24 - The Birth of a Nation | Top Five Films of 1995
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Release Date: 10/08/2016
309 — A Haunting in Venice | Top 5 Films Set in Venice
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We're traveling to Venice this week as Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk A HAUNTING IN VENICE. We're also sharing our top 5 films set in Venice. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a seance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. He soons gets thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets when one of the...
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308 — Bottoms
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School is back and so is the high school comedy! This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk BOTTOMS. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: BOTTOMS, a refreshingly unique raunchy comedy, focuses on two girls, PJ and Josie, who start a fight club as a way to lose their virginities to cheerleaders. Their bizarre plan works. The fight club gains traction and soon the most popular girls in school are beating each...
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307 — Golda | Top 5 Helen Mirren Films
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This week is all about Academy Award winner, Dame Helen Mirren and her latest film. Join Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) as we sit down to talk GOLDA and our Top 5 Helen Mirren films. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Faced with the potential of Israel's complete destruction, Prime Minister Golda Meir must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet and a complex relationship with U.S. Secretary of State Henry...
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306 — Landscape With Invisible Hand
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There are a lot of alien invasion movies out there, but none quite like this. Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: In a near-future in which an alien species known as the Vuvv has taken over Earth, an aspiring teenage artist and his girlfriend hatch a scheme to make money by broadcasting their dating life to the fascinated aliens in the wake of...
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305 — The Last Voyage of the Demeter | Top 5 Vampire Movies
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It's time to talk vampires! This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER, plus our top 5 vampire movies. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: The crew of the merchant ship Demeter sets sail from Carpathia to London to deliver a cargo of 50 unmarked wooden crates. However, they soon discover they're not alone as Dracula's unholy presence turns the trip into a nightmarish fight for...
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304 — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
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Join us this week as Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) and Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) talk TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers. Their new friend, April O'Neil, helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of...
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303 — Haunted Mansion | Top 5 Ghost Movies
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In this episode of The Watch and Talk, Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) talk HAUNTED MANSION, plus our Top 5 ghost movies. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters. Directed by: Justin Simien Written by: Katie Dippold Starring: LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, Chase...
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302 — Barbenheimer
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It's here! This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER, otherwise known as BARBENHEIMER. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. Time stamps for both films are included below. PLOT SUMMARY: BARBIE Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of...
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301 — Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
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A sequel we've been waiting five years for, this week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE. We also share what we've been watching lately, plus a bit of talk about the 2023 Emmy nominations. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission...
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300 — Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
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This week we are celebrating our 300th regular podcast episode with a look back at The Watch and Talk through the years. Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) and Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) welcome back the man who started it all, Dylan Schuck (@TheDylanSchuck) for a look back our favorite W&T episodes. And then, Derek and Karen talk the Indiana Jones franchise and review INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY. PLOT SUMMARY Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he...
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This week Dylan Schuck (@schuckster) and Chris Hartwell (@ChrisHartwell) sit down to talk about THE BIRTH OF A NATION
As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and breif discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review.
PLOT SUMMARY:
Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
WEEKLY TOP FIVE:
Films of 1995
TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
06:40 - What We Watched Recently
39:00 - Top 5 Films of 1995
1:02:20 - Featured Review: The Birth of a Nation
01:21:20 - Spoilers: The Birth of a Nation
Guest's Work:
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Next week we review THE ACCOUNTANT