Hello, everyone! We hope you are staying safe and inside during these difficult times, as you might have heard in a commercial during this week’s episode of Survivor: Winners at War. To get it out of the way up front, Mary is still absolutely dominating the Survivor Fantasy League, and Todd is in no way upset about it. Nope. Not at all. Here’s the real question for this week: did you cry? Because this episode really wanted you to cry. Jeff didn’t even make the contestants compete to meet with their loved ones (including kids!), and the Edge-ians also got to meet their loved ones. There may or may not have been some tears shed when Mary and Todd were watching. Don’t ask who shed them; it doesn’t matter. Anyway, is there dust in this room? Let’s get on to the recap!
Read moreYou Can Finally Watch THE HUNT. But Should You?
After much controversy, multiple release dates, and a global pandemic, Blumhouse’s The Hunt is finally available to watch On Demand in your home.
Vulture has pretty comprehensive coverage of the pre-release controversy for this film over here, so if you want to read more about that, have at it. Then come back and join me when you’re ready. I will try to keep this review as spoiler free as possible.
Read moreListen to Your Heart E1: "Week One"
Mary: Welcome to Listen to Your Heart, a new Bachelor franchise show where a group of musically talented people go live in a house to find their perfect duet partner, and maybe love. Because Emily and I are social distancing along with the rest of the country, we’ve decided to recap this show because, well, why not! Join us, won’t you?
Read moreJesus Camp: Why This 2006 Documentary Is More Urgent Than Ever
I wanted to write something Easter-themed for today’s blog post, but after typing “easter,” “bunny,” and “rabbit” into all of my streaming apps and finding nothing even remotely appealing to watch, I decided to search “Jesus.” That was when I came across 2006’s Jesus Camp, which despite its acclaim, I’d never seen.
Just a couple of weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to have our country “reopened” by Easter, saying, “So, I think Easter Sunday, and you'll have packed churches all over our country. I think it would be a beautiful time.” Watching Jesus Camp for the first time in 2020, I was surprised by how much the film resonates with the current moment, especially when it comes to the role Christianity plays in politics.
Read moreSurvivor S40: e09 War is Not Pretty
Hello, all! While time has become even more of an illusion than usual, we need things to anchor us during the week. Maybe you look forward to watching your church service from bed on Sunday mornings, or you are watching Devs (the next Othersode) and you can’t wait for each Thursday, or maybe you are a big fan of Jeff Probst and those wacky castaways, and so each Wednesday you sit down to watch Survivor. Well then welcome, because we are here to recap this episode, which was especially wild, even by Survivor’s standards.
Read moreThe Bachelor Presents: Listen To Your Heart - First Impressions
When The Bachelor announced the spin-off Listen to Your Heart, no one knew we’d be where we are for its air date mid-April.
We’re all stuck in our houses. We’ve learned The Bachelorette has been indefinitely postponed so we’re not quite sure when we’ll be getting the next season. Where does that leave us? Bored and hungry for mindless reality tv. Enter Listen to Your Heart: a television show a lot of us were not planning to watch. But now suddenly the tides have turned, and here we are. Not only watching the show but recapping it.
Yes, that’s right. Mary and Emily will be recapping this show. We don’t know anything about it. We don’t know the format. We don’t know what the premise is, really, aside from people falling in love and playing music together. But we’re going to give you our first impressions of the cast members anyway. Here we go!
Read moreWhy Animal Crossing is the Perfect Quarantine Escape
Nintendo’s Animal Crossing has charmed gamers since 2001, when the first installment was released. Created by Katsuya Eguchi (who also had a hand in such cute games as Yoshi’s Story), each game in the series lets the player create an avatar to represent themselves in a world filled with anthropomorphic, cute animals. Responsible for maintaining the town and keeping residents happy, the player must make friends with the various residents of the town, who are free to move in and out as they please. The attraction of the game comes from a collector mentality; the player can choose to work on a museum that collects the various fish, bugs, and fossils available throughout the game.
Read moreRevisiting The Visit: They're Old, It Just Be Like That Sometimes
Why are Kelli and Emily revisiting The Visit? No one’s sure. It’s a weird time. But spoilers to follow.
Emily: So it's a very special time in our history. It's the 4 Year, 6 Month, and 25 Day Anniversary of the theatrical release of The Visit by M Knight Shyamalan. For those of you who forgot this movie, how dare you, but also, here’s a quick summary: “Becca and Tyler plan a week-long stay at their grandparents' place, whom they have never seen. Little do they know that their visit will be the most terrifying experience of their lives.” And the trailer.
Kelli: I had to pour another glass of wine for this. Anyway, I don't remember why we decided to talk about this movie. I think you said something like "we should watch The Visit," and I was like, "oh yeah, we should," and then we were like, "Revisiting The Visit, that's funny!" And here we are.
Emily: It's been a long couple of weeks.
Read moreTiger King: "Animal People Are Nuts, Man"
Hey, all you cool cats and kittens.
The new Netflix documentary Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness follows several figures in the world of big cats, but it particularly focuses on Joe Exotic (or Joe Maldonado-Passage) and Carole Baskin. These two figures work against each other, with Baskin taking the side of big cat preservation (with the goal of eventually having no big cats in private captivity), while Exotic wants to continue to breed and raise big cats at his small and privately owned zoo in Oklahoma. Things turn sour when Joe Exotic is tried for attempting to take a hit out on Baskin; however, the documentary itself covers so much more than that case. Susan and Mary are trying to parse through what they’ve seen, and boy, did they see a lot. Spoilers for Tiger King to follow.
Read moreSurvivor S40: e8 "This is Where the Battle Begins"
Well, we made it, everyone. The Merge is here, and one player returns from The Edge. Admittedly, not a person that either Mary or Todd hoped would return (c’mon, Rob or Yul!), but still. Tyson’s back. Sandra is still gone, and one more player is headed to the Edge. Ready to find out what Mary and Todd have to say about all of this? Then you are in the right place.
Also, not that it matters, but Mary is still winning the fantasy Survivor league by a hefty margin. Whatever.
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