Watching Up
Michelle and Rachel have many things in common. They are both Tauruses, both millennials, and both share a love of movies, tv, and pop culture. Oh, and they’re also sisters! Come along for a weekly chat about the latest goings on in culture as the girls try to catch up (or watch up) on all the important media they’ve missed out on. Theme Music Title: Birds Don’t Sing Author: TV Girl Source: Free Music Archive License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Episodes
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
We're back and we're THIRSTY! This week, we've dedicated an entire episode to Luca Guadagnino's sexy, sweaty, thigh-centric new film, CHALLENGERS! Gird your loins because we're breaking down all of our favorite parts of the movie and why we think it's worth the hype! We also pick the first film year we'll be covering in our revamped Watching Up segment. Thanks for listening!
NOTE: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FILM CHALLENGERS (2024)!
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
The art gods have smiled upon us in 2024 and we have SO MUCH to catch up on. In this long awaited episode, we break down two of the biggest releases of the year so far, Denis Villenueve's Dune: Part Two and Beyonce's act ii COWBOY CARTER! We also chat about a bunch of other movies we've been watching. Interested in fire alarms during film screenings? How about Kristen Stewart's evolution? Dev Patel kicking ass? We've got something for everyone. We're glad to be back! Thanks for listening.
Episode Notes:
6:00 Dune: Part Two
16:00 Wonka
18:40 COWBOY CARTER
33:20 Love Lies Bleeding
35:40 Immaculate
39:20 Monkey Man
42:40 Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces
46:20 What's next with Watching Up
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
The Oscars are have been slowly inching closer and closer and now they're LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT away! In this ep, we're breaking down our thoughts on recent awards ceremonies, the SAG Awards and Indie Spirit Awards! Then, the time has finally come for us to lock in our final predictions for all 23 Oscar categories! Listen along to see who we're picking to take home the gold!! Enjoy!
Episode Notes:
7:28 SAG Awards Recap
14:17 Indie Spirits Recap
18:50 Oscar Predictions
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Listen along as we celebrate our first year of podding with an episode full of BS. In this free-flowing episode we discuss our lives, The best GRAMMYS telecast in awhile (including if we think the tide has turned on the era of TSwift), The Traitors S2 (Phaedra Parks supremacy), True Detective Night Country (can't tell if it is good or not), and The Bachelor (plus a guest appearance from the pod husband, Neek). Thanks for listening...for a whole year! Love ya! xoxoxo
Episode Notes:
6:45 The GRAMMYS
34:15 The Traitors S2
43:30 True Detective Night Country
47:50 The Bachelor, Joey
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
NEVERTHELESS TOM CRUISE PERSISTS!!!! Well, the nominees have been announced and as always everyone is being super normal about it. Here are the opinions you've been waiting to hear as we discuss all the snubs, victories, and lingering question marks! Grab your headphones Barbie girls. Thanks for listening!!
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Happy Awards Season to all who celebrate! This week we're recapping the 2024 Golden Globe Awards ceremony! From red carpet looks to audience PDA to monologue bombs, we're dissecting it all! And of course, we go over all of the big winners and losers of the evening, and what we think it all might mean for the rest of Awards Season. Were we happy with the outcomes? Listen to find out!
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Welcome to the first annual Watchy Awards! All year long we watched and watched and now we're discussing our best of the best. Listen along as we count down 5 categories and our winners from each. Thank you for listening all year long, there's more to come in 2024. Happy New Year!
Episode Notes:
4:15 Introducing the Watchy Awards
7:18 Best TV Show of 2023
15:25 Best Theater Experience of 2023
20:55 Best First Watch of 2023
26:00 Best Performance of 2023
31:40 Best Movie of 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
We've got a jam-packed episode this week! Catch up on all things Bachelor/ABC with us as we discuss Gerry, our Golden Bachelor and all the heart this season has been bringing us! Then we chat about an underwhelming Bachelor in Paradise season. We also go over our favorite contestants from the current season of Dancing with the Stars!
Then, as we wrap up spooky season, Michelle talks about The Fall of the House of User on Netflix (spoiler-free!) and the movie Sinister (2012) and Rachel talks about some of her favorite spooky (but not scary) movies.
We both went to see David Fincher's new thriller The Killer in theaters! The film will be available on Netflix starting November 10. We discuss the film and also rank our favorite David Fincher movies.
Finally, we chat about both of our first watches of Alien (1979). Did we love? Listen to find out!
Episode Notes:
5:45 Golden Bachelor
14:50 Bachelor in Paradise
24:20 Dancing with the Stars
34:50 Fall of the House of Usher
41:50 Rachel’s favorite spooky (not scary) movies
43:45 Sinister (2012)
47:55 The Killer & our David Fincher Rankings
57:50 Watching up: Alien (1979)
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Uhh ohh, the girlies are gushing again!! We're back for a very special SPOILER episode to discuss one of the patron saints of this podcast, Marty Scorsese! His newest film, Killers of the Flower Moon, is here and it's spectacular! We're diving into our thoughts on all aspects of the film, trying to predict its chances at the Oscars, and we also do a semi-impromptu ranking of our top 5 Scorsese films! Will this film make either of our lists? Listen to find out!!
Again - this episode contains spoilers!
Episode Notes:
2:00 General thoughts on Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
7:06 SPOILER discussion
45:37 Ranking our top 5 Scorsese films
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
We're back and have so so much to catch up on. First we talk about what we've been up to recently including some of our latest concert experiences. Then we dive into pop culture breaking news and our thoughts on the Jophie divorce, Taylor Swift's recent dominance of the front page, plus her new relationship and even count down our top 5 favorite TSwift songs as admitted non-Swifties. Then we dig into our September movie backlog! Enjoy!
Episode Notes:
6:30 Michelle’s Beyonce Renaissance Tour experience
13:00 Jonas Brothers The Tour concert experience
17:50 Thoughts on Jophie divorce
20:55 Thoughts Taylor Swift dominating pop culture news
27:10 The Travis Kelce of it all
33:25 Ranking our top 5 TSwift Songs
1:05:50 September Letterboxd Roundup