The first in our Anniversary exploration of the vampire movies of 1979 (all 8 of them). First up is the 1979 adaptation of the Dracula theater play staring Frank Langella. Which we loved, obviously. Sexy, romantic, gothic, horrorific, and just the right about of campy silliness (unintended). The review I reference is here: 1979 New York Times Review There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in betwee...
Nov 10, 2023•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 118
We attempt and mostly succeed at a spoiler free discussion to sell you, dear Listener, on reading the four novellas that make up "Our Vitreous Womb" by Haldane B Doyle Find links to buy them here: https://haldanebdoyle.com/ There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen ...
Nov 10, 2023•52 min•Ep. 117
Had a super great time chatting with Mike Kuciak from Blast Furnace Media about his two currently available horror movies, "From the Shadows" and "Death Metal". Find more about his merch here: https://deathmetalhorrormovie.com/ More about From the Shadows here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14208454/ Find him on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/blastfurnacemedia/ Find them on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWe-HHgjXIZ7LXem9ymTQ7Q Support Cool Movies! There's more from the S...
Nov 03, 2023•45 min•Ep. 115
"Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood-drinkers, is smart and beautiful - and very dangerous. Domingo is mesmerised." There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It...
Oct 31, 2023•43 min•Ep. 114
The next installment in our long form Dune series. In this episode we discuss the sequel to Dune, Dune: Messiah. If you've heard it's no bueno and to just stop at Dune, don't listen to that noise. Frank Herbert wrote parts of Messiah and Children of Dune before he ever wrote the first book. You can't understand Dune completely unless you understand that the first three books are really a play in three acts. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah d...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 113
"Underwater (2020)" - A crew of oceanic researchers working for a deep sea drilling company try to get to safety after a mysterious earthquake devastates their deepwater research and drilling facility located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Director William Eubank Writers Brian Duffield Adam Cozad Stars Kristen Stewart Vincent Cassel Mamoudou Athie There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in be...
Oct 20, 2023•58 min•Ep. 112
"On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness - only to find himself in a waking nightmare. Director William Eubank Writers Carlyle Eubank William Eubank David Frigerio Stars Brenton Thwaites Olivia Cooke Beau Knapp There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's lik...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 111
We discuss another fun Indie or "TFA" movie funded entirely by the band Angels and Airwaves. This movie rocked ;). There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Sheath, Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast Love Movies, TV Shows and Books in the Fantasy, Scifi, and...
Oct 06, 2023•53 min•Ep. 110
And Indie gem streaming on Amazon. It deserves so much love for doing our favorite thing in the world. Taking our expectations and turning them into something we didn't even know we needed but are grateful for nonetheless. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen n...
Sep 29, 2023•52 min•Ep. 108
We discuss the surprisingly masterful book by Exurb1a called "Geometry for Ocelots". There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Sheath, Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast Love Movies, TV Shows and Books in the Fantasy, Scifi, and Horror genre and want to hear...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 109
Syfy (Then 'SciFI' ) took on this audacious mini series adaptation in 2000 and, in our opinion, absolutely nailed it. Broken into three 1.5+ hour segments that mirror the three parts of the book but with essential, and totally perfect, changes. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in po...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 106
We got so excited about this book that we talked about it when we were only 25% into it! If you haven't started yet, get on it. This book is a WILD RIDE. Spoilers for the first 25% of the book and for Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podca...
Sep 20, 2023•44 min•Ep. 107
Syfy (Then 'SciFI' ) took on this audacious mini series adaptation in 2000 and, in our opinion, absolutely nailed it. Broken into three 1.5+ hour segments that mirror the three parts of the book but with essential, and totally perfect, changes. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in po...
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 105
Syfy (Then 'SciFI' ) took on this audacious mini series adaptation in 2000 and, in our opinion, absolutely nailed it. Broken into three 1.5+ hour segments that mirror the three parts of the book but with essential, and totally perfect, changes. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in po...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 104
We discuss the epic length, dubious quality (but we love it anyway) first attempt at a big screen Dune adaptation. How about you? Do you love this movie or just love to hate it? I'm sure you can still visit the set. Bet the tire fires are still burning. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends ...
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 103
Our review of BAD BLOOD, the first book in the Double Dead / Bad Blood duology. Our August book club episode! Enjoy! (Stay tuned after the episode for "Minecraft with Amos") There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Sheath, Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 102
Our review of Double Dead, the first book in the Double Dead / Bad Blood duology. Our August book club episode! Enjoy! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Sheath, Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast Love Movies, TV Shows and Books in the Fantasy, Scifi,...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 101
We discuss the documentary about the Dune adaptation that could have been and it's lasting impact on sci-fi movies as a whole. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Sheath, Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast Love Movies, TV Shows and Books in the Fantasy...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 100
Dune by Frank Herbert - Part 3 of 3 of our breakdown of the book that started it all! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Sheath, Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast Love Movies, TV Shows and Books in the Fantasy, Scifi, and Horror genre and want to hea...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 99
Seriously, we needed a Toxic Man-Bro to argue with us and Matt just didn't come through. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Sheath, Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast Love Movies, TV Shows and Books in the Fantasy, Scifi, and Horror genre and want to ...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 98
We discuss this darkly poetic and tragically comic vampire movie by the director of Old Boy. Who doesn't love a movie that isn't afraid of a bad sex scene. Maybe Matt but you'll have to listen to find out! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Shea...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 97
Dune by Frank Herbert - Part 2 of 3 of our breakdown of the book that started it all! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Sheath, Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast Love Movies, TV Shows and Books in the Fantasy, Scifi, and Horror genre and want to hea...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 96
It's time to go deep, real deep, on one of our favorite books with adaptations and that, of course, is Dune by Frank Herbert. We start this special series (one of our secret projects, secret no longer!) with part 1 of 3 of a discussion about the book that started it all. Enjoy! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat a...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 95
Our first monthly book club pick! We read Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang which is the Matt book that ever Matted. It's smart, snappy, cerebral and tragic. Spoilers abound so proceed at your own risk! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat abou...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 94
A fun exploration of two movies with deceptively different approaches to the zombie movie medium. We discuss the inconsistent tension mess of World War Z and the unintelligent brilliance of Shaun of the Dead and how it relates to the blatant nostalgia grab of seemingly every movie recently released in theaters. Rambling, some might say, shambolic commentary as always. Enjoy! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 93
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8908.World_War_Z Definitely one of our favorite if not THE FAVORITE of the zombie books we've read. The shear amount of research and thought work that had to go into this novel is astounding. Told in interview form with a unique perspective and voice for every "interview" character, this novel reads like a treatise on exactly what might happen during a world wide zombie outbreak. Are there some hopeful and optimistic parts, yes. Do we love it all the more for ...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 92
Matt thought it would be a really good idea to make Rachel watch both Robocop movies and inevitable discussion ensued! Which one did we like best and why was it the original? You'll just have to listen to find out! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Fe...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 91
Please go check out Dominic Mitchell on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/DominicMitchell Or go support his GoFundMe here: In the Flesh Season 3 There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Sheath, Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast Love Movies, TV Shows an...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 90
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