Cade and Kit - Movie Reviewers

The new theme is Survival, and Kit starts us off with a film that defines it in the loneliest way possible. Sean Penn’s Into the Wild follows Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), a top-of-his-class graduate who rejects his parents’ version of success, gives away his savings, burns his IDs, and sets out across America under the alias Alexander Supertramp. His goal: Alaska. His test: how much of l...

Cade and Kit continue their Good vs. Evil theme, and this week’s pick could not be more of a tonal whiplash from Kill Bill. After Kit made Cade watch both volumes of Tarantino’s blood-soaked revenge saga, Cade responded by choosing something brighter, cheesier, and a lot more fun: Shazam! — a superhero comedy that doesn’t take itself too seriously. From the start, confusion set the tone. Kit mishe...

Season 3 of Cade & Kit: Stories That Stick continues with a new theme — Good vs. Evil. Kit kicked things off with an ambitious pick: Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill saga. Or as Cade calls it, “two movies disguised as one.” Kit, on the other hand, insists they’re inseparable halves of a single cinematic journey — one that follows a mother’s quest for revenge, redemption, and the reclamation of he...

This week’s episode of Cade & Kit dives into Cade’s pick for the “Love Triangle” theme: the 2008 cultural phenomenon Twilight. While most associate the franchise with the Edward–Bella–Jacob triangle, Cade brings a different perspective: in this first installment, the triangle isn’t between two boys. It’s between Bella and two versions of her future. One rooted in familiarity and safety. The ot...

Welcome back to Season 3 of Cade & Kit , where each week we trade off picking movies based on a shared theme—and make the other person watch something they may not have chosen themselves. This week’s theme? Love Triangle. And Kit went full glam with her pick: Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! , a 2001 jukebox musical that’s equal parts glitter, heartbreak, and high drama. Kit’s love for this film r...

We’ve reached the second half of Season 3, and this week’s episode brought us to one of the most iconic films of the ’90s: Forrest Gump . This was Cade’s pick for our “Coming of Age” theme—an unexpected but undeniably powerful choice. While it’s easy to remember the memes, the lines, and the run, we wanted to revisit Forrest Gump with fresh eyes and talk about whether it still holds up as a story...

Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Boyhood is a cinematic experiment that becomes something more: a lived-in portrait of growing up, told not through big milestones, but through the blurry, in-between moments that actually shape us. Richard Linklater’s film follows Mason (Ellar Coltrane) from age six to college, letting us witness the quiet evolution of one boy’s world—and the people orbitin...

What happens when you pick a movie based on the wrong Angelina Jolie role? In this case, you still end up with Salt —a high-octane spy thriller wrapped in Cold War shadows and moral ambiguity. Originally written for Tom Cruise, Salt follows CIA agent Evelyn Salt as she's accused of being a Russian sleeper agent and forced to go on the run, unraveling a tangled web of brainwashing, espionage, a...

In this episode, Kit introduces Colombiana , a high-intensity revenge thriller starring Zoë Saldana. Framed as a continuation of our Season 3 theme — "Stories That Stick" — this pick dives into the emotional power of vengeance, early trauma, and how female action protagonists are portrayed. Cade had never seen it before, making this a true first-take episode. And let’s just say... we bot...

Season 3 of Cade & Kit is all about “Stories That Stick” — and this week, Cade brought a bold, joyful, and unexpectedly moving pick to the table: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar . Kit had never seen it. Cade swore it would hold up. What followed was a glowing, sequin-filled surprise. In this 1995 cult classic, three drag queens — Miss Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze), Noxeema Jackson...

Season 3 launches with a new format: every episode, one host picks a personal film and the other watches it for the first time. Then they come together to unpack what it meant back then — and what it says now. To kick things off, Kit picks The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants , a 2005 coming-of-age film about four best friends who spend their first summer apart — connected only by a magical pair...

No theme, no prep — just Cade and Kit asking each other completely different, totally unserious (and somehow revealing?) questions. From comfort rewatches to movie pet peeves, desert island picks to wild film takes, these two go off-script and into the heart of what makes their film brains tick. It’s a laid-back, get-to-know-you episode with the exact kind of banter that never makes it into the po...

With Season 3 on the way (dropping August 14!), Cade puts Kit through a chaotic, cozy round of rapid-fire film questions—from her dream recast (spoiler: it’s Blake Lively, and she means it) to the horror film that scarred her forever. We get deep on fashion, friendship, and freaky endings, and somehow Bugs Bunny ends up in the roommate conversation. Just a casual little hangout before things get s...

Season 3 is almost here 🎬 and this time, Cade & Kit are getting personal. Stories That Stick is all about the movies that shaped us—those first-watch gut punches, the late-night rewatches, and the ones your best friend swore would change your life. We're diving into the films that turned us into cinephiles, including a few surprises we haven’t seen yet from each other’s lists. Expect ever...

We made it to the end of Season 2. Thirteen horror films, dozens of emotional reactions, and at least two scream-induced shivers later, Cade & Kit are looking back at the creepiest, wildest, most memorable genre entries of 2024 — and handing out their personal top 3. This episode isn't just a ranking — it's a conversation about how horror keeps surprising us. From micro-budget debuts t...

It’s 1974. A cryptic serial killer known only as Long Legs is leaving behind a string of murders tied to occult symbols and coded messages. Enter FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe), an intuitive and emotionally reserved profiler whose connection to the case runs deeper than expected. As the bodies pile up, Harker must navigate her own past, psychic intuition, and a very real evil to stop a killer...

📹 The Premise Eggers reimagines the 1922 silent classic as a gothic fever dream soaked in death, desire, and deterioration. This version follows Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) and his increasingly cursed fiancée Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) as Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) spreads his plague of decay from a distant castle to their urban doorstep. It’s less about plot, more about mood—and the mood is rot...

Two radically different horror films. One’s all chaos, blood, and neon body horror. The other is slow, quiet, and hypnotic — like a nature doc if the subject was a reanimated killer. In this episode, we’re talking The Substance and In a Violent Nature , both from Variety’s Top 13 of the year, and we’re still kind of haunted. 📹 The Premise The Substance follows a woman who tries a mysterious progr...

A high-IQ fashion model living in a downtown Montreal high-rise becomes disturbingly obsessed with a local murder trial involving a potential serial killer. As the court case unfolds, she’s not on the jury—just an observer—but her fixation deepens until she begins navigating the dark web in search of a rumored third “red room” video: a brutal murder-for-pay livestream that might confirm the accuse...

🎬 Late Night with the Devil (2024) 📹 The Setup A late-night talk show host hits his breaking point during Halloween sweeps in the 1970s—and decides to go full spectacle. Paranormal guests. Hypnotists. Psychic children. A live studio audience. And one infamous book called Talking With the Devil . It’s all supposed to boost ratings. Until it turns into something a little too real. 🎥 The film play...

📹 The Setup It’s been thirteen years since the last Final Destination film—and now, death is back on the big screen. We caught Bloodlines at our local Cineplex VIP theater in Calgary (shoutout to the Uni District team, who always treat us well). Expectations were high, the theater was packed, and yes… we made sure not to drive behind any logging trucks. Ever. Again. 🎥 The sixth installment in th...

In this special CUFF edition, Cade & Kit interview the team behind Love Will Tear Us Apart — a gory, playful, body-horror short that opened to laughter, gasps, and full festival applause. Joining the conversation: ​ Carter Dodd (Lead Actor) ​ Elijah Ziegler (Writer/Director) ​ Skyler Grey (Co-star)Produced by Carmen 🎥 Love Will Tear Us Apart screened at CUFF 2025 ahead of the feature Sugar Rot an...

In this special CUFF 2025 edition, Cade & Kit sit down with Jacob Skrzypa , one of the producers (and many other roles) behind Vampire Zombies from Space! , one of the standout crowd favorites at the festival. They talk satire, indie filmmaking, genre tone, casting with intention, and how to fight severed legs with sincerity. On the Premise “It’s exactly what it sounds like — a parody of 1950s hor...

To close out CUFF 2025, we’re wrapping three very different films that somehow all deserve their own weird little spotlight. A genre-defying documentary, a cult-ready horror comedy, and a ghost story about podcasting clout walked into a film festival… and we sat through all three. 🎤 Luna: The LUNA Vachon Story – Raw, Real & Rock 'n Roll An unexpectedly emotional documentary on legendary female wr...

We’re back with Part 2 of our Calgary Underground Film Festival recap — and this one’s all about unexpected pairings. We watched a double-feature that had everything from underwater creatures to exhibitionist neighbors … and we’re still processing. Here’s what happened when we watched A Mother’s Embrace and Two Women back to back — because nothing says “emotional range” like a tentacle demon follo...