For the 20th episode of The ReelSpotlight, Mania and Tony welcome special guest Jean Carlos Sanchez, known as @MercWithTheMovies on Instagram. Jean joins the podcast to review M. Night Shyamalan's newest film Knock at the Cabin. They also discuss M. Nights filmography and end the episode by answering listener questions. 

0:00 Intro

0:41 Getting to know Jean

7:23 Knock at the Cabin (Non-spoiler)

16:10 Knock at the Cabin (Spoiler chat)

28:58 Random M. Night discussion 

31:11 M. Night Shyamalan's career

1:02:00 Answering questions 

1:14:34 Outros/Goodbyes 

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For the first official podcast episode of 2023, Mania and Tony review the first episode of one of the most anticipated shows of 2023, HBO's newest The Last of Us. They also chat about Goodfellas, Tony's Reel recommendation to Mania. 

0:00 Intro

4:00 Review of Episode 1 of The Last of Us (Spoilers)

47:18 Answering questions 

55:41 Tony's Reel Recommendation (Goodfellas)

1:12:34 Mania Reel Recommendation to Tony

1:13:34 Outro

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For EP 17, Mania and Tony are once again joined by Shanda (filmforager) & Quinn (viewsbyquinn). In part two of their discussion, we all talk about our best, worst, best surprises, and biggest disappointments in film and tv for 2022.

0:00 Intro

0:57 Worst films of 2022

53:45 Biggest surprises and Disappointments in Movies & TV

1:29:06 Rapid fire Top 5 movies of 2022...so far

1:32:01 Outro

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Mania and Tony welcome back Quinn (Viewsbyquinn) and Shandra (Filmforager) to the podcast. Episode 16 is about the holiday spirit as we talk about Christmas movies. We chat about our favs, guilty pleasures, and even the worst holiday films we've seen. We also debate on what makes a movie, a Christmas movie, and we end the episode reviewing Mania's Reel recommendation to Tony, the holiday horror musical Anna, and The Apocalypse.

0:00 Intro

1:11 Worst Christmas movies 

5:21 Christmas guilty pleasures 

16:42 What makes a movie, a Christmas movie?

21:50 Favorite Christmas movies 

1:01:16 Discuss Mania's reel recommendation to Tony (Anna and the Apocalypse) 

1:24:09 Outro

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In episode 15, Mania and Tony go in-depth in their non- spoiler & spoiler discussion of Season 1 of the newest live action Star Wars series, Andor. They also discuss the recent rumors of the possible shakeup of the DCEU under James Gunn. They finish the episode talking about reel recommendations.

0:00 Intro 

1:45 DCEU franchise rumors

10:46 Non-spoiler review of Andor

31:41 Spoiler chat of Andor

52:23 Tony's Reel Recommendation to Mania (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

1:03:30 Mania's Reel Recommendation to Tony ( we'll discuss next episode)

1:05:05 Outro

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In Episode 14, we interview the young director of the 2022 film Forty Winks, and the upcoming 2023 release Atrabilious, William Atticus Parker. He is also an actor, as well, appearing in his two features and the upcoming studio film "Woody Woodpecker 2". Mania and Tony also chat about Mania's reel recommendation to Tony. Danny Boyle's 2007 Sunshine. They finish the episode by discussing the plethora of movie trailers that dropped last week.

0:00 Intro

2:00 Tony interviews William Atticus Parker

33:33 Discuss Mania's Reel recommendation: Danny Boyle's 2007 Sunshine

38:05 Tony Reel recommendation for Mania 

39:06 Mania and Tony talk about the movie trailers of Cocaine Bear, Transformers: Rise of the Beast, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, and HBO's The Last of Us

53:00 Outro 

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In episode 13 Tony & Mania discuss the latest MCU film, Wakanda Forever. They do a non-spoiler and spoiler review of the film. They also chat about Tony's Reel Recommendation Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Mania gives her Reel Recommendation to Tony. Also answer some listener questions. 

0:00 Outro 

1:45 Wakanda Forever review (Non-spoiler)

20:53 Wakanda Forever (Spoiler chat)

32:55 Answering listener questions

37:10 Reel Recommendations (Planes, Trains, and Automobiles)

46:23 Mania's Reel Recommendation to Tony

48:53 Outro/random movie talk 

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For episode 12, Mania and Tony review Pearl, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and All Quiet on the Western Front. All reviews are non-spoiler. Also, they start a new segment called "Reel Recommendations" and finish the episode by answering questions. 

0:00 Intro

1:51 Review of Pearl (non-spoiler)

14:54 Review of All Quiet on the Western Front (non-spoiler)

23:51 Review of Weird, The Al Yankovic Story (non-spoiler)

31:44 Reel Recommendation by Tony

33:40 Answering questions 

43:36 Outro

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