Movies Are Reel

The first official podcast for 2021! There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, folks are getting vaccinated, and movies may be making a comeback! Until then, here’s some of the new stuff we watched so far in 2021. New Releases Saint Maud - dir. Rose Glass; Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle Malcolm & Marie - dir. Sam Levinson; Zendaya, John David Washington Chaos Walking - dir. Doug Liman; Mads Mikkelsen, Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley Willy’s Wonderland - dir. Kevin Lewis; Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Tom & Jerry- dir. Tim Story; Chloe Grace Moretz, Michael Pena, Colin Jost Minari- dir. Lee Issac Chung; Steven Yuen, Han Ye-ri, Youn Yuh-jung I Care a Lot- dir.J Blakeson; Rosamund Pike, Peter “The Dink” Dinklage, Eiza Gonzalez Bad Trip - dir. Kitao Sakurai; Eric Andre, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish Judas and the Black Messiah - dir. Shaka King; Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemmons Raya and the Last Dragon - dir. Don Hall & Carlos López Estrada; Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafaina, Izaac Wang, Danie

The festivities continue! Back again with the second part of our Best of 2020 deliberations. Let’s get to business. Two Runner Ups, One Winner per category! - Nominees Most Disappointing: Tenet Wonder Woman 1984 Pooka Lives The Rental Mank Possessor Mulan The Haunting of Bly Manor? The Year in general?? Best Surprise: Tenet Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Palm Springs The Invisible Man HBO Max’s Selena Gomez Cooking Show Host Birds of Prey Standout Moment: “I Ordered My Hot Sauce An Hour Ago.” - Tenet The Voicemail - I’m Thinking of Ending Things Oklahoma - I’m Thinking of Ending Things Planned Parenthood - Never Rarely Sometimes Always Final Confrontation - Promising Young woman “We do things a little differently” restaurant scene- The Invisible Man Sprinkler scene - Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) Grenade explosion - Birds of Prey “There was a video” - Promising Young Woman “We live in a simulation” - VHYes House Remodel - The Call “Hello Old Dolio” - Kajillion

WOW! It sure has been a minute since we did a podcast. Anyway, let’s talk about the Best Movies of 2020™ ! We usually do these around The Oscars, but those will be a lot later this year and to be honest, we might forget what we actually like about the movies of 2020. With that! Let’s get to business. Two Runner Ups, One Winner per category! Day 1 Categories - Best Style, Best Horror, Worst Movie, Quarantine Stand Out - Nominees Best Style: Tenet I’m Thinking of Ending Things Weathering With You Ride Your Wave Host Soul VHYes Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) Color Out of Space Shirley Swallow Possessor Gretel & Hansel Best Horror: Tenet I’m Thinking of Ending Things The Call The Lodge The Invisible Man Color Out of Space Possessor Freaky His House Host Underwater The Grudge La Llorona The Wolf of Snow Hollow Worst Movies: Tenet Sonic The Hedgehog The Babysitter: Killer Queen To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You You Should Have Left Mulan Monster Hunter Fan

Hello! There's not a lot of movies coming out and also it's about time to record our Best of 2020 podcasts. So that will be the next time you hear from us. Cool? Cool.

Happy Holidays! We finally recorded a podcast. October and November had some new stuff, and we talked about it. Plus much more! - Movies of October / November Possessor The Wolf of Snow Hollow Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Dick Johnson is Dead The Witches Happiest Season Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square The Call Insert Coin Freaky RANDOM WATCHES Karrie StageFright: Aquarius - dir. Michele Soavi; Barbara Cupisti, David Brandon, Robert Gligorov, Mary Sellers Piercing - dir. Nicolas Pesce; Mia Wasikowska, Christopher Abbott Remember Me - dir. Allen Coulter; Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper Ryan Jennifer's Body- dir. Karyn Kusama; Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried Black Christmas (2019) - dir. Sophia Takal; Imogen Poots In The Mood For Love-. Dir. Wong Kar-Wai; Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung Jurge Mulan (2020) - dir. Niki Caro; Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Tzi Ma Ford v Ferrari - dir. James Mangol ; Matt Damon, Chritian Bale Double Fine Adventure - dir. Paul Owens ; Tim

Since the last time we had a podcast theaters began to re-open, now they’re closed again! What a time. Anyway, we saw some stuff! Movies of August Films that came out in a movie theater: Unhinged: dir. Derrick Borte; Russell Crowe Tenet: dir. Christopher Nolan; John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh The New Mutants: dir. Josh Boone; Blu Hunt, Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton Streaming and Theater: You Cannot Kill David Arquette: dir. David Darg, Price James The Devil All the Time: dir. Antonio Campos; Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgård, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Sebastian Stan, Robert Pattinson, Haley Bennet, Eliza Scanlen Streaming: Relic: dir. Natalie Erika James; Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote Class Action Park: dir. Seth Porges, Charles Scott III I’m Thinking of Ending Things: dir Charlie Kaufman (sad boi ultimate supreme); Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons, Toni Collette, David Thewlis, Guy Boyd The Babysitter: Killer Queen: dir McGEEE; wh

Stuff is still bad. New movies are still sparse, so the crew is here to talk about what they’ve been watching in July and August to pass the time. TV Show ?: Ju-on: Origins New movies: Scoob: Amanda Seyfried, Zak Efron, Will Forte, Mark Whalberg Palm Springs: dir. Max Barbakow: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, JK Simmons Host: dir. Rob Savage; Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb, Radina Drandova, Caroline Ward, Edward Linard Vivarium: dir. Lorcan Finnegan; Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg La Llorona: dir. Jayro Bustamante; Maria Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kénefic, Julio Diaz Random Stuff: Possession: dir. Andrzej Zulawski ; Sam Neil, Isabelle Adjani House of Wax: dir. Jaume Collet-Serra: Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki, Chad Micheal Murry Scary Movie 3: dir. David Zucker: Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Kevin Heart, Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthey August: Unhinged Bill and Ted? New Mutants Maybe? --------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to the

We're still locked inside! Life is still strange and new movies are still not really coming out, so we've been marathoning series! Movies we talk about: The Hunger Games, all films Fifty Shades of Grey, all films Promare Shirley Love n' Pop Knowing --------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to the podcast! https://linktr.ee/moviesarereel moviesarereel.tumblr.com Jurge - twitter: twitter.com/suparherojar26 Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/jcruzalvarez26/ Ryan- twitter: twitter.com/MrPibbOfficial Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/filmpiece/ Karrie - twitter: twitter.com/kar_elyles Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/karrie/

Things continue to be weird. Movies continue to be cancelled. The perfect time to catch up on our watch lists! We talk about Pooka 2, Trolls World Tour, the entire Harry Potter series, and more! Subscribe to the podcast! https://linktr.ee/moviesarereel moviesarereel.tumblr.com Jurge - twitter: twitter.com/suparherojar26 Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/jcruzalvarez26/ Ryan- twitter: twitter.com/MrPibbOfficial Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/filmpiece/ Karrie - twitter: twitter.com/kar_elyles Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/karrie/

Things are weird! Turns out movies are cancelled! So uh, we saw some things, but really we've been watching a lot of older stuff since there really isn't anything new! March: Emma- dir. Autumn de Wilde; Anya Taylor-Joy, Mia Goth, Johnny Flynn, Josh O’Connor Extra Ordinary- dir. Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman; Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte Swallow- dir. Carlo Mirabella-Davis; Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell What we’ve been watching in da quarantine / what’s up / how’s life / being an essential pizza worker / movies are closed so I don't know what’s coming out in April : Jurge: The Edge of Democracy - Dir. Petra Costa Knock Down the House - Dir. Rachel Lears Dark Side of the Ring (Season 1 & 2) - Dir. Jason Eisener and Evan Husney Ryan: Devs (Limited Series) - Dir. Alex Garland Final Destination 1 through 4 - Dir. James Wong (Not that one), David R. Ellis Karrie: Stand by Me Princess Mononoke Phantom of the Opera rewatch Coming in April? The Main Event Trolls World Tour ---------------------

Live from the quarantine bunker, we talk about the movies of February! Will there be movies releasing in March? Who knows?! Movies of February Birds of Prey- dir. Cathy Yan; Margot Robbie, Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth-Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco Sonic the Hedgehog- dir. Jeff Fowler; Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey Ride Your Wave- dir. Masaaki Yuasa; Ryota Katayose, Rina Kawaei, Honoka Matsumoto, Kentaro Ito The Lodge- dir. Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala; Riley Keough, Richard Armitage, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone Portrait of a Lady on Fire- dir. Céline Sciamma; Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami 2 All the Boiz- dir. Michael Fimognari; Lana Condor, Noah Centineo The Invisible Man- dir. Leigh Whannell;

A new year has arrived, and so have new movies! Here is our episode for January. JANUARY The Grudge Underwater Weathering With You VHYes The Turning Color Out of Space FEBRUARY Birds of Prey The Lodge Horse Girl Fantasy Island Sonic the Hedgehog Ride Your Wave To All Them Boiz: P.S. I Still Love You Come to Daddy The Call of the Wild Emma Brahms: The Boy II The Invisible Man Portrait of a Lady on Fire --------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to the podcast! https://linktr.ee/moviesarereel moviesarereel.tumblr.com Jurge - twitter: twitter.com/suparherojar26 Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/jcruzalvarez26/ Ryan- twitter: twitter.com/MrPibbOfficial Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/filmpiece/ Karrie - twitter: twitter.com/kar_elyles Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/karrie/

This train keeps on rolling, and we have reached our final destination! Day 2 of our Best of 2019 festivities is here. Nominees Worst Movies: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Cats Tallgirl Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Serenity Pet Sematary Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile The Hustle In the Tall Grass Best Performance: Awkwafina - The Farewell - Billi Song Kang-ho - Parasite - Kim Ki- taek Elizabeth Moss - Her Smell- Becky Something Constance Wu - Hustlers - Destiny Jennifer Lopez - Hustlers - Ramona Ana de Armas - Knives Out - Marta Cabrera Daniel Craig - Knives Out - Detective Benoit Blanc Mark Ruffalo - Dark Waters - Robert Bilott Lupita Nyong’o - Us - Adelaide Wilson / Red Tilda Swinton- The Dead Don’t Die - Zelda Winston Mads Mikkelsen- Polar / Death Strand - Duncan Vizla / Cliff Bill Hader- It Chapter Two - Richie Tozier Willem Dafoe- The Lighthouse - Thomas Wake Robert Pattinson- The Lighthouse - Ephraim Winslow Joaquin Phoenix - Joker - Da Joker Babeeeyyy Adam Sandler - Howard Rat

HERE IT IS! Here is the first part of our Best of 2019 discussions! Nominees Best Style: Climax High Life Under The Silver Lake Knife + Heart Her Smell Art of Self Defense Uncut Gems Bliss Rocketman One Cut of the Dead In Fabric Violence Voyager Serenity The Lighthouse Us Promare Midsommar Best Horror: The Lighthouse Doctor Sleep Us It Chapter 2 Annabelle Comes Home Greta Serenity Cats The Gallows Part 2 Crawl Ma Happy Death Day 2 U I Trapped the Devil Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark The Curse of La Llorona In the Tall Grass Best Old Movies of 2019: Karrie- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover OR Exorcist III Jurge - Mindgame or Under the Skin Ryan - All About Lily Chou-Chou and The End of Evangelion Most Disappointing: Star Wars: The Rise of Sky Walker Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark Midsommar Pet Sematary Once Upon A Time In Time In Hollywood It Chapter 2 Spider-Man Far From Home Godzilla: King of the Monsters Velvet Buzzsaw Cats Booksmart The Lighthouse High Life Standout Moment:

It's the end of the year, baby! Happy 2020. We brought you the gift of Movie Discourse. Star Wars talk starts at 39:23 and ends at 54:53. Fair Warning, we are very negative on it and you can skip it if ya want. DECEMBER Dark Waters - dir. Todd Haynes; Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, William Jackson Harper Marriage Story- dir. Noah Baumbach; Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta The Two Popes- dir. Fernando Meirelles; Anthony Hopkins, Johnathan Pryce Cats: The Movie 2019 - dir. Tom Hooper; Francesca Hayward, Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, Rebel Wilson, JAY-SON DERULO, James Corden Star Wars: The Rise of Ryan’s Big Angry Boy Mood- dir. J.J. Abrams; Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, blah blah blahh Little Women- dir. Greta Gerwig; Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothee Sin-lamet, Meryl Streep In Fabric - dir. Peter Strickland; Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hayley Squires,

It's time to get the KNIVES OUT as we discuss the movies of November 2019! Boy! Knives Out is a good movie, and hey, that Doctor Sleep is also alright. NOVEMBER: Doctor Sleep- dir. Mike Flanagan; Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson Charlie’s Angels- dir. Elizabeth Banks; Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks, Patrick Stewart, Sam Claflin The Report- dir. Scott Z. Burns; Adam Driver, Annette Benning, Jon Hamm The Irishman- dir. Martin Scorsese; Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Ray Romano, Harvey Keitel A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood- dir. Marielle Heller; Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper Frozen 2- dir. Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee; Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Sterling K. Brown Knives Out- dir. Rian Johnson; Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, LaKeith Stanfield, Christopher Plummer - Movies of December Playmobil: The Movie Portrait of a Lady on Fire Jumanji: The Next Level Black Ch

We totally did not have to re-record this episode! October had some of the movies we were most looking forward to this year, and boy howdy did they deliver! Parasite discussion starts: 29:50 and ends on 35:14. October: In the Tall Grass- dir. Vincenzo Natali; Patrick Wilson (aka: Grass Master), lotsa GRAAAASSSSS The Death of Dick Long - dir. Daniel Scheinert; Michael Abbott Jr., Virginia Newcomb, Andre Hyland Judy- dir. Rupert Goold; Renee Zellweger, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell Zombieland: Double Tap- dir. Ruben Fleischer; Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Zoey Deutch, Rosario Dawson The Lighthouse- dir. Robert Eggers; Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, yuge mermaid snatch Parasite- dir. Bong Joon-ho; Kang-ho Song, Yeo-jeong Jo, So-dam Park Jojo Rabbit- dir. Taika Waititi; Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson November: Lady and the Tramp Noelle Doctor Sleep Motherless Brooklyn Terminator: Dark Fate Harriet

As we head into the spooky season, the podcast crew discuss what was a rather slim month for movies! Movies of September It: Chapter 2- dir. Andy Muschietti; Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, James McAvoy, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Bill Skarsgård Hustlers- dir. Lorene Scafaria; Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer Promare - dir. Hiroyuki Imaishi; Production studio Trigger Pure - dir. Hanna Macpherson ; Jahkara Smith, McKaley Miller, Scott Porter Between Two Ferns- dir. Scott Aukerman; Zach Galifianakis and Lots of celebrity cameos Tall Girl- dir. Nzingha Stewart; Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck, Luke Eisner - Movies of October October Joker- dir. Todd Phillips; da Joker babyyyy In the Tall Grass Little Monsters Gemini Man Lucy in the Sky The Addams Family El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Villians Zombieland 2: Double Tap The Lighthouse Jojo Rabbit The Gallows 2 --------------------------------------------------- iTunes: itunes.apple.com/u

Summer is ending, and the releases for August are a little slim. Regardless, there was still some standouts! Movies of August: The Farewell- dir. Lulu Wang; Awkwafina, Shuzhen Zhao, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark- dir André Øvredal; Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush The Amazing Johnathan Documentary- dir. Benjamin Berman Ready or Not- dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett; Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell, Nicky Guadagni Movies of September: IT Chapter 2 Satanic Panic The Goldfinch Hustlers 3 From Hell Ad Astra Rambo: Last Blood Downton Abbey --------------------------------------------------- iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/m Google Play: play.google.com/music/m/Ixjpb Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2VE15E5... Blog: moviesarereel.tumblr.com Jurge - twitter: twitter.com/suparherojar26 blog: jcruzalvarez.tumblr.com/ Ryan- twitter: twitter.com/MrPibbOfficial blog: filmpiece.wordpress.com Karrie - twit

Summer is just about done! Some of the biggest blockbusters of the year have arrived, and boy howdy do we have opinions! Movies of July: Spider-Man: Far From Home- dir. Jon Watts; Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya Midsommar- dir. Ari Aster; Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper Crawl- dir. Alexandre Aja; Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper The Art of Self-Defense- dir. Riley Stearns; Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots The Lion King- dir. Jon Faverau; Donald Glover, Beyonce, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, Seth Rogan, Billy Eichner Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood- dir. Quentin Tarantino; Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Dakota Fanning, Kurt Russell Movies of August: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw The Nightingale The Farewell (local) The Art of Racing in the Rain The Kitchen Dora and the Lost City of Gold Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Blinded by the Light The Angry Birds Movie 2 Good Boys 47 Mete