A Reel Pain

Can Gen Z and Millennials Agree Y2K Is a Future Cult Classic?

Matthew’s pick sends A Reel Pain back to 1999 with Y2K (2024), where the computers turn deadly and Fred Durst might be humanity’s best hope. Matthew thinks this horror co

Street Fighter - Will Gen Z Give This Movie the Hadouken?

John heads back to 1994 for his Millennial pick with Street Fighter, the video game adaptation starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile and Raul Julia as M. Bison. John re

Can Gen Z Convince a Millennial That Fantastic Mr. Fox Is Perfect?

Matthew thinks Fantastic Mr. Fox is nearly flawless. John likes it—but getting this Millennial to call it a masterpiece might take more than great animation and a bottle

Little Giants — The Ultimate ’90s Kids Movie? | Millennial vs Gen Z

John takes Matthew back to 1994 with Little Giants, the Rick Moranis and Ed O’Neill football comedy packed with underdogs, ridiculous trash talk, go-karts, fart jokes, an

Bridge to Terabithia — Traumatizing a Generation | Millennial vs Gen Z

Matthew remembers childhood heartbreak. John had no idea what he was walking into. This week on A Reel Pain, we revisit Bridge to Terabithia (2007) as a Millennial watche

Resident Evil - Can Nostalgia Save This One? | Millennial vs Gen Z

John remembered 2002’s Resident Evil as a ridiculously cool mix of zombies, action, hard rock, and one unforgettable roundhouse kick to a zombie dog. Matthew came in with

The Game Plan — Is The Rock’s Disney Movie Actually Good? | Millennial vs Gen Z

Matthew grew up with The Game Plan. John grew up knowing Dwayne Johnson as THE ROCK. Somehow, those two realities collide this week on A Reel Pain. For Matthew, the 2007

Speed — A Movie That Unites Generations? | Millennial vs Gen Z

A bus. A bomb. And one very important rule: don’t drop below 50 mph. This week on A Reel Pain, it’s John’s Millennial pick as he introduces Matthew to the 1994 action cl

Diary of a Wimpy Kid — Is This Gen Z Childhood Classic Actually Funny? | Millennial vs Gen Z

It’s time for one of Gen Z’s sacred childhood movies. Matthew makes John watch Diary of a Wimpy Kid for the first time, a movie Matthew remembers being so convincing as a

School of Rock — Is This Jack Black’s Best Movie? | Millennial vs Gen Z

Some movies survive purely on nostalgia. School of Rock might actually be better than we remembered. This week on A Reel Pain, John introduces Matthew to the 2003 Jack B

TMNT (2007) — Is This the Most Underrated Ninja Turtles Movie? | Millennial vs Gen Z

Matthew brings one of his ultimate childhood movies to the podcast: TMNT, the edgy 2007 animated adventure filled with mutant monsters, Linkin Park energy and enough earl

Fight Club — Does This Cult Classic Still Live Up to the Hype? | Millennial vs Gen Z

The first rule of A Reel Pain is apparently to immediately talk about Fight Club. This week, John revisits David Fincher’s 1999 cult classic while Matthew watches it with

Bodies Bodies Bodies — Is This Gen Z Slasher Actually Good? | Millennial vs Gen Z

What happens when a group of terminally online Gen Z friends lose power, lose cell service, and immediately begin accusing each other of murder? This week on A Reel Pain,

Kindergarten Cop — Is This Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Funniest Movie? | Millennial vs Gen Z

Arnold Schwarzenegger has battled Terminators, Predators, and heavily armed criminals—but none of them compare to a classroom full of kindergarteners. This week, John int

The Spiderwick Chronicles — Does This Creepy Fantasy Still Hold Up? | Millennial vs Gen Z

This week on A Reel Pain, Matthew brings John into the hidden world of The Spiderwick Chronicles, the 2008 fantasy adventure movie starring Freddie Highmore that made a w

Independence Day — Is This Still the Ultimate Patriotic Blockbuster? | Millennial vs Gen Z

Happy 4th of July from A Reel Pain, where John brings Matthew into the wonderfully over-the-top world of Independence Day. This week, the crew breaks down the 1996 alien

Backrooms — Is Gen Z Horror Actually Scary? | Millennial vs Gen Z

Matthew’s Gen Z pick takes A Reel Pain straight into the unsettling world of Backrooms, and John may never look at an empty mall hallway the same way again. Fresh from th

Tango & Cash — Is This the Ultimate 80s Buddy Cop Movie? | Millennial vs Gen Z

This week on A Reel Pain, John brings one of his millennial-era comfort movies to the table: Tango & Cash. Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell team up as two “best cops i

The Maze Runner — Is This Gen Z Dystopian Still Good? | Millennial vs Gen Z

Matthew is bringing John into the Glade with his pick, The Maze Runner — the 2014 dystopian thriller that hit at the perfect time for middle school Gen Z kids, but appare

Masters of the Universe — Did He-Man Deserve Better? | Millennial vs Gen Z

John brings his millennial pick to the table with Masters of the Universe from 1987, the live-action He-Man movie starring Dolph Lundgren, Courteney Cox, Skeletor, Castle