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A 🇵đź‡đź‡łđź‡ż podcast that reviews a mixture "halo-halo" of pop culture: movies, books and streaming shows.
Welcome to our latest podcast episode, where we take a deep dive into the fascinating world of Thermae Romae Novae! Join us as we review this anime series, which follows the adventures of Lucius Modestus, a Roman bath architect who mysteriously travels through time to modern-day Japan.
If you are a fan of history, comedy, or simply looking for an entertaining series, you'll enjoy Thermae Romae Novae.
We’re back with our favorite moral compass check. Here are interesting entries we found from the subreddit/AmItheAsshole.
We love a good whodunit movie but it seems an anti-mystery is just as fun! Opening our third season is a double review of Knives Out and its sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.Â
We unpack the last movie of Marvel Phase 4: Black Panther Wakanda Forever — from the emotional tribute for T'Challa to the future of Wakanda. Of course, it was also inevitable to talk about Namor, and his supposedly edited package, which turns out to be fake. Still, it was a good laugh.
We're trying something new on the show! For our first Pinipig episode, we have a moral compass check courtesy of the hugely-popular subreddit r/AmItheAsshole. Wanna check yours too? Give this episode a listen!
Christmas is just around the corner but not before the horror flicks season! Perhaps you'd want to consider watching (or revisiting, as in the case of Pat) a different kind of horror in the 2019 hit "Parasite" after listening to this review.
In our last installment for Miyazaki month, we deconstruct two movies that we felt best illustrate Hayao’s love for flying: "Porco Rosso” and “The Wind Rises.” Then, we discuss Miyazaki’s process and who he is in real life versus his "media persona."
For the second part of our Miyazaki special, we discuss his four movies that go beyond fantasy and adventure. "Howl's Moving Castle," "Princess Mononoke," "Castle in the Sky" and "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" feature pacifist characters and show the ugly effects of war.
We're celebrating the magic and brilliance of Hayao Miyazaki in a special three-part series this month. For our opening salvo, we have four of his most beloved children's fantasy films (or are they?)! Let's reminisce our childhood but go deeper and discuss the themes of these movies. Films: Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo, and Kiki's Delivery Service.
Patrick professes his newfound love for Star Trek, from watching the new tv show "Strange New Worlds" to bingeing "Deep Space Nine" on Netflix. Come join the discussion on Trek history and its undoubtedly important contribution in culture.
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird (a contemporary romance novel by Josie Silver) and Severance (an American sc-fi/ psychological thriller TV series) both deal with the potential side effects of escaping reality to deal with grief in very different but entertaining genres.
In our first episode of 2022 we review The Batman starring Robert Pattinson and ask if this latest reboot stands up to the great movies before it.
Resident MCU nerd Pat reviews 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' as resident noob Teena introduces "Dr. Stranger."
The Halo Halo Hour returns to discuss the latest heist movies from Netflix: Red Notice and Army of Thieves. We also watched Den of Thieves, mistaking it for Army of Thieves, and we hilariously recalled our confusing experience.
In this special episode, Halo Halo Hour invites our brother from Brisbane Australia Rahiri to discuss the day's hottest show: Netflix's Squid Game. We talk about our favourite games from the show, our most hated characters, notable themes, South Korean film/series, show theories and speculate on a potential season 2. Rahiri hosts the podcast 'What The Whakarongo' with Hunia and Pat.
It's episode 7 and time for some spicy and smutty series on Netflix to review. In the first half of this episode Pat talks about his recommendation, 'The Naked Director' about the rise of Japanese pornographic director Toru Muranishi in 1980s Japan. In the second, half Teena reviews two shows recommended to her from the Netflix algorithm 'Sex/Life' and 'Valeria'.
In our darkest episode yet we review the controversial psychological horror movie "mother!" We discuss the escalation of shocking and violent events that happen in the confusing dream-logic narrative. We also examine allegories to the bible, the human-caused destruction of the earth, and why uninvited guests are Pat's most terrifying horror movie scenario.
We go to the matresses and discuss in depth the original 1969 book The Godfather by Mario Puzo and the iconic movie trilogy by Francis Ford Coppola.
Our resident Marvel nerd reviews Black Widow, the first MCU movie of the Marvel Phase 4 and Marvel's first theatrical release since the worldwide lockdowns.
As dog lovers, we couldn't resist reading this novel by Sigrid Nunez. But her rich work is so much more than the human-canine relationship: it's about life, a not so perfect one at that.
A Filipino and a non-Filipino (well, partly) review "Trese", the Netflix original animated series based on the popular Filipino comic book series.
In our pilot episode, we discuss Zack Snyder’s latest work: Army of the Dead. We might have realized what this brilliant (debatable) director should do less in his upcoming works.