Watching Up

Welcome to the first annual Watchy Awards! All year long we watched and watched and now we're discussing our best of the best. Listen along as we count down 5 categories and our winners from each. Thank you for listening all year long, there's more to come in 2024. Happy New Year! 

Episode Notes:

4:15 Introducing the Watchy Awards

7:18 Best TV Show of 2023

15:25 Best Theater Experience of 2023

20:55 Best First Watch of 2023

26:00 Best Performance of 2023

31:40 Best Movie of 2023

We've got a jam-packed episode this week! Catch up on all things Bachelor/ABC with us as we discuss Gerry, our Golden Bachelor and all the heart this season has been bringing us! Then we chat about an underwhelming Bachelor in Paradise season. We also go over our favorite contestants from the current season of Dancing with the Stars! 

Then, as we wrap up spooky season, Michelle talks about The Fall of the House of User on Netflix (spoiler-free!) and the movie Sinister (2012) and Rachel talks about some of her favorite spooky (but not scary) movies. 

We both went to see David Fincher's new thriller The Killer in theaters! The film will be available on Netflix starting November 10. We discuss the film and also rank our favorite David Fincher movies. 

Finally, we chat about both of our first watches of Alien (1979). Did we love? Listen to find out! 

Episode Notes:

5:45 Golden Bachelor

14:50 Bachelor in Paradise

24:20 Dancing with the Stars 

34:50 Fall of the House of Usher

41:50 Rachel’s favorite spooky (not scary) movies

43:45 Sinister (2012)

47:55 The Killer & our David Fincher Rankings

57:50 Watching up: Alien (1979)

Uhh ohh, the girlies are gushing again!! We're back for a very special SPOILER episode to discuss one of the patron saints of this podcast, Marty Scorsese! His newest film, Killers of the Flower Moon, is here and it's spectacular! We're diving into our thoughts on all aspects of the film, trying to predict its chances at the Oscars, and we also do a semi-impromptu ranking of our top 5 Scorsese films! Will this film make either of our lists? Listen to find out!!

Again - this episode contains spoilers!

Episode Notes:

2:00 General thoughts on Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

7:06 SPOILER discussion

45:37 Ranking our top 5 Scorsese films

We're back and have so so much to catch up on. First we talk about what we've been up to recently including some of our latest concert experiences. Then we dive into pop culture breaking news and our thoughts on the Jophie divorce, Taylor Swift's recent dominance of the front page, plus her new relationship and even count down our top 5 favorite TSwift songs as admitted non-Swifties. Then we dig into our September movie backlog! Enjoy! 

Episode Notes:

6:30 Michelle’s Beyonce Renaissance Tour experience

13:00 Jonas Brothers The Tour concert experience

17:50 Thoughts on Jophie divorce 

20:55 Thoughts Taylor Swift dominating pop culture news 

27:10 The Travis Kelce of it all

33:25 Ranking our top 5 TSwift Songs

1:05:50 September Letterboxd Roundup 

They're baaaack! Believe it! Catch up with the girls as they dive into everything and I mean EVERYTHING they've been watching over this cruel cruel hot hot summer. Thanks for listening! 

Episode Notes:

15:57 The Bachelorette Finale

28:52 Claim to Fame

32:30 Big Brother S25

42:24 The Other Two 

43:44 Party Down

45:30 Shrinking 

46:45 The Summer I Turned Pretty

50:21 Bad Sisters

53:45 July Letterboxd Roundup - Michelle

1:03:50 July Letterboxd Roundup - Rachel

Finally! The girls are sharing their complete THOTS on Barbie and Oppenheimer. In this very special SPOILER episode they dive deeper into each of these films and discuss categories like their favorite scenes, least favorites scenes, favorite element of the film and who they maybe might have recast. They also discuss the latest episodes of Claim to Fame and The Bachelorette. 

again - THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS! Enjoy! 

Episode Notes:

7:35 Claim to Fame

20:20 The Bachelorette 

36: 40 Oppenheimer (2023) - spoilers! 

1:22:09 Barbie (2023) - spoilers! 

We are become Barbenheimer, the savior of box office! The girlies are back with so much to unpack! First, they're recapping the last two weeks of Claim to Fame and The Bachelorette! Then, Michelle expresses her excitement for a brand new iteration of the Real Housewives of New York! And finally, the moment we've all been waiting for...these Barbie girls are giving a spoiler-free recap of their experiences watching Barbie and Oppenheimer!! Also, the gals watched up on two films from the box office king himself, Steven Spielberg! Grab your popcorn and get into it!! 

Episode Notes:

19:58 Claim to Fame

36:30 The Bachelorette

51:54 Real Housewives of New York Reboot

58:33 Barbenheimer Weekend (spoiler-free)

1:14:54 Minority Report (2002)

1:42:21 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

The girls have been off living la dolce vita, but they're BACK with a brand new episode! On this ep, Michelle and Rachel dive into all the content they've been watching over the last few weeks covering Claim to Fame and The Bachelorette on ABC, The Kardashians on HULU (and whether they are team Kim or Kourt), Miranda's shenanigans on And Just Like That... and don't forget all the movies they've caught up on. Specifically they deep dive into Wes Anderson's Asteroid City and Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire! Thanks for listening! 

Episode Notes:

6:43 Claim to Fame S2 

20:18 The Bachelorette

36:00 The Kardashians

41:28 And Just Like That…

54:00 Letterboxd Roundup

1:08:10 Asteroid City

1:20:53 Watching Up: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

1:30:46  Assignments for next week

Surprise! The girls are back in action, dropping an episode for the Bon(us) Zone today! The 2023 Emmy Nominations just dropped, and two shows are dominating the 2023 TV landscape. Are you team Succession or team White Lotus? Listen along to the girls' live reactions to the nominations and who they think will walk away with the big prize! 

HAPPY PRIDE!!! This month the girls are diving into some hallmark LGBTQ+ works, starting with the very important documentary Paris is Burning (1990). If you haven't seen it - it is available on MAX and very worth your time. But first, dive into some content with them as they giggle their way through some of their recent watches. They're talking The Idol S1E2 - is Rachel about to throw in the towel on Abel? Michelle was searching for a new prestige show to binge and got into Ozark (better late than never)! There are some new straight-to-stream movies available, so listen as they discuss Flamin' Hot and Reality! And, they couldn't forget to close the loop on the Vanderpump Rules "Scandoval". Michelle even sings the theme song to close it out, it sure is....something! Also, a BOOK sneaks its way into the conversation, who knew these girlies were so literary?! Hope you enjoy it! 

Episode Notes:

16:20 The Idol

21:45 Ozark 

26:40 Flamin’ Hot 

29:35 Reality 

32:35 Vanderpump Rules Final Word

38:28 Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

41:50 Watching Up: Paris is Burning (1990)

56:40 Assignment for next week