Replaying Favorites

Chris and Brie take one last look at the podcast: the highs, the lows, the surprises, the disappointments, the triumphs, the defeats. Maybe the REAL podcast was the friends they made along the way! (Well, they were already friends, so this one can probably just be taken at face value.) Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

Chris and Brie close out the year, and the podcast overall, with a light-hearted take on institutional racism, rampant sexual violence, and unadressed generational trauma. It sounds like a lot to overlook, but all is forgiven thanks to the love a weird old disgraced recluse shows to a teenage boy after dark in secret in a mall parking lot right before being violently murdered. Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

The men are sad and superfluous, the women are tragicomic and terrific, and the colors are pink and pink. This episode improbably contains Dylan McDermott's second concerning intrusion on a woman's privacy, as well as a delightful pitch for a sequel and an important announcement at the end about where this podcast is going.   Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

Brie gets Chris caught up to the early '80s in his cultural knowledge by serving him the second entry (or is it the fifth?) in the Star Wars saga. There's an expected cry over Carrie Fisher, a harsh rebuke of Obi-Wan's ability to give useful directions, and a fair amount of confusion about whether anyone in the movie even knows the Wampa exists. Come back in 20 years to see if technology will allow the hosts to retroactively add more dazzling content to this discussion. Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

Join Chris and Brie as they experience the secondhand trauma of visiting the family for Thanksgiving. Revel in the greatness of returning favorites Holly Hunter and Charles Durning, embrace the chaos of Aunt Glady, and shun the criminal acts perpetrated both on and off screen by Robert Downey, Jr. Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

The spooooooooky (sigh) Halloween theme continues this week as our hosts explore a house born bad. Unlike The Haunting's Eleanor, Chris wasn't taken over by Hill House, but was pretty enamored by the lesbian. Brie has some surprising further theories on both. Trick or treat! Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

Kicking things off in our month of spooky Halloween movies (which is a real easy assignment when there are only two episodes a month), Chris ropes Brie into his annual autumn tradition of bingeing this Cartoon Network classic. Learn which part actually scared Brie, which part Chris would play in the live-action remake, and which part should be excised entirely. Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

A plot by an acclaimed novelist directed by the guy who made the Ocean's movies starring two of the hottest stars of the past several decades supported by a cast of soon-to-be luminaries in minor roles. What could possibly go wrong? Well, funny you should ask... Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

This week, your intrepid hosts replay a movie that's horny for food, and somehow that turns into... listen, it's a horny episode. We've got all the standard Replaying Favorites favorites, plus a few new stars in the firmament. You're going to want to carbo load.  Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

It's a classic musical that you love if you saw it when you were eight and... well, maybe your parents shouldn't have shown you this when you were eight. Chris and Brie evaluate which parts (if any) hold up to scrutiny, and in the biggest plot twist of the series, they vote to keep the sports and throw away the section where Stockard Channing sings while trying on wigs. Truly we live in confusing times. (Also, there is a running tally on animated intros now.) Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

We remain on summer break! But that's no reason not to lace up your skates and get into The Long Kiss Goodnight with us. (It was real touch and go if Brie was even going to survive this one.) Original show notes: Where to even begin? Chris and Brie have their silliest conversation yet about the silliest movie they've watched so far. There's so much ground  to cover that brilliant moments (like Geena Davis snapping a deer's neck with her bare hands) aren't even mentioned. If you want to hear two cohosts wheeze with laughter as they struggle to make it through even  factual descriptions of what is occurring on screen, then look no further. Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

Somehow, our intrepid hosts manage to talk about something other than Keanu Reeves. (But it takes some effort.) Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

We're on summer break! Enjoy these dinosaurs. They *do* move in herds. Original show notes: It seems futile to even write a description for this one. You know what you're in for: Chris and Brie are going to spend 80% of the time agreeing that this is a spectacular viewing experience and listing all  the reasons why, then exasperate each other for the remaining 20% with a  fundamental disagreement about one of the lead actors. (See if you can guess which one!) Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

Sometimes, your protagonist is too big because he's an extraterrestrial death machine and your antagonist is too evil because he's hell-bent on the destruction of a sleepy little village in Maine and your story is too dark because it's rooted in Sylvia Plath's suicide (and other tragedies we didn't even get to in the episode) and your budget is too tight because a Gary Oldman / Celine Dion musical flopped at the box office (no, really) and none of it matters because we still cry when the giant says "Superman" at the end. Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

It's Christmas in July! (There is a non-zero chance we selected this episode just so we could make this joke.) While we're on summer break, re-replay one of our silliest selections. And a warm hello again to the Krige-hive.  Original show notes:  Is it three weeks after Christmas? Sure. Is Brie's choice of a movie she's only seen twice a bit of a stretch for the purported rules of this podcast? Maybe. Does Chris maintain a steady scream and drop a hundred F-bombs for some reason? You bet. Nonetheless, join us on another profanity-laden journey through a modern classic that explores the value of a free press, the limits of a monarch's legislative purview, and the feasibility of stealth pursuit on horseback. Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

Before Olive got her easy A, before Cady met the mean girls, and before Kat hated ten things about you, Cher was clueless. Join our hosts as they revisit the choice fashions, compelling performances, and questionable relationship dynamics of this beloved mutual fave. Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

Our first summer break re-replay! Delight in questions like: What is a cat? Were more crimes perpetrated upon Dame Judi or Idris Elba? Should cats wear pants? Listen again to your two hosts wheezing through one of the most bananas things ever put on film. Happy summer! Original episode notes: This is either the true birth of the podcast or the beginning of the  end. It is both our liveliest discussion and the first shot fired in an escalating arms race of bad and baffling film assignments. If you've  ever wondered what a cat is, then prepare to remain unsure after listening. Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

A rivalry between two masters that deftly juggles deep discussions of art, religion, morality, and what it truly means to excel. An award-winning classic that remains riveting at almost three hours long. A showcase for once-in-a-generation talents. All ways that you could describe this film, but certainly not this podcast. Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

Would you marry Lee Pace if he was a bandit who held a princess against her will? What if he blamed all of his problems on an innocent woman? Terrorized a hospital's patients and staff alike? Lied to a small child and put her in mortal peril? Yeah, us too. All this and more in this week's discussion of a movie that you probably didn't watch because it's pretty hard to find. Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy

If you're driving a Hollywood actor to a Hollywood party, is it reasonable to lie about working in Hollywood? If the details of your contract happen to allow you to terrorize your fake boyfriend's barely-of-age girlfriend, should you use that as a bargaining chip? If you wish your colleagues could dance better, is it OK to torment them until they can? And if Brie selects one of the most universally beloved musicals in cinema history, will Chris finally stop fixating on plot logic? Instagram: @ReplayingFavorites Twitter: @ReplayingFavs Logo credit: Metallic Vectors by Vecteezy