Reel High with Zack Hightower

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What’s happening in this movie? Who are these people? Did the weed help? We answer some of these questions and more as Reel High returns to fill the “white boy explains movies in dumb ways” hole in your heart. My guest this week is Emily Grise and we work our way through the plot of this convoluted mess of a film. Listen today! 

Grab a face mask, Lysol the remote control, and join us as we talk about Richie Rich! We discuss climbing your own face, cartoon violence, and the career of Macaulay Culkin in this super-sized, quarantine edition of Reel High! Listen today!

Brand: Habit

Strain: Strawberry Tinctures

Music: Kevin Kross

Hey guys! Grab your sneakers, throw on your Tune Squad jersey, and face off against the Monsters as we cover Space Jam! My guest this week is Mack Robinson. We chugged Michael's Secret Stuff and smoked an entire bowl in preparation for this film. It did not disappoint! Listen today!

Brand: Lowell Farms

Strain: The Creative Sativa

Music: Kevin Kross

It's a brand spankin' new episode of Reel High with Zack Hightower! My guest this week is weed. My human guest is Joel Gelman. We dive into gator water only to come up for sweet weed air. We smoked Sunday Goods branded Mimosa. It's in the Sativa Dominant variety pack "Delight" and it was... well, delightful. It complimented this Florida monster movie so well. So what are you waiting for? Lose your cell phone, unload a full clip into a gator's mouth, and steal an ATM with us as we watch Crawl!

Brand: Sunday Goods

Strain: Mimosa

Music: Kevin Kross

I'm back for season two! I didn't intend to have a two month break but here I am, energized and high as balls. For the season premier we reviewed CATS, the techno-nightmare that according to box office returns, you've not seen. My guest is Lizzie Lockard and we dive into this scary world weed first. Listen today!

Brand: Jetty Extracts

Strain: Alien OG

Music: Kevin Kross

It's the season finale of Reel High with Zack Hightower! Mack Robinson joins me again as we tackle the Jim Carrey "classic" How The Grinch Stole Christmas. How the hell does this take place on a snowflake? Did we need to see his undercarriage? Is Jim Carrey annoying when high? Listen as we answer these questions and slowly lead to a cliffhanger you'll never forget! 

Brand: Lowell Smokes

Strain: The Party Sativa

Music: Kevin Kross

Welcome to the third week of Cannabis Christmas! Lauren joins me as we watch A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby. It's a great title for a very different movie. Will they solve the mystery of who stole the peace treaty? Will their child be cursed? Wait, they're going to have the baby at some point, right? Thats what this movie's about? Listen today! 

Brand: Jetty Extracts

Strain: Alien OG

Method: Pax Era

Streaming Platform: Netflix

Music: Kevin Kross

Welcome to the third week of Cannabis Christmas! Why is Santa so sad in this movie? How smart is Ernest? Is this really a Christmas movie? Join me as I answer these questions and more with my new guest Emily Grise! Listen today! 

Dispensary: Ascent Mammoth 

Brand: Bloom Farms

Strain: Blackjack 

Music: Kevin Kross

Lizzie is back on this week's episode as we discuss the Christmas classic Jingle All The Way! Why can't I remember Jim Belushi's name (probably because it's Jim Belushi)? Are they actually going to talk about the movie at some point? Why do I know so much about Arnold? Listen today!

Brand: Jetty Extracts

Strain: Maui Wowie

Dispensary: Ascent Cannabis Dispensary

Music: Kevin Kross

It's the final week of Nic Cage November! Join Lauren and I as we do a deep dive into The Sorcerer's Apprentice. It's a magical adventure starring Nic Cage as an immortal sorcerer. What more do you want? Download and listen today! 

Method: Tinctures

Brand: Habit 

Flavor: Strawberry

Welcome to the second week of Nic Cage November! His movies are normally crazy but this one takes the stake. I’m joined by longtime friends Trevor and Deanna Finchamp as we try to figure out how much coke Cage has to do to deliver such a “brave” performance. Download, subscribe, and listen to this week’s new episode of Reel High with Zack Hightower!

Brand: Lowell Farms

Strain: The Creative Sativa

Music: Kevin Kross

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Welcome to the first week of Nic Cage November!

Join me as I review the most metal movie that's ever been forged. Mack Robinson and I got higher than Cage's mid-movie trip and rode this psychotic wave to the finish. Listen as we review the first genuinely great movie my podcast has ever done! 

Do you have a favorite holiday movie you'd like me to review? Send me your recommendations and I might do it next month for December! Email at reelhighpodcast@gmail.com or DM me on IG!

Brand: Sunday Goods

Strain: Lucky Charms

Music: Kevin Kross

Did Alpha 5 and a Dalek have a baby? How much 80's racism is in this movie? How many different ways can you break a window? Some of these questions are answered and more when Lizzie and I take on Chopping Mall for this week's episode of Reel High with Zack Hightower! Chopping Mall is available to watch on Amazon Prime so you should go there and check it out. It's great!

Brand: Select 

Strain: Durban Poison

Music: Kevin Kross

This week I dove back into the unpleasant stench of Fifty Shades Darker with my lovely fiancé Lauren Reed! We answer such questions like, how do you ruin a comforter? Are we positive Christian Grey isn't a serial killer? Will Anastasia Steele wake up in a hotel bathtub without kidneys? All of this and more on this week's episode of Reel High with Zack Hightower!

Strain: Strawberry Cough

Music: Kevin Kross

Why pretend to be 17 if you're an ageless vampire? Why wouldn't you pretend to be 21 and not have to attend high school all the time? Why not attend college and have way more fun? This week I cover Twilight with special guest Lizzie Lockard! We dive deep into the wilderness of Washington to bring you a high review of a movie no one asked for. Listen today!

Brand: Jetty Extracts

Strain: Sage N' Sour

Music: Kevin Kross

This is the extended edition of episode 14! I had so much extra content that I decided to experiment and release the full recording. Enjoy!

The Meg is one of those films that isn't quite good or bad, just somewhere in the middle. Did getting high make that distinction a little easier? Listen to find out as I bring comedian/radio personality/longtime friend Kyle Fields in to help me see through this murky water. Was it better high? How many sharks are there specifically? How the hell is this movie boring? We answer some of these questions and more on this week's new episode of Reel High with Zack Hightower!

Brand: Jetty Extracts

Strain: Gelato

Music: Kevin Kross

The Meg is one of those films that isn't quite good or bad, just somewhere in the middle. Did getting high make that distinction a little easier? Listen to find out as I bring comedian/radio personality/longtime friend Kyle Fields in to help me see through this murky water. Was it better high? How many sharks are there specifically? How the hell is this movie boring? We answer some of these questions and more on this week's new episode of Reel High with Zack Hightower!

Brand: Jetty Extracts

Strain: Gelato

Music: Kevin Kross

It's spooky season here at Reel High as I tackle the 1992 "classic" Bram Stoker's Dracula! Is Renfield in the running for a Razzie? How high can Keanu's voice go? What in the hell is up with all of these editing techniques? Is it better high? Is anyone still reading at this point? Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near? Listen to the new episode today! 

Brand: Lowell Farms

Strain: The Wake Up Sativa

Music: Kevin Kross

On this week's new episode we cover the movie America didn't asked for, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides! Was it better high? To find out I enlisted two friends from the Wine You Wish Upon A Star podcast, Joe and Brenna Payo! We talk Dame Judi Dench, the mathematical equation for falling, and whether or not Captain Jack Sparrow is annoying (he is). Listen to the new episode today!

Brand: Jetty Extracts

Strain: Tangie

Method: Pax Era

Wine: Cupcake Red Velvet

Music: Kevin Kross