Mixed Bag

83 - Mona Lisa Smile

As we begin a round of personal picks, Matt has chosen a genre the likes of which we haven't glimpsed in many a year, we take you back to 2003 with Mona Lisa Smile.

Featuring an incredibly stacked cast including Julia Roberts, Julia Stiles, Kristen Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marcia Gay Harden, Mona Lisa Smile follows the story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women’s private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.

IN A WORLD THAT TOLD THEM HOW TO THINK, SHE SHOWED THEM HOW TO LIVE

Will Cass, James and Matt find inspiration in this art history teacher? Will be standing on our desks saying O Katherine, my Katherine? Or is this a case of Mona Lisa Frown?

82 - Casper ft Mike Bryant

🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃

That's right, it's the spooky season again and we've invited the foe of the podcast Mike Bryant back to talk about 90s nostalgia 'Casper' (1995) starring Bull Pullman and Christina Ricci!

Afterlife therapist Dr. James Harvey and his daughter Kat move into an old mansion, and soon Kat meets Casper, the ghost of a young boy who’s “the friendliest ghost you know.” But not so friendly are Casper’s uncles–Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie–who are determined to drive all “fleshies” away. (Sourced from Letterboxd)

Go back to the 90s and relive the questionable cameos from Mel Gibson and Clint Eastwood(??), the soundstage sets and debate whether Casper's behaviour is sweet or creepy. All this and a Lazarus machine in our latest spooooky episode!

81 - Don’t Worry Darling

No need for a spit-take! You read that correctly, it's our Don't Worry Darling episode.

We're getting into the (miss) Flo of the 2022 blockbusters with this special episode, covering the controversy-ridden psychological thriller starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles and directed by Olivia Wilde.

A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding disturbing secrets.

Is this movie all Styles and no substance? How truly Wilde does it get? Are we Pine-ing for more? Find out whether Cass, Matt and James are worrying or in wonder right now.

80 - A Day at the Races

It's our final episode of You Must Remember Mixed and we've got some zany brothers to send us off!

That's right, It's the Marx Bros' A Day at the Races (1937) (we incorrectly attribute it to '35 in the ep, our bad!)

Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy’s farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don’t know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.

Does Cassandra's childhood favourite hold up on inspection? What the hell is the plot? Is James going to be chill with so many rogue horses? All this and more in our final look in the series.

Whatever we land on for A Day at the Races, check out some old movies and Don't Worry Darlings, we'll be back with something new very soon!

Quick Mix 2 - The Quick and the Mixed

With Matt away, Cass and James will play!

The Quick Mix returns for a significantly shorter episode where we discuss See How They Run, The Amazing Race, The Devil and the Dark Water, The Terror and I'm Glad My Mom Died.

We'll all be back next week for a full episode on our final entry of You Must Remember Mixed.

79 - Gentleman’s Agreement

You Must Remember Mixed continues with the 1947's Best Picture winner Gentleman's Agreement!

A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism. This super yikes premise stars Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and John Garfield. Will the well-meaning 40s film hold up or be horribly dated? Directed by Elia Kazan (On The Waterfront, Streetcar Named Desire), join Matt, Cass and James as they continue to travel back through time and see the mixed entries from the 20th century.

78 - Rope

It's the first episode of 'You Must Remember Mixed' our season of looking back into the 20th century and picking some mixed bags from Old Hollywood!

Kicking off our series is the 1948 film Rope, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart.

Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.

Can Hitchcock make a play adaptation engaging? And what's with the filmmaking style? Is this all in one take?? Join us as we dive into the story inspired by the murderers/lovers Leopold and Loeb.

77 - Speed Racer ft Fynn Bodley-Davies

Go Speed Racer, go!

We're racing into this week with the action packed Speed Racer (2008) by The Wachowskis, selected by our new guest Fynn Bodley-Davis!

A historic flop of its release, Speed Racer took the shine off the Wachowskis when it first appeared but going back and opening the hood, there's a lot going on in this machine of metal. Is it incoherent and spluttering oil, a sleek automobile or something in between?

Join us and be pulled back into the world of 2008!

76 - Bombshell

If you're an Oscar completionist and need to see all the Academy-Award nominated performances of that year, you technically have to see Bombshell (2019)!

Featuring a star-studded cast of Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and introducing Make Up, join Matt, Cass and James as they see if this examination of the FOX news scandal is a gripping biopic or a cash grab capitalising on an important movement.

75 - Elvis

Mmm thank you veryyy muuuuch 

For your patience! Apologies that this was uploaded later than normal, we recorded ahead of schedule and then Cass and James just went off and decided to have a lovely holiday before editing and scheduling it in.

But now, without further ado, we return to the wonderful world of Baz this week with Elvis, starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, returning to his true-true origins and giving us a truly mixed bag performance.

Will we be sparkled with Bazzle Dazzle once again or is this nothing like a Baz flick, and will we be left crying all the time?