Movies Are Reel

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Movies are Reel is a movie podcast hosted by Karrie Lyles, Ryan Lance and Jurge Cruz-Alvarez! They are a group of twenty-somethings who regularly watch movies and want to talk about them with you!... more

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April 13, 2020 Lockdown 2020 - March
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
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1h 4min
March 18, 2020 Discussing the Movies of February 2020
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; 🐐 Elisabeth Moss 🐐, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Michael Dorman, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriett Dyer
Movies of March?:
The Way Back
Onward
Emma
First Cow
The Hunt
My Spy
Swallow
A Quiet Place Part II (Nope)
Mulan (Nope)
Peter Rabbit 2 (Nope)
Saint Maud
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1h 3min
February 17, 2020 Discussing the Movies of January 2020
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
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1h 19min
February 12, 2020 Best of 2019 - Day 2
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 Ratner - Uncut Gems
Julia Fox - Julia De Flore - Uncut Gems
Adamn Driver- Charlie Barber- Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson- Nicole Barber- Marriage Story
Best Surprise:
Serenity
Annabelle
Shazam
Toy Story 4
Hustlers
Joker
The Art of Self Defense
Doctor Sleep
Frozen II
Ready or Not
The "Don't Not Go in There" Award (Our Highest Honor)
Top 10 Movies of 2019:
The Lighthouse
Parasite
Marriage Story
Booksmart
Art of Self Defense
Knives Out
Hail Satan
Under the Silver Lake
Cats
Serenity
Her Smell
Uncut Gems
It Chapter 2
Dead Don’t Die
Joker
The Souvenir
The Farewell
Ready or Not
Us
Toy Story 4
Dark Waters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
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2h 13min
February 10, 2020 Best of 2019 - Day One
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:
The Opening Moments of Her Smell - Her Smell
The Final Bet - Uncut Gems
The fight outside the club - Uncut Gems
The auction - Uncut Gems
The Parks go on a Camping Trip - Parasite
Peach Poisoning - Parasite
Joker Stairs - Joker
That Cliff Scene aka ‘I don’t think this is going to be a normal vacation’ moment - Midsommar
The End Reveal - Us
Pas de Deux- Us
The End Credits - Crawl
Donut Hole - Knives Out
Whodunit - Knives Out
Jennifer Lopez’s Dance - Hustlers
Usher comes into the club - Hustlers
That Part Where The Godzilla Music Kicks In - Godzilla: King of the Monsters
I liked the end fight of in Godzilla, fuck yall haters
Jack and Danny at the bar- Doctor Sleep
Angel of the morning- It Chapter Two
Feely Meely payoff- Annabelle comes home
Yer fond of me lobster ain’t ye?- The Lighthouse
Beeg Robert Scream- The Lighthouse
Mads teaching children- Polar
Songwriter Scene- Under the Silver Lake
I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!- Marriage Story
Is that Cardi B?- Booksmart
Special Order Belts- Art of Self-Defense
You know what scene- High Life
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2h 26min
January 07, 2020 Discussing the Movies of December 2019
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, Gwendoline Christie
Uncut Gems- dir. Benny and Josh Safdie; Adam Sndler, Julia Fox, Kevin G
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JANUARY
The Grudge
Like a Boss
Underwater
Dolittle
Bad Boys for Life
VHYes
The Gentlemen
The Turning
Color Out of Space
Gretel and Hansel
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1h 36min
December 15, 2019 Discussing the Movies of November 2019
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
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Movies of December
Playmobil: The Movie
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Jumanji: The Next Level
Black Christmas
Richard Jewell
Uncut Gems
6 Underground
Bombshell
Seberg
1917
Just Mercy
Spies in Disguise
Little Women
Cats
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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1h 44min
November 18, 2019 Discussing the Movies of October 2019
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
Marriage Story
Last Christmas
Honey Boy
Ford v Ferrari
Charlie’s Angels 🙏
Waves
Frozen 2: Let it Snow baby ugh
21 Bridges
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Queen & Slim
Knives Out
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1h 23min
October 14, 2019 Discussing the Movies of September 2019
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
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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
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1h 40min
September 09, 2019 Movies of August 2019
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
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