·42· Mannequin


Last year we were listening to Rae Sremmurd and doing the Mannequin Challenge. Thirty years ago we were listening to Starship and watching Jonathan Switcher do the Mannequin.
FiLM is joined by special guest MC Williams of the Myths Your Teacher Hated podcast to discuss the 1987 re-telling of Pygmalion.
Join us for a healthy dose of chick-flick-nitpicks and Greek-geek-speak.

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·41· GIRLS TRIP


Is it hot in here or is it just August? If you’re looking for a breakout summer comedy that’s got everything from urinating on a crowd to bootyhole-kush to sploshing, then look no further than 2017’s Girls Trip. Oh, we should also mention it’s a remarkably grounded narrative about friendship and a powerful portrayal of black women that audiences everywhere desperately want and deserve. Ryan, Sasha, Dina, and Lisa are characters we want to spend more time with.

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·40· Frozen


Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, snow sister ❄️ 

In our first ever clean* episode, sisters Helen and Valerie talk about Disney’s 2013 Frozen. Our special “guest Matt” will melt you like an Olaf by an open fire.

*an earnest attempt to not say F**k and S**t

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·39· Snatched


Helen and Valerie are once again joined by their mother, Karen Wurl, for this belated Mother’s Day treat. The three of them, now fully recovered from the emotional trauma of watching last year’s Mother’s Day (may you rest, sweet Garry), venture to Venture Cinema to watch 2017’s comedy caper Snatched.

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·37· Bridesmaids


Here we are, week 3 of our month long Never-A-Bride spectacular. It’s a little on the nose, but we’re talking about Bridesmaids. Not as divisive as current U.S. politics, but Paul Feig manages to cause turbulence once again. That reminds me, “There’s a colonial woman on the wing, there’s something they’re not telling us!”

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