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Attention class, we have a new episode to discuss. This week centers Cruel Intentions (1999) and St. Trinian's (2007), both of which portray their protagonists behaving badly, but the framing is what sets the two films apart. Which will be forced to stay after class? Listen to find out.

With our third episode of the Prep School Bracket we are once again discussing films with very different tones. In the prestige drama corner we have Finding Forrester (2000), although at this point it may be more known for spawning YTMND. And in the lighthearted teen romp corner we have Wild Child (2008). Which film will ace our course, and which will need to see us after class? Listen to find out!

Our semester at prep school continues with two re-imaginings of classic British literature. We have Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) inspired by the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and She's the Man (2006) inspired by Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. There's a lot of history here so we've brought in friend of the podcast Maia Franklyn to help us unpack it all.

You can find more from Maia on their 2 podcasts The Reccers & The Knackered Robots

Welcome to the new bracket listeners, we're going back to school for this one. Our first discussion is over Dead Poets Society (1989) and Saved! (2004), hope you all did the assigned readings.

CW: Suicide, Gunshots, Religious abuse

One last episode before the New Year, consider it our Christmas gift to all of you listeners. Enjoy your holidays and share them with your loved ones. You'll hear from us again in 2020. 

We've gone back and dusted off our mouse ears to talk about the latest Disney animated feature, Frozen 2 (2019). Join us and revisit our thoughts on the first film, and some newly brainstormed changes we would have made, we also have a brief spoiler-free review. Then for those undeterred by spoilers a summary of the film and our deeper thoughts.

Links to our previous episode discussing Frozen and the video Jackson mentioned.

This week we finally lay our Monster Bracket to rest with this final double feature, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) and Pride + Prejudice + Zombies (2016). Both of these film are adapted from novels by author Seth Grahame-Smith, and we have frequent collaborator Mike Knoll to talk about them with us. Put on your battle corsets and grab your gun axes we're getting buck-wild this week.

As always your can find more from Mike at The Equalizers and A Study in Granada

We continue our journey through the monster movie genre with the top-grossing vampire and werewolf films, The Twilight Saga, all five of them. And to give us some new perspective on the series we're joined by the amazing Sarah Hollowell. Prepare yourselves for the longest, most NSFW episode we've ever produced. (CW for suicide and relationship abuse)

If you'd like to find more of Sarah's work check out her website as well as her Patreon

All Hallow's Eve is less than a week away, and it's finally time to cowl the winner of our Monster Bracket. We have two amazing films, from very distinctive directors, The Shape of Water (2017) from Guillermo del Toro and The Sixth Sense (1999) from M. Night Shyamalan. This week's discussion explores the two films' use of color, the nature of their conflicts with the protagonists, the use of religious themes, and of course monster movie magic. You don't want to miss this.