Bossy Britches

On the very brief hiatus between regular episodes, Lisa and Jules saw the new Ghostbusters! And accidentally recorded this full-length episode masquerading as a Bossy Short. You’re so welcome! The post Bossy Shorts – Ghostbusters! appeared first on Bossy Britches.

In this embarrassingly delayed second edition of the Harry Potter Book Club, Lisa and Jules are ready to talk about all things Chamber of Secrets, the shortest (maybe?) book in the series and one of the most upsetting. Comparatively. It’s a sliding scale, okay? Grab your copy and listen along as we convene the first […] The post #033 – Harry Potter Book Club appeared first on Bossy Britches.

This week, Jules and Lisa are giving thanks for entertainment that doesn’t make you despair for the future of literally everything and everyone everwhere. So slip on your headphones and take a break from the doom and gloom! We’re talking about the power of positivity, the death of irony, the importance of making meaningful work, […] The post #032 – Positivity appeared first on Bossy Britches.

A Bond movie is a Bond movie is a Bond movie. Right? Like a good romance novel, you get what you expect. Although the Daniel Craig era initially seemed like it offered something new (beyond the blond Bond) … uh, it doesn’t, really. Jules and Lisa dig into Spectre and try to figure out how […] The post #031 – Spectre appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Listen up, space nerds! This week we’re talking about the movie that doubles as our favorite recent catnip for space nerds, The Martian. Yeah, that’s right. A movie so good we’ll mix all kinds of awkward metaphors! Over two hours of people working together to do amazing things and save people. What a nice change […] The post #030 – The Martian appeared first on Bossy Britches.

While Jules is on vacation, Lisa Eastham (Charter Member of the Roger Deakins Appreciation Society) returns to Bossy Britches to talk about Sicario–and we somehow do it without spoiling anything major! The latest from Denis Villenueve, this bleak, violent, gorgeous movie is the best argument yet for Roger Deakins to get that Cinematography Oscar (COME […] The post #029 – Sicario appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Welcome back to Bossy Britches! We have a very special episode of Between Two Lisas, with special guest Lisa Eastham. (Jules is taking some well-deserved time off, but she’ll be back soon.) This week it’s just two Lisas, talking about zombies. Talking a lot about zombies and other totally non-fictional Halloween types. First we catch […] The post #028 – Zombies! appeared first on Bossy Britches.

You still have time to enter our The Martian contest! Email info@realbossybritches.com or comment on the site with your guess for the first time the movie made Lisa cry, for your chance to win a shout-out and an iTunes giftcard! You might have noticed that there’s a new Broadway musical that everyone* is losing their […] The post Bossy Shorts – Hamilton appeared first on Bossy Britches.

As the summer winds down, Jules and Lisa catch up on the media they’ve been consuming for non-podcast purposes while we wait (anxiously!) for the new TV season to start. TV: Brooklyn Nine-Nine Veronica Mars Books: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic The Girl on the Train Music: Spotify […] The post Bossy Shorts – Summer Roundup appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Special guest Carly Lane is back with Lisa and Jules to talk about the new Netflix series, Sense8, which was just renewed for a second season! If you haven’t watched yet, you should. Like, now. Now? Yes, go. But come back! Because we’re all about this show, from the delicious character development to the weightier […] The post #027 – Sense8 appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Carly Lane is back with Lisa and Jules at Bossy Britches HQ to get over-excited about the upcoming Deadpool movie, with Ryan Reynolds reprising his role as Wade Wilson–maybe done right this time, even! (Are there pouches??) Here, you can watch the new trailer and get hyped too: Deadpool Is it February yet? We really […] The post Bossy Shorts – Deadpool appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Special guest and occasional boxing movie aficionado Lisa Eastham joins Jules and Lisa for a deep dark–and occasionally confusing–discussion about the new Antoine Fuqua/Kurt Sutter movie, Southpaw, starring Jake Gyllenhall, Rachel McAdam’s bandage dress, and Forest Whitaker doing the kind of acting work that deserves much better material. Tell us what you’re looking for in […] The post #026 – Southpaw appeared first on Bossy Britches.

It’s been a wet hot American summer, but it’s winding down now. And you know what that means: time to burrow into the couch until you fuse with the cushions and lose yourself in so much Netflix you forget about the inexorable march of time and cold weather and the long dreary inescapable…. Sorry! Netflix […] The post Bossy Shorts – Netflix August appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lisa and Jules dig into the art of revisiting media with their customary laser focus, asking what it means to revisit a favorite in terms of personal experience and memory. From Pride & Prejudice to the Terminator franchise, A Song of Ice and Fire, and Star Wars before and after the Dread Remasterings, how do […] The post #025 – When You Come Back appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Is there really anything to say except: Lisa and Jules saw Magic Mike XXL, in theaters, in the daytime, and then giggled about it for ten minutes? Well, giggled and talked about how it’s a wonderful embodiment of a feminist agenda that not only values women and women’s bodies and women’s sexuality and women’s active […] The post Bossy Shorts – Magic Mike XXL appeared first on Bossy Britches.

It’s finally time for the first Bossy Britches Book Club! Lisa and Jules have a lot of feelings about Harry Potter, the first book, the Trio, the rest of the books, the movies, Minerva McGonagall and Neville Longbottom, and deathless prose, but our biggest feel of all is reserved for THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS […] The post #024 – Harry Potter Book Club appeared first on Bossy Britches.

In the immortal words of Immortan Jules: People are jerks. And especially so in Mad Max: Fury Road! If you subscribe to the Bossy Britches Official Position on Action Movies, we’re pretty sure you’ll find that this one has (almost) everything you want and crave and need and would fight for in an action movie. […] The post #023 – Mad Max: Fury Road appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lisa has seen the new Melissa McCarthy movie, SPY, a truly ridiculous number of times for a movie that’s still in theaters. Co-starring Everyone’s Favorite Miranda Hart, God’s Gift to Comedy Jason Statham, and some guy named Jude, it’s a Bond movie without all the things that make Bond movies … pretty gross, actually. (But […] The post Bossy Shorts – Spy appeared first on Bossy Britches.

It’s finally here! Jurassic World! Dinosaurs! Special effects! Action hero Chris Pratt! That musical motif! Lisa hasn’t gone to see Jurassic World yet (no-one tell 14 year old her, please, she’ll be so disappointed), and Jules is … Jules is totally fine with that, honestly. In this Bossy Short, they talk about whether not going […] The post Bossy Shorts – Jurassic World appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Jules and Lisa are starting a book club and you’re invited! This summer we’re re-reading the Harry Potter series, one book every other weeks, from the first owl in Privet Lane to the last kid’s kid bundled off to Hogwarts. Drop us a line on Twitter, Tumblr, or in email–or even here in the comments! […] The post #022 – Netflix June & Kimmy Redux appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Look who’s back! After a brief lengthy spring break, Lisa and Jules are here to talk to you about recommendations and the fine arts of making and taking them. Recommendations. What are recommendations? We just don’t know. If you know, feel free to give Lisa and/or Jules recommendations of your own! Books, movies, music, games, […] The post #021 – The Art of Recommendations appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Can you believe that Doctor Who has been on for ten years? New Who, that is. Ten years, plus forty-two! (See what we did there?) It’s old, okay, and some of us have watched way too much of it. Lisa and Jules celebrate this momentous anniversary by talking about Companions through the ages, with more […] The post #020 – Traveling Companions appeared first on Bossy Britches.

It’s Halloween in … almost April! Just go with it. Jules and Lisa are back with another round of Netflix recommendations–this time, to get you through the scariest day of the year when you probably aren’t allowed to wear a mask to a bar. Some romcoms, a few adventure flicks, a handful of few nostalgic […] The post Bossy Shorts – Netflix April appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Do you quit shows or books? Wander away mid-season? Put something down and never go back? What exactly is it that drives you away from a piece of entertainment? Lisa and Jules discuss what it is that turns them from their completist natures, for everything from Night Court to romance novels to Supernatural, The Sopranos […] The post #019 – To Quit Or … Whatever appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Jules saw the new Disney movie, Cinderella … Did she like it enough to recommend it? Plus, Lisa and Jules both have questions about that new Beauty and the Beast–Emma Watson as Belle, you guys! Emma Watson!–and these Disney remakes in general. How do you remake animated musical classics without any music?! BREAKING NEWS! Disney […] The post Bossy Shorts – Cinderella appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lisa gives Jules the hard sell for the new Netflix original series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. From writers and producers Tim Carlock and Tina Fey, this is the sitcom that’s earwormed everyone you know, whether they admit it or not. Show notes: The full Pinot Noir by Titus Andromedon, mixed by kimmyschmidtgifs on Tumblr The post Bossy Shorts – Kimmy Schmidt appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lisa and Jules are back with another week of Bossy Shorts. Today they’re recommending Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff, talking Ptolemaic incest and matinee idols in short skirts, and wondering how Julius Caesar ever won anything with such a terrible impulse control problem. Show notes: Buy Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra: A Life @ Powell’s Watch […] The post Bossy Shorts – Cleopatra appeared first on Bossy Britches.

New month, new Netflix queue! Jules and Lisa have your recommendations right here: Archer, How to Train Your Dragon 2, House of Cards, Cesar Chavez–as well as the movies you have to watch before they’re gone forever*, like Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion! *Or, until the Starz option expires. The post Bossy Shorts – Netflix March appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lisa and Jules take a few minutes this week to remember Leonard Nimoy, everyone’s space boyfriend and Honorary Grandpa, and his work as Spock, as an artist, and as one of Columbo‘s wiliest foes. The post Bossy Shorts – Leonard Nimoy appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Carly Lane joins Jules and Lisa this week to talk about… DID YOU HEAR? THE X-FILES IS COMING BACK. Okay, maybe. Well, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson say they’re all for it. Chris Carter doesn’t seem to be doing anything else. SO, IT’S DEFINITELY HAPPENING. Sort of. In theory. We all want it, though, right? […] The post #018 – The Redux-Files appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Carly Lane stops by to talk about David Duchovny’s new show, Aquarius, which will apparently at some point be available on some kind of a device where you can potentially watch it? Maybe. You, uh, need to watch this sneak peek video from NBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuVhjQ-5VMU For context. Yeah. Context. The post Bossy Shorts – The Age of Aquarius? appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Fanfare! It’s time for the first star-studded Bossy Britches awards spectacular! Join Jules and Lisa to see who accepts the wins for all the big categories for 2014, like “Best High-Concept Media That Fell Apart on Closer Examination,” “Most Necessary Sequel,” and “Best Performance by Liam Neesons,” plus all that other stuff like Best Movie, […] The post #017 – The Bossies appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Kacey Bange joins Jules and Lisa again this week to talk about Jupiter Ascending, the splashy, flashy Wachowskis space opera in theaters now. Starring Space Princess Mila Kunis, half-albino(-somehow) Channing Tatum, and Sean “Sad Werebee Dad” Bean, it’s two hours of fabulous sci-fi excess–and with any luck the start of a glorious space communism film […] The post Bossy Shorts – Jupiter Ascending appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Romance movie expert Kacey Bange joins Lisa and Jules for a special Valentine’s Day episode, all about romantic comedies! How hard it is to find good and satisfying queer romances, how much Kacey longs for a modernized Pride & Prejudice, and looking for love in all the wrong media. Plus, Lisa demonstrates that she might […] The post #016 – Romantic Comedies appeared first on Bossy Britches.

This week we’re talking about the nature of the whammy guilty pleasure, and trying to figure out what our entertainment blind spots are–and why they’re so attractive. Like Keira Knightley, Archer, space operas, Elvis Presley, Syfy originals, John Wayne, Brothertears … Plus the world’s largest anti-recommendations for The Loft and Fifty Shades of Gray–THE LARGEST […] The post #015 – Guilty Pleasures & Blind Spots appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Jurassic Park, romance novels, Shakespearean plays, Marvel movies, assassin threesomes, and Friday Night Lights. What’s the thing that ties them all together? This week, Lisa and Jules are joined by a very special guest, Lindsay McMillan, to talk about the concept of pop culture comfort food, and what qualifies for that label. (It’s how many […] The post #014 – Pop Culture Comfort Food appeared first on Bossy Britches.

It’s that time again: when Lisa and Jules check out what’s new and what’s leaving Netflix streaming this month. Our Netflix recommendations: JEM! House of Cards King Arthur Dredd Panic Room The post Bossy Shorts – Netflix February appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Gear up for the Super Bowl with Jules and Lisa as they demonstrate how curmudgeonly they are and recommend a few great sports movies: Trouble Along the Way and Bend It Like Beckham. Then you can go play some Breaking Madden with Jon Bois of SBNation, after you watch Bill Nye explain football inflation, of […] The post Bossy Shorts – Superb Owl appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lindsay McMillan joins Lisa and Jules to talk about the #OscarsSoWhite (h/t to @reignofapril for creating the hashtag)! Listeners with time machines are particularly welcome. Check out the full list of nominees at Vox. The post Bossy Shorts – Oscars appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Time for some TOOKEN 3 with Liam Neesons! Lisa and Jules are talking all things revenge, from comedies to smashmouth action to things that should absolutely be rebooted with Dwayne Johnson as the star (seriously, we’ll pitch ideas all day long if this can happen. How about an 18th century French period action movie? Come […] The post #013 – Revenge Flicks appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Peggy Carter’s back in our eyeballs! Lisa and Jules are watching the new series from Marvel on ABC. Post-WWII ladies doing things and trying not to drown in sexism: what’s not to love? Plus, Jules makes the case for Nick Fury hiring her on for SHIELD work. Call us! The post Bossy Shorts – Marvel’s Agent Carter appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lisa and Jules are ready to tell you all the reasons why you should be enjoying the golden age of Hollywood musicals, which might not be over yet–even though the movies don’t look quite the same. Gene Kelly, Mel Brooks, Hugh Jackman, Disney, murder, and axe-dancing: it’s all in here! (And to reiterate: Gerard Butler […] The post #012 – Musicals appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Do you know how hard it is to come up with a quick post about Annie without cramming it full of song lyrics? IT’S A HARD KNOCK LIFE FOR US. Anyway, Lisa and Jules saw the new movie starring Quvenzhané Wallis, and they liked it. Everybody else can blow it out their old wazoo! The post Bossy Shorts – Annie appeared first on Bossy Britches.

New year, new Netflix queue, right? Lisa and Jules have a few suggestions to start 2015 off right. Bad Boys 2 Friends The French Connection Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas The Quiet Man The Fall Brick Mansions (see also: Banlieue 13, La Haine) The post Bossy Shorts – Netflix January appeared first on Bossy Britches.

While they take a little break from full-length episodes, Lisa and Jules have a few suggestions for your end of the year Netflix viewing. Roman Holiday (Hurry! It’s leaving Netflix at the end of December!) Agents of SHIELD Black Mirror Broadchurch Wolf of Wall Street Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion Troop Beverly Hills The post Bossy Shorts – Netflix December appeared first on Bossy Britches.

In this Bossy Short, we’re getting down and dirty with our top recs for quick and trashy reads to get you through the end of the year, and in return: WE NEED YOURS, TOO. Literary merit need not apply! Send us your recommendations (and correct Lisa’s pronunciation of Acadiens, yikes) on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook or […] The post Bossy Shorts – Trashy Reads appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Instead of watching the Gracepoint finale tonight, Lisa’s checking back in with the show and giving it a hearty retroactive DO NOT WATCH. (Time travelers, no need to inquire within. Maura’s got it under control.) Show notes: Seriously, don’t bother. Watch the original UK version again instead. Listen to Maura on The Televoid! – http://bit.ly/12AsDcz The post Bossy Shorts – Broadpoint Revisited appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lisa and Jules are joined this week by Maura Elliott of The Televoid to talk about Serial, the wildly popular spinoff podcast from This American Life. And, ooh, we’ve got big questions. What makes true crime such an enticing genre of infotainment? How do we feel about the show’s deliberate construction of a narrative? Can […] The post #011 – Serial appeared first on Bossy Britches.

We saw the newest Hunger Games movie, Mockingjay Part I, and now Jules has the best idea for Elizabeth Banks’ next big role! (CALL US.) Join us this weekend to talk about the magic of Effie and Haymitch, invisible traumas in action movies, that ’30s aesthetic, the movie’s hidden and not-so-hidden messages, The Hemsworth, what […] The post #010 – Mockingjay appeared first on Bossy Britches.

HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW STAR WARS TEASER? Jules and Lisa did and now they have Thoughts. We’re all still a year away from actually seeing the movie, so there’s plenty of time to get ridiculously, ludicrously, overwhelmingly too excited. Get started today! Have recommendations or future episode suggestions for the Bossy Britches? Leave them […] The post Bossy Shorts – Go See A Star War appeared first on Bossy Britches.

It’s Dragon Week! Jules has so much to say about Dragon Age, and Lisa’s got a shout-out for her seventh grade English teacher. But that’s not all: there’s plenty more discussion about dragons, big lizards, dinosaurs, what makes for an unsatisfying gaming experience, nostalgia for crappy games and jobs of the past, and an open […] The post #009 – (Imagine) Dragons appeared first on Bossy Britches.