TV Series Review: Bad Sisters
Bad Sisters. “If those are bad sisters, I want to be one!” said Hollister. Mixing comedy with drama (tragedy?) is a good combination...
REVIEWS
Christine Merser
- Sep 21
- 3 min
Movie Review of Life Itself
I wasn’t a reader of Ebert’s reviews. Shame on me. How is that possible, I ask myself, now that I have seen Life Itself? I’m not sure...
Christine Merser
- Sep 9
- 1 min
TV Series Review: House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon. Game of Thrones. Don’t get Wilder started on the fantasy appeal for both. But she even won Hollister over with the...
Christine Merser
- Aug 31
- 1 min
TV Series Review: The Resort
Among Peacock's stream of new programming we found 'The Resort.' Hollister & Wilder are both fans of this show, where you're not quite...
Christine Merser
- Aug 24
- 3 min
Review of Tim's Vermeer (2013)
I’m not blessed with a natural sense of curiosity, so the question of how Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer painted his extraordinary...
Christine Merser
- Aug 24
- 1 min
Series Review: A League of Their Own (2022)
Join Wilder and Hollister as they celebrate and evaluate the new Amazon Prime series, A League of Their Own. Hollister takes us back to...
Christine Merser
- Aug 22
- 4 min
My Favorite Disney Character: Cruella de Vil
Whenever I’m asked my favorite feminist Disney character, I don’t waver. “Why, it’s Cruella de Vil,” I reply without hesitation. I was 8...
Christine Merser
- Jul 26
- 1 min
Series Review: The Bear
Recommended by so many and for such good reason. "One of the best series ever,” sang Hollister. Wilder is right there with her. They...
Olivia Gibbons
- Jul 13
- 2 min
Review of Minions: The Rise of Gru
In the 1970s, young Gru tries to join a group of supervillains called the Vicious 6 after they oust their leader -- the legendary fighter...
Christine Merser
- Jul 12
- 1 min
Series Review: Loot
Loot is a satire about the billionaire sector, but with some twists and turns that make it actually helpful, according to Hollister....
Christine Merser
- Jul 7
- 1 min
Movie Review: Cha Cha Real Smooth
Cha Cha Real Smooth, with Dakota Johnson, who according to Hollister has one speed - ‘coy,’ is described by Wilder as ’sweet’ and...
Christine Merser
- Jul 5
- 1 min
Movie Review: Flag Day
Sean Penn makes an all-in-the-family film with both his daughter, Dylan, and son, Hopper - one that he first read and shared with Dylan,...
Christine Merser
- Jun 22
- 1 min
Movie Review: Everything Everywhere all at Once
"Is it an age thing?" queries Hollister a number of times to Wilder during the review. Either way, so many points of view around so many...
Christine Merser
- Jun 12
- 1 min
Movie Review: Top Gun Maverick
Hollister and Wilder feel the need for speed and want to alert you all that there are spoilers in our review this week. Hollister is not a C
Christine Merser
- Jun 6
- 1 min
Film Review: The Valet
Hollister can’t stop crying after watching The Valet, and had no idea that the Euginio Derbez, who hurt her heart in The Valet, also...
Christine Merser
- Jun 1
- 1 min
Series Review: Under the Banner of Heaven
The Mormon Church's secrets exposed. A murder in the eighties. Mormon Fundamentalists meets the power of the Mormon Church dedicated to...
Christine Merser
- May 18
- 1 min
Film & Series Reviews: The Outfit & The Offer
Hollister and Wilder come to blows over The Offer but agree on the fine work done by all in The Outfit. Think Mafia, but know that the...
Christine Merser
- May 10
- 1 min
TV Series: The First Lady & Gaslit
Hollister and Wilder talk about two series this week; Gaslit with Julia Roberts and The First Lady with Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer...
Christine Merser
- Apr 24
- 1 min
TV Series: Anatomy of a Scandal
Hollister and Wilder come to blows about the worth of Anatomy of a Scandal, as well as the way it was made. Don't miss it, and according...
Christine Merser
- Apr 18
- 1 min
TV Series Review: Pachinko
Hollister and Wilder finally agree, and not only do they agree, they are singing the praises of what could be one of the finest series...
Christine Merser
- Mar 30
- 1 min
TV Series Review: Abbott Elementary
Abbott Elementary Review: Hollister and Wilder rave about ABC's Mockumentary "Abbott Elementary" because sometimes watching television...
Christine Merser
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Film Review: Coda & HBO Series: Winning Time
Is Coda unique or just another remake of girl lives in dysfunctional family, meets fabulous boy and ends up with a groundbreaking try out...
Christine Merser
- Mar 10
- 1 min
TV Series Review: Severance and The Dropout
Hollister has a personal story around Elizabeth Holmes and The Dropout and she is not inclined toward sympathy of any kind, and when it...
Christine Merser
- Mar 5
- 3 min
Elisabeth Holmes: Hollister's Personal Story
Note: I wrote this for my business blog in September 2021. I rarely mix Screen Thoughts with my work world, but after watching the first...
Christine Merser
- Mar 3
- 1 min
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Tammy Faye! We are grateful that Jessica Chastain took the 10 years it took to make sure the film got made and that she could set the...
Andrew Singer
- Mar 2
- 3 min
Movie Review – Ascension
Ascension, a documentary about capitalism in modern China, is a nonstop rollercoaster ride of intrigue, illumination, and at times...
Christine Merser
- Feb 24
- 1 min
The Tinder Swindler, Nightmare Alley & Inventing Anna
This week is chock full of bad peeps; Tinder Swindler; do not get Hollister started. Why is this man not in jail? Wilder goes wild for...
Christine Merser
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Pam & Tommy
Academy Awards. Killing Eve. And a review of Pam & Tommy, Hulu’s new series around the sex tapes from Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee,...
Christine Merser
- Feb 10
- 1 min
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Woman in the Window
Hollister and Wilder walk through Kristen Bell and her Woman in the House ... So much to discuss, including Wilder's idea around how they...
Christine Merser
- Feb 7
- 1 min
Call Jane
Hollister goes nostalgic having lived through the sixties/seventies abortion break throughs. Either way, Sundance's Call Jane is the...
Christine Merser
- Feb 4
- 1 min
TV Series Review: Cheer Season 2
Hollister doesn't think it's worthy of her attention although she touts episode 5 and the forty minute story that shows how sexual abuse...
Christine Merser
- Feb 3
- 1 min
The Gilded Age
Julian Fellowes has left England behind and brought this well-researched, upstairs downstairs drama to HBO (they are nailing new content...
Christine Merser
- Feb 2
- 1 min
Series Review Short: Somebody Somewhere
Our new Screen Thoughts Shorts where we podcast a short review around something we think is timely or relevant shouldn’t be missed. First...
Christine Merser
- Jan 18
- 1 min
And Just Like That, Pivoting, & Emily in Paris
Ok, we knew these three wouldn’t be rocket science, but ? Hollister stands by And Just Like That, and Wilder can’t relate, which...
Christine Merser
- Jan 10
- 1 min
The Lost Daughter
This week Hollister and Wilder remember Sidney Poitier, and talk through Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost Daughter, both from the perspective...
Christine Merser
- Jan 3
- 1 min
Don’t Look Up & Being the Ricardos
Hollister and Wilder are back after a short few weeks celebrating the holidays with two films - Don’t Look Up and Being the Ricardos. How...
Christine Merser
- Dec 24, 2021
- 3 min
Best Christmas Movie You Never Heard of...
A new friend of mine, Patrick Foy, sent me his review of his favorite Christmas film. I'm in! Hollister Did anyone catch that movie last...
Christine Merser
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
King Richard & Tick, Tick...Boom!
King Richard, or the story about Richard William's complicated personality and design for Venus and Serena to become who they became; two...
Christine Merser
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
The Harder They Fall
Hollister and Wilder talk about the sophisticated, The Harder They Fall film that is on Netflix, and according to both of them, is not to...
Christine Merser
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Dune
No surprise that Wilder came locked and loaded to personally increase the numbers of those going to see Dune by double digits. Right up...
Christine Merser
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Roadrunner. Anthony Bourdain. Hollister and Wilder were all over this and we were pleased to have Alex Holt on this podcast to discuss...
Christine Merser
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
Dopesick
Based on Beth Macy’s book Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America, Hulu dropped the first three episodes...
Christine Merser
- Oct 19, 2021
- 3 min
Impeachment: American Crime Story, Episode Six
I rarely write about a single episode in a series, and we have already reviewed the series earlier, but I am compelled to single out this...
Christine Merser
- Oct 12, 2021
- 1 min
No Time To Die
James Bond. Yep, might be the last time we see James as we have known him for sixty years. Christine (Hollister) and her friend from...
Christine Merser
- Oct 7, 2021
- 1 min
MAID
Do not miss this podcast. Short, but filled with insight and great review of the new Netflix series, Maid. Hollister compares it to...
Christine Merser
- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
Scenes from a Marriage
Hollister and Wilder review HBO’s new five-part series, Scenes From a Marriage, which is based on Ingmar Bergman’s original from the...
Christine Merser
- Sep 22, 2021
- 1 min
Impeachment: American Crime Story
This week? We are reviewing the story of Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton in Impeachment: American Crime Story. It follows the story of...
Christine Merser
- Sep 9, 2021
- 1 min
Cinderella
Hollister's nose is out of joint around why, oh why would there be a need for another Cinderella film (yes, there are more than 100 films...
Christine Merser
- Sep 7, 2021
- 1 min
WORTH
The twenty year anniversary of 9/11 is upon us and the release of Netflix's Worth, walks through the difficult process of determining...
Christine Merser
- Aug 24, 2021
- 1 min
The White Lotus
This week Hollister and Wilder take on The White Lotus, the HBO six-part controversial satirical series, dealing with white privilege,...