TWISTERS SISTERS!!! Summer Catch-up Extravaganza!!

THE 2025 WATCHY AWARDS and Oscar Nominations

Well, this is awkward.....WE'RE BACK!! After a bit of a hiatus, we've returned to catch up and give you all of our burning thoughts on some of the pop culture from 2025! We're also discussing the Oscar nominations and giving out our 2025 Watchy Awards! We're so glad to be back watching up with y'all! Episode Notes 00:00 Life updates/catch up 06:57 Our thoughts on the 2025 movie year 09:07 Oscar nomination reactions 39:20 Our 2025 Watchy Awards (this coversation contains spoilers!)

2025 OSCAR PREDICTIONS!

Once again the Oscars are upon us! The 97th Annual Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, March 2 - and it has been a very twisty awards season! Without very much confidence, we are back to make our official predictions for the winners of the big show. Listen along and let us know what you agree or disagree with! Thanks for listening!    *some of the categories (ie all the shorts and documentaries) we are very much blindly guessing ;) skip ahead 10 minutes if you want to hear our educated predictions!

THE 2024 WATCHY AWARDS

We're back to wrap up the year with our Second Annual Watchy Awards! We've watched and watched and watched this year, and now it's time for our final verdicts. Listen along as we count down 5 categories and our winners from each. Thank you for listening all year long, there's more to come in 2025. Happy New Year!  Episode Notes 00:00 Introducing the Watchy Awards 03:30 Best TV Show 10:40 Best Theater Experience 17:50 Best First Time Watch 28:30 Best Performance 38:00 Top 5 Films of the year 1:12:00 Honorable Mentions (top 10) 1:21:20 Worst Movies of the Year 1:25:10 Pop Culture Honorable Mentions

TWISTERS SISTERS!!! Summer Catch-up Extravaganza!!

After a long summer's nap, we're back to yap! Welcome back to Watching Up with a much needed catch-up episode where we're discussing our summer travels, all the things we've been watching, as well as some hot pop culture takes! Thanks for listening, we're glad you're here!  Episode Notes:  0:00 - Our trip to LA and accepting our Academy Awards  8:40 - Our LA Vanderpump tour & Rachel's first Vanderpump Rules watch 15:15 - Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+, spoiler free)  20:30 - Big Brother S26 (CBS & Paramount +) 22:30 - Love Island USA (Peacock)  24:30 - The Bachelorette (ABC)  37:40 - Twisters (2024)  52:50 - Longlegs (2024) 1:01:30 - MaXXXine (2024)  1:03:55 - Fly Me to the Moon (2024) 1:07:00 - Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)  1:09:45 - Michelle & Rachel's MCU Corner (RDJ and Marvel News)

'CHALLENGERS' IS HERE!!

We're back and we're THIRSTY! This week, we've dedicated an entire episode to Luca Guadagnino's sexy, sweaty, thigh-centric new film, CHALLENGERS! Gird your loins because we're breaking down all of our favorite parts of the movie and why we think it's worth the hype! We also pick the first film year we'll be covering in our revamped Watching Up segment. Thanks for listening! NOTE: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FILM CHALLENGERS (2024)!