Mixed Bag

"Would you like to see me make the Jellicle choice?" It's here Baguettes. The moment you've been waiting for, you've had your Christmas presents but there's one more waiting for you on your podcast feed. Our thoughts on the horrific Lovcraftian Phantasmagoria CATS (2019) by Tom Hooper. Some of Hollywood's best performers (and Rebel Wilson) star in this nightmare fuel. Don't miss your opportunity t...

It's part two of our Christmas double with Lucas Neal! Lucas wanted to watch iconic Christmas movie, wholesome and loving with likeable characters and its heart in the right place. Instead we watched The Family Stone. The plot follows the Christmas holiday misadventures of the Stone family when the eldest son, (Dermot Mulroney), brings his uptight girlfriend (Sarah Jessica Parker) home with the in...

"Last Christmas, I recommended my pod but the very next day, you unsubscribed away" **SPOILER WARNING** Be warned, we spoil the hell out of Paul Feig's Last Christmas, starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. And we're joined by special guest and Christmas connoisseur Lucas Neal!  Will A Simple Favour from Tom help Kate appreciate the true power of Christmas? Why does he always dress the same? Ca...

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta listen to my pod! It's our first ep with a guest and we're going to the World of Spice with Catherine Zulver! What's it like to revisit this camp classic for spice aficionados Cass, Matt and Cat? What does a spice virgin like James think of Ginger, Scary, Posh, Sporty and Baby as well as an irate Richard E. Grant, Roger Moore's pets and creepy alien fans? Follow...

"Tina, pass me the axe." Happy (belated) Halloween, Baguettes. Is there anything more iconic that Faye Dunaway giving it her all as Joan Crawford? Matt, Cass and James didn't know because they had not yet witnessed the mesmerising train wreck that is Mommie Dearest (1981), based on Christina Crawford's tell-all memoir published a year after her mother's death. Find out if they're biffing Crawford...

One big island demands one big episode, we're looking at Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island! Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo as well groomed men of the 50s you just love to ship, these duly appointed federal marshals are gunna smoke out all the nonsense on this isle. Where's Rachel Solando? Why did Michelle Williams book this gig? Why are you all wet, baby? Can James' Halloween pick sway...

To Infinity and beyond? With Nick and Norah and their playlist? Cass, Matt and James are doubting their chances with this indie mixed bag starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings about one long night of music, love and way too much gross out humour. Will we placing this flick on our nostalgia playlist or is it going the way of the tape and CD, straight into the biff? Follow us on Facebook ( MixedBag...

Praise New Yawk, we gotta new ep! That's right, we couldn't resist a J-Lo flick with how much Hustlers is popping off so it's Maid in Manhattan (2002) time! Starring Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes and a ton of great supporting actors. The hustle is real for a maid (in Manhattan), especially when you're a poor, single mum, raising a young Republican. But never fear, a handsome senator-to-be doing th...

Welcome back! This week we dive into a strange new world where one of the hottest movie stars was a charming, doughboy called Brendan Fraser. Bedazzled (2000) stars Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley, directed by Harold Ramis. It's the Faust narrative all over again but this time, with SEX! Elliot Richards is a uncool dude that can't find love or friends until he bumps into The Devil, complete in...

This week we're sailing into the cosmos with the Beatles jukebox musical, Across The Universe! Were we charmed by the soulful Sturgess? Did Evan Rachel Wood evan make an impression? Could we "take more" of Taymor's visuals? Listen in to see if Matt, James and Cass want to bag it or biff it. Follow us on Facebook ( MixedBagPod ), Instagram ( @MixedBagPodcast ) and Twitter ( @MixedBagPod ) or email...

 Welcome to our bumper pilot episode of Mixed Bag! The latest movie podcast to grace your screens, Mixed Bag looks at the mixed, muddled and meh movies throughout film history. Featuring Matt, Cass and Jim. For our first episode we wanted to go big, and what bigger film than the Oscar winning Tom Hanks vehicle Forrest Gump that took the world by storm in 1994? Nowadays the sheen has come off Gump...