For episode 11, Mania and Tony talk about the House of the Dragon finale. Minwa (@TheArabKhalessi) came in last minute to help us by reviewing and analyzing The Black Queen. We also had some fun in choosing our small council if we were sitting on the Iron Throne, and somehow finish the podcast by ranking the Harry Potter Franchise. 

0:00 Intro

1:10 Analyzing the HOTD finale & season 1 in general

1:27:57 Choosing our small council if we were Queen or King

1:36:08 Ranking the Harry Potter franchise

1:42:10 Outro

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For our 10th episode, Mania and Tony welcome Mariah from @Scareathoners (IG). As you see from the title of the podcast, this episode is all about horror. Mania and Tony review Halloween Ends, and then bring on Mariah to chat and discuss Mania's top 3 horror films of all time. 

0:00 Intro

1;29 Review (spoilers) Halloween Ends

9:38 Getting to know Mariah 

15:00 Rapid fire questions for Mariah 

15:31 Discussing Mania's top 3 horror movies of all-time

34:55 Did you know? Exorcist edition 

36:15 Answering listener questions 

51:10 Outro...Peace out

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It is all about House of the Dragon in episode 9 of The Reel Spotlight. To review and analyze HOTD latest episode "The Green Council", Mania and Tony welcome back Minwa (@TheArabKhaleesi). Did The House of The Dragon penultimate episode live up to the hype? Listen and find out. 

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In Episode 8, our good friend and fellow podcaster from Fellowship of The Mic, Shandra (@Filmforager)  joins The Reel Spotlight. We give our thoughts on the film Barbarian, chat about cheesy horror movies we like, quicks thoughts on The Rings of Power, and a recap of episodes 7 & 8 of House of the Dragon. We finished the pod by answering listener questions. 

0:00 Intro

0:34 Getting to know Shandra 

8:26 Barbarian Review 

16:54 Did you Know? Horror Edition

19:28 Top 3 Guilty Pleasures (Horror Movies)

26:07 Rapid Fire Question (LOTR Edition)

30:40 Quick chat on Rings of Power 

36:47 Review on Episodes 7 & 8 of House of the Dragon

1:09:53 Answering Listener questions 

1:25:45 Outro

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For Episode 7, Minwa, also known on Instagram as @TheArabKhalessi joins Mania and Tony as they review Andrew Dominik's newest film Blonde. They also recap episodes 5 &6 of House of the Dragon...and of course, when you have someone named Khaleesi, you know that GOT was also discussed. 

0:00 Intro

0:41 getting to know Minwa

8:00 Blonde Review (spoilers)

24:35 Did you know?

26:20 Rapid fire questions: GOT edition 

29:55 GOT S8 chat

37:41 Recap/review of EP 5 & 6 of HOTD

1:25:26 Answering listener questions 

1:31:19 Outro

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In episode 6 Mania and Tony catch up after not recording for two weeks. There's no real topic as Tony and Mania shot the breeze, and the conversation goes from their recent trips to New York City, how Tony likes his eggs, ranking their favorite breakfast cereals and of course talking about movies and tv shows. They finish the episode by answering listener questions. 

0:00 Intro

0:35 New York State of mind

8:15 Rapid Fire Questions to each other 

18:15 Did You Know?

23:05 Answering Listener Questions

51:50 Outro

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In episode 5, Tony and Mania welcome their second guest,  Tommy from (my_nerdy_obessions on Instagram) They chat about Emmys and the latest episodes of Ring of Power and House of the Dragon (with spoilers). They finish the pod by answering a few questions from listeners.

0:00 Intro

0:30 Getting to know Tommy

8:39 Discussing the Emmys 

23:37 Rings of Powers (spoilers)

30:58 House of the Dragon (spoilers)

48:20 Answering Listener questions 

1:12:58 Outro

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In episode 4, Tony and Mania talk about the state of the MCU & DCEU. They also give their spoiler-free reviews of the first two episodes of Amazon's new series The Rings of Power. 

0:00 Intro 

0:45 MCU/DCEU discussion

21:20 Review for EP 1 & 2 for The Rings of Power (non-spoiler)

31:31 Answering listener questions

39:55 Outro

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In episode 3, Quinn from @ViewsByQuinn and podcast, Yeah No, No Yeah joins Mania and Tony as their first guest in The Reel Spotlight. In this episode, we get to know Quinn and have fun discussing our hottest movie takes. Mania and Tony also give a quick review of episode 2 of The House of the Dragon.

0:00- Intro

0:42- We discuss our hottest movie takes with Quinn

29:50- Answer listener's questions with Quinn

1:05:35- Tony and Mania give a quick (spoiler) review of episode two of House of the Dragon

1:17:10- outro 

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In episode 2, it's all about Westeros and the seven kingdoms. Mania and Tony delve back into the world of Game of Thrones before giving their reviews of the first episode of HBO's new show House of the Dragon. 

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0:00- Intro

0:21- Game of Thrones Discussion (spoilers)

35:55- Review of House of the Dragon EP1 (spoilers)

49:45- Answering listener questions

54:25- Outro