Movie Review: Scream 5

This week on End Credits, things are getting stabby. Get the popcorn ready, sharpen your knife, and slip on your Ghostface mask, because this week we’re heading back to horror town for some more meta-textual movie commentary with Scream 5, or rather just Scream. Unfortunately, there’s also some real-life death to talk about, in this case a famous Canadian director.

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

Podcast Appearance: 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones Episode 1

This week I was excited to join my friend Oliver Rockside as he launched his new podcast 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones, all about the 30 best Star Trek episodes and the 48 not so best ones.

I'm always happy to talk about my first love, Star Trek.

Listen to the episode here.

Movie Review: Encanto

This week on End Credits, we don’t talk about Bruno. It’s like Fight Club, but in this case it’s a guy in a new movie. If you get it, you already know, because there’s a famous song about Bruno, and it’s from the new movie Encanto. We’re reviewing it this week. and before that, we will talk about some other animated movies worth checking out on the internet.

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

Time for a Fresh Start

Steph and Candice declare a new start and share highlights from 2021

Books

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraquip

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm by Robin Diangelo

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Woman that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara

Monster She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R Anderson

Hello, Habits: A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life by Fumio Sasaki

Links

Mallory O'Meara's Podcast Reading Glasses

Books Unbound Podcast and Bookmark Subscription

Events

January 25 - Lawrence Hill in conversation with Nana aba Duncan about his children's book Beatrice and Croc Harry

Feb 1 - Tara McKenna in conversation with Candice Batista about her book Don't Be Trashy

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome

02:18 Steph's update on 2021 resolutions and goals

06:20 Candice's update on 2021 goals

08:07 Update on the Stephen King re read

17:00 On musicians and writers revisiting their work

20:07 Steph's reading highlights of 2021

26:27 Candice's reading higlights of 2021

33:00 Goals for 2022

42:00 Events around the Bookshelf

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Movie Review: Best Teen Streams & Anonymously Yours

This week on End Credits, we unofficially kick off the new year by getting into some new movie reviews. Our pick this week hails from Mexico, but it has some surprisingly familiar themes if you’re a big fan of stories about teenage romance. Speaking of teenage-based drama, let’s just say this week’s show is a boon if you’re looking for something to watch in that genre!

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Movie Review: Best of 2021

This week on End Credits is the last week of the year, and you know what that means… New Year’s Party!!! For our show, the party takes the form of a list, a Best Movies of the Year list. Once again, the whole gang has come together with their carefully considered lists, and as a group we will all reveal the nearly 20 movies that sum up the cinematic story of 2021.

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

Movie Review: Hallmark Holiday Films & Tick, Tick... Boom!

This week on End Credits, we’re in the mood for love. And Christmas. For a bit of fun, we will look at some of the best offerings from that holiday movie subgenre that combines love and Christmas in one delectable package. After that, we will talk about another feel good movie new to Netflix, a musical about the difficult process to make a musical.

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