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Mumblecore: a film genre that’s all about low budgets, heavy dialogue, and people in their 20s—just like this podcast. Join Charlotte and Megan each episode as they break down a new set of films based on a Mumblecore-inspired theme.

Megan and Charlotte


    • Jun 21, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 52m AVG DURATION
    • 46 EPISODES


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    Pride and Prejudice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 52:42


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Pride and Prejudice (2005) as they continue on their journey of watching too many Keira Knightley movies. Spoiler alert: Megan really latches onto the fact that her moon is in Virgo.

    She's Out Of My League

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 46:35


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss She's Out Of My League (2010) and Charlotte makes a strong pro-dude humor case. Spoiler alert: light Lord of the Rings, but when isn't it?

    Moulin Rouge

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 36:22


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Moulin Rouge (2001) and whether Ewan is better with or without his suspenders. Spoiler alert: tuberculosis is contagious, we think.

    Bend It Like Beckham

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 41:38


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and every point at which it makes no sense. Is the soccer team free? Has Jules hooked up with Joe? Is Santa Clara widely-known for its soccer prestige? Spoiler alert: the soccer players here are not mean enough to be believable.

    Jennifer's Body

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 44:05


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Jennifer's Body (2009) and how it almost makes sense. Spoiler alert: Megan Fox is hot enough to induce magic.

    Bring It On

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 53:44


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Bring It On (2000) and the way that mansion would surely have an en-suite bathroom for Cliff to brush his teeth in. Spoiler alert: The Matrix but not really. Mostly just that Neo is a hacker.

    Real Women Have Curves

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 49:13


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Real Women Have Curves (2002) and the ways it may or may not have (it did) influenced Lady Bird (2017). Spoiler alert: everyone loves the early 2000s Chalamet! He's scrawny and he's lovable.

    Home Alone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 43:44


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Home Alone (1990), the Christmas movie that escaped them both in their youth. Spoiler alert: the most annoying Licorice Pizza dialogue. So sorry, Charlotte couldn't help herself.

    Love Actually

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 39:58


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Love Actually (2003) and try to understand all of its insane characters and subplots. Spoiler alert: there's a stage performance because of course there is, it's a 2000s movie!

    What's Your Number?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 49:55


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss What's Your Number? (2011) and once again debate if there's such a thing as a good rom-com. Spoiler alert: they still aren't on the same page but at least we can all agree that you should never swim in a harbor!

    The Village

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 51:35


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss The Village (2004) and whether either of them were smart enough to see the twist coming. Spoiler alert: they weren't! And also some Dune but, really, who hasn't seen it?

    Coraline

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 50:47


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Coraline (2009) and the insane conversations you'd have to have with a clay artist to end up with either the upstairs or downstairs neighbors. Spoiler alert: this was probably supposed to be up before Halloween, but here we are. Oh, also, parts of Dune and French Dispatch but nothing really that major so, eh, it's fine.

    My Big Fat Greek Wedding

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 44:32


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) so they can round out their early aughts rom-com knowledge. Spoiler alert: Charlotte still finds a way to bring up Ready Player One!

    He's Just Not That Into You

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 41:54


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss He's Just Not That Into You (2009) and why it's a beautifully-crafted expression of our shared dating neuroses. Spoiler alert: Megan disagrees!

    Spy Kids 3: Game Over

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 46:23


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003) against Megan's will. Spoiler alert: it's in fact the best Spy Kids only because it has an event that resembles a pod race.

    Treasure Planet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 47:25


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Treasure Planet, the top sleepover movie of their Blockbuster youth. Spoiler alert: the cat captain...is hot.

    The Parent Trap

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 54:05


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss The Parent Trap (1998) and why everyone remembers the ear piercing scene so vividly. Spoiler alert: this literally only worked out because both parents are rich.

    Sky High

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2021 40:05


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Sky High (2005) and how it introduced one of the most underrated teen heartthrobs of all time. Spoiler alert: this is now a Warren Peace appreciation podcast.

    Holes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 38:01


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Holes (2003) and the TikTok content it spurned that now allows us a way to connect with coworkers. Thank God. Spoiler alert: kids are mean to each other and Megan does not like it. Plus witness our abruptest transition ever because Megan and Charlotte can't stop talking about nonsense when they record!

    Sweet Home Alabama

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 53:48


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Sweet Home Alabama (2002) and all the reasons Megan thinks Melanie makes a huge mistake. Spoiler alert: Charlotte disagrees!

    Scooby-Doo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 52:38


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Scooby-Doo (2002), the first live-action Scooby-Doo movie and all its terrible effects. Spoiler alert: boobs. So many boobs. And Megan does a lengthy sermon direct from a deranged Letterboxd reviewer so...stick around!

    Freaky Friday

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 48:23


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Freaky Friday (2003) and all the ingenious ways it has teen heartthrob Chad Michael Murray try to fuck both a minor and her mom. Spoiler alert: there's a culminating stage performance that is both sick and indicative of growth in a mother-daughter relationship! Huge aughts win.

    School of Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 48:44


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss School of Rock (2003) and whether it's lesson of do the best with whatever you've got still holds up. Spoiler alert: Jack Black is a vision in a shorts-forward school uniform.

    John Tucker Must Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 48:36


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss the seminal female revenge movie John Tucker Must Die (2006) in an attempt to uncover the deep mid-aughts need for thousands of layers. Spoiler alert: this movie is maybe bad for women!

    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 46:06


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) and all of the ways it was full of creepy college-age dudes. Spoiler alert: Blake Lively is not a convincing athlete.

    Napoleon Dynamite

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 52:25


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Napoleon Dynamite (2004) to see if it holds up to their zany, quotable memories. Spoiler alert: we have a lot of thoughts on cell phones ruining the traditional high school experience which should involve farmer Olympics instead.

    Aquamarine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 57:12


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Aquamarine (2006) and whether it holds up upon the rewatch as an adult. Spoiler alert: mostly we just talk about our horribly specific 2000s youth and all its many clothing layers.

    Adventureland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 46:16


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Adventureland (2009) and try to figure out why it's Charlotte's guilty pleasure. Spoiler alert: we're back from our break and still doing the bare minimum!

    The Princess Diaries Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 60:40


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss The Princess Diaries (2001) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) and rehash most of their excruciating youth. Sorry in advance. Spoiler alert: we are simple woman looking for a Michael or anyone who plays an instrument.

    Movies Always on Cable

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 67:18


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to see why we're glued to the screen every time they're inevitably on cable TV. Spoiler alert: obviously all of the Harry Potter franchise and Megan got a TikTok so buckle up it's a Gen Z ride.

    Movies Set in New York

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 61:53


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Do the Right Thing (1989) and Moonstruck (1987) as they explore great New York City films and the zaniness inherent in them all. Spoiler alert: Nic Cage's tattoo is real, people! This is a man with a real-world lizard in a top hat on his back! Incredible news.

    Movies Set in LA

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 57:41


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Mulholland Dr. (2001) and Her (2013) to find out what makes this lonely, show-biz city tick! Spoiler alert: the wife in Mulholland was definitely not in Cheaper By the Dozen! How would that even make sense, Charlotte!

    Movies Our Parents Made Us Watch

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 61:14


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Babe (1995) and Sunset Boulevard (1950) to see if their parent steered them correctly! Spoiler alert: sheep-herding pigs really get us.

    Movies We Watched Because the Oscars Told Us To

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 58:35


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) and Mank (2020) to see if they live up to the 2021 Oscar hype. Spoiler alert: of course they don't! Also, apologies for saying Abbie Hoffman's accent is Chicago...you think we'd know Massachusetts when we hear one!

    Movies That Make Us Cry But Shouldn't

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 63:40


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Inside Out (2015) and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) and the reasons each makes them cry. Spoiler alert: the reasons aren't that reasonable, really.

    Movies We Were Too Stupid to Understand

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 62:48


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Tenet (2020) and Looper (2012) to try and talk through how time travel works. Spoiler alert: they don't succeed!

    Movies We Fell Asleep Watching

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 66:09


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Dead Poets Society (1989) and Reservoir Dogs (1992) as the only way for them to finally make it through these is by force! Spoiler alert: that heist episode of Rick and Morty. What incredibly ingenious cartoon comedy!

    Movies That Prove Teens Shouldn't Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 57:48


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Sixteen Candles (1984) and Project X (2012). Join them in their discovery that these are not their favorite party movies and are, in fact, both heinous and horrible. Spoiler alert: teenage boys are terrible to each other.

    The Worst Movies at the 2021 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 58:47


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Over the Moon (2020) and A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019) based on their unsubstantiated guess that these are the worst movies nominated for an Oscar this year. Spoiler alert: neither is as good as Kubo and the Two Strings :/

    Movies We Wished We'd Seen in Theaters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 56:10


    In this week's episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Alien (1979) and Gravity (2013) in a futile attempt to live out their dreams of seeing them in a theater. Spoiler alert: this is about space and boy does space make you nauseous!

    Movies That Made Us Want to Go West

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 63:26


    In this episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Thelma and Louise (1991) and Paris, Texas (1984) in an attempt to feel anything at all during these long winter months. Spoiler alert: Badlands somehow, but you saw that coming.

    Movies We Lied About Seeing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 66:06


    In this episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss It's A Wonderful Life (1946) and Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) both of which they have totally said they've seen when in fact they very much had not. Spoiler alert: Megan has some pathological lying tendencies she really should work through...

    Movies We Should Have Liked But Didn't

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 57:26


    In this episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss Gladiator (2000) and The Tree of Life (2011) and why they were way worse than the film bros promised. Spoiler alert: everyone filmmaker needs to ask themselves "am I just doing this because I hate my dad?"

    Movies That Fueled Our Teen Crushes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 58:44


    In this episode, Megan and Charlotte discuss teen crushes and their love-hate relationship with 17 Again (2009) and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008). Spoiler alert: being a 14-year-old girl is awful.

    Movies We're Ashamed to Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 64:17


    In this episode, Megan and Charlotte air their unique shames by discussing their love of National Treasure (2004) and Kicking and Screaming (1995). Spoiler alert: their real shame is thinking anyone cares.

    Movies Men Made Us Watch

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 65:35


    Welcome to Mumblecore, something that is almost a movie podcast. This week we review Die Hard (1988) and Top Gun (1986) at the behest of every film bro we've ever met. Spoiler alert: we're not obsessed.

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