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Erin, Brennan, and Matt go to reclaim Mandalore, and while bathing in the Living Waters, wonder why there are so many giant monsters that just show up out of nowhere. . . . We have cute puppets, seaweed pirates, and Mandalorian castles, finally! But through it all, can we be clear that the ancient fall of Mandalore was like, 15 years ago? That's not ancient, people. Let's be real, the hi...

Welcome to our podcast this week about "The Princess Diaries." We discuss the inaccurate representation of San Francisco geography, FMK the boys, and Pier 39 is NOT in Marin! When we're not fuming about cable cars on streets that don't have cables to car, how not to drive a stick shift on the hills of San Francisco, or why driving to the Embarcadero does NOT take you to Pacific...

Hello, Void! We're back with another timely episode, this week discussing "A League of Their Own." We're talking women's rightful place in the pantheon of athletics, the dignity of athletes from all backgrounds (we're looking at you Nike and Uncle Phil), and the transformative power of sports. But to be fair, we're caught in the glow of Geena Davis, Madonna, and...

This week, Erin and Brennan watch "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in efforts to become Knights of the Round Table, We dance whene'er we're able We do routines and chorus scenes With footwork impeccable We dine well here in Camelot We eat ham and jam and spam a lot!! When they're not being silly, they delve into the origins and political implications of the Arthurian Lege...

Greetings, Void! We're here this week to celebrate the Padre, and to do so we are watching Seabiscuit. We talk about history, stock markets, prohibition, and to spice things up, sexy "Iceman" references. Erin and Brennan explore their emotions with this heartwarming film of the ultimate underdog in the most trying time in American history. This movie has the Dude, Spiderman, the bes...

Hiya, Void! Happy St. Paddy's Day! Draw yourself a Guinness, perhaps even a drop of the ol' bottle, and let's dive into Irish history and the beginning of the Republic of Ireland 700 years too late. Is this story complicated, bloody, and silly? Yes. We discuss Liam Neeson being really tall yet sneaky, Alan Rickman as the devious politician ('cause of course he is), and Julia Ro...

いらっしゃいませ！ We're back, Void! This week we're pleased to bring you the beautiful film, Memoirs of a Geisha. We discuss the controversies, the music, and the culture of geisha. Erin practices her Japanese while we can hear Brennan explode internally with excitement. HE'S STUDIED SO HARD FOR THIS MOMENT! We got Gong Li as the powerhouse of the film, California starring as Japan...

Did that title work a little too well?         Yup.  This week, our hosts are back to praise the Mother Ship for her birthday by reviewing "A Fish Called Wanda." Brennan somehow knows more about the CIA than Otto does, Erin loves Jamie Lee Curtis' dress, and both of them are stans for a Python reunion in any form. We are also graced with Stephen Fry for a moment, while learning the...

Greetings Void! We're back with another episode this week where we discuss the underwhelming historical film,  The Eagle  (not to be confused with the gay bar). Starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell, two of the best dancers, and yet there is no dancing! Just Romans, doing Roman things very far away from Rome. We have pretty shots, lots of American accents, and whole bunch of Gaelic, Scottish...

Two episodes in two days?!?! Yup, that's no fluke! We had quick discussion of F1, and now it's back to DRAGONS and TEENS and CAT DRAGONS. Are they frightening? No! They're durpy little cuttle-muffins that have wings! We deal with non-historical vikings trying to be butch while our main hero, Hiccup, just wants a friend who will accept him, and a hawt girlfriend. Let's be real V...

Greetings Void! I mean, VROOM VROOM!! We break our usual schedule of movie discussions to dive into the breaking news that Sir Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team following the conclusion of the 2024 season. I know, shocking right? What's more, he will be joining Charles Leclerc at Ferrari! Erin and I get hot and bothered just thinking of that sexy lineup. So here we have...

Welcome Void, to the closing ceremony of Erin's Month of Gangster Flicks, brought to you by Hot Guys Doing Bad Things INC. This week we bring back Denzel Washington as the kingpin of Harlem, Russel Crowe as the straight shooting detective, and Chiwetel Ejiofor as maybe Fredo maybe not Fredo, either way he's not smart. You know this story is going to be wild when a coat brings down a drug...

Erin and Brennan stand outside the hospital with gun fingers this week as they try to save Marlon Brando from crooked cops. We learn all the lessons: leave gun/take cannoli, do you renounce Satan/bang bang! (I'll take that as a no), and the days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday...). We have Santino (the fighter), Fredo (the weak link, or is he just kind in a world of toxic ma...

This week, Erin and Brennan become true Americans by standing on the side boards of cars and shooting Tommy guns at coppers! "Public Enemies," a tale of the famed bank robber, John Dillinger, and his game against the newly formed FBI (specifically against Agent Melvin Purvis). We have SOME horses, but also Erin does a hard (and crucially important) background check on the real lives of g...

Welcome to 2024, Void! It's a new year, and that means it's Erin's birthday, and as we all know, that entails gangs and blood! This week we discuss Martin Scorsese's 2002 film, "Gangs of New York." This film has everything: politics, firefighter duels, immigration, slums, and SOME horses. Brennan gets cursed by a doll, Cameron Diaz is the Keanu Reeves of this movie, a...

Roll initiative! We'll give you advantage because this movie is fun. . . . This week we watch the latest Dungeons and Dragons movie, a great romp through icy tundras, Neverwinter, the Underdark, and halfling houses. Do you need to know anything about the classic game to enjoy the movie? No! I mean what background knowledge do you need to enjoy a super fat dragon, a paladin that is too pure to...

This week our hosts are ashamed to admit that at every race start we hoped SOMEONE would crash into Max and force him to retire the car. Not to cause him any personal injury mind you, just to give us an interesting race for once! Perhaps with Lewis getting a win? We were ok with Alonso, that dumb-dumb-boy Lando, or even Lance Stroll, ANYONE besides the Dutch menace. We watched Charles get crushed...

Ok Void, this we find ourselves at the conclusion of our aerodynamic excursions. Now, let's take what we've learned in the last three films and combine them all in the dramatic telling of the Apollo 13 disaster. Test pilots, check; rocket fuel, check; communications array, check; Nazi mechanical engineer, check and check! This week we fight the ultimate fight against bad luck. I mean rea...

Who goes there! Baaaaaaaaaaa!! This week we transmit from New South Wales, Australia (bet you didn't think you'd find the space race here!) We have Kiwis playing Aussies, awkward romances between a math nerd and a pretty girl, Aussie insult translators, and sheep. Whether it's drunk PMs, gale winds, or Rudy's vigilance, our team capture the first steps on the moon in July 1969....

Erin and Brennan shoot off rockets and hope they don't become missiles. Or explode. Both would be bad. We watch October Sky starring baby Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper (a man out of time), and Laura Dern (our favorite teacher, Captain Pew Pew!). We revisit memories of putting washers on rockets, Sputnik conspiracies, JPL movies, and TEACHERS SHOULD BE APPRECIATED MORE! Did we mention that Bre...

Who's the best pilot you ever saw? It's Brennan! (Because it's his birthday and we have to feed him delusions of grandeur.) Meanwhile, Erin is the launch button-pusher who is getting increasingly anxious that each rocket they launch blows up. This week we review "The Right Stuff," a film about the test pilots that became the first generation of astronauts in the US Space P...

Happy Día de los Muertos, Void! This week we are not human, nor are we skeletons, WE ARE PUDDLES!! HEAR US SOB!!! That's right, we cry a fair bit this week as we review the Pixar film "Coco." We discuss railings, different death rituals, and how falsifying a unibrow is apparently very illegal. But don't worry, the Rivera family has an arsenal of shoes to hit Ernesto with. This...

Happy Halloween detectives of the Void, can you spy who the greatest comedic actor of all time is? It's Madaline Khan, with the rope in the billiard room!!!! In this, the greatest film adaptation of a game ever, we enjoy the comedic chops of Tim Curry (I butle, sir), Madeline Khan (it's a question of life after death; now that he's dead, I have a life), Eileen Brennan (I just want t...

Oh Void. . . , let me tell you a tale of so much that could go oh so right, and went so so wrong. Young, shirtless, Gerard Butler is Dracula, stuck in a coffin under the watchful eyes of Christopher Plummer, NOT Abraham Van Helsing, "MATTHEW Van Helsing." We've got Mary, portrayed by a carboard cutout, Dracula scribbling Aramaic like some 90's tagger, and Val reporting FROM A S...

Hey Void, wanna watch one of the worst movies ever made? Well luckily for you, Erin and Brennan watched "Van Helsing" so you wouldn't have to! We talked about everything except this film including: Larry Bird (white werewolves can't jump), Gladiator (slow-motion grass), and Lord of the Rings (looking at you Faramir). Ultimately, Team Monsters won our hearts (rimshot) and we wer...