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This week we hit the ski slopes with Force Majeure (2014) and Downhill (2020) and discuss toxic partnerships, abusers claiming to be victims, reframing stories to be more male-centric, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus' magnificent face acting.

Timestamps

0:05:42 - Force Majeure (2014)

0:43:25 - Downhill (2020)

1:13:07 - Outro

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This week we take our second trip into the Ghostbusters universe with Ghostbusters II (1989) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) to discuss effeminate men being treated as villains, holding bad absentee fathers accountable, lazy portrayals of characters on the spectrum, and a lot of talk about a very specific male bodily fluid.

Timestamps

0:06:02 - Ghostbusters II (1989)

0:40:07 - Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

1:08:00 - Outro

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This week we meet the March sisters from two adaptations of Little Women (1994 & 2019) and discuss strong matriarchal figures, different ways of performing femininity, highly emotional death scenes, and 19th century fuckboy behavior.

Timestamps

0:05:31 - Little Women (1994)

0:43:56 - Little Women (2019)

1:21:41 - Outro

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This week we jack into the system with The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Resurrections (2021) to discuss allegories for identities, white reliance on Asian mysticism in storytelling, the artistic value of tanking your own ideas, and Lana Wachowski's dreadlocks.

Timestamps

0:04:10 - The Matrix (1999)

0:36:54 - The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

1:11:09 - Outro

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This week we get hellacious with the original Hellboy (2004) and its reboot (2019) and discuss passing off obsession as romance, demonizing feminine sexuality, exalting bad father figures, and major VeggieTales connections.

Timestamps

0:03:39 - Hellboy (2004)

0:39:22 - Hellboy (2019)

1:10:50 - Outro

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This week we stay home for the holidays with Home Alone (1990) and Home Sweet Home Alone (2021) and discuss being allowed to dislike your family, letting children be autonomous, rewarding privilege over effort, and Joe Pesci the sex symbol.

Timestamps

0:06:33 - Home Alone (1990)

0:39:22 - Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)

1:08:02 - Outro

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This week we are joined by our editor Danny Barkley and morph with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) and the reboot Power Rangers (2017) to discuss sexuality in children's programming, damseling more-than-capable women, wrongfully equating bad choices with identity, and the greatest Krispy Kreme product placement in cinema history.

Timestamps

0:07:23 - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)

0:46:28 - Power Rangers (2017)

1:18:26 - Outro

Mentioned links:

• "How I Made This" (NPR podcast) - Power Rangers

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This week we are joined by Eric Best to mine for spice with the original Dune (1984) and its new blockbuster remake (2021) and discuss the trope of predatory queer-coded villains, women with power supporting the patriarchy, white savior colonialism, and how hot it is when men actually listen.

Timestamps

0:04:18 - Dune (1984)

0:45:51 - Dune (2021)

1:21:38 - Outro

Mentioned links:

• "Jodorowsky's Dune" trailer

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This week we don our suits and sunglasses with Men in Black (1997) and Men in Black: International (2019) and discuss extraterrestrials as a metaphor for immigrants and people of color, stalker behavior being presented as romantic, the long-term effects of gaslighting, and Vincent D'Onofrio's pet cat.

Timestamps

0:02:43 - Men in Black (1997)

0:39:50 - Men in Black: International (2019)

1:05:09 - Outro

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This week we join a coven with two versions of Suspiria (1977 & 2018) and discuss misogyny disguised as feminism, gaslighting through the illusion of choice, how gossip can be used against the patriarchy, and the figurative and literal body horror of ballet.

Timestamps

0:04:25 - Suspiria (1977)

0:44:54 - Suspiria (2018)

1:17:47 - Outro

Mentioned links:

• "How Patriarchy Redefined 'Gossip' to Be a Women’s Thing" - Medium

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