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It’s time for our 3rd Annual Awards Show Spectacular, and we’re giving out awards to the films we’ve discussed over the last 50 episodes. Who gave a worse performance in Twilight, Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart? Would you rather be haunted by Beetlejuice or Christina Aguilera? Who will win the best animal friend award? Or most delicious food? Listen and find out! 

It’s time for another visit to Studio Ghibli as we discuss Hayao Miyazaki’s coming of age classic featuring a young witch and her cat: Kiki’s Delivery Service! We discuss women getting shit done, sassy cats, hard lessons about the loneliness of growing up, the rise and fall of blimps, WWII metaphors, all the things you’ve come to expect from Indy Randhawa and Samantha Hees.   Kiki's Delivery Servi...

Indy runs down his list of best talking cats, including Salem Saberhagen, Sailor Moon’s Luna, and more, Samantha reviews the satirical thriller The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window with Kristen Bell, and we prepare for our annual dose of Miyazaki: Kiki’s Delivery Service! Salem Highlights From Sabrina The Teenage Witch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBkrIMIKZnc&ab...

This week we’re covering the sequel everyone demanded, Step Up 2: The Streets! We break down the dancing, romance, shirt budgets, getting served, Henry V, defenestrations, the many crimes of the heroes, theatre tech, inspirational cultural appropriation speeches, and more! Opening Subway Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAB3CjAW_UQ&ab_channel=Flaqko%27sArchive The Final Rain Dance: https://w...

Sam recommends Open Book, the autobiography of Jessica Simpson, Indy does several quick reviews of some middle career Kurt Vonnegut novels like; Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, Slapstick, and more, then we prepare to Step Up 2: The Streets! Plus, when was the last good musical, and are Disney live action remakes a metaphor for growing up? Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 1...

This week we are looking at the life and music of Bob Marley. We track his life from his humble beginnings, becoming the face of Jamaica, assassination attempt, exodus, to becoming a worldwide influence, stopping in on his amazing music along the way. Indy’s Bob Marley Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nstAXtZdMnU4AxgY-qe5ooaIFeOiu0LVNtKXNbAG2ss/edit?usp=sharing   ReMastered: W...

We discuss some important subjects like, who was the first person to be called hot, and the fall of low rise jeans. Then Indy reviews the classic Zamrock album Africa by Amanaz, Samantha recommends Down the Rabbit Hole & Vegas Diaries by Holly Madison, and we prepare to discuss the life and music of Bob Marley. Amanaz was a Zamrock band founded in 1973 in Kitwe , Zambia . [1] The group released th...

We’re dancing into Valentine’s Day with Step Up, and talking giant clothes, dance skills, stealing cars, choreography, Channing Tatum’s busy schedule, The Wire, black trauma as a vehicle for white growth, you know, the usual stuff.   Step Up is a 2006 American romantic dance drama film directed by Anne Fletcher (in her feature film directorial debut ) from a screenplay by Duane Adler and Melissa R...

After a super light intro about pulling the plug on Indy if he’s ever in the flesh prison of a coma, DNRs, chainsaw-handed robots, The Golden Girls, Bob Seger, Bob Saget… honestly, you could just jump to the 6 minute mark… Then Samantha reviews the novel One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Indy does rapid-fire recommendations of Kurt Vonnegut’s early work, including The Sirens of Titan, Mother...

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it’s podcast time! We’re feeling very Olympic today as we discuss Cool Runnings, the story of the Jamaican bobsled team in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. We discuss late eighties fashion, the cold hard truth of the cold, teaching kids about racism, the lessons we learn from failure, countless one- liners, and much more!   Cool Runnings is a 1993 Ameri...

Indy watched Tammy and the T-Rex where Paul Walker’s brain gets put inside a dinosaur robot which then eats a bunch of people, Samantha journeys with Michaela DePrince From War Orphan To Star Ballerina in her autobiography Taking Flight, and we preview next week’s big watch just in time for the Olympics: Cool Runnings!   Tammy & the TRex Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dY-kACvfgc&ab_chan...

We’re talking about Twilight, the movie that has it all: sparkling vampires, wooden teenagers, red flags, vegetarians, baseball, stalkers, head shaking, uncomfortable metaphors, and so much more! Oh, and Laurant is not black in the Twilight books.   Twilight is a 2008 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer 's 2005 novel of the same name . Directed by Catherine Hardwicke , the film...

Sam talks about the divergent paths of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel Maybe In Another Life, Indy discusses the relentless optimism of Ted Lasso starring Jason Sudeikis, and we preview the vampire story that changed/ creeped out the world: Twilight!    Ted Lasso is an American sports comedy-drama streaming television series developed by Jason Sudeikis , Bill Lawrence , Brendan Hunt , and Joe Kelly, b...

In what Indy describes as “one of the worst episodes yet” due to Covid symptoms and a new studio, we discuss the Swedish vampire film Let The Right One In. We do have a few coherent thoughts though, like; the themes of isolation and being an outsider, vampire lore, the divide between children and adults, & what it means to let the right one in. Let the Right One In ( Swedish : Låt den rätte komma...

We discuss the space-age philosophy and puppy-cuteness of the Netflix animated series Dogs in Space, the jet-age stories of Pan Am flight attendants in Julia Cooke’s Come Fly the World, and we preview next week’s big watch the Swedish vampire film Let The Right One In. Plus, New Year’s Resolutions, liberal vampires, conservative zombies, and much more! Dogs in Space is an animated action-adventure...

This week we’re discussing the Netflix Christmas movie, Love Hard! We get some exclusive behind the scenes info from a source on set, plus we have hot takes on Walden, bobsledding tips, The Shredder, cats in hats, the declining population of Venice, defunct Olympic events, and so many more divergences. Plus, Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie? Is Baby, It’s Cold Outside creepy? We don’t care, just stop...

After an introduction about the divinity of perception and BBQ names, we share a few of our favourite Christmas songs by artists like Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Mariah Carey, & The Raveonettes. Then we preview next week's film, the Netflix original; Love Hard! Plus, reasons why you should wear a coat, how piracy is in the holiday spirit, peppers, milk, and cocaine! Bing Crosby & David Bowie - "Th...

Our Christmas extravaganza continues with The Muppet Christmas Carol, which is summarized by Samantha as “A bad dude is visited by 3 ghosts, it scares him, and he becomes nice.” It combines 2 beloved worlds and we discuss the existence of an afterlife, the birth of Christmas traditions, fantastic performances from Michael Caine and several muppets, and why this movie inexplicably works. The Muppet...

We discuss the War on Christmas (and how Christmas is clearly winning) Indy pontificates on the classic, but surprisingly solemn, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Samantha recounts the twists, turns, and switches of Netflix’s The Princess Switch Trilogy, and we preview next week’s festive watch The Muppet Christmas Carol.   A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 animated television special . It is the firs...

We watched Nancy Meyer’s Something’s Gotta Give and are discussing the performances of stars Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, & Keanu Reeves, scream crying, talking directly to your audience, dangerous CPR techniques, beige clothes, romance, & more! Something's Gotta Give is a 2003 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers . It stars Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton...

Samantha Recommends The Other Mrs. Miller by Allison Dickson and her favourite audiobook readers, Indy has a Kurt Vonnegut update about Breakfast of Champions and the Kurt Vonneguys and talks about the police procedural / brilliant comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and then Samantha hopes her high school self’s taste has improved as we get ready to watch Something’s Gotta Give.   Brooklyn Nine-Nine is an...

This week our discussion of Park Chan-wook’s I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Okay (싸이보그지만 괜찮아) covers sympathy, empathy, finger guns, the subjectivity of reality, the meaning of life, the 7 deadly sins, finger guns, representations of mental health, neuro divergence, and plenty of yawns.   I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK ( Korean : 싸이보그지만 괜찮아; Ssaibogeujiman Gwaenchana) is a 2006 South Kore...

Indy talks about Southern Hip-Hop pioneers The Geto Boys, Scarface, and his autobiography Diary of a Madman, Samantha recommends the Old Hollywood historical fiction The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and we introduce next week’s watch, the (sort of) romantic comedy I’m A Cyborg But That’s Okay from Korean auteur Park Chan-wook!   Brad Terrence Jordan (born November 9, 1970)...

We’re discussing Practical Magic, a Sandra Bullock & Nicole Kidman film full of witches, ghosts, backwards horse riding, cactus pancakes, self stirring coffee cups, death beetles, and sisterhood. Sometimes. But usually not. Plus controversial opinions on Fleetwood Mac and it's hanged, not hung. I guess it depends what you are talking about.   Practical Magic is a 1998 American romantic comedy fant...

Sam listens to the true crime podcast The Labyrinth, Indy goes puritan with the historical horror The VVitch, and we preview Sam's pick for next week's deep dive: Practical Magic. Plus: Aliens, libraries, the pandemic, disillusionment, middle-English, brown M&Ms, the Devil, magic crabs, Buffy, witches, & so much more!   Oh, the horror! Episode of Overdue Finds from EPL: https://overduefinds.libsyn...