Swamp It Up

Sure, we watched Yowamushi Pedal: the Movie (2015) for this episode but that doesn't mean we have to talk about it!!!

This week's episode is about Troy (2004) dir. Wolfgang Petersen and what lengths a man will go to avenge his beloved cousin.

Welcome to our podcast, N'avi It Up! The podcast that has been running for almost two years where we compare every movie to the Avatar Cinematic Universe! We love Avatar (2009)! We also love the new Avatar: The Way of Water trailer! It's an exciting time for Ava-heads!

This week the podcast discusses the CLASSIC Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) dir. Nicholas Stoller and actually actively tries to remember Sarah Marshall because no one should forget this gem.

It's time to delve into a new genre of podcast and also a new Dreamworks movie! This week we watched Megamind (2010) and also figured out a little late that Riina was using the wrong mic for this particular recording.

Yes we did the unthinkable and watched our second batman movie of the year. More specifically The Batman (2022) dir. Matt Reeves. This Batman's thankfully a new one though and besides being about a man in a bat costume it also introduces interesting questions about toad real estate in Hollywood. 

What's better than an Oscar? Being in the running for becoming the most popular movie on the most popular Shrek-themed movie review podcast! And we finally have a worthy contender!

This week's episode is about Mission: Impossible (1996) dir. Brian De Palma and Tom Cruise's vibes.

In this episode we call Scott Eastwood Clint Eastwood for 33 minutes. We also talk about I Want You Back (2022) which is... a movie. Starring the hottest people alive.

Riina watched The Boss Baby (2017) dir. Tom McGrath for this weeks episode.

Honestly this is just a straight-up lecture in comedy. We tear Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery to bits and talk about veneers for a while. What more do you want?

Would you believe it if I told you that The Dark Knight (2008) dir. Chris Nolan is for boys only?

HELLO LISTENERS! We're back with an episode on Shanghai Noon (2000) which has the best joke we've ever heard in our entire lives and we spend a good 10 minutes trying to relay this to you. Oh, and we also do our usual podcast content as well. HAVE FUN!

A normal review episode, finally. Normcoring it this time with the movie An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn (2018) dir. Jim Hosking, a movie that was made specifically for the hosts of this podcast and no one else.

You asked. We didn't listen for several months. But now it's here. The long awaited Phantom of the Opera episode.

This episode is a Swamp It Up first, as we finally venture outside the Swamp It Up's Accepted Canon of the Shrek Cinematic Universe and review whether Shrek the Third has a place in it or not.

I mean it's a year in review. What else do you need?

It's a very special SECOND PART TO KAIJU CHRISTMAS and it's time to BRING OUT THE BIG JAEGERS and celebrate Mari's birthday with one of her favourite movies, PACIFIC RIM (2013). What can we say, we love kaiju, we love robots, we love ending the year with a bang.

We're here. The latest episode of the Monsterverse (for now). Godzilla vs. Kong. Who will win? Who WOULD win? But most importantly, who has won... our hearts?

Jesus Christ it took the podcast a long time to watch their first Patrice movie. And yeah, they stand behind the Patrice cut.

WE'RE BACK! After a brief hiatus to get our lives back together we're back to talk about Eternals and as a treat we have a surprise celebrity interview! We're relevant! We're current! We know what's in the cultural zeitgeist!

Hello! We're back! We're on a slower schedule because our lives are all over the place! But we're back! Listen to us do some Shrek quizzes and talk about Joe Rogan and praise kinks. You know, the usual.

This episode celebrates a Momentous Occasion with the framework of Cats (2019) dir. Tom Hooper easing (or not) the way because like all momentous occasions, we need something to ground it down to reality.

COWBOY TIME! Saddle up your horsies and take your besties and get ready to listen to this cowboy episode about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) dir. George Roy Hill.

WELCOME TO EPISODE 69! We watched Porco Rosso (1992) dir. Hayao Miyazaki and talked about Miyazaki's Trademark Vibe, Yu-Gi-Yo!, and plane maffias. ENJOY!

Just go watch Hustlers, please. Yes, THE Hustlers from 2019 directed by Lorene Scafaria, yes that Hustlers. Go watch it. Then when you have watched it, come back to this podcast and hear us talk about Ice Age and poutine and Hustlers, that movie we just told you to watch. We also issue a strict warning to Ben Affleck.

We watched the Hangover (2009) dir. Todd Phillips and it gave us an emotional Hangover because the Hangover is worse than you remember. Have fun listening to our misery.

Okay now we're back to regular scheduling for real this time and we're celebrating the occasion by discussing Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) dir. Patrick Gilmore and Tim Johnson. This movie makes us question whether we'd die for our childhood best friend and whether or not Prince Proteus is valid for volunteering to do it for Sinbad the eternal scoundrel.

WE'RE BACK, BAYBEE and it's time for a blast from the past as we dive into the 80s and 50s with Back to the Future (1985)! This will also be the last episode where Mari's sound is terrible so it's your last chance to cringe at that, so get in while ya can.

NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE FOR YOU. YOU ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING! We're not even going to tell you what this summer special is about, just listen and find out.

Good tidings! This week's episode is about Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) dir. Guillermo del Toro and what else is there to say? Just your regular Hellboy II: The Golden Army episode. I mean, would you not expect us to talk about Hellboy II: The Golden Army in the Hellboy II: The Golden Army episode?

What do you get when you cross big robots with cops? Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)! We watched the world's worst mech AND kaiju movie while Mari preached the gospel that is the PREU (Pacific Rim Extended Universe).

If it's not clear from the title this week we talk about Prometheus (2012) dir. Ridley Scott and demand safer science protocols.

It's time for more pirates! In today's episode, we discuss Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl while Riina watches the Ice Hockey World Championships while recording the episode. Also, Mari's mic is pretty garbage in this one. Apologies. We're working on it. Enjoy!

Welcome, welcome, come on in! Hopefully you're ready to join our discussion about The Little Hours (2017) dir. Jeff Baena with only a brief detour to Warrior Cats. There's nuns in this one if that's a selling point for you, how should I know.

Dear listener, we're genuinely not sure if this is a movie review or an hour-long movie pitch. Whatever it is, we definitely talk about Legally Blonde (2001) dir. Robert Luketic for at least... 27% of the episode. The rest? Well. Listen and find out.

What else could this week's episode be but Fight Club (1999) dir. David Fincher, our second Fincher addition to the swamp roster. This episode has us constructing intricate rituals as well as discussing Mari's childhood foray into the world of fighting 7-year-olds.

Apologies in advance for one of our hosts' mics sounding like garbage, but things happen sometimes!! This week it's time for another episode filled with tangents and occasionally some talk about Moulin Rouge! (2001) dir. Baz Luhrmann! 

It's a new day it's a new episode it's a new movie for us. This time we watched Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright and repress the heck out of our emotions. This regency era romance is almost too much to handle but thankfully Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy follow in the footsteps of Shrek and Fiona so we don't get completely lost.

Look, Godzilla vs King Kong isn't out in Europe yet so we can't join in on the hype, so we had to watch a prequel instead. This #TeamKong podcast may have been swayed a little by this big cool nuclear lizard.

It's mystery time! This week's episode is about the live action Scooby-Doo (2002) dir. Raja Gosnell and how THEY JUST DON'T MAKE MOVIES LIKE THEY USED TO. Thankfully there's no need to worry as we're up to our sniznuff on all the popular trends. Oh and If you make it halfway through the episode, your efforts will pay off handsomely.

Get out your Chanel boots, girlbosses, it's time for another iconique 2000's movie-- the Devil Wears Prada (2006) dir. David Frankel!

If you couldn't guess by the title, today's episode covers Goodfellas (1990) dir. Martin Scorsese. We flag this as our own personal Fight Club because the only message we decided to take from this movie is that WE TOO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN A MOB.

IT'S THE ANNIVERSARY EPISODE! Swamp It Up celebrates its first birthday by giving one of our worst performed movies of 2020 - Avatar (2009) dir. James Cameron - some guidance on how to achieve even a just a smidge of what Shrek has. It's the god tier movie for a reason.

We recorded this on a Wednesday night and you know what that means! We go off on 10 tangents in 5 minutes and we barely talk about the movie. So with the bits you can string together, we hope you have a lovely listening experience as we talk about Some Like It Hot (1959) dir. Billy Wilder.

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Another Wednesday recording, meaning another Wednesday Energy Episode, and this one is fueled by our complicated relationship with Marvel. Pair this episode with our Thor: Ragnarok episode from last year for the ultimate whiplash experience.

Today's episode is all about the early noughties classic and everyone's not-like-other-girls champion Amélie (2001) dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet and by extension about the MORTIFYING ORDEAL OF BEING KNOWN. We get knee deep in Shrek's psyche and reveal some dark secrets of our own teenage years.

Happy Tuesday, folks! Today Riina and Mari dive into the wonderful world of Treasure Planet (2002) dir. Clements & Musker. We would like to remind you all that we are an ANTI-DISNEY PODCAST despite what you may hear on today's episode.

Like the name cleeearly suggests, this episode discusses Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) dir. Mel Stuart and the nature of this podcast changes immediately to WE ARE GENE WILDER STANS FIRST AND HUMANS SECOND. Proceed.

This week on SiU, we talk about immortality, Owen Wilson's best role and horse girls. You know what that means-- we watched Night at the Museum!