Screen Weens

Our journey to Middle Earth ends with The Hobbit trilogy. Our memories had us believing these were bad, but maybe they will surprise us? Or not. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week13:23 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey38:23 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug54:42 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies1:15:23 Outro and Movie Picks for Next Week

It's the big one. Welcome one and all as Thomas and London dive into the most well known story of Middle Earth with what just may be the greatest trilogy of all time. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week19:40 The Fellowship of the Ring1:03:46 The Two Towers1:30:42 The Return of the King2:18:42 Outro and Movie Picks for Next Week

Welcome to our journey into Middle Earth. This week, the animated films. Next week we jump into the live action trilogy. Finally, the week after next will be The Hobbit trilogy. A WILD ride indeed. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week8:36 Question Time15:58 The Hobbit27:32 The Lord of the Rings39:28 The Return of the King48:30 Outro and Movie Picks for Next Week

Considered by many, including London, to be one of the greatest actresses of all time, Isabelle Huppert has been in so many amazing films it was hard to narrow it down to just five. But we have, and we are talking about them NOW. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week15:15 Isabelle Huppert25:55 Story of Women40:25 La Ceremonie50:28 The Piano Teacher1:11:20 White Material1:19:39 Things to Come1:28...

To end off Black History Month, we are taking a look at two films directed by black women that are both pretty astonishing. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week12:46 Losing Ground28:30 The Watermelon Woman43:20 Outro and Picks for Next Week

Bill Gunn's experimental blaxploitation vampire film go a remake several years ago by none other than Spike Lee. Did you know that? Because I sure didn't. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week10:19 Ganja & Hess30:20 Da Sweet Blood of Jesus41:53 Outro and Picks for Next Week

We return to Barry Jenkins, to dive into his other two films that are not Moonlight, and probably aren't as good as Moonlight. But then again, is anything? 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week10:06 Question Time19:17 Medicine for Melancholy28:20 If Beale Street Could Talk44:08 Outro and Movie Picks for Next Week

The glorious return of Read Weens, as we dive back into Worm for Arcs 6-10. We are still nowhere near the end of Worm, but we are making progress! Thanks everyone for joining us on the journey.

Sidney Poitier, one of the greatest actors to ever live, sadly passed last month. Now it is time for us to take a look back at some of his greatest performances, as well as a bad one, and an obscure one.  00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week11:01 Sidney Poitier20:16 No Way Out31:22 A Raisin In The Sun45:41 A Patch of Blue58:16 To Sir, With Love1:13:20 In The Heat of the Night1:26:00 Outro and M...

Shinichirō Watanabe, best known for directing Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, also made a lesser known 11 episode drama about terrorism, friendship, and accountability in 2014. But how does it hold up in comparison to the two previously mentioned titans? 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week15:00 Question Time28:52 Terror In Resonance52:35 Outro and Movie Picks for Next Week

Nicolas Cage  may be a God, but was he able to properly channel the Spirit of Vengeance? Let's find out! 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week43:28 Question Time50:12 Ghost Rider1:02:55 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance1:14:47 Movie Picks for Next Week

Welcome to a new year and a new director deep dive. It's time to talk about Stuart Gordon, the man, the myth, the legend. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week23:25 Stuart Gordon, The Man33:28 From Beyond47:35 Dolls55:42 Robot Jox1:03:24 Fortress1:15:02 Castle Freak1:23:20 Outro and Movie Picks for Next Week

We were snowed in this week and couldn't make it together to record, so here is a small bonus episode with our thoughts on a little movie about an arachnid boy.

Thank you everyone for joining us for another year of Screen Weens. You mean the world to us and we hope to continue this journey with you into the future.

Happy Holidays to all. You all mean the world to us. Thanks for making this year extraordinary for us. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week27:25 Gremlins48:18 Die Hard1:12:05 Outro

Tim Allen must be stopped. He is on a rampage and is threatening to destroy our lives. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week23:07 The Santa Clause51:33 The Santa Clause 21:07:49 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause1:20:18 Outro and Movie Picks for Next Week

It's the holidays once again in Screen Weens land, and this time we are covering five different interpretations of Charles Dickens classic tale, A Christmas Carol. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week20:30 Question Time28:00 Scrooge41:20 A Christmas Carol (1984)55:38 Scrooged1:06:09 The Muppet Christmas Carol1:19:30 A Christmas Carol (2009)1:28:40 Outro and Movie Picks for Next Week

Lots of sensitive topics in this episode. Be warned if you don't feel like listening about loss or suicide, this might not be the episode for you. So maybe skip this one if you aren't feeling up to it today. Then you don't have to hear about the monstrosity of Dear Evan Hansen either. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week13:25 Rudderless29:10 Dear Evan Hansen51:02 Outro and Movie Picks For Next...

We have done it. Through the greatest turmoil we have faced we have finished the first round of the horrible BAG. And boy were these films an experience  to get through. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches of the Week11:06 Beware! The Blob19:59 Chatterbox29:07 The Garbage Pail Kids Movie42:13 Loqueesha55:17 Outro and Movie Picks for Next Week

Almost 100 Episodes ago we covered the original Bergman Scenes From A Marriage. Now two years later it's time to dive into the new HBO miniseries starring Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week 11:00 Scenes From A Marriage 47:40 Outro and Movie Picks For Next Week

Another month and another director deep dive. Before Dune, Denis Villeneuve was still releasing banger after banger, and today we talk about some of those. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week11:56 Denis Villeneuve22:58 Polytechnique32:54 Incendies46:10 Prisoners1:05:57 Arrival1:19:50 Dune1:53:53 Outro and Movie Picks For Next Week

Happy Halloween! Original and Remake time! Here we go!!!! 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week20:08 The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)38:16 Slumber Party Massacre (2021)57:25 Outro and Movie Picks for Next Week

The Novella that would later be adapted into Kubrick's final work Eyes Wide Shut is the focus of today's Read Weens episode. Dreams, sex, lies, and apathy are all major themes of this short book. If you have read it, what did you think?

Jumping back into some Universal Monster movies, today we are talking about the 1933 Invisible Man, 2000's Hollow Man, and 2020's Invisible Man. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches24:06 Question Time37:14 The Invisible Man (1933)50:41 Hollow Man1:08:26 The Invisible Man (2020)

Every single Halloween movie outside of Kills and the remakes, let's GOOOOOOO!!!!!! 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week20:52 Halloween (1978)43:02 Halloween II54:39 Halloween III: Season of the Witch1:09:02 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers1:16:05 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers1:26:41 Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers1:45:26 H20: Halloween 20 Years Later2:00:24 Hallowee...