The Reel Pineapple

Remember the bright orange unicorn from that cheerful kids’ TV show, the one who always wanted to give you a hug? Director Casper Kelly, the mind behind the cult internet classic Too Many Cooks, makes his feature debut with a horror comedy that turns the warm, sing-along world of 90s children’s television into a nightmare. Freddy (Delaney Quinn) and her friends live inside the show, and they slowly realize their unicorn pal Buddy, played by Keegan-Michael Key, is not as innocent as he seems. When one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not pleased, and cracks start to show in the perfect world. With a cast that also includes Cristin Milioti, Topher Grace, Michael Shannon, and Patton Oswalt, this one premiered in the Midnight section at Sundance in January 2026 before hitting theaters in August. A mascot that smiles too wide and a world that’s way too cheerful is a great horror setup, but can it hold for a full feature? I’m getting into the scares, the nostalgia, the performances, and whether Buddy earns a spot on your Halloween watchlist or leaves you wanting your hug back. This is The Reel Pineapple. Let’s talk about it. 🍍 In Theaters August 28, 2026 | Runtime: 1hr 35min | Dir. Casper Kelly | Roadside Attractions & Saban Films | Premiered Sundance 2026 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from your favorite podcaster’s favorite podcaster. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple 🎙️ Hazy Core Crew — this one’s for you. Drop your thoughts in the comments and let me know what YOU thought! #HazyCoreCrew #HazyCoreFam #JoinTheHazyCore #ReelPineapple #MoviePodcast #FilmReview #Buddy #CasperKelly #HorrorMovies #SpookySeason #Halloween

Before there was Hamlet, there was Hamnet. Chloé Zhao, the Oscar-winning director of Nomadland, adapts Maggie O’Farrell’s acclaimed novel, which she co-wrote for the screen with O’Farrell herself. Jessie Buckley plays Agnes, a free-spirited healer, and Paul Mescal is a young, ambitious playwright named William Shakespeare. When tragedy strikes their family with the death of their young son, their bond is tested in ways that would eventually inspire one of the greatest plays ever written. With Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, and Jacobi Jupe in the cast, a score by Max Richter, and Steven Spielberg as an executive producer, this one swept the 2026 awards season. It earned eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, and Jessie Buckley won Best Actress. But does the film live up to the buzz, and does it earn every tear? I’m getting into Buckley and Mescal’s performances, Zhao’s filmmaking, and some surprises from the film. This is The Reel Pineapple. Let’s talk about it. 🍍 Now Streaming on Netflix | Runtime: 2hr 5min | Dir. Chloé Zhao | Focus Features | Premiered Telluride 2025 | 8 Oscar Nominations, 1 Win 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from your favorite podcaster’s favorite podcaster. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple 🎙️ Hazy Core Crew — this one’s for you. Drop your thoughts in the comments and let me know what YOU thought! #HazyCoreCrew #HazyCoreFam #JoinTheHazyCore #ReelPineapple #MoviePodcast #FilmReview #Hamnet #ChloeZhao #JessieBuckley #PaulMescal #Oscars

Gregg Araki, the director behind Mysterious Skin and Kaboom, is back with a colorful, kinky erotic comedy thriller that premiered at Sundance in January 2026, and the early buzz was loud. Cooper Hoffman plays Elliot, a young man who lands a job as the sexual muse of Olivia Wilde’s Erika Tracy. The two quickly discover they have very different expectations for the arrangement, and the fantasy turns into a mess of sex, power, lies, and murder. Written by Araki and Karley Sciortino, it has a stacked supporting cast: Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Daveed Diggs, Charli XCX, Johnny Knoxville, and Margaret Cho. The reviews have been warm, and I wanted to love it, and maybe I did.....maybe I didn't. This is The Reel Pineapple. Let’s talk about it. 🍍 In Theaters July 31, 2026 (Limited) | Rated R | Runtime: 1hr 30min | Dir. Gregg Araki | Magnolia Pictures | Premiered Sundance 2026 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from your favorite podcaster’s favorite podcaster. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple 🎙️ Hazy Core Crew — this one’s for you. Drop your thoughts in the comments and let me know what YOU thought! #HazyCoreCrew #HazyCoreFam #JoinTheHazyCore #ReelPineapple #MoviePodcast #FilmReview #IWantYourSex #GreggAraki #OliviaWilde #CooperHoffman #CharliXCX

Happy Halloween, Hazy Core Crew. You came here for something scary, and I’ve got it: the scariest thing this season might be how bad this movie is. After twenty years of insanity, Ali G is back, and nobody asked for it. Sacha Baron Cohen returns to his most iconic character for his feature directorial debut, and this time Julie is eight months pregnant, which means Ali G actually has to get off his batty and do something. So he heads to America to reclaim his former glory, with unsuspecting real people along for the ride as usual. Shot entirely in secret, in the same guerrilla, man-on-the-street prank format that made the original so gloriously uncomfortable, this is less a traditional film and more a chaos documentary. Does Sacha Baron Cohen still have the bite, or is this the real horror story of the year? I’ve got thoughts, and they are not small ones. And if you want something actually worth your Halloween watch time, go watch “Taboo,” the award-winning short film from the brilliant Jennifer Levinson. She always deserves the shoutout. 🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=kMz2bSNvgao This is The Reel Pineapple. Let’s talk about it. 🍍 In Theaters October 23, 2026 | Rated R | Dir. Sacha Baron Cohen | Amazon MGM Studios 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from your favorite podcaster’s favorite podcaster. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple 🎙️ Hazy Core Crew — this one’s for you. Drop your thoughts in the comments and let me know what YOU thought! #HazyCoreCrew #HazyCoreFam #JoinTheHazyCore #GiveJenniferAnA24 #ReelPineapple #MoviePodcast #FilmReview #Halloween #SpookySeason #AliG #SachaBaronCohen #AmazonMGM #Comedy #Taboo #JenniferLevinson

n an era where studios are racing to automate everything and cut every corner, LAIKA is still out here building entire worlds by hand, one painstaking frame at a time — and thank god for it. The studio behind Coraline, ParaNorman, and Kubo returns with its most ambitious film yet: a handcrafted stop-motion epic following headstrong teenager Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) as she launches a desperate rescue into the Impassable Wilderness, an enchanted and dangerous forest hidden just beyond Portland, after her baby brother is stolen by a murder of crows. Directed by Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) and written by ParaNorman’s Chris Butler, Wildwood brings a genuinely stacked voice cast — Mahershala Ali, Carey Mulligan, Angela Bassett, Awkwafina, Tom Waits, and more — to a surprisingly mature, PG-13 fantasy adventure full of talking animals, bandits, and power-hungry figures driven by grief and ambition. This is a movie that could have been churned out fast and soulless, and instead chose the hard, beautiful way. I’m getting into the craft, the darkness, the ambition, and whether this two-hour-plus odyssey earns every handmade frame. This is The Reel Pineapple. Let’s talk about it. 🍍 In Theaters October 23, 2026 | Rated PG-13 | Runtime: 2hr 19min | Dir. Travis Knight | LAIKA 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from your favorite podcaster’s favorite podcaster. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple 🎙️ Hazy Core Crew — this one’s for you. Drop your thoughts in the comments and let me know what YOU thought! #HazyCoreCrew #HazyCoreFam #JoinTheHazyCore #ReelPineapple #MoviePodcast #FilmReview #Wildwood #LAIKA #StopMotion #TravisKnight

Hollywood has been trying to crack Resident Evil on the big screen for over two decades — and mostly whiffing. So when Zach Cregger, fresh off the one-two punch of Barbarian and Weapons, signed on to reboot the whole thing, I paid attention. This is the eighth live-action Resident Evil film, but a total fresh start: no legacy characters, no rehashing the Milla Jovovich era — just a brand-new story set on the periphery of Raccoon City’s worst night, built to honor the dread and pacing of actually playing the games. Starring Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Zach Cherry, and Kali Reis, and drawing inspiration from RE2, RE3: Nemesis, RE4, and even Evil Dead 2, this thing already shattered franchise box office records. But does Cregger finally give us the Resident Evil movie the games always deserved — genuinely scary, genuinely faithful — or is it just the best of a cursed bunch? I’m getting into the scares, the Cregger of it all, and whether the video game movie curse is officially dead. This is The Reel Pineapple. Let’s talk about it. 🍍 In Theaters September 18, 2026 | Rated R | Dir. Zach Cregger | Sony Pictures 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from your favorite podcaster’s favorite podcaster. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple 🎙️ Hazy Core Crew — this one’s for you. Drop your thoughts in the comments and let me know what YOU thought! #HazyCoreCrew #HazyCoreFam #JoinTheHazyCore #ReelPineapple #MoviePodcast #FilmReview #ResidentEvil #ZachCregger #HorrorMovies #SpookySeason

Olivia Wilde is BACK in the director’s chair — and after the whole Don’t Worry Darling saga, this one’s a genuine redemption. In this A24 dark comedy, Joe (Seth Rogen) and Angela (Wilde) are a long-married couple stuck in a stale rut, so they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors — the magnetic Piña (Penélope Cruz) and Hawk (Edward Norton) — over for dinner. What begins as awkward small talk about cheese and wine spirals fast into something far more provocative, as the night’s unexpected propositions turn a quiet evening into a full-blown psychological pressure cooker. Have they reignited the spark, or lit the match that burns it all down? This is the kind of one-location, star-driven ensemble piece that lives or dies on its cast — and this cast absolutely delivers. I’m digging into the performances, Wilde’s genuine growth as a filmmaker, the deliciously uncomfortable tension, and why this thing earned a standing ovation at Sundance. So pull up a chair and pour a glass. You’re invited... but don’t say I didn’t warn you. This is The Reel Pineapple. Let’s talk about it. 🍍 Now Streaming on HBO Max | Rated R | Runtime: 1hr 47min | Dir. Olivia Wilde | A24 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from your favorite podcaster’s favorite podcaster. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple 🎙️ Hazy Core Crew — this one’s for you. Drop your thoughts in the comments and let me know what YOU thought! #HazyCoreCrew #HazyCoreFam #JoinTheHazyCore #ReelPineapple #MoviePodcast #FilmReview #TheInvite #OliviaWilde #A24 #SethRogen

You’re welcome... for yet another live-action Disney remake nobody asked for. Nine years after the animated classic charmed the world, Disney sends Moana beyond the reef again — this time with newcomer Catherine Laga’aia in the title role and Dwayne Johnson back as Maui, under the direction of Hamilton’s Thomas Kail. The songs are here, the ocean’s here, the nostalgia’s here... but the question is whether any of it needed to be. So is this a soulful reimagining that justifies its existence, or just Disney running the same play for the same reasons they always do? I’m getting into the performances, the CGI, the “why does this exist” of it all, and whether the magic survives the translation — or got lost somewhere out past the reef. Spoiler: I’ve got OPINIONS. This is The Reel Pineapple. Let’s talk about it. 🍍 In Theaters July 10, 2026 | Rated PG | Runtime: 2hr | Dir. Thomas Kail | Walt Disney Pictures 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from your favorite podcaster’s favorite podcaster. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple 🎙️ Hazy Core Crew — this one’s for you. Drop your thoughts in the comments and let me know what YOU thought! #HazyCoreCrew #HazyCoreFam #JoinTheHazyCore #ReelPineapple #MoviePodcast #FilmReview #Moana #MoanaLiveAction #DwayneJohnson #Disney

John Turturro is doing career-best work, and we need to talk about it. In “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,” Turturro plays Harry Lehman — an aging pickpocket whose craft is quietly going extinct in a city that’s left him behind. Cash-stuffed wallets have given way to easily-canceled credit cards, and Harry’s barely scraping by while caring for his disabled wife, Rosie. Then he lifts the wrong mark, fences a USB stick he never should’ve touched, and suddenly he’s racing to return it before a vengeful crime family catches up to him. Written and directed by Noah Segan and stacked with a murderers’ row of talent — Giancarlo Esposito, Tatiana Maslany, and Steve Buscemi all bringing that weary, soulful New York texture — this is a jazzy, minor-key crime drama about the struggle to stay afloat in a world that won’t stop changing the rules. It’s a love letter to a vanishing New York and a showcase for one of our greats. We’re getting into all of it today. This is The Reel Pineapple. Let’s talk about it. 🍍 In Theaters October 23, 2026 (Limited) | Rated R | Runtime: 1hr 28min | Dir. Noah Segan | Sony Pictures Classics 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from your favorite podcaster’s favorite podcaster. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple 🎙️ Hazy Core Crew — this one’s for you. Drop your thoughts in the comments and let me know what YOU thought! #HazyCoreCrew #HazyCoreFam #JoinTheHazyCore #ReelPineapple #MoviePodcast #FilmReview #TheOnlyLivingPickpocketInNewYork #JohnTurturro #NoahSegan #IndieFilm

Joshua Hunter continues the Reel Spooky Series with Dream Scenario, the surreal A24 horror-comedy starring Nicolas Cage as an unremarkable professor who suddenly starts appearing, inexplicably and passively, in millions of strangers' dreams — turning him into an overnight viral phenomenon he never asked to become, before things get very dark very quickly. Joshua digs into Cage's deeply weird and oddly tragic performance, breaks down the film's sharp commentary on fame, cancel culture, and the internet's obsession with the surreal, and decides where this is one of Cage's most underrated roles in years — or a premise that never quite figures out what it wants to be. 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from someone who actually loves this stuff. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple ⭐ Love the show? Subscribe and drop five stars wherever you listen — it genuinely helps more movie nerds find us. Rate, Like, Share, & Subscribe! Follow me on all of our socials! linktr.ee/jhunterreelpineapple

Joshua Hunter reviews Abigail, the vampire horror-comedy from Radio Silence (the duo behind Ready or Not and the recent Scream films that don't suck), starring Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, & Alisha Weir as the titular 12-year-old ballerina. A group of low-level criminals kidnap Abigail for what seems like a simple $50 million ransom job — until they realize their target's wealthy father is more than meets the eye. Joshua breaks down how this movie balances gory chaos with genuine dark comedy, spotlights Weir's unsettling breakout performance, and gives his honest verdict on whether this one earns its spot as one of 2024's more underrated gems. 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from someone who actually loves this stuff. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple ⭐ Love the show? Subscribe and drop five stars wherever you listen — it genuinely helps more movie nerds find us. Rate, Like, Share, & Subscribe! Follow me on all of our socials! linktr.ee/jhunterreelpineapple

She’s back, and the show is better for it. The brilliant, beautiful, disturbingly talented Jennifer Levinson — writer, director, actress, and reigning champion of dismantling reply-guys everywhere — returns to The Reel Pineapple for round THREE to help me dig into “You Can See Everything,” the unsettling new film from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. This is a film that watches, lingers, and absolutely refuses to look away — so naturally we had to bring in one of the sharpest voices in independent film to break it down with me. We get into the craft, the discomfort, the choices that linger long after the credits, and everything in between. We’re also celebrating the one-year anniversary of Jen’s award-winning short film “Taboo” — so if you haven’t seen it yet, fix that immediately (link below). Trust me: she’s someone you want on your radar now, before the rest of the world catches up. This is The Reel Pineapple. Let’s talk about it. 🍍 🎥 Watch “Taboo” here: youtube.com/watch?v=kMz2bSNvgao 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from your favorite podcaster’s favorite podcaster. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple 🎙️ Hazy Core Crew — this one’s for you. Drop your thoughts in the comments and let me know what YOU thought! #HazyCoreCrew #HazyCoreFam #JoinTheHazyCore #GiveJenniferAnA24 #YouCanSeeEverything #JenniferLevinson #NathanFielder #LanceOppenheim #Taboo #FilmReview #MoviePodcast #IndieFilm #ReelPineapple

The Reel Spooky Series continues with Love Lies Bleeding, Rose Glass's electric follow-up to her acclaimed horror debut Saint Maud. Kristen Stewart stars as Lou, a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie (Katy O'Brian), an ambitious bodybuilder passing through town on her way to Vegas — but their intense, immediate connection sends them both spiraling straight into the violent web of Lou's criminal father (Ed Harris). Billed as a romantic thriller, this one earns a spot in Reel Spooky Season for a reason: body horror, grotesque transformation imagery, and a surreal, fever-dream back half that trades romance for something genuinely unsettling and potentially brilliant. Joshua breaks down how Glass carries her horror instincts from Saint Maud straight into this film's DNA, digs into Stewart and O'Brian's electric chemistry, and debates whether the film's wild tonal swings and bonkers ending pays off. 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from someone who actually loves this stuff. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple ⭐ Love the show? Subscribe and drop five stars wherever you listen — it genuinely helps more movie nerds find us. Rate, Like, Share, & Subscribe! Follow me on all of our socials! linktr.ee/jhunterreelpineapple

Joshua Hunter continues the Reel Spooky Series with What We Do in the Shadows Season 2, picking back up with the Staten Island vampire roommates as the consequences of killing the Baron finally catch up with them. Nandor goes fully undercover as a completely normal, totally human bartender named Jackie Daytona — ten-gallon hat, toothpick, and all — while Laszlo hides out from Baron-related fallout, Nadja wrestles with a nest of unruly baby vampires, and Colin Robinson's deeply unsettling energy vampire origin story finally comes to light. Joshua breaks down how the show somehow raises the stakes(tee-hee) & the stupidity in equal measure, digs into standout episodes and performances from the ensemble, and discusses if this sophomore effort is better than its freshman season. 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from someone who actually loves this stuff. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple ⭐ Love the show? Subscribe and drop five stars wherever you listen — it genuinely helps more movie nerds find us. Rate, Like, Share, & Subscribe! Follow me on all of our socials! linktr.ee/jhunterreelpineapple

🩸🧛🏿🎃 What We Do in the Shadows — Centuries Old, Still This Dumb Joshua Hunter continues the Reel Spooky Series with What We Do in the Shadows Season 1, the FX mockumentary series based on the Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi film, following a group of ancient vampire roommates — Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), and energy vampire Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) — navigating modern-day Staten Island while their human familiar Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) handles their increasingly chaotic needs. Centuries of immortal wisdom, and somehow they're still this dumb. Joshua breaks down how the show translates the film's deadpan mockumentary horror-comedy into a full series without losing its bite, digs into the ensemble cast's brilliant comedic timing, & gives his honest verdict on whether this season earns its reputation as one of the funniest shows on TV. 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from someone who actually loves this stuff. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple ⭐ Love the show? Subscribe and drop five stars wherever you listen — it genuinely helps more movie nerds find us. Rate, Like, Share, & Subscribe! Follow me on all of our socials! linktr.ee/jhunterreelpineapple

Joshua Hunter continues the Reel Spooky Series with Blade II, Guillermo del Toro's genre-bending sequel starring Wesley Snipes as the half-vampire "Daywalker" Blade. This time, Blade's lifelong war against vampires takes an unthinkable turn — forced into an uneasy alliance with the very vampires he's spent his life hunting to take down a far deadlier threat: the Reapers, a mutated strain of vampire so monstrous even regular vampires are terrified of them. Taking over directing duties, Guillermo del Toro brings his signature creature-horror sensibility to the franchise in a way that's unmistakably his own — practical effects, body horror, & grotesque, insect-like Reaper designs that trade the first film's sleek action-horror for something far more visceral and nightmarish. Jaws that unhinge like something out of a nature documentary gone wrong, flesh that tears and reforms, and a color palette soaked in greens and blacks that feels ripped straight from Guillermo del Toro's gothic sensibilities — this is a filmmaker who clearly understands monsters, and it shows in every frame. Joshua breaks down how Guillermo del Toro elevates both the horror and the action of the franchise, digs into whether this sequel actually improves on the original, and if in 2026 this is still one of the best comic book sequels — and horror-action hybrids — ever made. 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from someone who actually loves this stuff. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple ⭐ Love the show? Subscribe and drop five stars wherever you listen — it genuinely helps more movie nerds find us. Rate, Like, Share, & Subscribe! Follow me on all of our socials! linktr.ee/jhunterreelpineapple

Joshua Hunter continues the Reel Spooky Series with Blade, the 1998 action-horror classic starring Wesley Snipes as the half-vampire, half-human "Daywalker" who's spent his life hunting the undead after his mother was attacked while pregnant with him. Alongside his mentor Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), Blade goes to war against Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), a rogue vampire plotting to unleash an ancient blood god and wipe out humanity for good. Joshua breaks down why this one is widely credited with laying the groundwork for the modern superhero movie boom years before the MCU existed, digs into Snipes' iconic, leather-clad performance, and discusses whether this genre-blending mix of vampire mythology, martial arts, and gothic style holds up as the blueprint it's often called. 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from someone who actually loves this stuff. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple ⭐ Love the show? Subscribe and drop five stars wherever you listen — it genuinely helps more movie nerds find us. Rate, Like, Share, & Subscribe! Follow me on all of our socials! linktr.ee/jhunterreelpineapple

Joshua Hunter continues the Reel Spooky Series with Challengers, Luca Guadagnino's tennis drama starring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist — and arguably one of the most genuinely horrifying depictions of a relationship put to screen this decade. Underneath the sweat and the slow-motion volleys is a years-long psychological chokehold, three people locked in a love triangle built on manipulation, obsession, and emotional warfare disguised as romance. No haunted houses, no masked killers — just three people trapped in a decade-long game where nobody ever really wins. It turns out the scariest monster this Halloween season might just be a situationship that refuses to die. 🎃🎾 Joshua breaks down why watching these characters circle each other is more unsettling than most actual horror movies, digs into the film's tension-soaked editing and brilliant score, and makes the case for why Challengers absolutely belongs in Reel Spooky Season; and why it deserves more...........love.......you get it? 😂 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from someone who actually loves this stuff. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple ⭐ Love the show? Subscribe and drop five stars wherever you listen — it genuinely helps more movie nerds find us. Rate, Like, Share, & Subscribe! Follow me on all of our socials! linktr.ee/jhunterreelpineapple

The Reel Spooky Series continues with Boy Kills World, the ultra-violent, genre-bending revenge thriller starring Bill Skarsgård as "Boy," a man left deaf and mute after watching his family slaughtered by Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen), the deranged matriarch ruling a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty. Trained from childhood by a mysterious shaman and driven by an inner voice borrowed from his favorite video game, Boy sets out on a bloody campaign of vengeance against the dynasty responsible. Joshua breaks down whether this chaotic mix of martial arts mayhem, dark comedy, and dystopian world-building earns its John Wick-style comparisons, digs into Skarsgård's committed performance, and asks if this is an underrated genre gem. 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from someone who actually loves this stuff. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple ⭐ Love the show? Subscribe and drop five stars wherever you listen — it genuinely helps more movie nerds find us. Rate, Like, Share, & Subscribe! Follow me on all of our socials! linktr.ee/jhunterreelpineapple

The Reel Spooky Series continues with Mother's Instinct, the 1960s-set psychological thriller starring Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain as Celine and Alice, two best friends and next-door neighbors whose idyllic suburban lives are shattered by a tragic accident. What should bring the two women closer in grief instead drives a wedge between them, as quiet suspicion creeps into their decades-long friendship — was it really just an accident, or is something far darker happening right next door? Joshua breaks down whether this Hitchcock-style remake of the 2018 Belgian original earns its slow-burn tension, digs into Hathaway and Chastain's icy, dueling performances, and discusses the last third which.............makes some interesting choices. 🍍 The Reel Pineapple is your one-stop shop for honest movie reviews, trailer breakdowns, and unfiltered film talk — no hype, no gatekeeping, just reel takes from someone who actually loves this stuff. 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/thereelpineapple 🦋 Follow on BlueSky: reelpineapple.bsky.social 🎥 Follow on TikTok & Instagram: @jhunterreelpineapple 🎬 Follow on Letterboxd: BlackShazam 🎮 Catch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/thereelpineapple ⭐ Love the show? Subscribe and drop five stars wherever you listen — it genuinely helps more movie nerds find us. Rate, Like, Share, & Subscribe! Follow me on all of our socials! linktr.ee/jhunterreelpineapple