Movie Mandates

Apr 02 2025 62 ep. 63 mins 7

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Sibling cinephiles Andrew and Keleigh force each other to watch movies according to a monthly theme. New episodes drop on the first and third Wednesday of every month. Check out the show description to see what they’re watching next and where it’s available to stream or rent!

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Movie Mandates: PHASE IV (Animal Attack)

Apr 02 2025 60 mins

Welcome to Movie Mandates, a review show in which sibling cinephiles Andrew and Keleigh force each other to watch movies according to a monthly theme! It's Animal Attack month and we're kicking off the festivities with Phase IV, a mid- 70s sci-fi film where ants attempt to take over the Earth. Can they be stopped by two ridiculously well-funded university scientists studying the an

Movie Mandates: STAND BY ME (Kids, Not That One)

Mar 19 2025 69 mins

Welcome to Movie Mandates, a review show in which sibling cinephiles Andrew and Keleigh force each other to watch movies according to a monthly theme! To round out Kids (Not That One) month, my sister mandated we watch Stand By Me, a movie based on the Stephen King book, The Body. So, why the title change? We would assume the producers wanted to sell more soundtracks (yes, Stand By

Movie Mandates: COP CAR (Kids, Not That One)

Mar 05 2025 61 mins

Welcome to Movie Mandates, a review show in which sibling cinephiles Andrew and Keleigh force each other to watch movies according to a monthly theme! This month's theme is Kids (Not That One) so I mandated we watch Cop Car, a movie about two kids who steal a cop car from a, get this, evil cop. Unfortunately, the evil cop is played by Kevin Bacon so we might have trouble rooting fo

Movie Mandates: MIDNIGHT RUN (Best Buds)

Feb 19 2025 64 mins

Welcome to Movie Mandates, a review show in which sibling cinephiles Andrew and Keleigh force each other to watch movies according to a monthly theme! February is Best Buds month and we're wrapping up with Keleigh's mandated movie, Midnight Run. Granted, our protagonists don't start out as best buds; their relationship is, in fact, rather contentious. But one can't run from the cop

Movie Mandates: RUNNING SCARED (Best Buds)

Feb 05 2025 59 mins

Welcome to Movie Mandates, a review show in which sibling cinephiles Andrew and Keleigh force each other to watch movies according to a monthly theme! February is Best Buds month and we're mandating movies where the protagonists are such buds they'll unashamedly bring each other and their one-night stands post-coital donuts, a gesture only the bestest of buds would make. And so I m

Movie Mandates: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Second Breakfast)

Jan 15 2025 67 mins

Welcome to Movie Mandates, a review show in which sibling cinephiles Andrew and Keleigh force each other to watch movies according to a monthly theme! January is Second Breakfast month where we call we're allowed a mulligan on a previously mandated movie that didn't turn out so good. While we both enjoyed Keleigh's recent Artsy Fartsy pic of The Green Knight, she thought she could

Movie Mandates: THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (Second Breakfast)

Jan 01 2025 71 mins

Welcome to Movie Mandates, a review show in which sibling cinephiles Andrew and Keleigh force each other to watch movies according to a monthly theme! January is the time for Second Breakfast where we call a do-over on one of our mandated movies and try another. For "Shoulda Seen This By Now" month back in October, I mandated the original Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. I shouldn't ha

Movie Mandates: THE GREEN KNIGHT (Artsy Fartsy)

Dec 18 2024 68 mins

Welcome to Movie Mandates, a review show in which sibling cinephiles Andrew and Keleigh force each other to watch movies according to a monthly theme! December is Artsy Fartsy month so Keleigh mandated we watch The Green Knight, a movie we've both seen but never had a chance to discuss. UNTIL NOW!!! This movie has so much artsy fartsy stuff to talk about! Metaphor, color theory, mi

Movie Mandates: LA CASA LOBO (Artsy Fartsy)

Dec 04 2024 60 mins

Welcome to Movie Mandates, a review show in which sibling cinephiles Andrew and Keleigh force each other to watch movies according to a monthly theme! December is Artsy Fartsy month so I mandated we watch La Casa Lobo, a stop-motion film unlike anything you've ever seen unless you've seen something similar! And if you've not seen something similar, you should see this. You many not

Movie Mandates: BLOCKERS (Nutty November)

Nov 20 2024 61 mins

Welcome to Movie Mandates, a review show in which sibling cinephiles Andrew and Keleigh force each other to watch movies according to a monthly theme! Nutty November concludes with Keleigh's mandated pick: Blockers, a movie that contains a handful of nuts. That was a joke. If you've seen the movie, you get it. If you haven't seen the movie, you probably still get it. Not because it