Reels & Wheels
Comedians Sid Bridge & James Rodatus talk about movies where cars play an important role.
Episodes
It's the height of the 80's. Coming off the success of The Lost Boys, the world has gone nuts for the two Coreys. And lovers of car-spotting definitely need to revisit License To Drive!
TriangleRAD's Christopher Scott joins us to talk about a movie that might center around a 1972 Cadillac, but today, the cars just hanging around in the background steal the show!
Find out what it's like to revisit a movie like this one and see how i...
Reels and Wheels returns with guest Brandon Forbes, a car enthusiast who writes the "Readers' Rides" feature for The Autopian.
...and once again, we're discussing an H. B. "Toby" Halicki car-crash fest that just happens to be a movie. It's the original Gone in 60 Seconds.
Do you like to see cars get stolen and wrecked? Do you like to see car chases that last longer than the rest of the movie? Do you like H.B. Halicki? Brandon jo...
Derek Williams returns to help James and Sid make heads or tails of the follow-up to Initial D, MF Ghost.
It's something, all right.
Find Derek @Derek5Letters on social media and give him a follow!
Ok, The Man from Uncle is not a bad movie. It's not a good movie. It's a movie. Our guest picked it out and we couldn't be more excited.
Robert Dunn of the Aging Wheels (beep beep) YouTube channel joins us and he found the one movie that features a car chase between a Trabant and Wartburg!
Robert is a Trabant owner and his YouTube channel (go here. Subscribe. It's awesome) features a lot of amazing, quirky content on bizarre autom...
James and Sid discuss the all-time question, what's more deadly? Werewolves or Land Rovers.
Yep. It's Dog Soldiers. There's some thoughtful back and forth here as Sid sees this as a top-5 example of a good low-budget Werewolf movie, while James found it a bit schlocky.
Either way, we have two Land Rovers. Find out what unlikely vehicles they actually represent on the newest episode of @ReelsandWheels!
Sid and James tackle the cult classic meow movie about State Troopers who can't take their job seriously. It's fun. But... meow why?
It's a long story that Sid tells meow at the beginning of the podcast about the sad end to his meow Thunderbird and his recent meow NA Miata purchase.
Oh, and meow Super Troopers has a Miata. So there.
Meow.
James Dean had a short career as a movie star and died tragically before his fame was in full effect. Rebel Without a Cause is a stand-out for Dean, but we delve into his personal life to talk about the cars he raced as well.
Joining us is Patrick Fransko of Speedster Dreams. Patrick has a wealth of knowledge about James Dean and he has incredible stories from building his own James Dean tribute Speedster - learn more at www. speed...
Derek Williams - Comedian, voice talent, expert gamer and Anime lover - is back on Reels and Wheels and he has a great Anime for us.
The obscure(ish) Riding Bean!
This one kind of defies description. It's a 45-minute one-off short movie that never led to a longer series. The story follows Bean, an accomplished Chicago driver as he gets caught up in a kidnapping plot as convoluted as The Big Lebowski.
But... the cars! Sure, we hav...
Ready for a very unique episode of Reels and Wheels?! For the first time, (and it's about time!) we talk locomotives! This is the 1926 classic Buster Keaton silent film, The General.
Joining James and Sid is one of our favorite cinematic experts (and a guy who knows his Buster Keaton), Brett Stillo!
The General is silent comedy based on a real life civil war locomotive chase. We also answer the always looming question... Can a sile...
Happy Holidays from Reels and Wheels! For this episode, Sid & James get into the holiday season with Planes Trains & Automobiles - a John Hughes classic about the worst attempt at holiday travel ever.
This movie definitely delivers in the "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" department, with a glorious assortment of malais-era cars, but it's also an excellent movie that rises above comedy by creating two deep, relatable characters.
Plu...
It's Halloween, so let's talk Halloween! This 1978 John Carpenter really kickstarted the slasher genre - and it was 1978, so there we plenty of scary malaise era cars to talk about.
Joining Sid and James is Mike Moran, comedian, musician and host of the Confessional Podcast!
Make sure you check out Mike Moran and the Confessional Podcast here: https://moranmichaelj.podbean.com/
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It's a car movie starring a young Tommy Lee Jones as a sex symbol. And it's not Black Moon Rising. We already did that one. No, this movie is MUCH MUCH WEIRDER. The Betsy pretends to be a car movie, but it's possibly got the least car content of any movie we've covered here on Reels and Wheels (and we include Spaceballs in that tally).
Joining us for this podcast is Joe Ligo. Joe is a filmmaker working on a documentary about Americ...
It's 1982. It's Eddie Murphy's first acting role. It's Nick Nolte when he was still considered a handsome leading man. It's a time when a 1964 Cadillac was considered a shitbox.
Sid and James are joined once again by Derek Williams, comedian, 80's expert, and alpha geek of comedy!
Reels and Wheels is back! And by request, Matt Cole, our resident Nicholas Cage expert, has returned to talk about the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds!
This movie definitely has some baffling moments. It's also got kind of a crazy backstory regarding it's relationship to the H.B. Halicki original. But... is it enough Nicholas Cafe? James, Sid and Matt discuss...
In 1991, an attempt was made to reboot Knight Rider with a new Pontiac Banshee-inspired version of KITT. It failed.
However...
It's worth a second watch. Is it good? Not really. Does it do a good job predicting the year 2000? Mostly no. Is it a PG rip-off of RoboCop? Strangly, yes!
James and Sid have a lot of weird things to talk about, not the least of which is the presence of Chevy Beretta police cars. Weird.
Ghostbusters Afterlife tries to strike the right balance between appealing to a new generation and diving into rich nostalgia for old-school Ghostbusters fans.
Joining Sid and James for this episode is comedian, podcaster and convention fixture George Plank!
We discuss the great story behind this movie's version of Ecto-1 and the other interesting cars that make up the supporting cast!
Get Shorty is a very 90's movie. And it features the Cadillac of minivans, the Oldsmobile Silhouette!
Joining us for this episode is Amanda Marks of the Sis & Tell Podcast!
How many movies can you name that started a religion? The Big Lebowski brought us Dudeism. It also happens to be an awesome movie, however... Get ready for an off-the-rails episode of Reels & Wheels as James and Sid are joined by Brad and Adam of the Gutterballs Podcast, two guys who really embody the ideals of Dudeism.
Consequently, the conversation meanders a lot. Still, The Big Lebowski and its cars get a lot of love here and th...
Is reality all it's cracked up to be? Does the value of fiction outshine real life? This is Big Fish.
Joining us to discuss this Tim Burton masterpiece is Jalopnik's resident wrencher, adventurer, David Tracy!
David gets the opportunity to introduce Sid and James to his favorite movie and talk about choosing a life of adventure.
Find David's articles at Jalopnik.com and following his adventures on Instagram @DavidnTracy. Follow @S...
James and Sid are joined by the biggest Nicolas Cage resource around. He's an actor, improv comic, and podcast host - Matt Cole!
This episode is hard to describe in a couple of paragraphs. Yes, we talk about the cars - especially the Corvette and the GTI, but this podcast has an insanity level that lives up to Nicolas Cage expectations.
Make sure you follow @ReelsandWheels and hosts @SidBridgeComedy and @S2KJames on social media! S...
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