Mixed Bag – Details, episodes & analysis

Cass here filling in as the description writer. It would be so very Gen Z of me to just copy and paste the entire script of Bee Movie here in the description field, but I fear we may fuck up the podcast hosting website somehow by doing that. So, here it is, the Renee-sance (or is it Renee-zance?) coming to a close just before we hit our Christmas specials.

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We're kicking off the Renee-ssaince in earnest after our lost episode last time, it's time to visit COLD MOUNTAIN. Directed by Anthony Minghella (The Talented Mr. Ripley, The English Patient) and starring Jude Law, Nicole and our focus of this mini series, Renee Zellweger, will this be a stirring epic or a significant snooze?

In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.

Also featuring a murderer's row of supporting actors, will the trio be warmed by the mountain or left cold by its charms?

It's the start of a new miniseries, it's time for Period Princess! 👸

It's a new era and what better way to kick it off with the ultimate page turner of 2001, The Other Boleyn Girl adapted into this feature film in 2008. Starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana.

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family’s blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII. (Sourced from Letterboxd)

Will this sexy version of the Tutor times work its charms? 

Other texts discussed are Scavengers Reign, Ukyio, Pain and Glory, Inside Out 2, The Mole, The Getaway and Joe Biden and world politics.

"You're gunna need a bigger shark" -Movie Producer

The arrival of the major new talent on the Hollywood scene, the movie that introduced us to the megalodon, the marvel, THE MEG.

Can Jason Statham compete against the inherent star power of this indelible leading lady performance? Have we seen such soulful acting of the eyes since Garbo, since Hepburn?

The movie that made her, we can't stop talking about The Meg. But is the movie housing her up to par? Can Jason, Ruby Rose, Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson and Li Bingbing and Masi Oka from Heroes hold their own?

Chomp down on this latest episode and let the hot takes of Matt, Cass and James wash over you...

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A remake of a Hitchcock's classic, will Ben Wheatley's separate the wheat from the chaff?

Starring Armie Hammer and Lily James, check in and see if Matt, James and Cass are saying "damn Danvers!" for this flick.

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Ladies and Gentlemen (and non-binary folk) this is the moment you've waited for.

WOOO-AHHH-OOOH-OOUGH!!

We finally did it. Cass, Matt and James had never seen The Greatest Showman.

Until now.

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This week, we're joined by Ellie Stewart to discuss the 2016 Ghostbusters, starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon!

When there's something mixed And it's a little bit meh. Who you gunna call?

All I have for you is an episode.

TENET.

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Well folks, we've reached the end of the road for the Streepson. And it's a fitting finale with the Robert Altman's final film, 2006's 'A Prairie Home Companion'.

Gracefully accepting a role in the ensemble, Streep has deigned to be equal with the likes of Lily Tomlin, Woody Harrelson, John C Reilly, Kevin Kline and 00's Lindsay Lohan.

Is this tribute to radio drama just white noise or a love letter to a dying form. (Thank god for podcasts!)

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The Laundromat.

AKA

My not-so-beautiful Laundrette.

The penultimate of the Meryl Mixed season. Check it out on Netflix.