A Reel Education

Tim Wick and Melissa Kaercher

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TV & FILM

Exploring Film with Unfilmed

08/01/2019

Episode 135 – Chicago

Bill Condon writes the screenplay for this Best Picture winning musical, Chicago! In this debut film for director Rob Marshall, he finds a way to make a musical work for a modern film audience. It doesn’t hurt that Catherine Zeta Jones, Renee Zellweger, and Richard Gere (also John C. Reilly and Queen Latifah) kill their … Continue reading The post Episode 135 – Chicago appeared first on A Reel Education.

46 min
07/15/2019

Episode 134 – Gods and Monsters

Alison Anderson, our resident Frankenstein guest, joins us for Gods and Monsters, a film about James Whale, director of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. The movie features an early star making turn by Brandan Fraser as well as a great pre-Lord of the Rings performance by Sir Ian McKellon. It serves as a fine finish … Continue reading The post Episode 134 – Gods and Monsters appeared first on A Reel Education.

38 min
07/12/2019

Episode 133 – Bride of Frankenstein

Our latest episode continues our exploration of Frankenstein with Bride of Frankenstein. Alison Anderson joins us to watch the sequel to James Whale’s Frankenstein with this film, that may actually be better. James Whale directs the sequel to his classic monster movie and Boris Karloff returns as the monster. Elsa Lanchester plays one of the … Continue reading The post Episode 133 – Bride of Frankenstein appeared first on A Reel Education.

37 min
06/01/2019

Episode 132 – Arsenic and Old Lace

For this episode, we sort of followed Boris Karloff to a classic screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra. Arsenic and Old Lace was based on a stage play that featured Boris Karloff. He’s not in the movie, though. We’ll explain why. Alex Wick joins us to see if this 1941 comedy is still funny to … Continue reading The post Episode 132 – Arsenic and Old Lace appeared first on A Reel Education.

52 min
05/21/2019

Episode 131 – Frankenstein

Well after promising to get to this film for a few months, we finally managed to watch the 1931 Frankenstein! Adapted from Mary Shelly’s book, this movie basically defines what Frankenstein’s Monster will look like for the rest of film history. Boris Karloff has the star making role in this James Whale directed classic. Alison … Continue reading The post Episode 131 – Frankenstein appeared first on A Reel Education.

48 min
04/15/2019

Episode 130 – Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse

We decided we needed to watch the 2019 Oscar Winner for Best Animated Film, Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse! Melissa had not yet seen it so Patricia Wick returns as our expert to talk about the film that may have just been the best film of 2019, period. While not officially a part of the MCU, … Continue reading The post Episode 130 – Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse appeared first on A Reel Education.

36 min
04/01/2019

Episode 129 – Green Book

As has been our annual tradition, we are taking a look at this year’s Oscar winner for Best Picture! For this episode, Melissa and Tim had both not yet seen the film. That means Patricia Wick joins us as our expert as we watch Green Book. This movie has some issues. It isn’t horrible but … Continue reading The post Episode 129 – Green Book appeared first on A Reel Education.

53 min
03/15/2019

Episode 128 – Mad Max: Fury Road

For the second time, we are watching a Max Max movie! This time it’s Mad Max: Fury Road. In what is essentially one super long car chase, we get to watch Charlize Theron be a bad ass and a blind guy play a flame throwing guitar. It’s pretty great. Alee Baker joins us as a … Continue reading The post Episode 128 – Mad Max: Fury Road appeared first on A Reel Education.

54 min

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Exploring Film with Unfilmed

Creator

Tim Wick and Melissa Kaercher
Years Active

2013 - 2019
Episodes

135
Rating

Explicit
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