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Welcome to The Reel Spotlight, your go-to destination for all things movies and TV shows! Join your host Tony Santiago as he shines the light on the latest releases, beloved classics, and hidden gems. He’ll chat about contemporary releases, beloved classics, and hidden gems. Tony will explore the world of cinema and television one reel at a time!
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In this episode of the Reel Spotlight, Tony with the help of his special guest Nick L' Barrow from NicksFlicksFix shines Hollywood's biggest spotlight on the 96th Annual Academy Awards. Tony and Nick talk about the biggest surprises and snubs concerning the nominations and they make their predictions on who will win. They also briefly chat about Dune Part 2.
0:00 Intro
0:41 Getting to know Nick
16:11 Quick thoughts on Dune Part two
22:07 And the Oscar goes to...
1:26:30 Outro
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For the first episode of 2024 of The Reel Spotlight, Tony welcomes back a returning guest, Shan from Filmforager on Instagram and the host of The Fellowship of the Mic podcast. They discuss the first film of Peter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring. They answer listener questions and even talk about one of their favorite 70s sitcom.
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0:00 Intro
5:40 Come and Knock on our Door
12:12 Discussing The Fellowship of the Ring
16:40 Did you Know?
48:30 Favorite Fellowship quotes
1:06:48 Answering listener questions
1:23:44 Outro
Shandra's IG FilmForager
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To talk Killers of the Flower Moon and Martin Scorsese, Tony is joined by returning guest Jean Carlos AKA Mercatthemovies on. They discuss Marty's newest film, its runtime, and rank the legendary directors filmography.
0:00 Intro
2:15 Talking about Marty
7:22 DeNiro's career without Scorsese
9:21 Scorsese the most versatile director?
10:56 Scorsese and the Oscars
13:33 Killers of the Flower Moon Synopsis
14:05 Quick chat about long runtimes
22:01 Killers of the Flower Moon Review
40:56 2023 ranking of KOTFM
43:00 Ranking Scorsese's filmography
51:19 Answering listener questions
1:02:03 Outro
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For the 28th episode of The Reel Spotlight, Tony is joined by Sarah Williams from Popcorn Chat (Instagram & Youtube). The episode is filled with a variety of movie & TV discussions and there's even a chat about an iconic British food staple.
0:00: Intro
0:37: Welcoming Sarah
1:17: Getting to know Sarah
6:38: What makes a good film?
10:00 Brief chat on Oppenheimer
11:28 Talking Barbie for a bit
13:31 Strange Way of Life review
17:00 Halloween chat
23:55 Talking Past Lives
30:38 Chatting about a variety of movies
35:51 Listener questions
47:33 Sarah under the Reel Spotlight
53:30 Beans on toast
58:07 Outro
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This episode of The Reel Spotlight focuses on the best, worst, biggest surprises and disappointments of 2023 in films & TV...so far. To discuss all this with Tony is Elliot Collins AKA MovieFiles from YouTube and instagram. The conversation was flowing as Tony & Elliot chatted about all things movies, tv shows, and even some NBA talk.
0:00 Intro
1:58 Getting to know Elliot
16:04 Elliot on tv
19:28 NBA talk
22:47 Rotten Tomatoes
31:41 What Makes a good film
34:37 Biggest disappointments of 2023
40:21 Best Surprises of 2023
52:23 Top 5 films of 2023...so far!
59:16 Elliot under The Reel Spotlight
1:02:53 Outro
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For this episode of The Reel Spotlight, Tony is joined by Kieran from PretentiousFilmClub on Instagram. The main topic is Christopher Nolan's newest film Oppenheimer. Other discussions include Nolan himself and his filmography. Tony and Kieran also briefly talk Barbie and answer listener questions.
0:00 Intro
1:11 Getting to know Kieran
14:18 Talking Nolan
22:30 Oppenheimer Notes
23:38 Non-spoiler chat on Oppenheimer
27:56 Spolier chat on Oppenheimer
44:36 Top 3 favorite moments in a Nolan film
46:58 Performances in Oppenheimer
49:58 Favorite moments in Oppenheimer
54:55 Ranking Nolan's Filmography
57:34 Barbie talk begins
1:03:47 Listener Questions
1:08:56 Kieran under the Reel Spotlight
1:12:27 Outro
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I'm joined by Gaius Bolling from G-Reelz and Back to the Blockbuster Podcast to discuss all things SAG-AFTRA strike. We also briefly chat Emmy nominations.
0:00 Intro
0:27 Getting to know Gaius
8:25 2023 movie chat
12:02 Strike chat begins
35:26 Emmy Nods
46:47 Gaius under the Reel Spotlight
51:12 Outro
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For this episode of The Reel Spotlight, Tony reviews one of the biggest summers films of 2023, Tom Cruise' Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1. A quick FYI, Tony is reviewing the film (non- spoiler) on his own with no guest. Trying out something new!
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Tony is joined by special guest Gabriel de los Santos (AKA Film.booth on Instagram) to discuss HBO's mega hit series Succession. They delve deep into the shows last season while putting a spotlight on the biggest moments, best episodes, and analyze the show's infamous/legendary characters.
0:00 Intro/Thanking Mania
1:40 Getting to know Gabriel
5:58 Succession chat begins
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For episode 22, Tony and Mania are joined by Keenan Culler of The Hollywood Week podcast to discuss and review (non-spoiler & spoiler) season one of HBO's The Last of Us. They chat about the differences between the game, the tv adaptation, and much more. They finish the episode by answering listener questions.
0:00 Intro
0:38 Getting to know Keenan
8:47 News items about The Last of Us
17:23 Non-spoiler review of The Last of Us
35:41 Spoiler chat of The Last of Us
1:18:02 Chef Boyardee
1:18:49 Top 3 moments of TLOU
1:28:43 Top 5 Episodes of TLOU
1:33:21 Answering listener questions
1:42:20 Tony's predictions for season 2
1:45:38 Outro
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For episode 21, Mania and Tony are joined by Luk (Luk_reviews on Instagram) to review the MCU latest entry in their universe, Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania. Phase 4 and the future of phase 5 movies and tv shows of the MCU are discussed. The gang finished the episode by answering listener questions.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Getting to know Luk
7:31 Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania (non-spoiler review)
22:15 Spoiler chat on Antman
39:30 Looking at phase 5
40:29 Ranking Phase 4 movies
41:23 Ranking the MCU phases
43:04 Was Endgame peak marvel?
54:17 Answering listener questions
1:08:05 outro
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For the 20th episode of The ReelSpotlight, Mania and Tony welcome special guest Jean Carlos Sanchez, known as @MercWithTheMovies on Instagram. Jean joins the podcast to review M. Night Shyamalan's newest film Knock at the Cabin. They also discuss M. Nights filmography and end the episode by answering listener questions.
0:00 Intro
0:41 Getting to know Jean
7:23 Knock at the Cabin (Non-spoiler)
16:10 Knock at the Cabin (Spoiler chat)
28:58 Random M. Night discussion
31:11 M. Night Shyamalan's career
1:02:00 Answering questions
1:14:34 Outros/Goodbyes
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In episode 19, Mania and Tony are joined by Kurt Morrison host of The Top 5 Film Dive Podcast. The topic of this episode is the Oscars, Oscars, and more Oscars nominations. Tony, Mania, and Kurt discuss the biggest surprises, give out some predictions, and of course, talk about the biggest snubs. They finish the podcast by answering listener questions.
0:00 Intro
0:39 Getting to know Kurt
9:00 Talking about the Oscar nominations
1:09:02 Answering listener questions
1:28:16 Outro
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For the first official podcast episode of 2023, Mania and Tony review the first episode of one of the most anticipated shows of 2023, HBO's newest The Last of Us. They also chat about Goodfellas, Tony's Reel recommendation to Mania.
0:00 Intro
4:00 Review of Episode 1 of The Last of Us (Spoilers)
47:18 Answering questions
55:41 Tony's Reel Recommendation (Goodfellas)
1:12:34 Mania Reel Recommendation to Tony
1:13:34 Outro
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For EP 17, Mania and Tony are once again joined by Shanda (filmforager) & Quinn (viewsbyquinn). In part two of their discussion, we all talk about our best, worst, best surprises, and biggest disappointments in film and tv for 2022.
0:00 Intro
0:57 Worst films of 2022
53:45 Biggest surprises and Disappointments in Movies & TV
1:29:06 Rapid fire Top 5 movies of 2022...so far
1:32:01 Outro
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Mania and Tony welcome back Quinn (Viewsbyquinn) and Shandra (Filmforager) to the podcast. Episode 16 is about the holiday spirit as we talk about Christmas movies. We chat about our favs, guilty pleasures, and even the worst holiday films we've seen. We also debate on what makes a movie, a Christmas movie, and we end the episode reviewing Mania's Reel recommendation to Tony, the holiday horror musical Anna, and The Apocalypse.
0:00 Intro
1:11 Worst Christmas movies
5:21 Christmas guilty pleasures
16:42 What makes a movie, a Christmas movie?
21:50 Favorite Christmas movies
1:01:16 Discuss Mania's reel recommendation to Tony (Anna and the Apocalypse)
1:24:09 Outro
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In episode 15, Mania and Tony go in-depth in their non- spoiler & spoiler discussion of Season 1 of the newest live action Star Wars series, Andor. They also discuss the recent rumors of the possible shakeup of the DCEU under James Gunn. They finish the episode talking about reel recommendations.
0:00 Intro
1:45 DCEU franchise rumors
10:46 Non-spoiler review of Andor
31:41 Spoiler chat of Andor
52:23 Tony's Reel Recommendation to Mania (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
1:03:30 Mania's Reel Recommendation to Tony ( we'll discuss next episode)
1:05:05 Outro
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In Episode 14, we interview the young director of the 2022 film Forty Winks, and the upcoming 2023 release Atrabilious, William Atticus Parker. He is also an actor, as well, appearing in his two features and the upcoming studio film "Woody Woodpecker 2". Mania and Tony also chat about Mania's reel recommendation to Tony. Danny Boyle's 2007 Sunshine. They finish the episode by discussing the plethora of movie trailers that dropped last week.
0:00 Intro
2:00 Tony interviews William Atticus Parker
33:33 Discuss Mania's Reel recommendation: Danny Boyle's 2007 Sunshine
38:05 Tony Reel recommendation for Mania
39:06 Mania and Tony talk about the movie trailers of Cocaine Bear, Transformers: Rise of the Beast, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, and HBO's The Last of Us
53:00 Outro
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In episode 13 Tony & Mania discuss the latest MCU film, Wakanda Forever. They do a non-spoiler and spoiler review of the film. They also chat about Tony's Reel Recommendation Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Mania gives her Reel Recommendation to Tony. Also answer some listener questions.
0:00 Outro
1:45 Wakanda Forever review (Non-spoiler)
20:53 Wakanda Forever (Spoiler chat)
32:55 Answering listener questions
37:10 Reel Recommendations (Planes, Trains, and Automobiles)
46:23 Mania's Reel Recommendation to Tony
48:53 Outro/random movie talk
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For episode 12, Mania and Tony review Pearl, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and All Quiet on the Western Front. All reviews are non-spoiler. Also, they start a new segment called "Reel Recommendations" and finish the episode by answering questions.
0:00 Intro
1:51 Review of Pearl (non-spoiler)
14:54 Review of All Quiet on the Western Front (non-spoiler)
23:51 Review of Weird, The Al Yankovic Story (non-spoiler)
31:44 Reel Recommendation by Tony
33:40 Answering questions
43:36 Outro
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