In this episode of Movie Nerds, Kyle and Russel chat about time loop movies and their value as a niche genre.

Using 1968's 2011's Source Code and 2017's Happy Death Day as conversation starters, the hosts share their history with these films, what we like and dislike about time loop movies, how it impacts storytelling, and so much more.

And of course, we wrap it all up with our Starter Kit Question - if you've never seen a time loop movie, what would you recomend to start with?

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In this episode of Movie Nerds, Kyle and Russel discuss movies where the city location is treated like its own character.

Using regular listed attendees 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey and 1941's Citizen Kane as conversation starters, the hosts share their history with these films, what lists we like, why lists are good or bad, and so much more.

And of course, we wrap it all up with our Starter Kit Question - if there was one list to follow, what do we recommend?

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In this episode of Movie Nerds, Kyle and Russel discuss movies where the city location is treated like its own character.

Using 1985's After Hours (New York) and To Live and Die in L.A. (Los Angeles) and 2002's City of God (Rio De Janeiro) as conversation starters, they share their history with these films, what we liked and hated, the characteristics of the locations, what a city character adds to a story, the movies that best use cities as characters and more.

And of course, we wrap it all up with our Starter Kit Question - what city as a character movie we'd recommend you watch if you've never seen one before.

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In this episode of Movie Nerds, Kyle and Russel discuss movies where sports underdogs get the spotlight.

Using 1976's Bad News Bears and 1979's Breaking Away as conversation starters, they share their history with these underdog stories, what we liked and hated, what makes a great underdog movie , how these films have changed over the years, our top 3 favourites and movies that fail at the attempt.

And of course, we wrap it all up with our Starter Kit Question - what underdog movie we'd recommend you watch if you've never seen one before.

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In this episode of Movie Nerds, Kyle and Russel discuss musical movies and how they've changed over the years.

Using 1952's Singing in the Rain and 2017's The Greatest Showman as conversation starters, they share their history with these musicals, what makes a musical, how they're different than musical bio pics, the differnce between stag shows adapted to film vs original musicals, and our top 3 favourites.

And of course, we wrap it all up with suggestions of musical movies we'd recommend you watch if you've never seen one before.

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In this episode of Movie Nerds, Kyle and Russel discuss movies we love to rewatch and what makes movie that way.

Using 1998's The Big Lebowski and 2010's Scott Pilgrim vs The WOrld as conversation starters, they share their history with these rewatchable films, the types of movies that demand rewatchability, what qualities do movies like these have that make you want to watch them again (or not), our emotional need for comfort food movies, how style can inspire us, and our top 3 favourites.

And of course, we wrap it all up with suggestions of movies we'd recommend you watch again, even if you've already seen them.

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In this episode of Movie Nerds, Kyle and Russel discuss controversial films - what makes them so and how they change over time.

Using 1979's Life of Brian and 1971's Clockwork Orange as conversation starters, they share their history with these controversial films, what makes the so, if they earned their controversial title, how the idea of "controversial" has changed and more.

And of course, we wrap it all up with suggestions of controversial films that we would recommend people to a 2nd look on.

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In this episode of Movie Nerds, Kyle and Russel discuss the work of film legend Gene Hackman.

Using 1975's Night Moves and 1992's Unforgiven as conversation starters, they share their history with watching Gene Hackman movies, what makes him standout and defines him as an actor, how his career changed over time, and some of our favs (and not so favs) of his films.

And of course, we wrap it all up with suggestions for films we'd recommend if someone had never seen a Gene Hackman movie before.

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