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Join Jess for a review of 1963's The Birds! Will it still be as terrifying as she remembers from childhood? Spoiler- it's not..

Join Steph and Jess in this final installment of Spooky Shalhouby, 2001's Thirteen Ghosts. Although we think it should've been titled, Glass Puzzle House to Hell With, Like, 4 Ghosts in the Basement. Jess gets this and another movie's ending confused and Steph realizes her memories are actually of the dvd's special features. Also, November's line up is announced!

Join Steph and Jess as they dive into Spooky Shalhouby month with this surprisingly dark and twisty tale. 2023’s Mr Monk’s Last Case is filled with ghosts, murder most foul and an obvious bad guy. (looking at you James Purefoy) It’s a jungle out there folks, a jungle out there.

Join Steph and Jess for the last installment of “Sinful September” with 2001’s Frailty. A, if we’re being totally honest, a huge disappointment from our 14/17 year old mind’s memories. We discuss the key points we remember, which was not really much come to find out, and how this is the second movie starring Mathew M that barely had him in it. And once again, are we sure this is coming from God? P...

A special minisode introducing Steph's husband Andrew and our thoughts on the latest M. Night flick!

Join Steph and Jess as they take a journey back to 1999 for Stigmata, the movie that probably contributed to Steph’s departure from catholicism. We discuss Patricia Arquette’s peak Y2K fashion and bringing back giant acrylic rings, please. WWJD? Probably not watch this movie.

Join Steph and Jess, deep in the throes of Leo Season, near mad from the relentless Florida heat, as we discuss 1998’s The Man in the Iron Mask. Steph uncovers just how easy misinformation gets spread around while Jess wonders why no one in Versailles has a french accent.. Also September’s theme and flick picks are announced!

Join Steph and Jess for a new release minisode! We review 2024’s Longlegs, featuring our man, Mr Nic Cage. We discuss our fave parts, headscratchers that call for a rewatch, and the journey it took just to go see the d*mn thing. SPOILERS

It’s Leo Season! And you know what that means..Leo DiCaprio movies, duh. Join Steph and Jess for the first installment of the season with 2000’s The Beach. Here we prove just how unreliable memories can be as we have wildly different recollections from the actual movie. We discuss how awful just about everyone is in this secret island cult, where everyone is ok with murder as long as the vibes are...

Join Steph and Jess for the final installment of Summer Slashers! We end it with 2015’s The Final Girls. It was a first watch for both of us and while we agreed we would possibly watch it again if it happened to be streaming on something we already pay for, we also thought it was more teen mother/daughter drama with a side of slasher. We also wonder if Taissa Farmiga and J. Love Hewitt went to the...

We’re Baaack! Join Steph and Jess post June break for a fun journey into Summer Slashers! We begin with 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer. We both have had a J.Love it/hate it/ J.Love it relationship with this one. We discuss why Sarah Michelle Gellar gets the MVP overall while her worse half, Freddie, flounders and fades in this one amongst other fun observations we missed during earlier wat...

More laughing fits and off topic ramblings! Our Summer break for June has ended, here's a mini-sode until we're back on July 9th for Summer Slasher Flicks!

Join Jess in this minisode special as she shares some musings from the editing chopping block!

Join Steph and Jess for the final episode in Winona Ryder Appreciation with 1994’s Reality Bites. Steph breaks out a reality check on what her teenage self didn’t see, Jess of course was all about the love triangle plot, and they both fall in love with the haircut of Winona’s that Jess may get it and Steph may buy it outfits. Don’t forget, June is our Summer Break so stay tuned for minisode releas...

Join Steph and Jess for Winona Ryder Appreciation Month! We begin with the Academy winner Girl, Interrupted. In this episode our teenage angst goggles have been removed, as well as our romanticism of mental illness, so this rewatch brought to light a lot of what we missed back then and the infamous “Not with You” line makes perfect sense to us now!

Join Steph and Jess for the final stop on their European Vacation with 1998’s Run Lola Run, or in its native German, Lola Rennt. Guten Tag! Steph looks back at this one fondly having owned the dubbed Blockbuster VHS, Jess got mad superhero vibes from the heroine, and they both agree that the numerous running shots do not get quite as tedious as you think they would.

Join Steph and Jess as they’re midway through their European Vacation with the 2021 French film, The Deep House. Jess was underwhelmed by this underwater flick, Steph shares how her version would have ended, and they commiserate together about artists who ruin their art by their own crap actions.

In honor of our international listeners come join Steph and Jess for their European Vacation into cinema! This three episode series begins with a stop in Belgium with 1992’s Man Bites Dog ( C'est Arrivé Près de Chez Vous), a film when we initially read would be as a satire mockumentary about following a serial killer we thought would be so “har-har funny” ended up being more than we bargained for!...

March of Musicals concludes with 2001’s Moulin Rouge! Join Steph and Jess as they take you back to their own turn of the century musical experiences with their appreciation of early aughts nu metal and rap, learn about TB exposure and spreading prevention (spoiler; you ain’t supposed to be singing!), and finally announce the films for next month’s theme Filmgazers International: European Vacation....

Join Steph and Jess for March of the Musicals Month! We begin with 2007’s Across the Universe. Steph admits she’s not a Beatles superfan but does own all their records, Jess proposes making another artist based musical centered on Tom Petty songs, and they reminisce about their thoughts on love and romance during the year 2007.

More butchering of the English language and witch cackling.

Join Steph and Jess for the riveting conclusion of Year of the Dragon with 1996’s Dragonheart. Jess wonders why the other dragons weren’t just screaming at Dragon Slayers and villagers alike if they all could speak, Steph is shook the evil King is none other than Professor Lupin, and both stay completely stumped by our dear lead Knight’s naivete.

Join Steph and Jess as they celebrate the Year of the Dragon with, you guessed it, dragon themed movies! Jess sidebars with a Twilight rundown because Steph never hopped on the Twi-Train, Steph thinks Gerard Butler’s character is far too fun and fancy free for a dragon apoc, but Jess still drools for McConaughey’s Van Zan so it’s all A-OK in her eyes.

Join Steph and Jess for Part Deux of Aliens, We’re Still Waiting! with 1990’s Predator 2. Jess is utterly disgusted by Bill Paxton's nineties Str8 man humour, Steph shares a video of Predators dancing with Danny Glover, and they both agree this is the weirdest Lethal Weapon movie they’ve ever seen.

Happy-ish New Year! Join Steph and Jess kickoff 2024 with a month of Sci Fi Sequels in January’s theme, Aliens: We Still Waitin’! We begin, naturally, with 1986’s Aliens. We discuss Steph’s Alien theme park ride trauma, Jess shares her thoughts on the entire franchise, and they gush over their MVP for this film.