Kicking & Streaming

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  • Heavenly Creatures or: How I Learned the Concept of Folie à Deux

    Who's ready for a little true crime? This week the siblings are breaking down the fictionalization of the infamous Parker-Hulme murder case in 1950's Christchurch, New Zealand. Heavenly Creatures tells the story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, who together bludgeoned Parker's mother to death with a half brick in a stocking in order to avoid being separated. Ross gets eeked by the crazy-good acting of Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet, Carie can't get over the concept of matricide, and the siblings see the machinations of how two people can become so detached from reality. 

    1 hr 34 min
  • My Week with Marilyn or: How I Fell in Love with Michelle Williams

    We're havin' a heat wave, ya'll! This week the siblings break down the film adaptation of Colin Clark's memoir, My Week With Marilyn (2011). Carie rolls her eyes over the fact that we can't have a Marilyn Monroe movie without the male gaze, Ross gets tickled by the sass of Sir Lawrence Olivier, and the siblings examine what it must have been like to be the most famous woman in the world. 

    1 hr 24 min
  • Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or: How I Learned Frankenstein is a Love Story

    This probably should have been a two-parter y'all but we had no idea how much we were going to have to say about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994). Carie makes her case throughout that Frankenstein is ultimately a love story, Ross reiterates over and over how beyond crazy the titular doctor becomes, and the siblings try not to dry heave over the romantic plotline involving a "brother and sister." 

     

    1 hr 50 min
  • Thumbelina or: How I Fell in Love with a Fairy Prince

    This week the siblings break down one of Carie's emotional faves, Don Bluth's Thumbelina (1994). Ross gets irrationally upset about the unhelpful cast of animal characters in the journey. Carie swoons over "Let Me Be Your Wings." Most importantly however, Ross wants to make sure you know this isn't a love story but a human trafficking story. 

     

    1 hr 30 min
  • The Rosa Parks Story or: How I Fell in Love with Angela Bassett

    For our first episode of the new year, Carie and Ross break down one of Ross' favorite made-for-tv movies, The Rosa Parks Story. Ross provides a great deal of historical context regarding Jim Crow and the laws that segregated Black people from Whites, Carie gets incensed over never hearing the name Claudette Colvin in school, and the siblings remark on how Angela Bassett patently refuses to age. 

    RELATED MEDIA: 

    Drunk History - Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks (ft. Lisa Bonet and Amber Ruffin)

    The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks

    Jim Crow and Segregation

    Montgomery Bus Boycott Leaflet

     

     

    1 hr 41 min
  • Les Miserables or: How I Fell in Love with Tom Hooper (Pt.2)

    For the final episode of 2022, the siblings break down part two of their coverage of Tom Hoopers's movie musical, Les Miserables. In this emotional conclusion, Carie thirsts over student revolutionaries, Ross provides a great deal of history regarding the shift of French power in the 1830's, and the sbilngs get a taste in their mouth for what it means to be truly Wretched. 

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    1 hr 33 min
  • Les Miserables or: How I Fell in Love with Tom Hooper (Pt.1)

    This week, Ross is confronted with his boyfriend, Tom Hooper's greatest achievement, the film adaptation of the famous stage musical, Les Miserables (2012). Ross provides context for the political climate in France at the time, Carie sobs over the fall of Fantine, and the siblings remember their own time at Notre Dame Cathedral. 

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    1 hr 34 min
  • Home Alone 3 or: How I Learned to Thwart Holiday Espionage

    This week, another kid who's too smart for his own good once again takes down a team of adult criminals in the John Hughes threequel, Home Alone 3 (1997). Ross defends his love of the threequel over Home Alone 2. Carie praises the conceit of the chase for a computer ship designed for the United States Air Force, and the siblings get their regular holiday montage of grown adults wrecking themselves in a series of comedic stunts. 

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    1 hr 29 min
  • The Family Stone or: How I Learned to Let My Freak Flag Fly

    This week, Carie gives Ross a new experience by putting him through The Family Stone (2005) in which his boyfriend Durmot Mulroney brings Sarah Jessica Parker home to meet his family for Christmas before proposing to her. Carie defends family agitator, Amy, Ross unexpectedly falls for Luke Wilson, and Diane Keaton is here. Isn't life great? 

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    1 hr 32 min
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: or How I Learned to Embrace My Inner Child

    This week, the siblings get down to the nitty gritty with the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004). Carie and Ross follow SpongeBob and Patrick on their journey to retrieve the crown of Neptune so they can save Mr. Krabs from a bonefide crab bake. Carie remarks on how millennials all became Squidward, Ross remarks on the universatility of SpongeBob as an IP, and the siblings remember that the kid inside is better than the adult on the outside. 

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    1 hr 32 min

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Do you and your friends speak in movie quotes? Do you trade Spongebob memes back and forth with your loved ones? Do you have to rely on the ”Are You Still Watching?” message to let you know it’s time to bathe and stop procrastinating? If you answered yes to any (or all) of these questions, come hang out with us every other week!