Women Who Kill

The 98th Academy Awards Episode

WHAT a year for movies!!!! The 98th Academy Awards heads to our television screens this Sunday (3/15). The RR girls do what they do every year in anticipation of the biggest night in Hollywood...predict who the winners will be in each category as well as who they want to win. Listen to find out who the gals want to win Best Animated Short! Best Actor! Best Cinematography! and of course...Best Picture! With an Oscar year with such consistent heavy hitters, there is a LOT of discussion on who is the best of the best, as well as personal favs (Sirât, Sinners) and the least favs (For Gianna....Frankenstein).  The episode is rounded out discussing non-Oscar movies watched: The Testament of Anne Lee (2025), The Housemaid (2025), Send Help (2026), and Wuthering Heights (2026). G finally likes a musical for the first time in her life...you'll have to listen to find out what it is!!!!!

2025 Movie Recap

Well folks, that's a wrap on 2025! The girlies of RR look back on the movies of yesteryear and discuss the new releases they watched, ending the episode with their top 5 movies (thus far). Top movies of the year (2025) discussed include: Weapons, One Battle After Another, Twinless, Bugonia, Frankenstein, Wicked: For Good, Sentimental Value, Hamnet etc. Which movie made Amy sob the hardest? How many independent horror films did Gianna watch? With awards season in full swing, stay tuned for our annual Oscar episode with preferences and predictions of the upcoming biggest night in Hollywood!

Summer Camp

“Someone once said war is hell, well they’ve never been to summer camp” In honor of summer winding down, Reductive Reviews is visiting the best Summer Camp / Summer "Camp" movies of all time. Amy and G touch on cult classics like But I'm A Cheerleader (1999), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), and Friday the 13th (1980), as well as favorites Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Heavyweights (1995), and Friday the 13th (2009). So grab your bathing suit and bow and arrow, we're heading to camp baby!  This summer the movie theaters have been BOOKED and BUSY. Top summer blockbusters are dissected and swooned over in this episode including Eddington (2025), Sorry, Baby (2025), Together (2025), Naked Gun (2025), I Love You Forever (2024), and Oh, Hi! (2025).

Women Who Kill

In this episode of Reductive Reviews, Amy and G explore the Women in cinema Who KILL. This episode explores the complex and often hidden motives behind women who kill, going beyond the headlines to uncover the emotional, psychological, and social factors driving their actions. From self-defense and revenge to manipulation and mental illness, join RR as they take a deep dive into Maxxine (2024), Kill Bill 1 (2003) and Kill Bill 2 (2004), Orphan 1 (2009) and Orphan 2 (2022), Monster (2003), Gone Girl (2014), and Ballerina (2025). Other movies touched on include Materialists (2025), an amazing short film The Singers (2025), and Megan 2.0 (2025).

10 Month Roundup!

Reductive Reviews is back and better than ever discussing the last 10 months of movies and content! Amy and G explore their favorite movies of the last year(ish): Wicked, I'm Still Here, Nosferatu, The Brutalist, Smile 2, Strange Darling, Sinners, and The Ugly Stepsister. Honorable mentions of the year are discussed, as well as taking a quick look at the 2025 Oscar films. The girls have FINALLY watched and do a deep dive into Melancholia, and gag over the movie of the summer…Final Destination: Bloodlines. The episode is wrapped up with the rest of the content (tv, books, live theater, etc.) explored and loved over the last 10 months. BOY does it feel good to be back!!!!!!