Required Watching
By Required Watching
Required WatchingFeb 08, 2022
76. Monster
Who says spooky season can't start early? Let's kick it off with Monster.
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75. Shiva Baby
Join us for Shiva as we break down a debut feature.
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74. Dirty Dancing
Required Watching is back!! Watch or listen week as we go through movies from around the world and see what we can take away from the film.
This week, Dirty Dancing.
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73. Mississippi Masala
A story about where we call home and the people we love.
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72. Les Miserables
A tribute to the classic yet a unique story all its own. Put your glasses on, we're still in France, BABY!
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71. Blade
Just the start of the comic book movie as we know it now.
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70. The Intouchables
We go back to France with a two-hander that spawned 5 remakes.
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69 - Tenet
Happy New Year!
You can't get rid of us that easily. We are back and we are going to start off slow with some ramblings about Tenet. Dan has finally seen it so we are able to be confused together.
Stick around. It is a new season of the show. Are there movies we should be watching? Let us know.
68. 42
In honor of the late, great Chadwick Boseman
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67. Eighth Grade
We feel the love of our chosen family.
In this episode, we cover topics including:
School Supplies!
Meeting at the bleachers
Does this all take place inside??
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66. Scent of A Woman
Don't let the loss of eyesight, make you lose sight of life...
In this episode, we cover topics including:
Does Phillip Seymour Hoffman live in all of us?
What is the status quo in private school?
If love don't cost a thing, how much are plane tickets?
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65. Short Term 12
We feel the love of our chosen family.
In this episode, we cover topics including:
- Ensemble Casts and their star making ability.
- If Captain Marvel is related to the girl from Room...
- Is Short Term 12 the pilot of Atlanta?
- And Destin Cretton's Short Term 12.
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64. Big Fish
We interview [guest name], founder of [company] and [other relevant credentials].
In this episode, we cover topics including:
- Small Fish
- The lakes and ponds we are used to
- Accents. Many an accent
- And Tim Burton's Big Fish
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63. La Haine
Nous devenons réels dans le gheto Français.
[English Subtitles]
We get real in the French ghetto.
In this episode, we cover topics including:
- Lady Marmalade
- Mines
- Gun - a single gun.
- And France's La Haine
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62. The Jerk
We get real silly.
In this episode, we cover topics including:
- Why do people have it out for all of these cans?
- Adoption
- Karate
- And Steve Martin in The Jerk
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61. The Shining
We read each other's mind and record it.
In this episode, we cover topics including:
- Children playing in hotels alone
- The black guy getting killed first and last
- Room Service
- And if you read our mind you'd know we are talking about Stephen King's The Shining
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60. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
We level up.
In this episode, we cover topics including:
- The tokens in our pocket
- Favorite Games
- A bird, a plane - Superman
- And Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
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59. Young Frankenstein
Mothers, cousins, sisters, brothers
Underwater train tracks
Mad Doctors
And Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein
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58. A Thin Blue Line
We watch interviews of people who need professional help.
In this episode, we cover topics including:
- Actors in Docs.
- Who we would hitch a ride with
- Our obsession with True Crime
- A Thin Blue Line
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57. Billy Madison
We look at a grown man go to school again without the help of his dad? Wild!
In this episode, we cover topics including:
- Eighth Grade
- Same seats
- Where to sit at lunch
- And Adam Sandlers' Billy Madison
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56. Once
Two Boys talk about a Boy and a Girl.
In this episode, we cover topics including:
- Tray's Favorite Movie
- The Magic of the non-musical
- How many times we have been robbed on the street
- And Once
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55. Midsommar
This week we catch a train with Wes Anderson.
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54. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Time for us to crack a whip, put on out ridiculous hats and examine this fossil of a movie... Controversial opinions ahead!
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53. Office Space
We talk about the thing we fear the most.
In this episode, we cover topics including:
- Going back to work.
- Losing pens
- Faking sick leave
- And Office Space
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52. What We Do In The Shadows
We look at Taika Waititi and Jermaine Clement in one of their most iconic collaborations. This film has spawned 2 TV shows and a rumor mill regarding a sequel.
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- Werewolves
- Vampires
- Zombies
- And lots more.. like, movie stuff
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51. Fantasia
An early film from Disney shows us exactly why they have lasted so long.
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50. Old Boy (2003)
This action packed Korea Drama brings it all and begs the question, "How do you live your life?" Curious? Us too.
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49. The Big Lebowski
C'mon on this wild ride with us, The Dude and his bowling homies.
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48. Kids
**Trigger Warning**
This episode of Required Watching references sexual assault from within the film.
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47. Get Out
Jordan Peele and Daniel Kaluuya collaborate for the first time in this classic horror.
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46. The Shawshank Redemption
I'll show you what's under my poster if you show me what's under yours?
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45. American Beauty
What is pretty and perfect on the outside is rotting at its core and this all American family are no exception.
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44. Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Time to get HUNGRY with a sushi chef with dreams of owning his passion and passing it down to his family.
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43. Dirty Harry
Clint Eastwood in one of his most famous roles and shots will be fired.
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42. The Darjeeling Limited
This week we catch a train with Wes Anderson.
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41. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Pranks, mischief and one well dressed man-child. Lets take a bicycle ride with Pee Wee Herman.
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40. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Humans and toons?? Yeah, we get into one of the most wild and one of a kind films of its kind. Take the ride to Toon Town with us.
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39. Three Colors: Blue
The indie darling that broke french stars into the mainstream (and indie world).
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38. Paprika
A short episode for a complicated movie. The movie that inspired Inception inspired tons of questions with us.
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37. Harold and Maude
Death and love go together like a Hearst and a Porsche. This week we talk about age gaps and the funny in a drama that is Harold and Maude.
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36. She's Gotta Have It
We get into the first Spike Lee Joint. Our second on the podcast and our first for Black History Month. So, let's do this for the culture! *Black Fist*
In this episode, we cover topics including:
- The legendary Spike Lee
- How this feels different from other Spike Lee Joints
- And lots more!
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35. Thappad (2020)
Our first venture to the cinematic world of India. Lots to uncover and much more to dig into this week.
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- The depth of Bollywood
- Societal differences in India
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34. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Another installment from Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli.
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- The serious matters of animation
- How far we have come in animation
- And lots more!
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33. Amelie
Bonjour! Today we look at croissants, France and a cute pixie-haired woman named Amelie.
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- France!
- Existentialism
- How to talk about nothing
- And lots more!
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32. Attack The Block
Oye, you lot! We start the year off with a fun 2011 banger featuring a Young John Boyega (Star Wars) and Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who).
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- Horror Comedies
- The similarities of the Cornetto Trilogy
- The social commentary of it all
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31. Seven Samurai
Are you a filmmaker or a cinephile? You MUST'VE seen this film. No? Okay, fine, let's jump into the nearly 4 hour masterpiece.
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30. Die Hard
What can we say? We love a Christmas movie.
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29. Wild At Heart
Wild is only one word to describe this high octane film starring none other than Nic Cage. Buckle up because we are going for a ride.
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28. Dune
We know you're bummed you don't get a new movie with Timothée Chalamet but cheer up! Let's talk about the original Dune in preparation for what is bound to be a explosive opening for the 2021 film.
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27. Citizen Kane
Listen, this movie has been a long time coming for us. We are happy to dig into this classic film that is at the highest of film regard.
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