Maybe you pride yourself on your impeccable films taste, but you have that one "dirty secret" movie that you absolutely love. Maybe you are the person who admit...
This week I'm joined by Pedro Lima to discuss one of his favorite films: Speed Racer. This movie was the first one from the Wachowski sisters following The Matrix trilogy. This 2008 movie, starring Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, John Goodman, and Christina Ricci is currently at 42% on Rotten Tomatoes. Listen and find out why this movie holds a special place in Pedro's heart.
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S2E1: "A Knight's Tale" with Sebastian Zavala
In this episode, Alise and Sebastian discuss A Knight's Tale. This 2001 film stars the late Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany, Shannyn Sossamon, Alan Tudyk, and Mark Addy. We discuss the music, the nostalgia, and the earnestness of the film.
Find more about Sebastian here.
Before Lin-Manuel Miranda brought us rapping founding fathers, Alan Menken brought us a musical about child labor and the unionization of America in "Newsies." Debuting in 1992 and starring Christian Bale, this film has only a 39% on Rotten Tomatoes.
I'm joined this week by my sister Megan Wright, a writer, teacher, spiritual director, and musician to talk about the movie that she consumed weekly during middle school. We talk about how timely this film is both from a labor and a news perspective, why Bill Pullman should stick to being the president in Independence Day, and how we saw most movies the first time when we were growing up.
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S1E7: Girls can do violent movies, too! - "The Spy Who Dumped Me"
Are you needing some feminist content that doesn't bum you out, but rather makes you laugh? Then look no further than this week's episode! In it, Tanya Marlow and I discuss "The Spy Who Dumped Me," a 2018 dark comedy starring Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis that has a 49% on Rotten Tomatoes.
I'm joined this week by Tanya Marlow, an author and disability rights activist. We discuss some of the double standards between movies centering women and men, how a dark comedy can still be really effective, and how feminism doesn't always have to take itself so seriously. It's a really fascinating discussion and you don't want to miss it!
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S1E6: Dinosaurs v. Late Stage Capitalism - "Jurassic World: Dominion"
Most people volunteer to come onto the podcast to defend a favorite movie, but this time, I recruited my friend Ash Orr to join me when they sent me a voice memo informing me that their hot take was that "Jurassic World: Dominion" was good, actually. The film is still in its early days, but as of recording, it has a 29% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ash is a political organizer working to make Appalachia a better place for everyone who lives here. In this episode, we talk about memories of watching the original Jurassic Park movie, about the place of childhood existential dread in a dinosaur movie, and about whether dinosaurs as guns are better than talking dinosaurs.
Maybe you pride yourself on your impeccable films taste, but you have that one "dirty secret" movie that you absolutely love. Maybe you are the person who admits that you love bad movies. Maybe you don't care and you just like what you like.
Every movie, no matter how bad, has a fan. On this podcast, Alise and her guests will call fresh that which has been called rotten. Join us and maybe you will discover some of the Best Worst Movies.
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