Viewing Party

Our first episode was released one year ago today, so we're celebrating with a special birthday episode! Rather than watch a movie, we reminisce about our favorite moments of the past year and what's coming up for Year 2. In this episode, we get an update on Jude Law Hair Watch 2018, meet Her Majesty Gertrude Sprinklebottom, and lots of signature Podcast Giggling™.

It’s not you, it’s us (don’t worry, we’re not breaking up with you, but we did watch Dear John!). We’re back in the Tatumverse this week with our first Nicholas Sparks adaptation. In this episode we take a dive into numismatics, learn that donkeys are different, and discuss the practice of the Billy Graham Rule in Christian culture.

For our final Oscar Loser pick, we watch Inception with the elusive Victoria! The 2010 film, that lost Best Picture to The King's Speech, introduced the world to the term "inception" and American women to Tom Hardy (and his lips). In this episode, we discuss mustache guards, our new nickname for Cillian Murphy, what we hope wins Best Picture this year, and glam-shaming.

Continuing Oscar Loser month, we found one of the most surprising titles nominated for Best Picture: 1995's talking animal flick, Babe. A trip down memory lane reminded us that this movie is a lot better — and darker — than we ever noticed as children. In this episode, Katie shares her theory for the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving forward, discover that Wesleigh knows a lot about Rugrats, and have a conversation about the awfulness of school shootings and our awe of Gen Z's response.

We’re going pretty far back in the Academy’s archives for this week’s Oscar Loser — all the way to 1940 for Wesleigh’s pick, The Philadelphia Story. In this episode, we rave about TLC programming in the early 2000s, share our favorite Parks and Recreations jokes for Galentine’s Day, and discuss just how delightful and saucy Katherine Hepburn truly is.

In honor of the Academy Awards next month, we’re spending February watching Oscar Losers: Best Picture nominees that *didn’t* win. This week is Katie's pick, Juno, a standout title that lost to No Country for Old Men in 2008. In this episode we gush over the fashion at the Black Panther Hollywood premiere, discuss how creepy Jason Bateman is in this film, and Katie reveals the fun fact she shares with friends pregnant with sons.

In the Tatumverse, Channing plays at least two characters named Duke: first in She's the Man, and also in this week's movie, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, a movie we're surprised has a sequel. In this episode, Wesleigh shares her Groundhog Day Marathon experience and fan theory, our friend Bob calls in to talk action figures and what they meant to him, we wonder why no girls' toys have made it into blockbuster franchises, and lament that JGL is completely wasted in this role.

DUUUN dun-dun-dun-dun-dun: this week Viewing Party talks the film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom of the Opera! Our friend Leah joins us in the blanket fort to chat about the insane drama of this movie. In this episode Leah apologizes to teenagers, Katie shares the story of a literal dream come true, Wesleigh solves a mystery about Drew Carey, and for some reason we talk a lot about Gerard Butler’s thighs.

Recorded live from a blanket fort, it’s the first podcast with our new fancy microphone! We discuss Hello, My Name is Doris, the delightful film starring Sally Field, Max Greenfield, and basically all of Katie’s crushes. In this episode we talk about our NYE plans, Katie regrets not meeting an actor from Mad Men, Wesleigh does a lot of signature Podcast Giggling™, and we discover our fort may or may not have a poltergeist.

How did you celebrate the holidays? We watched a lot of movies and are here to share in a Park and Rec episode! In this show Wesleigh describes her family's themed backyard camp-out parties, we check in on Jude Law, Katie coins a term we're considering Star Wars cannon, and a friend has a baby while we're recording! Happy birthday, baby!