Reel Feels Podcast

This film update of the "Maverick" TV series finds the title cardsharp (Mel Gibson) hoping to join a poker contest with an impressive payoff. In order to enter, Maverick must first put up a large cash sum. He scams hopeful contestants Annabelle (Jodie Foster) and Angel (Alfred Molina) in a preliminary card game to win the money he needs, making enemies of both players. While trying to evade Annabe...

During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko sleepwalks out of his house one night and sees a giant, demonic-looking rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world will end in 28 days. When Donnie returns home, he finds that a jet engine has crashed into his bedroom. Is Donnie living in a parallel universe, is he suffering from mental illness - or will the world really end?...

**WARNING: SPOILERS FOR NETFLIX'S "SQUID GAME"** In today's episode the guys go deep into Netflix's new sensation... "Squid Game"!  Characters, development, fan theories, best moments, saddest, etc. Have you watched it?  What are your thoughts?  In this "in between" episodes upload, we'll cover our usual "What Are You Watching?" discussion that we've done on our normal episodes.  We talk shop on o...

After the training of the high school girls' basketball team, a group of players schedule a slumber party. Most of the girls agrees to go to the party. Meanwhile, the serial-killer Russ Thorn escapes from prison and comes to the school with a drilling machine in the beginning of his crime spree. This is Reel Feels' contribution towards the #AllTheHorror event this October!  Find out more on Twitte...

Soon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.   Nathan has hit the ball out of the park with this one folks and Drew and Jack couldn't have been happier with his choice!  This Korean horror just hit the spot for the beginning of the spooky season.  This m...

*** WARNING!  CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR JAMES WAN'S "MALIGNANT" *** In this "in between" episodes upload, we'll cover our usual "What Are You Watching?" discussion that we've done on our normal episodes.  We talk shop on our movie viewings, tv series and maybe a documentary or two.  Nathan might chime in with what board games he's been trying and we can always count on host Jack to give us an update o...

Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie (Mike Myers) falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels (Nancy Travis) and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Cha...

In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favor...

Living a life marked by violence and racism, neo-Nazi Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) finally goes to prison after killing two black youths who tried to steal his car. Upon his release, Derek vows to change his ways; he hopes to prevent his younger brother, Danny (Edward Furlong), who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps. As he struggles with his own deeply ingrained prejudices and watche...

Today's episode features a special guest, it's Brad from The Cinema Guys! He joins host Drew to discuss what they've been watching and also to highlight (mostly spoiler free): Pig (2021), The Suicide Squad (2021) and Bunnyman: The Grindhouse Edition (2019).   In this "in between" episodes upload, we'll cover our usual "What Are You Watching?" discussion that we've done on our normal episodes.  We...

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond (Lucy Gutteridge), he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric (Omar Sharif) and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul (Michael Gough), from the Germ...

**WARNING:  THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR "SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW". ** In this "in between" episodes upload, we'll cover our usual "What Are You Watching?" discussion that we've done on our normal episodes.  We talk shop on our movie viewings, tv series and maybe a documentary or two.  Nathan might chime in with what board games he's been trying and we can always count on host Jack to g...

A farmer (James Cromwell) fights back when local authorities hamper his efforts to build a cottage for his dementia-stricken wife (Geneviève Bujold). This is our next Patreon patron movie pick!  Host Drew's very own mama has chosen a movie that truly spoke to her and hit home pretty hard.  The boys reflect on the honest nature of the film and all the "Lifetime" original picture stylings of this mo...

In this "in between" episodes upload, we'll cover our usual "What Are You Watching?" discussion that we've done on our normal episodes.  We talk shop on our movie viewings, tv series and maybe a documentary or two.  Drew is always ready to chime in on what great (or bad) movie he's recently watched and what Tv shows he's catching up on. Nathan might chime in with what board games and PC games he's...

It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley (John Candy), along with his wife, Connie (Stephanie Faracy), and their two kids, Buck (Chris Young) and Ben (Ian Giatti). But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig (Dan Aykroyd), his wife, Kate (Annette Bening), and the couple's two daughters. As the excursio...

In this "in between" episodes upload, we'll cover our usual "What Are You Watching?" discussion that we've done on our normal episodes.  We talk shop on our movie viewings, tv series and maybe a documentary or two.  Nathan might chime in with what board games he's been trying and we can always count on host Jack to give us an update on his current gaming on his Xbox.   We also want to hear from YO...

Zorro, the legendary swordsman, has passed on his weapon and his sense of duty to his noble son, Diego (George Hamilton), a dashing swashbuckler like his father. But after an injury sidelines Diego, he is forced to hand the mask over to his flamboyantly gay twin, Ramon (also Hamilton), who prefers to be called Bunny Wigglesworth. While Ramon agrees to take on the guise of Zorro, he decides to add...

In this "in between" episodes upload, we'll cover our usual "What Are You Watching?" discussion that we've done on our normal episodes.  We talk shop on our movie viewings, tv series and maybe a documentary or two.  Nathan might chime in with what board games he's been trying and we can always count on host Jack to give us an update on his current gaming on his Xbox.   We also want to hear from YO...

Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio are formerly married petroleum engineers who still have some issues to work out. They are drafted to assist a gung-ho Navy SEAL (Michael Biehn) with a top-secret recovery operation: a nuclear sub has been ambushed and sunk, under mysterious circumstances, in some of the deepest waters on Earth. We get our feet wet with this late 80's sci-fi staple. This is...

In this "in between" episodes upload, we'll cover our usual "What Are You Watching?" discussion that we've done on our normal episodes.  We talk shop on our movie viewings, tv series and maybe a documentary or two.  Nathan might chime in with what board games he's been trying and we can always count on host Jack to give us an update on his current gaming on his Xbox.   We also want to hear from YO...

Four teenage friends from Hell's Kitchen end up being sent to reform school after almost killing a man. There they are brutalized by the guards. John (Ron Eldard) and Tommy (Billy Crudup) grow up to be hit men who recognize their abuser years later and kill him. Their trial is prosecuted by another member of their gang, who is now the assistant DA.   We're happy to have our "first" Patreon episode...

Conniving attorney Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey) is an ace in the courtroom, but his dishonesty and devotion to work ruin his relationships. His wife, Audrey (Maura Tierney), has left him for a more dependable man, and Fletcher often breaks the commitments he makes to his beloved son, Max (Justin Cooper). When Max wishes his dad would stop lying for 24 hours, Fletcher suddenly finds that he can only...

In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don't know is that they'll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity. We're doig our part!  So enlist, join the Mobile Infantry with the Reel Feels Roughnecks.... or we'll shoot you ourselves!  In this episode we d...

We are the Reel Feels Podcast, every other Wednesday we'll bring you a new movie with all the feels you can handle.  We'll laugh, we'll cry and possibly restrain the frustrations to curse the heavens.  But what you can count on is three guys sharing their love of cinema with you.   Ep. 85 "Starship Troopers" Update:   We apologize for the slight delay of Episode 85, Starship Troopers.  We had a sl...

Ove (Rolf Lassgård) is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife's grave, Ove has given up on life. After a boisterous young family moves in next door and accidentally flattens Ove's mailbox, an unlikely friendship forms. Host Jack has...