Movie Review: Fresh

This week on End Credits, we’ve got an appetite. Under the themes of food and desire, we will review a movie that checks both of those boxes in the new film Fresh, which is is now streaming on Disney+. Before that, we will pay tribute a Hollywood actor whose decided to take his final bow and retire even though is production output has never been higher.

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

Movie Review: Turning Red

This week on End Credits, we’re growing up! Not really. In fact you could say that we’re embracing the kid stuff given the fact that this week’s review is fresh out of the Disney/Pixar myth-making machine. We’re going to review Turning Red on Disney+, and along with that we will talk about some of our favourite coming-of-age movies that you can stream in other places.

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

We Don't Need a Pandemic to Justify our Escapism

Candice and Steph discuss whether antiheroes, reluctant heroes, or very good heroes are the best to tell stories about. 

And then they get into trying to decide what makes fantasy fantasy.

Basically the title says it all "We don't need a pandemic to justify our escapism" and Candice and Steph say read it all, watch it all, whatever makes you happy.

Books

Wizard and Glass: Dark Tower IV by Stephen King

Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (coming back to print in May 2022)

What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J.A. Chancy

Xenogenesis Series by Octavia E. Butler

Movies

Licorice Pizza playing March 13 - 17

West Side Story playing March 13 - 17

Full schedule

The Batman, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, Guardians of the Galaxy, Abbot Elementary, iZombie

Timestamps

3:30 Cinema Update

8:26 The future of movie watching, and Cats the Musical, The Movie.

15:45 The Batman, and our opinions, having not seen the film.

20:30 Heroes and chosen family

26:25 Reading and watching the lighter fare

36:22 The Stephen King Re-read Update

42:00 What makes fantasy fantasy?

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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.

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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.

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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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