Resting Brunch Face

Adam, Liz, and Maggie wax poetic about a little-known masterpiece of a film, giving our most enthusiastic recommendation yet. The episode should be coherent if you haven't seen The Fall, but you'll want to make plans to see it when you're done! In between giving this movie its proper reverence, we continue to ask the hard-hitting questions like whether the "fall" in the title is literal, metaphori...

Adam, Liz, and Maggie turn the mailbag upside down and see what comes out from the last few months, including some feedback that is *not* from our parents or even from Aunt Mary. Marvel at our expanded audience! Bonus (bonus within a bonus!) additional revisiting of older episodes like Little Mermaid and Heated Rivalry. Of course we can't leave Heated Rivalry alone, you know that. And before w...

We're back for Pride Month with yet another completely unrelated-to-the-holiday episode. (Only straight relationships in this movie, folks. Maybe queerer next time.) The Edge of Seventeen is an underappreciated teen coming-of-age film from the 2010s, with a compelling central character, great writing, and great acting. This was one of Maggie's picks: neither Adam nor Liz had seen it before. Guess...

May the 4th (this episode’s release date) be with you! In theme with Resting Brunch Face’s historical holiday observance patterns, here on Star Wars day we bring you, definitely not a Star Wars episode. On a podcast where we regularly revisit old favorites, Dr. Horrible offers us our greatest challenge yet. Does it hold up? Was the script ever self-aware of its own antihero? Is it an allegory for...

In this (very) short bonus episode, hear Liz's 3-minute primer on the plot and themes of The Last Unicorn, recorded shortly before we all watched the movie for the episode. This episode is strictly optional, but is recommended if your reaction to the full episode is "I don't know that movie, so I won't be able to follow along."

We complete our tour of formative childhood movies for the crew by visiting Liz's all-timer, The Last Unicorn, a lesser-known but terribly interesting animated film released in 1982. (To pre-empt one question we've already received: this is not to be confused with the film "Death of a Unicorn" from 2025...very different movie! In this one, the unicorn doesn't die, and that&#3...

It's just like they always say: March comes in like a vampire and out like a werewolf. We were just bursting with extra content, needing to cover reactions and comments to two episodes (Jurassic Park and Heated Rivalry), plus, hey, we watched New Moon and we have some thoughts. So, here's our second bonus episode! Come for the stories behind our first PG-13 and R-rated movies, stay for the...

In their most ✨sparkling✨ episode yet, Adam, Liz, and Maggie visit Forks, Washington, where a sullen vampire and his mortal paramour stare at each other a lot while having excellent hair. Listen in for our takes on Team Edward vs. Team Jacob, a read of Twilight through "I can fix him" discourse, shots fired at Tuck Everlasting fans in the cold open, and whether a grown man seeing Twili...

In honor of the Winter Olympics *and* Valentine's Day 2026, join the crew for a very special episode, about a certain HBO Max hockey show that is rather more about true love than it is about hockey. If you have not heard of this show before...then we are SO glad to be the ones to tell you about it. The panel is laser-focused on one question: "Why is Heated Rivalry so good?" Tune in f...

Adam, Liz, and Maggie discuss the classic Steven Spielberg film about an overfunded theme park venture that faces operational collapse due to poor IT staffing choices. Oh, and dinosaurs! Featuring meditations on the film's most quotable lines, relitigation of how attractive 90s-era Jeff Golblum is, and Maggie's audition to voice the velociraptor in the next sequel. We've also edited in...

Adam, Liz, and Maggie kick off the show with a rewatch of a very formative film for many: Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989). Learn why Ursula truly is the best Disney villain, get our canonical read on the backstory in King Triton's court, and hear why we would or would not want to be stuck on a submersible trip with Ariel.

This is our "episode zero": A good place to start! Give us a few minutes to say hi before you spend an hour in a full episode.