Reel Spoilers - Movie Reviews

Godzilla is back, and apparently Hollywood has a lot to learn about making giant monsters destroy cities without spending $200 million.

This week on Reel Spoilers, we're talking GODZILLA MINUS ZERO, the follow-up to the Oscar-winning GODZILLA MINUS ONE. We break down the film's surprisingly modest budget, spectacular daylight visual effects, and the arrival of King Ghidorah. Plus, why does Japan keep making better Godzilla movies than Hollywood, and how does a movie about giant monsters punching each other manage to deliver such compelling human drama?

Also, we dig into the film's postwar politics, America's questionable involvement, a shocking revenge plot, and the surprisingly creative ways humanity attempts to defeat creatures that can level entire cities. Is this sequel as good as the original, or has the novelty worn off?

Before we get into the movie, we discuss the shakeup at DC Studios, what James Gunn's departure means for the DC Universe, and whether Hollywood has learned anything about managing superhero franchises. Plus, a dedicated listener has created an entire website tracking Tom's bathroom breaks, and yes, it's every bit as ridiculous as it sounds.

It's Godzilla versus Ghidorah, Godzilla versus America, and Godzilla versus basic arithmetic. Somehow, the math is the most confusing part.

You've been warned.

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Trust no one. Not even the podcast hosts.

Matt F. Basler returns to Reel Spoilers as we head to Antarctica for John Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi horror masterpiece, The Thing. A movie so horrifying, so ahead of its time, and so spectacularly disgusting that audiences in 1982 apparently decided they'd rather watch a friendly alien eat Reese's Pieces.

We're digging into the film's legendary practical effects, its disastrous box office performance, the critics who got it wrong (and the ones who didn't), and why Kurt Russell makes everything better. Plus, we explore the bizarre rules of alien assimilation, the infamous blood test, the prequel's questionable decisions, and the burning question that's fueled decades of internet arguments: Who, if anyone, is actually The Thing at the end?

Along the way, we debate whether The Thing is better than Alien, investigate its comic book and video game sequels, question the state of modern media literacy, and somehow spend an alarming amount of time discussing Giant-Size Man-Thing.

It's paranoia, practical effects, conspiracy theories, and a whole lot of nonsense. Just another perfectly normal episode of Reel Spoilers.

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CLAYFACE is the latest film in the DCU, and the first after the Paramount / Skydance acquisition of WB Discovery. The new cinematic universe was already off to a rocky start, and this one doesn't have us feeling much better. Find out where we think it went wrong, and what James Gunn and Peter Safran can do to right the ship.

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Wow. There is a lot to unpack in the nearly 3-hour-long documentary, YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, directed by Nathan Fielder (Nathan For You, The Rehearsal) and Lance Oppenheim (Primetime) about disgraced and imprisoned Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. But this film is so much more than your typical documentary, and we think it has a good chance at winning big at the Oscars this year. Find out why the latest from A24 has everyone talking.

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You may have heard of a little company called Facebook. Maybe even saw a tiny, indie movie called THE SOCIAL NETWORK. Well now it has a "sequel," if you can call it that, directed this time by writer Aaron Sorkin and starring Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg. Find out all about The Facebook Files, thanks to whistleblower Frances Haugen and Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, in THE SOCIAL RECKONING. To be continued...?

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