Reel Magnolias

Renaissance Publishing
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A podcast about Louisiana at the Movies, the highs, the lows and the lagniappe!

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 15: The Haunted Mansion (2003)

    Beware of Hitchhiking Hosts! The Reel Magnolias enter the boundless realm of the supernatural, where hinges creak in doorless chambers and strange and frightening quips echo through the halls! Welcome, all foolish mortals, and Eddie Murphy, as we join the swinging wake that is “The Haunted Mansion” (2003).

  2. Oct 14

    Episode 14: Witches: The Dunwich Horror (2008)

    Must Be The Season of Dun-Witch! The Reel Magnolias travel down the haunted bayous of North Central Louisiana, where elder gods chill in hookah lounges, and Map Quest leads khaki-clad adventurers to uncover the evilest B&B you’ve ever seen. The wigs are bad, and the tentacles are worse as we summon Jeffrey Combs and Dean Stockwell in “Witches: The Darkest Evil”, aka “Witches: The Dunwich Horror” (2008).

  3. Oct 7

    Episode 13: The Skeleton Key (2005)

    Spooky Scary Skeleton Keys! Reel Magnolias kicks off the Halloween Season with a classic of Millennial Gateway Horror. Come for the hoodoo, stay for the ageism as we venture through the ghost-choked bayous of Terrebonne Parish and unlock a Louisiana murder mystery with Kate Hudson in “The Skeleton Key” (2005)!

  4. Sep 30

    Episode 12: Hush, Hush…Sweet Charlotte (1964)

    CHOP CHOP SWEET CHARLOTTE! CHOP CHOP TIL HE’S DEAD!This week, the Reel Magnolias are callin’ Baton Rouge for a HAGSPLOITATION classic. Grab your cleavers and your creepy music boxes as we join Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland for “Hush, Hush…Sweet Charlotte” (1964).

  5. Sep 23

    Episode 11: Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)

    No Pulse? No Problems. Slip on your bootcut jeans and pack some extra body parts because the Reel Magnolias are joining Brandon Routh for a bit of supernatural sleuthing as he stalks the creeping, crawling undead who call New Orleans home in “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night” (2010).

  6. Sep 16

    Episode 10: Tune in Tomorrow (1990)

    Passion! Intrigue! Illicit Romance! Casual Prejudice!Long before podcasts, the radio plays of lore ruled New Orleans! Join us as a pyromaniac scriptwriter in a French maid outfit meddles in the lives of forbidden lovers in the forgotten Peter Falk, Keanu Reeves, and Barbara Hershey comedy “Tune In Tomorrow…!"

  7. Sep 9

    Episode 9: A Saintly Switch (1999)

    Who dat say dey wanna “Saintly Switch”!? When a New Orleans Saints Quarterback accidentally trades bodies with his wife, the pride of an entire city hangs in the balance. Can she help the fledgling Saints learn the value of teamwork and rise above their chronic toxic masculinity? Can he discover the ancient wisdom of making pancakes without burning down the house? Huddle up as the Wonderful World of Disney goes down South with David Alan Grier and Vivica A. Fox in Peter Bogdanovich’s (yes, you read that right) “A Saintly Switch.”

  8. Sep 2

    Episode 8: The Pelican Brief (1993)

    More like “All The Pelican’s Men,” am I right? This week, Julia Roberts is on the hunt for the truth as she faces down vast government conspiracies, illicit affairs with sexy college professors, and a murderous Stanley Tucci alongside Denzel Washington in “The Pelican Brief” (2003).

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A podcast about Louisiana at the Movies, the highs, the lows and the lagniappe!

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  • Creator
    Renaissance Publishing
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Renaissance Publishing
  • Show Website
    Reel Magnolias