The Marvels are back and so are we! This week, Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) and Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) are talking all about THE MARVELS, plus a super-sized edition of What We've Been Watching Lately. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Suprem...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 316
Halloween may be over, but it's always a good time to talk about spooky movies! This week, Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) and Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) review FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S and also share our five favorite movies to watch every Halloween. PLOT SUMMARY: A troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the late shift at Freddy's won't be so easy to make it through. Directed by : Emma Tammi Written by : S...
Nov 01, 2023•59 min•Ep. 315
With the release of Martin Scorsese's latest, Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) and Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) discuss Scorsese's 21st century filmography and review KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: In the 1920s, members of the Osage Native American tribe of Osage County, Oklahoma, are murdered after oil is found on their land, a...
Oct 27, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 314
This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) explore the world of gender politics and finance with Chloe Domont's debut feature FAIR PLAY. The film is now streaming on Netflix. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a newly engaged couple's relationship to the brink. Written and ...
Oct 18, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 313
This week, @KarenMPeterson and @DerekMiranda85 are traveling down under with the new thriller THE ROYAL HOTEL. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Americans Hanna and Liv are backpacking in Australia and take a temporary live-in job in a remote Outback mining town. Soon, they find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control...
Oct 12, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 312
One of the hottest topics in media right now is artificial intelligence, so this week we're talking about it. @DerekMiranda85 and @KarenMPeterson review the new film THE CREATOR, plus share their top 5 21st century films about AI. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: As a future war between the human race and artificial intelligence rages on, ex-special forces agen...
Oct 09, 2023•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 311
Who's ready for a wicked French thriller? This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk THE ORIGIN OF EVIL (L'ORIGINE DU MAL). As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: In a luxurious seaside villa, a modest young woman finds herself in the company of a strange family: the wealthy father she's never met, his extravagant wi...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 310
We're traveling to Venice this week as Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk A HAUNTING IN VENICE. We're also sharing our top 5 films set in Venice. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a seance at a decaying, hau...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 309
School is back and so is the high school comedy! This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk BOTTOMS. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: BOTTOMS, a refreshingly unique raunchy comedy, focuses on two girls, PJ and Josie, who start a fight club as a way to lose their virginities to cheerleaders. Their bizarre plan w...
Sep 06, 2023•57 min•Ep. 308
This week is all about Academy Award winner, Dame Helen Mirren and her latest film. Join Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) as we sit down to talk GOLDA and our Top 5 Helen Mirren films. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Faced with the potential of Israel's complete destruction, Prime Minister Golda Meir must navigate overwhelming...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 307
There are a lot of alien invasion movies out there, but none quite like this. Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: In a near-future in which an alien species known as the Vuvv has taken over Earth, an aspiring teenage artist and his girlfriend hatch a ...
Aug 24, 2023•58 min•Ep. 306
It's time to talk vampires! This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER, plus our top 5 vampire movies. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: The crew of the merchant ship Demeter sets sail from Carpathia to London to deliver a cargo of 50 unmarked wooden crates. However, they soon disc...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 305
Join us this week as Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) and Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) talk TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers. Their new friend, April O'Neil, helps t...
Aug 16, 2023•53 min•Ep. 304
In this episode of The Watch and Talk, Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) talk HAUNTED MANSION, plus our Top 5 ghost movies. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters. Directed by: Justin Simien Written by: Katie Dippol...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 303
It's here! This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER, otherwise known as BARBENHEIMER. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. Time stamps for both films are included below. PLOT SUMMARY: BARBIE Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. Howe...
Jul 26, 2023•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 302
A sequel we've been waiting five years for, this week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE. We also share what we've been watching lately, plus a bit of talk about the 2023 Emmy nominations. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part O...
Jul 13, 2023•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 301
This week we are celebrating our 300th regular podcast episode with a look back at The Watch and Talk through the years. Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) and Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) welcome back the man who started it all, Dylan Schuck (@TheDylanSchuck) for a look back our favorite W&T episodes. And then, Derek and Karen talk the Indiana Jones franchise and review INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY. PLOT SUMMARY Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a le...
Jul 05, 2023•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 300
This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk ASTEROID CITY. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: World-changing events spectacularly disrupt the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention in an American desert town circa 1955. *Clip from ASTEROID CITY courtesy of Focus Features. @TheWatchAndTalk (Twitter/...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 299
This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk ELEMENTAL. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: In a city where fire, water, land, and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common. *Clip from ELEMENTAL courtesy of Disney/P...
Jun 21, 2023•56 min•Ep. 298
This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Optimus Prime and the Autobots take on their biggest challenge yet. When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, they must team up with a powerful faction of Transformers known as ...
Jun 19, 2023•46 min•Ep. 297
This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its ve...
Jun 19, 2023•56 min•Ep. 296
This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk all about the series finales of THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, SUCCESSION, BARRY, and TED LASSO. This episode is 100% SPOILER FILLED, so proceed with caution. The time stamps below show when we discuss each show so you can skip to the ones you are ready to hear. TIME STAMPS: 02:45 - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 11:55 - Succession 28:15 - Barry 44:55 - Ted Lasso @TheWatchAndTalk (Twitter/Instagram) Facebook.com...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 295
This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk THE LITTLE MERMAID and YOU HURT MY FEELINGS. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: YOU HURT MY FEELINGS A novelist's long-standing marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband give his honest reaction to her latest book. *Clip from THE LITTLE MERMAID courtesy...
May 31, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 294
This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk FAST X. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they must confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced. Fueled by revenge, a terrifyi...
May 30, 2023•54 min•Ep. 293
This week Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill must rally his team to defend the universe and protect one of their own. If the mission is not completely successful, it could lead to the end of the Gua...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 292
Support the show! www.Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk POLITE SOCIETY. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: A martial artist-in-training believes she must save her older sister from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, she tries to pull off the most ...
May 03, 2023•59 min•Ep. 291
This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk BEAU IS AFRAID. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother. *Clip from BEAU IS AFRAID courtesy of A24 Support the show! www.Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk @TheWatchAndTalk (Twitter/Instagram) Facebook.com/TheWatchA...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 290
Support the show! www.Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk RENFIELD. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Having grown sick and tired of his centuries decades as Dracula’s lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially...
Apr 19, 2023•50 min•Ep. 289
Support the show! www.Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk what we've been watching lately, including AIR, TETRIS, JOHN WICK CHAPTER 4, SUPER MARIO BROS., and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES. We're also diving into a spoilery discussion about SUCCESSION season 4 episode 3, "Connor's Wedding." @TheWatchAndTalk (Twitter/Instagram) Facebook.com/TheWatchAndTalk www.TheWatchAndTalk.com [email protected]...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 288
Support the show! www.Patreon.com/TheWatchAndTalk This week Karen Peterson (@karenmpeterson) & Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) sit down to talk SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS. As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review. PLOT SUMMARY: Bestowed with the powers of the gods, Billy Batson and his fellow foster kids are still learning how to juggle teenage life with their adult superhero alter ego...
Mar 23, 2023•51 min•Ep. 287
