It's that time again: time to examine the inexaminable, time to talk divisive media, time for Steele to get annoyed with Liz, and time for Liz to get annoyed with Steele. The Critics and the Crowd is back to talk a polarizing piece of media: Step Up 2 The Streets. Is this little song and dance smash hit from yesteryear all it's cracked up to be, or were professionals right to trash it from the get-go? We'll guide but you'll decide!

From supposedly stupid stereotypes, to supposed stereotypes of stupids, we're covering TWO films this entry that don't quite cut the mustard. That's right, it's time for another 'double feature' entry. First, Liz makes Steele endure Bratz, and then Steele subjects Liz to Idiocracy. Who was right? Lovers of dolls? Lovers of Beavis and Butthead? Only you can decide! Well, that's not true... we've got a bombshell of a reveal in this in which one of our hosts comes clean with a guilty pleasure. Who is it? What is it? Tune in, turn off, and drop-out... but not before you download this episode!

We're wrapping up our Halloween-centered month with a fan favorite: Hocus Pocus! Derided by critics (and Steele) at the time of its release, the film has become a juggernaut of pop culture since 1993. Does it deserve the fame? Were critics right to lambast it at the time? Get yer popcorn, get yer blanket, get yer fall fun time gear and let's dive into this movie!

We continue our Halloween Horror Fest with the film that launched a thousand sequels... SAW! Jigsaw the puppet is with us in studio (not really) as Liz and Steele try to determine why the pros LOVED Drag Me to Hell and LOATHED this film, while audiences were cool on Sam Raimi's schlockfest but kowtowed to this piece of cinema. Who knows? You do! Join us as we determine who was right about this piece of horror magic.

Liz and Steele continue their round-up of Halloween season cinematic classics (and not so classics). This week? It is the cult hit and critical darling, It Follows! As for the fans? They're not so hot on this indie slice of scares. Who's got it right? You'll just have to listen in to find out!

Liz and Steele are heading back seventeen years to a time when senior proms had red carpets, paparazzi, and knife-wielding psycho teachers!

Okay, so not much has changed in that time, but if you want a time capsule of early 00's schlock, join the duo as they determine who got this iteration of Prom Night: the critics who hated it, or the crowd who laughed at it!

And now for something completely different!

We're into the first of our "double feature" episodes in which Liz and Steele cover films from yesteryear that may not exactly qualify for normal Critics and the Crowd examination. Maybe a movie was a bomb initially but has become a cult hit in later years: that's Big Trouble in Little China! Or maybe the film doesn't have enough reviews to qualify: that's Bring It On: In It to Win It. Our podcast team is covering both in short order today as they duel with the media that divides us!

Liz and Steele are diving headfirst into controversy this week as the Critics and the Crowd cover one of the most divisive titles of last year's awards season. Hitting a critical mass with numerous awards before flaming out due to numerous controversies that surrounded it, Emilia Perez is exactly the kind of film that this podcast tries to cover, but who got it right: the lovers or the haters? Or is somewhere in between? You won't know until you hear your favorite hosts delve into the outrageous musical numbers and epic plot of our latest episode.

Is he a superhero or an antihero? It doesn't matter, because most importantly, Venom is a cash cow! Derided by fans and critics alike when it first dropped, this 2018 vision of that most delightfully ravenous symbiote was nevertheless a smash hit and has since become a favorite of audiences. Join Liz and Steele as we try to determine who got this film right and why it left a sour taste in the mouths of many (and no, it isn't just the cannibalism).

Liz and Steele put their fingers on the pulse of New York crime as they--alongside three members of the Shaft family--attempt to uncover a criminal conspiracy, avenge a fallen comrade, and understand just why critics savaged this modern cult classic. Listen in as we talk blaxsploitation, tropes, misogyny, and much, much more in our latest episode!