Reel Time - New Zealand Film Podcast

In our latest episode, the guys spend an unsurprising amount of time talking about the continuing fallout of the Coronavirus and all of the changes to the film landscape for 2020. The entire Marvel franchise is shuffled and squeezed up, numerous more movies come to early digital home releases, and there is hardly a film not yet moved somewhere else except for 'Tenet' and ''Bill and Ted Face The Music' at this point. After talking about the films delayed, the guys spend a small amount about celebs with coronavirus and how important this info is to the public, plus sadly those who have been taken away from us from both the disease and other natural causes in recent weeks.

Moving onto other news we look at the upcoming changes to Disney and Disney Plus, plus their absurd censorship of Darryl Hannah's now fur covered backside in Splash on the platform. We talk about James Gunn a lot, due to his constant awesome posts on twitter and also what people think are 5 perfect films due to him and other filmmakers inputs on the subject. We talk about Sam Raimi working on Dr. Strange and how he'd already foreshadowed the character before when dealing with Spider-man. Edgar Wright's next-next film based on an upcoming book, Rian Johnsons non-space movies, and the why and how Chris Farley was cast as Shrek before his death. Ryan also looks into why some films have certain scenes that only appear in random cuts after an extra scene is reported to appear in a Harry Potter film no one hardly remembers ever seeing. All this and much more news.

We also spend a lot of time pondering the world of the stunt performers and how if no one values them enough in the public spotlight after the outcome of Olivia Jackson's lawsuit after her near-fatal accident on the set of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Where are the boundaries and why don't the Oscars have a technical stunt award category?

With so many delays and just a few trailers to talk about the guys then review some recent screenings including Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Guns Akimbo, Sonic The Hedgehog, Bad Boys For Life, Bloodshot, a retro screening of Midnight Run, and Ryan's better half, Ann, joins us to talk about Lady Bird in the lead up to her watching the most recent Little Women film. Finally, as almost always, the guys sit down for another round of 'Films... but badly' - and Ryan almost gets an upset with one of his craftiest ideas yet. Tune in to find out more about what took place!Please like, subscribe, share and enjoy! And as always many many thanks to Martin (Rammy) for his wonderful work on our graphics, www.rammy.at

Welcome along to our lockdown episode, as the guys put on their hazmat suits to sit across the table from each other to talk about both the latest news, especially the delays - the so many delays - to various productions and film releases.

After some updates since Episode 13, the guys talk about their usual episodic Uncharted film update, before diving head first into all of the production delays to films including such titles as The Matrix, Little Mermaid, Jurassic World, and Mission Impossible along with dozens more. We talk about what Disney, Netflix, and Amazon are doing in the face of production shutdowns, the recent releases that have been given early digital releases, and then move onto all the films delayed at time of recording and the actors caught up in Covid-19.

Once we get past all of this we look at other recent news including casting updates on Jurassic World 3, Shrunk! - the next Honey I Shrunk The Kids sequel which has Ryan and Rob both excited, the outcome of the Oscars which we hadn't gotten to in the last episode, Snake Eyes, Borderlands, Knives Out sequels, Bond, West Side Story, Indiana Jones 5, Creed 3, Clue, Scream, Last of Us, and touch on our usual visits to the various comic universes of both DC and Marvel.

We look at the trailers for Spiral, Black Widow, Soul, Greyhound, and The Iron Mask - all seemingly now delayed, and Rob sits down to talk about 3 films he saw before the cinemas shut up shop for a while with Parasite, Birds of Prey, and The Invisible Man.

Finally, as we so often do, we finish out with yet another new round of "Films but... Badly."

We hope you enjoy this 90 minutes and change episode and hope it sees you through some time spent at home during the current times. Please share with you friends, like and subscribe if you are not and we will see you all soon for Episode 15!

As we provide our longest episode yet somehow, given the length of time since our last proper episode, the guys break down so much news while breaking their promises to try and stay to about a minute per item. However, the connections are not tenuous as the guys look at recent celebrities to have passed away, missed casting chances for others, more on The Matrix sequel, our monthly update on who isn't directing Uncharted now, numerous Bad Boys bits, and info on numerous sequels or remakes to films like Mallrats, Evil Dead, Saw, Edge of Tomorrow, Little Shop of Horrors, Transformers, The Thing, Lethal Weapon, Expendables, Jackass, Ghostbusters, James Bond, Star Trek, Mission Impossible, Jurassic Park/World and GI Joe. Whew!But how could we also miss our usual Disney news, Marvel and DC, and Star Wars also! But more on Cats, the Superbowl - rather the commercials and trailers within, Netflix and Amazon shows, and much, much, more. Plus all the recent trailers including A Quiet Place: Part II, The New Mutants, Bloodshot, Morbius, Guns Akimbo, Vivarium, and Fast and Furious 9 - or rather F9: The Fast Saga - among others. On the reviews side, we talk about Jumanji: The Next Level, Spies in Disguise, 1917, Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, Bombshell, Underwater and are joined by a very special guest to talk about The Gentlemen.Sadly due to us running way over on this episode, we haven't recorded a game for this episode, but we are calling in a better director and editor for the next episode to make sure we don't run overtime for number 14! Until then, please enjoy this bumper episode, however!

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In our second special, Ryan and Rob sit down to discuss the various highlights and lowlights of the year in a short half hour or so, which sees them focus a lot on the ideas of what cinema is and the juggernauts that are Disney and the world of the superhero film, and spend a brief bit of time to think about the success of Keanu Reeves in 2019 and beyond among other thoughts.They then sit down and recount their top selections for films each this year, a surprisingly far diverse group than originally expected - with only one shared film between them! What will it be? Tune in and find out.Finally, due to the last episodes' lack of time, we fit in another round of 'Films... but badly.' Will it finally be Ryan's turn to win? Please like, subscribe, share and enjoy! As always thanks to Martin (Rammy) for his wonderful work on our graphics, www.rammy.at

For the 12th episode, recorded the day after the guys went to see the new Star Wars, we spend time catching up on movies pushed back, clashing, sequels, remade and rebooted. Godzilla, Home Alone, Honey I Shrunk The Kids, The Dirty Dozen, Ace Ventura, and more. We talk if John Wick 4 and Matrix 4 can actually launch the same day as planned of it's too much Keanu for everyone. We also talk some more about Bill And Ted probably because the answer is no.

Disney continues to demand news coverage, so we pay their services by talking about how much money they've made in 2019, and how much impact the future of Disney+ has on movies. Plus the Star Wars script that went on eBay! And then decide 2020 is going to be a DC instead of Marvel year... but why? Ryan has a discussion about another Ryan for Bayhem reasons, and then we talk about how pointless Tarantino's decision just to make 10 movies actually is before making ourselves, but especially Rob, feel very old by talking about classic films and the US National Film Registry.

We then tackle trailers, including Fantasy Island, which we somehow entirely forgot about last episode... then go across others including Marvel's Black Widow, new Bond in No Time To Die, Wonder Woman 1984, and Rob spends too much time being giddy over what we're now calling 'Paul Rudd's Ghostbusters' among others. Then we follow that up with a conversation about Christopher Nolan's next film Tenet - which then becomes a discussion about studios turning trailers into events of their own and how wrong we are celebrating the marketing of films almost more than the films themselves. Looking at you Fast and Furious franchise...

Reviews see the guys talking a little about the crazy event that is the Auckland 24 Hour Movie Marathon. Ryan then discusses Last Christmas, Rob talks on Ford V. Ferarri (aka Le Mans '66), Knives Out, and Ready or Not before the two talk the pros and cons of Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker - spoiler free - less than a day after they saw it. 

Due to lack of time in the episode, there is no 'Films... but Badly' this time around, but we are thinking about a 2019 review episode separate.

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A bumper eleventh episode hits the web, with so much to talk about, we don't even know where to start.

To attempt to begin Rob updates everyone on his quest to find out what High Frame Rate he saw Gemini Man in. Then he and Ryan spend the better part of a half-hour talking about the Disney+ launch and all the problems people had. We dig into the expectations of it when it comes to both Star Wars and Marvel especially. Plus we get derailed several times on side topics including how parents should explain things to their children and not expect applications like Disney+ to do it for them, the expectations of having to watch several Disney+ shows just to follow more of the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and look at the issues surrounding the "Disney Vault" idea.

Once we move on beyond that and the comic book connections, we talk delays to The King's Man, more music biopics including Bee Gees and Michael Jackson, the new Ghostbusters rumoured title, then go down the rabbit hole of repeat updates - more Matrix news, and updates on Uncharted, Robocop Returns, Star Trek 4, and Mission Impossible 7/8 all feature again!

We round out the news with a bunch of weird stories, including Dick Chaney calling Christian Bale an actual dick for his role in Vice portraying him, plus how Paul McCartney and Steven King felt about recent films releated to themselves also. We talk about how important platforms are like Netflix to long-delayed sequel success. Plus a look at several recent trailers including Keanu Sage filled Spongebob, redesigned Sonic, plus brief chats on Jumanji, Bad Boys, Pixar's Soul, Spies in Disguise, Invisible Man, Ip Man 4, and somehow a controversial discussion about the new Scooby Doo film - Scoob! Bring your Scooby Snacks, it's an interesting one!

On the reviews side both of us discuss how good Terminator Dark Fate actually is even though no one went to see it. Ryan catches up on the insanity of Joker, and Rob touches on the shine of Doctor Sleep, the surprising depth of Jojo Rabbit and tale of The Dead Dont Die and its ghoouls. And then we close out with the usual round of 'Films... but badly.'

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Rolling into Episode 10 the guys pull apart all the news while waiting for the new Star Wars trailer to drop on the afternoon of recording. No bit of random news is spared as we talk about Rob Zombie's Sound Of Music - as pitched by Ed Asner, all of the MCU stars who want to get on the Star Wars bandwagon, the crossovers for the DC films into the DC TV shows, Kevin Smith's return and also a new Clerks 3. Ryan can't get over Grease being turned into a TV show and brings it up two episodes in a row, plus we look at all the trailers we can think of including The King's Man, Bloodshot, and the SNL Joker parody - Grouch. Plus all the other Star Wars news while holding out for the trailer to arrive. Did it do so in time? You'll have to tune into find out! Otherwise, there are rants aplenty from both about all sorts of nonsense - including complaints about limited roles for actors by a well paid actress, people complaining about things not in movies opposed to whats in them, and lots more. Oh, and who exactly is the audience who to see Dolittle with Robert Downey Jr.?

On the reviews front, Ryan has been too busy to see anything so he instead leads the questioning as Rob gets through Good Boys, Mosley, Ad Astra, Blinded By The Light, Rambo: Last Blood, Joker, Gemini Man, Hustlers, and Zombieland Double Tap. Whew! All this is followed up by our latest round of Films... but Badly. Please feel free to comment and subscribe to our channel, and share it with your friends! We are slowly building up our skills and experience and hopefully, you're finding the rambling of us two somewhat entertaining each month. As always thanks to Martin (Rammy) for our graphics, you can see his wonderful stuff at www.rammy.at

In the 9th episode of the show, Ryan and Robbie spend a length of time talking about the Disney Monopoly (but not the Disney Monopoly game... that would be weird) given their current run of 5 films that have made over a billion dollars this year. Plus the amount of ticket sales overall on the back of the Fox Purchase and their upcoming Disney Plus service. We also look into their annoucements at their D23 Fan Event and what Disney Plus means for everyone, plus the latest discussions surrounding their Star Wars and Marvel franchises. How much is too much Disney?

In non Disney news the duo look at Sony and Warner Brothers comic book responses, including Venom 2, The Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey. They also talk about heaps of other news including additions to Mission Impossible franchise, Robocop, Uncharted, the name of Bond 25, the major annoumement of another Matrix Film, more on Chris Rock's SAW film, the idea of remaking Face/Off, sequels to Tomb Raider, Edgar Wright's next film Last Night In Soho, and the festival reactions to Joker, Knives Out, Jojo Rabbit, and trailers including Black Christmas, The Aeronauts, Terminator: Dark Fate, Doctor Sleep, Bad Boys for Life, and especially the Lucy and the Sky Trailer - and what NASA Grade Adult Diapers have to do with it.

If this wasn't enough already discussion turns to recently watched films including The Art of Self Defense, Yesterday, The Kitchen. As well as Tarantino's Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood and IT: Chapter 2. The duo spend a bit of extra time about their night out seeing the Apollo 11 documentary in IMAX format. Then as usual we close out with Films... but Badly! So much crammed into under 2 hours, you won't believe it.

As always, thanks to our friend Martin for our graphics! You can check out his work at www.rammy.at

In this long gestating episode, long delayed through even more gestating illness, the guys tackle so much overdue news and trailers - it turns into their longest episode yet. News covers almost everything the guys could think of from Sam Neill's ducks, Henry Cavill, too many Sherlock Holmes, Amazon's Lord of the Rings, Taika's delay to the live action Akira, numerous sequels including White Chicks 2, Halloween Kills, Venom 2, new Ghostbusters, Saw, Bond, Power Rangers, Evil Dead, Terminator, Clerks... the list goes on. We also talk all the Marvel news that came out of their big Comic Con blow out and talk about how both Marvel and Disney are making all the monies. And Rob has a rant about Christopher Nolans marketing ideas to boot, specifically regarding his upcoming film Tenet. 

After all this news you'd think we would have enough, instead the pair look at no less than 18 trailers that had dropped since the last recording... some massive, some small, all covered as fast as we could.

Finally we have some reviews and discussion around Spider-man Far From Home, Toy Story 4, and the original Akira by both the guys. Rob also talks about Hobbs and Shaw and surprisingly The Lion King having ended up seeing it after months about bitching about the film and saying he wouldn't.

As always the show wraps up with the sick and exhausted pair attempting Films... but badly (or anything else people would like to rename it to!).

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* The writer Rob mentions that did the article on Mister Rogers was Tom Junod - who has some resemblence to Joaquin Phoenix. The film with Tom Hanks instead has a fictional writer in Junod's place even though the film is seemingly based on Junod's article and experience.

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In this, the seventh episode of the guys attempts at a podcast - there is plenty of news to break down. Essays on films, producer woes, reboots, remakes, sequels... and legacy-sequels, and much more! Everything old is new again too! We talk Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, Mortal Kombat, Honey I Shrunk The Kids, Batman, Saw, Alien, Fast and the Furious, Ghostbusters, more John Wick and Bill and Ted, Constantine, Akira, Indiana Jones, Uncharted... who wants to see a R rated Star Trek film, and indeed the Spice Girls!

We also discuss trailers for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Terminator Dark Fate, Doctor Sleep, Rambo Last Blood, Ford Vs. Ferrarri, and Ad Astra. Ryan's Direct To Video Corner returns, and the guys talk about all their recent film watching including Lego Movie 2, John Wick 3, Godzilla, and X-Men Dark Phoenix.

Wrapping up the episode the guys discuss revisiting the entire Matrix franchise, and pull out a second round of 'Films... but badly' to conclude the episode! So much content crammed into an hour 20, you won't believe it!As always, many thanks to Martin for our amazing graphics (www.rammy.at). Please like, share, subscribe, comment, and all those other wonderful things that allow us to keep on making these episodes!

Ding!