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Reels & WheelsLicense to Drive with TriangleRAD's Christopher ScottIt'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 it's become a fun bit of 80's nostalgia. Also, make sure you check out the raddest car...
2025-06-121h 04
Reels & WheelsGone in 60 Seconds 1974 with Brandon ForbesReels 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 joins James and Sid to try and cover the ridiculous number of cars in this movie, as wel...
2025-05-061h 10
Reels & WheelsMF Ghost with Derek Williams - Reels and WheelsDerek 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!
2025-02-1757 min
Reels & WheelsThe Man from Uncle with Robert Dunn of Aging WheelsOk, 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 automobiles.
2024-08-1957 min
Reels & WheelsDog Soldiers - Reels and WheelsJames 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!
2024-03-2156 min
Reels & WheelsRebel Without a Cause with Patric FranskoJames 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. speedsterdreams.com!
2023-09-181h 07
Reels & WheelsRiding Bean with Derek WilliamsDerek 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 have plenty of well-drawn, brand name vehicles, but Bean's car is a bizarre amalgam of ve...
2023-07-0551 min
Reels & WheelsThe General with Brett StilloReady 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 silent film still captivate an audience today? Spoiler alert - with this film, YES. Make sure you catch u...
2023-03-201h 05
Reels & WheelsPlanes Trains and AutomobilesHappy 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. Plus we have a who's who of 1980's background character actors and an unlikely Star Trek actor cameo. Send us your feedback, @ReelsandWheels!
2022-12-231h 14
Reels & WheelsThe Betsy with Joe LigoIt'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 American Motors... and that's how he discovered The Betsy. In a rare moment, AMC allowed...
2022-09-091h 10
Reels & WheelsGone in 60 Seconds (2000) with Matt ColeReels 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...
2022-06-0257 min
Reels & WheelsKnight Rider 2000In 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.
2022-03-1050 min
Reels & WheelsGet Shorty with Amanda MarksGet 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!
2021-10-2152 min
Reels & WheelsThe Big Lebowski with the Gutterballs PodcastHow 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 there's a mystery that you can help us solve in the process. Make sure you visit Gutterballs: The P...
2021-08-101h 09
Reels & WheelsCon Air with Matt ColeJames 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! Spread the word about Reels and Wheels and leave us some feedback!
2021-05-071h 13
Reels & WheelsThe Wages of Fear - Part 2In part two of our episode on Clouzot's Wages of Fear, we discuss its along with its remake, Sorcerer.
2021-03-1129 min
Reels & WheelsGung Ho with Jason TorchinskyCan American auto workers get along with their new Japanese bosses? That was the big question in the mid-1980's as Ron Howard's Gung Ho, inspired by real events, tried to tackle the subject as an inspirational comedy. In hindsight, it's an awkward movie to watch, riddled with racist/xenophobic assumptions about both the Japanese and American auto workers. But hey, we need to talk about the cars! And joining us is Jason Torchnisky, Jalopnik writer, published author of Robot Take the Wheel, and legendary Changli owner! The cars of the fictional Assan...
2020-12-031h 01
Reels & WheelsCobra Kai Season 1 with Tim LouliesFew shows nail nostalgia so perfectly while simultaneously endearing us to new characters. Cobra Kai knocks it out of the park. Cars have always been a key part of the Karate Kid franchise, from Mr. Miyagi's collection of classics to Mrs. Larusso's Malibu wagon to Johnny's Avanti II, Cobra Kai had a lot to live up to... and it does. Nicely. Comedian, Comedy Instructor and friend of the podcast Tim Loulies joins us to talk Cobra Kai! Find Tim Loulies online at @Big44Comedy and make sure you subscribe to Reels and Wheels!
2020-11-051h 11
Reels & WheelsThe RoverDavid Michod's The Rover is a bleak, Australian post-apocalypse story. Sound familiar? It's definitely not Mad Max. Michod's anarchic landscape lacks hope... or even a real hero. The movie is a slog, depressing and gritty from start to finish. It's kind of character piece you would expect from a film that was chosen to be screened at Cannes. James liked it. Sid hated it. Both agree: While relevant, it's a depressing watch during the COVID-19 pandemic. Save it for later and listen to Reels and Wheels instead.
2020-04-0647 min
Reels & WheelsFord V Ferrari with Aditya MadhavenThis is the movie we've been waiting for. This is a story so crazy we're surprised it took this long to become a movie. This is Ford V Ferrari. Joining James and Sid is racecar driver Aditya "Deech" Madhaven as we talk about the incredible story of Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. Ford V Ferrari is a rare example of a car movie that is so good that it can be enjoyed by people who aren't into cars. Deech brings tons of knowledge to the table and this episode is entertaining and informing - and i...
2020-03-171h 14
Reels & WheelsStuber with Lovell PorterStuber is a movie where the hero car is an all-electric Nissan Leaf. It also stars WWE-wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista as a trigger-happy cop with bad eyesight. Joining us for this episode is Lovell Porter, creator of BlaqueRabbit.com and writer/play-by-play analyst for WrestleZone! So, is the Leaf a cool car? Can James become a wrestling fan? Is Stuber worth watching? Find Sid @SidBridgeComedy and James @S2KJames online. Subscribe to Reels and Wheels in Stitcher, iTunes or Google Play and leave us some feedback! Find Lovell at BlaqueRabbit.com and at WrestleZone.co...
2020-02-1357 min
Reels & WheelsChristmas VacationMerry Christmas from Reels and Wheels! On this special Christmas episode, James and Sid talk about Christmas Vacation and the bizarre 1989 Ford Taurus wagon with custom wood paneling! @ReelsandWheels @S2KJames @SidBridgeComedy
2019-12-2533 min
Reels & WheelsRedline with Remi TreuerIf there's one thing to be said for animation, it's that the sky's the limit. Whatever craziness is hiding in your imagination - if you're good enough to draw it - can become a movie. Redline is a 2009 animated film that takes inspiration from all over the place - Death Race 2000, Aeon Flux, Aliens - you name it! This movie has dystopian governments, mutant bio-weapons, cyborgs, over-the-top hot rods, and a hero who sports a pompadour. Joining us for this episode is Anime aficionado Remi Treuer, who drops plenty of knowledge on us as we t...
2019-11-2644 min
Reels & WheelsThe Art of Racing in the Rain with JG PasterjakWant to cry? Want to be sad? Have we got the movie for you! The Art of Racing in the Rain is a sad movie based on Garth Stein's really sad book of the same name. It chronicles all the sad stuff that happens to Denny, a racecar driver, through the eyes of his dog, Enzo. It does a great job of showing the blue collar side of car racing. And it does a great job of making you cry. A lot. Joining Sid and James to cry together is JG Pasterjak of Grassroots Motorsports. J...
2019-09-191h 10
Reels & WheelsThe Right Stuff with Josh Horowitz and Brett StilloBreaking the sound barrier. Going to space. The story didn't require a ton of embellishing to make a great movie. These pilots had the right stuff and speed was their life - from the planes they flew to the horses they rode to the cars they drove. Our good friends Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo from the 5 Minutes of Trouble and 5 Minutes of Banzai podcasts join us once again to talk about a great 1980's movie that gave us real heroes in some really cool 1950's cars. Make sure you subscribe to Reels and Wheels...
2019-08-1551 min
Reels & WheelsBlack Moon Rising with Christian LeeDid you know that a young, often shirtless Tommy Lee Jones starred in a 1986 heist movie with Linda Hamilton where they had to steal a Knight Rider-esque concept car? Neither did we! Thanks to our friend and guest from Plaid Dad Blog, Christian Lee for turning us on to this obscure movie that's so packed with 1980's tropes you'll automatically grow a mullet while watching it. Once we get past all the bizarre casting choices and plot contrivances, there's a hell of a story to tell about the hero car, the Wingho Concordia II. Listen t...
2019-07-011h 00
Reels & WheelsComing Attractions - Ford vs. Ferrari and The Art of Racing in the RainIn this mini-episode, James and Sid do something different - reviewing the trailers for two upcoming movies, Ford vs. Ferrari and The Art of Racing in the Rain. Ford vs. Ferrari is basically covers everything James and Sid always argue about and The Art of Racing in the Rain is about a dog. Both are exciting in their own way. @ReelsandWheels - iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play @S2KJames @SidBridgeComedy
2019-06-1323 min
Reels & WheelsThe Dukes of Hazzard - Episode 1Ask anybody to name the greatest cars in TV history and the list is often topped by the General Lee. Controversy over confederate imagery aside, the Duke boys and their 1968 Dodge Charger somehow struck a chord with car lovers everywhere. The first episode of The Dukes of Hazzard is a lot more adult-oriented because the show runners had no idea it would become beloved by kids. It does a great job presenting the characters, their motivations and all of the quirks in pretty short order. ...and the cars! While the General Lee takes center stage...
2019-05-0247 min
Reels & WheelsThe Lively Set with Steve LehtoSome background on this episode - Last time we had Steve Lehto on the podcast (for Tucker: The Man and his Dream), we started talking about the Chrysler Turbine Car. It was Steve who told us it actually was center stage in an obscure movie, so... Steve Lehto of Lehtoslaw.com joins us once again to discuss The Lively Set! This 1964 movie is almost a propaganda piece for Chrysler's engineering division and their efforts to make a turbine powered car. The legend at the center of it is Chrysler's experimental Turbine Car - they made 55...
2019-04-181h 04
Reels & WheelsStar Trek - A Piece of the ActionAn episode of Reels and Wheels about Star Trek? Thanks to the classic gangster episode from season 2, absolutely! James and Sid let out their inner Trekkie and geek out for the Cadillac V-12 that Captain Kirk attempts to drive. A Piece of the Action represents everything good and bad about the original Star Trek. The episode was hokey, but it made great use of a low budget and really capitalized on the interplay between Kirk, Spock and McCoy. Make sure you subscribe to Reels and Wheels on iTunes, Stitcher or Google Play and le...
2019-04-0442 min
Reels & WheelsAnt Man and the Wasp with Ed CardenThis is our first episode covering a movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and joining us for the occasion is one of our favorite guests, Ed Carden - a resident MCU expert and member of the Pushers comedy troupe! Ant Man and the Wasp shows a light-hearted, fun side of the MCU and we like it because it takes playing with Matchbox Cars to a whole new level. Besides, Reels and Wheels has a moral obligation to cover any movie that includes a chase down Lombard Street. Enjoy the new episode and leave us some...
2019-02-2856 min
Reels & WheelsThe Junkman with Ethan Tufts of Hello RoadIt's a movie about the guy making the movie that references his other movies. H.B. Halicki gave us the classic movie "Gone in 60 Seconds." That gave him enough movie to film himself crashing cars over and over again and show off his collectibles while a flimsy "plot" happened around him. The Junkman - It's a bad movie, but it's still kind of fun to watch. Joining James and Sid for this episode is Ethan Tufts of the Hello Road YouTube channel. There are almost too many cars to cover in this malaise-era movie, and m...
2019-01-241h 10
Reels & WheelsA Christmas StorySome men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man. A Christmas Story - It's a silly movie about a very real family dynamic. It's also a tale of a love/hate relationship with an Oldsmobile that would freeze up in the middle of Summer on the equator! James and Sid talk about this holiday classic and the father/car/family dynamic it captures so perfectly. Happy Holidays from Reels and Wheels! @SidBridgeComedy @S2KJames
2018-12-2542 min
Reels & WheelsWeird Science with David ObuchowskiThe 80's was all about exploiting our fear of the power of computers and Weird Science, another John Hughes classic, is a modern-day Frankenstein playing to our fear of keyboards, CRT monitors and phone modems. High school nerds Gary and Wyatt use a computer to create the perfect girl (and Kelly LeBrock fits that part nicely), who provides them with not only the confidence and popularity they have dreamed of, but also a few really cool automobiles. Joining us is David Obuchowski, Jalopnik writer and host of the Tempest Podcast, helping us take a look b...
2018-11-301h 26
Reels & WheelsDeath ProofReels and Wheels celebrates Halloween by sitting down on Halloween night and talking about Quentin Tarantino's tribute to classic Grindhouse movies, Death Proof! Death Proof is a Horror/Thriller for car guys, layered with references to all the great classic car chase movies covered on this podcast, like Vanishing Point, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, and Bullitt. It's also a Tarantino movie, so there's tons of snappy dialogue and a few key points of extremely graphic violence. We have some amazing cars - the psychotic Stuntman Mike, played to perfection by Kurt Russell, choose both a 1971 C...
2018-11-0556 min
Reels & WheelsWhite Lightning with JG PasterjakOn this episode Reels and Wheels pays tribute to the late Burt Reynolds with a great movie - White Lightning. Joining us once again is racer, writer & comic JG Pasterjak! White Lightning celebrates the ethos of running moonshine and was one the cutting edge of the "small town with corrupt sheriff" movie trope. Smuggling moonshine is how NASCAR was born, but it really qualifies as its own category of car racing - it requires a large car that can carry all the cargo AND a large engine so it can outrun the police. The Ford...
2018-10-111h 01
Reels & WheelsDiamonds are Forever with Brett StilloDiamonds are Forever! It was Sean Connery's last official James Bond movie (not counting the non-Eon Never Say Never Again) and it was an interesting mixture of classy and campy; providing a precursor to the Roger Moore era. It also had some interesting car choices - A Triumph Stag, a 1971 Mustang Mach I and a moon buggy created by legendary car customizer Dean Jeffries! Joining Sid and James is friend of the podcast and cohost of Five Minutes of Trouble/Five Minutes of Banzai, Brett Stillo! Can James come to terms with Sid's recent purchase...
2018-09-071h 28
Reels & WheelsHow it EndsNetflix made a movie! And it's got Forrest Whitaker in it! And it sucks! We love post-apocalypse movies at Reels and Wheels, so we had high hopes for How it Ends, the Netflix original that scrounged up enough cash to hire Forrest Whitaker. Sadly, the movie is just not good. Will wants to marry Samantha, but Samantha's father, Tom hates his guts. Then the apocalypse happens and Will and Tom have to drive 2,000 miles to find Samantha because of course they do. Suffering through the movie with us is Tom's Cadillac CTS - no...
2018-07-1938 min
Reels & WheelsCobra (1986)Cobra (1986) is an 80's cop movie that you can absolutely love (in theory) if you get past how reprehensible it is. Sylvester Stallone is a cop who plays by his own rules. His peers don't like the fact that he kills everyone he should be arresting, but they let it go because he "gets the job done." Joining us to talk Cobra and its iconic 1950 Mercury is podcaster and comic Matthew Carter. Matt actually watched this movie when he was 8, which is a little disturbing, but we can cut him some slack because the cars in this...
2018-07-0556 min
Reels & WheelsThe Karate KidWax on, wax off! The Karate Kid (1984) is a classic that still inspires people today and is still talked about - and it's a great car movie to boot. From Mrs. Larusso's Chevelle wagon to Johnny Lawrence's Avanti II to Mr. Miyagi's collection of 1940's classics, cars were almost as integral to The Karate Kid as... well, Karate. Learn a lot of interesting facts in this episode as James and Sid talk about the bizarre Avanti II, Daniel's 1949 Ford Special Deluxe birthday present and more! Subscribe to Reels and Wheels on Stitcher or...
2018-06-141h 03
Reels & WheelsDamnation Alley with James RoachThe apocalypse happens. Jan-Michael Vincent is pretty chill about it. George Peppard suggests driving from southern California to Albany, New York in an armored all-terrain vehicle. They do that. Movie over. Improv comic and movie buff James Roach joins James and Sid to talk about Damnation Alley, a movie where NOTHING HAPPENS. Enjoy long scenes where a guy shaves and discusses the rotation for taking showers? No? Neither does anyone. Damnation Alley is bad. It's worse than a BattleTruck/Killdozer marathon. Listen to this podcast instead of watching it. Find us online @ReelsandWheels...
2018-05-3157 min
Reels & WheelsKnight Rider 2010 with Ed CardenRemember when they did a post-apocalyptic pilot for a new Knight Rider series that never got picked up? Probably not. Knight Rider 2010 was part of a group of attempts at syndicated shows called the Action Pack. Unlike the Action Pack's successes (Hercules, Xena), it never got to be a series - but at least we got this bizarre pilot! Ed Carden of The Pushers and The Push Comedy Theater turned us on to this movie thanks to his love of post-apocalyptic strangeness. This movie shares very little with Knight Rider. There is a super car a...
2018-05-101h 06
Reels & WheelsBattle TruckOn this episode, James and Sid tackle Battle Truck. It's a movie about a TRUCK that's (get this...) equipped for BATTLE. This post apocalyptic Max Mad/The Road Warrior wannabe actually had it's US release one month before The Road Warrior. It's got everything that made Mad Max successful - an ambitious director with a vision, a cool truck and a, um, villain. Only difference is that Battle Truck is terrible. Well, James enjoyed it. Sid likens it to the Negan storyline of Walking Dead TV show, but without the zombies. Which is bad. ...
2018-04-1240 min
Reels & WheelsKnight Rider - The KARR EpisodesOk, maybe it doesn't make sense to leave an unstable prototype alone in a warehouse where anyone can reactivate it without at least taking the wheels off, but dammit KARR was awesome. The original Knight Rider gave us two episodes featuring KITT's evil prototype, the Knight Automated Roving Robot (KARR!) and each featured a different take on what was possibly KITT's greatest nemesis. Trust Doesn't Rust introduces us to KARR, voiced by Peter "Optimus Prime" Cullen. This KARR is somewhat naive, but self-centered and dangerous. KARR returns in "KITT vs. KARR", this time with an...
2018-03-291h 03
Reels & WheelsHarold and Kumar go to White CastleSure, it's a stoner movie. But it's a stoner movie with character growth, literary significance, great dialogue and some insightful car choices. Heck, how often do we get to do an episode of Reels and Wheels where the hero car is a Toyota Camry? It was time! It was the Camry's time! Sure, it's boring and it's basic, but that's the point. If you need a car - a reliable car - to get you from point A to point B, there is nothing better than the Camry. As car enthusiasts, that's a tough one for James...
2018-02-151h 04
Reels & WheelsOverdrive - A Movie that SucksHey, look! It's a new movie that is supposed to be like "The Fast & The Furious" but in France! Let's watch it and talk about it on Reels and Wheels! ...and that's where things went downhill. Overdrive (2017) sucks. The dialogue is terrible, the plot makes no sense, and whoever wrote it clearly wasn't really a car person. But we watched it. We suffered so you wouldn't have to. Do yourself a favor - listen to this episode of Reels and Wheels. It's way more entertaining than "Overdrive." @SidBridgeComedy @S2KJames @ReelsandWheels
2018-01-251h 05
Reels & WheelsPhantasm with special guests Reggie and Gigi BannisterPhantasm is a brilliant horror movie that bends reality and deals with heavy situations of confronting mortality and loss. It's also got a kick-ass 1971 HemiCuda that went on to become a mainstay vehicle of the Phantasm movie series. For this episode, James and Sid are honored to be joined by one of the stars of the Phantasm series, Reggie Bannister and his wife, Gigi. Not only are they a great couple to talk to with lots of great information on the movie, they are both huge car enthusiasts. Want to find out what sleeper Reggie...
2017-11-301h 12
Reels & WheelsMASK - the cartoonWouldn't it be great if there was a line of toys that took everything you loved about your other toys and mashed them all together?! Like if you could have the best of Transformers AND GI Joe AND James Bond's cars AND the Spy Hunter car AND Bruce Wayne's gadgets?! That was M.A.S.K. This 1985 cartoon was Kenner's attempt to market a high-quality line of toys with a TV show meant to stoke kids' imaginations. It wasn't as successful and enduring as other toy lines or cartoons, but it sure was awesome. James...
2017-11-0947 min
Reels & WheelsEvil Dead 2 with Alan VannucchiCould this be the greatest movie ever? At Reels and Wheels, we don't need to spend a lot of time extolling the virtues of Evil Dead 2 - Sam Raimi's brilliant directing and visuals, Bruce Campbell's amazing physical acting skill - it speaks for itself. We're just here to talk about a special 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88. Alan Vannucchi - comedian and horror movie expert - joins Sid and James to talk about the movie and the car. Dubbed "The Classic" by Raimi, the Oldsmobile is HIS car - since he was a teenager. It somehow sneaks into e...
2017-10-261h 08
Reels & WheelsThe RockThis week, Sid and I review the 90s Blockbuster spectacular, The Rock. Starring Nicholas Cage, Sean Connery, and Ed Harris, a Humvee, a Ferrari, and hours of helicopters. We are joined by Tobias Ellis on this one, and it's loads of fun.
2017-10-121h 09
Reels & WheelsThelma and Louise with Holly OwensIn 1991, Ridley Scott took a break from directing stuff like Alien and Blade Runner and allowed himself to be convinced to helm Thelma and Louise - and that was history. Joining Sid and James is a great friend and hilarious comedian, Holly Owens. Thelma and Louise is an iconic feminist road movie. It's a slice of life on film that is beautifully shot, painfully realistic, and packed with great characters - even the car. The 1966 Ford Thunderbird driven by our protagonist gets refreshingly characterized, accompanying Thelma and Louise throughout their struggles. Fo...
2017-09-281h 10
Reels & WheelsKnight Rider - Knight of the PhoenixIf you were anywhere near childhood in the 1980's, KITT was probably your hero and Knight Rider was probably the greatest TV show EVER. At least, that's how Sid & James felt then and still feel today. Christian Lee of PlaidDadPlog.com and DadSews.com joins Sid and James to talk about Knight of the Phoenix, the pilot that began KITT's illustrious TV career. To Christian, it didn't hold up as good TV - oh well. You can't win 'em all... One thing's for sure - The Knight 2000 - a car with a distinguished voice and...
2017-09-141h 14
Reels & WheelsGoldenEye with David BeckGoldenEye was a turning point for the James Bond Franchise - both in terms of actors and cars! After years of delay, Pierce Brosnan was finally able to step into the roll he was born to play in a movie that represents a generational shift in the franchise. GoldenEye also marks the first of a three-movie deal with BMW to provide the trademark James Bond supercars. BMW turned up the hype with the introduction of the beautiful Z3 roadster, but the car got very little screen time. How did things work out with BMW? Why...
2017-08-3153 min
Reels & WheelsTalladega Nights - The Ballad of Ricky Bobby with Tim LouliesOk, we admit it. This is a super fun movie. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby features Will Ferrell in full Will Ferrell mode. In retrospect, the guy is extremely funny. What really knocks this movie out of the park is an excellent supporting cast, most of whom are playing against type. Joining Sid and James to talk about this movie and the state of NASCAR is comedian Tim Loulies! Tim gives great insight into the NASCAR experience and all the pieces that make this movie a quotable and extremely fun comedy. And James...
2017-08-171h 20
Reels & WheelsSmokey and the Bandit II - Reels and WheelsA touch of creativity and the help of a good writer COULD HAVE produced a noteworthy sequel to one of the greatest car movies of all time, Smokey and the Bandit. Instead, everybody failed. Our hero Hal Needham failed to produce anything more than a week retread of the previous movie, our stars (with the exception of Jerry Reed) failed to show much interest in their own performances, and Pontiac failed by producing the most anemic, gawdy, Trans Am with 1980 Turbo Trans Am. Smokey and the Bandit II might have made a few kids happy. It might...
2017-08-031h 01
Reels & WheelsBaby Driver with Ed CardenEdgar Wright has created a masterpiece. This kick-ass car movie isn't just set to music... it's part of the music. Baby Driver goes a step beyond when it comes to car chase choreography and it's a car movie with great characters and plenty of fun easter eggs. Ed Carden of The Pushers (owners of The Push Comedy Theater) once again joins James and Sid, this time to bring his expertise as a huge fan of Edgar Wright's work. This movie is going to be a requirement for any car lover's collection. How confident was Edgar W...
2017-07-201h 20
Reels & WheelsWarlock - Reels and WheelsAh, the glorious world of late 1980's horror. In Warlock, a witch hunter doing battle with the titular Warlock in colonial America follows his adversary forward in time to the 1980's in order to stop him from destroying the world. Dragged into the middle of this mess is our protagonist, played by Lori Singer, who joins Redfearn the Witch Hunter on his quest to save the world from evil paganism - all while depending on a daily driver that's unsafe at any speed. Yep, our hero drives a Corvair. James makes Sid pull double duty...
2017-06-2254 min
Reels & WheelsSpaceballs with CB Wilkins - Reels and WheelsYES IT'S A CAR MOVIE! Sorry. We've already had that question a few times before people even knew we were recording this episode. Comedian/Member of Plan B Improv and friend of the show CB Wilkins joins James and Sid to talk about Spaceballs! In this epic Mel Brooks comedy, the Star Wars universe is parodied so well that George Lucas himself blessed the movie, telling Brooks it would be a great action film even without the Star Wars references. And he's right. Brooks did an amazing job constructing this parody of the scifi universe, creating great...
2017-06-0838 min
Reels & WheelsMini Episode - Smokey and the Bandit - Reels and WheelsCelebrating 40 years of Smokey and the Bandit, Reels and Wheels recently hosted a meetup at a screen of one of the greatest car movies of all time. James was joined by a group of autocrossers who debate what would make a great bandit car today. It's a fun conversation and a great way to celebrate one of our favorite movies! Need more? Check out our original episode on Smokey and the Bandit: http://reelsandwheels.libsyn.com/smokey-and-the-bandit
2017-06-0224 min
Reels & WheelsWinning with Heyward Wagner - Reels and WheelsPaul Newman was a fixture in the car racing universe. How did it happen? Winning. Newman saw the script for the 1969 movie about a car racer and his love life and decided to make sure it was elevated from movie-of-the-week status to big budget box office picture. Winning was about a race car driver who focused on succeeding at Indianapolis at the expense of his marriage. And it kind of sucked. Joining us is Heyward Wagner, Director of Experiential Programs for the Sports Car Club of America. Heyward has first hand knowledge of Newman's impact on the SC...
2017-05-111h 14
Reels & WheelsCars 2 with Derek Williams - Reels and WheelsSo you need a sequel to your exciting car racing movie, but your Disney overlords want you to sell tons of toys and give them more Larry the Cable Guy... Do you blow them off or go all in? Well, Pixar went all in. Cars 2 is one of the most critically panned movies Pixar ever created. In some ways, it's terrible. In some ways, it's positively brilliant. Pixar doesn't half-ass anything and Cars 2 is a fun spy thriller with plenty of shiny toys for the kids and lots of in-jokes for adults. Joining us to t...
2017-04-271h 05
Reels & WheelsAnimal House with Rick Bruner - Reels and WheelsAnimal House. It invented the view of fraternities in movies. Heck, it could be argued that it even reshaped the fraternity experience on college campuses nationwide (even though it was based on real experiences that were tamed DOWN for the movie). No matter how you look at it, National Lampoon's Animal House is a groundbreaking comedy that stands the test of time. And, oh yeah. It's a car movie. Central to the plot of this movie is the 1964 Lincoln Continental with it's iconic suicide doors, trusted to Kent Dorfman by his brother... only for it to become T...
2017-04-1354 min
Reels & WheelsTransformers with Gabriel Owens - Reels and WheelsIn 2007, Transformers returned to the big screen. A new generation was turned on to new versions of the toys that made it so fun to be a kid in the 1980s, but now Michael Bay was in charge. Joining Sid and James to talk about 2007's Transformers is Gabriel Owens, AKA The Salty Seaman (YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/recharge138). Gabriel has a show called Military Bullshit where he points out inaccuracies in movie portrayals of the military. He joins us to talk about the cars of Transformers and the military BS. Between explosions a...
2017-03-301h 20
Reels & WheelsBetter Off Dead with Alicia Camden - Reels and WheelsLove... The International Language! Love abounds on Reels and Wheels Podcast's new episode as we discuss the classic 1985 romantic comedy, Better Off Dead! Sid and James are joined by Alicia Camden, co-host of the Invitation to Love Podcast to get some insight into relationships... and give her some insight into classic cars. Better Off Dead seems on the surface like a fun, outlandish comedy, but the truth is that a lot of its content is based on the real life of the director, Savage Steve Holland. It also features a sad, sad Ford LTD station w...
2017-03-021h 15
Reels & WheelsBack to the Future 2 and 3 with Doug DeMuro - Reels and WheelsIt's back to Back to the Future for Reels and Wheels! On this episode, James and Sid cover Back to the Future Part 2 and 3! (Kind of. Part 3 didn't have much to talk about when it came to cars) Joining us for this show is Doug DeMuro, writer for Auto Trader and YouTube car reviewer! Doug just released a new video where he drives an exact replica of the Back to Future Delorean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5dtcoCfKw4 Doug brings first hand knowledge of the famous time machine and we have some great c...
2017-02-1659 min
Reels & WheelsBachelor Party with Ed Carden - Reels and WheelsHow obnoxious was your group of friends? On this episode of Reels and Wheels, James and Sid are joined once again by Ed Carden of The Pushers to talk about 1984's Bachelor Party, a movie where Tom Hanks showed his versatility by being thoroughly obnoxious. As a car movie, Bachelor Party is pretty fun! Sure, there's a 1974 Porsche 911 Targa (Take the car! No! Take Debbie! No! The car! I'd hate to be in your shoes, pal!), but the only car chase is between a school bus and a utility truck. Ed, Sid and James have...
2017-01-191h 03
Reels & WheelsDrive with JG Pasterjak - Reels and WheelsDrive (2011) stars Ryan Gosling. Sid hates it. James loves it. JG Pasterjak of Grassroots Motorsports returns to join James in liking the movie. A part time movie stunt driver/mechanic/getaway car driver/race car driver gets caught up in a whole bunch of issues with organized crime just by being a good neighbor. He doesn't talk much and the director really wanted to impress everybody at Cannes. James and JG defend the movie while trying to convince Sid that buying a Dodge Charger is a bad idea. Sid defends his hatred of the movie w...
2017-01-051h 25
Reels & WheelsBig Trouble in Little China with Josh Horowitz - Reels and WheelsYou just take my advice on a dark and stormy night when the wind is howling and the rain is coming down in sheets thick as lead... Tune into Reels and Wheels as James and Sid are joined by Josh Horowitz to talk Big Trouble in Little China! Josh is the founder of WingKong.net, a long-running Big Trouble in Little China web site and the cohost of "5 Minutes of Trouble" a podcast that talks Big Trouble in Little China five minutes at a time. Suffice it to say, he knows this movie. How great...
2016-12-091h 17
Reels & WheelsDazed and Confused - Reels and WheelsMuscle cars, classic rock and not much else. On this Reels and Wheels, James and Sid take a look a Dazed and Confused, an early 1990's movie that literally provided a snapshot of high school life in 1976. On its surface, it's a two hour car show set to a great soundtrack. Most of us would kill time ogling American muscle cars and listening Black Sabbath anyway, so it's nice to have the excuse of "I'm watching a great movie" to get away with it. Under the surface, it's an anthropological look at high school life that isn't f...
2016-11-1043 min
Reels & WheelsKilldozer! with Randall Rutledge - Reels and WheelsHappy Halloween from Reels and Wheels! Today's episode is about the horror masterpiece, Killdozer! Actually, everybody but Sid hated it and technical difficulties kept this podcast shorter than usual, but you should listen anyway! James and Sid are joined by Autocrosser/Comic/Bulldozer Operator Randall Rutledge to talk about a movie where 4 out of 6 construction workers are killed off by a murderous bulldozer with a top speed of 9mph. Enjoy Reels and Wheels on iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe and leave feedback! Find us online - @ReelsandWheels, @S2KJames, and @SidBridgeComedy!
2016-10-3125 min
Reels & WheelsUsed Cars with Thomas Maddin - Reels and WheelsUsed Cars (1980) is a film with no good guys in it at all. Every character - even the dog - behaves reprehensibly. And it's funny. James and Sid are joined by actor/comedian Thomas Maddin (who also happens to work in car sales) to talk about a movie that pulls no punches when it comes to cars and politics. Kurt Russell stars as a used car salesman with political ambitions in a corrupt world, caught in the middle of a family feud over the car lot he works on. It's a unique movie for Reels and Wheels...
2016-09-291h 11
Reels & WheelsMy Cousin Vinny - Reels and WheelsOn this peculiar edition of Reels and Wheels, James and Sid are joined by... James. Yep, Co-host James Rodatus doubles up as the guest this time as he puts his experience as a lawyer to work so that we can talk about My Cousin Vinny. This 1992 comedy starring Joe Pesci was lauded for its realistic, positive portrayal of our legal system. So I guess technically this is an episode of Reels and Lawyers and Wheels. Either way, My Cousin Vinny is a thoughtful, enjoyable, and fun movie that uses the inner workings of a 1964 Buick Skylark and...
2016-09-151h 06
Reels & WheelsNational Lampoon's Vacation with Jim Seward - Reels and WheelsThe original 1983 National Lampoon's Vacation is considered one of the greatest comedies of all time, and it is. The centerpiece of this saga about a family trip gone horribly wrong is the Wagon Queen Family Truckster - a vehicle that embodies everything that was wrong with the American family car at the height of the malaise era. James and Sid are joined by comedian Jim Seward to talk Vacation - both the movie and their personal experiences on long trips with kids in the car and every family's love/hate relationship with the American station wagon.
2016-09-011h 07
Reels & WheelsInitial D First Stage with Derek Williams - Reels and WheelsInitial D is the go-to Anime about street racing in Japan, so James and Sid once again welcome comedian Derek Williams to talk about the show. Derek is a huge Anime fan and has plenty of experience with the Initial D arcade game from his time managing an arcade! Initial D follows the life of reluctant racing prodigy Takumi as he dazzles the local street racing community racing his "8-6" (A Toyota Corolla to Americans, the legendary Trueno in Japan) on the treacherous Akino downhill. What's so special about the 8-6? Is the racing jargon u...
2016-08-181h 07
Reels & WheelsGhostbusters with Chris Balissone - Reels and WheelsThe original Ghostbusters - most will agree it's one of the greatest movies of all time. At Reels and Wheels, we love it because of Ecto-1 - a 1959 Cadillac Miller Meteor conversion turned into the greatest ghost-hunting machine ever! ...and did we find the best guest EVER to discuss Ghostbusters with?! The conversation goes into overdrive as James and Sid welcome Chris Balassone, owner and founder of Tri-City Paranormal! He's the real deal - a paranormal researcher and part of the TAPS family (of Ghost Hunters fame). What did Ghostbusters get right? What kind of he...
2016-08-041h 00
Reels & WheelsMegaforce with Tim Loulies - Reels and WheelsWhy did you do this to us, Hal Needham? We loved you for Smokey and the Bandit and the Cannonball Run. But Megaforce?! Barry Bostwick leads a team of caricatures in strange "high tech" assault vehicles to help a fictional country win a war against a fictional country. Joining us is comedian and 1980's movie aficionado, Tim Loulies. This movie was a shining piece of Tim's childhood for kind and innocent reasons. It has a timeless message - war is awesome and nobody dies. The loser just laughs and gives the winner a big ATTABOY!
2016-07-0749 min
Reels & WheelsCars with Christian Lee - Reels and WheelsFather's Day just happened, so James and Sid thought it would be fun to cover a movie that a father and son could watch together, Pixar's Cars! Joining us for the ride on this one is the host of What Are We Watching and creator of the Plaid Dad Blog, Christian Lee! To make things even more interesting, Christian is joined by his son, Carlin, who gives a kid's perspective on the movie and forces us to keep our mouths clean. The group discusses the real and unreal characters of cars, the insane uber-geek detail of Pixar's...
2016-06-231h 03
Reels & WheelsBody Slam with Derek Montilla - Reels and WheelsOn this episode of Reels and Wheels, Movies and cars collide with professional wrestling! Sid and James are joined by Derek Montilla of The Steel Cafe Podcast to discuss Body Slam - a glorious masterpiece of the 1980's complete with The A-Team's Dirk Benedict, Rowdy Roddy Piper and a whole bunch of wrestling Samoans - all directed by Reels & Wheels hero Hal Needham! As a favor to Sid, who is a huge wrestling fan with a pretty big twitter following in the wrestling community, James gets his first exposure to the world of professional wrestling and finds...
2016-06-091h 12
Reels & WheelsReels and Wheels - The Road WarriorSince the dawn of Reels and Wheels, James and Sid have been the victim of a vicious curse, the "Mad Max Curse!" All attempts to record episodes about these beloved movies have met with unexpected technical difficulty, especially when it comes to The Road Warrior... but this time James and Sid stood up against fate, fought the curse head on and are proud to bring you an episode of Reels and Wheels about The Road Warrior!
This movie is glorious. It has one of the greatest villains of all time. And it has some extremely interesting vehicles.
2016-04-141h 01
Reels & WheelsReels and Wheels - Bullitt with Christopher AlmonThis is it. This is the car chase that set the bar. This is the car chase that captured our imaginations and made us love it when two muscle cars duel to the death. This is Bullitt.
For this epic occasion, James and Sid are joined by movie stunt driver Christopher Almon, who has worked as a driver/stunt man on numerous car movies.
Do we even need to ask what makes this chase so awesome? Or about how awesome these cars are? The rest of the movie on the other hand... Well, let's just s...
2016-03-3155 min
Reels & WheelsThe Cannonball Run with Derek WilliamsRidiculous. Hilarious. Outlandish. Real. The Cannonball Run wasn't the first movie about the legendary illegal cross-country race, but it was the most iconic. Penned by Car and Driver editor Brock Yates and helmed by Stunt Driver/Smokey and the Bandit director Hal Needham, The Cannonball Run is one of the happiest accidents in movie history.
James and Sid are joined by comedian Derek Williams to discuss this 1981 ensemble masterpiece that probably should have been terrible. Filmed in only a few weeks with an cast that was basically a bunch of Burt Reynolds' friends hanging out and being...
2016-03-1758 min
Reels & WheelsReels and Wheels - Dirty Mary Crazy Larry with Dan EllisonIn the early 1970's, outlaw culture was at its height and car chase movies with jarring endings were all the rage - Like Vanishing Point and Two Lane Blacktop, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry is a chase movie with an outlaw protagonist, fueled by Detroit muscle.
James and Sid are joined by the Educated Redneck Dan Ellison, a touring comic who knows his cars and has plenty of insight about what life was like when this movie came out.
What was the true lesson of this movie? Are we supposed to root for the outlaw? And...
2016-02-1856 min
Reels & WheelsReels and Wheels - Death Race 2000Rarely do James and Sid agree that both a movie and its cars are awesome. When it comes to Death Race 2000, both hosts give it a thumbs up and that's pretty disturbing.
Death Race 2000 is Roger Corman's masterpiece of satire - poking fun at the dumbing down of society years before Idiocracy came about. Innocent people are killed with deadpan/slapstick comic timing and characters are ridiculous/off the wall.
And then there's the cars. Customizer Dick Dean goes all out to give us some of the wildest, personality-filled and unreliable cars ever filmed.
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2016-02-0453 min
Reels & WheelsReels and Wheels - Pulp Fiction with CB WilkinsQuentin Tarantino never misses a detail, so the vehicular choices of the main characters in Pulp Fiction make for a pretty exciting episode of Reels and Wheels. James and Sid are joined by CB Wilkins. CB is a stand up comic, member of Plan B Improv and really knows his Tarantino.
What did the cars say about the characters? Can James talk about an Acura NSX without needing a cold shower? How far off the rails will a discussion go if the word "monocoque" gets used?
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2016-01-2147 minReels & WheelsReels and Wheels - The French ConnectionAnother must-see for fans of great car chases, Reels and Wheels talks The French Connection. Based on a true story, The French Connection includes a history, 5-minute car chase that pits a basic 1971 Pontiac Lemans sedan against an L-Train!
James and Sid talk about New York City's abusive relationship with cars and how the muscle car age was an inconvenience to them. Were the cars in the true story more interesting than the movie? Why were the sedans so awful compared to the coupes?
And how about that chase? How much danger were people really i...
2016-01-0752 min
Reels & WheelsReels and Wheels - Corvette SummerAs much as we love Star Wars at Reels and Wheels, we can't do much with it since there are no cars (Unless you count the car they used to stand in for the ship that crashed into the Super Star Destroyer's bridge). However, there is a new hope! To celebrate the debut of Star Wars Episode 7, Reels and Wheels presents Star Wars Episode 4.5 - Corvette Summer!
It's 1978 and Mark Hamill is Kenny, a whiny brat who loves a car he saved from the junkyard along with his shop class. When the car is stolen, said whiny...
2015-12-241h 12
Reels & WheelsReels and Wheels - Goldfinger - with Kris RoleyIt seems like everyone is talking about James Bond now that Spectre is out, so Sid and James decided to call in podcast extraordinaire Kris Roley to talk about one of the greatest Bond movies of all time, Goldfinger!
Goldfinger really has the best of everything - Sean Connery as Bond, an amazing villain in Auric Goldfinger, a female need actually named "Pussy Galore," a killer henchman name Oddjob with the most lethal hat ever, and, of course, the greatest Aston Martin DB5 to ever spy on stuff.
Goldfinger was the Bond movie that started...
2015-11-121h 11
Reels & WheelsReels and Wheels - The Car with Jeff DavisWhen you run a podcast called "Reels and Wheels," an episode about 1977's "The Car" isn't just appropriate, it's inevitable. The Car is the grandaddy of evil car movies. It's also terrible. It's really terrible.
It's terrible enough that we felt it was important to invite our good friend, comic, screenwriter and critic, Jeff Davis to share the torture with us and help us break down what about this movie we so horribly, horribly wrong.
It seemed to have some keys to success - The Car itself was created by legendary customizer George Barris (You k...
2015-10-291h 02
Reels & WheelsReels and Wheels - Maximum OverdriveOn this episode of Reels and Wheels, Sid gets his revenge on James. Being forced to watch Pretty in Pink for the last episode, Sid fights back the only way he knows how - by having James watch Maximum Overdrive.
Maximum Overdrive is the greatest movie ever (according to Sid) - mainly in the first 10 minutes. Then it just kind of drags on until the stupid ending slaps you in the face.
It's easy to overlook this movie's hour-long shortcomings because it has what no other movie has - A non-stop AC/DC soundtrack, a h...
2015-10-1557 min
Reels & WheelsReels and Wheels - Pretty in PinkDisclaimer: James picked this one. James said "Hey Sid, we're doing Pretty in Pink on our next episode of Reels and Wheels!"
Sid took the challenge seriously and used a request that could have ended a friendship as a opportunity to prove there's nothing he wouldn't do for his beloved co-host.
Pretty in Pink is a horrid, vapid train wreck of a movie fraught with heavy-handed symbolism and human caricatures fighting cliched battles. The only redeeming quality James and Sid could agree on was that James Spader does an awesome job playing a douche.
2015-10-011h 04
Reels & WheelsReels and Wheels - Two Lane Blacktop with Phil GredenFor this episode of Reels and Wheels, Sid and James are joined by legendary automotive journalist Phil Greden, AKA Murilee Martin!
Two Lane Blacktop is easily one of the greatest car movies of all time and Phil gives Sid and James quite an education on the climate of the time - 1970, the peak of the muscle car era. So what's really going on in this movie? What's everyone's theory on the strange ending? How do we place it all in historical context?
Listen to one of our most fascinating episodes yet as Phil Greden tells so...
2015-09-1734 minReels & Wheels“Back to the Future” with Mr. RegularGreat Scott! It was only a matter of time before we covered Back to the Future on Reels & Wheels, and to mark the occasion, Sid & James are joined by Mr. Regular, of the popular Regular Car Reviews YouTube channel! Mr. Regular has driven and reviewed two DeLoreans and brings his vast car knowledge and off-beat humor to Reels Continue Reading
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2015-08-0656 minReels & Wheels“Taxi” (1998)On this episode of Reels & Wheels, James introduces Sid to Taxi, a French comedy featuring the Knight Rider of taxi cabs, a modified Peugeot 406 that's not afraid to take on the legendary Mercedes 500E in the David & Goliath of car chases. It's also an entertaining buddy/cop film, but don't let that distract you from the cars. Especially Continue Reading
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2015-06-2558 minReels & Wheels“Smokey and the Bandit”On this week's Reels & Wheels, James and Sid celebrate Sid's purchase of his own Pontiac Firebird Trans Am by celebrating one of the greatest Trans Ams in history - dare we say a source of hope to the world - the Bandit's 1977 Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit, complete with 6.6 V8 and screaming chicken hood graphic. How is Continue Reading
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2015-04-231h 19Reels & Wheels“The Wraith”"A wraith, man! A ghost! A evil spirit - and it ain't cool!" Clint Howard's Rughead pretty much sums it up for this week's episode of Reels & Wheels, The Wraith. James and Sid dive into this 1980s masterpiece which features plenty of automotive flotsam and jetsam from the height of the "Malaise Era". Two Dodge Daytonas, a C3 Corvette, a Continue Reading
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2015-03-051h 05Reels & Wheels“RoboCop”Sure, Paul Verhoeven's original RoboCop is a groundbreaking movie about a heartless corporation turning a man into a machine, but what about the cars?! Verhoeven's ability to predict the future has been proven over and over again, but did you notice he predicted the future of cars, too? RoboCop's satirical 2000 SUX predicted the early 90s' return to prominence of the Continue Reading
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2015-02-121h 14Reels & Wheels“Ronin”John Frankenheimer's post-Cold War espionage thriller Ronin stars Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, and Jonathan Pryce. More importantly, it stars insane French stunt drivers and big German luxury sedans. Ronin is the action movie - and everything else - The Bourne Identity isn't. The action sequences in Ronin feel real because they are. The writing has David Mamet's signature weird Continue Reading
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2015-01-291h 09Reels & Wheels“Christine”Have you ever gotten so obsessed with something that it consumed you to the point that even your best friend couldn't save you from impending doom? Christine is about that car you should know better than to buy... if your emotions hadn't gotten the better of you. It's about getting carried away, whether it was a nerdy high school kid Continue Reading
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2015-01-1559 minReels & Wheels“Le Mans”Second chances are important for everyone, even a complete jerk like Steve McQueen. Well, that covers the plot to Le Mans, let's watch some racing! Le Mans was Steve McQueen's baby - a 1971 movie about a race he wanted to actually be a part of. Its strength is in its portrayal of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Every Continue Reading
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2015-01-0150 minReels & Wheels“Duel”What's the best way to kick off Reels & Wheels, a new podcast about cars and movies? By going straight to the movie that made us love cars at the the main characters in the first place - Duel! Duel started out as a 1971 network movie of the week. Working with a 10-day shooting schedule and a $450,000 budget, Continue Reading
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2014-12-1849 min