Book Retorts

Dec 11 2024 188 ep. 77 mins 22
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At Book Retorts we love finding weird media; join your hosts Danielle and Sam every other Wednesday as they take turns attempting to explain their latest find, often incomprehensibly, in an odd bid to get the other to appreciate it. Whether it’s books, movies, graphic novels, TV shows, or anything else—it’s probably funny, definitely weird, and we hope you’ll enjoy!

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A Karate Christmas Miracle

Dec 11 2024 101 mins  
The Winter Bizarre is back! And Sam kicks things off with the truly insane movie A Karate Christmas Miracle from 2019. This movie opens with Jesse, an average ten-year-old boy who has given himself the task of earning a black belt in karate by Christmas, which is like six days away. He believes that doing so will bring his father back, who was kidnapped a year ago by a clown who co

Book Reshorts: The Thankening IV: Revengening of the Thankening

Nov 27 2024 24 mins  
It's the time of year again, and the thankers are back! This year Danielle and Sam take some time to think back to their childhoods and recall the media they consumed as kids that they are thankful for. So relive with us some of our best and most traumatic childhood memories.

Phantom of the Megaplex

Nov 13 2024 71 mins  
Danielle is back on the Disney Channel Original Movie train with the 2000 made for TV movie Phantom of the Megaplex. Pete is the 17 year-old assistant manager of the small-town megaplex, which has somehow just scored hosting the premiere for the next major blockbuster. Unfortunately, the owner has just informed senior manager Shawn the he's being passed over for the role of th

The Rise of Endymion - Part 2

Oct 30 2024 118 mins  
After a short break for recovery, we're back with part two of the Dan Simmons novel The Rise of Endymion from 1997. After far too many weeks, Danielle is back, and so is our far more optimistic guest co-host Filip from the Mind Duck Books podcast. The first thing our intrepid hosts attempt to recall is how the story started in the previous episode. It is a surprisingly difficu

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Oct 16 2024 83 mins  
Spook Retorts is back! And this year Danielle is starting us off with the venerable Halloween franchise with the third installment from 1982: Season of the Witch. If you love Michael Myers and the deep lore of the Halloween movies, then you're going to have very ambivalent feelings about Halloween III, which is the first (and last) of John Carpenter's planned anthology se

Simply Irresistible

Oct 02 2024 87 mins  
This week, Danielle brings the 1999 Sarah Michelle Gellar film Simply Irresistible. Amanda is a chef in New York City who owns a failing restaurant because she's a terrible cook. While at a street framer's market, Amanda is bullied into buying a basket of crabs and then has a chance encounter with Tom, the manager of the big department store who's also opening a rest

The Rise of Endymion - Part 1

Sep 18 2024 113 mins  
Sam finally begins the final part of the the Hyperion Cantos with the 1997 book The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons. It's finally here! The last book in the absolutely bonkers Hyperion series, and in desperate need of help our intrepid hosts have called in Filip from the Mind Duck Books podcast for much needed moral support. We kick off with Danielle doing a frankly astonishin

Book Reshorts: Franchise Follies

Sep 04 2024 24 mins  
On the final short of our summer break, Sam has a new game for Danielle, that's a lot like some of our other games (look, there's only so many ideas we can have). In this game, Sam finds weird entries in popular franchises and has Danielle guess which of the three descriptions is the real deal. This is another game where we might not be very good at it, but Sam does come

Book Reshorts: Sequel Shenanigans 2: The Sequel

Aug 21 2024 21 mins  
As our summer break continues, we're back for another round of Sequel Shenanigans! In this game Danielle and Sam present three possible sequel titles for media franchises they covered and the other person has to guess which is the real sequel title. They're not very good at the game but they do come up with some great ideas for sequels, so we think it evens out.

Book Reshorts: The Quiz: Back in the Quizzadle

Aug 07 2024 32 mins  
We’re still on our summer break, but we brought back a classic game to see you through this drought! This time, our intrepid hosts need to identify the real one of three possible plot summaries for a book based only on the title and author. Danielle spins some amazing faux summaries while Sam takes a decidedly subtler approach to crafting his deceptions. So play along and see