The Reel Appeal

Episode 198 - Ghosting Creators

Topic: Do androids dream of electric soul? Hey everyone! We're back for another–more timely–episode. Let's get technical and philosophical. This week's Recent Review is The Creator, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Ghost in the Shell (1996). It's the most beautiful time of the year, and we aren't discussing Christmas. It's Beyond Fest season, and we discuss the first few days of the film festival. Our Recent Review next week is The Exorcist: Believer, in theaters Friday, October 6th, and our Geriatric Cinematic is The Exorcist (1973), streaming on HBO Max and available to rent on Apple TV, Amazon, YouTube TV, or other VOD services. Be sure to follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TheReelAppeal] (@TheReelAppeal), Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheReelAppeal], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@reelappeal], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thereelappealpodcast/], and you can contact the show at TheReelAppeal@gmail.com. Find every episode on all podcast catchers, and don't forget to rate our show on iTunes [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-reel-appeal/id1462338000]! The Creator - 07:59 Spoilers - 25:57 Variety Time - Our experience at Beyond Fest so far - 39:52 Geriatric Cinematic - Ghost in the Shell (1996) - 1:03:28

Episode 197 - UFO–Uninvited Foreign Observer

Topic: Let’s get abducted A few days a late but not a buck short! Hey everyone! Ever wonder what it would be like to be abducted by aliens? We're reviewing two films that will give you two different insights. Just don't get nightmares after. Our Recent Review is No One Will Save You, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Fire in the Sky (1993). Our Variety Time segment discusses the end of the writer's strike and the deal points. Speaking of alien abductions, Mark shares a UFO-related experience toward the end of the show.  On the next episode, our Recent Review is The Creator, in theaters now, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Ghost in the Shell (1995), streaming on Prime Video and The Criterion Channel and available to rent on Apple TV, Amazon, YouTube TV, or other VOD services. Be sure to follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TheReelAppeal] (@TheReelAppeal), Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheReelAppeal], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@reelappeal], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thereelappealpodcast/], and you can contact the show at TheReelAppeal@gmail.com. Find every episode on all podcast catchers, and don't forget to rate our show on iTunes [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-reel-appeal/id1462338000]! No One Will Save You - 08:02 Spoilers - 24:48 Variety Time - The WGA strike is over - 47:02 Geriatric Cinematic - Fire in the Sky (1993) - 1:09:10

Episode 196 - Ghastly Greed Indeed

Topic: Murder Mystery with a side of laughs. Hey everyone! We're back this week (finally), and we have a lot of mysteries to unravel. The first mystery, of course, is what movies we are covering this week. Our Recent Review is A Haunting in Venice, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Clue (1985). If that isn't enough, we have been missing from your feed for a few weeks. Where have we been? Mark and Kelsey discuss what has kept them from recording. Next week, our Recent Review is Dumb Money, in theaters September 29th, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Wall Street (1987), available to rent on Apple TV, Amazon, YouTube TV, or other VOD services. Be sure to follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TheReelAppeal] (@TheReelAppeal), Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheReelAppeal], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@reelappeal], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thereelappealpodcast/], and you can contact the show at TheReelAppeal@gmail.com. Find every episode on all podcast catchers, and don't forget to rate our show on iTunes [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-reel-appeal/id1462338000]! A Haunting in Venice - 10:49 Spoilers - 34:27 Variety Time - Why The Long Break? - 51:54 Geriatric Cinematic - Clue - 1:13:33

Episode 195 - Teenagers—Fighting Crime & Puberty

Topic: Green, teen, fighting machines! Hey everyone! If you love ninjas, turtles, pizza, kung fu, beating up bad guys, and reporters named April, we have an episode for you! This week, our Recent Review is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990).  For our Variety Time segment, we talk about superheroes who got their powers from accidents since that's how the Ninja Turtles came to be. All of the ways you can become a superhero sound painful.  Next week, our Recent Review is The Last Voyage of the Demeter, in theaters Friday, August 11th, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), available to rent on Apple TV, Amazon, YouTube TV, or other VOD services. Be sure to follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TheReelAppeal] (@TheReelAppeal), Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheReelAppeal], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@reelappeal], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thereelappealpodcast/], and you can contact the show at TheReelAppeal@gmail.com. Find every episode on all podcast catchers, and don't forget to rate our show on iTunes [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-reel-appeal/id1462338000]! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - 16:06 Spoilers - 36:36 Variety Time - Accidents Make Superheroes - 53:32 Geriatric Cinematic -  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) - 1:17:40

Episode 194 - Realistically Out of Touch with Reality

Topic: It's a Barbie girl, and we're just in her plastic world Hey everyone! We're going to the pink side this week. Let's go party as we do our Recent Review of Barbie and our Geriatric Cinematic of Clueless (1995).  The movie that makes Mark giggle and Kelsey happy is Mannequin (1987). This movie is our Obscene and Obscure, and Kelsey (not Mark) hopes you go out of your way to check it out. Next week, our Recent Review is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, in theaters now, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), streaming on Paramount+ and HBO Max and is available to rent on Apple TV, Amazon, YouTube TV, or other VOD services. Be sure to follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TheReelAppeal] (@TheReelAppeal), Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheReelAppeal], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@reelappeal], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thereelappealpodcast/], and you can contact the show at TheReelAppeal@gmail.com. Find every episode on all podcast catchers, and don't forget to rate our show on iTunes [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-reel-appeal/id1462338000]! Barbie - 9:14 Spoilers - 32:29 Obscene and Obscure - Mannequin (1987) - 1:01:20 Geriatric Cinematic -  Clueless (1995) - 1:23:03:00