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It's a full table for this week's episode as John and Bethany invite Corey Couch, a PhD student involved in the Liquid Blackness research group at Georgia State, and Chris, friend of the show and host of Them's the Facts, to discuss Jordan Peele's directorial debut, Get Out. In our longest and most contentious episode yet, get a glimpse of what hanging out with film students is like, but also enjo...

Warning: there's some rape discussion in this one. John and Bethany dive into the 2010 Russell Brand/Jonah Hill vehicle/spinoff/comedy allstar game: Get Him to the Greek. The sex comedy barely works, but do the jokes? Next Week: Get Out!

John and Bethany dive into 2018 comedy Game Night. They also dip into some other pools. Can you believe Bethany has never heard of Pinball Wizard? Love to Fatt Damon and Lamorne Morris. Next Week: Get Him to the Greek

It's John and Bethany Birthday Month, so it's time for dogs, cars, guns, and hotels in the John Wick 1 and 2 Birthday Special!!!! We're gonna be back on our alphabetical shiz next week with Game Night! Theme music by The Organ Machines. https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves Summer Mvt 3 Presto by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players is licensed under a At...

John and Bethany dive into Frozen, a Disney Princess Movie (Unlike Brave, which has a Disney Princess, but is a Pixar movie). They get into it about animation, Broadway composers, and the actors who sing (and don't sing enough). Our intro and outro music is Oil Waves, by the Organ Machines! Find them on bandcamp.

John and Bethany watch an old favorite, (500) Days of Summer. Music videos, Post-Modernism, all that good stuff makes an appearance. We had a lot of hard opinions on this one. Music by the Organ Machines. Next week we watch Frozen!

John and Bethany dive into Newt Scamander: A Conservationist's Story. We almost lost the files on this one folks so we're just happy to get it to you. Big Questions Include: Should John save earlier in Audacity? Is New York New York without you love? Are these descriptions becoming overwrought? Vote on twitter.com/homeviewingpod to let us know if (500) Days of Summer is next or Frozen!

John and Bethany dive into Alex Garland's first directed, Oscar Isaac featuring film, Ex Machina. Big questions include: Does Alex Garland know how to write women? Is Oscar Isaac our greatest actor? Can she f***? Next week, it's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them! Check out theorganmachines.bandcamp.com

John and Bethany look at seminal 2000s classic and near perfect film, The Devil Wears Prada. Big questions for this episode include: Is there anyone as good as Meryl? Is there anyone as doe-eyed as Anne Hathaway? Will John ever be quite okay with the current state of the studio system? Next week, we're watching Edge of Tomorrow: Live. Die. Repeat. Our theme music is by The Organ Machines! theorgan...

John and Bethany discuss Frank Oz's 2007 film, Death at a Funeral. Big questions include: Why aren't there more female characters? How do you measure jokes per minute when the jokes are running throughout? Are poop jokes raunchy? Next week, it's The Devil Wears Prada. This episode features music by The Organ Machines. Check out their bandcamp!

A movie John and Bethany watched early in their relationship comes back to bore them and make them slightly uncomfortable. Big questions for this episode include: Is rom-com chemistry real? Why does Ryan Gosling say “schvanz” so much? Why does Steve Carell keep trying when he’s never going to win an Oscar? Next episode, we’re watching Death at a Funeral (2007)! Featuring music by The Organ Machine...

The Russo Brothers take their second outing in the MCU with Captain America Civil War, but John and Bethany are tired of them already. Big questions for this episode include: Why didn’t they just call this Avengers: Civil War? Is this movie worth watching? Is Scarlet Witch gonna f*ck the robot? Next episode, we’re watching Crazy Stupid Love! Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganm...

John and Bethany celebrate Christmas with Jon Favreau’s 2003 Will Ferrell vehicle, Elf. Big questions for this episode include: Is James Caan actually bad and maybe just Sonny Corleone? Is syrup acceptable on spaghetti? Why didn’t Kathleen Kennedy release a Star War?!!!! Next episode, we’re watching Captain America: Civil War! Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcam...

John and Bethany look at murder and celebrity culture in Academy Award Winner Chicago. Big questions for this episode include: Is Renee Zellweger American? Are murderesses not necessarily great representations? What’s a proscenium? Next episode, we’re watching either Elf or Chicago. Vote on twitter @homeviewingpod! Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/...

John and Bethany tackle young Leo in Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film, Catch Me If You Can. Big questions for this episode include: Why does 28 year old Leo still look like a baby? Does The West Wing color our perceptions of Martin Sheen? Is capitalism the biggest scam of all? Next episode, we’re watching either Elf or Chicago. Vote on twitter @homeviewingpod! Featuring music by The Organ Machines: ht...

How do you talk about a visually stunning movie in an audio medium? John and Bethany try and find out while talking about Luca Guadagnino’s 2017 film, Call Me By Your Name. Big questions for this episode include: Where did Timothee Chalamet come from? Is there anything we didn’t like in this movie? How many times can John combine the titles of Mystery of Love and Visions of Gideon? Next episode, w...

Listen y’all I was crying while editing this podcast because this movie does representation and emotions very well so make sure you watch Coco before you listen to this one so you can cry with me! XOXO, Gossip John. Big questions for this episode include: What and when is Dia de Los Muertos? Could this movie be any more perfect? Should we have a sticker to put on movies that get perfect ratings at...

Nicole, host of Avocado Toast on the Pocket Podcast Network, joins us for what Bethany calls “A Bucky Love Story”. Big questions for this episode include: What does John think defines a superhero? Do Marvel movies even have definable musical themes? How much noise can our dogs make? Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves This episode was brough...

Alex, the bassist and vocalist of The Organ Machines, joins the show to talk about our first consensus smash. Big questions for this episode include: How many good things can we say about one movie? What is afrofuturism and how does it play in here? Was Killmonger right, or a misogynist? Featuring music by The Organ Machines (Alex’s Band!): https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves Thi...

Chris, the drummer of The Organ Machines, joins the show to talk about the second drummiest movie of 2014. Big questions for this episode include: Is it really all one shot, and how long does it take you to notice that? Who was the definitive Batman? How far can John crawl up his own ass in the name of his Masters in Communication? Featuring music by The Organ Machines (Chris’s Band!): https://the...

John and Bethany are joined by their friend Gisela to continue through 2017’s greatest hits (but still not John’s pick for best). Big questions for this episode include: Can a movie be good without being overly visually interesting? Is Zoe Kazan shoehorned into Rom-Com roles? What was John’s bad stand-up like? Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-w...

John and Bethany are joined by their friend Gabe to watch one of their favorite films of 2017(but not John’s pick for best). Big questions for this episode include: Is everything really on beat? Which iconic Atlanta locations did we all actually eat at? Which gun is which part of the pig? Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves Next episode, we’...

John and Bethany are very bored and fatigued of Marvel, but still can find some good stuff even in this mess. Big questions for this episode include: Was Iron Man 3 pointless? Do the twins actually feel like twins? Are your hands not tasty enough? Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves Next episode, we’re watching Baby Driver.

John talks a lot about extrapolation while Bethany is tepid at best. Big questions for this episode include: Why are there only two non-blue people of color? Just how bad is the heavy handed slow motion? Why are the Na’Vi….like that? Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves Next episode, we’re watching Avengers: Age of Ultron!

Athena weighs in on the movie with a few barks. Big questions for this episode include: Is time predetermined? Can language be untethered from speech? Why the hell wasn’t anyone nominated for any acting Oscars? Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves Next episode, we’re watching Avatar!