It's everyone's favorite time of year... the time where we celebrate that birth of... Cheesy Christmas movies! I mean, I'm sure there's probably some other significance to this time of year too, but round these parts, we know that the December Holiday Season is all about the seasonal Christmas movie rom coms. And so, it's time for our annual Christmas movie special. This year, Hannah and Mav are joined by retuning guest Jackie Johnson and Sandy Eckard to talk all about this years — actually somewhat limited — crop of new streaming Christmas movie options. Or at least, there seem like there were fewer on the major services than there have in the past. BUT, what's the quality like? Join us on this week's episode to see what we thought...
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e215. Taboo Teen TV Tropes
Does it bother you when you’re watching your favorite steamy teen drama on TV and they add a formulaic subplot about two step siblings who suddenly fall in love. What about when you see a plot line where a student has an affair with their teacher or some other older adult? How about when there’s…
Excalibur #57: “For Whom the Bell Trolls!”
Excalibur #57 “For Whom the Bell Trolls!” Writers: Alan Davis and Scott Lobdell Pencils: Joe Madureira Inks: Josef Rubenstein Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Ken Lopez Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: November 1992 Not a dream, not a hoax, not a fuzzy image of Cable on a video screen asking who the heck’s calling at…
CFC: Media and the Naughty Taboo Relationship
From Mav: A lot of times our episode ideas come from one of us seeing something and then just wanting to talk about it with each other to formulate a stronger idea for ourselves. But in order to get there — at least for me — I still have to have a vague sort of…
e214. How To Make A Great Documentary! (and Why?)
Have you ever done that thing where you’re doing some work, and you toss on a Netflix documentary, just to have some background noise going. You’re not really trying to pay attention. But the next thing you know, you’re twenty minutes deep into learning about the competitive world of speed Rubik’s cube solving? And now…
Marvel Comics Presents #101-108, “Male Bonding”
Marvel Comics Presents #101-108 “Male Bonding” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencils: Gene Colon Inks: Al Williamson Colours: Kelly Corvese Letters: Michael Higgins Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: April 1992 You know that we do it together. In our case, that means podcasting about Excalibur with super-smart friends, and in Nightcrawler and Wolverine’s case, it means…
e213. Everything Everywhere in the Multiverse of VoxPopcast
If you follow the American movie landscape then you probably know that this weekend the box office has been set on fire by Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. You might also we aware that the last few weeks, we another multiverse movie, Everything Everywhere All at Once, has been making huge waves as…
Call For Comments: What makes a documentary? You can’t handle the truth.
New this week on HBOMax, The Staircase is the narrative dramatization of Netflix’s 2004 docu-series The Staircase Drunk History, An American Classic From Monica: This semester I taught my first undergraduate class. It just so happens to have been on documentary film, which probably wasn’t the thing you’d expect from VoxPopcast’s resident fashion historian. But…
Call for Comments: So Everyone Is into Multiverses Now?
From Mav: So, we’ve talked on the show before about this weird cultural moment we live in where suddenly all culture is geek culture. Cool kids now play Dungeons and Dragons, superhero movies are somehow the bulk of American box office, and the news treats today, May 4th, like it’s an actual legitimate holiday instead…
e212. Pour Some Gritty On It!
There’s no shortage of movies, TV shows, comics and other media that are “gritty reboots” of older series or property. Sometimes these are official reboots, like the reimagining of Battlestar Galactica or like Riverdale, the greatest show on television. Other times, these are conceptual reimaginings, sharing a thematic inspiration but being given the gritty treatment.…
Excalibur #56: “Things That Go Shriek in the Night”
Excalibur #56 “Things That Go Shriek in the Night” Writer and pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Mark Farmer Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Michael Heisler Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: November 1992 If you’re a superhero, you probably shouldn’t throw a party. And you especially shouldn’t throw a party where you invite the fascist dictator from…