Actually Obsessed

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and absolutely deranged with excitement to finally get to discuss the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything." Topics discussed include: how nothing will ever come close to the high of watching this film in a full movie theater, the nature of truth, whether Elizabeth Holmes is a manipulative psychopath, extremely misunderstood, or a secret third thing, w...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and ready to discuss Jane Austen summer's final installment, the new Sense and Sensibility adaptation! Topics discussed include: how brutally hot this Colonel Brandon is, really confusing plot changes, whether Elinor and Marianne actually have arcs in this, Marianne's egregious hair, the gorgeous cinematography, and so much more! We've got socials! Follow the pod on Insta...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and sooooo excited to discuss Twilight for the second time on the pod, this time as a very loose Pride and Prejudice adaptation! Topics discussed include: plot points that overlap between Twilight and Pride and Prejudice, whether Bella actually has anything at all in common with Lizzie Bennet, how Edward is an absolute copy/paste of Mr. Darcy, what Stephenie Meyer thinks...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to discuss "Austenland"! Topics discussed include: this being the most critically acclaimed movie that Stephenie Meyer has ever been involved in, the Mormon obsession with Mr. Darcy and all things Austen, the incredible casting for this film, the magnetic sexual appeal of J.J. Fields as fake Darcy, and so much more! Also please send us questions for our mail...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and ready to discuss 2003's "Pride and Prejudice: A Latter Day Comedy"! Topics discussed include: why this Mormon Pride and Prejudice adaptation is never explicitly Mormon, the soothing, glorious aesthetic of 2003, Lydia and Kitty supremacy, the absolute idiocy of this Lizzie, how the publishing industry works, and so much more! We've got socials! Follow the pod on Instag...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and steeling themselves to discuss 2022's Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson! Topics discussed include: the ladies doing mental acrobatics trying to find anything positive to say about this film, what the filmmakers were actually trying to achieve in this adaptation, a list of the worst pieces of dialogue, a dissection of Dakota's modern makeup, and so much more! We've go...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to discuss the 1995 adaptation of "Persuasion"! Topics discussed include: what an absolute hottie Captain Wentworth is, how confusing it is to have a good guy with a "W" name, how Anne truly has the hardest life, the hilarity of Anne's family, and so much more! We've got socials! Follow the pod on Instagram at @actuallyobsessedpod Follow Sarah on TikTok at @...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK ready to discuss the 1999 adaptation of "Mansfield Park"! Topics discussed include: whether Mansfield Park is actually the bad place, the incredibly devious Crawford brother-sister duo, Fanny's personality transplant, the slavery of it all, how terrifying having sex for the first time must have been in the 1800s, and so much more! We've got socials! Follow the pod on Inst...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to discuss the 2007 film adaptation of Northanger Abbey! Topics discussed include: a 1987 version that Prime tried to gaslight Sarah into watching, how strange this is tonally when considered with the rest of Austen's work, how much Catherine loves to walk and read fanfiction, the dangers of being in any kind of vehicle with a man, and so much more! We've go...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and so excited to discuss the film adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility." Topics discussed include: the horrifying age gap between Alan Rickman and Kate Winslet in this film, how Willoughby differs from other Austen villains, how far Marianne actually went with Willoughby behind closed doors, Emma Thompson's absolute supremacy in all things, the torture that this film wro...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to talk about 1996's adaptation of "Emma." Topics discussed include: the world's love/hate relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow, the insane hotness of Jeremy Northam as Mr. Knightley, Ewan McGregor's camp performance as Frank Churchill, and so much more! Links: Jax Taylor unfortunately claims that he was scammed by somebody pretending to be Smart Water, so he's...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to chat about the 2020 adaptation of "Emma"! Topics discussed include: why Emma is their favorite Jane Austen protagonist, Mia Goth's delightful aura, Anya Taylor-Joy's filmography, advice on how to process negative emotions surrounding The Odyssey, and so much more! We've got socials! Follow the pod on Instagram at @actuallyobsessedpod Follow Sarah on TikTo...

This is episode was originally uploaded in March 2026 and we had to bring it back for Jane Austen Summer! We do actually talk about Emma! Amanda and Sarah are BACK to discuss a movie that radicalized them both: Clueless! Topics discussed include: how much the ladies miss this era of book-to-film adaptations, the sartorial perfection of Cher Horowitz and their favorite looks, their favorite Cher-is...

Sarah and Amanda are BACK and ready to discuss the BBC's "The Other Bennet Sister" to wrap up their Pride and Prejudice adaptations (for now.......)! Topics discussed include: how amazing this show would be if it were like the first two episodes, how this version of Mrs. Bennet deserves capital punishment, why there's something about Mary that hypnotizes every man, William Ryder's lengthy manic ep...

Sarah and Amanda are BACK and they are so delighted to discuss the 2022 film, "Fire Island." Topics discussed include: the huge risk they took in covering a movie neither of them have ever seen, the incredible way this film adapts "Pride and Prejudice" in new ways, the very real dangers of Lyme disease, the very real dangers of Miss Club, and so much more!     We've got socials! Follow t...

This is an episode from January 2025 that we HAD to include revisit for Jane Austen Summer! Enjoy! Sarah and Amanda are BACK and they are quite literally gnawing at the bars of their enclosure when it comes to 2001's "Bridget Jones's Diary." Topics include: how Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver looks better than any man has ever or will ever look, how Bridget is the real Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah's haunti...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to discuss the BBC's 1995 "Pride and Prejudice" mini-series! Topics discussed include: Sarah's texting style, Colin Firth's extraordinary portrayal of Darcy as a petty diva, the Darcy to Edward Cullen pipeline, all the wonderful new material that gets adapted with a six hour run time, how Mary is superior in every Jane Austen adaptation, why Jennifer Ehle ag...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and ready to discuss 2004's "Bride and Prejudice"! Topics discussed include: how many hot men are in his movie that could have and should have played Mr. Darcy, the fascinating changes that are made to Pride and Prejudice here based on cross-cultural miscommunication, the awesome power of Daniel Gillies as Johnny Wickham, the travesty that is the actor who plays Mr. Darcy...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and ready to talk about Curtis Sittenfeld's 2016's book "Eligible," a retelling of Pride and Prejudice! Topics discussed include: the genius way in which all of the characters are updated for modern day, whether the ladies are a Jane, Lizzy, Mary, Kitty, or Lydia, how wonderful Darcy even in this modern iteration, the incredible reality television/dating show element, and...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and ready to kick off Jane Austen Summer with 2005's "Pride and Prejudice" adaptation! Topics discussed include: Matthew Macfadyen's gorgeous handwork (and gorgeous everything, honestly), how incredible this cast is, the MUSIC, what makes a good book-to-screen adaptation and why this movie nails it, who is pride and who is prejudice in this situation, and so much more! We...

Amanda and Sarah are NOT back this week but they will be next week to kick off Jane Austen summer! We've got socials!  Follow the pod on Instagram at  @actuallyobsessedpod Follow Sarah on TikTok at  @sarahelizabeth_talks Follow Sarah on Instagram at  @sarahelizabeth_talks Follow Amanda on TikTok at  @ahmanduhhhhhh Send us an email  actuallyobsessedpod@gmail.com .&nbsp...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK AND HAVE UPLOADED THE RIGHT FILE THIS TIME and are delighted to discuss the third season of "Mad Men"! Topics discussed include: finally getting to watch Don's composure slip and Jon Hamm's extraordinary performance, Betty's insane journey from new mother to new man, Pete's chaos, the lawnmower of it all, and so much more! We've got socials!  Follow the pod on Instag...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and delighted to discuss the 2005 classic film "Red Eye"! Topics discussed include: Rachel McAdams being the most beautiful woman in the world, Cillian Murphy being the most beautiful man in the world (only of them has this opinion), how much they miss when 10 movies like this would come out each summer, how much they miss good movies in general, the soothing calm that Br...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and ready to discuss one of Amanda's most intense book obsessions, Artemis Fowl! Topics discussed include: Amanda's devastating fixation on gaining magical powers, why we need more villainous child protagonists, the absolutely disastrous film adaptation of this book, and so much more! We've got socials!  Follow the pod on Instagram at  @actuallyobsessedpod Follo...

Amanda and Sarah are BACK and ready to journey back to Mystic Falls for the second season of "The Vampire Diaries"! Topics discussed include: a fiery debate regarding what constitutes a supernatural death, how hard it would be to snap a person's neck, the utter perfection that is Ian Somerhalder's face, who the saddest character on this show is, Klaus supremacy, and so much more! We've got socials...