She Reads, She Watches Podcast

Episode 11: Our Top 3 February Book and Movies + Mentionables

I have discovered the world of soccer with the English Premier League and Emily is very excited about Liverpool being close to winning the league. You’ll hear our Top 3 books and movies from February. Emily checks off an iconic kid’s movie from her List of Shame and I revisit a dystopian YA book series six years later to see if it is still good.  In our Mentionables segment we talk about everything that didn’t make our top 3 lists. I watch a lot of music-themed movies and Emily dives into the magical world of Studio Ghibli movies.  We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed! You can find us online here: Podcast: @SRSWpodcast Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd  Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd, and Goodreads  As always, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode.  Timestamps Top 3 Films and Books  4:28 Ready or Not – movie  6:14 Andie MacDowell – actress 6:36 Groundhog Day – movie 6:40 Four Weddings and a Funeral – movie  6:55 Such a Fun Age – book  10:00 Mrs. Doubtfire – movie  12:40 Hook – movie  12:41 Aladdin – movie  13:52 The Priory of the Orange Tree – book  16:35 The Bone Season – book  17:35 The Invisible Man – movie  19:30 Elisabeth Moss – actor  19:58 Mad Men – TV show  21:18 Her Smell – movie  21:57 Red Rising – book  24:16 Hunger Games – book  24:18 Ender’s Game – book  24:30 Ender’s Game – movie  Mentionables 27:00 North by Northwest – movie  28:50 Narcos: Mexico Season 2 – TV show  29:30 Halt and Catch Fire – TV show  30:19 Love is Blind – TV show  32:49 Survivor: Winners at War – TV show  34:00 Wild Rose – movie  34:32 Almost Famous – movie  35:30 Sing Street – movie  36:38 High Fidelity – TV series  37:56 The Broken Circle Breakdown – movie 40:44 The Phantom Tollbooth – book  41:26 The Phantom Tollbooth – movie  42:36 Kiki’s Delivery Service – movie 44:46 My Neighbor Totoro – movie 45:10 Ponyo – movie 45:12 Spirited Away – movie 45:14 Howl’s Moving Castle – movie 46:00 Princess Mononoke – movie

Episode 10: Our Top 3 January Movies and Books + Mentionables

Emily and Amanda are here to chat about all things books, movies, and TV shows.  You’ll hear our Top 3 books and movies from January. The theme of this episode is war. Emily watched a lot of movies set during wartime and Amanda read books set during WWII and war in space. In our Mentionables segment we talk about everything that didn’t make our top 3 lists. Older movies like Almost Famous show why they are still classics while newer movies like The King won’t be remembered. We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed. You can now find us on Instagram at @SRSWpodcast! You can also find Emily and Amanda online here: Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd  Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd, and Goodreads  As always, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode.  Timestamps Top 3 Films and Books  2:33 The Phantom Tollbooth – book  3:20 Black Narcissus – movie  5:26 Deborah Kerr – actress  5:30 Jean Simmons – actress 6:00 The Storyteller’s Secret – book  7:50 Kate Morton – author  9:10 Behind the Beautiful Forevers – book  9:26 A Hidden Life – movie  10:40 Terrence Malick – director  13:30 Slaughterhouse-Five – book  18:20 1917 – movie  18:52 Band of Brothers – TV series  19:29 Roger Deakins – Cinematographer  21:30 Dean-Charles Chapman – actor  22:08 Starsight – book  Mentionables  24:28 Long Bright River – book  27:14 The King – movie  28:50 Timothée Chalamet – actor 29:30 Almost Famous – movie 30:32 Avenue 5 – TV show  31:24 Blade Runner 2049 – movie  32:45 Blade Runner The Final Cut – movie  33:30 Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist – TV show  35:46 Rosemary’s Baby – movie  36:50 Sanditon – TV series  38:46 Beasts of the Southern Wild – movie  39:12 Wendy – movie

Episode 9: Our December Book, Movie, and TV Recap + Streaming Picks

Emily and Amanda are here to chat all things books, movies, and TV shows.  You’ll hear our Top 3 books and movies we enjoyed in December. We had a lot of opinions about the new Little Women movie! Next, we spill the beans on a few shows and movies that didn’t make our Top 3 lists in our Mentionables segment. Neither of us have finished watching The Irishman.  Our streaming picks for HULU, Amazon Prime, and Netflix will help you from endlessly scrolling trying to find something to watch at home. Emily has great dramatic movie picks and Amanda discusses her favorite comedies. Our Must Watch movie is a classic that shouldn’t be missed and our Must Read Book is about a sarcastic droid that only wants to binge-watch its shows. We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed! You can find us online here: Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd  Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd, and Goodreads  As always, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode.  Top 3 Films and Books  1:45 Ford v Ferrari – movie 2:37 Christian Bale – actor  2:49 Noah Jupe – actor 3:38 The Lager Queen of Minnesota – book  5:45 2019 Little Women – movie  6:15 1994 Little Women – movie  7:00 Saoirse Ronan – actor  7:03 Florence Pugh – actor  7:38 Eliza Scanlin – actor  9:48 Laura Dern – actor  11:15 Black Widow – movie  11:30 Midsommer – movie  15:15 His Majesty’s Dragon – book  16:42 Spinning Silver – book  16:43 Uprooted – book  17:56 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – movie  21:10 John Williams – composer  23:50 Star Wars: The Force Awakens – movie  25:20 Onward – movie  25:21 1917 – movie  25:56 In The Heights – movie  26:18 Music to My Years – book  Mentionables  29:30 Honey Boy – movie  30:28 Shia LeBouf – actor  30:42 White Dragon – TV series  31:29 It’s a Wonderful Life – movie  32:15 The Nightmare Before Christmas – movie  32:52 The Witcher – TV series  33:58 Henry Cavill – actor  33:59 – The Count of Monte Cristo – movie  34:10 The Irishman – movie  34:50 Goodfellas – movie  35:15 Mad Max: Fury Road – movie  36:39 John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch – tv show Streaming Picks  38:40 Wild Rose – movie  40:01 The Bold Type – TV show  41:45 You Were Never Really Here – movie  43:22 Walk the Line – movie 43:30 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – TV show 45:30 Marriage Story – movie 47:38 Scarlett Johansson – actor  47:39 Lost In The Translation – movie  48:56 Cristela Alonzo: Lower Classy – comedy special  49:24 Seth Meyer’s Lobby Baby – comedy special Must Read and Must Watch  50:50 1994 Little Women – movie  52:53 All Systems Red – book

Episode 08: Our November Book & Film Recap + Streaming Picks

Emily and Amanda are here to chat all things books, movies, and TV shows.  You’ll hear our Top 3 books and films/TV shows we enjoyed in November. Next, we spill the beans on a few things that didn’t make our Top 3 lists in our Mentionables segment.  Our streaming picks for HULU, Amazon Prime, and Netflix will help you from endlessly scrolling trying to find something to watch at home. If you love a good Rom Com, then you definitely want to tune in!   Our Must Watch movie is an approachable Western everyone should watch and our Must Read Book is a delightful, imaginative fantasy with a gorgeous cover.   We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed! You can find us online here: Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd  Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd, and Goodreads  As always, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode.  Books, TV shows, and Films 1:54 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – movie 3:22 Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – movie 3:57 The Americans – TV show 4:10 Jennifer Garner – actor 4:30 Cate Blanchett – actor 4:59 One Day in December – book 5:49 HULU’s Four Weddings and a Funeral – TV miniseries 8:04 Parasite – movie 10:34 Hunt for the Wilderpeople – movie 10:47 The Starless Sea – book 10:55 The Night Circus – book 12:53 The Mandalorian – TV show 13:12 Star Wars – movies 17:10 24 – TV show 17:42 Mad Men – TV Show 18:22 Pumpkinheads – book Mentionables 20:40 Frozen II – movie 21:40 How to Train Your Dragon – movie 24:22 Rocky – movie 25:12 Creed – movie 25:16 Mary Queen of Scots – movie 27:00 Good Omens – TV Show 27:48 Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy – movie 28:00 Last Christmas – movie 28:13 The Family Stone – movie 29:28 The Knight Before Christmas – movie 30:40 Crazy Stupid Love – movie Streaming Picks Hulu 31:52 Veronica Mars – TV show 33:30 Younger – TV show Amazon Prime 35:00 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – movie 35:12 The Florida Project – movie 36:50 You’ve Got Mail – movie Netflix 38:48 Room – movie 40:14 Little Things – TV show Must Watch & Must Read 41:43: True Grit (2010) – movie 42:32 Roger Deakins – cinematographer 43:22 The Ten Thousand Doors of January – book 45:47 Jared Harris – actor

Episode 07: Our October Book & Film Recap + Streaming Picks + Aliens

Emily and Amanda want to help you spend your entertainment time wisely. Episode 7 is chock full of great books, TV, and film suggestions!  First we share our Top 3 books and films from the month of October. In our Mentionables segment we dish on why a few things didn’t make our top 3 lists. *cough* HULU’s Four Weddings and a Funeral isn’t great.  We’ve added a new segment to the show! Can’t make it to a movie theater? Then you’ll want to tune in to our top picks from the streaming apps HULU, Amazon Prime, and Netflix.  At the end of the episode both our Must Read Book and a Must Watch suggestions share an alien theme.  We’d love to hear what you think about what we discussed! If you have a suggestion you would like for us to read or watch you can share them with us online. You can comment below or find us online. Emily: Twitter and Letterboxd  Amanda: Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd, and Goodreads  Thank you for listening! Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book, TV show, and film we mentioned in this episode.  Books, TV shows, and Films 2:19 Prisoners – movie 4:18 Blade Runner 2049 – movie 5:10 Children of Blood and Bone – book 6:50 Children of Virtue and Vengeance – book 8:10 Transit – movie 10:05 Beartown – book 11:34 A Man Called Ove – book 12:45 Jojo Rabbit – movie 13:37 Hunt for the Wilderpeople – movie 18:38 Foundryside – book 20:09 The Maze Runner – book 20:24 Battlestar Galactica – TV show Mentionables 21:09 Stoker – movie 22:19 HULU’s Four Weddings and a Funeral – miniseries 22:50 Knotting Hill, Love Actually, About Time, Richard Curtis 24:10 The Shining – movie 24:43 Doctor Sleep – movie 25:42 Psycho – movie 24:59 Ready Player One – movie 25:57 The Terminator – movie 26:55 Star Wars Ep I,II, IX – movie 28:20 Binge Mode Star Wars Podcast 29:50 Crashing – TV Show 30:05 Fleabag Season 2 – TV Show Streaming Picks 31:40 Parks and Rec – TV Show 31:47 Alan Sepinwall’s Streaming Wars Article 32:20 Minding the Gap – HULU 33:38 Brooklyn 99 – HULU 35:05 Friday Night Lights – Prime 35:24 Parenthood – TV Show 37:03 Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong – Prime 38:31 Unbelievable – Netflix 39:54 Billy on the Street – Netflix Must Read & Must Watch 42:07 Arrival – movie 44:48 Hillbilly Elegy – movie 45:22 Skyward – book Cheers!