The Feminine Critique Podcast

Get your dirty shoes off that table and sit yourself down! On this incredibly steamy episode, Christine and Emily delve deep into terrible relationships, with an unofficial in-depth look at Midsommar and an official pan of 1993’s Indecent Proposal. Both are spoiled heavily with fair warning. Dig in!

Hi ho! It’s off to podcasting we go for this VERY special star-studded episode. Christine and Emily welcome Canada’s finest when Doug Tilley stops by to discuss every bonkers detail of David DeCoteau’s slasher/fairy tale/something Snow White: A Deadly Summer. Guess who plays Snow’s dad? None other than the f*cking MAN, Eric Roberts, which leads us to tease the fact that Doug, host of the world’s f...

Welcome to another potpourri of podcasting as Christine and Emily go on an extended “what we’ve been watching” before plunging deep into the well of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 11. The movie talk includes some spoiler-heavy discussion on Netflix’s The Perfection, which starts at the 25 minute mark and ends around 30.30. Also on the list: Christine’s love of Maleficent, the complicated nature of 199...

Nothing goes better with witchcraft than tiny barrettes! Christine and Emily delve deep into the TWENTY THREE YEAR OLD MOVIE that is Andrew Fleming’s The Craft, bemoaning the fact that this movie happened TWENTY THREE YEARS AGO. Also on the discussion docket: Avengers: Endgame, and most importantly, the glory of how many chains there are in Chain Letter. Share your own spells over on Twitter (@fem...

Dip into our podcast potpourri! This week, Christine and Emily play catchup with an entire 90 minute “what we’ve been watching” segment. Prepare yourself for talk on everything from Netflix’s The Silence to Christine’s evaluation of the Lego universe and Emily’s proposition to make Aaron Yoo the next big thing. Also on the list: a thorough discussion on the new Pet Sematary (spoiler-free, even mor...

Brew up a pot of tea and pull up those knickers! Christine and Emily are heading to London to tackle 1998’s Sliding Doors. Joining the ladies is the one and only Mike White, host of the one and only The Projection Booth podcast. Dangerously posh British accents will happen. Follow Mike on Twitter via @proboothcast and be sure to check out The Projection Booth over at www.projectionboothpodcast.com...

Christine and Emily head step into the shimmer, delving deep into Alex Garland’s 2018 sci-fi thinker Annihilation. That’s after a full hour of past watches, including a spoiler-filled argument over the merits of Happy Death Day 2 U (and since it’s Emily who publishes the episode, allow her to say it’s an absolute delight and Christine is an absolute wrong). Don’t forget to follow Christine on Twit...

Break out your thickest turtleneck and check that mailbox! Christine and Emily are diving DEEP into 2006’s The Lake House, easily one of the strangest love stories to ever involve time travel, architecture, and a very unsatisfied Dylan Walsh. Share your thoughts over at our Facebook group. Hopefully, we’ll be in the same time zone but if not, see you in a few bad hair decisions.

Mix yourself the finest martini for this very special episode. Joining Christine and Emily is special guest star Keith Allison, author of Cocktails and Capers: Cult Cinema, Cocktails, Crime, & Cool. The gang tackles two classic rascally hits covered in the book: 1932’s pre-code The Jewel Robbery, directed by William Dieterle, and Mario Bava’s 1968 candy colored romp, Danger: Diabolik. Also on the...

Christine and Emily start the year off in tragic style with a deep dive into Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Hill House. Spoilers and tears happen. Also on the docket is a whole slew of movie catchup, including Bird Box, Hold the Dark, and most importantly, some serious Drag Race: All Stars Season 4 talk. Come to Facebook to throw your own opinions our way. And never, never ever, let them take you...

That’s a wrap! Join Emily for the season finale of 2018’s Stocking Stuffers. Up first is Christmas Cupid, streaming now on Hulu after debuting EIGHT years ago on ABC Family (no, it’s not in black and white). We follow that up with a quick best/worst evaluation of this year’s offerings. Whose dead parents were the best? Which of the three princes or five high school boyfriends won Emily’s heart? Ju...

It’s back to the Netflix well for a double dose of Vanessa Hudgens with The Princess Switch. Christine joins Emily to make googly eyes at bland princes and throw serious shade at some of the wardrobe choices. Also, learn all about the time Emily got fired from gift wrapping for charity. Fun for the whole royal family!

Emily heads back to the south for yet another solo stuffer, this one from Lifetime and focusing on (STOP ME IF YOU’D HEARD IT BEFORE) an attractive young woman who returns to her small hometown and rekindles a romance with her high school boyfriend. WHAT AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPT FOR A MOVIE I TELL YOU.

Look, Christmas is nice and all, but is it ever REALLY a happy holiday without a pair of adorable puppies? Thankfully, 2012’s Love For Christmas (aka A Golden Christmas 3, and no, you don’t have to watch the first two to follow) gets that, and Emily is thrilled to share the glory of golden retrievers with special guest star comedian Kevin Maher. There’s a LOT to talk about, even if this film is 43...

Thread some holly into your flip flops and board A Christmas Cruise, this year’s Vivica A. Fox starring, David DeCoteau directed romance. Emily is all alone for this one, but perhaps that’s fitting for a movie about a singles cruise.

The Haygood Farm is in trouble, and Emily needs a little help to save it from evil land developers. Thankfully, she’s joined by none other than Carol Bordon, the keeper of the culturalgutter.com and monstrousindustry.wordpress.com. Together, they head to Netflix for 2015’s Christmas In the Smokies a movie that asks the hard-hitting questions like just how poorly can you run a business and still ha...

A big movie needs a big guest star, and that’s just what we get here. Emily is joined by podcaster/blogger Elwood Jones of Movies & Tea and the Asian Cinema Film Club to tackle Netflix’s 2018 release The Christmas Chronicles, starring the one and only Kurt Russell as the hottest Elvis-impersonating Santa Claus you ever dreamed of. Car chases, rock ‘n roll, and bloodthirsty elves unite for a rollic...

AKA the year’s official figure skating movie without nearly enough figure skating for Emily’s liking. Set in a fictional European country. With a king. And LOTS of dead parents. A 2018 Hallmark original that you will indeed forget.

Emily taps into her inner Jim Carrey for this year’s Liar Liar edition, but she needs a little holiday help from Santa’s favorite elf. That’s right! It’s Jason FozzieBare Nelson, back from under the bridge in that tunnel to assist with FreeForm’s The Truth About Christmas. Also on the docket: embracing tackiness, the inhumanity of drinking beer through a straw, and the glory of discovering that th...

Sound the Aldovian trumpets! On this very regal episode, Emily is joined by the delightful podcaster Elizabeth Katheryn Gray to tackle Netflix’s sequel to last year’s runaway success with A Christmas Prince 2: Royal Wedding. Basically, it’s like the Asylum Studio did an adaptation of the Prince Harry/Megan Markle relationship, but added more public domain holiday music. Don’t forget to check Eliza...

Put on a light cardigan and head on up to the holidays in Vermont, where there’s always a gentle breeze that doesn’t require gloves. Emily tackles 2014’s The Tree That Saved Christmas, an UP Network original starring Lacey Chabert as a big city assistant trying to be a writer and also trying to save her parents’ Christmas tree farm from being turned into a golf course by the evil bank, led in part...

Holiday hijinks are so much more fun when you have someone to suffer with. On this very special episode, Emily is joined by Christine to tackle Marvista Entertainment’s Girlfriends of Christmas Past, streamable now on Hulu. It starts Jenna from Pretty Little Liars which leads to a whole lot of discussion about where our favorite liars are now. Also, Jenna is in this movie that hates women and it’s...

Emily heads down south for some good ol’ country holiday joy with 2018’s Christmas At Graceland, a truly history-making step from Hallmark. That’s right: this is the world’s first movie to be filmed inside Graceland. So, you know, there’s that. Enjoy!

Slip into your favorite ugly Christmas sweater and bring that cocoa to a boil. It’s the official start of the Stocking Stuffers season! Join Emily once again as she dissects a batch of Hallmark/Lifetime/FreeForm/Netflix/Up/OWN/BetHER and any other random network that can scape $770 together and lure a fading B-list actress/up-and-coming-but-not-in-the-theaters-yet ingenue to learn the true meaning...

Dip into that honey pot and join Christine and Emily as they delve deep into 1992’s Candyman and its first sequel, the Bill Condon directed Farewell to the Flesh. Also on deck: the state of The Purge universe, 2018’s Halloween, and the glory that is The Exorcist III. Don’t forget to check out Christine’s writing on Amazon here: https://tinyurl.com/y8kce9sw and to come down to Brooklyn to see Emily...