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Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Monsters, Inc. before listening/watching! Description: We do not have video again this week due to technical difficulties. We apologize to those who like to watch us! Hopefully you will be able to watch us again next time! This week, we discuss the movie Monsters, Inc. In a world in which monsters exist, children’s screams power the monster world...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Serendipity before listening/watching! Disclaimer: For this episode, we only have audio. We had technical difficulties with our camera and were unable to fix them before recording. We apologize to those who like to watch us! Description: This week, we discuss the movie Serendipity, starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. After a meet-cute, two...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Zoolander before listening/watching! Description: This week, we discuss the movie Zoolander. Much like our last movie, this stars a variety of well-known actors. Male model Derek Zoolander is brainwashed by fashion designer Mugatu to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. As usual, we get off topic quite a bit, but we eventually return to discuss t...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Rat Race before listening/watching!   Description: In this episode, we review the movie Rat Race, which stars a variety of well-known actors. A hodgepodge group of people are chosen by a hotel magnate to be part of a race to find two million dollars – as expected, shenanigans ensue! We spend a lot of time talking about all the actors we recognize...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch The Princess Diaries before listening/watching!   Description: In this episode, we review the movie The Princess Diaries, starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews. Mia Thermopolis is an awkward 15-year-old whose life changes overnight after being told she is a princess and the heir apparent of Genovia. Was this Anne Hathaway’s big break? Is this...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Legally Blonde before listening/watching!   Description: Happy New Year! This week, we review the movie Legally Blonde, starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Jennifer Coolidge and others. In an attempt to win back her boyfriend, sorority socialite, Elle Woods applies and gets into Harvard Law School, surprising everyone around her. As usual, w...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch A Very Jonas Christmas Movie before listening/watching! Description: In this special holiday episode, we review the new Jonas Brothers Christmas movie! As the title suggests, this movie stars the Jonas Brothers, and it has some hilarious cameos from well-known actors like Will Ferrell, Randall Park, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson! The Jonas Brothers ar...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Shrek before listening/watching! Description: In this episode, we discuss the movie Shrek, starring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. In this 2001 family-friendly comedy, an ogre goes on a quest to save a princess for a Lord so fairytale characters can vacate his swamp. We have fun getting off topic as usual,...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch A Knight’s Tale before listening/watching! Description: This week, we discuss the movie A Knight’s Tale, starring Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Shannyn Sossamon, and many others. We recognize a lot of actors in this movie, and we spend a lot of time talking about them! Among a litany of topics, we talk about The Canterbury Tales, anachronisms, and the...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Bridget Jones’s Diary before listening/watching! Description: This week, we review the movie Bridget Jones’s Diary, which stars Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, and Colin Firth. We discuss the differences between British rom-coms and American ones, and Colin asks the question, “Is this the great rom-com I’ve been waiting for?” Listen or watch to find...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Blow before listening/watching!   Description: In this episode, we review the movie Blow, starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz. This biopic tells the story of George Jung, a low-mid class kid from Massachusetts who moves to California and becomes a drug dealer, first of pot and then of cocaine. In the episode, we have a fun and surprising “Acto...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Someone Like You before listening/watching! There are also spoilers for Once Upon a Time – continue listening at your own risk! Description: This week, we review the movie Someone Like You, starring Hugh Jackman and Ashley Judd. A talk show talent scout writes a scathing article after being dumped by her serious boyfriend; the article gets more a...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Spy Kids before listening/watching! Description: This week, we review the movie Spy Kids. After two kids find out their parents have been kidnapped and they are spies, the kids go on a mission to save them. One of your hosts had seen this movie before, but did it hold up after all these years? Listen or watch to find out what we thought of this “...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Down to Earth before listening/watching the podcast.   Description: In this episode, your millennial hosts review the movie, Down to Earth, starring Chris Rock and Regina King. An amateur comedian dies before his time, and the powers that be place him into someone else’s body, causing much chaos. We talk a lot about the actors we know (there were...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch O Brother, Where Art Thou? before listening/watching! This week we review the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a cult classic starring George Clooney. In the Depression-era South, three escaped prisoners go on a quest for treasure while being chased by the authorities. Think The Odyssey meets the Wizard of Oz. What did your millennial hosts thin...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch The Wedding Planner before listening/watching! We finally made it to 2001! This week we review the movie The Wedding Planner, a classic rom-com starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey. In this movie, a wedding planner who has been unlucky in love falls for the groom of the latest wedding she is planning. Listen or watch to find out how we...

In this episode, your millennial hosts briefly recap their journey through the movies of 2000. We touch on the movies we didn’t watch and discuss our highest and lowest rated movies. Our permanent guest also made a loud appearance! We hope you enjoy this short recap as we prepare to move forward into 2001!

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Miss Congeniality before listening/watching! Description: This week, we review the classic movie, Miss Congeniality, which stars Sandra Bullock. In this movie, a clumsy, tom-boyish female federal agent goes undercover as a beauty pageant contestant in order to prevent a potential crime. How does this comedy from the aughts hold up under our scrut...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch The Family Man before listening/watching! This week, we review the movie, The Family Man, starring Nicholas Cage and Téa Leoni. On Christmas Eve, a wealthy businessman is transported to an alternate life in which he has a wife and kids and fewer material luxuries. What did we think of this holiday movie from 2000? Well, we may just add it to our...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch What Women Want before listening/watching! Description: In this episode, we discuss the movie What Women Want. This movie from 2000 features an award-winning cast, including Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, and Marisa Tomei, along with other heavy hitters. After being electrocuted, a man can suddenly hear the thoughts of every woman with whom he comes in...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Chocolat before listening/watching! This week, we review the movie Chocolat, starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, and Alfred Molina. This movie is based on the book of the same name by Joanne Harris, published in 1999, which is part of a series of five books. (Another Johnny Depp movie about chocolate that is also based on a book?!...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas before listening/watching! Description: In this episode, we review the movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a movie adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s book of the same title. This movie stars Jim Carrey as the Grinch, along with some other heavy hitters such as Jeffrey Tambor and Molly Shannon. This is a Ron Howard film! I...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch Meet the Parents before listening/watching!   Description: In this episode, we review the movie, Meet the Parents, starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller. Greg wants to ask Pam to marry him until he spends a train wreck of a weekend with her family, including her overbearing father who is a retired CIA agent. One of us had seen this movie multip...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch The Watcher before listening/watching!   Disclaimer: This movie is rated R for violence and language.   Description: In this episode, we review the movie, The Watcher, starring James Spader and Keanu Reeves. A retired FBI agent comes out of retirement to help catch a serial killer and in the process gets his life back/starts living again/ realize...

Warning: If you do not wish to hear spoilers, watch The Watcher before listening/watching!   Disclaimer: This movie is rated R for violence and language.   Description: In this episode, we review the movie, The Watcher, starring James Spader and Keanu Reeves. A retired FBI agent comes out of retirement to help catch a serial killer and in the process gets his life back/starts living again/ realize...