288. Jurassic Park & Jurassic World: Rebirth with special guest Hiko Mitsuzuka
Release Date: 07/11/2025
311. Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton
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“I just want to consult the big Avon handbook.” It’s Christmas at Movies That Made Us Gay, and we watched “Edward Scissorhands.” We’ve been enchanted with this Tim Burton-directed gem for decades, and it feels like we’ve waited that long to cover it on the pod. Edward is a suburban goth Frankenstein, and our teen angst hearts were forever taken with his Clara Bow makeup, Robert Smith hair, and Johnny Depp’s subtle performance. Gen X Queen Winona Ryder is giving ethereal “Tim Burton Blonde,” but she’s no damsel in distress. Winona and Johnny famously went on to become a...
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310. The Ref with special guest Darren Elms
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“What is the matter with you? I thought mothers were sweet and nice and patient. I know loan sharks who are more forgiving than you. Your husband ain't dead, lady. He's hiding.” We watched “The Ref” with our friend Darren Elms and if you’re still looking for last minute gifts for us - Slipper Socks. Medium. We’re so glad we got around to reviewing this true Christmas cult classic. If you’re not quite sure why we decided on this one, the cast alone should reveal all. Judy Davis, Christine Baranski and Glynis Johns are the real queen divas of this film and, stay with us here, but...
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309. Twilight with special guest Harper Thomson
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“Hold on tight, spider monkey.” We watched “Twilight” with our friend Harper Thomson, and we all took our burgers with extra ketchup. We’re closing out our “Kristen-mas” season with the first installment of the “Twilight Saga,” and this movie is insane in the best possible way. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have gotten a lot of flack over the years for their portrayals of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, but they were making some real choices, and let’s be honest— real teenagers can be insufferable sometimes, so maybe those choices were valid. Meanwhile, K-Stew...
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308. Spencer directed by Pablo Larraín
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"I'm a magnet for madness. Other people's madness." It's Kristen-mastime on the podcast! Going into the holiday season, we are looking back at some of our favorite roles of Kristen Stewart on the podcast. We're starting our holiday season with one of Kristen's most acclaimed and watched Spencer from 2021. The second in the trilogy of Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín's iconic women of history, Spencer is the ultimate swing for the fences, kooky, and non-traditional biopic its subject needed. It's a queer holiday classic that we never knew we needed in our lives, and got Kristen an Oscar...
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307. Pieces of April directed by Peter Hedges
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"Once, there was this day... this one day when... everyone realized they needed each other." We watched the 2000s Katie Holmes Thanksgiving classic Pieces of April with a very special guest (Scott's sister Nicole), and do you happen to have an oven we can borrow? Thanksgiving is always a polarizing holiday for a lot of people. Intense family interactions, ethically questionable historical roots, travel obligations, and emotional strain. All of that and more is found in this tight little indie directed by Peter Hedges. Holmes plays April, a 21-year-old who’s attempting to atone for how awful...
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306. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and the Spy Who Shagged Me directed by Jay Roach
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"Allow myself to introduce... myself." Yeah, Baby! We finally talk about Austin Powers on the podcast, and double-featured "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" (1997) and "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" (1999), and yes this sort of thing is my bag, baby! Mike Myers ruled comedy for a majority of the 1990s with hits like "Wayne’s World", "So I Married and Axe Murderer", and his shagadelic secret agent Austin (Danger) Powers that had every middle school boy in a chokehold of quotable lines. Way before there were memes, there was reciting iconic lines like "Do I make you...
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305. Cry-Baby directed by John Waters
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“I may be a drape, but I love your granddaughter. And if that's a crime, I'll stand convicted, ma'am.” We watched “Cry-Baby”, directed by John Waters, with our friend and rockabilly expert Janelle, and there’s nothing the matter with our faces - we’ve got character! Listen, John Waters movies are camp, trash, queer, drag, cinema classics, and “Cry-Baby” is a prime example. Johnny Depp broke out of TV jail (it was the late 80’s/early 90’s) and jumped onto the big screen in the first of his quirky character choices playing Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker. Cry-Baby and his gang of...
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304. Nosferatu directed by F.W Murnau (1922) and Robert Eggers (2024)
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“Professor, my dreams grow darker. Does evil come from within us, or from beyond?” We watched a double feature of the original “Nosferatu” from 1922, directed by F.W. Murnau, and the most recent version, “Nosferatu” from 2024, directed by Robert Eggers, and we may need to sleep with the lights on. The original “Nosferatu” is the archetype for not only modern vampire movies but for horror movies in general. Count Orlok, as portrayed by Max Schreck (yes, it’s his real name), is so iconic that it’s become part of vampire lore. The Eggers film took this century-old material and...
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303. Halloween H20 with special guest Michael Morgan
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"Can I please get another glass of Chardonnay please?" We’re back on our horror icon Michael Myers this week as we look back at Halloween: H20. Released for the 20th anniversary of John Carpenter’s original summer of 1998, it was an early capitalizer of nostalgia culture, this time scrapping 4, 5, and 6 (The Thorn Trilogy) in favor of a more streamlined story. Jamie Lee Curtis is back playing Laurie Strode, after a seventeen-year hiatus. Laurie is in hidding after faking her own death after the events of Halloween II, and is the head mistress of a excluvie west coast boarding school. It's...
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302. Friday the 13th with special guest Gabe Munoz
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“You see, Jason was my son, and today is his birthday.” We’re back talking about an iconic 80s slasher for October, or shall we say our favorite slasher mother! We broke out our Friday the 13th box set and watched the original 1980 movie. Released on the coat tails of John Carpenter’s Halloween to capitalize on the masked psycho killer craze. Made for a slim budget of $550,000, but becoming a sleeper hit and eventual genre touchstone of the decade. We talk about the classic slasher elements its writer, Victor Miller, and director, Sean S. Cunningham, put in their “rip-off” of...
info_outline"Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the Earth." It's a double feature summer at Movies That Made Us Gay, and we watched the original "Jurassic Park" and the latest entry "Jurassic World: Rebirth" with our friend and the newest member of the MTMUG Five Timers Club, Hiko Mitsuzuka. His monogrammed smoking jacket is on back order. Listen, what else can be added to the conversation about the original Jurassic Park? Yes, Laura Dern was a sexual awakening for many a young gay girl (and boy), yes the Dilophosaurus is a lesbian icon (much like the aforementioned Laura Dern), and yes Robert Muldoon (Bob Peck) in kahki short-shorts made us feel some type of way with those bulging thighs. But we're here to add to the conversation as well as talk about the latest - and possibly queer-est (most queer?) entry into the Jurassic canon. While there may be subtext indicating a possible future love story between Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) and Zora Bennet (Scarlett Johansson), we would like to point out that Jonathan and SacrJo could still turn out to be gay besties in the inevitable sequel. Did Scarlett let out a sigh of relief when she found out her male lead in this film is an out gay male actor? Possibly. Should the filmmakers have just given in and let Jonathan play the role using his normal accent? Listen, Sam Neill's hybrid Kiwi-American accent worked just fine in the original. "Slutty little glasses" and questionable accents aside, Jonathan Bailey and Scarlett Johansson are a welcome addition to the Jurassic family. Is that a read on previous cast members? We'll let you decide. "Clever girl."
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