The Reel Gay Movie Show

Send us Fan Mail The Lion King has roared into theaters and it hasn’t been too favorable with critics. But what do we think? Take a listen and find out! If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on Twitter, @reelgay and Instagram, @reelgaymovieshow and like our page on Facebook. Also, wherever you listen from, please subscribe and give us some feedback.  You can also send questi...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Rainbow 🌈 Rewind time again!  We’re breaking down Brokeback Mountain. This movie brought gay romance to the mass audience more than possibly any other film up until then. It’s a milestone film for sure. But what did we think about it? Listen now! 

Send us Fan Mail We have a heroic show this week! Nick Painter of Nick’s Nerd Network joins us to talk about Spider-Man: Far From Home and about his love of cosplay.  00:00 - Intro 02:33 - Meet Nick! 14:02 - Nick’s Fierce Films 19:08 - Spider-Man: Far From Home 38:25 - Spoilers 1:02:30 - Takes 1:15:30 - Reels 1:17:39 - Plugs / Outro Subscribe to Nick’s Nerd Network on YouTube and follow him Instag...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve hit the halfway point of 2019. It’s time to rank the movies we’ve seen so far this year and list the movies we can’t wait to see as the year goes on. 00:00 - Intro 02:23 - Top 5 So Far 17:55 - Honorable Mentions 26:06 - Most Anticipated, 2nd Half of 2019 50:50 - Next Episode 51:14 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on Twitter, @reelgay and I...

Send us Fan Mail It’s another multi movie review and one of them just may sport the biggest difference in reels between Mike and Ryan yet! Was it Toy Story 4 or the new take on Child’s Play? 00:00 - Intro 01:52 - Toy Story 4 22:52 - Spoilers 25:35 - Takes 32:41 - Ratings 34:01 - Child’s Play 48:07 - Spoilers 50:42 - Takes 1:00:37 - Ratings 1:02:40 - Next Episode 1:03:48 - Outro If you haven’t alre...

Send us Fan Mail Here come the Men in Black, er, uh.. And the Woman in Black. And they’re going international.  00:00 - Intro 02:44 - Where are movies going wrong? 14:17 - MIB International 31:11 - Spoilers 42:50 - Takes 49:51 - Ratings 52:21 - Next Episode 53:04 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on Twitter, @reelgay and Instagram, @reelgaymovieshow and like our...

Send us Fan Mail The X-Men franchise takes its last stand with Dark Phoenix. Are they going to the house of mouse with their heads held high, or is this a sad goodbye?  If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on Twitter, @reelgay and Instagram, @reelgaymovieshow and like our page on Facebook. Also, wherever you’re listening from, please subscribe and give us some feedback.  Yo...

Send us Fan Mail For better or for worse, we’re talking about two movies this week. Godzilla didn’t quite crush it, but at least Rocketman didn’t go breaking our hearts.  00:00 - Intro 02:49 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters 16:35 - Takes 23:23 - Rocketman 43:35 - Takes 54:41 - Ratings 56:41 - Next Episode 57:21 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on Twitter, @reelg...

Send us Fan Mail It’s a threesome of movies this week. First, Mike talks about the sci-fi horror flick, Brightburn. Then Ryan lets us know his thoughts of the indy Booksmart. For the main topic of the show, we discuss Disney’s live action remake of Aladdin.  00:00 - Intro 02:14 - Brightburn 08:56 - Booksmart 19:03 - Aladdin 44:51 - Takes 1:00:35 - Ratings 1:02:15 - Next Episode 1:03:46 - Outro If...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we have a bloody good episode for you. From the Game of Thrones finale to John Wick 3, we’re talking violence and more violence.  00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Game of Thrones Finale 13:30 - John Wick Chapter 3 29:10 - Spoilers 40:26 - Takes 52:30 - Ratings 55:31 - Next Episode 57:17 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on Twitter, @reelgay and I...

Send us Fan Mail Did you grow up on Pokémon? Or are you new to the property? That may affect your enjoyment of this film. We represent both side and we’re giving our thoughts on this new Ryan Reynolds led flick.  0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:21 - Nina West’s Drag Race Elimination 0:06:41 - Detective Pikachu 0:20:47 - Spoilers 0:30:42 - Takes 0:45:14 - Ratings 0:47:18 - Next Episode 0:47:31 - Outro If you...

Send us Fan Mail Could Long Shot be the sleeper hit comedy of the year? Tune in and see what we think. Also, how long is long enough when holding back spoilers?  0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:28 - Spoiler Embargos 0:08:59 - Long Shot 0:23:19 - Spoilers 0:45:39 - Takes 1:02:48 - Ratings 1:05:38 - Next Episode 1:06:16 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on Twitter, @reelgay a...

Send us Fan Mail 11 years, 22 films, it’s all lead to this! This week we dedicate the whole show to one movie, Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame.   00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Avengers: Endgame (Spoiler Free) 29:07 - Spoilers  43:46 - Talking Time Travel 1:06:37 - The Big Battle 1:21:55 - Going Forward 1:30:17 - Takes 1:38:20 - Ratings 1:40:19 - Next Episode 1:40:59 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Re...

Send us Fan Mail We're back with another fun Rainbow Rewind. This time around we celebrate the Robin Williams and Nathan Lane classic, The Birdcage.

Send us Fan Mail Mike geeks out about his trip to Star Wars Celebration, and we talk about the teaser for The Rise Of Skywalker. Oh, and we both saw Hellboy, so we talk about that too.  00:00 - Intro 01:05 - Star Wars Celebration 10:21 - The Rise Of Skywalker Teaser  28:02 - Hellboy 46:06 - Takes 54:40 - Reels 58:54 - Next Episode 1:00:02 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and...

Send us Fan Mail It’s a double feature week! We give you screams and laughs this week as we talk about Pet Sematary and Shazam! 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - Pet Sematary 10:50 - Spoilers 16:21 - Takes 24:58 - Reels 26:52 - Shazam 46:38 - Spoilers 51:21 - Takes 1:02:20 - Reels 1:06:18 - Next Episode / Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on Twitter, @reelgay and Instagram, @r...

Send us Fan Mail Does the Tim Burton live action version of Dumbo work? We’ll tell you what we thought of it. Also, the Disney/Fox merger is done. Now what?  00:00 - Intro 01:13 - Disney/Fox Merger 12:47 - Dumbo 28:45 - Takes 45:35 - Reels 48:11 - Next Episode 49:15 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on Twitter, @reelgay and Instagram, @reelgaymovieshow and like o...

Send us Fan Mail We’re back! Join us this week as both of us discuss the new Jordan Peele movie, Us! We also talk about some of our favorite childhood properties that we’d like to see turned into a live action movie.  00:00 - Intro 01:22 - Childhood Properties 11:59 - Us 22:22 - Spoilers 45:37 - Takes 55:47 - Reels 57:50 - Next Episode 58:20 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” a...

Send us Fan Mail This week we discuss Steven Spielberg’s beef with Netflix. Then we marvel at the latest Marvel blockbuster, Captain Marvel. What a marvelous episode!  00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Spielberg v. Netflix 14:27 - Captain Marvel 32:55 - Spoilers 46:40 - Takes 56:25 - Reels 59:40 - Next Episode 1:00:24 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on Twitter, @reelgay an...

Send us Fan Mail We start this episode off talking about hometown hero Nina West making her Drag Race debut. We also talk about her run as Ursula the sea witch in the local production of The Little Mermaid, and then which other Disney villains could be played by a drag queen? We wrap it up with a review of How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. 00:00 - Intro 01:12 - Drag Race Season 11 Premie...

Send us Fan Mail There wasn’t much to fight about this week. We both seemed to like Fighting With My Family. We also give our takes on the 91st Oscar Awards.   00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Oscars 24:40 - Fighting With My Family 38:33 - Spoilers 41:18 - Takes 50:30 - Reels 53:24 - Next Episode 54:16 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on Twitter, @reelgay and Instagram, @r...

Send us Fan Mail The Oscars can’t seem to make up their minds when it comes to screwing up their own show. And Ryan and Mike have Titanic sized differing opinions on Alita: Battle Angel.     00:00 - Intro 01:06 - Oscar Backpedaling 14:22 - Alita: Battle Angel 24:58 - Spoilers 42:15 - Takes 51:33 - Reels 54:19 - Next Episode 55:42 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us...

Send us Fan Mail This little upstart studio called Disney is releasing 10 movies this year. We give our brief thoughts on each one. That builds up to our review of The Lego Movie 2.   00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Disney Movies Coming in 2019 24:00 - Lego Movie 2 30:50 - Spoilers 36:30 - Takes 45:50 - Reels 48:36 - Next Episode 49:30 - Outro If you haven’t already, become a “Reel Friend” and follow us on...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a rich millennial gets in over his head and a Mexican-American woman fights to save her kidnapped friend? Well, it’s not all one story. Listen to our thoughts on both Fyre Festival documentaries and the new movie, Miss Bala.  00:00 Intro 01:13  Frye Festival Documentaries  15:02 Miss Bala 26:33 Spoilers 33:17 Takes 44:33 Reels 45:35 Next Episode  46:22 Outro If y...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve hit the 50 episode mark, and this may be one of the most divisive episodes yet. Which one of us really enjoyed “On The Basis Of Sex” and which one of us thought it left a bit to be desired? We also give our thoughts on the Oscar nominations.  00:00 - Intro 02:36 - Oscar Noms Tops & Bottoms 26:41 - On The Basis Of Sex 40:58 - Takes 51:40 - Ratings 53:09 - Next Episode 54:...