Friends aren’t friends unless they fight about movies! On our inaugural episode, Miriam watches the movie that coined the term “blockbuster”, Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece Jaws. We get into how Amity Island is just Stars Hollow. Our love for Richard Dreyfuss and estuaries. And Spielberg’s unique way to combat PTSD. Grab your popcorn and your anti-depressants cuz it’s about to get mildly entertaining!
Let’s party like it’s 1999! Kate gets red pilled and watches The Matrix for the first time. We give a 27-year-old movie some notes. The Chosen One narrative is a bit much. Laurence Fishburne needs new sunglasses. And “Bullet time” should be called “Windmill Time”. Join us as we use our eyes for the first time. (Disclaimer: Podcasts are not a visual medium)
Clutch your pearls! This week is a truly horrific crime against cinema because Leslye finally watches The Shawshank Redemption. We ask the tough questions: What’s up with trees and rain? Why aren’t there actors in movies anymore? Why does Leslye keep taking shots at Succession? It’s our third episode and it’s only thirty minutes! So get busy listening or get busy doing something else.
Let’s go back to Pandora! Miriam watches the “depressing” movie “no one saw”: James Cameron’s Avatar. She survives with flying colors while Kate and Leslye barely make it through their rewatches. We marvel at the effort put into special effects and lack of effort put into everything else. Sit back, relax and listen to the tale of brutal colonialism bathed in luminous dorm room Black light.
Shots fired! Kate teeters on the brink of cancellation as her distaste for Jane Austen completely unravels Miriam’s sanity. Her complaints run the gamut from taking umbrage with the time period to just not liking it (no explanation needed). Leslye tries to maintain neutrality but how successful is she? Only you can decide, dear listener.
Wax on! Wax off! Expectations are upended when Leslye loves The Karate Kid, a movie she actively avoided for 40 years. We celebrate Pat Morita and his Oscar-nominated performance. We celebrate how parents neglected their children in the 80s. We celebrate the shocking level of violence directly caused by Elisabeth Shue. You’re welcome. And you can repay us by gifting us a car and/or a “Makin’ Bacon” shirt.
Welcome to Hell-A! We’re kicking off Nic Cage Month with a three-layer Nic Cage cake. Miriam gushes over the genius of John Woo’s “meticulously absurd” filmmaking and the word “unhinged” gets thrown around no fewer than 11 times. So sit back, relax, and allow us to embrace you with our “menace hands.”
We went there! Kate watches Nicolas Cage’s weirdest movie: The Family Man. She labels it an innocuously bland magic realism rom-com. Miriam and Leslye dig their heels in and passionately defend it. Kate reiterates that she liked it but didn’t love it. But they double-down. For no reason. Will we survive? Probably but your should listen anyway.
Snap out of it! All good things must come to an end. We wrap up our Nicolas Cage “series” striking Leslye with the moon. Moonstruck brings out our inner snobs. We’ve seen plays before. We know what opera is. We declare New York officially dead. We agree that culture is at “peak butter.” Tune in to find out why women cheat and the true meaning of family!
I’ll be back! Except “I” is “we” and “back” is “here”! Miriam watches the “extremely violent love story,” The Terminator. Sound familiar? (Hint: James Cameron has a type). Come for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the buff. Stay for Linda Hamilton’s one-night stand with a naked time-traveler who hasn’t been born yet. So enjoy this long-ish but horny episode.
