Did You Do Your Homework? | A Pop Culture Podcast

It's the most wonderful time of the year, when everyone is still putting together their best of lists and retrospectives of the year prior. DYDYH is no exception - you all know how much Martha loves a ranked list! Here are our personal Top Ten Lists of 2021.

Follow us down the rabbit hole as we watch, analyze, and dissect the defining film franchise of our generation, The Matrix. Spoiler warning for The Matrix Resurrections (and the other ones, but we figure you've probably seen those before). Coming next time: our top ten lists from 2021! Happy New Year, everyone!

It's finally here! Maren and Martha close out the holidays with the 2021 Nteflix Christmas move, A Castle for Christmas (dir. Mary Lambert). It's a plaid-and-snow-covered good time. We're going to take a short break and will be back in your ears in 4 weeks. Real life is upon us! Happy new year, everyone!

We trace the origins of the 'historically anachronistic' film from its nebulous origins with A Knight's Tale (2001, dir. Brian Helgelund) up through the current Hulu series The Great (2020-, created by Tony McNamara). Pete finally gets an episode as self-indulgent as Martha has for years and years. Will Martha pronounce the word "anachronism" correctly? You'll have to listen to find out!

We go back in time to the mid-aughts to discuss the tale of preteen shenanigans, Unaccompanied Minors (2006, dir. Paul Feig)Will this group of unruly children salvage a merry Christmas, despite being hunted like animals by Lewis Black? Listen and find out...

It's the Cowboy Bebop episode! Pete and Martha hash out the new Netflix adaptation of the 1998 classic anime. We also look at the 2021 Disney+ animated series Star Wars Visions, with tales of the expanded universe.

Sorry this is late, the holidays are here and it's time for the traditional bout of losing control of our lives! We're here today to talk about the brand spanking new Netflix original, Love Hard (2021, dir. Hernan Jimenez). It's not included in the episode, but our next movie will be Unaccompanied Minors (2006, dir. Paul Feig, available on Netflix).

We're living in a hellscape, so Pete and Martha are breaking down media that puts a macabre, game show spin on gladiatorial entertainment. We're talking about Squid Game (2021, dir. Hwang Dong-hyuk) and The Running Man (1987, dir. Paul Michael Glaser).

I don't have a clever quip for you today - it's a pretty straightforward discussion about a movie that thinks its being sex positive. Is it? Let's find out! Today we're discussing the 2012 teen film The First Time (dir. Jonathan Kasdan), starring Britt Robertson, Dylan O'Brien, and many others.

Did Martha and Pete have a fully formed thesis when they set out to do this episode? Absolutely not. Did they want to talk about DUNE very, very badly? You're darn tootin'. We take a look at the desert power epics, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962, dir. David Lean)and DUNE (2021, dir. Denis Villeneuve) and discuss their impact on cinema and science fiction.

One of the reasons we're now a combo teen film/rom com movie podcast is because those genres borrow so much language from each other. Case in point? Netflix's 2021 original Afterlife of the Party, starring Victoria Justice and Midori Francis.

It's a super special crossover event! Pete and Martha team up with the crew of Catching Up David to discuss the finest video game adaptations the 90's had to offer. Homework for the episode: Super Mario Bros (1993, dir. Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton); Street Fighter (1994, dir. Steven de Souza); Pokemon the First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998, dir. Kunihiko Yuyama and Michael Hagney)

How is this the first Disney Channel Original Movie we've covered? Martha and Maren watch the "made in 2012, feels like 1998" DCOM Radio Rebel (2012, dir. Peter Howitt) based on the novel Shrinking Violet by Danielle Joseph.

In the wake of the release of Midnight Mass (which we do not discuss but you should definitely watch), Pete and Martha ask: why are we so interested in cults? We look at three pieces of media to break it down: The Jonestown Massacre: Paradise Lost (2007, dir. Tim Wolochatiuk), Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011, dir. Sean Durkin) and The Endless (2017, dir. Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead)

We're back after a brief break for health reasons! Maren and Martha take a vacation to Bali with the 2021 Netflix original A Perfect Fit (dir. Hadrah Daeng Ratu). Come along and bask in the beautiful tropic scenery and questionable life decisions of our characters.

A content warning to all of our listeners: we're discussion rape revenge movies, their history, and their place in our current cultural environment. Which may not be the discussion for you! We look at the genre's beginnings and how women in film are reclaiming it to make their own statements. Homework for the episode: The Last House on the Left (1972, dir. Wes Craven); Revenge (2017, dir. Coralie...

This is your reality...or is it? Pete and Martha take a look at some mind-bending media intent on destroying the line between the real and the imagined. Homework for the episode: The Game (1997, dir. David Fincher), RABBITS (2017-current)

Did you know this movie is NOT based on a book? Because Martha and Maren sure didn't! Come along with us on yet another "manic pixie death girl" journey as we dig into the Bella Thorne vehicle, MIDNIGHT SUN.

It's a replay, Charlie Brown! Life got to be a bit too much to record this week, so we're giving you a small interlude with some summer reading recs recycled from last year. Hopefully, they bring you joy this time, too. Next week, back to your regularly scheduled ARG discussion!

Maren and Martha check out the Netflix original Good on Paper (2021, dir. Kimmy Gatewood), and ask the question: is this a rom com? We've argued about it before, but this time, we're pretty sure what the answer is.

We have come to the end of our quest, friends. Pete and Martha cap their Arthurian series with a look at media all about the myth and legend of King Arthur. Also, spoiler warning for THE GREEN KNIGHT, which we have been itching to discuss for many months now. Homework for the episode: Excalibur (1981, dir. John Boorman) and Merlin (1998, dir. Steve Barron)

Part two of our Arthurian Triptych has arrived! This time, we're discussing King Arthur and comedy, through the lens of two stone cold classics. Homework for the episode: The Sword in the Stone (1963, dir. Wolfgang Reitherman), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, dir. Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones)

We had our fun last episode, but it's time to get back to business as usual: watching over dramatic teens make questionable life decisions. Today, Maren and Martha discuss the 2020 Amazon Prime original, Chemical Hearts, based off the novel Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland. Written and directed by Richard Tanne, and starring Lili Reinhart and Austin Abrams.

Do you like theme months? I heard you liked theme months! We start our latest deep dive into a single topic (inspired by the upcoming release of A24's THE GREEN KNIGHT) with a look at "historically accurate" accounts of the King Arthur legend.

It's episode 50! Instead of talking about one movie, Maren and Martha pause to take a look back at some of their favorites from the previous 50 (well, technically 48) they've already watched. Here's to the next 50!