The Feminine Critique Podcast

Are you ready to post some flyers? It's apparently required for anyone visiting Mystic, Connecticut, and on this very special episode, we're heading there in marine colored peacoat style! It's Hallmark's Mystic Christmas, featuring lots of snappy dialogue, hot divorced parents, and even more turtle-killing plastic. Emily is joined by the wonderful Brandi and Dave to dive in with the seals. It's a...

Hallmark gets serious (though the coffee cups stay empty). Emily is joined by Head Hauntress Elizabeth Katheryn Gray for a dive into the 2022 Hallmark movie My Southern Family Christmas, starring the one and only Bruce Campbell (playing dad to a character NAMED Campbell, just to be confusing). It's shockingly touching and kind of...good? Be sure to check out Elizabeth's many projects, including th...

Who says Hallmark invented the Cozy Cardigan Christmas genre? Emily is joined by blogger and podcaster Elwood Jones for a trip back to an even older well with 1997's made-for-CBS classic Borrowed Hearts, directed by First Blood(!!!)'s Ted Kotcheff and starring Roma Downey, Erik McCormack, and Hector Elizondo as an angel, or devil, or...something. You can find Borrowed Hearts today streaming on Fre...

She's back! Christine hitches a ride on Santa's slay to join Emily for a discussion of 2023's EXmas (not to be confused with Merry Ex Mas, Merry Ex-Mass, or a dozen other similar titles). This one is streaming on Amazon's Freevie via Buzzfeed, whatever those words mean. Fluff your favorite baby Jesus's beard, crack open a Heineken, and have a listen!

Break out the bagpipes and heat up that haggis: it’s a Merry Scottish Christmas! Emily teams up with blogger/podcaster/Scottish duke Kevin Matthews for a walk through the 2023 Hallmark Channel production, the reunion of Party of Five siblings Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf. There’s lots of discussion about Scottish land politics, peacoat packing logistics, and how two dead grandparents + one dead un...

The halls are decked and the coffee cups are empty, which means it's time to tackle a whole bunch of Cozy Cardigan Christmas movies! Emily starts the season off with Lifetime's heavily plagued production of Mistletoe In Montana, a 2021 film streamable now on Hulu. Join the fun and share your own favorite dangly earrings on our Facebook group or Instagram (@feminine_critique_pod). Happy do-sigh-doh...

The best kind of catchup is the spooky kind! Christine and Emily gather to evaluate their October watches, including (BUT NOT LIMITED TO): Unwelcome Elevator Game The Last Voyage of the Demeter You Should Have Left The Nun 2 You Are Not my Mother Totally Killer Death Count Pet Sematary: Bloodlines Five Nights At Freddy's Dark Harvest Safer At Home The Exorcist: Believer Come True Where Evil Lurks...

Flash back to 2020 for this twofer! Christine and Emily dive into two horror films that didn't quite find the audience they deserved. Up first is Romola Garai's directorial debut Amulet, followed by Natalie Erika James' Relic. The ladies have a lot to say about both which means spoilers abound. Find both films on Kanopy or Amulet on Hulu and Relic on Shudder. Don't forget to follow us...somewhere....

It’s been a long summer, so naturally, Christine and Emily are here to discuss it in movie (and TV) language! On their latest epic catchup, the ladies dive deep into such titles as Kolchak, The Bear, Riverdale, 12, Disappearance, Sliver, Rope, Dismissed, The Passenger, K19, Tampopo, Flux Gourmet, Barbie!, The Manor, the Becky series, Horror In the Desert(s)!, Backcountry, The Meg 2, The Black Demo...

We hope you packed some comfortable shoes and granola bars, because we're hiking through TWO sets of The Ruins! Christine and Emily dive deep into Scott Smith's 2006 novel and Carter Smith's 2008 film adaptation. For further reading, check out Christine's article on Dread Central! https://www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/419379/the-ruins-in-the-face-of-nature-there-is-no-preparation/

Werewolves! Malls! Soul survivors! We’ve got lots of it and more on this very special catchup. On the docket: Riverdale, Class of ‘07, V.C. Andrews’ adaptations and their obsession with incest, Friend Request, Sea Fever, Memories of Murder, Citizen X, The Decameron, Across the Universe, Fast X, Streets of Fire, the 12th Children of the Corn movie and revelation (which is probably the title of one...

What defines a summer movie? Christine and Emily don't really know, but that won't stop them diving deep into babysitting, dinosaurs, mermaids, murderous sand, and much more. It's our list of our favorite summertime movies! Have a listen and remind us that (spoiler alert) neither of us picked Jaws over on Facebook or Twitter (@femininepodcast). Be sure to check out Christine's work at christinemak...

We're back with STUFF! It's a big fat catchup episode where Christine and Emily dive into their recent watches. We've got horror sequels (Child's Play 3, Evil Dead Rise, Nightmare On Elm St. 4, Scream VI), Shudder originals (Influencer, Nocebo), '90s fun (Disturbing Behavior, Warlock), new stuff (The Pope's Exorcist, Dual, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Renfield), old stuff (Jekyll & Hyde), TV stu...

On this special edition episode, Christine and Emily try something new. It's a deep dive into the career of one of our favorite actors, the one and only icon Sigourney Weaver! We talk Ripley, evil stepmothers, inept bosses, hilarious con women, and for some reason, the entire plot of The Village. Join us!

Pass your favorite loaded condiment! It’s catchup time as Christine and Emily dive into their recent watches, with both light AND dark-haired Dolph Lundgren, various Ashmores, and much more, including: Elvis Babylon Women Talking The Fabelmans Triangle of Sadness All Quiet On the Western Front Hello Dolly! We Have a Ghost I Come In Peace Showdown in Little Tokyo Cocaine Bear The Puppet Masters 65...

Are you ready to be SCARED? Christine and Emily dig deep to share their respective lists of the five movies that made them the most afraid. From childhood nightmares to very real adult fears, we're putting ourselves out there by telling you exactly what makes us tremble. PLEASE USE THIS INFORMATION RESPONSIBLY! Also, tell us YOUR scariest flicks via the socials: @femininepodcast on Twitter, @femin...

Buckle up that life jacket! We’re diving DEEP into a big pool of catchup, including an extended cruise on The Poseidon Adventure. The docket this episode is a close split between horror and Oscar-ish fare, plus some random stuff in between (you should expect nothing less by now). No real spoilers this time, but here’s the bulk of the list: Deborah Sissy Queen of Earth Slash/Back The Menu The Doll...

Fair is fair, shorts are short, and Anthony Perkins is one fine man. That's right! It's the long-awaited natural pairing of 1983's Psycho II and 1985's The Legend of Billie Jean! Christine and Emily share their toasted cheese sandwich and sack of Kit Kat bars with the legend himself, Keith Allison! It's a joyous two hours celebrating all things Meg Tilly, Yeardley Smith, innovative sequels, good s...

We're back! It's a classic catchup as Christine and Emily run through a whole batch of movies they've been watching, with a deep, incredibly angry and baffled into Don't Worry Darling (don't worry darlings: we save it to the end and give you plenty of spoiler warnings). Also on the docket: Better Watch Out, Christmas Bloody Christmas, Violent Night, A Wounded Fawn, Barbarian, X & Pearl, The In...

WE MADE IT! Emily closes out the season all alone with Discovery+/The Food Network's poorly branded A Gingerbread Christmas, then evaluates this year's output on a generously sliding scale. Which film had the sassiest sidekick? Whose empty coffee cup acting won/lost the top prize? And just HOW MANY cloying children does Carla Jimenez have onscreen? These questions and a few more get answered (sort...

Never change, Marvista. Never. Change. On this long-awaited episode, Christine follows the trail of poinsettia leaves Emily seductively lays down to discuss the sequel to the film formerly known as A Christmas Kiss (now A Kiss For Christmas) sometimes titled Another Christmas. Got that? And we haven't even reached the part about the elevator that encourages sexual assault! It's an absolute blast f...

You can't sing harmony alone, especially for ONE HOUR AND FIFTY MINUTES. Emily calls in the troops for a special double date edition for this ONE HOUR AND FIFTY MINUTE CHRISTMAS MOVIE. Along for the hashtag vanlife road trip are Emily's true love Branan and their delightful pals Liza Poor and Mike Pielocik. It's School of Rock meets Nomadland as produced by iHeart Radio and dropped on HBO Max wrap...

Is it love, or just a head injury? Such are the questions asked on this special visit to A Christmas Village, a 2018 film made by Anything For Jackson team of Justin Dyck and Keith Cooper. The fabulous Carol Borden joins Emily for a full dog walk through missing goats, bad business planning, and Canadian etiquette. Be sure to check out the fantastic assortment of Carol's work and curations at the...

If you survived Y2K, you can survive this one: Emily time travels back TWENTY TWO years for The Gate director Tibor Takacs first entry into the fruitful world of Cozy Cardigan Christmas. Illustrious writer Keith Allison joins to tackle all things disheveled Hawaii-bound Santa, confusing house fires, Final Destination 2, and of course, the similarity between One Upon a Christmas's North Pole and Th...