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Jun 1, 20234 min read
Series Review: Succession Finale & Fabulous Shiv
Huddle up, Succession lovers. Wake up and smell the woman. Shiv is the star of this finale, although the other actors’ performances are...
May 26, 20233 min read
#FunFilms: Draft Day Review
We are coming into Memorial Day weekend. Great time to watch a film you might have missed. One that the whole family can enjoy. I...
May 6, 20231 min read
Movie Review: Tokyo Story
by Patrice Tanaka Whenever I’m particularly agitated and need to calm down, I’ll watch a film by the late Japanese Director Yasujiro Ozu....
Apr 25, 20231 min read
The Diplomat
On a very special episode of Screen Thoughts, Christine Merser, Bryan Cohen and Shanette Barth Cohen give a review of Netflix's The...
Apr 24, 20231 min read
Talking The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Renfield, Mafia Mama & Jennifer Garner
What a week it was chatting about Mario’s amazing box office receipts, Mafia Mama (look for no lovers on this podcast), and Renfield. We...
Apr 14, 20231 min read
Talking Hollywood Remakes, a Review of Air & What We've Been Watching
Tim Miller is back, guest co-hosting with Hollister and this podcast is chock full of film. They don’t agree on Air at all, with...
Mar 24, 20233 min read
Movie Review: The Quiet Girl
"You don't have to say anything. Many is the person who has missed the opportunity to say nothing." The gentle giant of a man, who says...
Mar 3, 20235 min read
Movie Review: Women Talking
Toward the end of the movie “Women Talking,” one of the characters says she has thought about one of the questions they’ve been mulling...
Feb 15, 20235 min read
The Martha Mitchell Effect Documentary Review
by Christine Merser When I learned that my cohort and fellow film lover Beth Levison, who sat on a panel with me and stayed in touch,...
Oct 27, 20221 min read
Movie Review: Catherine Called Birdy
Lena Dunham’s latest creation is out and ready to be seen by mothers and daughters all across the land. Brave girl that Lena Dunham. No...
Oct 25, 20223 min read
Farewell, Leslie Allen Jordan
Leslie Allen Jordan died yesterday. He was my Fairy Godfather. I was one of his fellow hunker-downers and I found joy and even...
Oct 21, 20221 min read
List of Six Halloween Films
Join Hollister and Wilder as they explore their favorite Halloween films. Spoiler alert: not all are about Halloween. They are, however,...
Oct 18, 20224 min read
Great Female Characters: Cristina Yang from Grey’s Anatomy
Cristina Yang, played by Sandra Oh, from Grey’s Anatomy is not only my favorite Grey girl, but one of my favorite female characters ever...
Oct 14, 20223 min read
Bad Sisters Review: After the Finale
The “Bad Sisters” finale did me in. Yes, you will find out who did John Paul (J.P.) in, and yes, it’s a brilliant surprise, one that’s...
Sep 21, 20221 min read
TV Series Review: Bad Sisters
Bad Sisters. “If those are bad sisters, I want to be one!” said Hollister. Mixing comedy with drama (tragedy?) is a good combination...
Sep 21, 20223 min read
Movie Review of Life Itself
I wasn’t a reader of Ebert’s reviews. Shame on me. How is that possible, I ask myself, now that I have seen Life Itself? I’m not sure...
Sep 9, 20221 min read
TV Series Review: House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon. Game of Thrones. Don’t get Wilder started on the fantasy appeal for both. But she even won Hollister over with the...
Aug 31, 20221 min read
TV Series Review: The Resort
Among Peacock's stream of new programming we found 'The Resort.' Hollister & Wilder are both fans of this show, where you're not quite...
Aug 24, 20223 min read
Review of Tim's Vermeer (2013)
I’m not blessed with a natural sense of curiosity, so the question of how Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer painted his extraordinary...
Aug 24, 20221 min read
Series Review: A League of Their Own (2022)
Join Wilder and Hollister as they celebrate and evaluate the new Amazon Prime series, A League of Their Own. Hollister takes us back to...
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