Her Screen Thoughts - Movie & TV Reviews

Hollister and Wilder review Season Four of The Handmaid's Tale, with an added review of the 1990 film, which Wilder had no idea existed. Roger Ebert's review of the 1990 film shows how far we have come in understanding the issues that The Handmaid's Tale highlights. Or not? Don't miss this episode; but beware, there are spoilers for the finale if you haven't watched it yet. Learn more about your a...

In the Heights is the film reviewed this week by Hollister and Wilder. "It's no sound of music?" The controversy around the casting is discussed and a general celebration of the culture and film abound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oslo, HBO's new film around the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, based on the play by J.T. Rogers, is a must see in this challenging moment in time almost thirty years later. Watch with your family, your class, your whatever. And, talk about it. And if you are a biz person, watch it to learn about the art of negotiation. Brilliant story. Both Hollister and Wilder had strong words around both the message a...

Join Hollister and Wilder as they take a look at the new Dexter teaser, the Halston series on Netflix and yes, the Friends Reunion. Guess who isn't a Friends fan? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollister and Wilder dig deep into Mare of Easttown and Shadow & Bone. Dark forces from fantasy land with Shadow & Bone and dark forces in the shadows of Philadelphia take over. Both are worth a watch if you ask Hollister and Wilder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Hollister & Wilder while they debates both Operation Varsity Blues and Percy & Goliath. No agreement this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Hollister on a short review of Season Four of The Handmaid's Tale. She makes the case for watching it, though some of the reviews are screaming, "enough is enough!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollister and Wilder talk Academy Awards 2021. Yes, Hollister still thinks they are a waste of time, but there’s a lot of backstory on some of the nominees, and their predictions might mirror your own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollister and Wilder take a look at HBO’s The Nevers series, which premiered to the largest audience in HBO history. Yes, it takes place in the Victorian era, where women were corseted, but according to the series, they also had special powers. Wilder is all in. Hollister? Not so much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wilder and Hollister welcome Tim Miller, film critic extraordinaire, for the annual "Best of" end of year podcast. Our discussion starts with the difficulty for the film industry in Covid-2020, and moves into some not-to-be-missed viewing from this past year. First Cow. Promising Young Woman. I May Destroy You. Collective. Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always (great name right?!). And others as well....

This week Hollister focuses on Meryl Streep’s Let Them All Talk on HBO while Wilder brings in Selena, the Series. Hollister is wondering if there really needed to be three renditions of the Selena story, and Wilder explains why there just might be a need. Selena, the Series is for the family to enjoy together—something for everyone—and Let Them All Talk for those women that have get togethers with...

First time ever that Hollister reviews a thriller like Run, staring Sarah Paulson, and Kiera Allen, who the camera loves and we hope to see in more films in the future. Mother daughter issues that go beyond the pale, but because they are both so good at their craft, it is well done and worth the watch. Hollister quotes from Jeannette Catsoulis, and her review, which begins, “if it’s not one thing,...

Ron Howard’s, Hillbilly Elegy, has been panned and heralded in the reviewer’s corner. It has a paltry 25 rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Doesn’t get much worse than that. But Hollister thinks it is under appreciated and one of the finest films Ron Howard has directed. Wilder isn’t so sure. Don’t miss their critique, which is different from what most reviewers are pitching. And, Hollister tuned into Hul...

Hollister and Wilder touch on the feminist issue in The Crown around Thatcher and Queen Elisabeth. Women not playing well in the sandbox together? Then it’s The Undoing, HBO’s six part mini series with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. So much to discuss, cast to die for (yes there is a murder) and some consider a mirror version of Big Little Lies; there are lots of similarities in those that are invo...

The Social Dilemma is discussed by Wilder & Hollister ... "When you don't pay for something like Facebook, you become the product." Techies from many of the platforms come together to discuss how the unsuspecting users are being 'used' and sold and ... don't miss it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Move over Bobby Fischer and Gary Kasparov—there is a new chess prodigy on the scene; Beth Harmon, chess player extraordinaire who redefines the Queen’s Gambit, which for those of you not on the chess circuit is an opening move that has a lot of history. Netflix’s #1 show, starring Anya Taylor-Joy as the fictional Beth Harmon, provides yet another vehicle for a strong woman’s plot. Merser and Bassi...

Christine Merser (aka Hollister) invites fellow The West Wing lover, Elizabeth Bassin, herself in the film industry in Los Angeles to review The West Wing Reunion ... Everyone agrees that the much awaited reunion of the finest cast ever assembled for a series, comes together in order to support the 2020 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are documentaries that need to be seen so you can educate yourself to injustice and this is one such documentary. Shame on Coca Cola. Shame on the United States of America, which is most likely not the first time we have been given reason through film to get angry at our country’s commercialism and what it has done to other countries around the globe. But the other reason to see this is for...

Hollister bids a fond farewell to Claire Danes and Carrie Mathison after the finale. She recounts her discomfort with the character and the need to have her be flawed kick ass rather than just fabulous kick ass but also recognizes that all things come with time. What an ending. What a series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Miller, Movie Critic for the Cape Cod Times, joins Hollister on a walk through the last ten years of excellent film. You will hear about some films you never knew were available, as well as some old favorites. Don't miss this year end review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollister interviews Sabrina Korber, who was at Fox News, around all things Bombshell, which they saw together. Long before the Me Too movement. A film for women to be sure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollister meets up with Tim Miller, Film Critic of the Cape Cod Times to dish on all things around Little Women. They back stories are as interesting as the review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollister, who grew up with a father who was likely one of the actors in the room at Ford Headquarters in the movie, brings in her high school girlfriends, whose fathers also worked at Ford, to review the movie and to shre anecdotes about being a teenage girl during that time of male dominance at Ford. And, do you know whether the FordGT40, the car in the movie, was a replica or the real thing? Le...

Hollister & Lalu discuss The Morning Show, Apple T.V.'s cornerstone series for their new programming, Apple TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollister introduces Lalu to podcasting as they both gush over the Netflix sensation, Unbelievable. Hollister has some comments about Harriet as well, including how twenty-five years ago, the suits in Hollywood wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet. You won’t believe that story. And, lastly, Hollister walks us through the Preppy Murder from 1986 and how the press made the victim out to be in questi...