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Welcome to the Desert of the Reel, a movie podcast where host Ryan Hudson forces co-host Jason Dietz to watch the big blockbuster movies he’s refused to watch because he didn’t think they were worth his time. As two passionate high school English/film/philosophy/creativity teachers with graduate degrees, we're dedicated to using our academic training to argue about and dig deeply into movies. We explore the creativity and philosophy in our films and push our listeners to think critically about their entertainment.
Desert of the Reel hosts The Desert of the Reel: A Movie Podcast, a tv show with 134 episodes published.
This week, Ryan and Jason go all the way back to Jason's childhood with 1982's Tron ! This is one of the rare episodes where Jason reminisces about his childhood experiences with movies. While (a little) dated, they argu
This week, we endured Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025). There's not much great happening in the film, so we didn't spend a ton of time talking about what was great. We spent a little more time talking about what wasn't gre
Jurassic World Dominion (2022) might actually be the worst movie we have watched for this podcast. We actually get a little depressed talking about the future of blockbuster movies. After six movies, the dinosaurs aren't
Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom (2018) made over $1 BILLION! !! In this episode, Ryan and Jason try to figure out how a film so ludicrous and disjointed became one of the 63 films in the history of the world to make o
In this episode of Desert of the Reel, Ryan and Jason return to Isla Nublar to visit Jurassic World. Why would anyone open another dinosaur park after the disaster of Jurassic Park? Jason can't understand that, but Ryan
On its surface, Hundreds of Beavers (2022) is very much an outlier choice for a Jason's Choice film, but as we dig a little deeper, we uncover a film that is deeply about creativity, the creative process, and who we are
Jurassic Park III (2001) has Alan Grant going back to the dinos. This week on The Desert of the Reel, Ryan and Jason revisit the often-overlooked third installment in the Jurassic Park franchise and ask a simple question
In this episode of The Desert of the Reel: A Movie Podcast, hosts Ryan Hudson and Jason Dietz critically analyze Steven Spielberg’s 1997 film, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. The duo utilizes their academic training to ex
Welcome to Jurassic Park! 1993's Jurassic Park is a pivotal movie in regard to blockbusters, special effects, and dinosaurs. There is so much to love (unless you are like Jason, who has issues with the tree scene). Almos
This week, Jason chose Locke (2013) for our viewing pleasure, and what an excellent choice it was. If only Jason got to choose all the movies, then we wouldn't have to watch things like Spectre or Ironman. I digress. Our
In our last episdo of Batman movies, we are showing Jason The Batman (2022). He probably would not have watched it without the podcast. He claims it is a good movie that would have been a lot better if it wasn't a Batman
We both agree that The Dark Knight Rises (2012) isn't as good as The Dark Knight (2008), but then again, there aren't many movies that are. But, that doesn't mean that this movie is terrible, by any means. The duo discus
The Dark Knight (2008) is the follow-up that still fights for the title of "best sequel of all time." We break a lot of our usual setup to just make room for going over all the things that make this movie so amazing. In
Batman Begins marks a return to superheroes for DOTR (or does it… is Batman actually a superhero?). We get into it and email us your thoughts at desertofthereelpod@gmail.com This episode features a trip down memory lane
This week on Desert of the Reel, we explore Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) through a philosophical and film-theory lens, asking what it truly means to transcend oneself. Jason wanted an "in-between movie" from Jam
We're following up one of our shortest episodes in a long time with one of our longest. While we didn't agree on everything, there's certainly some fireworks about the most recent entry in the James Bond film series No T
Desert of the Reel is a movie podcast where we attempt to look at big blockbuster franchises and attempt to analyze them with philosophy and ethics. However, James Bond's Spectre from 2015 really put us in a stupor. Out
Skyfall (2012) is the second in the Daniel Craig James Bond film series that Jason actually likes! Is this the perfect Bond movie? In this episode, we discuss what makes Skyfall a truly good film: the nostalgia, Javier B
In this episode we dive into Quantum of Solace, the direct sequel to Casino Royale, and one of the most emotionally raw films in the James Bond franchise. Jason has some hot takes, namely, he likes the theme song and...
Reel, Desert of the Reel. We are diving fist-first into the Daniel Craig James Bond movies. Jason famously hates action movies and especially hates James Bond movies! But maybe there is something deep and philosophical h
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