Episodes

  • Session 63. We Tattooed Our Butts - Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny
    May 23 2024

    This week, we dive into HELL. Jack Black and Kyle Gass star in this 2006 classic musical comedy about a duo who do open mic nights singing and playing guitar. They go on a quest to steal a magical guitar pick that turns anyone who uses it into a rock god. But guess who else wants it? Satan!

    *SPOILER ALERT* We recap and discuss this movie in full. So, if you haven't seen it and don't want to know how it ends, we recommend watching it before listening to this podcast.

    Timestamps:

    Movies We Watched This Week - 53:19

    Our Prescription for Next Week - 1:11:51

    Spoilers for Kung Fu Panda 2 - 38:59

    Spoilers for Dune 2 - 1:03:50

    Jake's Review of Tak3n - https://boxd.it/3xDUsz

    Jake's Liam Neeson Cinematic Universe - https://boxd.it/jzDEc

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    Email: filmtherapypodcast@gmail.com

    Letterboxd: Madison - @madcat

    Jake - @JakeAtreides24

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    Music in episode: Someday - Acoustic Folk Background Music

    Edited by Madison Matthews

    Warning: We are not trained or licensed professionals. Do not take any advice that we give as official doctoral prescribed medical treatment. We only use the name as a means to appreciate cinema as a therapeutic device (not to be confused with drugs, antidepressants, or any other form of enhancements that you may find in legal states). Please enjoy responsibly.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Session 62. Ahead of Its Time? Classic Monster? Aliens?! - Ed Wood
    Apr 13 2024

    This therapy session is about the classic director Ed Wood, most known for his films in the 1950s, "Glen or Glenda," "Bride of the Monster," and "Plan 9 From Outer Space." We will cover these films as well as the Tim Burton film, "Ed Wood," starring Johnny Depp. We highly suggest watching the original films in black and white (their intended color) before watching the Tim Burton film if possible.

    *SPOILER ALERT* We recap and discuss these movies in full. So, if you haven't seen them and don't want to know how they end, we recommend watching them before listening to this podcast.

    Timestamps:

    Movies We Watched This Week - 1:00:57

    Follow us on Instagram @filmtherapypodcast

    Email: filmtherapypodcast@gmail.com

    Letterboxd: Madison - @madcat

    Jake - @JakeAtreides24

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    Music in episode: Someday - Acoustic Folk Background Music

    Edited by Madison Matthews

    Warning: We are not trained or licensed professionals. Do not take any advice that we give as official doctoral prescribed medical treatment. We only use the name as a means to appreciate cinema as a therapeutic device (not to be confused with drugs, antidepressants, or any other form of enhancements that you may find in legal states). Please enjoy responsibly.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Session 61: Don't Have a Bloodthirsty Cow - The Little Vampire
    Feb 15 2024

    We're back for our season 3 premiere to discuss one of our childhood favorites, The Little Vampire!

    *SPOILER ALERT* We recap and discuss this movie in full. So, if you haven't seen it and don't want to know how it ends, we recommend watching it before listening to this podcast.

    Timestamps:

    Movies We Watched This Week - 36:34

    Link to Disney Channel commercial for The Little Vampire - https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR7mgrax/

    We are now accepting emails to offer advice! If you have a question or need advice that you want to be aired on the podcast, email us at filmtherapypodcast@gmail.com. Each week we will read questions on air and offer our “professional” advice. We will prescribe you a great movie to watch to help you out!

    Follow us on Instagram @filmtherapypodcast

    Be sure to like, subscribe, follow, rate, and review us!

    Music in episode: Someday - Acoustic Folk Background Music

    Edited by Madison Matthews

    Warning: We are not trained or licensed professionals. Do not take any advice that we give as official doctoral prescribed medical treatment. We only use the name as a means to appreciate cinema as a therapeutic device (not to be confused with drugs, antidepressants, or any other form of enhancements that you may find in legal states). Please enjoy responsibly.

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    58 mins
  • Session 60. A Girl and Her Cheetah - The Boy Who Could Fly, The Great Outdoors, & Cheetah BONUS Little Nikita, There Goes My Baby, & A Mother's Gift
    Nov 2 2023

    We are back again with a very extra special, extra long episode where we cover every movie that the great 80s teen star, Lucy Deakins, has credits for on IMDB. For the first half of the episode we discuss our own head cannon connecting The Boy Who Could Fly, The Great Outdoors, & Cheetah as one full storyline. Then, we dive into Little Nikita, There Goes My Baby, & A Mother's Gift, the lesser known films with Lucy.

    *SPOILER ALERT* We recap and discuss these movies in full. So, if you haven't seen them and don't want to know how they end, we recommend watching them before listening to this podcast. 

    Timestamps: 

    The Boy Who Could Fly - 5:26

    The Great Outdoors - 45:32

    Cheetah - 1:36:55

    Movies We Watched This Week - 2:05:37

    Little Nikita - 2:25:34

    There Goes My Baby - 2:36:11

    A Mother's Gift - 2:53:23

    Movies We Watched This Week - 3:03:10

    Our Prescription for Next Week - 3:22:11

    Thrice Song "A Song For Milly Michaelson" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oLCRPYVhG8&ab_channel=Thrice

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    Music in episode: Someday - Acoustic Folk Background Music

    Edited by Madison Verhulst

     

    Warning: We are not trained or licensed professionals. Do not take any advice that we give as official doctoral prescribed medical treatment. We only use the name as a means to appreciate cinema as a therapeutic device (not to be confused with drugs, antidepressants, or any other form of enhancements that you may find in legal states). Please enjoy responsibly.

     

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    3 hrs and 23 mins
  • Session 59: Which Wonka Wanks Your Willy - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory & Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    Mar 9 2023

    Will Willy Bonk Ya in da Chocolate Factory? With their popular hit single: 🎵 That pipe doesn't go to the marshmallow room. It goes to the fudge room. 🎵 Next time on film therapy, will Timothee Chalamet find YOUR chocolate factory? We sure hope so!!! Today we take a look at the 1971 classic film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory before diving into the 2005 remake Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, each based on the original book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We then speculate on the upcoming Timothee Chalamet prequel film, Wonka.

    *SPOILER ALERT* We recap and discuss these movies in full. So, if you haven't seen them and don't want to know how they end, we recommend watching them before listening to this podcast.

    New Dreamworks Logo - https://youtu.be/w1mWMfNd5hw

    Jake's Review of the Blue's Clues Movie - https://letterboxd.com/jakeatreides24/film/blues-big-city-adventure/

    Shivers by Ed Sheeran Music Video ft. AnnaSophia Robb - https://youtu.be/Il0S8BoucSA

    Timestamps:

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 58:35

    Movies We Watched This Week - 1:37:18

    Our Prescription for Next Week - 1:58:27

    We are now accepting emails to offer advice! If you have a question or need advice that you want to be aired on the podcast, email us at filmtherapypodcast@gmail.com. Each week we will read questions on air and offer our “professional” advice. We will prescribe you a great movie to watch to help you out!

    Follow us on Instagram @filmtherapypodcast

    Be sure to like, subscribe, follow, rate, and review us!

    Music in episode: Someday - Acoustic Folk Background Music

    Edited by Madison Verhulst

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    2 hrs and 1 min
  • Session 58. Freaky Friday(ish) - Your Name.
    Mar 2 2023

    If you like a good body swapping tale, this is a good film for you! Two strangers find themselves switching into each other's bodies at random times and find that they are connected by fate. Directed by Makoto Shinkai (The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Weathering With You, Garden of Words) this sweet, fun-loving but V serious toward the end anime was released in 2016.

    *SPOILER ALERT* We recap and discuss this movie in full. So, if you haven't seen it and don't want to know how it ends, we recommend watching it before listening to this podcast.

    Jake's Letterboxd Review of Life Itself - https://letterboxd.com/jakeatreides24/film/life-itself/

    Siskel & Ebert Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICWDlmYXjTs&t=1s&pp=ygUbc2lza2VsIGViZXJ0IGNvcCBhbmQgYSBoYWxm

    Timestamps:

    Movies We Watched This Week - 29:26

    Our Prescription for Next Week - We had full intention of reviewing Lawrence of Arabia but then all of a sudden got super busy and went on a hiatus. Now we are reviewing Willy Wonka and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. So go watch those!

    We are now accepting emails to offer advice! If you have a question or need advice that you want to be aired on the podcast, email us at filmtherapypodcast@gmail.com. Each week we will read questions on air and offer our “professional” advice. We will prescribe you a great movie to watch to help you out!

    Follow us on Instagram @filmtherapypodcast

    Be sure to like, subscribe, follow, rate, and review us!

    Music in episode: Someday - Acoustic Folk Background Music

    Edited by Madison Verhulst

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    40 mins
  • Session 57. The Bateman Cinematic Universe Part 1 - American Psycho
    Feb 23 2023

    A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies ~ IMDB

    Again with the Justin Theroux! Let us know your theories and thoughts on this one on Instagram!

    *SPOILER ALERT* We recap and discuss this movie in full. So, if you haven't seen it and don't want to know how it ends, we recommend watching it before listening to this podcast. 

    Timestamps: 

    Movies We Watched This Week - 28:14

    Our Prescription for Next Week - 31:53

     

    We are now accepting emails to offer advice! If you have a question or need advice that you want to be aired on the podcast, email us at filmtherapypodcast@gmail.com. Each week we will read questions on air and offer our “professional” advice. We will prescribe you a great movie to watch to help you out!

    Follow us on Instagram @filmtherapypodcast 

    Be sure to like, subscribe, follow, rate, and review us!

    Music in episode: Someday - Acoustic Folk Background Music

    Edited by Madison Verhulst

     

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    35 mins
  • Session 56. What's in the Box? - Mulholland Drive
    Feb 17 2023

    After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality ~ IMDB
    Join us as we explore ideas and theories back in our Lynchian roots in this 2001 film starring Naomi Watts and Laura Harring. 

    *SPOILER ALERT* We recap and discuss this movie in full. So, if you haven't seen it and don't want to know how it ends, we recommend watching it before listening to this podcast. We also talk about Twin Peaks: The Return and Lost Highway, both of which are David Lynch so we just need y'all to watch all that too to get on our level.

     

    Timestamps: 

    Movies We Watched This Week - 43:11

    Our Prescription for Next Week - 1:04:49

     

    We are now accepting emails to offer advice! If you have a question or need advice that you want to be aired on the podcast, email us at filmtherapypodcast@gmail.com. Each week we will read questions on air and offer our “professional” advice. We will prescribe you a great movie to watch to help you out!

    Follow us on Instagram @filmtherapypodcast 

    Be sure to like, subscribe, follow, rate, and review us!

    Music in episode: Someday - Acoustic Folk Background Music

    Edited by Madison Verhulst

     

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    1 hr and 6 mins