Reel Film Chronicles

Our next episode to drop is your one stop shop for Copshop talk. Did it rock our blocks or turn out to be a flop? For fans of Joe Carnahan, this may have been the very plot that you've sought. The titular cop shop serves as the backdrop to the plot, a single spot fraught with danger, wherein our characters are locked, though everything is not exactly as you thought. Our main characters count down...

Be afraid. Be very afraid. Or not. We're not here to tell you how to live your life. We are here, however, to tell you about the Night House, the latest movie from director David Bruckner. As Beth (Rebecca Hall) struggles to deal with the suicide of her husband, she unravels a sordid tale full of murder, unstoppable supernatural entities, and labyrinthine mirror houses in alternate dream dimension...

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. For every particle, an antiparticle. For every light, a shadow. For every Taco Bell, an Imodium. While every year, some films rise head and shoulders above the rest of the pack to make us laugh or cry or feel other feelings or even change the way we look at the world, there are other films that do not do those things. In fact, some movies...

The face of evil has a new... face. In this week's exciting episode, Brian and Nathan delve into James Wan's latest horror opus, Malignant. The movie is another entry in the genre from one of only two people in history to ever successfully oversee a cinematic universe, so, of course, expectations for Malignant were entirely realistic and reasonable. Part slasher, part body horror, part psychologic...

Join Brian and Nathan as they count down their top ten movies of 2021. Their criteria? Simple. They're just looking for exceptionally well-made films that exemplify the best humanity has to offer, excelling both technically and narratively to transcend traditional genre boundaries and offer the deepest insights into the deepest philosophical questions about what it means to be a sapient being sear...

In the summer of 1999, Universal unleashed The Mummy, an action-adventure reimagining of the 1932 horror classic of the same name, bringing to life a timeless mix of action, romance, and grave robbing. Few movies can boast the sheer joy and excitement that emanate from every frame of The Mummy. The movie is still remarkable in its power to transport audiences both young and old to fantastic worlds...

Sometimes there's a movie that audiences both deserve and need right now. Pig is that movie. Though not entirely clear in the marketing campaign, Pig is not, in fact, a John Wick ripoff starring Nicholas Cage, but rather a somber meditation on grief and loss. Listen in as Brian and Nathan go hog wild for this touching film about the age-old tale of a man on the hunt for his truffle pig, scouring t...

In this episode, Brian and Nathan sink their teeth into Werewolves Within, the latest in a long line of video game movie adaptations. You'll howl with delight as your intrepid hosts take a bite out of the werewolf movie subgenre before trying to make heads or tails out of Werewolves Within. The fur will fly as Brian and Nathan debate the cinematic merits (or lack thereof) of this latest lycanthrop...

Let's get ready to podcast! In the red corner, weighing in at two hours and fourteen minutes, with a current IMDB average rating of six point seven stars, we have the latest contender from the Marvel school of blockbusters, the Phase Four Fury, the Franchise Surprise, the master assassin with a ledger dripping in red, BLACK WIDOW! And in the blue corner, weighing in at two hours and eighteen minut...

Journey along with Brian and Nathan as they explore the darkest depths of the human mind, test the very limits of human decency, and put their sanity - and indeed their very souls - in peril in an odyssey that must be heard to be believed. In this episode, the dynamic duo share their incredibly insightful insights on CENSOR, the feature-length debut from director Prano Bailey-Bond. The movie takes...

Picture this: You’re alone on a tropical island, basking in the tangerine glow of the setting sun, reveling in nature’s majesty. Then, out of nowhere, out jumps Jason Statham and twelve, burly men brandishing various weapons and implements of death, destruction, and torture. You whisper a silent prayer of thanks to Guy Ritchie who is hiding in a nearby bush with a movie camera, and lean forward to...

You may not know it, but they’re always there. Lurking in the shadows. Lying in wait in otherwise abandoned subway tunnels. Standing by themselves in the corner at parties. Ghoulish freaks clinging to the tattered edges of civilization. Until you dare enter their dark domain, and they ask you the question you’ve feared your entire life, that query that fills your heart with an existential dread: H...

Did we do a bonus episode? You betcha! With a backlog of episodes to edit, we felt it pertinent to give you a taste of a more "casual" (and I use this term lightly) episode that falls outside our usual routine. We're here to talk about the 2021 film, JUNGLE CRUISE, starring none other than Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Paul Giamatti and Jesse Plemons in another entry in Disney's the...

We cut right to the chase for IN THE EARTH, a movie shot during the pandemic about a very topical - yet vague - virus that has ravaged the world. Directed by Ben Wheatley, starring Joel Fry and Ellora Torchia (among others, of course), IN THE EARTH follows Martin and Alma as they head into a dangerous forest to find a research site. There's a bit of intrigue, mystery and some quite horrific, gory...

Eight episodes in and I don't think we mentioned David Fincher yet, so we're going all in for our talk about MANK on episode nine! Nathan and Brian start the show by ranking all of Fincher's feature-length films, which is no easy feat. In addition to our standard spoiler warning, this episode carries another warning: we might in fact be "Fincher Fanboys", as we struggle to find anything negative t...

We take it casual and discuss some recent films we've checked out that stood out to us for one reason or another, and dream about a possible future where Nicolas Cage joins the Fast & the Furious franchise. See the list of films and their time stamps below. As always, spoilers throughout! -- Timestamps -- Intro (00:15) Total Recall (00:30) Wicker Man (13:45) Flash Gordon (27:10) Napoleon Dynam...

The duo jump head first into the MORTAL KOMBAT reboot! Opinions are mixed but we find plenty to talk about for this 2021 fantasy action film. We get the discussion started with a bit of context as we both describe our experience with the video games, and finish off the episode with our ranking of the three Mortal Kombat films. As always, spoilers throughout! -- Timestamps -- Overview (00:45) Video...

Brian and Nathan discuss Nicolas Cage's latest eclectic movie WILLY'S WONDERLAND! Before we dive into the main feature, we spend some time talking about our favourite and memorable Nicolas Cage films.  As always with our feature-specific episodes, we do get into spoilers throughout. In this particular episode we do discuss some of the gore in this R-rated film that may not be appropriate for young...

It's the first entry in an ongoing series where we share our thoughts on some notable, recent movie viewings. These movies will span multiple decades, genres and quality. We do get into some light spoilers on some film entries, as indicated below in the movie listing. This episode's lineup of films and topics include the following:  01:02 - The Red Queen Kills Seven Times [1972] 03:50 - The N...

Join us as we jump into the much anticipated director's cut of ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE! As we work our way through the general plot of the film, we stay pretty positive as we discuss our favorite changes to this version of film's story, characters, special effects and new aspect ratio. Also be warned: we do not hold back on spoilers in this episode. ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE 2021 | directe...

Nathan and Brian discuss the 2020 natural disaster film Greenland, starring Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin. Although we don't mention it in the episode, we do head into spoiler territory, so please be warned! Before tackling the film, we discuss our favourite disaster films, including the films that that we grew up with, adored and point out some of the lowest points of the genre. Be sure to ch...

Starting with a discussion of our beloved time travel films, this episode has the Chronicles delving into the 2020 sci-fi film by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead: Synchronic! Starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan, Synchronic continues the directing duo's trend of thought-provoking, mind-bending combination of science fiction and drama. We couldn't recommend this film enough, and this episode d...

For our first venture into podcasting, we delve into Warner Bros' latest entry in the DC Universe: Wonder Woman 84! On the two year anniversary of publishing this episode - our inaugural podcast entry - we've gone ahead and remastered the episode with many of the editing techniques we've learned since heading down this incredible journey. The quality should be better, the editing a bit tighter, an...