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As Reel Fools, we dissect and discuss what we believe are essential films.

Reel Fools


    • Apr 7, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 100 EPISODES


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    Ep #113: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2017 73:01


    The Fools post their FINAL EPISODE with the movie of all movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's been a fun ride and we hope you like this episode. Thanks for listening and E.

    Ep #112: Annie Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2017 42:46


    The Fools welcome back Woody Allen in his 1977 classic comedy, Annie Hall. It's Alvy Singer over here! And Godfather and Goodbar alum Diane Keaton as Annie.

    Ep #111: Spartacus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2017 53:05


    The Fools welcome back a reluctant Stanley Kubrick and an enthusiastic Kirk Douglas and we go ape in the 1960 epic cinematic classic, Spartacus, a silly film.

    Ep #110: Groundhog Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2017 50:46


    The Fools are in Punxsutawney on February 2nd, again, goofing on Harold Ramis and Bill Murray and their more-than-just-a-comedy film of 1993, Groundhog Day.

    Ep #109: Gravity (2013)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2017 46:42


    The Fools are free falling with Sandy and George in the 2013 film, Gravity, and the Professor shares his fond memories of his work in The Net and Apollo 13, and the time he jumped out of a plane.

    Ep #108: Empire Strikes Back (1980)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2016 55:30


    The Fools goof on The Empire Strikes Back, Irvin Kershner's 1980 sequel to Star Wars (R.I.P. Carrie Fisher who passed during the editing of this episode).

    Ep #107: Star Wars (1977)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2016 58:29


    The Fools finally tackle the Force and George Lucas' 1977 space adventure, Star Wars, and remember what it felt like to see this film for the first time.

    Ep #106: First Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2016 52:29


    The Fools explore the wonderful world of John J. Rambo, terrorist of the small town of Hope, Washington, in Sly's 1982 action adventure, First Blood.

    Ep #105: Goodfellas

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 59:50


    The Fools finally goof on Scorsese's most entertaining film, Goodfellas. Yes it's all fun and yucks until the Professor relapses and snorts a bit too much coke.

    Ep #104: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2016 52:44


    The Fools complete their Universal Horror month with the last of the pantheon of super monsters in the 1954 3-D classic, The Creature From the Black Lagoon.

    Ep #103: Wolf Man (1941)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2016 47:30


    The Fools continue their Universal Horror month with the 1941 classic, The Wolf Man, starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains.

    Ep #102: Mummy (1932)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2016 52:29


    The Fools kick off their Universal Horror month with the 1932 classic, The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff as our title character and Ardeth Bay.

    Ep #101: Tree of Life (2011)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2016 53:31


    The Fools once again explore the beautiful mind of Terrence Malick and his meditative 2011 opus, The Tree of Life (Guest: Tobin Kirk).

    Ep #100: 2001 Space Odyssey

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2016 64:24


    The Fools celebrate their 100th episode with arguably the most popular movie ever made by aliens: Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

    Ep #99: Matrix (1999)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2016 54:24


    The Fools go join Keanu Reeves on his journey into The Matrix, the 1999 Wachowski Brothers' techno action classic, where we don't hang up. We just say click.

    Ep #98: Rashomon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2016 50:47


    The Fools complete their international tour in Japan with Akira Kurosawa's 1950 Japanese jidaigeki film, Rashomon, featuring Toshiro Mifune.

    Ep #97: Breathless (1960)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2016 47:36


    The Fools continue their international tour in France this time with Jean-Luc Godard's French New Wave classic, Breathless, featuring Jean Seberg.

    Ep #96: Bicycle Thieves

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2016 47:38


    The Fools start their international tour in Italy with Vittorio De Sica's Neo-Realistic classic, Bicycle Thieves.

    Ep #95: French Connection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2016 52:19


    The Fools are picking their feet in Poughkeepsie with William Friedkin in his awesome crime thriller, The French Connection, with Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider.

    Ep #94: Searchers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2016 50:48


    The Fools return to John Ford's Monument Valley to deal with a racist John Wayne in the 1956 western classic, The Searchers.

    Ep #93: All About Eve

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2016 55:11


    The Fools fasten their seat belts and explore the Broadway theater and its colorful showbiz cast in Joseph Mankiewicz's 1950 melodrama, All About Eve.

    Ep #92: Apocalypse Now!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2016 56:45


    The Fools drop acid and go far out for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 masterpiece Apocalypse Now!

    Ep #91: Inglourious Basterds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2016 55:45


    The Fools continue their war campaign with Shosanna, Hans the Jew Hunter, and Aldo and his Basterds in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.

    Ep #90: Deer Hunter (1978)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 59:31


    The Fools kick off their second annual war campaign with Michael Cimino's 1978 film, The Deer Hunter, with Bobby DeNiro and a young Chris Walken.

    Ep #89: Godfather 3 of 3: Beyond Redemption

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2016 62:09


    The Fools complete their Godfather series and their goofing on Part II, and also discuss whether Part III is really that bad or a great film misunderstood.

    Ep #88: Godfather 2 of 3: Power Corrupts

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2016 54:03


    The Fools continue their goofing on the Godfather films where Michael Corleone says this, and Michael Corleone says that, and we say..."Yeah, sure..." And Don Vito dies yet again.

    Ep #87: Godfather 1 of 3: The Rise of Vito

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2016 57:28


    The Fools take on Don Vito Corleone both young and old, his son Michael, and the rest of the family in part one of our three part series: The Rise of Vito.

    Ep #86: To Kill a Mockingbird

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2016 56:09


    The Fools tackle racism and ethics in their most politically incorrect and insensitive episode yet when they discuss the 1962 classic film, To Kill a Mockingbird.

    Ep #85: Days of Heaven (1978)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2016 48:52


    The Fools return to the beautiful world of Terrence Malick and his second feature, Days of Heaven, with a young and handsome Dick Gere.

    Ep #84: Usual Suspects

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2016 48:55


    The Fools explore Keyser Söze's The Usual Suspects, and our Host argues that what many consider a masterpiece simply is not (Tobin Kirk returns and defends).

    Ep #83: Maltese Falcon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2016 51:59


    The bird is a winner when the Fools go full Bogey and trounce all over John Huston's 1941 film noir, The Maltese Falcon, with dames Brigid and Effie.

    Ep #82: Tootsie

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2016 50:14


    The Fools tap into their inner feminine selves with Dustin Hoffman and Sidney Pollack in Tootsie, the best example of an early 80's comedy farce.

    Ep #81: High Noon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2016 52:03


    The Fools are counting down the minutes with Super Trooper Gary Cooper in 1952's High Noon, with Grace Kelly, Lon Chaney, and a silent but deadly Lee Van Cleef.

    Ep #80: Singin' in the Rain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2016 45:30


    The Fools are in the rain this time with Gene Kelly, singin' and fartin' all over his 1952 classic, Singin' in the Rain, which may be the best musical ever put to film.

    Ep #79: Lawrence of Arabia

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016 54:36


    The Fools go back to drink from the David Lean well and discuss his 1962 classic epic, Lawrence of Arabia, with Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif.

    Ep #78: Brokeback Mountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2016 51:00


    The Fools come out of their closets and explore their love for one another with Ang Lee's romantic 2005 drama, Brokeback Mountain, with Jake and Heath.

    Ep #77: Crimes and Misdemeanors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2016 45:32


    The Fools talk comedy and tragedy plus time with Woody Allen's 1989 film, Crimes and Misdemeanors, starring Martin Landau from Space 1999.

    Ep #76: Gone with the Wind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2016 57:16


    The Fools start Season 3 with the epic of all epic films, Gone with the Wind. With Clark Gable as Rhett Butler and Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara.

    Ep #75: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 51:04


    The Fools end the year with Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Alien Movie, that small 1982 feature. And Greg defends his refusal to see E.T. in theaters when he was a soulless, young punk.

    Ep #74: It's a Wonderful Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 51:17


    Our first annual Reel Fools/Andy Williams Christmas show! With guests Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in Frank Capra's 1946 holiday classic, It's a Wonderful Life.

    Ep #73: Blue Velvet

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2015 52:06


    The Fools welcome back Tobin Kirk and debate the merits of David Lynch's 1986 cult classic Blue Velvet. And we say farewell to our sponsor (R.I.P. Vito).

    Ep #72: Shining (1980)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2015 62:55


    The Fools go Kubrick's 1980 masterpiece of modern horror, The Shining, and conduct their first ever interview with Tim Kirk, Producer of Room 237.

    Ep #71: Exorcist (1973)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2015 57:15


    The Fools go all demonic with their takes on the 1973 freak show called The Exorcist, William Friedkin's master film that is as abusive as it is beautiful.

    Ep #70: Frankenstein (1931)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2015 53:11


    The Fools return to the beautiful world of James Whale's mad doctor and his monster in the 1931 Universal Horror Classic, Frankenstein.

    Ep #69: Butterball

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2015 18:49


    This special episode is jolly good fun! The Fools pitch and play the set up for their ultimate "what-if" James Bond 007 adventure, Butterball.

    Ep #68: Skyfall

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2015 55:34


    The Fools continue their 007 trek with Daniel Craig in Skyfall, his second reboot as James Bond, with Ralph Fiennes and Dame Judi Dench as M.

    Ep #67: Spy Who Loved Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2015 50:29


    The Fools continue all things 007 with Roger Moore as James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me, with the late, great Richard Kiel as Jaws.

    Ep #66: Thunderball

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2015 57:07


    The Fools explore another 007 adventure with Sean Connery as James Bond and debate whether Thunderball is really worth your time.

    Ep #65: All the President's Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2015 53:09


    The Fools explore the corrupt politicians and cover ups that are All the President's Men, Alan J. Pakula's 1976 political thriller with Bob, Dusty, and the mysterious Deep Throat.

    Ep #64: Top Gun

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2015 54:32


    The Fools go Cruise in Top Gun and 1980's excess with speed, coke, and Diet Pepsi. And they sample the masterworks of Kenny Loggins.

    Ep #63: Se7en

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2015 52:40


    The Fools welcome back Tobin Kirk with his Se7en tales of David Fincher. Gluttony, Greed, Pride, Sloth, Envy, Wrath, Lust - it's all there, with a bonus dash of Apathy.

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