The Next Reel Film Podcast

JJ and Steve return from their summer break with a big bang. This month they attempt to survive the brutal shootout in Ben Wheatley’s 2016 film Free Fire.

Are these talking apes believable? How well does the message of the film hold up? Could Charlton Heston be any more over-the-top? Tune in to this week’s show to find out these answers and more!

Does this film stand up to Kubrick’s original? Is this where Roy Scheider started his career decline? Do the effects hold up? Tune in to this week’s show to get these answers and more!

Is 2001 really one of the greatest films ever made or could Kubrick have used a better editor? Does the monolith really represent the movie screen? Is HAL one of the cinema’s great villains? Tune in this week to get these answers and more!

Just before the summer break, Steve and JJ take a trippy ride to "The Congress."

Do Sandra Bullock and her team work for this Ocean’s spinoff? Can Gary Ross bring the Soderbergh magic? Why does the film feel a bit more lackluster? Tune in to this week’s show to hear our thoughts on this and more!

Volcanoes, clones, and lizards oh my! Let’s all get Jurassic with it this month as we venture back to join the forsaken children of Isla Nublar for a fifth time. The Film Board is going to erupt a bunch of spoilage on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in this episode, with intermittent narration from Jeff Goldblum. (not IRL, but surely he’ll pop up once or three times… it couldn’t fit into the franchise without it, right?)

Does the heist come off as well as it does in the other films? How does Al Pacino work as the villain? Why are there so few women? And is that really Matt Damon’s nose? Tune in to this week’s show to find out these answers and more!

Does "Ocean's Twelve" hold up to everything started in the first film? Are there too many cons? And when did they really start? It’s a fun movie so check it out on this week’s show!

Was Christopher Plummer really bored about being a part of The Sound of Music? How many people really remember that the Nazis are involved in the story? And what’s really the best song in the movie? Tune in to this week’s show to get answers to these questions and more!

Is there anything about the original that’s superior to this version? How effective is the team and their heist? Is Julia Roberts even necessary? Tune in to this week’s show to find out this and more!

Does the Rat Pack’s take on the Las Vegas heist hold up? How about the music? And does the ending work or ruin the film? Tune in to this week’s show to find out this and more!

Ready for an Easter Egg hunt? Yes, it’s actually Memorial Day but “Solo” hit theaters this weekend and it’s spelunking George Lucas’s treasures in the attic so The Film Board will spoil it all for you! This new Star Wars anthology film kicks off the Summer season and we’re chiming in to separate the Fan Boys from the Fun Dip.

How well do Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook do in bringing this story to life? How close did the Spierig brothers’ script adhere to Robert A. Heinlein’s original short story? Is there a logic to the time travel rules here? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Tune in to this week’s show to find out these answers and more!

Is Nolan’s film Interstellar underrated or overrated? How scientifically accurate are the elements portrayed in the film? Will traveling through a black hole really leave you in the back of a bookcase? Tune in to this week’s show to get these answers and more!