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- Episode 173: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 8by Melissa on September 30, 2023 at 14:00
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from THE FINAL DAY of Fantastic Fest 2023! Movies discussed: The Other Laurens I’ll Crush Y’all The Book of Solutions The post Episode 173: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 8 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.
- Episode 172: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 7by Melissa on September 29, 2023 at 14:00
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the day 7 of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow When Evil Lurks The Fantastic Golem Affairs Saw X 100 Yards Other […]
- Episode 171: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 6by Melissa on September 28, 2023 at 14:00
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the day 6 of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: Kill The Creator Dogman Infested (aka Vermin) The post Episode 171: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 6 appeared first on […]
- Episode 170: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 5by Melissa on September 27, 2023 at 14:00
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the day 5 of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: #Manhole Tiger Stripes The Coffee Table Property The Invisible Fight The post Episode 170: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 5 […]
- Episode 169: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 4by Melissa on September 26, 2023 at 18:03
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the day 4 of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: River Crumb Catcher Acid UFO Sweden Wake Up Dream Scenario The People’s Joker The post Episode 169: Fantastic Fest 2023 […]
- Episode 168: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 3by Melissa on September 25, 2023 at 15:09
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the third day of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: One Percenter Beowulf (live performance) Saltburn Conann Eileen Cobweb Nowhere The Sacrifice Game We Are Zombies The […]
- Episode 167: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 2by Melissa on September 24, 2023 at 15:01
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the first full day of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: Enter the Clones of Bruce Found Footage Festival Vol 10 Falling Stars The Origin Project Silence V/H/S/85 The […]
- Episode 166: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 1by Melissa on September 23, 2023 at 14:46
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the opening night of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: Toxic Avenger Baby Assassins 2 Babies Sleep The post Episode 166: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 1 appeared first on […]
- Episode 165: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Day 0by Melissa on September 21, 2023 at 18:07
Buckle up, dear listeners, for it is the most Fantastic time of the year! Yes, Fantastic Fest is upon us, and we will be posting daily through the entire film festival! Today we bring you general news and updates prior to the opening night festivities. Movies discussed: Baby Assassins Shakma The […]
- Episode 164: Legally Blonde / Jawsploitationby Melissa on September 19, 2023 at 23:10
Finally, we are back, dear listeners! We recorded this episode in late August, and it just took a while to get it edited and posted. Join us for musicals and sharks! And good news: this week, Fantastic Fest arrives! Starting Thursday, you will hear us DAILY through the end of the film festival! […]
- A Note for Our Dear Listenersby Melissa on August 31, 2023 at 03:13
As you may have noticed, dearest listeners, episode delivery has been spotty lately. It has been an unexpectedly busy season for both Melissa and Windy, so recording and editing have been delayed. New episodes will likely be sparse for the early weeks of September. However, good times will return […]
- Episode 163: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 / Playtimeby Melissa on August 19, 2023 at 04:14
Dearest listeners, we bring you our glimmers of joy this week, complete with space raccoons and bad French accents! Movies discussed: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Playtime Other things discussed: Clutch (band) Bake Off: The Professionals (TV) The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros The post Episode […]
- Episode 162: Barbie (now with spoilers!) / The Rocking Horsemenby Melissa on August 10, 2023 at 14:00
This week, dear listeners, Windy has caught up with Barbie and goes into The Spoiler Zone! And Melissa has been catching up with Nobuhiko Obayashi movies and with Ted Lasso! Movies Discussed: Barbie The Rocking Horsemen Fargo Other things discussed: Genghis Khan (music video) by Miike Snow Mandom […]
- Episode 161: Oppenheimer / Barbie / Theater Camp / Pride / Beyonceby Melissa on July 28, 2023 at 04:04
Dearest listeners, this week brought us so much joy that we had to make an extra-sized episode just to hold all our pink, rhinestoned, union-solidarity glee! Movies discussed: Oppenheimer Barbie Theater Camp Pride Other things discussed: Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour The SAG-AFTRA / WGA […]
- Episode 160: Polite Society / Bullet Trainby Melissa on July 23, 2023 at 04:16
Dear listeners, we found a lot of joy this week, everything from Pakistani martial arts films to assassins on a train to cheap Beyonce tickets! Movies discussed: Star Trek Into Darkness Polite Society Bullet Train Wimbledon Hunt for the Wilderpeople Other things: Beyonce’s current tour The post […]
- Episode 159: Dial of Destiny / Nimonaby Melissa on July 15, 2023 at 04:50
Dear listeners, today we bring you our myriad joys we had over the 4th of July week, from Indiana Jones to CONvergence! Movies discussed: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Nimona Other things discussed: Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas […]
- Episode 158: Across the Spider-Verse / Ghosted / Kandishaby Melissa on June 30, 2023 at 04:13
Dear listeners, this week, we revel in the joys of the Spider-Verse, as well as comforting streaming movies and… Moroccan she-demons? Movies discussed: Across the Spider-Verse Ghosted Kandisha Also discussed: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Coco, Encanto, and Book of Life as a triple-feature The […]
- Episode 157: Goodnight Oppy / Folk Horror / Fast Xby Melissa on June 23, 2023 at 03:08
Dear listeners, today we wax rhapsodic about movies featuring Mars rovers and folklore horrors, with a chaser of Jason Momoa appreciation! Movies discussed: Goodnight Oppy Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror Fast X And also: Quantumania Mazes and Monsters Kier-La Janisse […]
- Episode 156: Flux Gourmet / Velvet Buzzsaw / The Squareby Melissa on June 15, 2023 at 22:05
Dearest listeners, this week we discuss a trio of movies that poke at the art world! And then we discuss monster erotica for some reason! Movies discussed: Flux Gourmet Velvet Buzzsaw The Square Robocop Careful (this is the movie whose title Melissa could not remember) The Saddest Music in the […]
- Episode 155: Map of Tiny Perfect Things / Autopsy of Jane Doeby Melissa on June 9, 2023 at 04:53
Dear listeners, this week we bring you a range of delights, from time loop romances to autopsies gone wrong! We also cannot remember the word “antipode”! Movies discussed: The Map of Tiny Perfect Things The Best of Me The Autopsy of Jane Doe Other things we liked: Jet’s Pizza Two Dots […]