Is It for Reel

We here at the Pod have World Cup Fever (the Kiwi down under Women's variant) so we watched Bend It Like Beckham.  Now lace up your boots, sign your coach up for an emergency HR class, and start doing sit-ups because regionals are right around the corner.  And don't forget to score a goal; the scout from Santa Clara will be there!!!!!! (also double check your coach is attending that class, it's re...

Edmund Burke once said "Those that don't know history are doomed to repeat it".  Well, history is boring so we watched Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.  So grab your crop top gym shirt, maybe a list of female historical figures, and stop looking at your step mom like that.  While we may never know if Bill and Ted formed a truly egalitarian rock based society or just a weird cult, their ethos su...

In honor of Father's Day, our podders reached back to 1983 and watched Mr. Mom.  So set your wooby on the funeral pyre, start growing that 'it's the apocalypse' beard, and remember Joan is gonna Joan so no sense trying to change her.  Now start stretching like it's company picnic time!!!

What does a magical Tibetan child, viking pirates, a dancing pepsi can, and Eddie Murphy have in common?  If you said nothing, you're ready to watch The Golden Child with us. So pack your pocket full of snacking leaves, practice your forbidden temple obstacle course strategy, and remember the shortest path between two points is a bunch of backflips!!!! Now spin the speaking pole and sing!!!!!

Big lights, big city, big hair!   Our podders wanted to learn about business, so they watched Working Girl.  So tease out your hair (it's the 80's y'all), fake it till you make it, and fellas take a step back the title is 'Working Girl' not 'Harrison Ford Bores Us with Mergers'.  Work it, girl!!!

We're back baby!!! Back in the ocean and ready to surf some pipe for REAL!!!! Our brave podders waxed down their boards and watched Blue Crush.  So all you surfer girls and guys throw on a bikini, train like the tournament is in a year or two, and maybe put on a full helmet (heads are smacking the coral like it's going out of style).  And just like Michelle Rodriguez says follow your dreams no mat...

Reading the papers, you'd think this world is running out of lovers, but don't fret, we'll still have each other. NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW!! That's right we watched Mannequin.  So get fired from your jobs, forget that malls aren't really a thing anymore, and get ready for some costume changes.  Montage!!!!!  When in doubt just think WWMD:  What would Meshach do? He'd be an icon; that's what!

Kids, am I Right?  They grow up in a blink of an eye so why not shrink em!  Thusly, our podders watched Honey I Shrunk The Kids.  So set the 'Shrink (death) Ray' to 3/4 inch and get ready to learn about atomic physics, when to worry about the safety of your kids, and oh ya French Class.  Ha ha ha!!!!  Also, keep saying the mantra "I hate ants.  I won't shed a tear.  I hate ants. I won't shed a tea...

It's that time of year when people are rising from the dead and plagues are coming in double digits! Appropriately,  our brave podders wrapped themselves up tight and watched The Mummy.  Get your desert bangs ready, decide which plague you want to marry, and don't go picking up random intestine jars.  They nasty.  Anck Su Namuuuuuuuuuuuun!!!!!!!

Do you like your fantasy dark and dirty.  Well, our podders do so they watched Willow.   Grab some medieval teeth whitener, watch out for troll meatballs, and pack a diaper bag. Now, get thee to the crossroads, find a birdcage friend, and go on an adventure already!  

Our podders realized that they're all of an age but have no idea how they got there.  So they googled 'coming of age' movie and Mermaids popped up. So get ready for small town shoop shooping, a 2 hour long ad for joining the nunnery, and fricking Cher. Put your swimming hats on, lower your expectations on actual mermaid sightings, and do yourself a favor and watch the music video for If I Could Tu...

Strap in baby, because we're going to watch a movie about experimenting on babies!!! We think that's the premise.  That's right, we watched Twins!  Get ready for evil scientists, muscle babies, and Azerbaijani zombies! What!?! Is this the comedy we remember? Get to the chopper and find out!

Swords, sparks, yada yada yada, immortal!!!!! That's right, we watched Highlander so hook yourself up to some car batteries and start polishing your sword.  Get ready for a laid back Lambert, a cuckoo bananas Clancy, and Sean Connery as Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez aka a drunk Scotsman in Puss in Boots cosplay.  Hold on tight, because everything's gonna explode and then have a cigarette.  There...

Oh mon dieu! I hope you brought your reading glasses because this week we closed out Foreign Film February with the subtitled verbosity of Amélie (don't forget the accent aigu)!  We have had frenetic techno action with the Germans, time bending sex with the Spanish and now it's time for those crazy french to bring all the quirk.  So cut your bangs real short, contemplate the desires of a curious c...

How does Foreign Flick February celebrate Valentines Day? With all the Sexo that's how.  So put the kids to bed, it's about to get steamy...and muddy as we talk about Lucía y el Sexo.  So drop your drawers, double check the references of your nanny, and grow a Spanish mullet (apparently that is the best way to cover up your personality flaws and attract the best Spanish ladies).  Maybe check the I...

We're studying abroad this month and watching some foreign flicks.  This week we're hitting the ground running with Run Lola Run!  So strap on your best clunky running boots, set your spotify playlist to berlin techno supreme, and maybe really assess if that cute dummy with the puppy dog eyes is really boyfriend material.  So get ready for all the cardio and come celebrate the true princess of Qua...

Are you a Dockers Dude or one of The Outsiders?  Take our quick survey and find out!  Do you like sleeping on outdoor oklahoma ottomans? Do you like your hair with a party in the back and greasy all over? Are you a promising male actor from 1983 (we will also accept tiger beat pop stars or underground jazz singers)? Final question, do you like donnybrooks in a deluge?  Guess, what you're an Outsid...

Oh to be young and indestructible.  Reminiscing, our podders watched Go and remembered when they could handle a Miata to the face or the intense close talking of William Fichtner.  So let's hang with Joey Potter,  Bailey, the sheriff from Deadwood, and frickin' Taye Diggs.  It's a party y'all!!!!!

Christmas time! Christmas time is here!!!! So our podders watched a straight up Christmas Movie this time.  That's right, it's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.  So check your hazardous disposal manuals, throw back a moose load of eggnog, and find out why the carpet is all wet, Todd! I don't know, Margo! That's right, it's Christmas, and we're all in misery!  Huzzah!!!

It's time for your Is It for REEL Christmas present.  Huzzah.  That's right, once again you get to watch a terrible, cheesy, christmas movie with your favorite podders.  This year It's A Knight Before Christmas.  So get ready for some Mystery Science Theater hijinks.  So plug in your netflix, fire up the podcast, press play, and enjoy a movie about a medieval knight with an old crone sidekick help...

It's almost New Year's where we make resolutions to better ourselves.  Well, our podders thought WWBJD and said F**k it, I like me just how I am, so I'm not changing s**t!  That's right, we just watched Bridget Jones's Diary.  So double check the party invite on the dress code, keep your Texas drawl in check, and get ready for two British dudes to straight up murder each other over you.  Also, who...

It's Christmastime so we need to find out who is naughty and nice AND whether they got that way through nature or nurture. For research purposes, our Podders watched Trading Places.  So brush up on how commodity markets work, throw some salmon down your shirt, and do a quick google search if your holiday costume is culturally appropriate (if you are currently Asking Jeeves, just go ahead and chang...

The leaves are falling, turkeys are basting, and the world has soccer fever (and probably a few other things).  That's right it's the World Cup so we watched Victory! You know, that world War II prison escape movie.  No, not that one.  We're talking about the one with Pelé, Batman's butler, and Rocky Balboa.  So make your best paper mâché dummy and slide tackle your way to freedom. Victoire!!!!!

Roommates am I right? Always leaving dirty dishes in the sink, playing their rock and roll music too loud, and making you raise a child with them.  Yup, we watched Object of My Affection.  So cram yourself into a spacious Brooklyn apartment with J-Anis and P-Rudd, and see if these BFFs will they or won't they.  Don't forget your dancing eye patch! 

Just when you thought you were done with Halloween, they pull you right back in.  Put on your bunny masks, our podders watched Donnie Darko.  So throw on your Sparkle Motion sweatshirt, learn some fun new ways to curse, and get ready for a long drawn out convo on time travel just like your college boyfriend used to have at like 3:00 AM.  (Come on Chaz, some of us have class in the morning!)  Also,...