Rachel and Jenn complete their detour into Charles Bronson’s filmography with the bizarre and bombastic Death Wish 3 (1985). They killed the Giggler!!! Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod If you like t…

For this episode, Nichole dives into the messy thriller waters of 1992’s The Hand the Rock the Rocks the Cradle. Maybe not a film that wears the horror genre on its sleeve but there are twists, turns, and a couple fairly brutal kills. This episodes focuses on Solomon, the family handyman with an intellectual disability played by Ernie Hudson. No ma…

Terry and Joe are back to discuss David Cronenberg's 2012 adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel Cosmopolis. This is a challenging, occasionally unsatisfying film: the film wasn't particularly well received, though star Robert Pattinson is great. Plus: a wild cast (including a last minute antagonist), finance and tech-speak, a souped up stretch limo, an…

Rachel and Jenn hitch up their saddles and ride on out to Utah to talk about widows, outlaws, assassins, and harmonicas in Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West. You brought two pods too many. Wanna keep up with the show?@girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - …

Nichole continues to explore the theme of metal meets flesh. For this episode, she explores new film Companion, which has a couple of ideas and themes that made it a must-cover. Bodily autonomy, how and what we define as human, and who deserves agency of their own being? Yep, we’re going there. Additional Reading: Vincent D Amante. Companion (2025)…

Joe and Terry return to the world of Twin Peaks to talk about the series' most explosive episode (Part 8) which features the birth of Bob in the Trinity nuclear bomb test. Lots to discuss, including the arrival of Diane (Laura Dern), how Twin Peaks: The Return is a synthesis of all of Lynch's interests to date, and our reactions to various side cha…

Fret about hot dogs because Jenn, Gena, and Joe are discussing Todd Haynes' impeccable character piece, May December (2023). C/W: grooming and sexual abuse. Expect a lot of talk about how both Gracie (Julianne Moore) and Elizabeth (Natalie Portman) as monsters, feeling sorry for an infantilized Joe (Charles Melton), and how the film works as an ind…

Rachel takes Jenn behind enemy lines with a rebellious Army Major and his rag-tag group of convicted murderers on a death-defying mission to explore masculinity in Robert Aldrich’s The Dirty Dozen (1967). Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylG…

Let’s get a little personal, shall we? For this episode Nichole chats about 1989’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man, an experimental cult sci-fi horror film that follows the horrific nightmare and reality of man becoming metal. She watched this film after a valve replacement surgery that began her own metal mission and, as a result, the film hit a profound way…

Let's get psychologically sexy! Terry and Joe unpack David Cronenberg's historical drama featuring a trio of hot leads in Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen. Alas, there's something...lacking about this one. Plus: Knightley's accent, boring stretches, a scene-stealing Vincent Cassel, and an intriguing finale. Overall, however, …

Rachel and Jenn dig into another Bronson text and chat about kitchen timer bombs, faux love letters, and 70s spy houses in Michael Winner’s The Mechanic. Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMFiction > Rachel: @VinylGrrrl - @HalloweeniesPod, @LosersClubPod If you like…

Continuing January’s theme of “Faves from 2024,” Nichole covers arguably the most talked about horror film of the year: THE SUBSTANCE. After appearing on The Pod and the Pendulum Patreon episode on this film, Nichole is excited to explore the film with the wonderful Wes Harkness from Disabledland; this time from an explicitly disabled angle. Boy ho…

Terry and Joe return to the world of Twin Peaks: The Return, but the former is struggling with the balance of screen time given to each of the series' many, many characters. Plus: killing (or nearly killing) kids, Joe's hatred of Wally Brando, a beautiful trip with Amanda Seyfried, why Duchovny's Denise feels like drag, and enjoying the musical act…

We've got what you want...but it's not an erotic thriller! To kick off 2024, Jenn, Gena and Joe check out Halina Reijn's Babygirl (2024) about a high powered female CEO who explodes her life for a sexual affair. Up for discussion: sex, power, and nudity, refuting the term "brave", defining babygirls and softboys, Romy's backstory, as well as Nicole…

Rachel and Jenn kick off the first movie of their Bronson side quest by travelling back to 1974 to talk about masculinity, cowboys, and vigilante violence in Michael Winner’s iconic Death Wish (1974). Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys Connect with your co-hosts: > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagonist, @MurderMF…

For the month of January, Nichole is chatting about a couple of her favorite horror films from 2024. First up? Tilman Singer’s incredibly strange and haunting Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens. This is definitely not a film that will hit with everyone, but the connection that forms between Gretchen, and her mute sister, Alma, is lovel…

Terry and Joe kick off 2025 with a look at David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises (2007), which reunites the director with collaborator Viggo Mortensen. We're all in on the naked bath fight, but less invested in Naomi Watts' character and the baby drama. Plus: wishing for more queer content, Viggo's subdued performance, and comparisons to A History of…

In advance of our side quest into Charles Bronson’s filmography, Rachel tells Jenn about Charles Bronson’s life and career. From his less than idyllic childhood and military service to his time in Japan and romance with actress Jill Ireland. Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @LosersClubPod, @theladykpod, @SfAntagoni…

For the final episode of 2024, Nichole is going seasonal with 2021’s French horror film, The Advent Calendar - a film that mixes fairy tale or parable vibes with the tried and true enchanted/evil object (think a Monkey’s Paw type story, but make it Christmas!) There are time-tested tropes around disability and disabled characters, but the film give…

Terry and Joe return to Twin Peaks with...well..Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). We're tackling the Showtime limited series in three "Part" (ie: episode) chunks, with discussions on returning vs new (cameo!) characters, Kyle MacLachlan's stunning three role turn, and Terry's belief that Alan Wake 2 may have secretly been based on the show. Wanna conn…

Gena, Jenn, and Joe close out another year of White Ladies in Crisis with a look at Quebecois thriller Red Rooms (2023). The Pascal Plante thriller features an unknowable female protagonist (is she a sadist? A sociopath? A Lisbeth Salander-type vigilante?) and considers society's macabre fascination with true crime. It's cold, clinical and kinda fa…

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Nuclear Man! Superman correspondent McKenzie Gerber joins us on a return mission to Metropolis as we fling atomic weapons into the sun and chat about Superman’s most stylish foe. Leave Lois alone!!! Lex's First Nuclear Man Subplot (Deleted Scenes) Wanna keep up with the show? @girlsontheboys > Jenn: @jennferatu - @Lo…

Nichole is talking about the satirical comedy meets body horror film, Sick of Myself, which has a pretty wicked view on disability and victimhood in a social media world. Do disabled folks post our hospital selfies for clout? Are we actually sick, or do we make it up for to the likes and attention? Signe is a complicated character and Nichole is ex…

Terry and Joe continue their way through Cronenberg's filmography with a look at Josh Olson's adaptation of John Wagner and Vince Locke's comic A History of Violence (2005). We're all in on this one, particularly the performances by Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello. Plus: rapey stair sex, a stacked supporting cast, gorgeous cinematography and debate…

For this episode, Nichole is going into M. Night Shyamalan territory with 2015’s The Visit. Seen as a return to form after a string of films not well-received, this film hits a lot of high notes but does something we have come to talk a bit about here on the pod: the intersection of ableism and ageism at the heart of the old people are creepy trope…