Sunday, March 3, 2024

#76 February 2024 (when we finally decide to start numbering our episodes)


Did someone say February was the shortest month? What’s that, February of 2024 is actually one day longer? Still not long enough to release the February episode in the month of February though apparently.

Books

Kick Out The Jams by Dave Marsh 

Listen by Michele Faber 

60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla 

Moon of the Turning Leaves - by Waubgeshig Rice 

Don’t be Trashy by Tara McKenna 

Under the Dome by Stephen King 

From A Buick 8 by Stephen King 

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 

Movies

Memento, Inception, Oppenheimer, Tenet, and Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan

Saltburn Trailer 

Links

60 Songs that Explain the 90s podcast

The 2024 Oscars Nominees  

Timestamps

Steph’s reading update - 01:00 

Candice’s Reading update - 08:50

Apocalypse stories - 16:00

How many answers each person needs in a story - 20:50

The Christopher Nolan rabbit hole - 31:00

Saltburn 34:00

The Oscars 38:00

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Ready for 2024


New year, same old Steph and Candice!

Books

Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig 

Wanderers & Wayward by Chuck Wendig  

Under The Dome by Stephen King  

Listen: On Music, Sound, and Us by Michel Faber 

Infused: Adventures in Tea by Henrietta Lovell

Movies

Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage 

Renfield starring Nicolas Cage 

The Killer directy by David Fincher 

Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola 

A Murder at the End of the World 

Links

Goodreads review scandal 

Please use Storygraph instead of Goodreads -  and here’s why 

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:07 - What are we reading?

37:30 - What are we watching?

47:00 - A discussion on how things are reviewed by the public and the Goodreads issue

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Monday, December 4, 2023

The Longest, Darkest Days of the Year Bring Good Cheer


It's holiday season! Busy days, dark days, but ultimately fun. Candice and Steph check in one last time for 2023 to see how reading goals are going, and what's up for the month. See you all in 2024!

Books

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew 

The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Jeff VanderMeer 

In Praise of Slow by Carl Honore 

In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Standup Comedy by Shawn Levy 

Movies

Napoleon Trailer

The ultimate Napoleon depiction - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Priscilla Trailer. Playing at Bookshelf Cinema Dec 1 - 6

Elvis Trailer

Marie Antoinette Trailer 

The Beguiled Trailer

Timestamps

00:00 -   Intro and late life athletics

08:50 - Holiday talk

14:00 - Movie talk - Napoleon, Priscilla, Elvis

26:00 - Whose stories get told, and by whom

35:00 - Book talk - 

54:00 - Outro

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Back in time for Spooky Season


We’re back for the Fall!

Summer “break” was quite busy for both Steph and Candice and extended into very busy Septembers, but we are back in time for Spooky season.

 

Special event 

November 7th at 7pm The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don’t Want To Know About Each Other book launch and conversation at the Cinema with authors Raja Khouri and Jeffrey Wilkinson

Tickets are $10 and can be bought at the bookstore.

Books

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fans 

The Colorado Kid by Stephen King 

Cell by Stephen King 

Lisey’s Story by Stephen King 

The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Jeff VanderMeer 

Movies

Nightmare Alley & Cronos by Guillermo del Toro 

Misery by Rob Reiner

Silence of the Lambs

Suspiria

ET The Extra Terrestrial 

Links

James Vs Cinema watching Suspiria (2018) for the first time - 

Timestamps

Intro and Chit Chat - 0:00 - 13:00

Summer break updates - 13:15 - 20:15

Candice’s horror movie marathon 20:30 - 28:45

What has Steph been reading 29:00 - 32:00

Candice Stephen King update 32:00 - 40:00

Musicians who change styles mid career  40:00 - 47:00

Suspiria soundtrack and movie 47:00 - 49:30

Strange tales that have become children’s stories - 49:30 - 58:14

Stephen King update redux - 58:14 - 1:00:00

Special Event announcement - 1:05:00

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Monday, July 31, 2023

The Horror Movie Recap Episode


Recorded live at Stone Roads Tavern in Hamilton at the 2023 Marshall McLuhan Podcaster Roundtable, an annual get together with a small group of personal podcasters I call friends.

In 2022 I took part in a horror movie challenge - a year later, I'm recapping some of the highlights of the movies I watched and launching this year's challenge.

Follow along at Letterboxd and check out the full list of movies I watched last year at the 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days list.


There's a new episode of 100% Candice!

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Movie Review - Polite Society

This week on End Credits, we have wedding bell blues. Well, not us necessarily, but the heroines of this week’s film do. In this episode, we watch a movie that takes us to one of those most ordinary of summer activities, going to a wedding. We’re watching Polite Society, a hit from this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Also, we’ve got another Indiana Jones to talk about.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

Monday, June 12, 2023

Love Unequivocally


Candice goes on much too long about how much the hot weather gets her down, while Steph reflects on how young people take care of each other in the hot weather and how we don't love enough.

Books

A Haunted History of Forgotten Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes 

Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie Lalonde by Julie S. Lalonde

Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham Risher 

The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King  

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar , 

On Browsing by Jason Guriel 

How To Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight For Local Economies, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future by Danny Caine 

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility edited by Rebecca Solnit 

Movies

Dirty Dancing

La Bamba

Young Guns II

Family Ties

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

Links

60 Songs That Explain the 90s Podcast 

Wonderful World of Disney Opening Themes 

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and catch up

13:30 Steph’s reading update - all about love

22:30 A sidebar about resilience, needing help and self-care

34:15 How pop culture and media can impact you for life

51:00 Candice’s Stephen King update and TBR for vacation week

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast