Reductive Reviews
Welcome to Reductive Reviews, where Amy and G discuss a wide range of movies from early 1920 German Expressionist films to new releases. As girlies who spend majority of their time in movie theaters, we surely have a lot to say!
Episodes
Reductive Reviews is back and better than ever discussing the last 10 months of movies and content! Amy and G explore their favorite movies of the last year(ish): Wicked, I'm Still Here, Nosferatu, The Brutalist, Smile 2, Strange Darling, Sinners, and The Ugly Stepsister. Honorable mentions of the year are discussed, as well as taking a quick look at the 2025 Oscar films. The girls have FINALLY watched and do a deep dive into ...
After a few-month hiatus, Reductive Reviews is back with a vengeance!!! Discussing all of the movies watched since the last episode in April, a plethora of content is analyzed and debated in this episode. From this summers hit releases like Challengers (2024) and Twisters (2024), to up-and-coming films In The Summers (2024) and Handling the Undead (2024), this episode touches on dozens of movies, most of which you are likely to hav...
For Reductive Review's 10th (!) episode, Amy and G take a dive into some of the most popular cannibal films: Raw (2016), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Bones and All (2022), and everyone's personal favorite...Fresh (2022). From 'meat cutes' to veterinary school, this episode shows the range of the man-eater genre. Weekly watches include a slew of films including Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024), Monkey M...
The Glitz! The Glamour! The Wickedness of old school Hollywood! In this episode of Reductive Reviews, Amy and G discuss two of Damien Chazelle's odes to Hollywood...La La Land (2016) and Babylon (2022). Somehow Chazelle does the impossible and makes pictures depicting moviemaking...palatable?? How refreshing! The gals also touch on the Oscar results, which were (mostly) correctly predicted in Episode 8. Weekly watches include...
It's everyone's favorite time of year...where cinephiles and above-the-line workers alike sit on their couches and hold their breath as the years most critically acclaimed movies come to a head. Dozens of films watched year-long all lead to this single night, with the question on everyone's mind: Who will take home Best Picture? In anticipation of the big night on Sunday (3/10), Amy and G go through each Oscar catego...
Celebrate Valentine's Day with Reductive Reviews by taking a deep dive into the most iconic heartbreak movies of the early aughts. Amy and G discuss (500) Days of Summer (2009), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and Blue Valentine (2010). Weekly watches include The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), When A Stranger Calls Back (1993), Enough Said (2013), and the new favorite Have to Have Sex (2023). This is quite an emotio...
In honor (or remembrance?) of the Safdie Brothers splitting up, Reductive Reviews is doing the first ever director-specific focused episode! Amy and G discuss the duos more popular movies like Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019), as well as their classics Daddy Longlegs (2009) and Heaven Knows What (2014). The watches of the week include the horror movie Night Swim (2024) (almost too bad for enjoyment), new Mean Girls (2024) mo...
And with that...Reductive Reviews is back and better than ever! In this episode, Amy and G do a full recap of their top movies of 2023 (along with their awards season predictions). What was each of their favorite movies? What were some honorable mentions? Where do they stand on Poor Things (2023)? Godzilla Minus One (2023)? Or Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)? Listen to find out!
Summer has come and gone and RR is marking the occasion by watching the saddest/angstiest summer movies we could think of. If you want to round out your bummer summer, this is the episode for you. Amy & G talk about everything from Now & Then (1995), your quintessential girlie-coming-of-age-summer-movie, to La Cienega (2001), a swampy sweaty and feverish Argentinian tale. This episode also breaks down some summertime classi...
On this weeks episode of RR, Amy and G discuss the cultural/cinematic phenomenon that is Barbenheimer (Barbie (2023) and Oppenheimer (2023)). The day that cinema won!! The gals also share their watches of the week (Theater Camp, Sanctuary, Sunset Boulevard, Biosphere, and more!).
RR's first movie pairing, if you can believe it! On this week's episode we discuss Past Lives (2023) and Return to Seoul (2022), in addition to our watches of the week. Amy cries over Spider-Verse and G thinks Asteroid City is **fine**.
On the much-anticipated first episode of Reductive Reviews, Amy and G kick off the new podcast discussing each of their Top 5 favorite films of all time. From German Expressionism (Metropolis), to early aughts cult favs (House of Wax), to a French New Wave thriller (La Piscine), this episode has something for all movie lovers! Come take a dip in Reductive Reviews, you won't regret it!
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