The Feminine Critique Podcast

Don’t believe in oil slicks? Perhaps you will after our latest episode, where Christine and Emily give their short attention spans the gift they need with two horror anthology sequels. On the docket? 1987’s Creepshow 2 and the recent V/H/S 2. You can pretend the musical breaks are our own version of a wraparound. Come share your thoughts on the films over at our Facebook page and remember: Christi...

We interrupt this lack of anything with two very special announcements: Christine has a BOOK! It’s on Amazon. It’s called Wake Up, Maggie and you should go get it in electronic or print version. Our second bit of news involves a very special fundraiser headed out by Tyler of The Macho Bullshit Podcast. Tyler is teaming up with The Cult of Muscle and US to deliver exclusive podcast episodes availab...

Christine and Emily are joined by Erica to discuss–in full spoiler glory–Gone Girl, both the book and the film. Expect a lot of “it was different in the book” talk. More importantly, the ladies visit the very underlooked 2001 thriller Domestic Disturbance. Can you BELIEVE no one’s ever heard of this movie? (Spoiler alert: yes, yes you totally can.) Join the discussion over at our Facebook page and...

If the eyes are the window to the soul, then this episode is, well, I don’t know, a stained glass mural with a lot of cracks? Let’s just say Christine and Emily spend some 90 minutes discussing 2008’s Blindness and 2013’s WWE produced (?!?!) Oculus. Tell us what visual metaphor best suits us, or else, what you thought of the films and our discussion over at our Facebook group. There’s no poop on t...

Sand dancing, fist fighting, house jumping and LOTS of Moose. Must be the Step Up 5/Fast 5 mashup! Christine and Emily are joined by Erica to discuss all things Alexxa Bravva, VH1 dance competitions, half-shirts and lifts. Sure, there’s also some VINdiesal talk, but really, we’re here for the greatest film franchise of the 21st century, and possibly, all time. Agree with us over at our Facebook gr...

Who needs a full head of hair when you’ve got a young Charles Dance making sexy eyes? That’s part of the theme of this week’s episode as Christine and Emily venture into David Fincher’s disowned first child, Alien 3. It’s all part of a podcrawl led by the one and only Debatable Podcast. Be sure to check out the many other shows that will venture into the Weyland Corporation and Predator jungle thi...

What does a plucky southern teen with a chip on her shoulder and the Mexican Gilbert Gottfried have in common? Both get their spotlights on this week’s episode, of course. Special semi-regular guest star Erica joins Christine and Emily for a controversial discussion of 1996’s Freeway and a less-so talk about Fast & Furious, aka The Fast and the Furious Part 4/IV/Four/The One That Comes After Tokyo...

On this list-centric episode, Christine and Emily go quite literal with reviews of Ben Wheatley’s crime thriller/twisty horror Kill List and Maggie Carey’s raunchy sex positive comedy, The To Do List. Be warned that we go all out in discussing Kill List, so SPOILERS are a’plenty. Please heed our call and share your thoughts on both films over at our Facebook page or tweet @femininepodcast. Also, m...

Love is in the air, and it’s rather deadly. That’s what Christine, Emily, and special semi-regular cohostess Erica learn as they discuss two romantic(ish) films of very different natures. First up is 1984’s Romancing the Stone, an adventurous sort of comedy with all the cat ladies, Canadian tuxedos, and Danny Devito a gal can want. They pair that up with its natural double, Sarah Polley’s devastat...

Pack up your bindlestick and dust off that wooden guitar! Christine and Emily are going hobo'in’! First up is Walter Hill’s 1986 blues fest Crossroads, starring a very grumpy Joe Seneca and a very Long Island Ralph Maccchio. Naturally, they pair it up with its 2002 spiritual sequel Crossroads, starring the very pink package that is/was Britney Spears. Feel free to make a drinking game (using your...

It’s an especially feminine episode this week as Christine and Emily tackle two estrogen leaking films. First up is Foxfire, a movie so ‘90s that it has rollerblades, Polaroids, AND flannels. They follow it up with Brian De Palma’s Passion, a film so…um, De Palma that it has twins, kinky suggestions, AND split screens. Help answer A LOT of their questions over at their Facebook page. Until then, k...

Let’s get ready to….drift. It’s apparently SUPER awesome. Just like this week’s second installment of the GleeKast & the Furious, where Christine and Emily are joined by Erica 1.0 (aka Christine 2.0) to discuss Justin Lin’s Fast & 3 Furious (aka Tokyo Drift) and the pseudo-prequel, 2002’s Better Luck Tomorrow. Things get a little divisive and Emily feels outnumbered by the supreme power that is Ch...

Welcome to SPARTA! Or a 1960s era asylum. Or maybe a cabaret. Or better yet, Sexy Dance World, aka The Very Heterosexual Imagination of Zach Snyder. On this very bare midriff episode, Christine and Emily plunge into the bloody green screens of 2006’s 300 and the steamy whatevers of 2011’s Sucker Punch. We have A LOT to say. Say stuff back to us on our Facebook group or tweet @femininepodcast. Now...

Traditional monsters get a makeover in this week’s episode, where Christine and Emily see how Neil Jordan handles lycanthrops in 1984’s The Company of Wolves and vampires in 2013’s Byzantium. Other observations reveal their obsession with Miss Piggy’s fashion choices in Muppets Most Wanted. Join the fun over at Facebook or Twitter via @femininepodcast. Jessica Fletcher forever!

Buckle your seatbelts and shove a Tyrese-approved sandwich in your mouth because we’ve got some triple lady action on the highway. On this Very Special Episode, Christine and Emily are joined by former GleeKast hostess Erica to drive a little too fast and too furious or, as the professionals call it, 2 Fast 2 Furious. In order to balance out this sequel’s lack of Vin Diesel, the ladies start with...

Slip into some body armor and straighten those pointy ears. This week, Christine and Emily take a roundtrip to Gotham with Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman and Christopher Nolan’s 2005 reboot, Batman Begins. Fair warning if you hate women: this might well be the closest we’ve come to being angry feminist podcasters. Also, fair warning if you’re Matthew Broderick: you are the worst. Agree? Disagree? Tell u...

Tonight’s episode stars Christine Makepeace, Emily Intravia…and Nicole Kidman supporting the cast in two recent films. First up is Lee Daniels’ adaptation of Pete Dexter’s novel, The Paperboy. It’s sexy! Or terrible? Or awesome? Or…Nicole Kidman. We follow that up with the Wentworth Miller scripted (what?!), Chan Wook Park directed thriller(?) Stoker. (It also stars Nicole Kidman.) Share your opin...

Zip up your space suits for some intergalactic action as Christine and Emily head to the stars. First up is 1972’s environment-loving, robot adoring Silent Running, followed by Steven Spielberg’s 1977 megahit, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In between, expect quite a lot of squealing about just how adorable those robots are. SERIOUSLY, they waddle and everything. Coo with us on our Facebook p...

Climb aboard to experience a double dose of everyone’s favorite 6’ tall actress that isn’t Sigourney Weaver, Geena Davis. On this pure mid-90s episode, Christine and Emily team up with podcaster extraordinaire Fozzie Bare to cover Renny Harlin’s Cutthroat Island and The Long Kiss Goodnight. Expect a few fat hookers, tons of scalp flapping, and for whatever reason, major Carla Gugino discussion. Ch...

Hitch up your ho hos and rein in those reindeer for our slightly late super santa xmas episode! First up, Emily introduces Christine to the wonderful musical world of 1966’s The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t. It teaches so many lessons about the holidays, including every word in the English dictionary that rhymes with ‘prune.’ Next, the ladies take a second chance on the directorial work of Supergi...

Look, we didn’t come here to make friends. This isn’t America’s Best Podcast Friend. We WILL throw you under the bus and vote you off the island and–sorry. Reality TV can be SO addicting. And totally fitting to this week’s show, where Christine and Emily tackle 1992’s meta mockumentary Man Bites Dog and 2001’s Series 7: The Contenders. Both are best served with a healthy dollop of bean dip. Share...

Whether your weapon of choice is a hearty mjorlnir or stupid oxymegadedron, we’ve got you covered on this very special, very blond episode. Christine and Emily pull out the virtual sofa couch for Special Guest Star Erica from that other awesome podcast, GleeKast. First up, the ladies do their best to take in 1984’s franchise that wasn’t, Supergirl. It’s not easy. Thankfully, they follow it up with...

Whether you enjoy dry British humor delivered by men of extreme height differences or super serious religious dramas that involve mullets and swinging, this episode is the one for you. Christine and Emily start with a visit to 1967’s Bedazzled, starring an adorably tiny Dudley Moore and rather wonderful Peter Cook. They follow it up with Michael Tolkin’s The Rapture, a somewhat more serious film t...

Riper than a barrel of autumn apples, the ladies reunite for an October-y double feature of high school hijinks. Up first is 1998’s The Faculty, written by Kevin Williamson, directed by Robert Rodriguez, and starring Everybody You’ve Ever Seen In a Movie Ever. They follow it up with the polarizing Karyn Kusama/Diablo Cody horror comedy/comedy horror Jennifer’s Body. Also on the discussion docket i...

Attention, unappreciated housewives, spurned dwarfs in top hats, and fans of the Collins Sisters: this one’s for you. Summoning their best inner Satan, Christine and Emily plunge deep into 1975’s The Devil Within Her, aka I Don’t Want To Be Born!, aka Sharon’s Baby, aka A Lot of Other Titles That Still Don’t Make Sense. But hey, the movie has unrequited love, a dwarf named Hercules, a giant baby,...