Is It for Reel

It's peak spooky season y'all. So our podders dove into their TV's to a time when scary movies were made for kids!  That's right we watched Poltergeist.  So check and see if you have a light sensitivity (seriously this movie is sponsored by 300 watt strobe lights), check the expire date on your fridge meats, and buy a kid a scary clown.  Every kid needs a scary clown in their bedroom.  They're her...

Brooms are in the air, y'all!  To celebrate, our podders watched Hocus Pocus.  So, throw some moths in your mouth, head on down to city hall for that all night rager, and watch out for those child murdering witches.  Woo-hoo, witchy woman see how high she flies. 

It's spooky season so our podders got out their tape recorders and watched Interview with The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles.  So bust out your best lacy shirt, mix up a rat smoothie, and put on a theater performance to save the vampire rec center.  Oh and don't forget to let your hair grow into luscious locks.  It's the vampire way!!

Now that we are all getting our super booster shots, it is time to par-tay.  Of course, our podders have forgotten how so they watched Bachelor Party.  Let's join multiple Oscar winner and all around great guy, Tom Hanks, as he teaches us how attempted murder, drugs, prostitutes, donkeys, offensive racial stereotypes, etcetera are all important ingredients to the perfect party.  Upon reflection, m...

Wow, in case you didn't notice, the Is It for REEL juggernaut has watched 100 movies (Our lazy editor barely noticed.  Hence this is late!).  To commemorate, our wonderful art director put together a trivia contest to see if our brave Podders and our brave Listeners were paying attention or just phoning it in.  So grab your phones, strap on your memory hat, and get a lint brushes because we've got...

Our podders have been doing a lot of home projects but haven't gotten any better at Karate.  Naturally, they watched The Karate Kid to see what they were doing wrong.  So break out your vintage car collection, hide from the karate gangs (they're everywhere), and get a little Shue in your life.  Also, listen and learn the difference between Banzai and Bonsai.  The more you know!!!!!

Did you know that a lot of our day to day activities are handled through the internet.  Far out, man!  Well our podders knew that and watched Sneakers to help educate the masses.  So grab your balloons, get a super secret listening van, and go ahead and get more balloons (this is a super sneaky internet heist after all).   Actually never mind, this is just a movie about a toy company.  Our bad.   

The leaves are beginning to fall, everyone is breaking out their James Joyce books, and the cheerleaders are getting ready for the diving matches.  That's right we watched Back to School.  So crack open a miller light, throw out your school's honor code, and be wary of those sexy coeds and professors.  They have a darkness behind their eyes that could mean true love, but probably means murder.  Oi...

Huzzah, we did it y'all!!! 100 movies.  All of them amazing in their own special way.  To celebrate we watched a little ditty about Jack and Rose, two American kids then one of them froze.  That's right we watched that boat sinking movie.  So break out your pirate earrings, pick out your sex car, and draw me like one of your french girls.  Also, be sure to register to vote for the king of the worl...

Summer vacay is over.  So get out of the damn water, already.  Your hands are all pruny, that kid over there is making a funny face and is probably peeing, and also…SHARKS!!!!!!    That’s right, we watched Jaws.  So put on your fanciest anchor themed suit, fashion some glasses out of a coat hanger, and get out of the water already. Or don’t. Sharks are the polar bears of the sea and you know how c...

It's the middle of summer, apple pie is on the window sill, and it's so hot the world is on fire.  It's baseball time!!! So we fired up our VHS and watched A League of Their Own.  So join our athletic podders and find out if Dottie is in league with Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose; are the last place O's the hottest team in baseball; was this in fact my old playground and why is it no longer? ...

First rule of wishing is to keep it short and succinct.  So we told our Zoltar machine 'HANKS' and it fired up the 1988 Tom Hanks classic "Big".  (Sorry Chet Haze.  We'll get around to listening to your music one day.) So grab your Silly String, your mini corn, and your child like whimsy that will make toy companies and sexy business ladies cheer!!!  Shimmy Shimmy cocoa pop!!!!

Camus once said "Le destin n'est pas dans l'homme mais autour de l'homme", which basically translates to: Forces of Nature, am I right?!  That's pretty deep for us so we checked in with Ben Affleck and he said, just watch the 1999 movie Forces of Nature.  And we did.   So grab your track suit pants, check the IMDB page for John Doe, and disregard all train safety.  And remember there's a rose in a...

Happy Pride Month!!!!! (Or if you're in San Diego, Happy almost Pride Month!!!!)  In honor of the grand old rainbow flag our podders watched The Birdcage.  So head down to Miami, break out your thong, toss off your shoes, and watch some seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race already. Come on, shake your body baby, do the Conga! I know you can't control yourself any longer!

Does this ever happen to you? You’re just driving your car and a woman falls out of the sky into your backseat and then you’re tasked with saving the world?  Happens to us on the daily.  That’s why we watched the 5th Element.  So throw on your best future couture, put a salad spinner on your head, and grab your frickin' multipass.  That's right we're headed to Fholston Paradise, baby!!!

Relationships, man!  Am I right?  I am right, and that's why we watched Down to You.  That's right Prinze Jr., Stiles, a bottle of shampoo, and fish!!!! So strap in and get ready for romance, comedy, Shakespeare (maybe), and porn?!  

It's graduation season.  A time for change, a time for hope, a time for saxophone!  That's right, we watched St. Elmo's Fire.  Our podders dive into this classic brat pack flick to find out if stalking is cool, if there's such a thing as too much cocaine, and if being a good person even matters when you have good friends.   Boogada boogada boogada ah ah ah!!!!!

Needing to improve their high fives, our podders watched a little instructional video called Top Gun.  So grab some volleyball jeans, sew some extra patches or broaches on your jacket, and start singing 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling'.  Don't worry everyone will join in. Google says you've reached your destination and it's smack dab in the middle of the Danger Zone!!!!!!  

Feeling stressed?   Need to let off some steam?  Well, there's only one cure. Our brave podders threw away their underwear and watched Commando!!! Travel back with Arnie to 1985 so we can feed a deer, throw on some chain mail, and hang with your old friend Bennet!!!!  Let's party!!!!

A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Scientologist walk into a love triangle.  That's right our podders watched Keeping The Faith.  Can love conquer religion, friendship, and T-Bone? Also where have all the multi-religion karaoke rec-centers gone?  We need more break dancing talent shows to save them!!! Also, who knew Jenna Elfman was a scientologist?

There is no better crucible in life than dance.  Our podders believe that someone (probably Jamiroquai) may have said that and as a result they watched Center Stage.  So bust out your favorite leotards, turn out your toes (or don't, we can't tell if it matters), and if you're going to fight, dance Fight!!!!!!! Nothing burns hotter than the stage and the stage in the center is like the best or some...

They say April showers bring May flowers.  What they don't tell you is it also brings mudslides, Columbian adventures, and romance!! That's right, we watched Romancing The Stone.  So break out your best pair of jungle heels, study your developing country bus etiquette manual, and be sure to gas up your little mule 'Pepe'.  Also, did you hear the Doobie Brothers broke up!!!!

Today's podcast is brought to you by the letters I and S.  Can you say infinite sadness, because we watched Follow That Bird and that is all we feel.  So pack your wicker suitcase and find out all about the love lives of Sesame Street adults, the economics of carnies , and whether The Count eats people.   

With Cyndi Lauper playing in the background, our podders return to the fever dream that is high school.  That's right we watched Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.  Was there as much weird dancing, super long Madonna pony tails, and crazy helicopter escapes as we remember?  Only one way to find out.  You are Columbus and I am America. Discover me!!! 

Our podders are back from vacay and they are mad, March Mad…ness.  The only cure was to reach back to 1994 and watch Blue Chips.  So lace up some squeaky shoes, throw on a pair of Shaq shorts, and put and on a head band, we’re about to get Nick Nolte sweaty.  It's Basketball y'all.