The Reel World Podcast

Not content to only devote one podcast to coverage of Joker, Matt decided to tap Ben for his thoughts on the movie, and they are far less positive than Mike's to say the least. Matt also gets a chance to add to or retract some of what he said the first time around... like a coward. In any event, it's only 15 minutes of your life so what have you got to lose?

The Tape Crusaders finally returns to discuss Todd Phillips' controversial Joker. Somebody really likes it. Somebody doesn't. One person concedes and backs down on their opinions like a coward.

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. Can Matt back his way out of a decade of contrarianism about the highest rated movie we'll be reviewing in this volume? Will Ben finally teach him how to feel? Has anyone ever seen Doug Jones' face?! Music courtesy of Goldblume

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. Come for the discussion of Martin Scorsese's first Oscar win, stay for the stories about Matt's dickishness and gentle criticism of Mark Wahlberg. ARE YOU A CAWWWWP?!? Music courtesy of Goldblume

Veronica's senior year of high school was meant to be focused on winning the Kane Scholarship and fulfilling her lifelong dream of attending Stamford University - that is, until, a bus full of her classmates crashed. Jerome and Kevin are back to investigate the complex, overwhelming second season of Veronica Mars. They work to discuss each individual storyline to the best of their ability, whether...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. This week Ben joined an exclusive club: people who have wasted their time talking out loud when Matt has forgotten to hit record. Nevertheless, they persevere to discuss one of their favourite films on the list and why it hits a little different all these years later....

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. Buckle way the heck up because you have almost 90 minutes of Ben & Matt singing the praises of this mighty foursome, as well as some possible personal revelations if you don't know one of the hosts that well. Music courtesy of Goldblume

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. One of Ben & Matt has a deep-seated desire to be smothered and the other thinks they're a better writer than Charlie freakin' Kaufman. It should be pretty easy to tell which is which. Plus make your listening experience more fun by drinking every time somebody refers...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. This week Ben attempts to set a world record for most words said in the least amount of time on a podcast as he takes his first crack at an Edgar Wright movie. Music courtesy of Goldblume

Jerome Cusson and Kevin Ford have not podcasted in literal years. However, Veronica Mars is a show great enough to bring them back together for one more ride. The duo discusses their favorite moments from the first season. Also, they assess Adam Scott's viability as Mr. Fantastic and look back to see what's #problematic. Oh, and Kevin loves dogs.

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. Oh hey look, a female director! How depressingly long this took. Ben and Matt delve into one of the best reviewed movies on their list and do their best to present a balanced review despite all the racism. Music courtesy of Goldblume

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. See if you can figure out when we recorded our thoughts on Charlie Kaufman's delightfully absurd Adaptation and more importantly mock Matt for taking far too long to catch on that Donny Kaufman doesn't exist. Music courtesy of Goldblume

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. Why not Minority Report? Why not A.I.? How does this film compare morally with The Wolf of Wall Street? The unwanted answers to these and many other questions about Catch Me If You Can await you within. Music courtesy of Goldblume

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. Finally, a movie by your barista's favourite director, Wes Anderson, that was definitely not a late addition after the list was already locked. There is no way that at least one episode had to be re-numbered to accommodate it. Definitely not. Music courtesy of Goldblu...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 - 2009. Fun game to play at home: Count how many times the words cool and stylish are used as Ben & Matt muse on Ocean's Eleven for an hour. Music courtesy of Goldblume.

The Reel World presents ‘Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey’, a podcast chronicling the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Iron Man to Endgame… and beyond. With the first three Phases of the MCU firmly in the books and nothing on the horizon until 2020, Ben & Matt close out this volume of the podcast with a look at the distant future, including the 11 projects announced as Comic-Con and more. Black Widow...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 - 2009. While this may be one of the more controversial entries on our list due to a reasonably shaky script how does one overlook the towering performance of Denzel Washington? Let's discuss! Music courtesy of Goldblume.

The Reel World presents 'Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey', a podcast chronicling the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Iron Man to Endgame... and beyond. Episode 24: 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' "This will be a short episode" Ben said.

Spider-Man is back! Peter and pals party their way across Europe and occasionally some superhero nonsense gets in their way. Speaking of nonsense, Mike & Matt are back for more Big Spideas, and as we now also have an MCU-dedicated podcast on the site, this episode will be focusing more on the Spider-Man aspects. How is Marvel's continuing vision of Spider-Man? How does this compare to the Raimi an...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 - 2009. Gather around boys and girls, and witness Cameron Crowe's retelling of how he lost his virginity to three women instead of writing an article on Dr. Manhattan and Earl Hickey. But who among us, ya know? Music courtesy of Goldblume.

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 - 2009. To begin their journey it's Christopher Nolan's first major film, the mind-bending masterclass in editing: Memento. Music courtesy of Goldblume.

The Reel World's podcasting empire began three years and 199 episodes ago with a review of the first X-Men movie. Now we present to you our magnum opus: a one hour argument about Dark Phoenix. Enjoy.

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 - 2009. Rather than hearing a recap of the meticulous rules that govern this list in every single episode, we figured we'd just go ahead and lay them out at length in our totally necessary Episode 0. Intro/Outro music courtesy of Goldblume

Having conquered the medium of film, Mike & Matt return to podcasting about television with the cultural juggernaut that is Game of Thrones one season at a time. *Enormous spoilers* Obviously. Now that the oh-so-controversial final season of the show is in the books Mike and Matt are able to discuss if they feel some of the pitfalls of recent seasons paid off in the end, as well as their thoughts...

The Reel World presents 'Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey', a podcast chronicling the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Iron Man to Endgame. Episode 23: 'Avengers: Endgame' It's all been leading to this. What made us laugh? What made us cry? What made us angry? Who lived? Who died? Who made it onto the All-Marvel List? Find out now.