The Watch and Talk | Film & TV Podcast

There are a lot of alien invasion movies out there, but none quite like this. Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: In a near-future in which an alien sp...

It's time to talk vampires! This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER, plus our top 5 vampire movies. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: The crew of the merchant ship Demeter sets sa...

Join us this week as Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) and Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) talk TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win th...

In this episode of The Watch and Talk, Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) talk HAUNTED MANSION, plus our Top 5 ghost movies. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts t...

It's here! This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER, otherwise known as BARBENHEIMER. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. Time stamps for both films are included below. PLOT SUMMARY: BARBIE Barbie and Ken...

A sequel we've been waiting five years for, this week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE.  We also share what we've been watching lately, plus a bit of talk about the 2023 Emmy nominations. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, fol...

This week we are celebrating our 300th regular podcast episode with a look back at The Watch and Talk through the years. Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) and Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) welcome back the man who started it all, Dylan Schuck (@TheDylanSchuck) for a look back our favorite W&T episodes.  And then, Derek and Karen talk the Indiana Jones franchise and review INDIANA JONES AND THE DI...

This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk ASTEROID CITY. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: World-changing events spectacularly disrupt the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention in an American des...

This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk ELEMENTAL. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: In a city where fire, water, land, and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy discover s...

This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Optimus Prime and the Autobots take on their biggest challenge yet. When a new threat capable of destr...

This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapult...

This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk all about the series finales of THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, SUCCESSION, BARRY, and TED LASSO. This episode is 100% SPOILER FILLED, so proceed with caution. The time stamps below show when we discuss each show so you can skip to the ones you are ready to hear. TIME STAMPS: 02:45 - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...

This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk THE LITTLE MERMAID and YOU HURT MY FEELINGS. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: YOU HURT MY FEELINGS A novelist's long-standing marriage is suddenly upended when she overh...

This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk FAST X. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted and outdriven every foe in their path...

This week Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill must rally his team to defend the universe and protec...

Support the show!  www. Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk POLITE SOCIETY. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: A martial artist-in-training believes she must save her older sister...

This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk BEAU IS AFRAID. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother. *Clip from BEAU IS AFRAID courtesy of A24 Support t...

Support the show!  www. Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk RENFIELD. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Having grown sick and tired of his centuries decades as Dracula's lackey,...

Support the show!  www. Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk what we've been watching lately, including AIR, TETRIS, JOHN WICK CHAPTER 4, SUPER MARIO BROS., and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES. We're also diving into a spoilery discussion about SUCCESSION season 4 episode 3, "Connor's Wedding." @TheWatchAn...

Support the show!  www. Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Bestowed with the powers of the gods, Billy Batson and his...

Support the show!  www. Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk both SCREAM VI and 65. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: SCREAM VI Four survivors of the Ghostface murders leave Woods...

Support the show!  www. Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to share our semi-final predictions for the 95th Academy Awards, plus a non-spoiler review of CREED III. CREED III PLOT SUMMARY: Still dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed is thriving in his career and family life. When Damian, a childhood friend and former...

Support the show!  www. Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk Elizabeth Banks's COCAINE BEAR. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: After a 500-pound black bear consumes a significant...

Support the show!  www. Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA. Plus a bit of MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Ant-Man and...

Support the show!  www. Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk KNOCK AT THE CABIN. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: While vacationing at a remote cabin in the woods, a young girl a...