Hello! This week, we're talking about Nobody (Ilya Naishuller, 2021), in which Bob Odenkirk takes a break from playing our favourite smarmy lawyer and is instead a repressed and very swole dad who has a real yen for beating up bad guys in incredibly violent ways (think John Wick, but with a house in the suburbs). The movie also features Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd, and RZA, which makes for a very badass cast. Perhaps most important to us, though, is how familiar the setting is. While many movies are filmed in Winnipeg, this one actually forgoes the Hallmark-style fake snow and holiday themes in favour of showing what our city actually looks like! Anyway, we were excited. Enjoy!

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In this episode we explore the lighter side of government corruption with Andrew Fleming's 1999 masterpiece, Dick, starring Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams as the teenagey-est of teenage girls who inadvertently become Deep Throat during the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s. The movie is funny on its own, but it's even funnier after watching All the President's Men (Pakula, 1976) and noticing the very intentional send-ups of that far more serious film. Also, Dick features Dan Hedaya (aka Cher's dad in Clueless) as Richard Nixon (aka Dick), so the movie is worth watching just for him. But also, there are many SNL and Kids in the Hall references, too, so there's something for everybody who has ever enjoyed laughing even a little bit.

This week we're talking about All the President's Men (Pakula, 1976), a political thriller about the American Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon. It stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman (both of whom rock feathered hair and the tightest tight pants), who play the journalists responsible for breaking the story. It's a famous and well-regarded movie that we have fun talking about/dunking on, so enjoy!

Hi folks! This week, we're delving into the art of the LPD (Lesbian Period Drama) and talking about Céline Sciamma's absolutely gorgeous film, Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. Not only does this movie give us a spicy and heartbreaking love story, it give us a story about friendship, longing, and also French women entrepreneurs. We also discuss and recommend other LPDs, and we'd love to hear your recommendations. Enjoy!

Okay, folks. Much like you, we get tired. We get busy. We yearn to discuss subject matter that tends toward the ridiculous. And that's what we're giving you in our discussion of Face/Off (Woo 1997), an exceedingly silly action movie in which G-man Sean Archer (John Travolta) TRADES FACES (and bodies) with introvert's nightmare Castor Troy (Nicholas Cage) in order to go undercover in prison and trick Castor's brother, Pollux (Alessandro Nivola), into telling him the whereabouts of a bomb Castor planted before Sean incapacitated him and stole his face. It's a wild ride and watching this movie was exactly as soul-rejuvenating as we hoped it would be. Please enjoy this nonsense with us.

Hello! In this episode we're discussing 3 Women, a 1977 film by Robert Altman starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Janice Rule as the aforementioned women. This movie is full of very awkward interactions that we relished talking about. Enjoy as we attempt to parse this fever dream of a movie and sort through Altman's attempt to define women by making them seem scary and weird (only some of us may claim that honour). 

CW: There is a scene in the film depicting a suicide/self-harm attempt that we mention here.  

In this episode we talk about Zach Cregger's 2022 horror film Barbarian and talk about why it's best to stay away from creepy basements and maybe book a hotel instead. This movie stars Georgina Campbell as a tired woman (relatable) who finds herself having to clean up all kinds of man-messes just to get a moment's peace. Bill Skarsgård shows up as someone who may or may not be a murderer, so that's fun, and Justin Long plays a toxic and sometimes literal man-baby. Besides serving up general creepiness, this movie addresses race, toxic masculinity, greed, and generational trauma, and more. Anyway, it's a real romp and we hope you like our discussion about it!

In this episode we talk about a movie we both love and also find problematic in many ways. The Apartment (Wilder 1960) stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine and follows Lemmon's C.C. Baxter up the corporate ladder, which he climbs in exchange for reluctantly letting his higher-ups use his apartment for sexual dalliances. But, of course, we're more interested in how this affects MacLaine's Fran Kubelik, who has to deal with patriarchy and misappropriated power at her workplace (sound familiar, anyone?). Take a listen!

CW: This movie depicts suicidal ideation and attempted suicide, so look after yourselves.   

This week, we're fanning out about a movie beloved to both of us: His Girl Friday (Hawks 1940). Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant star in this fast-talking screwball comedy that is close to our hearts and that we discover something new from every time we watch it. It's smart, it's funny, and it's full of Cary Grant being handsome and Rosalind Russell wearing amazing hats (as well as more critical things, which we also talk about). It also features Ralph Bellamy as a soggy cherub and mother's special boy, which is always welcome.