Sounds Film-iliar

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Disney and Pixar's two most recent outings attempt to tackle generational trauma (to varying degrees of success). Caleb and Stephanie had more say than they expected about each story's effectivenessTake your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. On this week's episode, Caleb and Stephanie watched DC/Warner Bros two attempts at standalone superhero movies outside the DCEU (not including animation, duh). They have some very strong opinions on Joker (2019) and The Batman (2022).Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Marvel vs DC. WWI vs WWII. Captain vs Wonder. America vs Woman. Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice Extended Edition.  Just kidding, this week we watched Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Wonder Woman (2017) and noted some...distinct similarities.Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This week is all about movies named after girls who can move stuff with their minds—join us for a discussion of pig's blood, chocolate cake, and childhood trauma with Carrie and Matilda! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas.A double-feature from director Peter Weir. Dead Poets Society and The Truman Show are two classic films about how your father can and will ruin your life. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Do you like villain-to-hero stories? This is kind of that. Caleb and Stephanie talk surprisingly enthusiastically about Megamind and Wreck-It Ralph. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This week we're talking about ants, chickens, and the movies that first put us on the path to seizing the means of production: A Bug's Life and Chicken Run! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. It's our 50th episode special and Caleb and Stephanie picked two of their favorite movies that were missing pairings because it's our special and we make the rules. Buckle your seatbelts and get ready to ride eternal on the Fury Road. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Please keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle at all times and hold on to all personal belongings, especially your nostalgia.  This week Stephanie and Caleb are taking a look at two Disney rides-turned-films with Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Caleb and Stephanie branch out and watch some new TV shows! Join us for our first very special TV episode where we talk about Wayne and On Becoming a God in Central Florida. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Stephanie and Caleb jump forward 30 years to discuss two teen movies from a different century. Twilight and The Hunger Games were the juggernauts of the YA novel adaptation trend and were important works for our hosts. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. We're taking it back to the 80s this week to talk murder, makeovers, shoulder pads, and social types with The Breakfast Club and Heathers!  Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Caleb and Stephanie are on their own this week to discuss the thrills of mass transportation! It's planes, trains, and automobiles week with Speed and Flightplan.  Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. The Gang Gets A Little Too Drunk And Rants About Theme. We're big fans of The Matrix and V for Vendetta and we hope you guys are too because boy do we have some thoughts.  Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. We are stomping to June with two of the films that kicked off the Kaiju renaissance in the 2010s that is still popular today!  Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. As we end Morbid May we eschew our usual format of talking about two similar films and the hosts talk about some of their favorites! This week things get bloody with Evil Dead 2 and relaxingly stressful with It Follows.  Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Morbid May is getting spooky this week as Justin and Stephanie talk ghosts, curses, weird houses, weird directorial choices, and more with The Grudge and The Conjuring! Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Welcome to Morbid May! While Caleb is gone Stephanie and Justin get spooky! This week things get bloody as we discuss two slasher classics Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Welcome to Morbid May! While Caleb is gone Stephanie and Justin get spooky! This week we are taking a look at two absolute horror classics that are dripping with (or spewing) symbolism - Rosemary's Baby and The Excorcist. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Are you a white guy? Maybe in your 20s? Too much of a wuss to be really into Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction? There's a good chance Edgar Wright is your favorite director. We picked a flavor from the Cornetto trilogy (Hot Fuzz) and paired it with every slacker's favorite Canadian martial arts expert (Scott Pilgrim). Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This week we're discussing Stanley Kubrick, Auteur of auteurs, and two VERY different films, Dr. Strangelove and The Shining. His only comedy and his only horror but both are somehow filled with dread? Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. The vibes are strong with this one. Sofia Coppola makes a strong showing in Auteur April with The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation. Let the suburban ennui wash over you. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Auteur April marches on with an episode about the daddy of the modern monster movie, Guillermo del Toro, and his two films Hellboy and Best Picture Winner - The Shape of Water. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This episode kicks off a new theme month focusing on a different director every week. This time the gang gets long winded in their love for Stephen Spielberg's blockbuster hits Jaws and Jurassic Park. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. We close out Musical March with two movies that swept the Oscars in their respective seasons, Chicago and Les Misérables. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. We're continuing Musical March on a spectacular spectacular note with two films about love, music, bohemians, and the utter chaos of live theatre: Cabaret and Moulin Rouge! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Welcome to Musical March! This week we take a dive in to the Julie Andrews plays a "magical" nanny multiverse with Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music! And we promise, Mary Poppins wasn't secretly Mephisto all along. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This week we're closing out our Valentine's Month with two adaptations of classic works from one our favorite directors: Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet and The Great Gatsby! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. For our third Valentine's Month episode, we're taking a look at another teen romcom adaptation of the 90s, along with the story it's based on: Clueless and Emma! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. For our Valentine's Day episode we discuss Titanic and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Painting, yearning, and social class come together in these historical romances. Which didn't happen. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. The high school romcom goes Shakespeare in these two... romcoms loosely based on Shakespeare comedies. Also, Caleb is aware the ska cameo he was thinking of was The Mighty Mighty Bosstones in Clueless. He's sorry he said it was Reel Big Fish in Good Burger. Which didn't happen. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This week things get extra dorky as Stephanie is indisposed and Justin and Caleb talk cartoons and anime! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. We hope you like music bio-pics because this week we're discussing two of them. Walk the Line and it's parody, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. No tonal dissonance here at all. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This shot has been going for a long time. When are they going to cut? Oh. They aren't. Put in some eye drops cuz we're talking about Birdman and 191 Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. We are kicking off 2021 by taking a look at two adventure films about lost treasure and ancient artifacts! Join us as we watch a professor punch nazis in Raiders of the Lost Ark & Nicholas Cage being almost as nerdy as he is in real life in National Treasure! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. To close out 2020, we're taking a look back at two of the biggest movies of 2019—Endgame and Rise of Skywalker—to learn some lessons about how (and how not) to end a saga! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This week things are getting holly and jolly as we take a look at 3 of our favorite Christmas movies and specials! Warm up by the fire as we take a look at The Muppet Christmas Carol, Home Alone, and Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This week! Knights! Maidens! Sword fights! Dragons! No dragons? Damn, no dragons. It's a duel to the death between The Princess Bride and A Knight's Tale!) Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This week we're investigating two loving homages to the murder mysteries of yesteryear: Clue and Knives Out! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This week we're going behind bars to discuss two different iterations of the prison narrative: the incredible Shawshank Redemption, and the also pretty incredible in its own way Holes (2003) Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This week we're joined by our good friend Rachel to discuss her all time favorite movie, Beetlejuice! As well as everyone's so-so Halloween-must-watch, Hocus Pocus. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This week we tackle two movies about bustin' ghosts, one of which is a classic and one of the most beloved comedies of all time, and the other is The Frighteners. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. This time around, we're discussing two (very) different 90s remakes of classic Universal Monster Movies: Bram Stoker's Dracula and The Mummy! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. Happy Halloween, everyone! Join us this week as we take a more relaxed look at three of our favorite movies to watch this time of year and explore the many possibilities of the spooky, the scary, and the weirdly hilarious with one film picked by each member: Army of Darkness, Corpse Bride, and The Witch! (Take a wild guess who's who.) Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. In our fourth episode on the Disney Renaissance, we're talking about people (and lamps, and carpets, and dragons) who are more than what they seem with Aladdin and Mulan. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. In our third episode on the Disney Renaissance, we're discussing Disney animation's frequently awkward swings at stories of invasion, exploitation, and love across cultural divides: Pocahontas and, to a much milder extent, Tarzan. Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!Pocahontas Was a Mistake, and Here's Why!The Problem With TarzanHow Disney Uses Language

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. In our second episode on the Disney Renaissance, we ponder what makes a monster and what makes a man with two delightfully Gothic entries: Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!Links:Is Beauty and the Beast About Stockholm Syndrome?My Monster BoyfriendThe Case for Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. On this episode we kick off our month of Disney Renaissance coverage! This week we are taking a look at two mythic tales of great kings, scheming uncles, lost sons, and Abbot and Costello-style comedy duos: The Lion King and Hercules! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!Want to watch the video we kept mentioning and find out who this mysterious Lindsay Ellis is? Link below. Hercules, Disney's Beautiful Hot Mess: a Video Essay

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. On this episode, we take a look at a couple of unexpected journeys in the life of Martin Freeman. That's right; we are watching The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. On this episode, we take a look at time loops with Groundhog Day and Palm Springs! On this episode, we take a look at time loops with Groundhog Day and Palm Springs! On this episode, we take a look at time loops with Groundhog Day and Palm Springs! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!

Welcome to Sounds Film-iliar, a podcast where we discuss two pieces of media that share themes, plot points, or overarching ideas. We reminisce on two movies about old white guys reminiscing: Secondhand Lions and Big Fish! Take your seat, grab your popcorn, and silence your cell phones now. Please enjoy the show!