The girls see The Batman and read their Google search history.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

The girl's log ON and go OFF about the Academy Awards, The Slap, and Lady Gaga's successful rebrand as a caregiver to aging stars.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

Rhiannon initiates an intimate Q&A about Jo's trip to LouisianaKirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

Against all odds, the girls continue to grapple with Jackass Forever.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

The girls wonder if the Jackass franchise is worthy of critical inquiry, if we will ever see hole on TV, and what has to happen to the human brain for it to want to start a podcast.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

Jo survives a nor'easter, Rhiannon ponders Courteney Cox's lips, and the girls see Scream 5Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

We're back, baby!Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

The week your heavenly hosts Jo and Rhiannon go googoo for Gaga, in general and also in writer-director-actor-singer-songwriter-Sam Elliott-impressionist Bradley Cooper's passion project: A STAR IS BORN (2018). It goes without saying that we're off the deep end, so watch as we dive into the 21st century's (first) rendition of this rich and timeless…

“It’s a passion, an emotion, it’s a fashion,” it’s: BURLESQUE (2010), the penultimate episode of our She’s So Lucky season! Naturally the movie that brought Christina Aguilera to the silver screen, Cher to musicals, and Stanley Tucci to wearing a feather boa finds Jo and Rhiannon going balls to the absolute wall discussing about this star-bedazzled…

What happens when you contractually obligate the winner (Kelly Clarkson) and runner-up (Justin Guarini) of the first season of American Idol to make a spring break musical together, you ask? Well wonder no longer, dear reader, because the answer is From Justin to Kelly (2003), a movie described by Kelly Clarkson herself as "real, real bad!" A crown…

Give yourself some bad mood bangs and button up those fuzzy cardigans and tune in to episode 5 of our season dedicated to diva debuts on-screen. Film writer Karen Janszen and Adam Shankman (dir. The Wedding Planner; Cheaper by the Dozen 2) use the dazzling writing of Nicholas Sparks (writ. The Notebook; Nights in Rodanthe) to take us on A Walk to R…

Groovy baby, yeah!!! We won't beat around the bush: episode 4 of our She's So Lucky season takes us all the way back in time to 2002 for Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter's acting DEBUT in, you guessed it, AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER, directed by Jay Roach and starring...Mike Meyers...! This episode finds your hosts rightfully unhinged as we attempt t…

Episode 3 of our She's So Lucky season all about pop stars on film finds us at a certain Crossroads (2002), starring Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning, and Kim Cattrall, directed by Tamra Davis, and written by Shonda Rhimes. In the wise words of Juliette Lewis as shouted over the wise music of Britney Spears: SIMPLER TIMES. To no one's sur…

The second installment of our She's So Lucky season is all about Mariah Carey, and somewhat about her first starring role in Glitter, a 2001 romantic musical drama directed by Vondie Curtis Hall and co-starring Da Brat, Terrence Howard, Tia Texada, and also somehow Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi! Sparing any lyrical puns about how Obsessed we continue…

And we're back! With a brand new season that's simply Obsessed, Glamorous, Fergalicious, Toxic, etc.: She's So Lucky: Pop Stars' Film Debuts! To kick things off with a pioneering film within the genre, this week's episode is on the 1992 Whitney Houston vehicle The Bodyguard, co-starring Kevin Costner as a former Secret Service agent hired to protec…

What better or more obvious choice to bookend a season all about needing to talk all about Kevin (Smith) than CLERKS II (2006), which reunited audiences with the Quick Stop crew in the new millennium. In this retrospective episode, Jo, Rhiannon, and John reflect on lessons learned, opinions hardened, and what watching seven Kevin Smith movies in ra…

This week Kevin Smith had these three Jersey girls talking about his sixth film and first foray beyond the View Askewniverse: JERSEY GIRL (2004), starring Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Jason Biggs, and, far too briefly, Jennifer Lopez. Listen along as we process this sweetie pie daddy-daughter comedy in context and contrast to everything w…

Snoochie boochies! It's episode 5 of the We Need To Talk About Kevin extravaganza/intervention/season! This week, Jo, Rhiannon, and John travel even deeper into Kevin Smith's psyche with his 2001 Jersey-to-Hollywood buddy adventure comedy JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK, starring the View Askewniverse ensemble. Join us and decide for yourself whethe…

In this, the fourth episode of Season 4: We Need to Talk About Kevin, Kevin Smith had Jo, Rhiannon, and John questioning their faith as they reckoned with his 1999 religious ~fantasy comedy~ DOGMA. This unholiest of holy romps brings Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, George Carlin, Linda Fiorentino, Janeane Garofalo, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Salma Hayek, Alan…

Welcome to the third installment of IMDbitchfest's We Need to Talk About Kevin series! Jo, Rhiannon, and New Jersey ambassador/season guest John continue their cruise through the 1990s with Kevin Smith’s third strike/film in the View Askewniverse: the notorious CHASING AMY (1997), starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee. This movie b…

In their second session of processing and deep psychoanalysis, Jo, John, and Rhiannon march their talk about Kevin straight to the mall with his 1995 "romantic buddy comedy" MALLRATS! The trio discuss emerging patterns, mall culture, suburbia, Kevin's penchant for tweeting drama, counterculture of yore, and faces old (Kevin) and new (Ben Affleck) o…

Welcome to the inaugural episode of IMDbitchfest Season 4: We Need to Talk About Kevin: The Films/Oeuvre of Kevin Smith! In this episode, Jo and Rhiannon introduce their season guest, New Jersey's own Kevin Smith sexpert John Bazley, and together the trio clocks in to get the shelves stocked and the season started with Kevin's legendary debut as a …

Presenting...our very first Listener's Choice episode, selected by our first Patreon raffle winner Dee Hylton aka Jo's mom!!! Dee slipped a very special DVD into our picnic baskets with baguettes sticking out of them: the dreamy 2001 French romantic fantasy situation Amélie (dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet)! In this episode Jo and Rhiannon look deep into t…

Jo and Rhiannon send off Season 3, 2020 the year of our lord, and their very lives in this episode vaguely about NEW YEAR'S EVIL (1980), the "new wave" slasher genre's answer to the question: are there even any horror movies about NYE? The girls toast and roast the 1980s as a whole, beg Hollywood to get a grip about tropes and stereotypes about men…

What's This, you ask? Why, This is Halloween! And Christmas! It's downright a/The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)! Jo, Rhiannon, and their three-sizes-too-small Grinch hearts let loose on some very Hot Topic(s) in this very special episode: Tim Burton, pop culture saturation, nostalgia, Disney, the "shipping" of Jack and Sally, and the persistent…

Don't bother locking those doors because this week's episode is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE! For a special You Better Watch Out "two-fer," if you will, the gals bring the original (Dir. Bob Clark, 1974) and newest (Dir. Sophia Takal, 2019) interpretations of BLACK CHRISTMAS, the sensational seasonal sorority slasher, together in conversation. This…

It's Christmas with the Krampuses! Krampi? Who cares! In this episode, Jo and Rhiannon dig deep into the velvety cloak pockets of the 2015 horror comedy Krampus, the neither holly nor especially jolly Hollywood debut of the horned and scorned man, myth, and legend himself. Join us as we roast this film o'er an open fire and unwrap the meaning of th…

Welcome to Gremlins 303: Critical Gremlins Theory! This semester, Professors Jo & Rhiannon will be covering the breakdown of The American Dream, globalization, and the ouroboros that is late capitalism, all through the lens of the 1984 horror comedy Gremlins.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

Christmas movie? Barely. Horror movie? It's a stretch. And yet, this week, Jo & Rhiannon take you into the dirty, naked heart of New York City and the infamous castles right outside its borders (you know the ones!) with the 1999 psychosexual thriller Eyes Wide Shut. This steamy puzzler has everything you could ever want: a masked sex cult, fairly t…

In the inaugural episode of You Better Watch Out, IMDbitch Fest's season of holiday horror, Jo & Rhiannon are burdened with the task of discussing the 2009 Thanksgiving slasher film Thankskilling. Have you ever seen a movie so bad you longed for the end of humanity? Have you ever microwaved a chicken bone for so long that it became soft to the touc…

Welcome to IMDbitch Fest's first Patreon Bonus Episode! This episode is public in the hopes that it entices you to reach for your chosen device, visit patreon.com/imdbitchfest, and sign up to become an official patron. In this month's bonus episode, we explore the true crime industrial complex (in which we are both actively complicit) and remind th…

In this bonus episode, Jo & Rhiannon reflect on the Y2K'Oscars, decide the best picture of the decade, and reveal their upcoming season.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

In their final episode of the Y2K'Oscars series, Jo & Rhiannon go deep into the heart of the military industrial complex. It's Capri Suns in the desert heat! It's guys doing war and wanting sons! It's beloved by critics, derided by veterans! It's The Hurt Locker, baby! (Tuesday is Election Day, so we're releasing this episode a day early. Please vo…

Are you ready for yet another casual convo about colonialism, tokenism, and the Academy? Buckle in, doggies, as we bum you (and ourselves) out about the 2008 smash-hit Slumdog Millionaire! Who invented the revolver? Whose mug is that on the American $100 bill? Are Jo & Rhiannon smart enough to win $1,000,000? Phone a friend, ask the audience - we d…

Sidle on down, saddle on up, and make your way over to west Texas, which Rhiannon, Jo, and our country's top geographers all agree is the more western side of Texas. Those saucy little media darlings the Coen brothers have produced yet another tale of the brutality of the human condition and we're here to break it down for you. Come for the Lord Fa…

Hey wiseguy, why don't you park the cah and come on down to the bah where Jo & Rhiannon are cooking up a titillating tale of cat and mouse... or should we say rat and rat? It's a Southie story and it's got everything: cahps, contrah-fuckin-ban, and a whole lot of microwprahcessahs.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

Jo & Rhiannon take forty minutes out of their busy schedules to argue an impassioned case against the bizarre cultural artifact that is Crash, 2005's so-called "Best" Picture.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

If you give a baby a million dollars...what happens? Jo & Rhiannon dive fist-first into the world of boxing to find out.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

"Two girls to rule them all, two girls to find them, two girls to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them..." Jo & Rhiannon continue their treacherous journey through the 00's with this record-breaking best picture winner that is little more than a long series of widow's peaks, chapped lips, and horse murder. Join us as we explore a fantastic…

Extra! Extra! Calling all gum-shoes and stool-pigeons! Grab your bean-shooters and a gin chickey and cozy up to the radio as Jo Hylton and Rhiannon "Charlie" Cates spin a yarn about murder, molls, and mouthpieces in 1920's Chicago. It's a catchy little number, all about burlesque, Billy Zane, the big house, and Renée Zellweger's back muscles. And d…

Jo & Rhiannon spin through a kaleidoscope of tweed, mathematics, shoddy mental illness representation and 1950's collegiate masculinity as they try to make sense of 2001's A Beautiful Mind.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

IMDbitch Fest is back with a brand new season! We're watching our way through every Best Picture winner of the "aughts," a term we both staunchly reject. First up: 2000's Gladiator, the first prestige blockbuster of the new millennium, starring baby-faced football dad Russell Crowe. Join us as we get down and dirty with the movie that is somehow sw…

Jo & Rhiannon talk Hilary Duff, monetized nostalgia, Jack in the Box, the Popeye's chicken sandwich, and the 2004 animated film Garfield, starring Bill Murray and Breckin Meyer.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

Jo & Rhiannon speak on bulk spices, Midsommar, pantyliners in the streets, and all five films of the Final Destination franchise.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

Happy birthday, America. We got you Grown Ups.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

Jo & Rhiannon talk tropical Tums, Booksmart, babysitting nightmares, and the 2012 comedy drama Magic Mike, starring Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

The girls discuss Pinocchio, the holy trinity (Rip Van Winkle, The Sandman, and Gepetto), butterfly culture, the Olympics, and the 1993 sports comedy Cool Runnings, starring Doug E. Doug and John Candy.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

In the first film festival of 2019, Jo & Rhiannon discuss all three films in Disney's Honey I Shrunk the Kids franchise. Topics include: telegrams, inventors as a sexual brand, ASMR, and Rick Moranis.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

In their 30th episode, Jo & Rhiannon take a deep dive into beer, CBD, E. coli, and the 2008 fantasy drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest

The girls talk skydiving, male butts, Natasha Lyonne, mooning culture, and the 1991 surf action thriller Point Break, starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze.Kirjoittanut IMDbitch Fest