Reel Poppycock
Reel Poppycock is a film focused podcast; in which Indianapolis, IN based hosts Ed, Trevor, and KC pick a flick, discuss it, and let listeners know whether their favorite movies are Reel Genius, or in fact: REEL POPPYCOCK!
Episodes
1987.
Where it all began.
Join Reel Poppycock as we welcome original co-host Joe Harrison back onto the pod to help celebrate Ed's birthday pick-flick episode.
"Predator" displays the importance of tacking on mass, as beefcakes galore grace the silver screen, going up against an enemy that uses subterfuge as a weapon.
Can Ed's "ice cube cheeks" withstand the piping hot quiz questions as the crew drills him on his special born day m...
"Hey! You're talking bout our (podcast) all wrong. It's the wrong tone. Do it again, and we'll stab you in the face with a soldering iron." That hilarious quote, belted out by the iconic Christopher Walken, may be the high point of the firework-filled fan-selected-film "Joe Dirt" that we are tackling today; but there might just be more to this movie than meets the eye.
Written by David Spade, who also stars as the titular Joe Dirte...
In honor of Juneteenth, today Reel Poppycock covers the 1984 film "A Soldier's Story." Charles Fuller adapted the screenplay from his own Pulitzer Award winning "A Soldier's Play," and it was directed by Norman Jewison.
"A Soldier's Story" stars Howard E. Rollins Jr. and Adolph Caesar, also featuring early career turns from Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, David Alan Greer, and more.
00:01:10 Sorry Joe Dirt Fans, we are coveri...
On June 6th, 1944 the Allied invasion of nazi-occupied France took place, known colloquially as D-Day. This mission was also referred to as Operation Overlord, and Reel Poppycock is honoring that important WWII event on its 82nd anniversary by covering the 2018 film "Overlord."
Trevor considers himself an amateur World War 2 buff, and he was all too excited to cover another movie set during D-Day, as the Poppycock crew tackled "Sav...
We're taking it way back to 1953, and touching on film noir with our new episode covering "Vice Squad."
Directed by Arnold Laven , KC rightly calls this flick out as being highly influential for "cop-a-ganda" style TV shows. Trevor dives deep into two fascinating golden age stars in the Reel Basic Facts: gangster prototype Edward G. Robinson, m'yeah see; and Paulette Goddard, who Ed labels as an old-timey template for...What do Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and Reel Poppycock all have in common?
- Indulging in the zeitgeist of an arcade game influenced source material for a movie. Today the crew tackles "The Last Starfighter" from 1984. Directed by Nick Castle, this film will have arcade fans foaming at the mouth with nostalgia. But there is fun to be found for everybody in this episode, with lots of laughs, deep research gems...Whip up your whipped creamed bikini, rally after puking in a washing machine, grab that pigskin and fire a high heater right into your Pops' noggin, cause it is time for "Varsity Blues" dammit!
In the previous installment of Reel Poppycock, your hosts picked 3 fan-chosen-flicks from a hat, and this week we cover the 1999 James Van Der Beek starring football sex comedy drama "Varsity Blues," which was brought to us courtesy of a fan...
Join your Poppycock hosts as we take a trip down memory lane by discussing the first 21 months of the podcast, and how we reached it all the way to episode number 50.
This isn't a traditional installment of Reel Poppycock, but it is a fantastic episode for new viewers and listeners to hop onto the Poppycock train. We talk about where this all came from, where we are going, and why you should tune in if you haven't been already.
Ple...
Finishing up our celebration of Black Filmmakers for February, Reel Poppycock features the phenomenal film "Sorry To Bother You" as the pick to round out our unit. Written and directed by Boot Riley, 2018's "Sorry To Bother You" is a surrealist and scathing anti-capitalist masterpiece of movie making.
The Poppycock crew delves deep into the hidden meanings behind Detroit's iconic earrings, and then delve even deeper into tossing to...
Even 48 episodes in, Reel Poppycock can break into uncharted territory, as this week's installment on "Fear of a Black Hat" marks the first mockumentary the crew has covered so far. Hitting the film festival circuit in early 1993, the Rusty Cundieff written and directed "Fear of a Black Hat" does to hip-hop what "This Is Spinal Tap" did to heavy metal back in the 80's.
This episode was a KC pick to continue our celebration of Black...
Welcome back film friends! That's right, Reel Poppycock returns ripping & roaring out the gate with the premier episode of Season 4. Ed chose the 1995 movie "Higher Learning," written and directed by John Singleton, to kick off our celebration of Black Filmmakers. As KC says, Black History Month is *every* month of the year, so our celebration will certainly push past the end of February.
Boasting plentiful prophetic plot point...
You wanted Poppycock for our Season 3 finale?
Well you'll have *plenty* of Poppycock to point out in the piping-hot pile of pure cinematic paraquat that is "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets."
Directed by dirtbag Luc Besson, and featuring one of the least charismatic protagonists in the history of film, plus a complete lack of chemistry between the two romantic leads, "Valerian..." was chosen by KC to ensure that our prop...
Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?
Today (Jan 8th) and tomorrow, are the College Football Playoff Semifinals (Go IU!!!) Then Sat-Sun-Mon kick off the NFL Playoffs with Wildcard Weekend.
Reel Poppycock has your pigskin dreams on lock, as we cover the 1986 football film "Wildcats." Starring Goldie Hawn as the new coach of the inner city Central High football team, "Wildcats" also features the first big screen appearances of both Wesley...
Whether you get knee deep in the Christmas spirit, or have a bit of Scrooge, or the Grinch, or Ed's x-mas sweater of Oscar the Grouch saying "Bah Humbug!" in you, there is something seasonally splendid to satiate your ear holes in Reel Poppycock's episode on the 2003 film "Bad Santa."
Directed by Terry Zwigoff, and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, John Ritter, and Bernie Mac, this ain't your mammy and pappy's C...
Unzip your Brunswick bowling ball bag, drop off the "ringer" filled with your dirty undies, grab a couple oat-sodas, and get ready to roll with Reel Poppycock as we wrap up our 3 film unit on the Coen Brothers by discussing their highly quotable masterpiece of a movie: "The Big Lebowski." Set in 1991, but released in 1998, and packed with wild situations and wonderful weirdos coming out of the woodwork; it did take some time for th...
Unpack your cowboy hats, dust off your silenced shotguns, and get ready for Reel Poppycock's episode covering the 2007 film "No Country for Old Men." Based on the novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy, this is the 2nd installment in our 3 film unit covering movies directed, written, produced, and edited by the Coen Brothers.
Does Javier Bardem's character of Anton Chigurh represent the best depiction of a sociopathic killer in ...
Are you feeling that holiday hangover? Maybe heat up some roasted gopher leftovers, and then pop on this episode of Reel Poppycock covering the year 2000 film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
This is the first of a 3 film unit on the Coen Brothers, and we are bringing the heat right out of the gate with vocal harmonies, hilarity, heaps of insight, and enough Dapper Dan to keep all of our beautiful hair gelled up in the best smellum kno...
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