The Reel Appeal
The Reel Appeal is hosted by ScreenGeek’s Mark Salcido and Your Entertainment Corner’s Kelsey Loiselle as they discuss life, reviews, and the state of cinema today. The duo removes the nostalgia protection and takes a bat to classic movies to see if they stand the test of time. No film is safe.
Episodes
Topic: Do androids dream of electric soul?
Hey everyone! We're back for another–more timely–episode. Let's get technical and philosophical. This week's Recent Review is The Creator, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Ghost in the Shell (1996).
It's the most beautiful time of the year, and we aren't discussing Christmas. It's Beyond Fest season,...
Topic: Let’s get abducted
A few days a late but not a buck short! Hey everyone! Ever wonder what it would be like to be abducted by aliens? We're reviewing two films that will give you two different insights. Just don't get nightmares after. Our Recent Review is No One Will Save You, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Fire in the Sky (1993).
Ou...
Topic: Murder Mystery with a side of laughs.
Hey everyone! We're back this week (finally), and we have a lot of mysteries to unravel. The first mystery, of course, is what movies we are covering this week. Our Recent Review is A Haunting in Venice, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Clue (1985).
If that isn't enough, we have been missing from ...
Topic: Green, teen, fighting machines!
Hey everyone! If you love ninjas, turtles, pizza, kung fu, beating up bad guys, and reporters named April, we have an episode for you! This week, our Recent Review is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990).
For our Variety Time segm...
Topic: It's a Barbie girl, and we're just in her plastic world
Hey everyone! We're going to the pink side this week. Let's go party as we do our Recent Review of Barbie and our Geriatric Cinematic of Clueless (1995).
The movie that makes Mark giggle and Kelsey happy is Mannequin (1987). This movie is our Obscene and Obscure, and Kelsey (not M...
Topic: Who needs enemies with bombs like that?
Hey everyone! We saw some films this week, and in this episode, we discussed whether they "bombed" or not. Our Recent Review is Oppenheimer (2023), and our Geriatric Cinematic is Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Here's a hint–they are Schrödinger's bombs.
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Topic: Death defying stunts or stunt dying.
Hey everyone! Who wants to join us in search of the MacGuffin? We have two films right here to help fill that purpose. Our Recent Review is Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Armour of God (1986).
Our Variety Time segment sees Mark and Kelsey talk about anot...
Topic: On the road and chaos ensues.
Hey everyone! You know what they say about time flying and fun. I don't, but we are reviewing a couple of fun movies this week. Our Recent Review is Joy Ride (2023), and our Geriatric Cinematic is Dumb and Dumber (1994).
There is nothing more funner than mental health issues and bad luck, so Kelsey intervi...
Topic: Making archaeology look cool while doing it.
Hey everyone! We're getting old, and we lament that as we vine swing our way into adventures in exotic lands. We're back and looking for treasure. And Mark's glasses. He can't see without them. This week our Recent Review is Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Our Geriatric Cinematic is Romancing the Stone (1984).
Topic: Stealing time and paying for it.
Hey everyone! Is listening to this podcast morally sound? Don't answer that. The dynamic duo discusses the morality of the characters' decisions in season 6, episode 3 of Black Mirror, titled Beyond the Sea. This week's Recent Review is The Flash, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Time Bandits (1981).
Our ...
Topic: Transformers, roll out or get the f**k out.
Hey everyone! We want to "transform" your week into something amazing, so we're bringing out this episode about robots. That's right. This week's Recent Review is Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, and our Geriatric Cinematic is The Transformers: The Movie (1986).
If you did not know Orson We...
Topic: Giving destiny the finger.
Hey everyone! Are you slinging through the week like Spider-Man? No? None of us, either. We don't have web shooters. No matter, we can lift your spirits with our Recent Review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and our Geriatric Cinematic of Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
We're sure you didn't know James Cam...
Topic: Sirens mean trouble on sea or land. Wee-ooo, wee-ooo.
Hey everyone! Our poor unfortunate souls have decided to watch some Disney animated movies–a departure from what we usually like to review. This week's Recent Review is The Little Mermaid, and our Geriatric Cinematic is The Little Mermaid (1989).
There are a lot of rumors surroundin...
Topic: "Breaking physics for entertainment."
Hey everyone! We're back this week, busting down your ears with our furious engines. Okay, that sounded weird, but trust us–you'll want to listen this week. Our Recent Review is Fast X, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Gone in 60 Seconds (1974).
Our Variety Time is, of course, car related. We're talk...
Topic: "Team building with bodies for materials."
Hey everyone! This week we are traveling to distant lands as we discuss our Recent Review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and our Geriatric Cinematic of Stargate (1994). It's narcissists against unlikely heroes, and we are here for it.
We talked about the writer's strike last week, but we wi...
Topic: "A whole lot of mommy issues."
Hey everyone! We’re back this week, airing out our mommy issues with our Recent Review of Ari Aster's Beau is Afraid and Geriatric Cinematic of Psycho (1960). Both of these circle around the most critical person in our lives, and both showcase how people are affected when that relationship is toxic.
For ou...
Topic: "This is my boom mic!"
Hey everyone! Summer is almost here, so it seems just as good a time to bring about some horror and death. Well, not us specifically, but we are just talking about movies here. Our Recent Review is Evil Dead Rise, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Evil Dead II (1987).
If that isn't evil or dead enough for you, we hav...
Topic: "Kissing the night away."
Hey everyone! Want to know what it's like to be a vampire? Too bad. But this week, we are discussing them with our Recent Review of Renfield and our Geriatric Cinematic of 1988's Vampire's Kiss. Not watching either of these films is akin to a stake through the heart.
During our Variety Time, Mark and Kelsey dis...
Topic: "Nobody puts baby in a dungeon."
Hey everyone! We hope you're planning to listen to the show this week because both our Recent Review of Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Geriatric Cinematic of Willow (1988) feature a plan A, plan B, etc.,
Our Variety Time segment sees Mark discussing the correlation between Dungeons and Dra...
Topic: "Canon fodder for plot."
Hey everyone! We’re assassinating the week by watching some films about hitmen. Our Recent Review is John Wick: Chapter 4, and our Geriatric Cinematic is Golgo 13: The Professional. Are either of these men really professionals? One is an animal lover, and the other is an animal.
Our Variety Time this week sees M...
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