Creative Differences

The spice must flow! It’s the moment Demi and Gaby have been waiting for! Our Dune: Part 2 episode! Demi and Gaby discuss Alaskan Bullworms and spice while Cassie and Dallas each get a segment dedicated to TV nostalgia. Is Dune: Part 2 as good as Part 1? Does Feyd-Rautha sound like Elvis? And why did the X-Men animators draw Rogue like that in that scene? You know the one. Grab your popcorn bucket...

TWO of Dallas’ favorite music artists made shows that came out this month! And they’re both good! Also, Madame Web came out too! What can we say about Madame Web? It sure is a movie! Did we dislike Madame Web as much as Dakota Johnson seems to? Does Donald Glover have another hit show on his hands? And speaking of, did The Vince Staples Show fill the Atlanta shaped hole in Dallas’ heart? Press pla...

As you may know, a new live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender is out now. But before we get to that, we had to get through the reason that the phrase “live-action adaptation of Avatar” elicits a fight or flight response in so many people. And it’s Gaby’s first time seeing this movie! She did NOT want to. Are we bad friends for subjecting her to this? Why did it take all those Earthbe...

The first season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians is out and it’s everything we hoped it would be! Well, not for Dallas, but he probably just misses Rosario Dawson as Persephone. On the movie side of things, we’ve got Argylle, the spy movie with lots of A-listers and even more plot twists. Was Argylle as much fun as Matthew Vaughn’s other movies? Does Demi have a new second favorite Disney+ show...

We’re back with another movie from two decades ago! This time we’re trading in our pink clothes and burn books for bullets and burn notices as we rewatch Mr. and Mrs. Smith! Dallas and Cassie don’t remember much about it, so it’s basically a first time watching video. Did Angelina Jolie’s dominatrix outfit jog our memories? Is anyone looking forward to the new Mr. and Mrs. Smith show as much as Da...

Two weeks into January and we’ve already got three movies to review! AND a new Marvel show! Look at us. Who woulda thought? Not me! We’ve got a musical, we’ve got bee-themed action, we’ve got the newest Marvel show, and we’ve got Black Jesus! Does the new Mean Girls hold up with the original? Is Jeymes Samuel as good at biblical stories as he is at Westerns? And did someone really say “to bee or n...

On Wednesdays we wear pink, and sometimes on Thursdays we do too! And as far as you know, we recorded this on a Wednesday, so it’s all good. Happy Throwback Thursday! Today we’re reacting to Mean Girls, in time for its musical remake and 20th anniversary! Maybe a little while before the anniversary, but it’s fine. Does the comedy hold up 20 years later? Did Dallas’ middle school really have a burn...

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It’s our annual music episode! And if you’ve been here a while you know what that means. It’s time to put the “differences” in Creative Differences! Whether it’s Dallas’ rappity raps, Gaby’s hoodrat music, Demi’s sad girl music, or whatever Cassie listens to, we’ve got somethin’ for ya! Did Demi’s hyper-fixations affect her music tastes last year? Did Gaby listen to any full albums last year? And...

It’s day three of our Year In Review! That means it’s time for us to big up our favorite actors of the year! And you know us, we love to big up our favorite people! Is Ayo Edebiri on every one of our lists? Was Dallas able to stop himself from just listing everyone in Blindspotting? And how many Willow actors did Demi put on her list? Find out by pressing play and join us in giving everyone their...

Welcome to day two of our year in review! It’s tv day, and this year we had to say goodbye to some of our favorite shows. We’re collectively upset that Blindspotting is over. Dallas is ready to fight John Starz (or whoever runs Starz). Is Bluey as good as your friends with kids say it is? Is Cassie bringing cannibalism onto our podcast again? And how did Demi stop rewatching Willow enough to watch...

Happy New Year! It’s time for our annual Year In Review, and we’re starting off with our favorite movies of 2023! And despite the best efforts of technical difficulties, we got all four of us in the episode! Is Cassie beating the horror fan allegations with her list? Did Barbenheimer hit our lists like it hit the box office? And is there a chance of Across the Spider-Verse not being the unanimous...

Today’s episode is brought to you by Black Girl Magic! Literally! So it makes sense that Demi, the magic Black woman that she is, takes point on these reviews. There’s also the fact that Gaby didn’t see the movies in time, Dallas didn’t care to see them, and Cassie didn’t even show up to record. So shout out to Demi! How does Beyoncé’s tour film compare to Taylor Swift’s? Did Wish pay proper homag...

We’re back to reviews and we got a lot for you! Marvel Studios finally got a Black woman director, Hunger Games is back, we got a new version of Goosebumps, and the weebs have a new Scott Pilgrim! It’s been a big couple of weeks, and that’s not even including all these trailers! Have general audiences turned against Marvel? Are we willing to put our hearts on the line again for another live action...

Happy Top 5 Tuesday! You asked for it (ages ago), and now it’s here! Our long-awaited, fan-requested Top 5 Books episode! We finally managed to wrangle Gaby long enough to get her to record this one with us. Will all her picks be romance novels? Has Demi reignited her interest in reading? And has Dallas even read a book in the last decade? Crack open this episode and find out! Thanks for listening...

Congratulations to SAG-AFTRA for staying strong and getting their deal! And we look forward to returning to our regularly scheduled reviews and news updates! In the meantime, though, we’re casting actors we love for something that Demi loves: The Chronicles of Prydain! For those who don’t know (probably most of us), that’s the book series that gave us The Black Cauldron. Did we add melanin to this...

Finally! A movie review! It certainly hasn’t been a cruel summer for Taylor Swift, so we’re going to speak now about how enchanted we are by The Eras Tour concert film. We know all too well Taylor’s reputation and style, so pull on your cardigan and meet us at midnight to discuss a concert straight out of our wildest dream. Thanks for listening! Time StampsOpening – (0:00)Taylor Swift: The Eras To...

Previously on the Creative Differences Podcast…Demi said she wanted a movie adaptation of Def Jam Vendetta, and this unlocked a core memory in Dallas, leading him to immediately adding that to our list of things to fancast. And here we are, fancasting Def Jam Vendetta in the 20th year since its release! Who has the acting talent and the hands to play D-Mob? Which white boys are hood adjacent enoug...

With the studios STILL refusing to pay writers and actors fairly, we’re talking about video games today! That’s right gamers, this one’s for y’all! Could a studio round up enough rappers to make a Def Jam Vendetta movie work (and actually pay them)? Would Bioshock’s Big Daddies look good in live action? And WHAT is Fur Fighters? Listen to our new episode to find our answers to these questions and...

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...