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Watch The Film With Us
Enjoy film analysis with a dose of nonsensical, sassy commentary? Watch the film with us! Every month, hosts Lara and Cheryl deep dive into a film and chat about four topics related to the movie. We draw comparisons with other films we have watched and chat about how the film industry has and continues to develop. Listen in on our lighthearted conversations as we watch and reflect on different film genres, with small doses of silliness sprinkled throughout! Theme Music Credit: Ultra Lights by…
Episodes
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“Mad Max” the Franchise | Furiosa Part 2
Send us Fan Mail What is a franchise? This episode, we broaden our discussion to the entire Mad Max series, talking about the gossip on the set of “Fury Road”…
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Female Leads in Action | Furiosa Part 1
Send us Fan Mail We couldn’t just skip past Mad Max: Furiosa! We open this month with a chat about female leads in action movies, the limited solo female led…
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Toy Movies | Bumblebee Part 4
Send us Fan Mail With the success of Barbie last year, we’re now seeing so many more toy movies being green lit. But how have toy movies changed over the…
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Multi-talented Actors | Bumblebee Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Has Hailee Steinfeld been typecast all throughout her acting career? We begin our conversation with a chat about the career of Hailee…
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Transformers Lore & VFX | Bumblebee Part 2
Send us Fan Mail We had so many questions about while watching the Bumblebee - like how do they reproduce? Are they a species or are they robots? In this…
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The best Transformers film?! | Bumblebee Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Kicking off a new genre with another Hailee Steinfeld film, Bumblebee! Did you know this Transfomers film is the highest rated of the…
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Our Conclusions on the Western Genre | True Grit Part 4
Send us Fan Mail In our last episode talking about the Western genre, we talk about whether our perceptions have changed and the highs and lows of the season…
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Feminist Films | True Grit Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Is True Grit a feminist film? In this episode, we chat about what makes a film feminist, and how gender plays a role in making True Grit as…
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Tween Actors | True Grit Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Part of the reason why True Grit is such an accessible Western is because it’s from the perspective of a tween. In this episode, we chat about…
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Lawful vs Lawless | True Grit Part 1
Send us Fan Mail We’re ending our Western season true to form - with a strong female character, which is super rare in the Western genre. This episode brings…
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[SPECIAL] 200 Episodes!
Send us Fan Mail Wow, we’ve hit 200 episodes since we started this podcast four years ago! Listen in on our reminiscing and also what we think our next genre…
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Neo-westerns | Brokeback Mountain Part 4
Send us Fan Mail What are neo-westerns, and how do they differ from spaghetti and revisionist westerns? We also chat about why we personally prefer…
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The Impact of Brokeback Mountain | Brokeback Mountain Part 3
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about how “Brokeback Mountain” impacted queer cinema and the film industry in general. We also draw comparisons to…
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Queerness in Hyper-masculine Contexts | Brokeback Mountain Part 2
Send us Fan Mail With the western being such a masculine genre, we draw parallels with other hyper-masculine arenas of life, such as sports and the military…
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Gay Cowboys! | Brokeback Mountain Part 1
Send us Fan Mail What is the definition of a cowboy? In this episode, we finally learn what a cowboy means and come to the conclusion why gay cowboys actually…
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Toxic Masculinity | The Power of the Dog Part 4
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we focus on Benedict Cumberbatch’s character, Phil, and how his performance of masculinity ultimately caused his own downfall…
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Revenge | The Power of the Dog Part 3
Send us Fan Mail What are our favourite revenge films? **SPOILERS INSIDE THE EPISODE** We chat about the ending, whether it is a satisfying revenge film and…
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Class in Westerns | The Power of the Dog Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Why isn’t class often explored in the western genre? We also chat about the character of George and how his naivety caused the events of “The…
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Jane Campion | The Power of the Dog Part 1
Send us Fan Mail We’re back to a more conventional Western film… and boy, have we got opinions on “The Power of the Dog”. Listen in on our conversation about…
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[SPECIAL] Oscars 2024 (with special guests!)
Send us Fan Mail Joined once again by Laura and Kyle, this episode is all about the Oscars. Listen in on some hot takes and predictions for this year’s Academy…
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Why “Back to the Future” is popular | Back to the Future III Part 4
Send us Fan Mail In our final episode, we chat about what makes this franchise special and why it continues to be popular. We also postulate about whether…
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VFX Past & Present | Back to the Future III Part 3
Send us Fan Mail How has visual effects and CGI developed over the years? We also chat about whether good visual effects matters, especially when watching…
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Time Travel | Back to the Future III Part 2
Send us Fan Mail How have we not talked about time travel until now? In this episode, we chat about what constitutes as a time travel film and what genres are…
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Did we change genres? | Back to the Future III Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Hold up - why are we watching Back to the Future? To our surprise, the third installation of the Back to the Future franchise was a western…
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The Revisionist Western | Django Unchained Part 4
Send us Fan Mail What is a revisionist western? In this episode, we chat about how Django Unchained falls under the subgenre revisionist western, and how it…
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Why isn’t slavery depicted in many Westerns? | Django Unchained Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Even though westerns are set around the same time as the civil war, slavery isn’t often portrayed in the genres. Why is that? In this episode…
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Auteurs | Django Unchained Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Why are some directors, like Quentin Tarantino, considered auteurs? We chat all about auteurs in this episode - from notable filmmakers to our…
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Quentin Tarantino | Django Unchained Part 1
Send us Fan Mail We’re starting 2024 by challenging ourselves to watch a film by a director that we don’t usually watch - Quentin Tarantino! What do we think…
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[SPECIAL] 2023 End of Year Picks
Send us Fan Mail Another year, another top 5! Listen in to our top picks this year and what films we’re looking forward to next year. Let us know what you…
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Loose Alliances | The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Part 4
Send us Fan Mail Our chat about the culmination of the film and its iconic shootout scene leads us to talk about the loose alliances of the three main…
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Lawlessness | The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Why is there so much killing in Westerns? We chat about the characters’ lack of morals and lawlessness in Westerns - why it exists and how it…
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Western Protagonists | The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Clint Eastwood is one of the most iconic Western actor - but why? What do we look for in the Western protagonist? In this episode, we chat…
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Spaghetti Westerns | The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Part 1
Send us Fan Mail One of our oldest and most challenging films we’ve watched on the podcast: Sergio Leone’s “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”. This episode, we…
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The Ending + Adapting for Westerns | No Country For Old Men Part 4
Send us Fan Mail We had to talk about the ending - was it satisfying or surprising? Our conversation also leads us back to adaptations and the types of…
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Psychopaths | No Country For Old Men Part 3
Send us Fan Mail We couldn’t talk about “No Country For Old Men” without dedicating an entire episode talking Anton Chigurh and Javier Bardem’s phenomenal…
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The Coen Brothers | No Country For Old Men Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Coen or Safdie? In this episode, we chat about all things Coen brothers - from their filmmaking style to their background and interest in…
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Masculine films | No Country For Old Men Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our Western season - and what a departure from the last few films we’ve been watching on the pod! We chat about whether the western…
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Feminist Characters Over the Years | 10 Things I Hate About You Part 4
Send us Fan Mail In our final episode of book adaptations, we talk about one unifying feature of all of the stories we’ve watched the last few months: strong…
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Sisterhood | 10 Things I Hate About You Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Before Anna and Elsa, there was Biana and Kat, because at the heart of “10 Things I Hate About You” is a story about sisterhood. We talk about…
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Rebel Attitude | 10 Things I Hate About You Part 2
Send us Fan Mail What better way to first meet a character than for them to enter into a scene with “Bad Reputation” blasting in their car? That’s how we first…
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Problems within Problems | 10 Things I Hate About You Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Our last film of our book adaptation theme is “10 Things I Hate About You”. We chat about the story structure of the script and the…
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[SPECIAL] Toronto International Film Festival 2023
Send us Fan Mail Having just gotten back from TIFF, we chat about our thoughts on this year’s festival, including the lineup and how it felt without actors…
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Romantic Tropes | Shakespeare in Love Part 4
Send us Fan Mail Within “Shakespeare in Love”, we can find many romantic and character tropes in the film - leading us to have a wider conversation about…
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Why do we still study Shakespeare? | Shakespeare in Love Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Shakespeare continues to be studied in schools and performed on stages around the world. Why is that? In this episode, we chat about the…
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Old vs New Adaptations | Shakespeare in Love Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Shakespeare in Love is one of the older films we’ve watched recently, and of the period pieces it’s the oldest one. How does it compare with…
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Interpretative Biopics | Shakespeare in Love Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Taking a step back in time, we’re watching Shakespeare in Love this month! In this episode, we chat about the similarities and differences…
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New wave biopics | Emily Part 4
Send us Fan Mail From Emily to Oppenheimer, we’re seeing a trend in biopics lately, where it’s less about events or products or objects, but more so about the…
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Nepo-babies | Emily Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Were Charlotte, Emily and Anne nepo-siblings? We couldn’t resist loosely tying in a conversation about nepo-babies into this film, because…
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Fake History | Emily Part 2
Send us Fan Mail How accurate was “Emily”? As it turns out, not very! We chat about all the inconsistencies and how the film is maybe “fake news”? Our…
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How it Compares | Emily Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Moving from Charlotte Bronte to Emily Bronte - except instead of watching Wuthering Heights, we decided to watch the 2022 film, Emily - an…
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[SPECIAL] Oppenheimer
Send us Fan Mail What did we think of Oppenheimer? This episode, we chat about the latest Nolan release, our expectations going in and how it compares to his…
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Falling For Your Boss | Jane Eyre Part 4
Send us Fan Mail Lara introduces her quest to find more movies where governesses fall for their boss, before we chat about the character of Mr. Rochester and…
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Spooky Sound of Music | Jane Eyre Part 3
Send us Fan Mail This episode, we chat about how strangely similar Jane Eyre is to (surprisingly) The Sound of Music, leading us to a chat about governesses…
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Setting as a Character | Jane Eyre Part 2
Send us Fan Mail When you watch “Jane Eyre” it feels completely different to watching an Austen adaptation. In this episode, we explore why that might be and…
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The Brontë Sisters vs Austen | Jane Eyre Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Bye bye Austen, we’ll miss you, but before we say our final farewell, and welcome in the Brontë sisters, we thought we’d do a quick comparison…
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Marriage | Pride & Prejudice Part 4
Send us Fan Mail We chat through the different types of marital relationships found in the film, exploring how Jane Austen presents the marriages in the story…
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Love vs. Like | Pride & Prejudice Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Do you believe in love at first sight? In this episode, we compare Elizabeth and Jane’s relationships, discussing how quickly Jane seems to…
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Mr. Darcy | Pride & Prejudice Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Before Edward Cullen, there was Darcy… This episode we chat about iconic Mr. Darcy and how he has become larger than life in mainstream…
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Jane Austen | Pride & Prejudice Part 1
Send us Fan Mail We couldn’t stroll on past Jane Austen without talking about Pride & Prejudice! And what better way to introduce Pride & Prejudice than…
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The British Film Industry | Emma Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Period pieces are usually done by a British cast and crew - which leads us to a conversation about the British Film Industry and how the…