Join us in our discussion of the Spanish Civil War! Which to be clear, we know basically nothing about, please do not take our expertise on anything. But we dive into two quite different movies touching on the same period of history and talk about Pan's Labyrinth as a fable about the importance of disobedience.

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Music From –

Bojack Horseman soundtrack – “I Will Always Think of You”
Pan’s Labyrinth score – “Lullaby”
Land and Freedom soundtrack – “Si Me Quieres Escribir”

Bethany’s Media

Movies –

Sky High available on Disney+
Song Sung Blue available on Peacock
We Can Be Heroes available on Kanopy
Young Sherlock Holmes available on Paramount+
The Wizard of Mars available on YouTube
Dracula (2025) available in theaters
Little Amelie, or the Character of Rain available for rental
Perfectly a Strangeness available on Criterion
The Devil is Busy available on HBO Max
Retirement Plan available on YouTube

TV –

Love is Blind available on Netflix
Grace and Frankie available on Netflix
Industry available on HBO Max

Joel’s Media

Movies –

Titanic available on Netflix
28 Years Later available on Netflix
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? available on Disney+
Blue Moon available on Netflix
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die available in theaters
Atonement available for rental
Her available for rental
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind available on Hulu and Peacock

TV –

The Pitt available on HBO Max
Hal and Harper available on Mubi
Taskmaster available on YouTube

Next Episode
Fargo from Joel
and
Columbus from Bethany

Bethany and Joel have their first strong disagreement on this podcast. We recommend watching both movies for yourself and picking a side! In general our team swashbuckles their way through these two very different Robin Hood stories (kinda). It's a good time!

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Music From –

Bojack Horseman soundtrack – “I Will Always Think of You”
Robin Hood score - Robin Enters the Great Hall"
Robin and the 7 Hoods soundtrack - "Mr. Booze"

Joel’s Media

Movies:

Sentimental Value available in theaters
Eephus available on Mubi
Black Bag available on Amazon Prime
Send Help available in theaters
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You available on HBO Max
The Testament of Ann Lee available in theaters
Groundhog Day available on AMC
The People’s Joker available on Mubi
The Land Before Time available for rental

TV:

The Pitt available on HBO Max

Bethany’s Media

Movies:

The Beast available on Criterion
KPop Demon Hunters available on Netflix
The Housemaid available in theaters
Predators available on Paramount+
The Wizard of Oz (1925) available on YouTube
The Wizard of Oz (1938) available on HBO Max
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person available on Mubi
35 Shots of Rum available on Mubi
The Perfect Neighbor available on Netflix
Spellbound currently unavailable
Lynden available on YouTube
Swing Shift available for rental
The Plumber available on Criterion
Materialists available on HBO Max
Wolfwalkers available on Apple
The Muppet Show available on Disney+

TV:

Obi-Wan available on Disney+
Wonder Man available on Disney+
Knight of the Seven Kingdoms available on HBO Max
Fallout available on Amazon Prime
Daredevil: Born Again available on Disney+

Next Episode
Pan's Labyrinth from Bethany
and
Land and Freedom from Joel

An entire episode of Joel and Bethany basically running around with a big flag that says MOVIES as we talk about just how much we loved these two films. We hope we never die, friends, at least as long as there is beautiful art in the world and people to share it with.

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Music From –

Bojack Horseman soundtrack – “I Will Always Think of You”
Lion in Winter score - "Main Title"
Summertime score - "Summertime in Venice"

Bethany’s Media

Movies –

After Hours available for rental
Zootopia 2 available in theaters
A Touch of Class available for rental
Destroy All Monsters available on HBO and Amazon Prime
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz available on YouTube
The Magic Cloak of Oz available on YouTube
The Testament of Ann Lee available in theaters

TV –

The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms available on HBO
Daredevil & Daredevil: Born Again available on Disney+
Fallout available on Amazon Prime
Percy Jackson available on Disney+
The Book of Boba Fett available on Disney+

Joel’s Media

Movies –

No Other Choice available in theaters
H is for Hawk available in theaters

TV –

Andor available on Disney+
The Pitt available on HBO
Taskmaster available on YouTube

Next Episode
The Adventures of Robin Hood from Joel
and
Robin and the 7 Hoods from Bethany

Joel and Bethany go on a Rob Reiner retrospective in honor of him and his wife's tragic passing. What on earth was happening with Demi Moore's character in A Few Good Men? Which parts of talking about Stand By Me bring us both to tears? All this and more ahead of you!

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Music From –

A Few Good Men score – Guantanamo Bay
Come Go with Me – The Del-Vikings
Stand By Me – Ben E. King
Bojack Horseman soundtrack – “I Will Always Think of You”

Joel’s Media –

Movies:

The Secret Agent available in theaters
Ne Zha 2 available on HBO
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl available on HBO
Marty Supreme available in theaters
Left Handed Girl available on Netflix
Together available on Hulu
We Bury the Dead available in theaters
The Mastermind available on Mubi
Vulcanizadora available for rental
Is This Thing On? available in theaters
The Wizard of Oz available on HBO
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple available in theaters

TV:

The Pitt available on HBO

Bethany’s Media –

Movies:

Appointment with Death available on Amazon Prime
Megadoc available on Criterion
Citizens Band available for rental
Presence available on Hulu
Harlan County, USA available on Criterion
The Wonderful World of Oz (1910) available on YouTube
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) available on YouTube
No Home Movie available on Kanopy
Eighth Grade available on Amazon Prime
Sorry, Baby available on HBO
The Rider available for rental
The Bad Guys 2 available on Peacock
Die, My Love available on Mubi
Morvern Caller available on Amazon Prime
Ghostbusters available for rental
All We Imagine is Light available on Criterion
Freakier Friday available on Disney+
Pee Wee as Himself available on HBO
The Moon Has Risen available on Criterion
Eephus available on Mubi
Lesbian Space Princess available for rental
A Simple Favor available for rental
Another Simple Favor available on Amazon Prime
Brightburn available on Netflix
No Other Choice available in theaters
Melvin and Howard not currently available
Boys Go to Jupiter available for rental

TV:

The Mandalorian available on Disney+
The Book of Boba Fett available on Disney+
Heated Rivalry available on HBO
Fallout available on Amazon Prime
Daredevil available on Disney+
Peacemaker available on HBO

Next Episode
The Lion in Winter from Bethany
and
Summertime from Joel

Bethany and Joel discuss girls who have things! One of them has gifts and one of them has... a giant needle it turns out. Happy new year, may we all get the gifts we need and avoid the needles.

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It's a Wonderful Life episode referenced in the show

Book referenced in episode - We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

Music from –

The Girl with All the Gifts score – “She Who Brings Gifts”
The Girl with the Needle score – “Karoline’s Theme”
Bojack Horseman soundtrack – “I Will Always Think of You”

Bethany’s Media

Movies:

Mister Klein available on Criterion
Return to Oz available on Disney+
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town available on Peacock
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep available
Zootopia available on Disney+
Zootopia 2 available in theaters available on Criterion and HBO Max
White Christmas available on Amazon Prime
Relay available on Netflix
The Secret Agent available in theaters
The Last Wave available on Criterion and HBO Max
Klaus available on Netflix
Roofman available on Paramount+
The Mastermind available on Mubi
A Dry, White Season available on Amazon Prime
The Tale of Zatoichi available on Criterion
Son of Godzilla available on Criterion and HBO Max
Muppet Christmas Carol available on Disney+
Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas available on Disney+
Death on the Nile (1978) available on Amazon Prime
Evil Under the Sun available on Amazon Prime
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. available on Criterion
Avatar: Fire and Ash available in theaters
God Bless the Child available for rental
Train Dreams available on Netflix
The Hebrew Hammer currently unavailable

TV:

Taskmaster available on YouTube
Fallout available on Amazon Prime
It: Welcome to Derry available on HBO Max
The Mandolorian available on Disney+

Joel’s Media

Movies:

Eight Crazy Nights available for rental
Die Hard available on Amazon Prime
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) available on Netflix
Violent Night available on Peacock
Christmas in Connecticut available for rental
Hamnet available in theaters
Hedda available on Amazon Prime
The Spongebob Movie: The Search for Square Pants available in theaters
Muppet Family Christmas available on YouTube
The Night Before available for rental
It’s a Wonderful Life available on Amazon Prime
Reflection in a Dead Diamond available on AMC and Shudder
Sanjuro available on Criterion
Jay Kelly available on Netflix

TV:

Pluribus available on Apple+
Percy Jackson available on Disney+

Next Episode
A Few Good Men from Joel
and
Stand By Me from Bethany

Join Joel and Bethany in some old timey comedy. Is there much in common between Monty Python and The Marx Brothers? What works and what doesn't work for us now as adults than when we were kids? All these answers and more!

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Music from –

Camelot Song – Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Chico Marx at the Piano – Night at the Opera
Bojack Horseman soundtrack – “I Will Always Think of You”

Joel’s Media
Movies:

The Holdovers available for rental
Nouvelle Vague available on Netflix
Krampus available on Shudder and AMC
The Occupant of the Room available on Shudder
Dust Bunny available in theaters
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004) available on Paramount+

TV:

Pluribus available on Apple
Percy Jackson available on Disney+
Taskmaster available on YouTube

Bethany’s Media

Movies:

How the Grinch Stole Christmas available on Peacock
Charlie Brown Christmas available on Apple
The Heroic Trio 2: Executioners available for rental
Memoirs of an Invisible Man available on Amazon Prime
Wake Up Dead Man available on Netflix
The Muppet Family Christmas available on YouTube
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Winnie Pooh Year available on Disney+
God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust available for rental
The Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa available on Disney+
Merrily We Roll Along unavailable currently
The Year Without a Santa Claus available on AMC
Beautiful Boy available on Amazon Prime
Wicked: For Good available in theaters
Hamnet available in theaters
Ella McCay available in theaters

TV:

Heated Rivalry available on HBO
Shiny Happy People available on Amazon Prime
It: Welcome to Derry available on HBO
Grace and Frankie available on Netflix
BoJack Horseman available on Netflix

Next Episode
The Girl with All the Gifts from Bethany
and
The Girl with a Needle from Joel

Happy holidays to all! This week Bethany and Joel talk about some holiday romcoms. We make wild speculations about our mother and some less wild ones. We discuss the likelihood of certain couples surviving the closing credits and wonder why Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman never made another movie together.

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Music from –

While You Were Sleeping score - "Love Theme"
The Holiday score - "Maestro"
Bojack Horseman soundtrack – “I Will Always Think of You”

Joel’s Media

Movies:

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves available on Paramount+
That Thing You Do available for rental
The Black Windmill unavailable streaming
The Breadwinner available for rental
The Running Man (2025) available in theaters
Little Women (2019) available for rental
Demi Adejuyigbe: Is Going to Do One Backflip available on Dropout
Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man available on Netflix
Wicked: For Good available in theaters

TV:

Pluribus available on Apple
Man on the Inside available on Netflix

Bethany’s Media

Movies:

The Secret of Roan Inish available on Kanopy and Starz
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection available on Criterion
Crazy Mama available for rental
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles available on Paramount+
The Conjuring: Last Rites available on HBO
Superman and the Mole Men available for rental on YouTube
Cat People (1942) available for rental
Hide and Seek available on Criterion
Love Letters available on Criterion
Black Angel available for rental
Invasion of Astromonster available on Criterion and HBO
Dead Ringers available on Criterion
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving available on Apple
La Llarona available on Criterion
To Die For available for rental

TV:

Grace and Frankie available on Netflix
Yellowjackets available on Showtime

Next Episode

Monty Python and the Holy Grail from Joel
and
A Night at the Opera from Bethany

Once upon a time... two siblings talked about Cinderella and the different ways it could be told. Join Joel and Bethany as they discuss the 90s classic Ever After (more classic for Bethany) and how our parents instincts that movies could teach us leftist ideology was at least somewhat correct. Then dive into a much darker and uglier version of the story with 2025's The Ugly Stepsister.

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Music from –

Ever After soundtrack – “Your Highness – What a Surprise”
The Ugly Stepsister soundtrack – “Blomsterdansen”
Bojack Horseman soundtrack – “I Will Always Think of You”

Bethany’s Media

Movies:

Scooby-Doo available for rental
Scooby-Doo 2 available for rental
After Life available on Criterion
Back to the Future available on Netflix
Frankenstein (2025) available on Netflix
Caged Heat available for rental
Predator: Badlands available in theaters
Elio available on Disney+
Moana 2 available on Disney+
Hellboy (2004) available on HBO
Salem’s Lot (1974) available for rental
Bugonia available in theaters
The Running Man available in theaters
Earth Girls Are Easy available for rental

TV:

Pluribus available on Apple+
Wayward available on Netflix
Taskmaster available on YouTube
The Lowdown available on Hulu

Joel’s Media

Movies:

Back to the Future Part II available on Netflix
Mulan available on Disney+
Die My Love available in theaters
Dunkirk available on Peacock
The Carpenter’s Son available in theaters
Hugo available on Paramount+

Next Episode -
First Christmas Spectacular - Christmas Romcom Edition

While You Were Sleeping
and
The Holiday