The Reel Appeal

Episode 159 - The Mystical World of Murder

Hey everyone! Our Geriatric Cinematic of The Wizard of Oz and our Recent Review of Don’t Worry Darling have much in common. Of course, there’s the drama behind the scenes, but some of the subject matter clicks, too, and we’re here for it.
Our Variety Time has Mark looking at how much time Kelsey is taking to discuss all the things that happened behind the camera of The Wizard of Oz, but it’s time well spent.
Variety Time Topic:‘The Wizard of Oz’: Dark Secrets Behind the Making of the Hollywood Classic
Our next episode is in two weeks. Our Recent Review will be Hellraiser, streaming on Hulu on October 7th, and our Geriatric Cinematic will be Hellraiser (1987), streaming on Prime Video, Shudder, AMC+, or available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and YouTube TV. Join us. We have such sights to show you…
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 Don't Worry Darling- 9:05
Spoilers - 33:29
Variety Time - The Drama in the Land of Oz - 56:21
Geriatric Cinematic - The Wizard of Oz (1939) - 1:26:07

Episode 158 - The Foxy Brown Woman King

Hey everyone! We're discussing one of our favorite subjects this week–strong Black female leads. But, of course, we get plenty of that in our Recent Review of The Woman King and our Geriatric Cinematic of Foxy Brown. 
Hollywood is not known for its accuracy. In our Variety Time segment, we talk about films that take historical liberties, either with minor details or significant, glaring errors.
Next week, our Recent Review is Don't Worry Darling, available in theaters on September 23rd, and our Geriatric CInematic is The Wizard of Oz (1939). Unfortunately, mark has not seen the classic, so join us to get his take!
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 The Woman King - 15:02
Spoilers - 34:44
Variety - The History of Movie Inaccuracy - 50:46
Geriatric Cinematic - Foxy Brown (1974) - 1:04:57

Episode 157 - Barba-Cube

Hey everyone! We are trapped in this episode, lured in by a couple of movies. Barbarian is our Recent Review this week, and Cube (1997) is our Geriatric Cinematic. 
Our Variety Time segment is all about Disney’s expo, D23. There is a lot of new content, and we’re excited to discuss it.
Next week, The Woman King will be our Recent Review, in theaters on September 16th, and our Geriatric Cinematic will be 1974's Foxy Brown, available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and other VOD services. So let the movies lure you in, too. They don’t bite. We promise.
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 Barbarian - 15:56
Spoilers - 29:40
Variety - What’s going on at the House of Mouse? - 54:09
Geriatric Cinematic - Cube (1997) - 1:31:40

Episode 156 - Tap Into Your Soul

Hey everyone! It's time to talk about God. Or rock gods. Whichever you prefer. Our Recent Review is Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. Our Geriatric Cinematic is 1984's This is Spinal Tap.
For more ungodliness, we discuss one of the most infamous productions ever; The Island Of Dr. Moreau. In this segment, you will find out how to fax effectively.
Variety Time Topic - The Making Of The Island Of Dr. Moreau Was A Disastrous Nightmare
Next week, our Recent Review is Barbarian, in theaters September 9th, and our Geriatric cinematic is 1997's Cube, streaming on Tubi and Freevee or available to rent on Apple TV, Amazon, YouTube, and other VOD Services.
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 Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. - 9:20
Spoilers - 28:13
Variety - The S*** Show on the Island - 39:33
Geriatric Cinematic - This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - 1:05:12

Episode 155 - Three Thousand Years of Fishing

Hey everyone! We're back with some mysticism and some reality. That's right, George Miller's Three Thousand Years of Longing is our Recent Review this week, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King. Who doesn't love Idris Elba? More importantly, who doesn't love Robin Williams?
Since The Fisher King is a Terry Gilliam film, we decided to talk at length about the curse of Don Quixote movie, which struggled to flourish from start to finish, end even after.
Variety Time Topic - The curse of Don Quixote: a timeline of everything that went wrong with Terry Gilliam's film
Next week, our Recent Review is Honk for Jesus. Save your Soul, in theaters and streaming on Peacock Friday, September 2. Finally, our Our Geriatric Cinematic is This Is Spinal Tap (1984), streaming for free on YouTube, or head down to Torrance, CA.
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 Three Thousand Years of Longing  - 14:19
Spoilers - 31:04
Variety - Who Keeps Killing Quixote?  - 50:36
Geriatric Cinematic - The Fisher King (1991) - 1:15:18

Episode 154 - Preydator

Hey everyone! We have a new episode for you, whether you are killing or bleeding. This week, our Recent Review is Dan Trachtenberg's Prey, and our Geriatric Cinematic is 1987’s Predator. 
You may want to save the Predator the work and skin yourself once you hear about the Predator novelization in our Variety Time segment.
Variety Time Topic: Weird Things We Learned From the Predator Novelization
Next week, our Recent Review is A24’s Bodies Bodies Bodies, now playing in theaters, and our Geriatric Cinematic is 1995’s Kids, available for free on YouTube. 
Now, get to the choppa!
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Prey - 7:40
Spoilers - 36:35
Variety - Predator Was A Novel? - 50:17
Geriatric Cinematic - Predator (1987) - 1:07:40

Episode 153 - Bullet Pointe

Hey everyone! For one episode only, it is okay to assassinate someone for money. That’s right. Our two films center around hired killers, with Sony Picture's Bullet Train as our Recent Review and 1997's Grosse Pointe Blank as our Geriatric Cinematic.
If non-violence is more your thing, then we talk about David Zaslav assassinating WB and HBO Max during our Variety Time segment.
Variety Time Topic:
David Zaslav’s Abject Rejection Of Jason Kilar’s HBO Max Strategy
HBO Max Faces a Massive Scripted Content Gutting, 70% Staff Reduction
Why HBO Max Removed 6 Streaming-Exclusive Movies, with More to Come
Next week, our Recent Review is Prey, now streaming on Hulu and our Geriatric Cinematic is Predator (1987), streaming on Hulu or available to rent on Apple TV, Amazon, Youtube TV or other VOD services.
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Bullet Train - 17:00
Spoilers - 42:10
Variety - David Zaslav Is Assassinating Everyone - 1:00:54
Geriatric Cinematic - Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) - 1:30:34

Episode 152 - The Gray Heat Man

Hey everyone! You know what they say. If you can’t take the Heat, then grab The Gray Man. Nothing about kitchens. Heat (1995) is our Geriatric Cinematic this week, and Netflix's The Gray Man is our Recent Review.
For our Variety Time, we talk about the coffee scene between Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. We also sneak in an Iconic or Ironic portion for the bank shootout scene.
Variety Time Topic: Heat’s Al Pacino–Robert De Niro Coffee Scene Only Gets Better With Age
Next week, our Recent Review is Bullet Train, which will be in theaters on August 5th. Our Geriatric Cinematic is 1997’s Grosse Pointe Blank, available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, YouTube, and other VOD services. 
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The Gray Man - 12:31
Spoilers - 36:59
Variety - Heat's Coffee - 54:27
Geriatric Cinematic - Heat (1995) - 1:13:23
Iconic or Ironic - Heat's Bank Robbery Scene - 1:30:10

Episode 151 - Night Of The Nope

Hey everyone! Whatcha been up to? Us? Oh, we’ve got a new episode for you. Our Recent Review this week is Jordan Peele’s Nope, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Night of the Creeps (1986). 
Keeping in the theme of aliens, our segment is a Deathbed Do-Over of Signs (2002). Listen to us write a better ending. It might make you like the movie more.
Next week, our Recent Review will be Netflix’s The Gray Man, and our Geriatric Cinematic will be Heat (1995), streaming on AMC+ or available to rent on Amazon, YouTube TV, Apple TV, and other VOD services.
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Nope - 25:48
Spoilers - 42:48
Death Bed Do-over - Signs (2002) - 1:05:09
Geriatric Cinematic - Night of the Creeps (1986) - 1:14:14

Episode 150 - Masters of Love and Thunder

Hey everyone! What's powerful and villainous and hunky all over? This episode! This week our Recent Review is Marvel Studios' Thor: Love and Thunder, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Masters of the Universe (1987).
Keeping in line with our Marvel-riffic episode, we talk about the plight of VFX artists who work on Marvel properties in our Variety Time.
In our next episode, our Recent Review will be Jordan Peele's Nope, and our Geriatric Cinematic will be Night of the Creeps (1986).
Variety Time Topic: Why Marvel Studios Is 'Horrible' to Work For, According to VFX Artists.
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Thor: Love and Thunder- 05:08
Spoilers - 27:21
Variety Time - VFX Artists vs. Marvel Studios - 51:46
Geriatric Cinematic - Masters of the Universe (1987) - 1:07:06