Creative Differences

We are BACK! The hiatus is over, and we have reopened your one-stop shop for movie reviews, throwback Thursdays, Fancast Fridays, and a number of other pop culture-related items! And speaking of those other items, we’ve got a Top 5 Tuesday today! Will the strike lead us to doing more than one Top 5 Tuesday per year? Will Colin stick to his robot affinity and pick Ex Machina? And how much of this e...

Tom Cruise is still jumping off of everything he can find! And we’re still here for it! The whole gang’s here today as Dallas and Demi give their thoughts on the newest Mission: Impossible film!  Also, the movie machine broke again! This time, it’s due to the greed of executives. Big surprise there, right? Coincidentally, we have a hiatus planned for the next few weeks. As we stand in solidarity w...

Today’s theme is “people of color make everything better”, because Demi saw Joy Ride and we all watched Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire! The latter has given Dallas a new show to fight for on social media, as animated anthologies are his brand. And speaking of his brand, a new Insidious is out! Why does Dallas keep comparing Insidious: The Red Door to Toy Story 3? Did Demi enjoy her joy ride into rau...

Y’all ready to punch some nazis? Indiana Jones is back! And so is Boots Riley! Even Henry Cavill is back for his last season of The Witcher! And speaking of Henry Cavill, we got a new Superman announcement! How old is too old to still be acting? Is I’m a Virgo hittin’ the same levels of weird that Sorry to Bother You did? And which of the characters on The Witcher evokes the most thirst? Listen in...

Y’all ready for some RANGE? On today’s episode, we’re going from Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City to The Blackening. So, basically covering both ends of the Blackness spectrum: not Black at all and as Black as a movie can be. And Black Mirror lands somewhere in the middle, so we’ve covered that, too! How did Demi like her first Wes Anderson movie? Did Colin finally like a season of Black Mirror? And w...

Well, we can officially confirm that The Flash is a real movie that exists. We’ve seen it. We also saw Elemental this weekend! Well, at least Demi did. Is Andy Muschietti the latest horror director to make a dope superhero movie? Is Elemental basically a kids’ version of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? And does Demi have a new favorite Kryptonian to thirst over? Listen to our new episode to find out...

Happy Fancast Friday! After many years, and even more directors, The Flash movie is actually coming out! We’re still waiting for DC to announce that they’ve recast Barry Allen, but we’re not holding our breath. Until then, we’re here to fancast the rest of the Flash Family! Is Jesse Quick the DC Universe’s best nepo baby? Will Dallas ever fancast younger characters without using the Stranger Thing...

Dallas got his fighting robots, Demi got her fighting gays, Colin’s here for the vibes, and Gaby’s not here at all. That’s right! Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is out, and so is the Bottoms trailer! Is the new Transformers going on the “Black People Make Everything Better” list? Is the Bottoms trailer everything Demi hoped for? Is Colin beating the “horror fan” allegations with his newest 10 Mi...

We made it to 250 episodes! And we got to celebrate with the sequel to one of our favorite movies! In addition to Across the Spider-Verse, we’ve got reviews for one of the most wholesome shows out there (Ted Lasso) and one of the least wholesome shows as well (Dave)! Is Across the Spider-Verse everything we hoped for? Will losing Ted Lasso take a toll on our mental health? And has Dallas received...

First thing’s first. We have a disclaimer to make. Colin moved to an alternate dimension called Oregon, so he (and more specifically his audio) is pretty glitchy in this episode. We asked Demi “how will we know we can record a reaction without you?” and she said “You won’t. It’s a leap of faith”. Our apologies. But hey, we’re reacting to one of the best movies ever, so grab someone you care about,...

Welcome back to another “Black People Make Everything Better” edition of the Creative Differences Podcast! If there are two things we love, it’s the Disney movies of our childhood, and the work of Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal. And we’ve got a new Little Mermaid and a new season of Blindspotting! Is The Little Mermaid one of the better Disney remakes? Is Blindspotting still one of the best shows o...

The new Little Mermaid is here! But before we can do our Ariel hair flip in the tears of racists, we gotta take it back to ‘89 and revisit the Disney classic! Is Prince Eric the best Disney prince? Does Flounder secretly have superpowers? And is Ariel the dumbest Disney princess, or is that just how teenagers are? We’ve got a lot to unpack with this one, so grab a dinglehopper and a thingamabob an...

It’s another week of remakes and sequels for us! It’s been over 30 years since the first White Men Can’t Jump, and over 20 since the first Fast & Furious movie, and look how far we’ve come! Does the new White Men Can’t Jump compare to the original at all? Is Jason Momoa the best villain in the F&F franchise? And WHY didn’t they title the new movie FasTEN Your Seatbelts? Hear us discuss all this an...

The boys are back in town! It’s a rare Dallas and Colin episode today, because Demi called in sick and Gaby’s still sobbing over Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Is the new Guardians movie as good (and depressing) as everyone says? Why are Schmigadoon’s seasons so short? And is Dune a masterpiece, a sleep aid, or a bit of both? Join us as we head to space (and Schmicago) and dive into all of this!...

Six reviews. Six trailers to track. Two hosts to do it all. Today’s a special Double D edition of the podcast, where Dallas and Demi hold it down for y’all and review SIX shows and movies! Did seeing Chris Evans and Ana de Armas in a rom com put Gaby in a thirst coma? Was Peter Pan & Wendy everything Demi hoped for? And why did so many of our favorite shows end their seasons at the same time?! Get...

This episode is brought to you by technical difficulties and old stereotypes. Today’s movie is a Disney movie from 1953! You know what that means. It’s less than 80 minutes, it’s overtly racist, and it’s been remade at least a couple of times. Is Peter Pan a serial killer? How did Smee get his job as a pirate? And would you leave your window open for a stranger every night? Fly with us to Neverlan...

Unfortunately none of us made it to the theater to see Renfield this past weekend, but there were more than enough trailers and news updates to keep us talking! And we’re ALWAYS watching TV. Speaking of, is the first half of Ted Lasso everything we wanted? Will Demi be able to thirst over Katie McGrath with half her face covered in The Continental? And did WB really need to make an announcement vi...

Dallas is the only one who made it to the theater this weekend, so he’s got solo reviews for The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Air for y’all. With Star Wars celebration, Demi’s got a news section to call her own, and Gaby’s here for the vibes! Neither movies, news, nor vibes could get Colin on mic, but he’s here in spirit! Take a listen as we chat about video games, shoe deals, and everyone’s favori...

They made a show set in our hometown! And we all love it! But we had three other things to review, so we had to put aside our Pasadena pride (and experiences of grief) for a bit to get to those. Did the D&D movie do justice to the game? Is Demi still holdin’ it down for the anime fans? And how do Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, and Hiroyuki Sanada still move like that at their age? Join us as […]

Who’s your favorite artist? If reading that made you a little uneasy, you’ve probably seen Swarm! So you’re ready for at least one of the deep dives we have today. Is Shazam: Fury of the Gods as fun as the first one? Did Joel do the right thing in the Last of Us finale? And why did Damson Idris and Chloe Bailey have Black twitter in shambles? It’s a triple decker review today. Thanks for listening...

Billy’s back! With the whole Shazamily! So we’re going back to 2019 to revisit Shazam! Is Darla the most adorable kid ever? Why doesn’t Zachary Levi act like Asher Angel? And what’s up with the horror movie to superhero movie director pipeline? Join us as we explore these questions and a bunch of other ones! Thanks for listening!

Are you ready for a sad dad and surrogate daughter story with great performances from both leads? Then we have the review for you! Sorry, it’s not The Last of Us. That’s next week. But this time we got dinosaurs! We’ve also got the newest addition to the “Rian Johnson doesn’t miss” collection. And we wouldn’t be us without calling out racists for their stupidity, so we’re covering TMNT and Little...

Happy Women’s History Month! To celebrate, we’ve got a third consecutive episode with Gaby in it! Who knows how long it’s been since she’s been here for three episodes in a row?! Did Gaby actually see any of the things we’re reviewing today? Did Michael B. Jordan make a live action anime with Creed 3? And speaking of anime, what did Demi think of the Demon Slayer movie? Find out the answers to all...

If we had a nickel for every time Jonathan Majors came into the third movie of a franchise to beat up the protagonist, we’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right? Before we get to that, we gotta go back to the first Creed! Is this the best movie in the Rocky franchise? And does this movie this fall into the “Black people make everything better” category?...

Today’s episode of Creative Differences is a very special episode! A very special episode in the sense that we’re all in it! And it’s kind of about the dangers of drugs. And bears. Is Cocaine Bear as chaotic as we expected? Are there other drug fueled animal movies on the horizon? And can you guess which movie star we sat next to in the movie? Hit play to find out! Thanks for listening! Time Stamp...