Watch The Theron: The Charlize Theron Podcast

Watch The Theron is back and ready to catch up on what we've missed! First up: 2019's animated film The Addams Family! After establishing our history with the Addams Family (across its many incarnations), we talk about whether this particular version is as good as it could be and we wonder what its goals are. We talk about how the cast would be great in a live action version, and wonder if that's...

The future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe may be a bit hazy, but what's perfectly clear is that Charlize Theron was in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness! Dropped into a credits scene, Charlize takes the role of Clea, who seems to know the titular Doctor Strange very well. Who is she? What role could she play? Why did Marvel use her now? We return to Watch The Theron for a quick episode...

Charlize is back! Well, she never left, but Watch The Theron is back for her newest movie: The School for Good and Evil, which is a very, very long movie. It's not made for our demographic, but Charlize is having fun (hooray!), so we try to have some fun, too. We talk about how it feels like The School for Good and Evil is a TV series condensed down to movie length, discuss the complicated adaptat...

We’re closing out the year with a brand new Charlize Theron movie, Bombshell, and our second episode of Watch The Theron in 2019! We are joined by Cara Gael O’Regan of the Wistful Thinking Podcast to talk about all things Megyn Kelly, Gretchen Carlson, and more. In this episode, we talk about the radical physical transformation (and makeup effects) for Charlize Theron (as well as many of the film’...

It's been a long time, but we're finally back on Watch The Theron! It may not be called Flarsky anymore (bad decision, movie studio), but Long Shot was worth the wait. In this episode, we talk about where the movie falls on the list of all-time great rom-coms, discuss the Charlize/Seth Rogen relationship, and yearn for a world where Charlize Theron is our president. We also look ahead to what's ne...

After 50 episodes discussing our favorite (and least favorite) moments in Charlize Theron's filmography, it's time for the Chrome Teeth: The Charlize Theron Awards! We're joined by fan (and new friend) from halfway around the world, Amelia Crawford, to discuss the highs and lows of Charlize's filmography. We'll give our picks and then hand it over to Amelia to find out who you, the listener, voted...

We've never done this kind of episode for one of our podcasts before, and while the name is clunky, the content is A+. This episode serves as a Letterboxd countdown and overall reflection on the Watch The Theron podcast. We're officially declaring the best and the worst parts of Charlize's filmography next week for the Chrome Teeth (voting may still be open... I'm writing this from the past!), but...

#WatchTheTheron officially wraps up Phase I in two weeks with the Chrome Teeth (voting is still open!), so it's time to reveal what we're doing as a follow-up to our Charlize Theron podcast. Today, we're announcing #HANX for the Memories and #CruiseClub! This episode's a quickie, but we're back next week with a reflection on #WatchTheTheron (as well as our rankings of all of Charlize's films), the...

Before we close up shop on #WatchTheTheron, we have to take a quick detour for a very special Charlize Theron Clip Show! Recorded live at Camp CageClub, Joey and Mike were joined by Chris Podcasts, Brian Rodriguez, and Joe Two to talk about 30 clips of Charlize Theron cobbled together on a YouTube playlist. How many of them do we watch in their entirety? Are any of the SNL clips funny? And will an...

We've made our way through 46 episodes of #WatchTheTheron, and now it's time to honor the very best (and the very worst) of what Charlize Theron's career has to offer with the Chrome Teeth! Voting is open now and will run for three weeks. Vote early, vote often! Listen to our episode for the nominations (and a bit of our takes on the nominees), then head here to cast your ballots. Seriously, vote...

Tully, like Charlize Theron in the film, pulls double duty: it reunites Charlize with Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody and closes the book on the first phase of #WatchTheTheron! If you don't know anything about Tully, stop reading this and go watch it. Joining us to talk about this surprisingly unusual (and nearly entirely great) film is Jordan Polan-Clarke of the Wistful Thinking podcast! We cover C...

Gringo is a weird little movie. Gringo also happens to be the first Charlize Theron movie released since #WatchTheTheron began, which is cause for a strange kind of celebration, as it marks the beginning of the end of "Phase I" of this podcast. To commemorate the occasion, we brought in special guest Nick Jenkins of the Reel Bad podcast to talk about a movie that's a bit too well made to ever find...

We may talk about The Fate of the Furious every eight months (or so) on 2 Fast 2 Forever, but today's a very special occasion: we're talking about it on #WatchTheTheron, too! To talk about The Fate of the Furious, we had to bring in none other than our (other) resident Fast and Furious expert, Joe Two, as we discussed the film, whether or not Charlize is a good villain, and who her character might...

Along with Mad Max: Fury Road, Atomic Blonde was, perhaps, the main reason why #WatchTheTheron was created in the first place. Atomic Blonde is sleek, stylish and sexy, showcasing many of Charlize's talents throughout the movie, as she kicks ass and looks great doing it. On this episode, we welcome in special guest Nicole Sweeney of Snark Squad to talk about Charlize as a badass, John Goodman as a...

Kubo and the Two Strings is Charlize Theron's second animated film. Unlike Astro Boy, however, her role in Kubo is actually important to the story and interesting to talk about! On this episode, we welcome back "Mad" Holly Gore (last heard on the wildly divisive Waking Up in Reno episode). Holly loves Japan -- and good movies! -- so we thought that Kubo and the Two Strings would be right up her al...

The Last Face is widely considered one of the worst and most pretentious films ever made. What a way to wind down Watch The Theron! In this episode, we try to figure out what the movie was thinking, whether or not the movie suffers from white savior syndrome, and whether or not there's any redeeming qualities in this movie. Email us: watch@cageclub.me

The Huntsman: Winter's War marks Charlize Theron's first sequel, and also begs one question: Why? Why this movie? Why this franchise? Though this movie was far less successful at the box office (and faced much harsher reviews from critics), it's probably not that far off from the first one in terms of quality or overall production value. However, with fewer than ten Charlize Theron movies left, it...

We should have known that the journey across the wasteland of Charlize Theron's filmography wouldn't be easy, but at long last we've made it to Valhalla: Mad Max: Fury Road. (It turns out that all we needed to get through was a little guzzoline.) In this episode, we talk about why this movie should be considered one of the finest action films of all-time, as well as the film's exhilarating action...

It's 2015. Fresh off the success of Gone Girl, another Gillian Flynn adaptation, Dark Places, is released. That's where the similarities end. After David Fincher's adaptation of Gone Girl grossed more than $360 million worldwide in theaters, Dark Places was relegated straight to VOD and was met by "generally unfavorable reviews." Email us: watch@cageclub.me

A Million Ways to Die in the West brings us back to a bygone era of Charlize Theron movies, and not in a good way. Like both Woody Allen movies we've covered on this podcast, A Million Ways to Die in the West seems like an ego-boosting fest for Seth MacFarlane. Email us: watch@cageclub.me

Most of Snow White and the Huntsman is forgettable, but that doesn't make any of Charlize Theron's gleefully campy acting any less wonderful. Snow White and the Huntsman tries to re-tell the classic tale of Snow White in new ways. Does it do an effective job? Do we really need the apple and dwarfs when nothing else feels the same? Should it be way weirder than it actually is? Does anyone think Kri...

In Prometheus, Charlize Theron plays a character who may be hiding some very big secrets -- namely, is she a human or a robot? -- but does finding out the answers to those secrets really matter? Rather than seek answers, we brought back our religion expert, John Brooks, to talk about the subtle (and not-so-subtle) religious undertones (and overtones) in this film. Even though this movie is filled...

Young Adult feels like the absolute culmination of every part Charlize Theron has played to date, showcasing her wide array of talents and highlighting a few of the different types of roles she's been known for over the years. She's a twisted version of a manic pixie dream girl, the anti-mom, a comedic force to be reckoned with, and an absolutely devastating character study of a broken woman. Pair...

Charlize Theron isn't in very much of The Road, but she plays a character who's pivotal to the main characters and main story. Or does she? We're joined by Wistful Thinking's Cara Gael O'Regan, our post-apocalyptic expert, to discuss the movie, Charlize's role within it, and whether or not the types of character she's been playing are better than those played by the rest of the women in Hollywood,...

Years ago, we covered Astro Boy as part of #CageClub, even though Nicolas Cage wasn't in the movie very much. This time around, we're covering it again, even though Charlize Theron is in it even less. Whoops! Even though Charlize only does a voiceover for a commercial early in the film, this episode rights a wrong by bringing Lindsay Gibb up to speed with a Nicolas Cage movie she'd previously left...