Viewing Party

We're celebrating Katie's birthday by watching her favorite movies all month! First up is perfect movie You've Got Mail, the Hanks/Ryan rom-com classic. In this episode we'll discuss sub-par guacamole, AIM, our favorite movie sidekick, Katie's love for Greg Kinnear, and the one question this movie left us with: Exactly how *did* Joe Fox get internet on a boat in 1998?

We return to the Tatumverse for Battle in Seattle, a movie that is not an action flick, as we expected, but instead a film based on actual events that happened in the late '90s that neither of us had ever heard of. Things take a serious turn in this episode as we do our best to have an intelligent and informed conversation about protests, police brutality, censored journalism, patriotism, and how 9/11 shaped millennials. Also: Katie does laundry, finds a knife in her couch (??), and her sister Hannah cameos!

Katie’s out of town, so she’s passed off her cohosting duties this week to Junior Podcast Captain, Pam! For this episode Pam and Wesleigh watched Odd Thomas, a quirky supernatural thriller you should watch on Netflix immediately. Hear us discuss why this movie failed as a horror film, how trying to hide dad hotness never works, and blame Pam’s dog for any crying that may or may not have happened during the recording.

Gather your girlfriends and get your selfie stick ready, this week we're joining forces with Amanda's Picture Show a Go Go and gabbing about bachelorette party movie Rough Night! We discuss the great gender role flipping, hear about Amanda's sad Prince Eric dolls, learn about Katie and Wesleigh's first meeting at a Halloween party, and spend a lot of time giggling over adult diapers. NOTE: This episode is explicit and contains spoilers.

Join us on a journey to the past as we watch the animated film Anastasia for this week's Viewing Party! We learn that Fox princess movies are much more gruesome than Disney, dive into some theological talk about redemption, and question why Meg Ryan and John Cusack were never in a live action movie together in the 90s. We also learn the true story of the Romanovs from our first call in guest, Robb!

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a movie podcast in possession of a good audience must be in want of a Pride & Prejudice episode. So we made one for you! This week special guest Chelsea convinces Wesleigh to watch the the definitive 5-hour BBC miniseries version of P&P. We discuss teenage marriages, which character reminds us of a golden retriever puppy, and, of course, that scene with Colin Firth that made everyone fall in love with him.

We had some stuff happen in life outside of podcast world (I know, who knew we had lives outside of Viewing Party?) and weren't able to watch a Tatumverse movie for this week. But we didn't want to leave you hanging, so we've put together a Very Special Minisode to hold you over!

For this week's Viewing Party, we picked something fun and light-hearted: My Big Fat Greek Wedding! Join your hosts as they gush over sweet wedding traditions, make an appeal to Joey Fatone, consider the possibility of cat flower girls, and discuss the most charming makeover montage in rom-coms. Are you a Frump Girl or a Pinto Bean Girl? Find out in this episode!

It's a Very Special Episode in honor of Father's Day! In our first edition of Would You Watch This?, Katie and Wesleigh watch trailers for movies about dads and discuss if they'd watch them. Tune in to hear all about after school specials, Katie's famous fourth cousin, which of these dads are most like our own awesome fathers, and the the most popular father/daughter wedding dance song of the 90s. BONUS: Your hosts have their first on-air fight — over America's Dad, Tom Hanks.

This week on Viewing Party, Jeff and Ethan from the Sucks to Suck podcast join us to watch the 90s sci-fi action flick Demolition Man! The conversation ranges from Occam’s Razor to Brave New World to toilet humor, and that’s just the beginning. In this episode Ethan recasts the movie for its inevitable remake, Wesleigh shares how a plot point changed the course of logo history, Jeff Secrets in the wrong direction and we learn about Katie’s Netflix cameo.