates, except with those sheets that tell you what you're gonna get...Did they not have those yet in the 1960s? We make a bunch of symbolic assumptions on the multi-academy award winning epic, Forrest Gump. A masterpiece that includes instructions on the many ways to cook shrimp, a ping pong montage and dope, period appropriate music.