Strange and Beautiful Book Club

"Underwater (2020)" - A crew of oceanic researchers working for a deep sea drilling company try to get to safety after a mysterious earthquake devastates their deepwater research and drilling facility located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Director William Eubank Writers Brian Duffield Adam Cozad Stars Kristen Stewart Vincent Cassel Mamoudou Athie There's more from the Strange and Beautiful...

"On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness - only to find himself in a waking nightmare. Director William Eubank Writers Carlyle Eubank William Eubank David Frigerio Stars Brenton Thwaites Olivia Cooke Beau Knapp There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a c...

We discuss another fun Indie or "TFA" movie funded entirely by the band Angels and Airwaves. This movie rocked ;).  There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down wit...

And Indie gem streaming on Amazon. It deserves so much love for doing our favorite thing in the world. Taking our expectations and turning them into something we didn't even know we needed but are grateful for nonetheless.  There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah d...

We discuss the surprisingly masterful book by Exurb1a called "Geometry for Ocelots".  There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about h...

Syfy (Then 'SciFI' ) took on this audacious mini series adaptation in 2000 and, in our opinion, absolutely nailed it. Broken into three 1.5+ hour segments that mirror the three parts of the book but with essential, and totally perfect, changes. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rache...

We got so excited about this book that we talked about it when we were only 25% into it! If you haven't started yet, get on it. This book is a WILD RIDE. Spoilers for the first 25% of the book and for Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel,...

Syfy (Then 'SciFI' ) took on this audacious mini series adaptation in 2000 and, in our opinion, absolutely nailed it. Broken into three 1.5+ hour segments that mirror the three parts of the book but with essential, and totally perfect, changes. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rache...

Syfy (Then 'SciFI' ) took on this audacious mini series adaptation in 2000 and, in our opinion, absolutely nailed it. Broken into three 1.5+ hour segments that mirror the three parts of the book but with essential, and totally perfect, changes.  There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rach...

We discuss the epic length, dubious quality (but we love it anyway) first attempt at a big screen Dune adaptation. How about you? Do you love this movie or just love to hate it? I'm sure you can still visit the set. Bet the tire fires are still burning.  There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Liste...

Our review of BAD BLOOD, the first book in the Double Dead / Bad Blood duology. Our August book club episode! Enjoy! (Stay tuned after the episode for "Minecraft with Amos") There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything...

Our review of Double Dead, the first book in the Double Dead / Bad Blood duology. Our August book club episode! Enjoy! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down...

We discuss the documentary about the Dune adaptation that could have been and it's lasting impact on sci-fi movies as a whole.  There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitt...

Dune by Frank Herbert - Part 3 of 3 of our breakdown of the book that started it all! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about h...

Seriously, we needed a Toxic Man-Bro to argue with us and Matt just didn't come through.   There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat ab...

We discuss this darkly poetic and tragically comic vampire movie by the director of Old Boy. Who doesn't love a movie that isn't afraid of a bad sex scene. Maybe Matt but you'll have to listen to find out! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books...

Dune by Frank Herbert - Part 2 of 3 of our breakdown of the book that started it all! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about h...

It's time to go deep, real deep, on one of our favorite books with adaptations and that, of course, is Dune by Frank Herbert. We start this special series (one of our secret projects, secret no longer!) with part 1 of 3 of a discussion about the book that started it all. Enjoy! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangea...

Our first monthly book club pick! We read Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang which is the Matt book that ever Matted. It's smart, snappy, cerebral and tragic. Spoilers abound so proceed at your own risk!  There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeand...

A fun exploration of two movies with deceptively different approaches to the zombie movie medium. We discuss the inconsistent tension mess of World War Z and the unintelligent brilliance of Shaun of the Dead and how it relates to the blatant nostalgia grab of seemingly every movie recently released in theaters. Rambling, some might say, shambolic commentary as always. Enjoy!  There's more from the...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8908.World_War_Z Definitely one of our favorite if not THE FAVORITE of the zombie books we've read. The shear amount of research and thought work that had to go into this novel is astounding. Told in interview form with a unique perspective and voice for every "interview" character, this novel reads like a treatise on exactly what might happen during a world wid...

Matt thought it would be a really good idea to make Rachel watch both Robocop movies and inevitable discussion ensued! Which one did we like best and why was it the original? You'll just have to listen to find out! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss sp...

Please go check out Dominic Mitchell on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/DominicMitchell Or go support his GoFundMe here: In the Flesh Season 3 There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautifulnetwork Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly sp...