Hello dear listeners, and happy (belated) new year! Very sorry once again for the unplanned hiatus, but here we are, back with an all new episode! This time, we're discussing the 2015 Simon Curtis film Woman In Gold, starring Ryan Reynolds, Helen Mirren, and Tatiana Maslany, in which the biopic trifecta of the Holocaust, the Supreme Court, and art/music history come together to create the ultimate biopic bingo winner! We hope you enjoy! Sources: Charles, Gilbert and Michel Vuillermet, directors. Klimt: Adele's Last Wish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftiG_32-TVA. http://www.history ..read more

Hello again, dear listeners! Thanks to Michael for suggesting that we cover the 2004 Gavin O'Connor film Miracle, starring Kurt Russell and Patricia Clarkson, which we've done this episode! This was a fun one to cover, so we hope you enjoy it! Sources: https://www.si.com/more-sports/2010/02/22/miracle-onice https://www.nhl.com/news/miracle-players-recall-herb-brooks-as-gruff-great/c-704235 http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/miracle.php https://thepinkpuck.com/2013/04/14/the-miracle-on-ice-with-mike-eruzione/ https://irishamerica.com/2007/08/10662/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/61728 ..read more

Hello again, dear listeners! This episode, in honor of American Independence Day, we bring you a cross-over episode with the podcast What Were We Watching? about the 2000 Roland Emmerich film The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson. Spoiler alert: it's not very historically accurate - shocker! We hope you enjoy, and check out What Were We Watching? for more discussions of the nostalgic movies and TV shows from our childhood and adolescence (AKA the 90s and early 2000s)! Sources: http://entertainment.time.com/2011/01/26/top-10-historically-misleading-films/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/n ..read more

Hello dear listeners! We're so sorry we've been away for what feels like forever! But we're finally back with an all-new episode about the 2018 Mimi Leder film On The Basis Of Sex, starring Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer! We hope you enjoy! Sources: Cohen, Julie and Betsy West, directors. RBG. CNN Films, Storyville Films, Better Than Fiction Productions, Participant Media, Magnolia Pictures, 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-case-center-basis-sex-180971110/ https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/taxation/Awards/ginsburgremarks.pdf https://ww ..read more

Hello again, dear listeners! This episode, we bring you a lively discussion of the 2013 Terry McDonough film An Adventure in Space and Time about the creation of the beloved British sci-fi series Doctor Who in 1963, starring David Bradley and Jessica Raine, among others. We hope you enjoy it! Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/doctorwho/6400.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/doctorwho/6401.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/doctorwho/6402.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/doctorwho/6403.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/doctorwho/6404.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/doctorwh ..read more

Hello again, dear listeners! We're very sorry for the long wait between our last episode and this one! Life got in the way pretty hard for us at the end of 2018, but you know what they say, "New Year, Renewed Commitment To Your Podcast," so here we are, ready to come at you with some new episodes! This episode, we're discussing the 2017 film The Zookeeper's Wife, starring Jessica Chastain and directed by Niki Caro. It's...not exactly a fun romp, but it is a good film that made for an interesting chat, so we hope you enjoy it! And thanks to our listener Ariel for suggesting it to us! If an ..read more

Hello again, dear listeners! This episode we bring you the 2009 French film Coco Before Chanel, directed by Anne Fontaine and starring Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, and Alessandro Nivola. We hope you enjoy!  Sources: Extraordinary Women: Coco Chanel. Season 1, episode 2. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nCMFnF1VtQ http://emanuellevy.com/interviews/coco-before-chanel-interview-with-writerdirector-anne-fontaine-6/ http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/27/coco.avant.chanel/index.html https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-real-coco-chanel-1761 ..read more

Hello there, dear listeners! Apologies once again for another unplanned hiatus! We are back with another new episode, this time all about the 2018 HBO original biopic Paterno, starring Al Pacino and directed by HBO biopic staple, Barry Levinson. This movie and its subsequent research was pretty grim for us, we're not gonna lie, but we're hoping that we put in the tough work to bring you a still enjoyable episode! So with that, we hope you enjoy! Sources: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/04/reality_check_things_the_pater.html https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/04/pennlive_editor_on_hbos_ ..read more

Hello again, dear listeners! This episode we bring you a discussion of the 1993 Disney sports movie Cool Runnings, directed by John Turteltaub and starring John Candy, Leon, and Doug E. Doug, in which we learn just how close to the truth this movie stays (spoiler alert: not very!). We hope you enjoy! Sources: http://en.espn.co.uk/olympic-sports/sport/story/280229.html http://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-story-of-the-cool-runnings-bobsled-team-2014-2 https://www.thedailybeast.com/jamaican-bobsledder-tal-stokes-takes-to-reddit-and-reveals-cool-runnings-was-mostly-made-up?ref=scroll http ..read more

Hello again, dear listeners! We're back and on schedule, and are excited to bring you a very special episode in celebration of the recent royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, all about the 2018 Lifetime original move, Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance! We hope you enjoy the episode, and we really hope you enjoyed the royal wedding as well! Sources: https://www.wmagazine.com/story/prince-harry-meghan-markle-matchmaker-revealed-violet-von-westenholz  https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/01/violet-von-westenholz-instagram-who-is-photos/ http://time.com/5274582/lifetim ..read more