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Wild Mountain Thyme: The Other Bee Movie
13 Feb 2026
01:05:49
Join River, Gillian, and Ellie talk about the 2020 movie Wild Mountain Thyme a movie that proports to be about land disputes and a guy thinking he's a bee but ends up being about Ireland's landscape and stereotypes and a case study in why one acts should maybe hesitate being adapted to feature length.
Eloise at Christmastime: A Salute to All Plot Lines But Mostly The Love Story
19 Dec 2025
01:00:37
Join Ellie, Sam, Gillian, and River as they talk about the made for TV movieĀ Eloise at Christmastime. But mostly: its seven plots, love letter to childhood chaos, and one very young and very hot waiter played by a Broadway Legend.Ā
In the latest episode, join River, Jas, Callie, Sam, and first time guest Ellie discuss what should've been a Disney Classic The Princess and the Frog and try not to fall down too many rabbit holes (frog holes?) and swooning over both the heroes and the villain.
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In this episode, join River, Jas, and Ellie try and work out what works and what doesn't about the 2003 Christmas staple Love Actually only a month late for the season it takes place in.
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Sometimes, movies are uncertain as to what they'reĀ really about, and if we're lucky, they're short enough so as to not wasteĀ allĀ of our time. Join River, Jas, and Bex as they talk aboutĀ Better Off Single, a movie that makes a mess of the wall it tries to throw Spaghetti at.
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Conquering the second episode hill, join River, Jas, and Callie as they tear 2014's Playing It Cool a new one and discuss that while a good cast can save a bad movie, it doesn't help if the script is also bad and do their best to not get distracted by thinking about how we'd rather be watching the MCU instead.
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In our inaugural episode, join River, Jas, and Sam as they discuss the 1999 classic Notting Hill. A movie that has good bones, but complicated execution and a solid attempt at trying to solve the balance of "how much can being made in the 90s let you get away with"
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Shakespeare In Love, Reader Insert Fanfic for Film Snobs
05 Dec 2025
00:52:40
Join River, Sam, and Gillian as they discuss Shakespeare in Love (and not its boatload of Oscars), a movie loudly about Shakespeare and quietly about getting senpai to notice you and historical inaccuracies that a fourth grader could get right.
Join River, Jas, Leif, and Gillian as they talk about the Muppets (2011) and are forced to contemplate the true questions of life: are they muppets or men, the value qualifications for second chance romance, and just how toxic are Miss Piggy and Kermit?Ā
Join Ellie, Gillian, Charley, and River as they have a very wandering conversation about the 2001 movieĀ Amelie, the French Cinema establishment, trying to figure out how pay phones work, and the value of matching someone's freak in a relationship.
A Midsummer Nights Dream: Bikes and Fae and Love Potions
01 Aug 2025
01:09:37
Join River, Jas, Sam, and new guests Leif and Gillian as they explore the 1999 adaptation of A Midsummer Nights Dream, the other true to text adaptation of Shakespeare with some people you don't know and a lot more people you do know.Ā
Join Bex, Callie, and River as they discuss the original building block of our modern filmic landscape (for better or for worse), 2008's Iron Man,Ā and try to figure out if it's a superhero action movie, a rom com, or a horror movie.
Join River, Sam, Ellie, Charley, and Bex as they discuss the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical 2 and debate whether its status as a certain generations' cultural juggernaut is earned along with the complications of Things Made For Children.
In this episode join River, Jas, Sam, and new guest Charley as they discuss 2003'sĀ The Santa Clause 2Ā contending with the rules of magic, the tent pole level love story, and dunk on Tim Allen.Ā
In this episode watch Jas, Ellie, and Bex judge River's taste in rom coms as they explore one that's not not the reason this podcast exists in Only You from 1994.
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Join Jas, Gillian, and River as they talk about the 2001 movieĀ Someone Like You, a movie that tries to explain how men are like cows in such a way that we wonder if the writer really just wanted to write a telenovela.Ā