The Reel World Podcast

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters are sick to death of Oscar contenders so have decided to get their spy on instead, examining how the Mission: Impossible, Bourne and James Bond franchises have danced around each other over the years. Not ones to let a measly Writers' Strike deter them, the Bond team are back with 007's shortest adventure to date and it sure is boring! A dull villain, dull action scenes...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters are sick to death of Oscar contenders so have decided to get their spy on instead, examining how the Mission: Impossible, Bourne and James Bond franchises have danced around each other over the years. The thinking man's spy thriller returns to ask the bold question "What if Treadstone, but more?" Yes, Jason Bourne is back and is doing his best to get to the root of Black...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters are sick to death of Oscar contenders so have decided to get their spy on instead, examining how the Mission: Impossible, Bourne and James Bond franchises have danced around each other over the years. Daddy's Home. That's right, Daniel Craig steps into some of the most intimidating shoes in the film industry in his first outing in a rebooted James Bond franchise that has...

After finishing their duties in Neptune, CA, Jerome and Kevin now travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico to cover the smash hit television series Breaking Bad! This month, Kevin, who has seen the entire series, leads first time viewer Jerome through all the groundwork covered in the inaugural season. After discussing their personal histories with the show (or lack thereof) and some of Vince Gilligan's...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters are sick to death of Oscar contenders so have decided to get their spy on instead, examining how the Mission: Impossible, Bourne and James Bond franchises have danced around each other over the years. Where's The Rabbit's Foot?

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters are sick to death of Oscar contenders so have decided to get their spy on instead, examining how the Mission: Impossible, Bourne and James Bond franchises have danced around each other over the years. Grab the Neski files and your favourite secret passport and join us on a trek from India to Russia via Germany. Sights and sounds include a woman in a fridge, Karl Urban gr...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters are sick to death of Oscar contenders so have decided to get their spy on instead, examining how the Mission: Impossible, Bourne and James Bond franchises have danced around each other over the years. Backflip Kick on down as your utterly delirious hosts do their best to make sense of this towering monument to insanity. Everybody's wearing masks and they all hate the onl...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters are sick to death of Oscar contenders so have decided to get their spy on instead, examining how the Mission: Impossible, Bourne and James Bond franchises have danced around each other over the years. Zip-line through a window and fire your uzis wildly to celebrate Matt's heartbreak as he's confronted with the sobering truth that a film he thought was a masterpiece is in...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters are sick to death of Oscar contenders so have decided to get their spy on instead, examining how the Mission Impossible, Bourne and James Bond franchises have danced around each other over the years. We get things rolling with a trip back to 1996 where Tom Cruise is always running, never kissing ladies and surfing an unrecognisable version of the Internet. Steal a bible...

In what may be the final episode of this podcast series, Jerome and Kevin discuss what may be the final season (or first season if you look at the packaging for the DVD) of Veronica Mars. They begin by discussing the controversial ending before diving into the plot mechanics and characters. Two guest stars really elevated this season and brought a lot of nuance to the proceedings. While this is th...

Christmas Specials aren't the only annual Reel World tradition; we also cover Star Wars movies, and boy howdy do we have one to discuss here... We re-litigate The Last Jedi, discuss where we were at after The Force Awakens, speculate on the future of the franchise and weigh in on some things that we actually liked about this movie we mostly hated. Enjoy!

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. Our final episode of Volume 1 is finally here, so it's about time for us to ship out, much like Bravo Company and their tour of Iraq. Celebrate the impending New Year with your fun time pals, James, Sanborn and Eldridge, and of course your loveable hosts as Matt has t...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. Matt HATES three things: 1) Quentin Tarantino films. 2) War films. 3) Long films. So as you can imagine he's having a great time this week, while Ben is as giddy as Hans Landa. Can this movie stuffed with phenomenal acting performances do anything to change Matt's min...

The tradition lives on! 'Happy Christmas' Everybody! This year Mike Thomas decided to "give the people what they want" by forcing Matt to continue his tradition of bringing Shane Black films to the table, this time: Iron Man 3. Then it's time to travel all the way back to 1934 to discuss The Thin Man and for Matt to make it sound an awful lot like he's never seen any films from pre-1960.

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. We got Sam Rockwells comin' outta the wazoo over here! Matt has ANOTHER confession to make, Ben continues to love Clint Mansell, and we very nearly almost kept it under an hour! Music courtesy of Goldblume

This month, we're bridging the gap between Seasons 3 and 4 of Veronica Mars. We discuss Rob Thomas' hail mary pitch for the potential Season 4 back when Season 3 was on the air, the overwhelmingly successful Kickstarter for the Veronica Mars movie, the movie itself, the two novels that pick up where the movie left off, and the spin-off mini series "Play It Again, Dick." Jerome and Kevin give their...

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. Mickey freakin' Rourke got an Oscar nomination, Matt has a confession to make and to the surprise of absolutely nobody, Ben can't discuss an Aronofsky movie in less than an hour. Superkick, Ram Jam, go get a beer. Repeat. 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. Everybody grab your passports and some dumdums and gather around to listen to a pair of liberals try and explain why they're celebrating a film jam-packed with EXTREMELY problematic dialogue rather than calling for its cancellation. 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. Can you believe Matt let Ben name this entire podcast after a film he hadn't even seen? Grab a milkshake and come on over to Little Boston for some discussion of method acting, gun control and toxic masculinity. 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. This week your dynamic duo find themselves in some heady waters as they wade into the pro-life vs pro-choice debate, break down middle-aged malaise and of course find the time to call Brett Ratner an asshole. 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. Get ready for Ben & Matt's biggest disagreement so far as Matt outs himself as a dullard who can't appreciate subtlety. Still, how about those Texan landscapes, huh? Music courtesy of Goldblume

Jerome and Kevin are back this month for a look at the third season of Veronica Mars. It's not as consistent, but there are still some highlights and tremendous guest stars. The duo also takes a hard look at some of the various relationships and why none of them are unhealthy. A fun episode all around!

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009. Try not to laugh challenge: Matt reading excerpts from his atrocious university dissertation. Plus which has aged worse; The porn discussion or the bad police being bad police? You decide! 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. Join us as we take a STAB at unravelling one of the most infamous serial killer mysteries in history for ourselves, if we don't descend into David Fincher-levels of insanity ourselves in the meantime. 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. This week we discuss one of the biggest box office bombs we'll ever cover, with one of the most reviled third acts in the history of critically acclaimed films. But it's easy to look on the bright side when the sun is about to burn you alive... Music courtesy of Goldb...