As Reel Fools, we dissect and discuss what we believe are essential films.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ep #104: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
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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.
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The Fools continue their Universal Horror month with the 1941 classic, The Wolf Man, starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains.
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The Fools kick off their Universal Horror month with the 1932 classic, The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff as our title character and Ardeth Bay.
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The Fools once again explore the beautiful mind of Terrence Malick and his meditative 2011 opus, The Tree of Life (Guest: Tobin Kirk).
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The Fools celebrate their 100th episode with arguably the most popular movie ever made by aliens: Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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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.
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The Fools complete their international tour in Japan with Akira Kurosawa's 1950 Japanese jidaigeki film, Rashomon, featuring Toshiro Mifune.
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The Fools continue their international tour in France this time with Jean-Luc Godard's French New Wave classic, Breathless, featuring Jean Seberg.
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The Fools start their international tour in Italy with Vittorio De Sica's Neo-Realistic classic, Bicycle Thieves.
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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.
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The Fools return to John Ford's Monument Valley to deal with a racist John Wayne in the 1956 western classic, The Searchers.
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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.
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The Fools drop acid and go far out for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 masterpiece Apocalypse Now!
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The Fools continue their war campaign with Shosanna, Hans the Jew Hunter, and Aldo and his Basterds in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.
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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.
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Ep #89: Godfather 3 of 3: Beyond Redemption
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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.
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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.
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Ep #87: Godfather 1 of 3: The Rise of Vito
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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.
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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.
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The Fools return to the beautiful world of Terrence Malick and his second feature, Days of Heaven, with a young and handsome Dick Gere.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Fools talk comedy and tragedy plus time with Woody Allen's 1989 film, Crimes and Misdemeanors, starring Martin Landau from Space 1999.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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The Fools return to the beautiful world of James Whale's mad doctor and his monster in the 1931 Universal Horror Classic, Frankenstein.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Fools explore another 007 adventure with Sean Connery as James Bond and debate whether Thunderball is really worth your time.
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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.
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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.
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