Sister Cinema

For our final episode of the year and of the holiday season, we're covering the classic story of coming home for Christmas. Nothing sets off a Christmas story, especially a romantic comedy, better than a forced return to ones childhood home. First up we have Just Friends, one of Ryan Reynolds' early romantic comedies and a big hit of the early 2000s. Then we have the rambunctious Four Christmases, starring the very unlikely yet likeable couple Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. We also feature an extra surprise movie in this episode. Happy 2020. Thanks for listening and sticking with us through all of the craziness of this year. We're stoked to bring you more awesome movies in 2021!

We're trying something new this episode and focusing on a single movie, one of our favorite modern holiday classics: Ron Howard's How The Grinch Stole Christmas starring Jim Carrey. Sometimes there's so much to a movie, we need a whole episode to break it down and marvel at it's genius. In our opinion, this is one such movie. We hope you enjoy!

We'd got another less traditional category of holiday movies for ya this week with Christmas Horror. Holiday comedy-horror is a growing genre and we're excited to talk about it for our second episode of the holiday season. First we have Black Christmas, a wonderfully balanced and rather original comedic slasher film. Next is the "twisted fairytale" Krampus, starring a terrifying German folklore storyline and some impeccably placed comedic dialogue. Enjoy!

Put the kids to bed for this holiday episode because we're going R-Rated. Traditional holiday movies are notoriously "feel-good", but sometimes you need a break from all that sweetness. Enter R-Rated holiday movies. This genre is a newer one, with things really taking off thanks to our first film of the episode, Bad Santa starring a great cast and one really horrible Santa (aka Billy Bob Thornton). Our second film, The Night Before, is a cross between the naughty Christmas film and the one-last-crazy-night-with-your-friends story. Starring the trio we never knew we needed - Seth Rogan, Anthony Mackie, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt - this movie brought all the laughs and some surprising feels. Enjoy and happy holidays!

The bra-burning, masculine dressing, femininity void "feminist" is a pretty worn trope. And not that there's anything wrong with that vibe, but it's not the only type of woman that's allowed to be a feminist. In this episode we examine two great female led comedies that show how easily traditional femininity and feminist ideologies can exist within the same character, all while making a hilarious movie. First is the classic 9 to 5 starring a dynamic trio of women who are truly over the patriarchy. Next we have one of the most notable films of our generation, Legally Blonde, starring the pinkest feminist that's ever existed on film. Enjoy! Stay tuned for our Holiday season episodes starting next week.

Hollywood legend Sean Connery passed away recently and in this episode we celebrate his career and large presence in the entertainment industry. Our first movie is one of the many iconic 007 films he starred in, From Russia with Love. Then we jump to his Oscar winning role in The Untouchables. We also talk about a few of his other film appearances along the way. Enjoy!

While we're all burned out on politics in the real world, we thought a fun distraction would be to watch films all about politics! But the high school kind. First up with have Election, a rather edgy movie for it's time starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon. Second we have a hallmark movie of our generation and definitely one of the most unique directorial debut films around, Napoleon Dynamite. Enjoy!

The "creature feature" was a staple of drive-ins decades ago, but they're a huge part of horror cinema history. For our last episode of spooky season we take a look at two well known movies from this genre. First we tackle The Mummy, before Brendan Fraser got his hands on it. Then we chat about the unlikely box office hit that still maintains a high pop-culture status, The Blob. Enjoy and Happy Halloween!

Spooky season is still going and our Monster of the Week is Killer Truckers. This episode we get to discuss two very different approaches to this classic highway horror genre. First up is Jeepers Creepers with a demonic iteration of the "killer behind the wheel" character and a baby-face Justin Long. Then we have a more traditional approach in Joy Ride featuring some surprisingly amazing cinematography and a not so surprisingly attractive driver. Enjoy!

Week two of spooky season and we have a genre we've long wanted to visit: Evil Aliens. And we have a special guest join us this week to discuss our films. First we have the rogue Tim Burton ensemble cast mayhem that is Mars Attacks! Then we discuss the second film in the long standing Alien franchise, Aliens. And don't worry, we definitely get into which movie is better; Alien or Aliens. Enjoy!