Strange and Beautiful Book Club

THE VERY LAST Feast, Sheath, and Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast Episode (Formerly Book Talks with Kate) to be released on the Strange and Beautiful Book Club stream. After this they will be moving to their VERY OWN STREAM - Feast, Sheath, and Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! https://ko-fi.com/strangeandbeautif...

Fund Season 3 here: 2023 Pride Collection - "In The Flesh (Season 2 Ep.3)" - In which we find a way to like Gary even less. 2023 Pride Collection - "In The Flesh (Season 2 Ep.3)" - In which we find a way to like Gary even less. 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 Hann...

Kieren is back and he's got a job. We pick up some time after the events of the last episode and I can already tell we are going to harder on story this season so color us EXCITED.  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 eve...

Bright, bold, ambitious and so narratively tight you couldn't fit a postcard in between the plot points. This movie was, and still is, sheer perfection. A shining example of the sincere ambition that we love so much in 90s movies so, naturally, we had to gush about it for an hour. Kate joined in the fun! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala!...

Introducing Feast Sheath and Shatter! The new name for the Book Talks with Kate! In July, Feast Sheath and Shatter will be permanently moving to it's own stream. Check back in the show notes for the links mentioned at the top of the podcast (as usual, I'm still getting it together but don't worry, I'm working on it!) ;) There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a...

The next episode in our 2023 Pride Collection. This is the third and last episode of In the Flesh's initial season and it's a really really good one. Prepare to have those heart strings tugged because this episode was an emotional rollercoaster for every character.  Trigger Warning: This episode of the Strange and Beautiful Book Club as well as the episode of In the Flesh contain discussions of su...

Trigger Warning: This episode of the Strange and Beautiful Book Club as well as the episode of In the Flesh contain discussions of suicide. This episode of our podcast has a much more serious tone than many of our previous episodes because the themes that this show deal with resonate deeply in anyone who believes that all people deserved to be treated with kindness and respect like the sovereign i...

Our first introduction to the cast and characters of this wildly layered, emotionally engaging show about Partially Deceased Syndrome Suffers (don't call them Zombies!). Kieran heads home to rejoin his family as a reformed member of the previously completely dead and now only a little dead and the results are predictably rocky.  Trigger Warning: This episode of the Strange and Beautiful Book Club...

Kevin Costner stars in this gluttonously ambitious film about a man adapted for life on the water in world made of water where no one else is adapted to water and the Jelly is real. We ponder such intriguing questions as, does he have bones or cartilege and what equipment is he working with (if you know what I mean!) Winky Face Emoji.  There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying...

Kurt Russell stars as Todd, a now obsolete soldier who must carve out a new life on a trash planet but finds himself thwarted at every turn by his utter lack of people skills. Luckily, it's his talent for destruction that ends up winning the hearts of the community of refugees (those that survive at least) There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jal...

Have you ever asked yourself, what if half the cast of Alien were vampires in a vampire movie that wanted to be a western but couldn't be a western because it was the 80s and nobody wanted westerns? Look no further because Near Dark is here for you. We chat through this vampire movie (that never says the word vampire) with Erik from Cradle2theGrave podcast. Check him out at the links below! Find E...

We polish this absolutely amazing turd of a movie from 1991 in which everyone collectively worked together to create a sequel for a movie none of them had ever seen or heard of or had any interest in learning about. A delightful flash in the pan that came, burned of-so-dimly and then every fan everywhere collectively agreed to pretend never existed. Needless to say, we had a blast. Is Ramirez a Sa...

Let's unpack some of the trauma that led us to the quirky podcasters we are today and we owe no small part of that to this movie. It's so rife with repressed horrors that Matt took almost a week to make it through the movie (not an exaggeration). Listen in to find out why this "Pixar prototype" is nightmare fuel for ours and all subsequent generations.  Book referenced in podcast was "The Miraculo...

We had another movie planned but things are wild right now and we decided that getting you all an episode this week was of greater moral significance than sticking to our usual rotation. Have high hopes of being back on schedule next week! But until then, please enjoy this review of the Dungeons and Dragons movie... drunk. If you're wondering what type of drunks we are you will be happy to know it...

We discuss this near future post apocalyptic (kind of) dystopian film with lots of martial arts and guns. So many guns. The world, and a puppy, are saved by Christian Bale in this fast paced, super fun action flick that leaves couldn't be more entertaining if it tried. And it tries. Listen in to find out why we love it so much! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work...

This movie had so many pieces of wonderful bits that it feels like a shame they couldn't stitch it together into the beautiful whole it definitely could have been. Beautiful filming, beautiful location, fabulous actors and ideas but... listen to find out why this was a very rare "did not love" from Matt and I! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot...

We discuss the 2001 psychological horror masterpiece, Frailty with Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe and Matthew McConaughey in which Bill Paxton good-naturedly leads his children towards their destiny of kidnapping and destroying "demons" because the trophy on his dresser told him too. Weird, brutal, and a work of art.  There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of...

The 30 million dollar (roughly 90 million today) fantasy epic that is the very definition of style over substance. Lets face it, a million went to the main actor's pants and we all know it. An epic tale of the triumph of love over everything, including giant magical space beasts who fly mountains around the void and kidnap princesses for kicks. There's horses that can shoot fire from their hooves,...

It's naval battles... in space. With fighter ships named after swords and space ships shaped like submarines. There's a plot, we think, and someone acted but we couldn't say who. Obviously we freaking loved this movie. For more horrible movie recommendations and book commentary, follow us on Instagram or Patreon ! References: Babylon 5 Near Dark Wing Commander Video Games Bladerunner Battlestar Ga...

Matt and I tackle this absolute gem, a PRISM if you will, of a horror movie. Surrealist, visually stunning, and absolutely horrific in all the right places. Natalie Portman shines in this female centered horror movie. Love.  Find us on Instagram or Patreon . Love to have you in the BEST FRIENDS CLUB! . There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala! h...

In depth discussion of the 2006 visually stunning gem starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz, "The Fountain". A simple, but powerfully told story of life, death and the acceptance of mortality. We had a lot of fun with this one and we hope you enjoy listening! Trying for a shorter, more freeform format.  There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Enjoying our work? Buy a cup of Hot Jala!...

Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. are pure magic in a movie that takes on one of the most quintessential life lessons that we should all embrace: no prejudice can survive understanding. Davidge is a space-fighter for the human army that is embroiled in a territorial war with an enemy known as the Drac. When Davidge is marooned on a planet with an enemy fighter he is forced to confront a Drac in p...