Whatcha Watchin
Trashwire editor Alexis Gentry and Geek Girl Authority critic Kim Pierce discuss movies, tv, and pop culture.
Episodes
0:00 Intro
1:29 Best adaptations
7:03 Interpretation that misses the meaning
9:48 Great book meets great director
17:34 Creative vision vs collaboration
22:32 Worst adaptations
27:39 Editing your work...
0:00 Intro
0:27 Leo’s thoughts
2:20 How was this only $80M?
4:43 It’s a VFX marvel
6:42 Explore the lore
9:15 Simplified storytelling
12:20 Almost perfect
17...
Alexis and Kim talk about the Barbie movie, men throwing tantrums online, self-aware casting, movie marketing, and more in this episode of the Whatcha Watchin podcast.
This review contains spoilers for Barbie.
0:00 Intro
2:54 Ryan Gosling stealing scenes
9:19 Online “backlash” to feminist messaging
18:20 Self-aware filmmaking
23:47 Barbenheimer success
26:35 Wrap-up
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Was Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny a huge disappointment? In this episode, Alexis and Kim chat about everyone’s favorite 80-year-old adventurer, why James Mangold is not Steven Spielberg, and whether every blockbuster needs to be over two hours.
This review contains spoilers
0:00 Intro
0:51 Alexis’s thoughts
2:30 Kim’s thoughts
6:15 Dial of Digital De-aging
8:56 Temple of Two-and-a-half Hour...
Is The Flash a fun comic book movie or a Frankenstein fever dream? Alexis and Kim share their thoughts on the movie, the troubled production, the rubbery CGI, and more. This review contains spoilers.
0:00 Intro
0:22 Non-spoiler thoughts
6:05 Spoilers
35:49 Should you see this movie?
38:23 Wrap-up
Read Alexis’ review of The Flash
https://trashwire.com/2023/06/15/the-flash-review
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Alexis and Kim take a trip to Asteroid City and discuss Wes Anderson as an auteur, why a memorable visual style is so important, and how an enormous cast of powerhouse players can each stand out in an ensemble.
Read Alexis's review:
https://trashwire.com/2023/06/16/asteroid-city-review
Read Kim's review:
https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/asteroid-city-movie-review-wes-anderson
0:00 Intro...
Alexis and Kim talk about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the perks of telling a story through visuals, breakthroughs in animation, the current multiverse madness sweeping comic book movies, and more. This review contains light spoilers, so if you want to go in blind, watch this after you’ve seen Across the Spider-Verse.
0:00 Intro
0:20 Great but not flawless
0:44 Kim’s thoughts
1:54 Alexis’ thoughts
3...
0:00 Intro
0:44 Fast X review
30:15 Will you watch the Fast franchise?
35:52 Wrap-up
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Alexis and Kim talk Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the future of the MCU, Oppenheimer, Barbie, and why they’re looking forward to Fast X even though they’ve never seen a Fast movie before.
0:00 Intro
0:30 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
3:53 What happened to the MCU?
14:52 Guardians 3 vs Love and Thunder
16:25 Is this a good place to bail on the MCU?
25:41 Oppenheimer and Barbie
29:07 Somehow The M...
Alexis and Kim chat about Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, their favorite Hollywood Chris, Tetris, Air, Ben Affleck as a director, and why you probably shouldn’t sing along to the needle drops in movies.
0:00 Intro
0:51 Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves
11:40 Dungeons & Dragons spoilers and cameos
14:01 Dungeons & Dragons final thoughts
15:05 Tetris
25:01 AIR
45:10 The f...
Alexis and Kim talk about the Oscars ceremony, Everything Everywhere All At Once dominating the major categories, the best speeches of the night, and who should have been nominated.
Kim reviews Shazam: Fury of the Gods and John Wick Chapter 4.
Alexis tries to wrap her head around how 65 got made and explains why she wants to binge-watch Rana Naidu on Netflix for a second time.
0:00 Intro
0:36 The Os...
While Kim was attending screenings for Cocaine Bear and Creed III, Alexis was sick at home rewatching the YRF Spy Universe movies.
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:27 Cocaine Bear
- 9:37 Creed III
- 15:40 YRF Spy Universe
- 26:20 The Romantics
- 35:06 Wrap-up
Read Kim's review of Cocaine Bear:
https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/cocaine-bear-review-elizabeth-banks
Read Kim's review of Creed III:
https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/mo...
Aggressively mediocre? Alexis and Kim watched Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and dive into why it feels like Marvel might be losing its magic in the first episode of the Whatcha Watchin’ podcast.
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