Episode 255: Obsession, The Christophers

This week, we salt our margarita rims for PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 (05:18), get stoic up North with THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD (26:39) and buddy up for Cold War comedy MAYDAY (41:01). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:00:04), we ask: should we judge a movie by its trailer?Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE picks (56:35) are IN THE GREY and THE GENTLEMEN SEASON TWO. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book hereBuy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram.Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network.CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠. Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, we get a sexual education with Jane Schoenbrun’s surrealist meta-slasher TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA (03:59) and Gregg Araki’s BDSM comedy I WANT YOUR SEX (24:20), while we go to court with the movie Warner Bros. tried to kill, COYOTE VS. ACME (44:34). Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (56:27) picks are THE DOG STARS and STOP! THAT! TRAIN! Plus, in our HOT TAKE (59:57), is ALI G a racist stereotype to be left in the past? If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book hereBuy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram.Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network.CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠. Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, we check out Anthony Bourdain biopic TONY (05:14), enter a high society world of absurdity in LADY (22:02) and grapple with identity in BOUCHRA (34:21).Plus, in our HOT TAKE (50:36), with the arrival of THE END OF OAK STREET we ask: is the disaster movie back?Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (47:01) picks are PRESIDENT CURTIS and OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book hereBuy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram.Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network.CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠. Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, we swing back into the world of Tom Holland's friendly neighbourhood spider with the release of SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (04:04) and take a look at Imran Perretta's feature debut ISH (34:43).Plus, in our HOT TAKE (49:23), we delve into the big reveals in HALL H at San Diego Comic Con. Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (52:45) picks are THE VAMPIRE LESTAT and THE ORESTEIAIf you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book hereBuy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram.Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network.CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠. Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, Hanna speaks to Himesh Patel and John Leguizamo about their roles in the movie of the summer, Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY (08:00), while we review his take on the Homeric epic (21:51) alongside Sébastien Vaniček’s all-out Deadite horror EVIL DEAD BURN (53:08). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:09:33), we talk full spoilers so we can go even deeper into Nolan’s vision for THE ODYSSEY. Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (01: 05: 30) picks are READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME and X-MEN ‘97. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book hereBuy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram.Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network.CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠. Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, Hanna speaks to J. K. Simmons and Tom Brittney about their new Hell's Kitchen crime drama THE WESTIES (02:42), while we review THE INVITE (14:39) and ROSEBUSH PRUNING (27:18). Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE (39:07) picks are NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE and SHOOT THE PEOPLE. Plus, in our HOT TAKE (41:52), in light of MOANA, should Disney declare a moratorium on live-action remakes? If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book hereBuy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram.Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network.CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠. Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, Clarisse sits down with director Pierre Coffin, co-creator and voice of the Minions, to chat MINIONS & MONSTERS (03:01). And we review TOY STORY 5 (22:54) and Sophy Romvari’s semi-autobiographical feature debut BLUE HERON (37:35). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (52:21), we talk SUPERGIRL, asking the question: has DC done right by its female characters? And in WAIT JUST A MINUTE.... we give our 60-second verdicts on THE LAST VIKING and A PRIVATE LIFE.If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book hereBuy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram.Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network.CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠. Jingles by Hanna Flint

This week, we review MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (04:20), the rebooquel SCARY MOVIE (23:52) and Steven Spielberg's latest alien encounter DISCLOSURE DAY (41:31).Our WAIT JUST A MINUTE picks (01:00:39) this week are Sara Dosa's TIME AND WATER and the Apple TV+ series CAPE FEAR. Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:03:15), with the release of OFFICE ROMANCE, we decide if Jennifer Lopez is the ultimate rom-com queen.If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠Buy Hanna’s The Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quiz Book hereBuy Clarisse's Wes Anderson: A Retrospective ⁠here⁠⁠Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram.Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network.CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.

This week, Hanna chats with Jeremy O. Harris about his new film with Peter Ohs, ERUPCJA (06:39), while we review Star Wars' first big-screen film in seven years, THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU (28:37), and Alicia MacDonald's British rom-com FINDING EMILY (42:58).Plus, in our HOT TAKE (59:29), with Kane Parsons' BACKROOMS hitting cinemas, we look at the YouTubers-turned-filmmakers who are dominating the box office. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson book⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram.Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network.CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.

This week, we review dating horror OBSESSION (8:53) and Steven Soderbergh's artworld dramedy THE CHRISTOPHERS (25:07).Plus, in our HOT TAKE (46:13), we discuss Demi Moore and Peter Jackson’s defence of AI. If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza, please visit: ⁠MAP⁠Buy Clarisse's Wes Anderson book⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠Tweet us @FadetoBlackPod on Twitter or DM @FadeToBlackPodcast on Instagram.Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - it makes a difference! The Fade To Black Podcast is part of the Stripped Media Network.CLARISSE: ⁠ ⁠@clarisseloughrey⁠⁠HANNA:⁠ ⁠@hannainesflint⁠⁠Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠.