73 – Why you should watch The Premise
Correct, this is an episode about a TV show produced by a white, straight, male showrunner, BUT it’s different, we promise. The Premise is a new comedy anthology on Disney+ (shocking) looking at our pre-conceived ideas about gender, morality, race and sex and turning them on their heads to hopefully bring empathy, education and thought…
72 – Dune, Foundation & What IS Hard Sci-Fi?
Let’s look at the new age of Hard Sci-Fi. Is it even new? Is it actually good? Most importantly, is it female-friendly? How hard, is hard? We answer all these questions and a whole lot more in the episode focused on Denis Villeneuve’s new movie and Apple TV’s new series, based on not-so-new IP. Please…
71 – Our Top Ten Movies about Humanity (with Courtney Hodgkiss)
We invite back the delightful and witty Courtney Hodgkiss (@Courtneyishere) to talk movies that are so awe-inspiring, breathtaking, maddening and emotional that you can’t stop yourself shouting about them to anyone who’ll listen. We came up with ten, count em, TEN movies that fit the bill – using various weird sub-categories and went to town…
70 – Thank Heaven For Little Girls (but Don’t Thank These Movies)
You’re minding your own business, watching classic movies, movies that won Best Picture at the Oscars, and then you stop, and think…does this film glamourise child prostitution?! Nick and Contrarah take a look at three classic films from yesteryear examining them through a 2021 lens. They are well-made and were financially and critically successful, but…
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