The Juiciest Bits

Hello! We have an array of news! First, we thought we hadn't covered Con Air before, but it turns out we HAVE! So, for a fulsome episode with all our thoughts, check out the one from 2024. However, we have added some thoughts as an homage to the pod because, second, this will be our last episode! We've loved hanging out and talking at you about movies, but the time has come to move on. Sta...

Hi there, and welcome to our last Guillermo del Toro episode! Today, we're talking about Crimson Peak (2015), a love letter to gothic horror and a real romp if you love creepy yet helpful ghosts, weird siblings, naive blondes, and tiny Victorian sunglasses. We both love gothic horror, so we have a lot to say about this text. Hope you enjoy it!

Well, hi there! Welcome to our third episode on Guillermo del Toro's work. This week, we're talking about The Shape of Water, a 2017 film that received just a ton of accolades, including Oscars for best picture and best director. Please enjoy our very silly attempts to read the film closely--maybe too closely. Thanks for listening!

Hello hello! This week, we're talking about Pan's Labyrinth, an objectively great movie that Charlie thinks is also a bummer. While they're not wrong, Mandy argues that it is also a beautiful film with lots to think about. We have a good discussion about it, though, so don't worry! As always, feel free to give us a great rating. We'd appreciate it!

Hello and welcome to our new series on the films of Guillermo del Toro! Today, we're kicking things off with Cronos , baby GDT's first feature featuring baby Ron Perlman (who sports a sharkskin suit and a helmety mullet). We'll talk about vampire movies, heartwarming moments, and licking blood off a public bathroom floor. As always, please rate and review us (in a good way, not a bad way), and fee...

Hello, we're back! Happy new year! Today, we're finishing our Tarsem Singh series with The Fall , which is a VERY different movie than the others we've discussed. Seriously, this one is really good, not least because of Catinca Untaru, who plays Alexandria, and Lee Pace, who plays Roy. The chemistry (platonic) between these two is incredible, and Untaru should have won ALL the awards. It's not oft...

Well, hello! We're in the midst of our Tarsem Singh-a-thon, and today we bring you a discussion of Immortals (2011), a very silly sword and sandal film about Theseus and Phaedra (sort of) and their interactions with a monomaniacal king, random characters of Greek myth, and the gods, who are never quite sure what they want. Oh, and HATS. This movie is honestly mostly nonsense, but it looks great. A...

Hi everyone! This episode marks the beginning of a new series! For the next few episodes we're going to talk about Tarsem Singh's feature film oeuvre (it is not large). This week, we're talking about The Cell , a 2000 fever dream starring Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, and others whose names we can't remember right now. Did this movie deserve the criticism it got? Yes. But it loo...

Well hello! We know you've had a bit of a wait for this episode, but we're back and ready to give you the final episode of our Preston Sturges series. Today we're talking about Sullivan's Travels (1941) and the privileged propensity to try on poverty, just for a little bit, just to see how it feels, before scuttling back to relative comfort. Don't forget to rate and review us, and feel free to sen...

Hello and welcome to week two of our look at John Sturges! This week, we're talking about The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943) and the mystery of how it managed to evade the censors. There's bigamy, illegitimate pregnancy, slapstick comedy—what more could any of us want?! Be sure to rate and review us (pretty please), and feel free to drop us a line at thejuiciestbitspodcast@gmail.com.

Welcome back to our devoted listener(s)! To kick off this new season, we've decided to pivot from 1990s/2000s action movies to something not at all related: the movies of Preston Sturges. Now, if you don't know anything about Sturges's movies, or if you think you won't be interested, DON'T WORRY! We will do our level best to showcase how funny, compelling, and of-the-moment they can be. This week,...

Hi friends, and welcome to the final episode of our Terminator series! In this episode we talk about Terminator: Dark Fate , specifically how much we love Carl and how amazing Mackenzie Davis's arms are. And, you know, other stuff. We're taking a break in August because we are tired and cranky, but also because we love summer. But, we'll be back with something new and exciting after that, so don't...

Okay, folks, we're sorry to do this to you, but today we're talking about Terminator Genisys (Taylor, 2015), BUT ONLY BECAUSE WE ARE COMPLETIONISTS! Think of it as penance to cleanse us of the hatred in our hearts before we talk about Terminator: Dark Fate (Miller, 2019), which is objectively a much better movie and which we adore. In this episode we mostly bitch about how bad Genisys is, so if yo...

Hello hello! Today, we're talking about Terminator Salvation (McG, 2009) and whether we dislike it as much as we dislike Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Mostow, 2003). Hint: at least one of us dislikes it MORE. Anyway, we still have a whale of a time talking about it, and that's really what matters, isn't it? Also, please remember the three Rs: Rate, review, and reach out to say hello! You can...

Hello, and welcome back to our Terminator series! This week, we have a very special treat—our very first guest! And WHAT a guest: our pal Veronica Litt is an Assistant Professor of English at Cape Breton University and has recently written a book about Clueless (Heckerling, 1995) called Ugh! As if!: Clueless. She's exceptionally smart and funny and we have a fine old time talking about Terminator...

We're back to talk about Terminator 2: Judgment Day , a definite childhood fave and a pretty good sequel. We talk about how Sarah Connor has changed, how nobody believes her about what's happening to the world or to her (classic), and about how the Terminator pretty quickly becomes John's proxy daddy, which is weird, but not terrible. Charlie also tries to explain time travel once again. As always...

And we're back! Thanks for your patience as we slogged through April. End of term is no joke, you guys. We have decided to move on from PSH (always in our hearts) and jump into summer blockbuster season. Specifically, we're gonna talk about the Terminator franchise! Charlie is ever so eager to talk about Mackenzie Davis's arms, but first, we need to talk about  The Terminator  (James Cameron, 1984...

Hi folks! We can't stop/won't stop talking about Philip Seymour Hoffman movies just yet, so settle in for our chat about PSH's terrifying (yet jolly?) role in Mission: Impossible III (Abrams, 2006)! We talk about how unsettling PSH is as a villain, the movie's weird relationship with intimacy, and how PSH seamlessly switches from playing his character, Owen Davian, to playing Tom Cruise playing Da...

Hello everyone! Because we just couldn't say away from our beloved PSH, our episode this week is about the second instalment of the Hunger Games franchise, Catching Fire (Lawrence, 2013). Hoffman plays Plutarch Heavensbee (a true gift of a name), the newest game maker and apparent crony of President Snow. We talk about the movie, teams Peeta and Gale respectively, and how Panem is, like many dysto...

Hello! This week, we're continuing our deep dive into Philip Seymour Hoffman's oeuvre (we're fancy) and looking at John Patrick Shanley's Doubt (2008), a very different movie than Wild Mountain Thyme , which he made in 2020, and which we have also done an episode about. In Doubt , we see PSH navigate the role of a 1964 priest whom head nun Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep) accuses of abusing a child....

Hello! Welcome to the second instalment of our series on Philip Seymour Hoffman and his diverse oeuvre. Today we're talking about Capote (Miller, 2005), which is about as far from Along Came Polly (Hamburg, 2004) as you can get. We fan out over Hoffman's ability to exhibit several emotions at once and we discuss how Truman, and not the murders, is the movie's biggest mystery . Hoffman won an Oscar...

We're finally back! And we're very excited to share our new format with you. This season, we're focusing on individual actors, directors, cinematographers, etc., and we're also tightening up our episodes (or we'll try to). First up this season is a look at Philip Seymour Hoffman, an actor who played many, many different characters that we love to watch. In this episode we're talking specifically a...

Hi everyone! For this final episode of our detective series (and the season), we're talking about Devil in a Blue Dress (Carl Franklin, 1995), starring Denzel Washington, Jennifer Beals, Tom Sizemore, and baby Don Cheadle. It's a hard-boiled neo-noir with a twist! That twist is that it's not about white people. Surprise! Also, full disclosure (which you'll also hear on the ep), we had some sound i...

This week, you're in for a treat: we're talking about The Thin Man (Van Dyke, 1934), a murder mystery starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, who for our money make the sexiest movie couple of the 20th Century, or maybe of all time. They're pretty sexy. They also have an adorable pup named Asta, which makes them even cooler. Anyway, in addition to being a murder mystery, this movie is also a hilari...

And we're back! We were on a slight hiatus for reasons, and now we're back slingin' eps and saying the occasional smart thing. Our latest theme is the detective film, and this week, we're talking about The Nice Guys (Shane Black, 2016), starring Russell Crowe and pre-Ken Ryan Gosling. This is one of the funniest movies of recent memory and we have a great little discussion about it. We hope you li...