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

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

It's an accidental celebration of Noirvember! We would love to say we were clever enough to plan this but actually, as is often the case for us and so rarely the case for anyone in a film noir... we were just lucky. Listen to us discuss what we know everyone was dying to hear - WOULD Bethany still do Orson Welles in Touch of Evil? Gotta listen to find out!

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Music from –

Miklos Rozsa – Double Indemnity Theme
Henry Mancini – Touch of Evil Theme
Bojack Horseman soundtrack – “I Will Always Think of You”

Joel’s Media

Movies:

Creature from the Black Lagoon available for rental
Frankenstein (2025) available on Netflix
Bride of Frankenstein available on HBO Max
Back to the Future available on Netflix

TV:

Only Murders in the Building available on Hulu
The Lowdown available on Hulu
Reservation Dogs available on Hulu
Deadloch available on Amazon Prime

Bethany’s Media

Movies:

Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster available on HBO Max
House of Dynamite available on Netflix
It (1990) available on HBO Max
Addams Family Values available for rental
Prey available on Hulu
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown available on Apple

TV:

The Bear available on Hulu
It: Welcome to Derry available on HBO Max
Wayward available on Netflix
Matlock available on Paramount+
Grace and Frankie available on Netflix

Next Episode

Ever After from Bethany
and
The Ugly Stepsister from Joel

Listen to Bethany wax poetic about one of their personal heroes - Roger Ebert. Big movie dork episode this week as we discuss two different movie documentaries, one of which definitely worked better for us than the other!

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Music from -

Leonard Cohen - "I'm Your Man"
Hitchcock/Truffaut soundtrack - "Floors of Glass"
Bojack Horseman soundtrack – “I Will Always Think of You”

Bethany’s Media:

Movie –

Labyrinth available on Peacock
Lucky Numbers available for rental
News from Home available on Criterion and HBO Max
The Long, Long Trailer available for rental
Tron: Ares available in theaters
Equinox available on Criterion
Hereditary available on HBO Max
Sidney available on Apple
a.k.a. Charlie Sheen available on Netflix
Ride with the Devil available for rental
Chosen (2001) available on YouTube
Yoyo available on Criterion
Event Horizon available for rental
The Predator available on Hulu
The Perfect Neighbor available on Netflix
Sneakers available on Peacock
The Thursday Murder Club available on Netflix

TV –

Taskmaster available on YouTube
Grace and Frankie available on Netflix
Task available on HBO Max
Elsbeth available on Paramount+
The Golden Bachelor available on Hulu
Only Murders in the Building available on Hulu

Joel’s Media:

Movies:

Sleepy Hollow available for rental
Creepshow available on AMC
The Black Phone available on Peacock
The Witch available on HBO Max
After the Hunt currently unavailable
The Wolfman available for rental
Good Fortune available in theaters
Frankenstein (1931) available for rental
Lonely Are the Brave available on Starz

TV:

The Lowdown available on Hulu
Alien: Earth available on Hulu

Next Episode:

Double Indemnity from Joel
and
Touch of Evil from Bethany