The Reel World Podcast

Ben Phillips and Matt Waters present Countdown to Destruction?, a podcast series recapping every episode of The Leftovers. Season Two is upon us! A new location! New characters! A new central mystery! Even swanky new opening titles! So fill up a U-Haul and join us in Jarden to discuss all these developments, won't you?

Ben Phillips and Matt Waters present Countdown to Destruction?, a podcast series recapping every episode of The Leftovers. As we close out the first season of the show it's time to take a wander into the past as we see just what exactly the residents of Mapleton were up to in the days leading up to THE SUDDEN DEPARTURE, while in the present the G.R. finally enact their sinister plan.

Ben Phillips and Matt Waters present Countdown to Destruction?, a podcast series recapping every episode of The Leftovers. Jill is in a fridge, Kevin Sr. is NOT in a psychiatric facility and Nora and Kevin just want to be in slam town in our first episode, 'Solace for Tired Feet'. Then it's another Lindelof log-cabin fiasco with a grizzly conclusion in 'Cairo'. Grab your copy of National Geographi...

Ben Phillips and Matt Waters present Countdown to Destruction?, a podcast series recapping every episode of The Leftovers. Coming off the first four episodes this debut season of The Leftovers wasn't boasting an incredible hit ratio. Fortunately things begin to climb thanks to the shocking 'Gladys' and another off-format character-focused episode in 'Guest' about our beloved sweet angel, Nora. So...

Ben Phillips and Matt Waters present Countdown to Destruction?, a podcast series recapping every episode of The Leftovers. First-time viewer Matt wasn't having the best time with the show after two episodes, but luckily the best episode of the season is here in the form of 'Two Boats and a Helicopter'. Super-fan Ben tries his best to defend Jill's actions in 'B.J. & the A.C.' Plus Matt debuts his...

Ben Phillips and Matt Waters present Countdown to Destruction?, a podcast series recapping every episode of The Leftovers. In the inaugural episode, we get to know the cast, Matt gives his impressions as a first time viewer and Ben provides some background on how the show came to be in the first place and his personal history with it.

Noah Hawley's psychedelic mutant extravaganza is back for a second season and therefore Mike Thomas and Matt Waters have emerged for another episode of the monster podcast hit that started this grand empire of theirs. Does Mike remember any of season one? Can Matt get through this episode without uttering some cultural insensitivity? Which one of them watched the same scene on loop for 45 minutes...

It is with great displeasure that The Reel World presents Ben & Matt's review of Catwoman thanks to a wager about plot details of Avengers: Infinity War with The Superhero Pantheon. What did Ben & Matt do instead of watching it? How many interesting factoids could Matt be bothered to learn from a rudimentary internet search? How did they get 42 minutes of discussion out of it? You have to listen t...

Against all odds, a Fox superhero movie has been released which means ya bois, Mike Thomas and Matt Waters are back for another X-Cellent Adventure! Can Mike Thomas leave his SJW opinions out? Will The Brit be fine? How long will we passive aggressively respond to a negative review on YouTube? There's only one way to find out.

The Reel World presents 'Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey', a weekly podcast chronicling the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe culminating in the 10 year anniversary and 'Avengers: Infinity War.' Episode 20: 'Avengers: Infinity War' Finally! Finally we've reached Infinity War. We're talking deaths. We're talking fights. We're talking villains. We're talking beards. We're talking biceps. We'r...

The Reel World presents 'Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey', a weekly podcast chronicling the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe culminating in the 10 year anniversary and 'Avengers: Infinity War.' Episode 19: 'Marvel Cinematic Universe 10 Year Anniversary' To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Marvel Studios' first release, Iron Man, Ben & Matt take a look back at the rise of cinematic univer...

The Reel World presents 'Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey', a weekly podcast chronicling the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe culminating in the 10 year anniversary and 'Avengers: Infinity War.' Episode 18: 'Black Panther' In the second version of this episode, Ben & Matt are STILL two middle class white guys talking about Afrocentricity in a superhero movie. Interested? Of course you are!

In a special bonus episode of Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey, The Reel World crosses over with The Superhero Pantheon to preview Infinity War. 4 voices, 3 time zones, 2 podcasts, 1 high stakes bet. Let's do this.

In an episode of many minor errors and too much reciting of jokes, Ben & Matt do manage to find some time to discuss the themes, behind the scenes trivia and background behind one of Marvel's most wholly successful movies. Just.

The Reel World presents 'Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey', a weekly podcast chronicling the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe culminating in the 10 year anniversary and 'Avengers: Infinity War.' Episode 16: 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Originally slated to be a 20 minute bonus episode, Matt Waters' concerning adoration for Spider-Man ballooned this by an hour and threatened to consume the entir...

The Reel World presents 'Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey', a weekly podcast chronicling the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe culminating in the 10 year anniversary and 'Avengers: Infinity War.' Episode 15: 'Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2' Just when you thought all the crazy colours were done for your pals Baby Groot and Trash Panda are heading to the darkest reaches of space. We also learn...

The Reel World presents 'Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey', a weekly podcast chronicling the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe culminating in the 10 year anniversary and 'Avengers: Infinity War.' Episode 14: 'Doctor Strange' The game is afoot and Sherl... oh, sorry, wrong thing. The Doctor will see you now! Yes, Benadict Cumberbatch throws his hat into the magic circle as Stephen Strange, us...

The Reel World presents 'Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey', a weekly podcast chronicling the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe culminating in the 10 year anniversary and 'Avengers: Infinity War.' Episode 13: 'Captain America: Civil War' It had all been building to this... The battle lines are drawn and one of the greatest superhero movies of all time ended up coming out the other side. Whose...

Ben & Matt tried their hardest to keep this one under an hour... but just about failed. Curse you, dramatic behind the scenes issues!

Marvel's messiest film of course led to Ben & Matt's messiest podcast, with talking points flying all over the place, from Joss Whedon's reported burnout to Thor playing in a cave to the controversial Hulk/Black Widow romance and much, much more, we've got it all here for you, folks. All hail Robert California.

The Reel World presents 'Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey', a weekly podcast chronicling the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe culminating in the 10 year anniversary and 'Avengers: Infinity War.' Episode 10: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Can ya boys, Ben & Matt, produce their usual amazing audio content without the aid of Matt's extensive pre-planning? Well grab your cassette tapes and find out,...

The Reel World presents 'Ben & Matt's Marvellous Journey', a weekly podcast chronicling the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe culminating in the 10 year anniversary and 'Avengers: Infinity War.' Episode 9: 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' Despite some audio issues and a format that really got away from them, your favourite Brit duo were able to review one of the best received Marvel mo...

Yaaaawn. That's right, despite a few amazing isolated moments, this film is a bit of a drag, but Ben & Matt will do their best to keep you awake throughout. Featuring background on the tumultuous production, some fun musings and looks forward and back. Thor!

Prepare yourself for the greatest defence of this movie ever mounted. That's right, the two annoying Brits LIKED the third Iron Man. You know what else? They LOVED the Mandarin stuff! What a world.

What can be said about one of the highest grossing films of all time that hasn't been already? Let's all find out together shall we?