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CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, assassination, political murder, cover-ups, attempted murder, stalking, deception, gaslighting, peril. It’s not too often you get a movie that stars two of the most outstanding and strong actors of a generation that is just plain boring. But this week’s film is more than up to the task, with a political thriller...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, arguments, Italian stereotypes, strong language. This week we continue our 90’s grab bag with a movie that deals with two “yutes” in a southern town with a big respect for the law. In fact, both the judge and prosecutor in this small town have such respect for legal procedure that the entire comedy of this movie...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: sex work, drugs, misogyny, sexual assault. We’re back on the movie bit with a new series, catching up on some of the films one or both of us haven’t seen from the 1990’s, and we kick things off with the runaway smash hit rom-com that, well, redefined rom-coms. Julia Roberts makes everything better, but back in 1989 she was still compl...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses the slap between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars. The awards are done, and wow, do we have a lot to talk about. Not just the biggest, wildest story of the night, but also the ceremony’s absolute dedication to just being bizarre and nonsensical. Everyone was doing their best but it all felt like chaos on...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER It’s finally time to lock in ballots, prep our tuxes, and get ready to hit the red carpet. We’ve got a full bonus episode with our Oscar Picks before the big night on Sunday night. Will The Power of the Dog rack up a ton of awards on its 12 nominations? Will Dune sandblast its way to a ton of technical awards? Or will another surprise contender find i...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER It’s almost Oscar time and that means we need to talk about the nominees for Best Score and Best Original Song! We give snap judgments on a stacked crew of incredible composers and a fairly predictable Best Original Song category. But who will surprise us, and who will our picks be? Find out on this bonus episode of Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen W...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER We’ve watched all the movies, seen all the nominations, formed our opinions, and now it’s finally here. And after steeping deeply in the year that was 1982, we can say, for sure, that this was a really great year for movies. Heck, one of the biggest movies of the year isn’t anywhere in our archives because it’s such a classic we’d already seen it. But...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of vegetative states, ambulance chasing, right-to-die laws, sexual harassment, lying, manipulation. Our final film of this series takes us into the courtroom in a way few films rarely do. The courtroom drama can be wild, fantastic, and even a bit haughty. But this movie dares to go into the grit and grime of medical malprac...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of the Holocaust, death of a child, genocide, concentration camps, Auschwitz, mental illness, antisemitism, fascism, war. This week’s film has been seared into the collective moviegoing memory based on a single, powerful, heartbreaking scene. And yet that scene is meant solely as the culmination of what is, in all honesty,...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of colonialism, racism, the Holocaust, repression, rebellion, conflict, nationalism, fascism.. It’s near impossible for any biopic to capture the true story of anyone’s life, but it’s even more daunting talking about the figure at hand this week. A man took on the weight of a nation of hundreds of millions to stare down the...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of gaslighting, mental illness, emotional instability, alcoholism, institutional abuse, lobotomy, sexual harassment, misogyny. There was bound to be one rotten movie in this bunch, and it looks like we’ve found it. It’s pretty inconceivable that Hollywood, who loves making movies about itself, could miss a prime opportunity...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER The nominations were announced, and we have our opinions already. From a few glaring omissions to pleasant surprises, we’re here to talk about all the major nominations from last week. And give ourselves a pat on the back for having seen so many of these movies already. Join us for an Oscar Nomination bonus episode of Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of crossdressing, sexism, gender, sexual harassment. This week, we’re tackling a movie that’s so recognizable it might be a trope now. Yet somehow, some way, this movie was bound and determined to subvert expectations of an 80’s movie about a man impersonating a woman. It’s doubly impressive that known manipulative, control...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of alcoholism, shame, abandonment. This film is both incredibly highly regarded and somehow lost to time, because neither of us knew a single thing about this movie other than some Oscar trivia. But what was originally a Mel Brooks tale of his wild days at Your Show of Shows transforms into a tight, funny, and remarkably po...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of losing a parent, death of a child, grief, suicide, mental illness, transgender representation, transphobia, death. Robin Williams’ breakout film performance wasn’t Popeye, and it wasn’t Good Morning, Vietnam. It was this small, oddball tragicomedy that landed just around the time Mork from Ork waved goodbye to TV audienc...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of child confinement, child abuse, threats, adoption, orphans, poverty. It’s rare when an iconic movie musical also happens to be one of the more bizarre watching experiences in our show, and then even more rare when the movie kind of works. Which this movie does…kind of. Look, this was a pretty legendary failure, and yet w...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of kidnapping, political murder, military, genocide, disappearance, family strife, military dictatorship. It's a rare chance we get to watch a ripped-from-the-headlines movie that's as much a family drama as a political thriller. But Greek director Costa-Gavras loves complicating our expectation of a political movie, and he...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of war, underwater, explosions, Nazis, death, drowning. There’s still a good amount of debate between Macintosh & Maud as to whether or not this is a good movie. Which, in most cases, would be a pretty good indication it isn’t, but this movie is a bit of an exception. There’s not a lot happening in this movie other than...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of war, underwater, explosions, Nazis, death, drowning. As a bonus, we’re taking a look back at the really, really bad and amazingly good movies of 2021, and touching on some of the themes of movies this past year. We might even make some 2022 resolutions, so join us for this extra bonus episode of Macintosh & Maud Have...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of war, underwater, explosions, Nazis, death, drowning. A new year brings a new series, and we’re kicking off a new Oscars year, this time films of 1982. It’s a fairly diverse group of candidates with a bit of a common theme, but because of release order, our first movie happens to be one that isn’t from America. But it mig...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER So…we were so invested in musicals the past few weeks, we forgot to mention that we’ve watched sixteen (SIXTEEN?!??!) movies and we wanted to share our reviews with you! So strap in for a whirlwind review of our past month and a half in movies to ring in 2022 this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macin...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER BIG SPOILER WARNING: This episode extensively discusses spoilers for No Time to Die, so please skip this episode if you do not want spoilers at all. CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, grief, kidnapping, child endangerment, death, poison, biological warfare, injuries . We’ve done Bond therapy on this show before, but wouldn’t you know it, a year an...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of slut-shaming, stripping, sexism, sexual harassment, violence, gratuitous sex. We’re still scratching our head about what happened here. Because with apologies to Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones, this movie is an exercise in taking a cult success, dumping a truck full of money on it, and lighting it all on fire. This...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of homophobia, gay panic, drag, queer representation, spying. This week we’re taking on “Gay Paree” with a movie that’s absolutely delightful, if just a tad dated. We’ve always been fans of Julie Andrews, but we’ve never seen her like this - tough, clever, sly and in drag. Couple that with a story that’s not afraid to be lo...

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of antisemitism, the Holocaust, homophobia, queerphobia, Nazism, racism, genocide. M.L. Earheart of The LaFresian Chronicles is back this week for the prettiest mess of a movie we’ve seen in a little while. Bob Fosse was truly a groundbreaking choreographer and director, and was able to create sinister, tragic worlds using...