Is Up secretly Pixar’s funniest movie?
Phil & Emily revisit the 2009 classic with critics Josh Spiegel & Scott Renshaw, arguing it might be Pete Docter’s best film a strangely structured adventure packed with gags, heart, and surprises.
“They don’t make blockbusters like Apollo 13 anymore.”
Phil, Katie McGrath, and Tom Mison break down why the movie still works great actors, a great script, and Ron Howard just telling a great story.
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WALL·E might be Pixar’s most radical movie.
Phil & Emily (with Justin & Laura Khoo) unpack the ending, the test audience changes, and that incredible end-credit civilization rebuild.
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“I cried like a baby at the launch.”
Our Apollo 13 episode with Katie McGrath & Tom Mison is a full space-geek spiral moon landings, Buzz Aldrin lore, and why rocket takeoffs still destroy us emotionally.
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Is My Blueberry Nights just a very stylish music video for “The Greatest”?
Phil, Emily & David Sims debate Cat Power, Norah Jones, mystique, and why some artists get “less interesting” when they get healthy.
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Snuck into Pulp Fiction.
Got caught. Sent to Forrest Gump instead.
And somehow… it still won me over.
We revisit why the movie’s charm is so hard to escape in this week’s Patreon episode.
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Continuing our Tom Hanks ’90s miniseries with Forrest Gump.
We unpack the almost-made versions, the Oscar wins, and why it may be the most boomer movie ever made.
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2046 is Wong Kar-wai turning longing into sci-fi.
We unpack its connections to his earlier films, its incredible cast, and why the androids matter more than you think.
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Philadelphia isn’t named for the setting.
It’s named for the idea of American justice.
We unpack the symbolism and Demme’s choices in this week’s Patreon-exclusive episode.
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Continuing our Tom Hanks miniseries w/ Philadelphia.
A conversation about Hanks’ first Oscar, Denzel’s performance, Jonathan Demme’s direction, and how Hollywood approached AIDS stories in the early ’90s.
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In the Mood for Love proves how powerful a movie can be without dialogue doing the heavy lifting.
Longing, restraint, and faces that say everything this is cinema that trusts its audience.
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Beginning our Wong Kar-wai 2000s Valentine’s miniseries with In the Mood for Love.
A masterclass in longing, restraint, and visual storytelling and one of the great films of the 21st century.
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Ratatouille is one of those rare Pixar films that doesn’t just soothe it inspires.
You leave wanting to cook something, make something, or change something.
That’s why it endures.
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@emilystjams.bsky.social & @pmiscove.bsky.social talk Ratatouille with @queerquadrant.bsky.social hosts with @brookebsolomon.bsky.social & @jordanhgus.bsky.social covering how many times we cried on rewatch…and yes, obviously Josh O’Connor. This one hit.
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Big feels like the moment Tom Hanks’ screen persona fully locks in.
The wide-eyed joy, the emotional openness, the watchability it’s all here, fully formed.
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Continuing our Pixar miniseries with Cars.
We get into the strange logic of its world, anthropomorphized vehicles, and why this movie quietly opens a lot of questions Pixar never answers.
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Part of the charm of Sleepless in Seattle is how unconcerned it is with explaining technology.
Underline a word, hit enter, get information.
It’s oddly more believable and more human than most modern movies.
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Continuing our Pixar miniseries with The Incredibles.
We dig into Brad Bird’s filmography, early-2000s superhero context, and why Holly Hunter’s performance is doing more work than most live-action leads.
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Madonna’s performance in A League of Their Own works because she understands persona as a tool, not a mask.
Knowing when to use it and when not to is a real acting skill.
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One of the defining things about Finding Nemo is how clearly Pixar understands emotional DNA.
Fun for kids, but engineered to hit adults right in their relationship with their parents.
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Launching a new Tom Hanks 90s miniseries on Patreon with The Bonfire of the Vanities.We talk the crazy production, Tom Wolfe source material, and why this film is such a great misfire.
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One of the problems with The Bonfire of the Vanities is that it can’t commit to being cruel.Leaving the movie stuck between satire and comfort.
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Kicking off the new year with a Pixar 2000s miniseries, starting with Monsters, Inc.
We talk the cast, its place in the Pixar canon, and why Boo still hits as hard as ever.
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow feels less like a movie and more like a visualized bookshelf.
If you were deep into steampunk and retro sci-fi in the late 2000s, it immediately clicked.
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Closing out 2025 with our Chaos Pick: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
We dig into the tech, Jude Law’s 2004 moment, and the film’s strange cultural afterlife.
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We’re closing out Kristmas With Katie on this weeks Patreon episode 🎄
Talking Die Hard with Katie McGrath & Tom Mison why it’s not just a Christmas movie, but a near-perfect action film.
Honestly, what more do you want from a holiday classic?
@pmiscove.bsky.social & @emilystjams.bsky.social talk "In Bruges" w/ @claykeller.bsky.social & @sepinwall.bsky.social
What makes In Bruges work isn’t just the dialogue it’s that every character Ray runs into gets their own point of view.
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Final stop on The Boys Are Sad and It’s Christmas: In Bruges.
@pmiscove.bsky.social and @emilystjams.bsky.social talk with @claykeller.bsky.social & @sepinwall.bsky.social about Colin Farrell’s renaissance, Emily’s trip to Bruges sad men, and Christmas in Europe.
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Starting a new holiday miniseries on Patreon: 🎄Kristmas With Katie🎄
@pmiscove.bsky.social kicks things off with The Long Kiss Goodnight, talking Shane Black’s Christmas fixation, Geena Davis’ action career, and why this movie still rules.
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