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We're back baby! And we're celebrating a special little guy's birthday month. All April long Greg will be sharing some of his favorite films with us and some awesome guests along the way. Starting off strong with the high octane action masterpiece that is Mad Max Fury Road. Since it's Greg's time we had to start by bringing in his favorite person, his co-host Jon, and then his...

Welcome back Olympians! Roll Film is ready to bring home the win with our last episode in For The Gold February! Another inspiring true story called Eddie The Eagle. Eddie's story is more about personal victory and how believing in yourself can be contagious. It's been a great month of the games and films centered around them. Roll Film is taking March off and will be back in April!

Well we reviewed one Olympic movie that was a complete lie, one that was from different people's perspectives and now we've come the most true Olympic film ever, a documentary about the miralce on ice! To review a miralce we need a miracle of a host so we brought back blacksmith Joey Powell to get his take on this true underdog story!

For the gold February skates on with the dramatic retelling of a huge Olympic scandal from the 90's! In order to properly review this we needed an Olympic expert, but they weren't available so we got Abbey Merker instead. In all seriousness it was great to have such an Olympic fan join us for this insane story that turned into a great movie.

The winter games are upon us and the Roll Film crew could think of no better theme for this month than For The Gold February! All month will be reviewing movies that revolve around the winter games. Starting off with a bridge movie from last month, Cool Runnings. While Cool Runnings takes lots of liberties with story of the first Jamaican bobsled team but there's still a lot of love and inspir...

Well, like most good things John Candyuary comes to an end and Roll Film thought it was fitting to do his last released film after his passing. Candian Bacon was documentarian Michael Moore's firsts attempt at making a comedy movie. The policites are pretty heavy handed but many jokes land. And whether or not you decide to watch it after listening to our review we hope you continue to revisit...

Couldn't do John Candyuary without reviewing Spaceballs! This film means so much to so many, our generation grew up repeating the jokes to one another, watching basic cable versions and looking forward to the sequel. Mel Brooks masterfully captures whats fun and silly about sci-fi, so hopefully you find our review just as endearing.

You can't have a John Candy month and not talk about this John Hughes classic! Uncle Buck might be Candy's most memorable role and there's lots of good reasons why. This was such a fun and heartwarming watch for the Roll Film Crew. Listen to our review and then revisit this amazing family film.

John Candyuary continues with the summer classic The Great Outdoors. Candy and Akroyd both get to shine in this odd couple family comedy. If you haven't seen this 80's gem, listen to our review. Even if you have seen it, please listen, we need you! But for real, thank you for all the support and we look forward to bringing you more John Candy movies!

Well Roll Filmers, we promised you John Canduary and dog gone it, we're brining it to you. Starting the month off with one of his breakout supporting rolls in one of the wildest ideas for a movie ever, Splash. This mermaid rom-com isn't as happy go lucky as you might think, but it's worth the watch alone for John Candy's talent to shine. We look forward to celebrating this icon the...

Merry Christmas Roll Filmers! Being that today is the big day for the big man (Santa) you know that we had to review a holiday movie. And what a movie it is! We're excited to discuss 2022's Violent Night. If you need convincing to see this action/comedy then give our review a listen. But remember tis the season of giving so send our review to any Scrooge or Grinch you think needs their hearts warm...

Documentary December rolls on with another film about a comedy legend. Sadly this legend is no longer with us but his story lives on. I Like Me is about John Candy and we hope that this documentary as well as our review will inspire you to pursue your passions while being honest about how you are doing. This was such an important watch for us so we thank you for listening!

The world has been blessed with huge talent before but Eddie Murphy is on another level. That's why the Roll Film Crew had to review Netflix's new Eddie Murphy documentary Being Eddie. How do you sum up a career like Eddie's in a less than 2 hour documentary? The best you can. Listen to our review of a living legend's story.

Documentary December is back and this time it's personal! Well personal for us here at Roll Film because we personally pick out each movie to review, so I guess everything we do is personal. Anyways, to bridge the gap between our horror movie review month and documentaries we decided to watch Spooktacular! A story about a man and his dream to create the first horror themed entertainment center...

Thanks for joining us on a very special Halloween episode of Roll Film in our vampire movie month! We had to end with one of the best recent vampire films Sinners. What a wild ride this movie was from start to finish and we here at Roll Film wouldn't want it any other way. We will be taking a break for the month of Novemeber but we'll be back with Documentary December!

Movies that suck continue with one of the most overlooked vampire movies of the 90's and maybe even ever. The Roll Film crew took a deep dive into obscurity with the mafia vampire mashup Innocent Blood. This definitely leans more comedy but is there a lot of heart in this blood sucking bash? Listen to our review and you be the judge.

For our Vampire month the Roll Film Crew decided to go to the source that started it all! We went all the way back to the ancient time of 1992 and review Bram Stoker's Dracula. The cast is stacked and they take what many would consider a difficult book to adapt and did the best they could. While they made some changes this adapation is probably the most faithful one. Give us a listen, we promi...

Sucktober marches on with a remake of arguably the horror film that started it all! This is not the usual movie we review here at Roll Film but we're SUCKERS for anything that fits our theme. See what I did there? Anyways, Nosferatu is like an old fashioned story with updated special effects. Hope you enjoy our review!

Spooky season is upon us and Roll Film decided to honor one of the most FANGtastic monsters of all time, vampires! Starting out our reviews we discuss one of the most influential movies of all time, Blade. Some would argue this film kickstarted the modern superhero craze, but there's no debate on whether Blade is one you should revisit!

As Stephen King September comes to a close Roll Film wanted to end on a hopeful note. For all of his monstrous creations King made one of the most inspiring stories of all time with The Shawshank Redemption. If you have never seen this movie do yourself a favor and watch it (after hearing our review of course), and if you have seen it we here at Roll Film imagine it's time to give it another w...

Stephen King September marches on with the mid 2000's cosmic horror bloodbath The Mist. The Roll Film crew brings returning guest Bret McCallum to discuss the movie and a whole host of othering topics truly discovering that the monsters were inside of all of us the entire time. Give it a listen and be on the lookout for the finale of Stephen King September next week!

Roll Film's Stephen King September takes us back to his first and only time directing a movie, Maximum Overdrive. After watching this film it's no wonder he stopped directing. The Roll Film crew takes you through this 80's fueled mess of the classic tale Man vs. Machine. Give us a listen and think twice before you use a vending machine.

We just love when a new film coincides with a new theme! That's right Roll Film is bringing you Stephen King September with the latest adapation of his work, The Long Walk. The Roll Film crew was able to get prescreening passes and now the embargo has lifted and we can review this thing. Let us just say this, go see it in the theater! After you give our review a listen of course. We can't...

Our Naked Gun month comes to a close with the final insult. What a fun month this has been and we review a fun movie to end it. This addition to the series really captured a lot of 90's humor and came out just in time before one of its actors murder trial. Thanks for joining us this month and we look forward to Stephen King September!

Our journey through the Naked Gun franchise moves right along with its second entry. While this zany comedy still brings the laughs it actually goes after environmental issues that are still discussed today. The Roll Film crew welcomes first time Mike Getreu, listen how he discusses the Naked Gun's influence on his life even to this day!