Not Another Bad Movie Podcast

I'm LATE. I know, I'm sorry. Hopefully, these recording issues won't happen if I start recording with people in-person. Anyways, Marie Trudeau joins me to discuss Christmas in Harmony. A movie I was kinda down on until Marie convinced me that this movie is actually all things considered, pretty good! 

Bubble creator Jordan Morris (@Jordan_Morris) joined me to discuss the Kristen Davis erotic thriller, Deadly Illusions. Will Megan get Dermot Mulroney's name right now that's she's seen him in two different movies? Probably still no. This episode's a fun one with lots of twists and turns! #DeadlyIllusions 

Also, did you know Bubble the narrative comedy podcast is now a graphic novel? If you haven't picked it up yet, go here!

Gillian "Gigi" Boyle and Megan Tripp discuss "Love's Last Resort" a Canadian film about a woman who has to choose between a man who's marrying someone else and her best friend's nephew played by Thomas Beaudoin AKA "Christmas Ghost." It's a funnier movie than that premise suggests, we promise.

Megan and film critic Alonso Duralde (@aduralde) discuss The Christmas Train. A movie about a romantic train ride with one wild twist! 

Tim Stevens (@Ungajje) joins me to discuss "You're So Cupid," a 2010 tween rom-com about the daughters of Cupid. It's a very silly though not entirely Cupid... I mean Stupid... movie. 

Megan and sister Dawn finally watched, "A Week Away" the longest commercial for a fictional camp the world has ever seen! 

Come... and go with me... to... Aweegaway...come...and go with me... to see teens make some friends!

Ryan Kane (@FBC_PapaMink) joins me to discuss how "Secret Obsession" could be made into a video game, and I reveal to Ryan what my Secret Obsession is: the shots Michael Moscowitz's keyboard as he plays in the garage scene of "The Princess Diaries." Those shots are to let you know that Michael wants to "live in a world where you can order M&Ms on a pizza." Otherwise, how would you react when Mia sends a pizza to his place with "SORRY" written out in M&Ms? You wouldn't get it. More details in the episode, trust me, you don't want to miss it.  

Yes, the Ryan Kane (@FBC_PapaMink) ep is 8 days late, but it is worth the wait! We discussed "Secret Obsession." After running away from an attacker Jenn is hit by a car and gets amnesia. Good thing her hubby is there 4 her, but is he all he seems? Nope! Pretty early on we figure out he isn't. We imagine this movie as an Allstate commercial, wonder why the good guys always confront the bad guys instead of just getting away from them, and discuss how the "knocking someone on the back of the head trick" is a great technique. 

What's something from your pre-teen years that's burned into your memory? For host Megan Tripp, it's the movie "The Princess Diaries," and not even the whole movie, just a few key scenes. I talk about one of those key scenes in this episode. Also, here's a link to the song, "When Did Your Heart Go Missing." 

Mary Parker joins me in watching the 1999 Lifetime Movie, "Invisible Child," about a family with a delusional mother who believes she has three children when she in fact only has two. Her husband and her elder child help with her delusion and her younger child believes in his "invisible sister." It's a tragic tale but also, strangely hilarious? 

Host emeritus of Best Acquaintances and of Media-eval, Ollie Brady, joins me to discuss the 1996 HBO movie, Rasputin. Marvel at our Alan Rickman impressions, our cold takes on the character of Severus Snape, and then go out and watch this movie on YouTube, you'll probably like it!

Ever wonder what it would be like behind-the-scenes of a Lifetime movie? Then listen to this interview with Emily Bennett of historic indie Sundance Books which was a location used in "Dear Christmas." Yes, I owe you listeners the full ep this week, but don't you want the Christmas-related bonus ep sooner rather than later?

And don't forget to patronage your own local indie bookstore! Go to Independent Bookstores | IndieBound.org to find out about indie store in your area!

Sorry this ep is late! Tim Stevens (@ungajje) joins me to discuss the #LaceyChabert #CountdownToChristmas movie, "The Christmas Waltz." Will Russian/English dancer, Roman, sweep contracts lawyer, Avery, off her feet? I mean... probably... it's a romance. We also discuss an Etsy commercial that made me cry.  

We watched On the 12th Date of Christmas. Will this surly man fall in love with this woman who LOVES corporate entertainment? Will this movie turn out to have a positive attitude towards a woman living in the big city and following her big career dreams? Will we figure out the clues to discover Chicago's hidden gems? Join @TimHulsizer and me to see if we can figure out all the clues!

Minimus Maximus (@minimusmaxim is his +18 twitter feed) joins me to discuss the #Netflix movie #HubieHalloween, a study in what works in comedy, and what doesn't. We also conjecture as to how this movie makes Netflix money. Also, here's the cat, so you don't have to watch the whole movie. 

We watched Mistletoe & Menorahs. A Jew teaches a Gentile about Hanukkah and she talks about fruitcake. @SarahIfftDecker joins me to discuss this offensive?/heartwarming? tale.

It's a real cultural exchange complete with a pitch we make to Lifetime for a St. Patrick's Day/Purim spin-off movie which I'm way more excited for than the movie we watched.  

Darren Husted (@darrenhusted) of a billion podcasts including The Social Minute (@social_minute) joins me to discuss Lifetime "thriller" Boyfriend's Deceit. Wigs and blueprint storage tubes galore in this episode. (BTW, when I mentioned my sister said that the only reason someone would date an architect is to gain access to office supplies, she was only kidding.)

Tim Stevens (@ungajje) and I discuss Death Clique. A Lifetime Original Movie, loosely based on true events. Not as silly as usual, but we have fun discussing the interesting set design choices, and other interesting choices made in this movie. 

Flophouse host, Dan McCoy (@dankmccoy) joined me to discuss "Revenge for Daddy," the Lifetime Original movie. This episode was a delight to record and even though this movie was strange, I'd say the movie itself was delightfully baffling. 

Marissa Flaxbart (@sweetvalley) joined me to talk about InstaPsycho. A movie about telling your HS bully to #suckit. And accidentally letting your friend die. The stakes really ramp up on this one!

With #Megxit in full-swing, could I resist a "Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal"? No! Fortunately, I have Tim Hulsizer (@glamcrackers on Twitter) to talk about this C+ movie. Will it make us feel anything despite being very mediocre? Maybe!

In the episode we mention the Grenfell tower fire, and the Grenfell recipe book. Each linked article is worth the read.

We also discuss the Buzzfeed article contrasting how Kate and Meghan are written about in the British press. Meghan's treatment by the press is as bad as you've heard.

Neither Sarah Ifft Decker (@sarahifftdecker) nor I know anything about science or American history. But she knows about medieval churches and I know about farts, so everyone is definitely staying in their lane this episode as we talk about the cheapest zombie movie ever made, Survivorz.

Joel Bakker (@joelabakker on twitter and instagram) and I talk about the movie, Christmas Reservations. Sorry, this episode is later in the month than it should be! Happy New Year All!

Sisters, Kathleen and Megan watched, "Appetite for Love" with college friend Katie. "Appetite for Love" is a Hallmark original. We recorded this roughly 3 years ago. That's right it's another Soundcloud oldie making its way into the main RSS feed.

"Appetite for Love" that seems more concerned about corporate law than about actual romance. Our main character comes back home to ruin an old flame's restaurant just 3 months after his father's death as if breaking his heart all those years ago wasn't bad enough. And we get to talk about the LaBelle Swamp Cabbage Festival.

I have a Patreon-only podcast called, "While You were 'Casting" which is a DVD-chapter by DVD-chapter podcast about the movie "While You were Sleeping." This is the episode about DVD Chapter 4 which I recorded with Dawn, my sister. You can donate to Not Another Bad Movie Podcast on Patreon and gain access to all the episodes of While You were 'Casting here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3435567

Sisters, Dawn and Megan watched, "Love on the Sidelines" a Hallmark original roughly 3 years ago. That's right it's another Soundcloud oldie making its way into the main RSS feed.

Will Danny Hollendaise... Holloway...Holiday...Holland ever let in Laural his personal assistant? Will Megan ever get Danny's name right? Spoiler alert, yes the two romantic leads get together and no Megan will not get his name right. 

Meghan Griffin (@MeggGriffin of megggriffin.com) joins me to discuss "Deadly Influencer." This movie is about a girl who we suspect is will be killed by her social media manager; we suspect this because her social media manager murdered the last friend whose social media she managed. Will we be influenced to give our "likes" over to this movie? Is the result of this "influence" deadly? Listen to find out!

I'm creating another podcast, "While You were 'Casting" a fan-cast about While You were Sleeping one DVD chapter per episode, one episode per week. Hope you join in all the fun at NABM Patreon Page!

John Ryan joins me again for a Lifetime murder spree of a movie, Best Friend's Betrayal. We give our hot takes on hot drinks, and John explains how the actual justice system works rather than the bizarro universe the movie takes place in where you don't have to go to trial as a person charged with a crime unless you want to. 

Neither Sarah Ifft Decker (@sarahifftdecker) nor I know anything about science or American history. But she knows about medieval churches and I know about farts, so everyone is definitely staying in their lane this episode as we talk about the cheapest zombie movie ever made, Survivorz.

Lucky duckies! You get two episodes for July, including this Christmas in July episode! Dane Fox McGraw talks with me about Canadian movie, "Falling for Christmas." This movie is about an ice skater who learns "it's never good to push too hard," and learns to fall in love with an affable-enough single dad. Both important Christmas lessons. And Dane and I swear a lot.

Ross Weisman of @KidflixPod and I talk about Stranger in the House (2015) or Stranger in the House (2016). We definitely either talked about a woman who lives with her new husband and his dead wife's ghost or a woman who is accused of murdering her step-mother. Definitely at least one of these movies is the movie we talk about. 

Tim Hulsizer (Instagram handle @glamcrackers), joins me to discuss a real goof of a movie, A Frosty Affair where a girl falls in love with a rock hard chest, I mean a man. She falls in love with a man. 

My Gal Sunday is less "Taken" and more "Taken...at your leisure." Leigh Anthony Jones of @FilmClubFaceOff podcast joins me on this wild ride of a movie based on a Mary Higgins Clark book. 

comicsverse.com and marvel.com contributor Tim Stevens (@UnGajje) comes back for another Netflix Original movie, Velvet Buzzsaw. We try to figure out if this is a horror, slasher, or satire movie, and fail to come up with an answer. 

By the way, this is the Atlantic article we reference in the episode. 

Emily Aguila and I watched The Sweetest Heart, the blandest of bakery-themed romance #hallmark ever thought up!

Movie asks: What's better for girls to play other than "bride"?

We answer: literally anything. Emily's podcasts are The World of Tomorrow and Goin' Cast, and her twitter handle is @EmilyWatches.