Movies We Missed

This week Brandon and Jane are discussing 1980's Cruising. We are taking a trip to the gay BDSM scene of New York with Al Pacino to track down a serial killer targeting gay men. We discuss everything from poppers to the hanky code. You don't wanna miss Pacino going gay in Cruising!

From Justin to Kelly was a mistake. Everyone knew it before production started. Kelly Clarkson begged not to do it. Justin Guarini lives with regret. So clearly, Jane and Brandon had to watch this early aughts treasure trove. Even though they were both huge American Idol stans, this is a movie they both missed. Which, after viewing, they both kind of wished they kept it that way. Join us for the hilarity as we pick apart this classic flop.

This week Brandon and Jane take on 1993's Leprechaun! This spooky ooky pick has it all: an Ewok, a pre-fame Jennifer Aniston, and a script with a plot so thin if you blow in its general direction it will disintegrate. But if you haven't noticed, that's how we like 'em round these parts!

What would you do if some random guy was in your Airbnb when you showed up late at night after driving a long distance? Furthermore, what would you do if that man was Bill Skarsgard, ya know the clown from Stephen King's IT? If your answer is: I would simply leave and find other accommodations, then this movie will have you screaming at your television. There's a plethora of moments that will leave you wondering “why would you do that?!” Join Jane and Brandon as they discuss red flags in men, Justin Long expertly playing an asshole, and what it all means when a man writes a movie about a woman making interesting choices. It's a deeper chat than we were expecting for a movie that features a barbarian force breast feeding one of Hollywood's greatest.

This week Brandon and Jane take a trip down into the cavernous abyss with 2005's The Descent. We talk about everything from the probability of Jane going cave diving to the beauty of independent filmmaking. You don't wanna miss this spooky spelunking adventure into the darkness!

Things are getting spooky in Pittsburgh! Glenn Close, Andra Day, Mo'Nique, Omar Epps, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Caleb McLaughlin round out this star studded cast that centers around a family who move into a new home and start experiencing some strange phenomenons. Listen to Brandon and Jane discuss the good, the not so good, and the ugly (Ms. Close's prosthetics) in Lee Daniels latest release!

This week Brandon and Jane are determined to take one final bite out of Summer with an episode dedicated to the original blockbuster, 1975's Jaws. They are chatting about everything from groundbreaking special effects to Schindler's List. If you're curious how those two things end up in the same conversation don't miss this one!

Have you ever wondered about the deep intricacies of how a handful of public works companies handle a natural disaster? What if it features Anne Heche and Tommy Lee Jones? What about a combination earthquake/volcano hitting downtown Los Angeles? If you're all in on that, let's sweeten the deal with appearances  from Gabby Hoffman, Don Cheadle and the commentary of Brandon and Jane and how they'd navigate such a terrifying scenario. Spoiler alert: not like the brave heroes in this 1997 film. There would be less dignified choices. Press play to hear them!

This week Brandon and Jane take on a James Cameron classic, Terminator 2: Judgement Day! This is your favorite blockbuster film's favorite blockbuster film. Join us for a spirited conversation about everything from the unfortunate prescience of this movie to the sapphic awakenings one Ms. Linda Hamilton has to answer for! It's a delightful foray into dynamic dystopian futures this week!

We are back in the habit! Complete with all our faves: Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Maggie Smith, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and of course the screen debut of the one Ms. Lauryn Hill. Come and join the chorus, the mighty mighty chorus of Brandon and Jane reminiscing in full blown nostalgia mode.

This week, Brandon and Jane are discussing the sci-fi flick that asks the question "what happens if a tornado bangs a shiver of sharks?" Spoiler alert: we are no wiser by the end of this episode, but we do go on a hell of a journey to end up back where we started. Take a listen, we won't bite!

We are fifty shades freed of this franchise! That's right, we've reached the end of our coverage of Christian and Anastasia and we can't say we are too bummed. Listen to Jane and Brandon discuss the final chapter that leaves almost everything to be desired. We've got plenty of Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, a smack of Rita Ora, and sadly, very little Marcia Gay Harden. But we do have a kidnap for ransom plot that keeps us on our toes, so tune in and listen to us finish up the greatest love story of our generation!

This week Brandon and Jane have a cattastic episode for all of you listeners. We are covering 2004's Catwoman. We touch on everything from Halle Berry's questionable costuming to the fact that this movie really wasn't as bad as were we expecting! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

We are oiled up and primed for round two with Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. Things might be fifty shades darker but Jane and Brandon make sure to bring the levity when it comes to breaking down the sequel. Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan are back, trying their best, barely flanked by the criminally underutilized Marcia Gay Harden and Kim Basinger. Dive in and help us answer the age old question: who in the world was in charge of Oscar winner Kim Basinger's hair?!

This week Brandon and Jane discuss the 1997 action thriller, Air Force One. We chat about everything from the excellence of Gary Oldman to the wigs of Glenn Close. Don't miss this hilarious convo wherever you get your podcasts.

We are back on our bullshit — aka back in the Twilight universe. Sort of. This series was born out of Twilight fan fiction and to say it shows is an understatement. We have Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan doing their best to bring heat to the most vanilla of sexual scenarios. According to this movie, if you've ever tied a partner up in the bedroom, you have your PhD in BDSM. Join us as we start yet another ridiculous series and breakdown the improbability of it all. In the end, Jane and Brandon reveal just how much they'd put up with to be in bed with a billionaire.

This week Brandon and Jane round out Pride month (well into July!) with a classic they didn't know existed. We cover 2000's Big Eden. We talk about everything from the current state of lgbt cinema to the redemptive power of love. Don't miss this heartwarming chat!

Happiest season is the gayest season! We love a well produced queer rom com, especially one that features gay icon and pod favorite, Kristen Stewart. We've come a long way from Twilight and we are working with an all star cast. We've got Dan Levy, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber, Alison Brie, and Mackenzie Davis. We may love all the players and the set up but, do we truly stan the ending? Press play to find out!

This week the Pride celebration continues at MWM with An Angel Named Billy. Billy is a young newly out gay man searching for a place to belong after leaving behind his rural past for life in the big city. That plot sounds sweet enough, but somehow the way into comes together in this film leads to a laugh filled episode where we celebrate Pride while also questioning every directorial choice in this entire film. You don't wanna miss this episode.

If Loving Annabelle is wrong, we don't want to be right. Actually, in this case, we'd prefer to be right, considering in some states loving Annabelle could land you about five to ten years in the clink. Brandon and Jane cover this lesbian cannon film for Pride Month where they ask many unanswered questions but chief among them is, were we so starved for queer content in 2007 that we let the story of a woman falling in love with a teenager slide? 

This week Jane and Brandon head back to the Perryverse with Why Did I Get Married? Hilarity ensues as we tackle this 2008 melodrama and ponder just how Tyler was able to convince icon Janet Jackson to take part in this. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

We're fast and we're furious for the fifth time! We are officially halfway through the Fast & Furious franchise (at the time of publication) and we have brought on another superstar to add a little nos to our tank. That's right, in addition to all the OG baddies — Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese, Ludacris, Gal Gadot, and Sung Kang, we have the incomparable Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Press play to hear Brandon and Jane cover the fifth installment directed by Justin Lin.

We are back again and this time we've brought Linda Blair. This week we take a trip to the California Women's Prison. We chat about everything from sapphic sisterhood to the impracticality of hot tubs in a penal institution. You don't wanna miss this laugh riot of an episode. This one is gonna leave you...arrested. It's 1983's Chained Heat!

Are you here for the Lohan-issance?! We certainly are! Join us as we chat through our generation's most iconic red head's latest Netflix release. Is this Freaky Friday in Ireland? Maybe we should ask Jane Seymour, yes our medicine woman plays Lindsay's mother. We also have two stars from the Outlander series playing both Lohan's love interests, a gorgeous Irish countryside to ogle, and classic rom com shenanigans to experience. An instant classic!

This week Brandon and Jane take on This Is Me...Now and we are exhausted! But seriously it's fun discussion that covers everything from reconciliation to the conundrum of celebrity in 2024. We have plenty of fun tangents including forays into Dancing With the Stars and Beyonce. You don't wanna miss it!

Anne Hathaway awkward and unattractive? Not on our freakin watch. Listen to our coverage of the classic tale about the fictional royal family of Genovia directed by Garry Marshall. What other Disney classic brings us the combo of Julie Andrews, Hector Elizando, and Mandy Moore?

This week Brandon and Jane cover sensual thriller, Mea Culpa! We've all wondered what happens when you combine girl group royalty with incoherent storytelling. Who are we kidding, we knew it would be magic. Join us for our first foray into the Tyler Perry multiverse!

Religious scams, miscasting, and a sapphic sidekick who makes no mention of being a lesbian and ends up with a man but Jane is sure she senses something underneath the surface? Who'd have thunk a film featuring Steve Martin, Deborah Winger, Liam Neeson, and a silent, possibly underage girl-loving Philip Seymour Hoffman would bring so much controversy. Especially when it's a beloved 90's classic! Press play to hear it all unfold.

This week Brandon and Jane cover 1989's Weekend at Bernie's. This conversation runs the gamut. We chat about everything from 1980's capitalism to necromancy (spoiler alert: we're against both). You don't wanna miss this laugh filled romp wherever you get your podcasts.

We wouldn't be Movies We Missed if we didn't bring you yet another Nicholas Cage joint. This one features Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha, and Harvey Keitel. With such a stacked cast and a big budget, you'd assume this script would make total and complete sense, right? That these legends would never get together to star in some sort of patriotic fever dream, right? Press play to see what our hosts think…

This week Brandon and Jane take on 1986's Soul Man. This movie led to a colorful discussion to say the least. They chat about everything from affirmative action to minstrelsy. You don't want to miss this spirited conversation.

We're back with another Hilary Duff joint and another 2000's version of a classic story. Cinderella has never been this angsty but don't worry, Chad Michael Murray is here to break down all her walls with his undying love. You can feel it through his vacant, unemotional, constantly squinty eyes. Thank goodness Jennifer Coolidge and Regina King are here to round out the cast otherwise, we're not sure this take on the old tale is worth watching. But Brandon and Jane watched it so you don't have to!

This week Brandon and Jane tackle love in a whole new dimension in 1991's Defending Your Life. We discuss everything from Meryl Streep to reincarnation and we wax poetic on what the great hereafter may hold in store for us. Join us as we continue our Valentine's month coverage with this Albert Brooks rom-com gem.

Shakespeare could never! We tackle another updated Shakespeare adaptation featuring the comedic genius of Amanda Byrnes, the shirtless torso of Channing Tatum, and the untethered character choices of David Cross. Brandon and Jane cover the gender queerness of it all, the tampon bit, and the concerning age gap between Amanda and Channing. Press play to hear more!

MWM is for lovers as you all know! This week we are back in full swing for Valentine's month. We've got Streep, Baldwin, and Martin in a saucy little love triangle. It's Nancy Myers, so get ready for insane kitchens and insanely rich people pretending to be middle class. Jane and I have fun discussing it all. You don't wanna miss us discussing 2009's It's Complicated.

This week we are bringing you a holiday listeners pick! Rounding out our Christmastime coverage is A Christmas Karen, Brandon and Jane breakdown this modern day retelling of the Ebenezer Scrooge classic. We discuss everything from racism to fraud to teleportation. We also commiserate over the fact that a movie we both thought would be awful, actually wasn't half bad. The convo is filled with a lot of heart and insanity per usual. Don't miss our latest episode where we break down 2022's A Christmas Karen!

Ho ho ho! Brandon and Jane are bringing you another holiday film this week with 2023's Best. Christmas. Ever! We chat about everything from the resurgence of early aughts stars Brandy and Jason Biggs to Heather Graham's spirited sartorial choices. It wouldn't be an MWM episode without us picking apart another insane Netflix movie plot! We ask the questions you all are wondering!!!! Don't miss this heartfelt holiday chat.

We love a cheesy holiday rom-com and this one was just what the doctor ordered. With a Tubi joint, you know you're going experience some plot holes, production value questions, and a cast of virtual unknowns. And we loved every minute of it. Join us as we discuss how despite being called A Christmas Princess, we experienced zero Christmases and no one became a Princess. When we say this flick was full of unintentional comedy, we mean it. Press play and experience the holiday hilarity with us!

Dennis Leary is at it again! He's disgruntled and semi homicidal. (When isn't he?) Honestly, this time of year is so stressful who could blame him? This week Brandon and Jane tackle 1994's The Ref. It's the anti-holiday film that asks the question, would you rather get held up by an unhinged burglar or explain to your great aunt for fifteenth time why you're still single? Don't miss this fun holiday pick that offers us a little something different than the unabashed mirth and joy we are used to this time of year.

Have you ever wanted to spend the holidays with Jamie Lee Curtis? What about Home Improvement's own Tim Allen? No matter what your answer to that question is, we promise you're going to want to spend this episode with us while we discuss the pros and cons of Christmas with the Kranks! We cover Tim Allen's politics, Jamie Lee's midwestern mom makeover, and of course, the idea that there is a movie about not being able to tell your daughter the truth so you break your back to put on a month's worth of Christmas celebration prep in one day. Very normal stuff!

This week, Brandon and Jane take on a Julia Roberts classic. We discuss everything from the insanity of modern day inflation to Julia's questionable disguises. Despite this film's subject matter this is a laugh riot you don't want to miss!

Brandon has been begging for it and Jane finally delivered — our first Olsen Twins movie! Mary-Kate and Ashley are in fine form as two precocious 13-year-olds who spend spring break in Paris with their grandfather. But don't worry, just because this is technically a kid's movie, our hosts don't hold back. We cover why there doesn't seem to be a single French person in a movie about France, why their chaperone Jeremy is taking work advice from 13-year-olds, and how shocking it was to see our Olsen twosome have so much influence over local political matters.

This week Brandon and Jane tackle the 1980's classic Weird Science. We cover everything from John Hughes' obsession with Northbrook, IL to misogyny before rounding things out with a quick chat about cultural appropriation. It's a laugh riot (no, seriously).

Our Spooky season picks continue! Ready for a childhood classic to be ruined with blood, guts, gore, and unnecessary tittie exposures? A lesbian couple that goes unexplored before their untimely death? A half bear half human and a half pig half human who really just look like human men wearing masks? Press play and listen to Brandon and Jane honor A.A. Milne's classic characters gone psycho.

This week Brandon and Jane discuss 1995's Vampire in Brooklyn. We cover it all from Eddie Murphy's prosthetics to Wes Craven's iconic filmography. Don't miss this exciting cult horror classic that continues our month long Halloween celebration here at MWM. Wherever you listen to podcasts!

Sometimes the remake of a classic is just as good. Not that Jane and Brandon know. They haven't seen the original. Are they qualified to chat about the Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, and Ty Burrell reimagining of the 1978 classic? Probably not, but press play to hear them do it anyway as the second choice for this year's spooky season!

This week MWM continues its Halloween celebration. Brandon and Jane watch the 1964 horror classic Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte. They discuss everything from the infamous Bette Davis/Joan Crawford feud to Bewitched. They also lament a simpler time in Hollywood when all one needed for a prosthetics budget was lil' papier-mâché mache. You don't wanna miss this spooky laugh filled episode!

Come celebrate the joy of dance with Brandon and Jane! Are there some ups and downs in this Northern English town where The Elliot's live? Sure, but it all disappears when we see Jamie Bell as Billy dancing down the road. Julie Walters and Gary Lewis give amazing performances as the two parental figures for Billy in this film. We cover the striking miners in the early 80's, Billy's cute little gay friend, and the delightful accents us Americans definitely need subtitles for. Press play, y'all! You'll enjoy it.

This week Brandon and Jane discuss 1992's Under Siege. Topics include The Real Housewives, Edith Head, Playboy centerfolds and even Steven Seagal‘s glorious ponytail. You don't wanna miss our hot takes on this action classic.

We have arrived at the 4th installment of our favorite family drama! You can breathe a sigh of relief — Both Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are back for this one. Michelle Rodriguez is also back in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of way before her untimely murder. We cover the infantilization of Jordana Brewster's Mia, Gal Gadot's film debut, and as always, Paul Walker's Brian breaking every single law and doing whatever he wants despite being an FBI agent.

This week Brandon and Jane take on a film noir classic in 1990's The Grifters. We discuss it all. The gorgeous Hollywood backdrop, the beauty of Annette Bening and Anjelica Huston, and what happens when you place your trust in the wrong person.