Reel Film Nerds

WOW, 31 episodes and we are still going?  Why?  This week Mike and Matt discuss another bad movie you should not go see, Skyscraper staring The Rock “Dwayne” Johnson .  The boys talk about their love of Die Hard and why it is a Christmas movie no matter what Bruce Willis says!  They also discuss how Skyscraper blatantly ripped it off without question. Was Mike able to keep his Marvel Cinematic Uni...

Welcome to our 30th episode and review of The First Purge .  Matt and Mike get into it a bit especially how political they saw the film.  Acting was great but the story just flat out is another Purge movie.  The writer really dropped the ball on what could have been a great and interesting start to the annual Purge but nope.    Here is your warning people this is a long pod a bit over an hour, if...

Welcome everyone to the Reel Film Nerds podcast!  Today’s review is a special one for both your hosts, Won't You Be My Neighbor?   Matt and Mike grew up glued to their television sets watching Mister Rogers and his many lessons.  They have been talking about wanting to see this biopic since it came out back in January 2018 and now they have a chance.  As difficult as it was Mike was able to tie Wo...

Welcome everyone to a new episode of the Reel Film Nerds that you aren’t going to listen to!  Today your hosts are talking about the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man and the Wasp !  Mike and Matt don’t really get off topic much on this review.  Is this the start of them becoming serious reviewers?  Doubtful!  No MCU tie-in for this episode either since Ant-Man and the Wasp is in the M...

Welcome moviephiles to new episode of the Reel Film Nerds !  Today we have an amazing Legacy Cast for you, Spaceballs !!  This movie was requested by Matt’s buddy and co-worker Derek Nanke , thanks Derek for the request!  Right off the bat things start to get crazy in this pod!  Matt talks about his dad taking him to see Spaceballs in the theater as a kid.  He also talks about Star Wars probably t...

Welcome friends to the latest Reel Film Nerds podcast!  This week Matt and Mike talk about Sicario: Day of the Soldado .  They start out with some fun and interesting updates related to the podcast before getting into the review.  We were reviewed by Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting .  You can read his notes and listen to his podcast on us at Podcast Rodeo Show .  Do you agree with Dave’...

Welcome back faithful listeners.  Tag you’re it!   In Episode 25 Matt and Mike discuss Tag a fun and entertaining summer comedy.  Matt brings up how this movie reminded him of his childhood friends including Mysterious Mike.  Mostly he misses the camaraderie especially being a lonely old man in his late 30’s.  Mike talks about a prank that goes maybe a little too far in the film and discusses his...

Wow do we have an amazing episode for you.  The movie we reviewed was crap but Matt and Mike still put out some great pod!  This week the boys review Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom .  Spoiler alert it sucked and not because Starlord selfishly started to wail on Thanos…… ok better stop before I spoil too much.  Topics this week also include cheese, the Beatles, collecting vinyl records from family...

Welcome everyone to your second episode of the week!  In this show Matt and Mike discuss A24 studios latest modern horror flick Hereditary .  Matt discusses his angst for the horror genre, he does not hate it, but he does not seek out that genre of film either.  Mike talks about why he loves Hereditary and some other great newer horror movies.  For once we do not have too many spoilers because it...

Hi everyone!  Welcome to episode 22!  Yep that’s right 22!!!  WOW!  Matt and Mike discuss Pixar and Disney’s latest animated flick Incredibles 2 .  They also dive deep into the villain’s name and the connotations the writer is implying with it.  Matt actually loves a baby in this movie!  I know right the man who swears he will never breed or date again and his favorite character of the film is Jac...

Hi everybody and welcome to another installment of the Reel Film Nerds! Bottom line up front, awesome legacy cast of a classic movie!  This week we review Predator (1987) .  Spoiler alert, Mike and Matt both love this movie and have seen it many times!  Pay special attention to Matt’s random facts about this movie and find out about an interesting 80’s star who was originally cast as the Predator....

Hi everybody!  Welcome to another installment of the Reel Film Nerds!  If you stop reading here we understand this week’s movie is a giant let down.  Our review this week is Hotel Artemis and boy is it a load of crap.  The trailer, the cast, and the action looked amazing but as you can tell it is not a good movie.  Go ahead and listen to the podcast anyways Matt and Mike explain why it is so bad. ...

Check it out everyone it’s another Legacy Cast!!  For those of you keeping score at home this is our second one.  Mr. Mile High Show is nowhere to be found for this episode so Matt and Mike actually talked about the movie instead of photography.  Shaun of the Dead , an incredible cross genre film, was requested by one of our faithful listeners Christine thank you for the suggestion and emailing us...

Welcome nerds!  Guess what it’s Monday and there is a new episode out what the hell is going on here?  We recently had a poll on our Facebook page asking listeners if they wanted more episodes.  The few responses we got back were 100% unanimous, yes!  Well you want it you got it more shows start now. Remember our reviews are SPOILER RIDDEN!  This week your two hosts Matt and Mike discuss a hardcor...

Welcome back nerd herd for another installment of the Reel Film Nerds podcast.  This week Matt and Mike discuss the latest release in the Star Wars franchise, Solo: A Star Wars Story .  Remember our reviews are SPOILER RIDDEN!  Matt goes into a bit of depth on how one of the biggest reveals of the film is canon. Mike doesn’t talk much because let’s face it he is not enough of a Star Wars nerd to r...

Hi everybody!  Boy do we have a fun movie review for you this week.  Remember our reviews are SPOILER RIDDEN!  This week your two hosts Matt and Mike discuss the latest super hero or shall we say anti-super hero movie Deadpool 2 !  Matt goes off about things he did not like specifically X-Force and quite a few things he really did enjoy even though he is biased as hell since Deadpool is his favori...

Welcome back nerds and nerdettes!  In episode 15 Matt and Mike review the video game based movie Rampage .  No one wrote in like always to suggest what we review this week so Mike picked Rampage based on his love obsession with The Rock .  Matt gives a little insight about how the film relates to the 1986 video game that he loved, and the movie is based on.  Mike talks a little bit about his favor...

Welcome back faithful listener!  This week Mike and Matt discuss Wes Anderson’s latest film Isle of Dogs .  Matt right off the bat drops the ball and calls himself Mike .  It only goes downhill from there for Matt especially his cussing.  He turns it up to an 11 on this episode, sorry Mom maybe don’t listen to this one.  Mike brings some wacky facts to the table about the film and tries his best t...

WARNING our podcasts are SPOILER RIDDEN!!  This week  Matt  and  Mike  discuss one of the highest anticipated movies of the year, Avengers: Infinity War !!!  Need we say more?  Here is your warning SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SP...

WARNING our podcasts are SPOILER RIDDEN!!  Welcome to a super special bonus episode of the Reel Film Nerds !  Matt was invited by his good buddy Mr. Mile High Show , Matt Santos to a special screening of the independent film Little Pink House at the Prescott Valley Harkins 14 .  Mike was not able to make the screening for obvious reasons.  This is the first solo cast for Matt so go easy on him.  L...

WARNING our podcasts are SPOILER RIDDEN!!  This week Mike and Matt discuss the sequel to a film that is dear to both of them Super Troopers 2 .  Mysterious Mike is back home using his fancy new mic Matt got for him!  This is the first podcast where Matt actually didn’t talk about Star Wars but he does compare it to the original Super Troopers way too much.  Mike brings up an interesting argument t...

Welcome to episode 10!  It feels like this is some sort of a milestone and should be celebrated, nah.  This week Mike and Matt discuss John Krasinski ’s newest film A Quiet Place .  Matt continues to cough a bit but tried to edit out as many as he could.  Mike is back but not really.  He is still on the road for work but took time out of his busy schedule to record an episode, thanks Mike !  This...

Episode 9 is a bit of a format change for us.  Mike is away working and attending a wedding, so Matt brought in our first guest and host of sister podcast The Mile High Show , Matt Santos .  Coincidentally it is also the first in our Legacy series of podcasts.  What’s Legacy you say well I will tell you.  Legacy is any film not currently in the box office at the time of the that episodes recording...

We made it!  Episode 8!  I am not sure what we made but I am sure it is sweet!  This week the nerds discuss an ultra nerd film Ready Player One !  They both love it especially since they are hardcore pop culture nerds as you can tell based on this podcast, HA!  Matt argues that Star Wars was the original summer blockbuster and Mike argues it was Jaws, Mike is clearly wrong! (Guess who writes these...

Welcome back for another round of The Reel Film Nerds !  This week Mike and Matt discuss the spy thriller Red Sparrow !  Matt is not a huge fan of all the torture and beatings or the constant flip flopping.  Mike thought it was great especially all the twists and turns, it kept him guessing!  Mike rated it 3.5 out of 5 Reels and Matt rated it 2.5 out of 5 Reels.  Remember our podcast's are SPOILER...