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Each week Kate Chaplin talks about a movie that has shaped her life and she'll teach you how to dissect a movie and find the life lessons hidden within.
Live from Starbase Indy, Kate Chaplin and guest Joshua Leach continue their adventures covering the Star Trek movies with Star Trek: The Search for Spock.
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Kate has been working on this episode for a while. It’s personal, it’s deep and it’s insightful. These are the universal life lesson’s Kate found in Wonder Woman.
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Kate celebrates Directed By Women Awareness Month by looking at her top 5 films directed by women that influenced her life.
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Kate dusts off the VHS copy and turns the time circuits on to talk about Back to the Future. She explains why discussing this movie in any depth gets her in trouble, as well as the 3 constants, the Crispin Glover & Bob Gale feud and she gives time travel advice.
Sources:
Legal look: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/back-future-ii-a-legal-833705
Crispin Glover on Opie & Anthony: https://youtu.be/lcG61w474zY
15 things you probably didn’t know https://youtu.be/kEjkW-xSkkk
9 things you (probably) didn’t know https://youtu.be/ksey16tAqr0
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/?ref_=nv_sr_2
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Kate & Adam Eastwood finish up this 3 part look at Star Trek TV. They dig in deep on Deep Space 9’s “The Forsaken” and Voyager’s “The Gift.” They talk about the themes of acceptance and connection.
Adam Eastwood is back and this week we’re taking on Star Trek: The Next Generation’s episode The Child, and Enterprise’s episode The Expanse. Trigger Warnings as Kate & Adam do talk about abortion, rape and September 11th in this powerful episode.
Adam Eastwood is back! Adam had such a great time talking about X-men with Kate that he proposed coming back to talk about specific TV episodes in the Star Trek universe. Today Kate and Adam dig deep into the power of illusion in the Star Trek Original Series episodes, The Cage and The Menagerie.
Mentioned in the episode:
Science of Persuasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFdCzN7RYbw
Film and Advertising Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADgGV_BS9ZU
Recommended material:
DNA Journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw7FhU-G1_Q
Race is an illusion video clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8MS6zubIaQ
Race is a social construct Scientific American:
This week Kate is joined by Jennifer Berk to talk about the messages and childhood confusion in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. They talk about the music and the dancing, explore motifs of upstairs/downstairs, father-daughter relationships, fear, and wonder just what is “an appointment” is and what being “in trouble” means. Trigger warning we do talk about abortion in this episode in the context of the movie.
Check out Jennifer Berk’s IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2439388/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Sources:
- Dirty Dancing IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092890/?ref_=nv_sr_2
- Dirty Dancing Soundtrack History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Dancing_(soundtrack)
- American Graffiti Soundtrack History:
Reunited once again Wil Derringer guests to talk about one of his top 5 must watch movies, 1957’s 12 Angry Men. Kate & Wil talk about the importance and benefits of conversation, reasonable doubt and prejudice.
To talk about the 1989 movie Heathers, Kate is joined by a certified Heather – Heather Woodcock. Kate and Heather dig into social hierarchy in and out of school, teenage years, journaling, female friendships, Veronica the hero, what they didn’t like about the movie and film theories on what would happen after the credits roll.
Kate is joined by Josh Leach to talk about the seriously under-rated Josie and the Pussycats movie from 2001. They talk about the music, the in-jokes, lead singers taking over a band, product placement, subliminal advertising and the moral of the story.
Kate talks about one of her favorite movies, Casablanca. In this episode Kate covers the how this classic didn’t have the greatest of beginnings and wasn’t destined to be a classic but how it became one. Themes of love, betray, corruption, neutrality and cynicism on the backdrop of the World War II.
Sources:
Bergman Interview on the script: https://youtu.be/SBtO7MHJFoY
Essay comparison of Stage Play to screenplay: http://p-mi.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Essay_Casablanca.pdf
75th Anniversary from CBS News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv0Eo5-LHhk
What’s So Great About Casablanca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC_kfwa5-kg
Casablanca interviews:
Special guest and filmmaker Phoebe Frear joins Kate to talk about Be Kind Rewind, a quirky and innovated film that reminds Kate & Phoebe their love for filmmaking. The gals talk about: the death of video stores, the horror of VHS, practical effects, movie tricks, diva moments, wondering if it all matters and the magic of movies. Don’t worry, “No specific knowledge of movies required” This episode has been Sweded!
Sources:
IMDB Trivia: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799934/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv
Interview with Michel Gondry: Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Rd8×4OJoY
Kate talks about her weird fascination with Pulp Fiction, a film she saw 9 times in the theaters. She talks about the writing and filmmaking tricks she learned from the movie giving credit where it’s due to Roger Avary. She talks about the themes of loyalty, the use of gold, the alpha males and one bad-ass female. She also talks about Jules’ “moment of clarity” and what she thinks is really in the case.
Sources:
Studio 28: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_28
Quentin & Roger: http://forum.tarantino.info/viewtopic.php?t=7800
Hitchcock Explaining Suspense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6folAgGRU
In the suitcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7nyslFNXVI
20 things you didn’t know [...]
Adam Eastwood is back to talk about the metaphors in the X-men movies. In this part 2 of 2 Kate and Adam dig into metaphors of gay rights, #BlackLivesMatter and fan suggested metaphors.
Sources:
Comics Code: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority
LGBT themes in X-men: https://moviepilot.com/posts/3988951
Gay Teachers: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/12/the-plight-of-being-a-lgbt-teacher/383619/
Where you can be fired for being gay: https://www.fastcompany.com/3057357/the-future-of-work/heres-everywhere-in-america-you-can-still-get-fired-for-being-lgbt [...]
This week Kate is joined by Adam Eastwood to talk about the metaphors in the X-men movies. In this part 1 of 2 Kate and Adam dig into metaphors of Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, the Holocaust, Japanese Internment Camps, power struggles and the social pressures to conform. Leave your comments of your favorite metaphors in X-men and we’ll mention as many as we can in part 2.
Sources:
Stan Lee Interview https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/aug/12/features
Bryan Singer interview: http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/04/25/bryan_singer_x_men_2_interview.shtml
Malcolm X Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKDUsRoZ0ig
X-Men wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men
Special Guest, Josh, returns for this year’s predictions of the Oscar winners. Kate and Josh aren’t good at this and tied last year with 8 of the 24 winner correct. This year they bring in a bingo cage that they have nicknamed “Nic Cage” to see if he is better at predicting then they are. Follow along on Oscar Night on Twitter using #OscarBingo. The Kate’s Take Ballot is available on www.galsguide.org
In this episode Kate talks about the hilarious movie So I Married An Axe Murderer staring Mike Myers. Kate talks about the trivia of the film, the soundtrack, coffee shops, beat poets and also why it has a special connection to her and her brother.
Sources:
So I Married…IMDB Trivia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108174/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv
Kate’s Take on Sneakers: https://youtu.be/MUpjtldsRgA
Kate celebrates Groundhog Day with Groundhog Day! In this Kate talks about the trivia behind the scenes as well as answering the question: How long was Phil stuck in his time loop? She goes deep on metaphors of tediousness, the myth of Sisyphus, psychoanalysis, trial and error, the need to deal with yourself, and the many different religious aspects of the film.
Sources:
How long does Phil spend in Puxkatony? What Culture. https://youtu.be/HYAx9RX1OmY
IMDB: Groundhog Day http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv
You think you know movies Screen Crush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2FSxDbVlIY
7 things you didn’t know about groundhog day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylnUMrPb28U [...]