Sneople At The Movies

They may not be J Jonah Jameson, but our heroes sure do love to talk webheads - don’t worry, they’re not gonna put him on the front page of the Daily Bugle. Instead, this week the Sneople are discussing the Sam Raimi Spiderman movies! For those who have yet to enjoy these particular films, the Sneople provide brief (and not so brief, in the case of Spiderman 3) recaps of all three movies, interspe...

Labor Day is nearly upon us, beloved listeners, and the Sneople are celebrating by doing a Labor Day special on three excellent US Union movies! The three movies in question are Matewan (1987), Norma Rae (1979) and Bread and Roses (2000). The Sneople discuss all three as stand alone films, as well as how they tie into the history of unions and each reflect the way unions have evolved. Ezra and Mat...

The Sneople have finally all made their triumphant returns to the theaters, beloved listeners, and they’re ready to talk shop about a movie they’ve been waiting for: The Green Knight! In this spoiler-heavy episode, your Sneople talk about the original legend, how well they know it, and how good it stood up as both an adaptation and a movie (spoiler: really really well). They spent most of this epi...

This week on Sneople at the Movies, longtime friend of the show Leah returns, fresh off a completed Supernatural rewatch, to talk needledrops and all things music! After reviewing what they’ve seen (and read) recently, Ezra, Matty, and Leah set about defining what a needledrop is and discussing some notable examples in film and TV. These range from the obvious (Guardians of the Galaxy, Forrest Gum...

It’s summer once again Beloved Listeners, but there’s no Summer of the Rings this year - instead, we’re kicking off the hotter months with Matty’s birthday and an Unusual Double Feature: The Thing and Blade Runner, which both came out on June 25th, 1982! The Sneople get right into the thick of it comparing these two films, which both discuss the fear of The Other and losing yourself to something y...

This week on Sneople, Matty becomes 80% of the impulse control and leaves Ezra and Helena on their own to discuss some Film Hot Takes! After a bracing discussion on musical to film adaptations and why they shouldn’t exist, Helena and Ezra dive right into a topic weighing heavily on their minds: Why does JJ Abrams direct like that? This discussion takes them from The Star Trek reboots to the Star W...

All three of the Sneople have been reunited, beloved listeners, and they’re more ready than ever to drop into this week’s topic: Summer Blockbusters! After revealing that Matty is now the only Sneople who has not made their glorious return to the movie theater life, the Sneople dive into the origins of the summer blockbuster, including where the phrase came from. They then get into why blockbuster...

Buckle up, it’s another two-man show this week on Sneople at the Movies, as Matty and Helena talk about their Top 5 Movies (both new to them and rewatches) of 2020! After catching up on what Helena’s seen since we last heard from them, our heroes dive right into their lists of what they loved last year and why they loved them. From there, it takes some twists and turns and they end up with a emoti...

We’re down a Snerson this week, but Ezra and Matty march bravely onwards to tackle the filmography of a show favorite: Sean Bean! They open up the episode by talking a LOT about The Clone Wars animated series in What We Sneep, but move right along to discuss Sean Bean’s career, acting prowess, and exactly what makes him so compelling. They also determine that he is the perfect age to be playing mo...

It’s the most Movie-filled time of year, beloved listeners, and we ONCE AGAIN timed our Oscars prediction episode to come out AFTER the Oscars! No worries, you still get the joy of hearing who’s gonna win the Helena Awards this year. After a spirited and emotional discussion of why we miss movie theaters so much and sussing out why the Oscars are so particularly weird this year, Helena goes throug...

The Sneople are flipping through the photo albums and digging around in the VHS collections because this week on Sneople at the Movies, they’re talking nostalgia! The initially start with animated movies (and take a fun detour into Disney Direct to Video sequels), but go into musicals, tv shows, and all kinds of media in between. They then discuss feeling nostalgic for things you watched during we...

It’s been a bit of a break, beloved listeners, but that’s because we were mentally preparing ourselves this very special episode - our 50th! This week, your Sneople discuss the movies that made them Movie People. They go through each of their three lists, explain why these movies made the cut, and ask each other about certain picks that stand out. On top of that, Helena reveals her venn diagram of...

As promised at the end of the last episode, Sneople at the Movies features returning guest Madeline Shier this week to talk Arthurian adaptations! They pick up where they left off last episode with Quest for Camelot now that everyone’s seen it, discuss BBC Merlin and everything THAT entails, and wrap up with discussing both King Arthur (2004) and what drew them all to Arthurian legends in the firs...

Welcome home, beloved listeners! Your Sneople have been on a brief hiatus due to (checks notes) life, but they’re back and ready for a whole episode of What We Sneep! They first cover new watches, rewatches, and other medias they’ve delved into, and then go back through the list and discuss what they loved, what they disliked, and what was right in the middle. They wrap up with a deep dive into Qu...

The holiday season is upon us, beloved listeners, and with it comes Helena’s birthday! (If you want to wish her a happy birthday, just yell it out your window. She’ll know). For her birthday pick, we watched The Lion in Winter! Your intrepid Sneople explain why The Lion in Winter is both a Christmas movie and NOT a Christmas movie at all, talk about the adaptation of the play to film and why it wo...

The time has come, beloved listeners. We have tried to hide behind other topics, but no longer. It’s time…to talk about Supernatural. This week, friend of the show and returning guest Leah comes back to delve into the long-running show and how it impacted our various lives, as well as it’s impact on internet fandom culture as a whole. This slowly turns into a discussion on queer baiting, queer sub...

Happy late Ezra’s birthday, beloved listeners! This week on Sneople, we’re returning to regency romance with a look at Pride and Prejudice (2005)! They start off with the differences between the mini series and the movie, go into what makes Pride and Prejudice such a lasting story, and unfortunately defend Mr. Darcy’s various rude actions. Lastly, they discuss the “secret sauce” of what makes comp...

Happy Halloween, beloved listeners! Wait, that’s not right. We did that already. We’re well into the doldrums of November now and this week, your Sneople get into Classic Films! They discuss at great length what you bring to a movie experience, how a movie gets labelled as a classic, and how movies being labelled as classics can have a pretty strong impact on the first point. They then define what...

Happy (early) Halloween, beloved listeners! For this year’s spooky celebration, we’re taking a look at the autumnal classic, Over the Garden Wall! The episode is split up into two halves - in the first half, your Sneople go spoiler-free and talk about OTGW in general: the visuals, the music, the laughs, and about every other delightful detail you can imagine. For the second half, they go into The...

Happy Halloween Month, beloved listeners! We’re getting ramped up for the season with an episode on a favorite topic - werewolves! The Sneople talk about The Only Good Werewolf movies, wonder why it’s so hard to animate a good werewolf, and have several good laughs about the plot of Van Helsing (2004). There is a lot of discussion about Aiden Turner as both a vampire and a werewolf as well, becaus...

It’s been a long few weeks beloved listeners - we missed you! Thankfully, we’re back with another episode that’s NOT about Lord of the Rings. This week, it’s What We Seen: The Episode! Helena, Matty, and Ezra each pick two things they’ve watched or read recently and compare and contrast the two - this ranges from thoughtful comparisons (Helena), to things that were entirely new and exciting (Ezra)...

The boys of summer may have gone, beloved listeners, but we still love Lord of the Rings (and you). This week, we’re wrapping up LotR Summer with a dive into the cultural impact of the movies and the books! They start off with the Fantasy Blockbuster and why none of them ever really measured up to Lord of the Rings, discuss how the movies ended up becoming such a cornerstone of internet culture, a...

Welcome back to another round of our Lord of the Rings Summer (Summer of the Rings? 500 Days of Middle Earth?), beloved listeners! This week, your Sneople talk design and practical effects! They start with set design and why Middle Earth feels so lived in, go into costuming and armor featuring Ezra’s cool design book, and round up with getting very emotional about various pieces of music. They als...

Hello beloved listeners, and welcome back to part two of our four part summer series on the Lord of the Rings movies! On this episode, your own personal Snouncil of Elrond discusses the adaptation of the books to film! They discuss the things they miss, the additions they enjoy, and talk about why somethings work in books but wouldn’t have worked on screen. They also delve into character arcs and...

It may have been a long first half of 2020, beloved listeners, but your Sneople are here to kick the second half off with a bang - they’re finally getting into Lord of the Rings with a 4 part series called Lord of the Rings Summer! They also have the full Snouncil back together this ep, and Helena, Ezra, and Matty take advantage of being at full strength by discussing how each of them came to LotR...