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There are those in our lives who know us through thick and thin...who get our dumb senses of humor (because hey, they have the exact same ones) and laugh at the same ridiculous things you did when you were 10 years old. They grew up on the same crap, watched the same movies (whether they wanted to or not) and have the same pop culture blind spots...they're OUR SIBLINGS! So to kick off a theme very...

It's the spooky season, and for you, dear listeners...this is no TRICK, we have a TREAT just for you...after two full seasons where Katie vamped about practical Special Effects for film and television, we thought we'd bring in a PRO to introduce your favorite podcasters to the ins and outs of prosthetic make up, mold making, casting, and the art behind making things creepy...so we're honored and h...

Ah...the summer of 1995. When Hugh Grant's hair was still floppy, the world was mere moments away from making Divine Brown a household name, Tom Arnold was still considered funny enough to be cast in something, and a wee BU School of Performing Arts '83 graduate was starring in her first Hollywood romantic comedy, the subject of our final BU ALUMS theme, Nine Months . Highlighting the sheer beauty...

Graham continues our theme of FILMS FROM BU ALUMS with a CFA '79 Graduate KNOWN for her action roles...or rather...just the one. Geena Davis, a woman for the people, tried her best to advance female action stars with her role as Samantha Caine in 1996's action/crime/spy Thriller, The Long Kiss Goodnight. Written by action industry stalwart Shane Black (a script purchased for a record breaking $4 m...

WE'RE BAAAAAACK! For our season 3 opener, we thought we'd go back to our roots...your three favorite podcasters, as wee babes, were once film and television students at Boston University. And what better way to celebrate that legacy than highlighting movies from BU Alums?! And what better alum to start with than Katie's favorite 1962 CFA graduate, Faye Dunaway? And what better film to highlight th...

Water. It is essential for life. But it is also essential for CINEMATIC CHAOS in the Kevin Costner H20 vehicle, the 1995 KING OF ALL FLOPS, Waterworld. Ashley introduces your favorite podcasters to the mother of all aquatic calamities...starring the world's most notorious gill-ed mut-o, Kevin Costner as The Mariner. A man who is truly an island, he sails the oceans of Earth -- a planet long since...

OK, so you're a film executive in 1991 trying to make a blockbuster hit. You have your bankable action star (Bruce Willis in the title role), your beautiful global locations (Rome! New York! Budapest!), your dastardly villain duo (Richard E. Grant and Sandra Bernhard), wild sets and massive explosions. But then you keep adding...music that makes no sense, actors who just dont...act (or do the oppo...

Meow meow meow, meow, meow...meow? Meow, meow! (I should really just write the whole summary that way)...but no really, folks, we're mewling about one of the biggest box office CAT-astrophes in recent MEMORY for the second episode in our IT'S A DISASTER! theme...have you guessed what it is yet? Rebel Wilson eating a bunch of human Rockette-esque cockroaches and then unzipping her own cat skin? Jam...

Some films are big bets for studios...they put a lot of money, time and talent behind them, and then SOMETHING goes wrong and the film just FAILS. No rhyme or reason. THAT IS NOT THE CASE for the first film in our IT'S A DISASTER theme -- 1997's Sundance black comedy darling, The House of Yes. This BONKERS film has very. clear. reasons. for not succeeding -- even with Miramax and the great Aaron S...

Some movies live forever in our brains as absolute sheer genius -- a seminal work of comedic timing, improv, and chemistry. But when you've already seen The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking , where do you go from there? You go one louder. You need that extra push over the cliff to eleven. You need This Is Spinal Tap . The 1984 cult classic Rockumentary lives in infamy -- created by the very st...

In the world of movies, there are some lines that are baked into the cultural vernacular -- FEED ME, SEYMOUR! is definitely one of them. So it's with great pride and pleasure and JOY that Katie introduces the third movie in our Let's Get MUSICAL theme, the utterly charming 1986 Little Shop of Horrors. This has all the pod's favorite attributes -- incredible production, stunning sets, the peak of c...

1980 was a time of joy. It was a time of feathered hair, glittering light shows, disco, roller skating, Olivia Newton-John, bizarro animation, a million costume changes, Electric Light Orchestra, stories that make very little sense and of course, it was a time of Xanadu . Graham introduces Katie and Ashley to the stunning fever-dream that is this movie for our second installment of LET'S GET MUSIC...

We promised to bring the thunder in Season 2...and here it COMES!! We're proud to host the definitive audio experts on Jack White to introduce our new theme -- LET'S GET MUSICAL -- movies all about music. And they've decided to introduce Graham and Ashley to the 2007 Rock-u-Mock-u-Mentary, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story . With Jack White in a guest role as Elvis Presley, the story follows southern...

Soft, orange sunsets...cool river breeze...candlelight, teenage romance that spans generations, and a forbidden love that bridges social systems, this movie has all your Nicholas Sparks romance tropes AND MORE. Ashley takes our L-O-V-E theme to it's ultimate pinnacle, introducing Katie to the 2004 romantic drama, The Notebook . Starring Ryan Gosling (scoring a 2 out of 3 for dreaminess) and Rachel...

A young New Zealand woman meets a charmingly befuddled young bachelor and she is given a sign that they are destined to be together. A romance quickly blooms between the two lovers, and amidst pain, heartbreak and adversity, they overcome all obstacles in their way IN THIS COMPLETE GOREFEST. In the second episode of our L-O-V-E theme, Katie introduces Graham and Ashley to the 1992 Peter Jackson fi...

LOVE IS IN THE AIRRRRR...and we're ready to launch into our new theme with the 1999 gay rom-com, Trick. Starring Christian Campbell (Neve Campbell's brother!) as Gabriel, a twenty-something New Yorker who hasn't quite figured out who he is (both as a person and as a gay man) as he meets smoldering go-go boy Mark, played by John Paul Pitoc, and the two try to find a place to hook up for just one ni...

Special guest Angie Bullaro introduces the gang to our fourth film in the BOOKIT theme -- book to film adaptations, the 2008 teen romance and cultural juggernaut, Twilight. Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner...you know what, if you don't know what this movie is you need to escape from whatever rock you've been living under for the past 13 years. It's a wonder Graham and Kat...

GET READY TO FEEL ALL THE FEELINGS...this is an intense one, guys. Ashley chooses the third installment in our BOOKIT! - Book to film adaptation series with 2012's The Perks of Being a Wallflower , written and directed by Stephen Chbosky, who also authored the book in 1999. Starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller, we follow the story of loner freshman Charlie in his first year back at s...

In the second episode in our BOOK IT! series, we talk about the 2007 blockbuster film I am Legend , the third screen adaptation of Richard Matheson's classic 1954 book of the same name. Starring Will Smith, his adorable German Shepherd and an extremely empty New York City, we follow our protagonist as he battles what's left of humanity after they evolved into vampire-like creatures. Suprisingly, t...

IT'S SEASON 2! And since the hosts are giant reading nerds, we're happy to start off this season with our new theme, BOOK IT! - Book to Film Adaptations. And what weirder way to start a new year than with the 1988 acid-trip, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking ?! Based on the hugely successful Swedish book series by Astrid Lindgren, Graham introduces Katie and Ashley to this giant mishmash of...

It's our (Holiday) Season Finale! Ashley introduces Graham and Katie to the overly-stuffed 1994 film, Mixed Nuts, telling the story of a ragtag group of unlikely characters connected to the crisis hotline Lifesavers on one crazy Christmas Eve. Starring a post- Father of the Bride: Part One Steve Martin, comedy goddess Madeline Kahn, Rita Wilson, Rob Reiner, Anthony LaPaglia, Juliette Lewis, Adam S...

HOLI-YAYYYY! Join us as Katie introduces Graham and Ashley to the classic 1974 Christmas horror film, Black Christmas . One of the original slasher pics, the inspiration for Halloween , with innovative camera work in a pre-steadi-cam era and a killer cast, Katie finds a way to bring horror to the holidays. Starring a slew of actors who would go on to have extremely successful careers in horror, th...

Hallmark Christmas Movies...what better way to get into the holiday spirit than overdosing on hot chocolate, snowball fights, caroling, and literally every trope you could possibly associate with Christmas? Join Graham and Ashley as they introduce Katie to the SHEER WONDER that is Hallmark, starting with Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater -- a new film for the 2020 Hallmark slate. This story...

IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON! Kicking off our special FOUR-PART series, Holi-YAY!, Graham, Katie and Ashley introduce each other to three of our favorite holiday specials. First up is Graham's pick with the absolutely amazing and adorable A Muppet Family Christmas, originally airing in 1987. This delightful story brings the entire Muppet Family together at Fozzie Bear's mother's house on a snowy Christ...

Our FINAL ENTRY in the "Politics, UGH!" theme as Ashley introduces Graham to the 2006 political comedy, Idiocracy . Co-written by Mike Judge (known for masterpieces like Office Space, Bevis and Butt-head, and King of the Hill) and Etan Cohen (known for trash fires Get Hard and Tropic Thunder) , this film is wildly remembered for its amazing open...and very little else. A great premise with an abso...