A biweekly film podcast! One Film Topic, Two Weeks, Lots of Movies, Even More Opinions!
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A podcast about the high-concept, experimental, structure-breaking gimmick episodes of TV! From musicals, to noirs, to bottle episodes and more -- we look at any television episode that breaks from its own formula in some way. Derek B. Gayle and David Arnold (and occasionally guests!) dig into a different episode of a different show across the entire TV landscape every other Monday!
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RUGRATS have a surreal fantasy about adulthood (with Danielle Weisberg)
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Rugrats: "What the Big People Do" TV writer Danielle Weisberg (The Simpsons, Krapopolis) joins us for one of the tentpole 90s Nicktoons from animation behemoth Klasky-Csupo, and its strange and scary imaginary tale about an adulthood with baby heads on adult bodies. We talk about Danielle's trajectory from being a Batman stand-in on Conan to writin…
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It's here! Our 150th episode and it's a brand new redo of our very first episode, as Kirsten Dunst finally gets the proper The Mixed Reviews treatment! From Interview With the Vampire to Civil War, from Bring It On to The Power of the Dog, from Drop Dead Gorgeous to Spider-Man and everything in between! Join us as we celebrate 150 episodes of film …
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THE O.C. has a holiday coma dream (with Louie Rendon)
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The O.C.: “The Chrismukk-Huh?” It's Chrismukkah in July! Louie Rendon of The Mixed Reviews (who's appropriately recording from his beach vacation) heads to sunny California for this teen drama's It's a Wonderful Life homage, featuring an alt-world coma dream during the holidays where Ryan (Ben McKenzie) never came to Newport Beach! We talk about th…
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Reairing: STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS traps bounty hunters in a box (with Distant Echoes)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars: "The Box" We're revisiting this early episode of Gimmicks from 2022 with new commentary! First, David talks about his own thoughts on the movie Cube and his experiences with Star Wars and The Clone Wars. Then, we present the original episode with fellow Glitterjaw friends Cass and Tommy of Distant Echoes to talk about thi…
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Reairing: LOST kills Nikki and Paulo (with Animorphing Time)
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Lost: "Exposé"We're revisiting this early episode of Gimmicks from 2022 with new commentary! First, David provides his hot takes on Nikki & Paulo, Shannon, and falling in love with Sayid, while Derek gives updates about Lost and Damon Lindelof in 2024. Then, we present the original episode where Tyler and Nate (Animorphing Time, The Bruce Campbell …
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Y'all ready to make Contact? This week, Louie and Gavin take a deep dive into the LONG long film career of this year's Pride subject (and chosen by you in this year's May Madness!) Jodie Foster! From Coppertone commercials to Academy Award winner, from Taxi Driver to Nyad, Panic Room to Freaky Friday, we cover it all! If you have any questions/comm…
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Reairing: BATMAN does a Rashomon-style cop drama (with Gavin Mevius)
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Batman: The Animated Series: "P.O.V." We're revisiting this early episode of Gimmicks from 2022 with new commentary! First, David provides his thoughts on Batman and its amazing intro, while Derek talks about his recent experience watching the show with food poisoning. Then, we present the original episode with Gavin Mevius of The Mixed Reviews to …
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Reairing: SLIDERS tells three stories about love, fate, and time (with Annie Fish)
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Sliders: "As Time Goes By" We're revisiting this early episode of Gimmicks from 2022 with new commentary! First, David provides his thoughts on Sliders and Jerry O'Connell (famously NOT our favorite Slider), while Derek is still in awe that no network has tried to reboot it. Then, we present the original episode with Annie Fish, author of the Think…
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You're just too good to be true! This week on the show, the life and films of Heath Ledger, from teen heartthrob to posthumous Oscar winner, from 10 Things I Hate About You to The Dark Knight, we cover it all! If you have any questions/comments/suggestions for the show, follow us on twitter @TheMixedReviews, like us on Facebook, e-mail us at review…
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BOB’S BURGERS tunes into a WWII spy story
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Bob's Burgers: "Radio No You Didn't" Milioti May concludes as Bob's Burgers does a paranoia thriller period piece! Cristin Milioti is unrecognizable as Bob Belcher's grandmother, the protagonist of a tense Hitchcock-style story in the 1940s that centers on a Nazi spy, a crying baby, and a very heavy old radio. We discuss how this episode plays its …
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147 - Steven Spielberg Part 2 (with guest Allegra Frank)
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Get ready for a Close Encounter of the Second Kind! The epic conclusion to our episode all about the film career of Steven Speilberg with Allegra Frank of The Daily Beast! If you have any questions/comments/suggestions for the show, follow us on twitter @TheMixedReviews, like us on Facebook, e-mail us at reviewsmixed@gmail.com, visit our Instagram …
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147 - Steven Spielberg Part 1 (with guest Allegra Frank)
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An episode of Jurassic proportions! This month on the show we're joined by Allegra Frank of The Daily Beast to deep dive into the film career of one of the world's most popular filmmakers, Steven Spielberg! From Jaws to E.T., Indiana Jones to The Fabelmans, we cover it all! An episode so epic we had to split it in two! If you have any questions/com…
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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER shows The Mother’s journey
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How I Met Your Mother: "How Your Mother Met Me" As one of the seminal sitcoms of the 2000s, CBS's HIMYM eventually had to do the impossible: introduce the titular mother that had been teased for nine years and somehow get us all to like her. This 200th episode positions The Mother as the lead character in a nine-year-long journey to learn how to lo…
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The West Wing: "17 People" In what's widely regarded as one of TV's all-time best bottle episodes, the staff of The White House stays late for two reasons: a tense confrontation in the Oval Office about the President's health, and a writers' room punch-up of Correspondents' Dinner jokes. Time to talk turn-of-the-century liberal politics with Aaron …
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DRAGON BALL Z's heroes learn to drive (with Stik Braxton)
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Dragon Ball Z: "Goku's Ordeal" (aka "License Mastery? Goku's Newest Trial") Author and Podcaster Stik Braxton returns for Akira Toriyama's hugely influential anime and one of the most famous filler episodes of all time -- the one where Goku and Piccolo try to get their driver's licenses! We discuss Toriyama's legacy, the heydey of Toonami, the stra…
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146 - Deborah Kerr (with guest Eoin Daly)
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Getting to know her, getting to know all about her! This month on the show, we're joined by the wonderful Eoin Daly to discuss the film career of six times Oscar nominee Deborah Kerr! From Black Narcissus to Tea and Sympathy, From Here to Eternity to An Affair to Remember and everything else! Don't forget, Patreon members get extended episodes! Thi…
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SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH gets addicted to pancakes
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch: "Pancake Madness" The answer to the riddle is cakes on the griddle! In this parody of Very Special Episodes and Reefer Madness, Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart) gets hooked on pancakes... and we're pretty sure it got this show a tax credit from the government! We talk about the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) an…
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AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER does a stage play (with Spencer Johnson)
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: "The Ember Island Players" Storyboard artist Spencer Johnson (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Scavenger's Reign) joins us for Nickelodeon's anime-inspired action series, and its famous recap episode where our heroes watch a theatrical production of their own adventures...and are forced to reflect on their own choices. We talk ab…
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He's the man who keeps it spinnin' 'round! This month on the show, it's all about the leader of the X-Men, James Marsden! From Disturbing Behavior to 27 Dresses, Enchanted to The Notebook, and everything in between! We cover it all, and that's Gossip! If you have any questions/comments/suggestions for the show, follow us on twitter @TheMixedReviews…
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Newsradio: "Sinking Ship" What do you do when you're a surrealist sitcom that's been treated badly by NBC and pretty sure you're about to be cancelled? Blow all the network's budget on an effects-heavy period piece! In what was famously Phil Hartman's last appearance, Newsradio parodies the recent and hugely popular Titanic film...or the trailer fo…
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ALIAS blows up its premise after the Super Bowl
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Alias: "Phase One" Just in time for the Big Game, we're covering when the classic J.J. Abrams spy thriller Alias scored the treasured Super Bowl lead out slot... and aired its wildest episode that not only demolishes its original premise and radically retools the series, but also attempts to function as a self-contained entry point for new viewers.…
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It's a new year, and this month Gavin and Louie look back at the year in film! From Barbie to Scream VI to M3gan, from Maestro to Killers of the Flower Moon, from All of Us Strangers to the Boy and the Heron and everything in between! If you have any questions/comments/suggestions for the show, follow us on twitter @TheMixedReviews, like us on Face…
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30 ROCK becomes a Real Housewives show (with Nick Coffman)
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30 Rock: "Queen of Jordan" HAM! Nick Coffman from Hard Drive and Smashing Game Time joins us for an iconic episode from the Tina Fey comedy that spotlights Angie Jordan (Sherri Shepard) and her Real Housewives-esque in-universe show, which includes lots of wine throwing, Alec Baldwin doing pratfalls and being mistaken for gay, Titus Burgess in his …
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SUPERMAN investigates the death of Clark Kent
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Superman: The Animated Series: "The Late Mr. Kent" The Big Blue Boy Scout finds himself tangled in a noir-style murder mystery when his alter-ego of Clark Kent appears to be killed! With private eye-style flashback narration, a grounded crime story with death row and a dirty cop, and a dark ironic ending worthy of Batman, this episode explores why …
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FRINGE goes on a musical noir fairy tale drug trip (with Merrilee O'Neil)
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Fringe: "Brown Betty" Merrilee O'Neil joins us for one of the strangest genre mash-ups of all time from this cult sci-fi show, where a grief-stricken mad scientist tells a fairy tale about glass hearts, singing corpses, and quantum laser knives to a child while being stoned out of his gourd. We explore this episode's surprising ties to the success …
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Time to rock around the Christmas tree! This week, we take a trip back to the 90's for a look at what Christmas films were in that decade! From Home Alone to Die Hard 2! The Santa Claus to The Preacher's Wife, we cover it all! If you have any questions/comments/suggestions for the show, follow us on twitter @TheMixedReviews, like us on Facebook, e-…
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DOCTOR WHO takes a trip to Midnight (with Hamish Steele)
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Doctor Who: "Midnight" Hamish Steele (creator of Dead End: Paranormal Park and DeadEndia) joins us for one of Doctor Who's best and scariest episodes, which uses knocking, repetition, and a tourist bus to expose the darkness of humanity. On the heels of David Tennant, Catherine Tate, and Russell T. Davies returning for the 60th anniversary, we disc…
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ANGEL gives Cordelia an alternate life
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Angel: "Birthday" It's an ode to Cordelia Chase in this It's a Wonderful Life homage, where Queen C faces certain death, is guided by an affable demon to reflect on her life choices, and finally lives the alternate life she always dreamed of as a rich and famous actress. We talk all about the weird legacy of this Buffy spin-off, including the real-…
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Futurama: "The Sting" Every TV viewer knows that even if the main character dies, things have to get back to normal somehow, right? This surreal, emotionally-charged episode explores every possibility of that premise, from dreams and hallucinations, to sci-fi resurrections, to even the show's own impending cancellation. Trippy visuals, a stellar Ka…
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This week, there is too much pepper on our paprikash! We're taking a deep look into the film career of America's Sweetheart: Meg Ryan! From When Harry Met Sally... to What Happens Later! From Sleepless in Seattle to to You've Got Mail to Kate and Leopold! From soaps to The Women, we cover it all! If you have any questions/comments/suggestions for t…
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DONNA REED does TV's first Rashomon episode
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The Donna Reed Show: "Have Fun" We're venturing back to the late 1950s for a piece of television history you may not have known about -- the first ever Rashomon-style episode! Though Donna Reed became known as the ur-example of a typical sitcom housewife, this episode shows off how modern and high-concept this series could be, as the story of Donna…
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141 - Slashers (with guest Maria Lewis)
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Have you checked the children? This week we're joined by the multitalented Maria Lewis (Screenwriter, podcaster, and author of the new slasher novel The Graveyard Shift) to take a stab at dissecting the Slasher genre! From Psycho to Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street to Scream, The Final Girls to Totally Killer! And so much more! If you have any …
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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE unnerves us with unbroken takes (with Nadia)
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The Haunting of Hill House: "Two Storms" Nadia from Inside All Day Podcast joins us for this equal parts scary and sad episode of the acclaimed Netflix adaptation of Shirley Jackson's famous novel, where horror mastermind Mike Flanagan uses ambitiously long and complex single takes spanning two time periods to depict a family haunted by both ghosts…
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SO WEIRD makes a concert out of a clip show
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So Weird: "Encore" We're starting off spooky season with one the most inventive, ingenious, and emotionally impactful uses of a clip show from So Weird, an oft-forgotten (but very good) Disney Channel original series from the Zoog Disney era! This episode features the complete set from a fictional Molly Phillips concert, with full songs sung by Mac…
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STRANGE NEW WORLDS crosses over with LOWER DECKS (with Cass Proffitt)
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: "Those Old Scientists" We're going where no TV show has gone before -- comedy cartoon characters crossing over into a serious live-action drama! Cass Proffitt of Distant Echoes joins us as the animated Boimler and Mariner (Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome) travel across time and mediums to meet Captain Pike and the Enterp…
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140 - Faye Dunaway (with guest Sophia Ciminello)
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This week, bring us the axe! We're joined by the amazing Sophia Ciminello (co-host of the Oscar Wild Podcast) to take a deeper look at the career of screen icon Faye Dunaway! From Bonnie and Clyde to Network, from Chinatown to Supergirl, we cover it all! And this is the exclusive extra long extended cut! If you have any questions/comments/suggestio…
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Community: "Digital Estate Planning" The study group plays an old school video game to help Pierce win his inheritance in this wildly ambitious episode! We talk about Titmouse's amazing animated rendering of a fake game, the perils of ironic racism, this episode's role in the infamous Dan Harmon/Chevy Chase feud that changed the show forever, and w…
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THE GOOD PLACE goes into Janet's void
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The Good Place: "Janets" You'd think "one actor in an empty space" would be a straightforward idea for an episode, but not for this forking ambitious show, which has D'Arcy Carden play every one of the human cast at the same time inside a huge white void. And it explores the philosophical concept of the self. And it has a game-changing plot twist. …
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