About this episode

Nick welcomes Nell Minow to discuss film festivals and reviews new movies, while Esmeralda Leon joins to talk about reboots and the X-Files.

Nick welcomes The Movie Mom herself, Nell Minow, back to the podcast to talk about the latest happenings in Washington, D.C., her recent appearance on CNBC, and the film festivals she’ll be attending. They also review several new movies, including Pressure, The Sheep Detectives, Power Ballad, and more. Later, Esmeralda Leon joins Nick to talk about their weekend plans before diving into the world of reboots. They discuss the new Mortal Kombat, revisit the wildly ambitious and completely unpredictable 2017 revival of Twin Peaks, and Esma breaks down one of the strangest entries in the X-Files reboot, featuring Mulder and Scully investigating the bizarre case of The Were-Monster. [Ep 459]

People in this episode

Host: Nick Digilio

Guests: Nell Minow, Esmeralda Leon

Topics covered

• movie reviews
• film festivals
• reboots
• Twin Peaks
• X-Files
• Mortal Kombat

Keywords

• Nell Minow
• film festivals
• movie reviews
• Mortal Kombat
• Twin Peaks
• The X-Files
• The Were-Monster

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington, D.C., CNBC

Books & works: Pressure, The Sheep Detectives, Power Ballad, Mortal Kombat, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, The Were-Monster

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