Sisters Who Watch: Reality TV, Movies, and More!

In honor of the New Year, Shelby and Laura reveal our Most Anticipated Content of 2024 lists. We discuss what we are excited about in the year ahead, explain why 2024 should be another big year for movies, and highlight some returning TV seasons we cannot wait for like Hacks Season 3. Tune in for a jam-packed episode with plenty of movie and TV recommendations on what to watch next! Interested in...

Who's ready for our Not Top 5 of 2023? In this episode, Shelby and Laura reveal our Worst Content of 2023 lists. We discuss questionable content from the past year, explain how some of our favorite shows and creators let us down, highlight our 5 least favorite pieces of content, ranging from movies to TV shows to sporting events, and dive into a few dishonorable mentions that just missed our l...

TV fans, we have the recommendations you all have been waiting for! In this episode, Shelby and Laura reveal their Best TV Shows of 2023 lists. We explain why 2023 was a peak year for reality TV, discuss how the writers' strike impacted the scripted TV slate, highlight our 10 favorite TV shows, including some awards favorites like The Bear Season 2 and BEEF, and dive into a few honorable menti...

Movie fans, we have the recommendations you all have been waiting for! In this episode, Shelby and Laura reveal their Best Movies of 2023 lists. We explain why 2023 was a great year for film, discuss our 10 favorite movies, including some buzzy hits like Barbie and Oppenheimer, and dive into a few honorable mentions that just missed our lists. Tune in for a jam-packed episode with surprising picks...

Calling all Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and Leonardo DiCaprio fans! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review the critically acclaimed film, Killers of the Flower Moon. We discuss the importance of indigenous representation onscreen, explain why a 3.5-hour film is too long, dive into the themes of power, greed, and racism, highlight our few favorite moments, including Mollie finally leaving Er...

Bachelor Nation! In this episode, Shelby and Laura are joined by special guest and Bachelor super fan, their Mom!!! We review the highly-anticipated The Golden Bachelor Season 1 starring Gerry Turner. We discuss how this fresh take on The Bachelor franchise explores love later in life, explain why this season is all about hope, gush over the entire cast, highlight our favorite moments, including t...

Calling all tributes! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. We discuss why The Hunger Games is an iconic franchise for our generation, explain how this prequel film nails Coriolanus Snow's villain origin story, dive into the themes of power and greed, highlight our favorite moments, including Lucy Gray winning the 10th Hunger Games, an...

MCU fans, this if for you! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review The Marvels and discuss the state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We celebrate the diversity of the film, including Nia DaCosta's history making turn as Director, explain how this film is impacted by superhero fatigue, dive into the themes of teamwork and family, highlight our favorite moments, like the initial entanglement...

Calling all A24 fans! In this episode, Shelby and Laura are joined by special guest, Toya From Harlem, to review Past Lives--Celine Song’s critically-acclaimed feature directorial debut. We discuss the themes of relationships and fate, dive into the concept In-yun, explain why Nora may be the villain of the film, highlight our favorite moments, including Na Young and Hae Sung's cute park date...

Happy BravoCon to our fellow Bravoholics! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review the rebooted The Real Housewives of New York City Season 14. We give background on why RHONY was rebooted, discuss our excitement over a fresh, diverse cast in NYC, explain why Jenna Lyons is our favorite cast member, analyze all the beef from the season, including the infamous fight over Ubah's phone in Anguill...

It's spooky season! In honor of Halloween, Shelby and Laura review the Horror Comedy film, The Blackening. We explain why we aren't typically fans of Horror content, discuss the themes of blackness and belonging, highlight our funniest moments from the film, including Shanika's swimming scene, and debate whether making fun of someone for not knowing how to play spades is a red flag. Fo...

Is love still blind? In this episode, Shelby and Laura are joined by special guest and reality veteran, Adja Toure from Real Girlfriends in Paris to review the Love Is Blind Season 5 Finale and Reunion. We discuss our shock that Milton and Lydia got married, explain why Uche and Izzy are walking red flags, analyze all the beef, fashion statements, and new relationships from the Reunion, and debate...

Calling all true crime and murder mystery fans! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review Hulu's Only Murders in the Building Season 3. We discuss the highly anticipated return of this star-studded NYC comedy-thriller, highlight our favorite moments from the season including the climactic Sitzprobe episode, explain why Jesse William's Tobert was under-utilized, and debate whether admitting...

It's the Nickelodeon nostalgia for us! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review the Paramount+ sequel film, Zoey 102. We discuss how our generation loves the original Zoey 101 series, why the film surpassed our expectations, whether still being in love with your high school ex 10 years later is a red flag, and what childhood shows we want rebooted next. Interested in more comedy movie reviews?...

Is love still blind? In this episode, Shelby and Laura review Love Is Blind Season 5 Episodes 1-7. We discuss the high bar that Season 4 set that Season 5 is struggling to reach, explain why we don't like any of the engaged couples, analyze the Uche, Aaliyah, and Lydia exes drama, and debate whether only having paper plates and plastic cups in your home is a red flag. We'll have an episode...

Calling all YA Comedy fans! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review Bottoms--Emma Seligman's 2nd feature film starring Rachel Sennot and Ayo Edebiri. We discuss the evolution of the Teen Comedy Film, highlight the wild absurdity of the film, including all of the fight club scenes, and explain why Marshawn Lynch may have a comedy career in his future. We also give our best Gen Z high schooler...

Football is back! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets and the start of the 2023 NFL Season. We discuss the highly anticipated Jets season that came crashing down with Aaron Rodgers' injury, highlight our favorite moments from the show, including the SkeeYee sing-a-long, compare our fantasy football teams, make our Super Bowl picks, and deb...

BeyHive, this is for you! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review the highly anticipated Renaissance World Tour. We explain our Beyoncé fandom, compare seeing Renaissance in LA to our On the Run II experience in NJ 5 years ago, highlight our favorite songs from the concert, including the Big Three, and debate whether changing your outfit per Queen Bey's last minute request is a green flag. In...

Calling all Sex and the City fans! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review And Just Like That... Season 2. We explain why Season 2 is much better than the wild Season 1, discuss our excitement over Kim Cattrall's highly anticipated cameo, highlight our favorite moments from the season, including Carrie's Last Supper, analyze the character development of the many POC characters, and debate...

Bachelor Nation! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review The Bachelorette Season 20 starring Charity Lawson. We discuss our excitement over having the 4th black Bachelorette lead in franchise history, highlight our favorite moments from the season including Dotun's sweet engagement speech, analyze why we didn't like most of the men especially Brayden and his wild earrings, debate whether...

Yes, chef! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review FX's The Bear Season 2. We discuss the highly anticipated return of this darkly comedic cooking show, highlight our favorite moments from the season including the iconic Fishes episode, gush over Ayo Edebiri's buzzing career, and debate whether getting into a relationship while you're super busy with your job is a red flag. We actuall...

Islanders, we've got a new podcast episode for you! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review the reality TV event of the summer--Love Island UK Season 10. We discuss the differences between Love Island UK and the Bachelor franchise, test out our British accents, highlight the craziest quotes of the season, and debate whether being Team Ella and Ty is a red flag. #HotPodSummer #SummerofLove To...

Barbenheimer fans, this is for you! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review the longest biopic they've ever seen--Oppenheimer. We discuss our favorite Christopher Nolan films, the Barbenheimer phenomenon, why J. Robert Oppenheimer is such a complicated figure, and the tragic history of the atomic bomb. To stay up to date on all things SWW: Follow @SistersWhoWatch on all social media channels...

Hi Barbies! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review the buzziest movie of the year--Barbie. We discuss the marketing campaign of all campaigns, how this is Greta Gerwig's moment, why it's the summer of pink, the funniest jokes from the film, and whether or not you should be Team Ken. We actually talked about Barbie in our ⁠⁠second podcast episode⁠⁠ ! Check out the episode to hear why it w...

Calling all action fans! In this episode, Shelby and Laura review the newest Mission: Impossible franchise installment. We discuss all of Tom Cruise's crazy stunts, why AI is the villain in every movie, and some of the best action sequences we have ever seen. To stay up to date on all things SWW: Follow @SistersWhoWatch on all social media channels ( ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠TikTok⁠ , ⁠Twitter⁠ , ⁠Linke...