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Nikki Yates and Gavin Quinn
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A podcast dedicated to friendship through film! Hosts Nikki Yates & Gavin Quinn dive into the world of mainstream, cult, genre, arthouse, and independent cinema. Community-driven, Nikki & Gavin aim to showcase film's unique ability to deepen friendships through the discussion of complex ideas and emotional experiences. We believe film (among many other artistic experiences) can widen the horizons of one's empathy. Also: we like talking about movies!

  1. 09/11/2025

    Weapons (2025)

    Gavin and Nikki tackle former-comedian Zach Cregger's follow-up to BARBARIAN, and this one's a doozy. When almost an entire class of kids vanishes on the same night at exactly the same time, a small town spirals into chaos trying to figure out what happened. Cregger takes a chilling premise and goes absolutely bonkers with it, but did we think it lived up to the hype?

    35 min

  2. 08/28/2025

    John Wick (2014)

    Gavin and Nikki dive into one of Nikki's all-time favorites, the action masterpiece and puppy revenge flick JOHN WICK (2014). Keanu Reeves makes his triumphant return to Reel Friends as the legendary assassin who just wants to grieve in peace (he doesn't).

    35 min

  3. 08/21/2025

    Slumber Party Massacre (1982) & Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)

    Gavin and Nikki dive into two wild slasher flicks that prove sequels don't always stick to the formula. The original brings straightforward(?) drill-wielding terror, while the sequel goes completely bonkers with a leather-clad rockabilly killer. These movies are peak '80s cheese, but do they actually work as horror or just pure camp?

    40 min

  4. 08/14/2025

    The Birds (1963)

    Gavin and Nikki tackle Alfred Hitchcock's feathered nightmare that'll make you side-eye every grackle on the street. Tippi Hedren gets absolutely terrorized by our winged friends (read: foes) in a particularly unhinged Hitchcock feature. But did we think it was absurdly brilliant or just plain ridiculous?

    25 min

  5. 08/07/2025

    Double Indemnity (1944) & Body Heat (1981)

    Gavin, Nikki, and special guest Alex Castillon (Reel Friends social media star) dive into two steamy noir classics that prove murder and seduction never go out of style. Billy Wilder's insurance scam gone wrong meets Lawrence Kasdan's sweaty neo-noir in our twisted double feature. Barbara Stanwyck and Kathleen Turner bring the heat as femme fatales whose schemes get messier by the minute. Fair warning: By the end, you might not trust anyone.

    55 min

  6. 07/31/2025

    Dazed and Confused (1993)

    Gavin and Nikki cruise through Richard Linklater's hangout opus DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993), where the last day of school in '76 sprawls into pure chaos. We're talking hazing rituals, keg parties, and a young Matthew McConaughey being unfairly charming. Plus, we debate which characters would be the chillest.

    40 min

  7. 07/24/2025

    Point Break (1991)

    Gavin and Nikki dive into Kathryn Bigelow's adrenaline-soaked masterpiece POINT BREAK, in which Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze are definitely just bros, and it's not any deeper than that. In this ep, we're talking bank-robbing surfers, undercover FBI agents, and one more violent lawnmower scene because we just can’t seem to get enough of those! All that said, we can’t wait to discuss the (b)romance at the heart of POINT BREAK.

    37 min

  8. 07/17/2025

    The Exorcist (1973) & Sinister (2012)

    This week, Gavin and Nikki discuss two possession-horror flicks: William Friedkin's THE EXORCIST and Scott Derickson's SINISTER. From head-spinning to America's Scariest Home Videos, the Reel Friends chat about what makes these movies so unsettling.

    45 min
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A podcast dedicated to friendship through film! Hosts Nikki Yates & Gavin Quinn dive into the world of mainstream, cult, genre, arthouse, and independent cinema. Community-driven, Nikki & Gavin aim to showcase film's unique ability to deepen friendships through the discussion of complex ideas and emotional experiences. We believe film (among many other artistic experiences) can widen the horizons of one's empathy. Also: we like talking about movies!

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  • Creator
    Nikki Yates and Gavin Quinn
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Nikki Yates and Gavin Quinn
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