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- Episode 38: Blowing the Whistle
This week we are comparing Spotlight (2015) and She Said (2022), two films about real life investigative journalists who broke stories on systemic sexual abuse.
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The Movies:
Spotlight (2015)
Directed by Tom McCarthy
Written by Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer
IMDb Rating: 8.1
She Said (2022)
Directed by Maria Schrader
Written by Rebecca Corbett
Based on the book by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
IMDb Rating: 7.4
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Content warning: Discussions of sexual abuse, abuse of children, domestic violence, gun violence, harassment, suicide, mental illness, abortion, women’s health, abusive systems, mother and baby homes.
1 hr 27 min - Episode 37: It's a Very Merry McCarthy Christmas
Merry Christmas! We're talking about It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) - two films about prominent and well-loved members of a community going through hardship and being shown a world in which they were never born
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The Movies:
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Directed by Frank Capra
Written by Frank Capra, Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
IMDb Rating: 8.6
It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
Directed by Kirk R. Thatcher
Written by Tom Martin & Jim Lewis
IMDb Rating: 6.3
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Content warning: Discussions of suicide and suicidal ideation
1 hr 9 min - Episode 36: Gingerdreadful
Happy Christmas! This week we're comparing two Hallmark movies about love springing up in the face of high-stakes gingerbread making competitions - The Sweetest Christmas (2017) and A Gingerbread Romance (2018)
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The Movies:
The Sweetest Christmas (2017)
Directed by Terry Ingram
Written by Erinne Dobson
IMDb Rating: 6.3
A Gingerbread Romance (2018)
Directed by Richard Gabai
Written by Barbara Kymlicka, Gregg Rossen & Brian Sawyer
IMDb Rating: 5.5
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Our website - ItTakesTwo.co.nz
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1 hr 3 min - Episode 35: Going Native
This week we have watched FOUR movies about inter-cultural romances sprouting up between an indigenous person and a coloniser who falls in love with them and their culture - Dances with Wolves (1990), Avatar (2009), Pocahontas (1995) and FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
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The Movies:
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Directed by Kevin Costner
Written by Michael Blake
IMDb Rating: 8.0
Avatar (2009)
Directed by James Cameron
Written by James Cameron
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Pocahontas (1995)
Directed by Mike Gabriel & Eric Goldberg
Written by Carl Binder, Susannah Grant & Philip LaZebnik
IMDb Rating: 6.7
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
Directed by Bill Kroyer
Written by Jim Cox
Based on stories by Diana Young
IMDb Rating: 6.5
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Content warning: Discussions of racism and sexual topics
1 hr 19 min - It Takes Two 2022 Trailer
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1 min - Episode 34: Aliens in the 80s
This week we are comparing E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982) and Mac and Me (1988) - two films about aliens who bond with a young boy and his family after being stranded on earth.
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The Movies:
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Directed by Stephen Spielberg
Written by Melissa Mathison
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Mac and Me (1988)
Directed by Stewart Raffill
Written by Stewart Raffill and Steve Feke
IMDb Rating: 3.3
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Content warning: Mentions of gun violence and death, discussion of ableism in films
1 hr 13 min - Episode 33: Ghosts in the Phone
For this week's Hallowe'en episode, we've compared two films about teenage boys using telephones to communicate with the dead and commit murders - The Black Phone (2022) and Mr Harrigan's Phone (2022)
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The Movies:
The Black Phone (2022)
Directed by Scott Derrickson
Written by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill
Based on the short story by Joe Hill
IMDb Rating: 7.0
Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (2022)
Directed by John Lee Hancock
Written by John Lee Hancock
Based on the short story by Stephen King
IMDb Rating: 6.0
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Content warning: Mentions of violence, death, trauma, domestic abuse, substance abuse
1 hr 8 min - Episode 32: Sky-jacked
For this week's episode, we're comparing Red Eye (2005) and Flightplan (2005), twin films about female passengers on planes being used by terrorists to enact their plans.
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The Movies:
Red Eye (2005)
Directed by Wes Craven
Written by Carl Ellsworth
Based on the story by Dan Foos
IMDb Rating: 6.5
Flightplan (2005)
Directed by Robert Schwentke
Written by Peter A. Dowling & Billy Ray
IMDb Rating: 6.3
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Content warning: Mentions of violence, death, trauma, racism, and gaslighting
1 hr - Episode 31: Mystery Shakespeare Theatre 3000
In the third installment of our Lion King series, we're comparing Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) and The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004), two films focusing on a duo of secondary characters and the story we don't see behind their original appearance.
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The Movies:
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
Directed by Tom Stoppard
Written by Tom Stoppard
Based on the play by Tom Stoppard
IMDb Rating: 7.3
The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004)
Directed by Bradley Raymond
Written by Tom Rogers
IMDb Rating: 6.5
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56 min - Episode 30: REAL BOY$
Join us for a fun episode this week as we compare Pinocchio (1940) and Chappie (2015), two films about humanoid objects being made sentient and learning to be a good human.
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The Movies:
Pinocchio (1940)
Directed by Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts & Ben Sharpsteen
Written by Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Webb Smith, William Cottrell , Joseph Sabo, Erdman Penner & Aurelius Battaglia
Based on the story by Carlo Collodi
IMDb Rating: 7.5
Chappie (2015)
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Written by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
IMDb Rating: 6.8
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Content Warning: Mentions of gun violence, child endangerment, sex trafficking, death and suicide
1 hr 1 min
About It Takes Two
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A podcast where two people take two films with the same plot or premise and watch and discuss them