I Hate It But I Love It

Make an excellent, heartfelt, scary film and then follow it up with a pile of crap because we're talking about It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss the challenges inherent in adapting one of Stephen King's longest and unwieldiest properties, skewed identity politics, some excellent performances, and some audacious child actors. This episode brought to you in part by Rothy'...

Wake up in a cube and then move through the cube and maybe get cut into cubes while saying the word CUBE a lot (Cube!!!) cause it's Halloween Month and we're talking about  Cube ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss what the cube was for, ponder why you would ever need a freelancer to design... a cube, and talk about some schmacty shmacting. This episode is brought to you in part by FIGS. FIGS create the high...

Be a special time boy and send your daughter a message through the power of love gravity (???) cause we're talking about INTERSTELLAR! Kat and Jocelyn discuss Christopher Nolan's characteristically terrible sound design, discuss the grandpappy of all deus ex machinas, and how this is a movie about a man who POWERFULLY loves exactly one of his children. This episode brought to you in part by Rothy'...

Create 19 montages and one musical sequence and still SCARCELY come in at feature movie length cause we're talking about  Rocky IV ! In this episode, Kat and Jocelyn discuss montages-within-montages, scene-stealing robots, how Sylvester Stallone wrote the  Rocky  movies, and we all learn that Kat is  extremely  passionate about  Rocky IV . This episode brought to you by Betterhelp. Betterhelp offe...

Go to truly the worst bar of all time and watch a man rip another man's throat out FOR REAL cause we're talking about  Road House!  In this episode, Kat and Jocelyn discuss cartoonish fight sequences, how this town is a REAL contender to be under-the-domed, and Jocelyn's unexpected feelings for Sam Elliot.   This episode brought to you by Betterhelp. Betterhelp offers professional counseling secur...

Wait two hours and change to watch Al Pacino  inhale  the scenery, cause we're talking about  The Devil's Advocate ! In this episode, Kat and Jocelyn discuss terrible accents, how this movie feels like it's covered in oil, and ponder exactly why the devil would need to start up a law firm. This episode brought to you in part by  Prose . Prose creates customized hair care products for people, not h...

Jump in a barely functional spaceship and say a bunch of made up swears mixed with very awkward attempts to speak Mandarin, cause we're talking about  Firefly ... AND, bonus, we also talk about  Serenity ! Kat and Jocelyn touch on which characters they love (and which character is honestly just Ron Swanson in space), ponder what life is like on the Reaver ships, and talk about our enduring love fo...

Cover the Louvre with anagrams (also, your blood) and go on a very dour treasure hunt cause we're talking about Ron Howard's adaptation of The Da Vinci Code ! (Which is... a lot stinkier than we remembered). In the final installment of T. Hanksgiving, Kat and Jocelyn discuss Tom Hanks' first turn as puzzleboy Robert Langdon, touching on how anagrams aren't actually a good way to leave clues for so...

In the third week of T. Hanksgiving, we talk about Robert Zemeckis'  Cast Away ! We talk about how Wilson floating away is funny (sorry), why dentists disagree with this movie, and Kat gets VERY mad about the title of this film (and not, as you might assume, social insurance numbers). This episode brought to you by Betterhelp. Betterhelp offers professional counseling securely online. Visit better...

In the second week of T. Hanksgiving, we're talking about Ron Howard's Splash ! We discuss how Tom Hanks simply... HAD to know that Madison was a mermaid, how the ending of this movie is NOT a happy one, and Kat continues to fixate on social insurance numbers. This episode brought to you by Betterhelp. Betterhelp offers professional counseling securely online. Visit betterhelp.com/HATELOVE and joi...

Happy T.Hanksgiving, the month where we discuss naught but Tom Hanks films! And we're kicking it off with the timeless story of boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl, boy-regrets-not-being-big, boy-turns-big-and-destroys- everyone's-life-including-his- own: Big ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss Tom Hanks's boundless charm, the HORRIFYING Elizabeth Perkins plot (nononono (ewewewew)), ponder who made Zoltar, and K...

Shout "QUACK" at an adult and then perform what surely must be an illegal hockey move cause we're talking about  The Mighty Ducks ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss unearned redemption arcs, hokey attempts to insert humour, ersatz Randy Newman music, and who Kat thought played the old man. This episode brought to you in part by  Pretty Litter . Pretty Litter has next level odor protection, is delivered rig...

Get out your animal crackers and some painfully hokey sex scene dialogue, and then PUT THEM AWAY cause that's the OTHER space rock disaster movie and we're talking about  Deep Impact ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss why this movie's so light on the ol' Sobiesk, talk about our survival instincts, and discuss what the initial plans for dealing with the comet were. Today's episode brought to you in part by...

Watch a volcano explode and then passively comment that a volcano is exploding because we're talking about the (very bad) movie  Volcano ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss how this movie inappropriately shoehorns in major issues, how Tommy Lee Jones is actively trying to make this movie end faster, and note that this volcano specifically has it out for crotches. This episode brought to you in part by  Gree...

Screech "Get off my plane" as you HORRIFICALLY MURDER A MAN cause we're talking about  Air Force One ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss how Harrison Ford's for sure getting impeached, how Glenn Close ALSO does a bad job at her job, and Wolfgang Petersen makes his marvelous return to the podcast. This episode is brought to you in part by FIGS. FIGS create the highest quality medical apparel so that medical...

Put on your Sunday shoes, which apparently means "dance?", cause we're talking about Footloose ! Kat and Jocelyn talk about embarrassing dance sequences, the one very specific reason that Bomont is paradise, and discuss some creative moves on the dance floor. This episode brought to you in part by Pretty Litter . Pretty Litter has next level odor protection, is delivered right to your door in a li...

Wear a hoodie under a blazer and deliver an incredibly wordy monologue cause we're talking about Kevin Smith's  Dogma ! We discuss how watching this film means doing crime for the BEST of reasons, reminisce about how Ben Affleck gets cast in movies, and discuss how it's a pretty steep slope from here until  Tusk , Jocelyn's dreaded mortal enemy of a film.   Today's episode brought to you in part b...

Put on a spangly floor-length robe and adopt an impenetrably thick Transylvanian accent because we're talking about  Bram Stoker's Dracula ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss their BIG love and hate for this truly wild film, touching on the variations on the vampire myth, why Keanu Reeves is poorly served by this film (and poorly serves this film), and wonder what happens to Dracula's anatomy when he turns...

Write a rap that would in no way help you pass a test cause we're talking about  The Baby-sitters Club ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss how disturbing the Stacey-Luca plotline is, how Ellen Burstyn had every right to be annoyed, and which BSC books/characters were their faves. This episode is brought to you in part by FIGS. FIGS create the highest quality medical apparel so that medical professionals loo...

Scream incoherently and steal a fish cause we're talking about  Jerry Maguire ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss the 1996 film  Jerry Maguire , touching on how the film conflates cynicism with realism, how the ending of the movie is NOT really as romantic as people think, and how the character of Ray is TOO cute. This episode brought to you in part by  Pretty Litter . Pretty Litter has next level odor prot...

Take the basic gist of  Friday Night Lights , then subtract all the humanity and charm, then add a real POS as the hero, cause we're talking about  Varsity Blues ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss how Mox is a pure sociopath, how Billy Bob should be the hero of the film, and how Jocelyn doesn't know football terminology. This episode is brought to you in part by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePublic.com and...

Pop in a pair of too-light contacts and SCREAM FOR MANY HOURS cause we're talking about  Interview With The Vampire!  Kat and Jocelyn discuss how Kirsten Dunst rules, how Tom Cruise is a ham and cheese sandwich, and how neither of them had fully seen this film before and were DEEPLY surprised by what it had to offer. This episode is brought to you in part by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePublic.co...

Wrap a cardigan around your head and then do a very loose approximation of hip hop dancing cause we're talking about  Save The Last Dance!  Kat and Jocelyn discuss bad jazz dads, charming Kerry Washington performances, and the WORST BIG DANCE SEQUENCE OF ALL TIME.  Brought to you in part by Sundance Now . AMC Network's Sundance Now is a premium streaming video service, offering a rich selection of...

Join a secret society that is in no way secret and get in a cage with a guy you should kiss but somehow don't because we're talking about  The Skulls ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss the reasons why Kat would be terrible at running a secret society, touch upon how NOTHING is resolved by the end of this film, and Jocelyn re-enacts a truly terrible acting moment in Paul Walker's career.  This episode broug...

Slap on some red lipstick and sing a musical number that in no way replicates real burlesque cause we're talking about the movie  Burlesque ! Kat and Jocelyn discuss Christina Aguilera's signature honk, how Stanley Tucci was cast to play a "Stanley Tucci type", and how the real bad guy of this movie is... real estate, somehow? Edited by  Andrew Ivimey  and produced for the  From Superheroes  netwo...