Pshht Themes

Can you feel it? The pull? It calls to you. Another episode of Star Wars fandom... for children? You may say it's crazy, you many say that it's silly to take a Disney kids show about the Star Wars universe seriously, but Brennan has been preaching the gospel of Star Wars Rebels for years, and for his birthday podcast, by the Force, he's going to make Erin and Matt watch it too. And...

 Charge your electric chairs, grab a bottle of cyanide, and awake the dead, it's time for Halloween!! A.K.A. just a normal day in the Addams house. This week we are back to discuss the happiest scary movie of all times, the 1991 film The Addams Family. Erin and Brennan start on a sneeze but recover to talk a great deal about how much we love Morticia and Gomez, to heck with the rest of the fa...

Erin and Brennan head to the Santa Cruz.....I mean SANTA CARLA, Beach Boardwalk for a night of saxophone playing and mayhem. Join us as we review Joel Schumacher's both amazing and infuriating Lost Boys. Brennan chooses the sanity of the comic book shop and talks about how much he HATES this movie, while Erin hangs off the bottom of a bridge and professes her undying love for horrible vampire...

Have you ever been seduced by an alien from Transylvania? Have you ever witnessed the Time Warp and wanted to just jump to the left? Or take a step to the right? Put your hands on your hips? And bring your knees in tight?  Well, with a pelvic thrust, your hosts Erin, Brennan and Steve take a wrong turn to a castle in Ohio where they come across a VERY exciting party.  This week we take on the cult...

Lot 666, a chandelier in pieces. Those who have seen his face. . . or half his face, know that a long hallway with golden arms awaits, with a horse, and a boat to a man cave with candelabras that light themselves from the Paris sewers. And as two people who have now seen that face, we are definitely not drawing back in fear, if anything I think my sister is flushed and ready to make some "mus...

Erin and Brennan walk through the autumn leaves in New York and ask the age old question: can brothers and sisters be friends? The answer is no, due to egos and the need to be right all the time.  We discuss When Harry Met Sally, one of the most influential romantic comedies of all time. Erin brings up her past dating life of nihilistic boyfriends, while Brennan finally watches the film all the wa...

Ok, we're sorry, but we wanted to be sure that we got to say everything that we needed to get said. We needed the time to delve into the ultimate ultimate Batman v. Joker film ever made. We discuss that Rachael is an idiot, Gordon comes back from the dead which begs the question if he's a vampire (Looking at you Gary Oldman), and we get an English education we cannot unlearn: laughter wi...

Brace yourselves folks! The clowns are coming and they're armed with knives, pencils, and vegetable peelers! Ha! You laugh and scoff for now, but what if I were to say that those were all wielded by the Joker? Not laughing now, are you? Erin and Brennan are terrified by a crazed Heath Ledger on a murder spree, particularly when he shouts "LOOK AT ME!" We recount the heady days of mi...

Erin and Brennan defect for Montana from their nuclear submarine in hopes of a better life. Is this episode full of Sean Connery impressions for the first 10 minutes? Yes. Yes, it is. Do those Sean Connery impressions count as Russian accents according to this movie? Yes, they do.  Brennan sets his depth charges for bad jokes, while Erin has to play along with this conspiracy. But who is the sabot...

Brennan returns to earth in his mortal form, but missing the glow of divinity. Meanwhile, Erin lusts after some nymphs (Gerard Butler) and can't shut up about the Twelve Labors of Hercules (HERAKLES)! Our heroes journey includes some bad gospel singing, screaming about the state of Scar, and a discussion of how randy Zeus is. How randy is he? VERY randy (geese, bulls, and women's missing...

This week Erin is  missing her stage manager Brennan, but is joined by the Lizard King (special guest star) Stephan to talk about the Oliver Stone movie The Doors. Do they just talk about the Doors movie? No! To have a narrative that made that much sense would be too easy.  Instead Erin and Stephan wander into the desert to discuss the movie, the band, random 60's rock stories, biopics in gen...

Erin and Brennan bring home the gold, but let's be real, they're only chocolate gold coins. Following the Tokyo 2020 (2021?) Olympics, our hosts take a moment to share their views on a highly controversial and inspiring sporting event. They discuss everything from COVID to hot guys canoeing, scandals to swimming, protests to pole vaults, and tap dance to ska (the most recognized forms of...

"Sporty Spice is not the only one without a fellah!" exclaims my dear sister as she watches Bend it Like Beckham, taking issue with all Spice Girls references. As mentioned, this week we are talking about Bend it Like Beckham, a sports film about LADIES doing SPORTS! The nerve! There's Jess, there's Jules, and there's Joe! Clearly the cut for making it into the story is to...

The Summer Olympics have begun, and in that spirit Erin and Brennan have thought long and hard and decided on the perfect sporting film for the occasion, the Miracle on Ice at the 1980 WINTER Olympics at Lake Placid in New York; a story about the ICE HOCKEY team that took on the Soviets and their vampire coach. Armed with their wooden stakes, these young lads do battle with the vampire team and le...

Erin and Brennan gift you, the Void, on this wonderous summer day, their glittering diamond bods by way of Edward Cullen, the most "attractive" underperforming vampire in the history of literature. With long sullen stares, they greet you and beckon you into this podcast. . . or are they wondering where the toilet is. Not sure. That's right, we're talking Twilight this week as o...

Erin and Brennan go for a magic carpet ride and realize that it's probably an alien. There's only one way it could get to all those places in one night... WORMHOLE TECHNOLOGY!!!! If you haven't guessed, this is about Abooboo, I mean, Aladdin. This poor street-rat spends his days with his monkey friend Abu on the streets of Agrabah with ne'er a fiber on his back, I mean he doesn...

These fly hunks and their cocky 'tudes strut through the Blackrock Desert bein' all, "Yeah, we just did that." It's Independence Day, fools! Brennan is trying to not eat on air, Erin expands upon her lists of hunks (it's Jeff), and the Greatest President of All Times makes the dopest speech. Period.  Our hosts take on the lack of decent evidence for aliens today, prai...

Gather the pieces: Fang, Spine, Talon, Tail................. and Heart? That's the name you went with? Ok Captain Planet. Erin and Brennan learn to TRUST each other in their review of "Raya and the Last Dragon". This movie is about TRUST and the power of TRUST to reunite a fractured nation that doesn't TRUST each other. And their dragon genie has the power of TRUST and a killer...

It's a down week for us here at Pshht Themes, but we are back with some silly Muppets, including Tim Curry! Erin and Brennan rewatch the greatest Muppet movie of them all, Muppet Treasure Island, the story of a mullet child, a rat, and a... whatever..., taking to the high seas in search of adventure and treasure. Erin dumps her treasure chest of pirate knowledge, but Brennan at least has ONE...

It's here, the final installation of THIS grouping of Star Wars reviews. After taking some time to thaw Erin from her carbonite, our core trio are back with their thoughts on The Return of the Jedi, plus reviews of the trilogy in total with additional comments about the digital changes to the trilogy. We learn that Jabba's robots are highly sadistic, Ewoks have evil emperor eyes, and Ian...

Our core trio are back in the Star Wars universe to geek about the greatest movie of them all, "Empire Strikes Back". Erin has an interesting collection of Star Wars home merchandise, while Matt and Brennan establish that C3-P0 is the most KY ever, also, they establish what "KY" means!  *Insert new, more advanced, yet still cheesy PowerPoint swipe. This time a diagonal!* Our gr...

Buckle your seatbelts and engage hyperdrive folks, it's time to embark on the space opera of all times, for all times. We are joined once again by Matt Solo, a smuggler who thinks Luke needs to get good, Erin is our commanding princess leading the team, and Brennan is a space wizard in training, staring off at twin sunsets and singing his own theme song, but softly enough that no one else can...

Near, Far, Wherever you Are! I am here in my house, constantly sobbing, and our hosts will sing on and on! If it isn't clear yet, our hosts are tackling the dramatic tragedy Titanic, one of the highest grossing box-office films of all times with a mirrored success in awards received. Erin has issues controlling her tear ducts when she hears the first notes of the pennywhistle solo, Brennan re...

Our journey concludes this day by the light of Sozen's Comet. The cards have been played, the pieces have been moved, and it call comes down to the final showdown between Aang and Ozai (Mark Hamill [We love you!]). But before the fighting must come. . . the fieldtrips, the invasions, the emo beach days, teens with no social skills, and a whole lot of stress dreams. Erin is encouraged, though...

Erin and Brennan pour themselves a second cup of jasmine tea and recline in their Fire Nation Spa for season two of Avatar: The Last Airbender.  From missing bison to detective Sokka, Team Avatar is back in action and with a new cast member, the blind earthbender named Toph ('cause it rhymes with tough). Meanwhile, Zuko WANTS to get struck by lightning (yikes!), Iroh firebends in the Earth Ki...