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Witches and Wizards, it’s time to celebrate the Dark Lord’s demise in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2! On the eighth night of Harry Potter my wizard mum gave to me…dead baby Voldemort at King’s Crossing! Thanks for joining us for this Minisode Series and have a Happy New Year! We’ll see you in 2024 Filmgazers Fam!

Pack your sleeping bag we’re about to embark on the snooze fest that is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1! On the seventh night of Harry Potter my wizard mum gave to me…the secret to immortality.

Hop into your vanishing cabinet and escape to Hogwarts with Steph for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. On the sixth night of Harry Potter my wizard mum gave to me…a pensieve of memories.

By order of the Minister of Magic, Steph orders you to join her for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. On the fifth night of Harry Potter my wizard mum gave to me…Voldemort alive and well at the Ministry!

Get your dress robes ready and join Steph for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. On the fourth night of Harry Potter my wizard mum gave to me…a port key that leads to the death of Cedric Diggory!

Join Jess for her first solo Minisode, a solosode if you will. Jess dishes out the facts this time and declares that this Podcaster Barbie loved Barbie.

Join Steph for a minisode looking back at Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. On the third night of Harry Potter my wizard mum gave to me…a time turner capable of breaking reality!

Join Steph for the first Minisode that kicks off the Miniseries, 8 Nights of Harry Potter! In this episode we cover Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. On the second night of Harry Potter my wizard mum gave to me…Dobby in a whomping willow tree!

Join Steph and Jess for the last full length episode of 2023! We’re ending Questionable Christmas with a trip to Hogwarts in 2001’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. We share our favorites from the film and as well as our gripes that can no longer be ignored after so many rewatches. We also make some fun mini-sode announcements, plans for 2024, and reflect a little on 2023. Merry Holidays and...

Join Steph and Jess for the holiday season as they share their Questionable Christmas Movies. Jess shares her pick first with 1992’s Batman Returns. They both gush over Michelle Pfeiffer, Steph admits Keaton may no longer be “her Batman” after this rewatch, and Jess declares Devito’s Penguin as one of the most repulsive characters she’s ever seen on screen. Happy Holidays!

Join Steph for her first solo Minisode Review! Forget the hype, this is NOT the Ghostbusters film you've been looking for!

Join Steph and Jess as Filmgazers concludes Friendsgiving with 1997’s Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. Steph points out that living right on the beach in LA on a Jaguar cashiers salary ain’t that bad, Jess admits her 20th reunion has come and gone without her participation, and they cement the fact that this silly yet heartwarming comedy is a cult classic for a reason. We hope you have a Ha...

Join Steph and Jess as they celebrate Friendsgiving this November! We begin with the ultimate BFF flick, 1991’s Thelma and Louise. We deep dive a bit into the creation of the film itself, dissect a bit of the beauty and pain of the Femme Regard, and of course discuss whose Thelma and whose Louise. Content Warning: This episode discusses and mentions sexual assault/rape, suicide, sexism, and violen...

Join Steph and Jess for the final installment of our 80’s Creature Features with 1982’s Swamp Thing. Steph confesses it just doesn’t hold up to her childhood memories while Jess has a heck of a first watch. Have a Happy Halloween everyone!

Join Steph and Jess for Spooky Season! This year we celebrate 80s Creature Features beginning with 1988’s Pumpkinhead. Steph marvels at the practical effects and makeup and Jess realizes a childhood fear was mixed up with another horror title this whole time. We also both happened to watch The Meg 2: The Trench so you’ll get our hot takes on the sequel.

Join Steph and Jess for the last of The Frenaissance: A Brendan Fraser Appreciation Month. In this episode we discuss 1992’s Encino Man. Jess discovers her talent of releasing the Weasel and gushes how she still gets butterflies for Link while Steph declares a deep loathing of Sean Astin’s phoned in “Nice Guy” performance.

Join Steph and Jess for The Frenaissance, a Brendan Fraser Appreciation Month. We begin with 2001’s “coulda been a contender” dark fantasy comedy that royally flopped, Monkeybone. Steph still swoons over the stop-motion and practical effects and Jess declares Chris Kattan as the MVP of the film.

Join Steph and Jess for the Back2Skool Final and Blue Moon episode, 1999’s dark teen comedy Jawbreaker. We go on a few tangents about this hot ass weather, Marvel vs. DC preferences, the pros and cons of “filler” episodes, and do eventually deep dive into some fun facts, perspectives, underlying themes, and their thoughts now of the film.

Back2Skool, class is in session! Join Steph and Jess for 1979’s Rock N Roll High School. We of course discuss the Ramones, teen angst, and point out the few cringey elements that were perplexingly acceptable during the era.

Join Steph and Jess for Back2Skool Season. We start with a personal childhood favorite that we would in fact watch as we went back to school, way back when in the 90’s! We fondly remember our Devon Sawa crushes, go over some of the unfortunate sexism that happens in movie reviewing, and still think the soundtrack is straight fire.

Join Steph and Jess for the ‘Murica Month finale with 1992’s A League of Their Own. Steph serves up some historical baseball facts surrounding the film, Jess doesn’t get the Pullman appeal, and they both lament over that let down of an ending.

Join Steph and Jess this July for ‘Murica Month, movies we think would make one proud to be an American…maybe? We blast off with 1996’s Independence Day. Jess reminisces back to opening weekend with the Gentry fam, Steph is vehemently not charmed by Harry Connick Jr, and they both proclaim Vivica A. Fox’s character, Jasmine, the MVP.

Join Steph and Jess as they review 2018’s The Meg for the final episode of Sherk Munth! Steph gets downright factual and Jess develops a thirst only Statham can quench.

Join Steph and Jess for Sherk Munth! In this episode we dive into 1999's Deep Blue Sea. Steph enjoys the lose-lose plotline, Jess coins the aesthetic Creepy Aquatica, and they both gush over LL Cool J’s performance in this fun 90’s creature feature.

Join Steph and Jess for the last installment of Listener’s Choice! We conclude with Becky’s pick, 2001’s A Knight’s Tale. In this episode you can find out how many times we can say the word mesh, question medieval punishment, and have our middle age become glaringly apparent while discussing this classical teenage romcom.