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The Watchers

Two women from opposite ends of New Jersey watching the movies and TV shows you love. Currently watching: The Pitt, Season 2 Follow us on TikTok and Instagram. (@WatchersPodNJ)

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01:38:25

The Watchers Watch The Blair Witch Project

The Watchers ·

2023/10/31

The Watchers are back in the woods this week for the last installment of our Movies That Are Thematically Appropriate to Watch in the Month of October series, and against her horror-averse judgment, Jodie picked what has become a classic in the world of found footage horror, 1999s The Blair Witch Project. She and Andrea talk about how this movie was a direct product of its time, the influence of reality TV and early horror novels on the found footage genre, the lasting effect Blair Witch had on its

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01:27:02

The Watchers Watch Scare Me

The Watchers ·

2023/10/24

Gather 'round ghosts and ghouls, Jodie and Andrea are back with another bone-chilling edition of The Watchers. This week, Andrea shares one of her favorite movies, Josh Ruben's 2020 horror comedy Scare Me, a movie with two major villains: toxic masculinity and noisy eaters. We talk about how much can be done with thoughtful sound design, the power of collaborative storytelling, and what Ruben has described as one of the most savage combinations there is: a brilliant woman and a fragile man.Mentioned

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01:41:56

The Watchers Watch The Craft

The Watchers ·

2023/10/10

It is better that you should rush upon this blade than enter the podcast with fear in your heart. How do you enter?This week, Jodie and Andrea kick off a month of Movies That are Thematically Appropriate to Watch in October with 1996’s supernatural teen horror (ish) movie, The Craft. We talk about the enduring legacy of this movie, its aesthetic influence, and the way it probably created a generation of cool-rock collectors. We also spend a lot of time debating whether it would be worse to hold a

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01:42:30

The Watchers Watch Garden State

The Watchers ·

2023/10/03

You knew this had to happen eventually. We watched Garden State, a movie we are all contractually obligated to say we hate now because we loved it so much in 2004. For this week’s review, Andrea and Jodie made a promise to themselves that they would come to this movie for the first time in over a decade with an open mind and an open heart. And what they found while exploring the infinite abyss may surprise you. They talk about the dangers of quitting your psychiatric meds cold turkey, Natalie

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01:20:24

The Watchers Watch Patti Cake$

The Watchers ·

2023/09/26

Oooooh, y’all. This week, we got ourselves a Jersey. Ass. Jersey. Movie. Jodie tasked Andrea with watching Geremy Jasper’s 2017 coming-of-age drama, Patti Cake$, starring Danielle McDonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, and Cathy Moriarty. We talk about the complicated nature of race and class in this movie, Jasper’s history as a music video director, the ways in which Patti Cake$ follows all the beats of the archetypal hero’s journey, and–most importantly–we talk about New

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01:26:07

The Watchers Watch Times Square

The Watchers ·

2023/09/19

We're closing out our Allan Moyle mini-series with his 1980 coming-of-age drama, Times Square. This is the first movie we've covered that wasn't already one of our favorites, and it was kind of fascinating to see how many of our recurring themes also show up in this movie. We discuss the queer history of the movie's making, its Moyle-esque soundtrack, how the film manages to act as a (certainly romanticized) snapshot of New York City in the 80s, and even manage to tie in our favorite Tomboy-focused

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01:21:31

The Watchers Watch Empire Records

The Watchers ·

2023/09/12

It's a big day here at Watchers HQ–not Rex Manning Day big, but still, pretty big. We're watching Andrea's most beloved movie, Empire Records. We discuss the reasons this movie bombed and how it became a cult classic. We talk about what makes it feel like a real Jersey movie, even though it's mostly set in Delaware. Andrea reflects on why this movie takes up such a special place in her heart and Jodie weighs in on what it felt like to watch it for the first time as an adult. And, of course, we talk

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01:20:25

The Watchers Watch Pump Up the Volume

The Watchers ·

2023/09/05

Yellowjacketsmight be taking a break, butThe Watchersdoesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show likeYellowjackets.We've reached a pivotal moment in The Watchers history. Jodie has finally made us watch what might be the most formative movie of her younger years, the 1990 Christian Slater coming-of-age teen drama, Pump Up the Volume. We talk about teenage rebellion, youth empowerment,

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01:24:53

The Watchers Watch Hiding Out

The Watchers ·

2023/08/29

Yellowjackets might be taking a break, but The Watchers doesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like Yellowjackets.It’s time to strap on your skates, trade your five hundred dollar jacket in for an old bum’s trenchcoat, and, for the love of god, please don’t date a highschooler. Andrea made Jodie watch the 1987 generation squeeze flick, Hiding Out, and they are both struggling

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01:28:23

The Watchers Watch Some Kind of Wonderful

The Watchers ·

2023/08/22

Yellowjackets might be taking a break, but The Watchers doesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like Yellowjackets.This week, Jodie helped Andrea cross the last remaining movie off her John Hughes list with the 1987 teen highschool romance, Some Kind of Wonderful. The two talk about the ways in which this movie is a gender-swapped Pretty in Pink and why it wasn’t easy to root for

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01:32:17

The Watchers Watch Death Becomes Her

The Watchers ·

2023/08/15

Yellowjacketsmight be taking a break, butThe Watchersdoesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like Yellowjackets.This week, Andrea introduced Jodie to one of her favorite black comedies of all time, the 1992 Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis triple-hander, Death Becomes Her. It's as funny as it is macabre and as close to a cartoon as a live action movie can be, unless you

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01:36:11

The Watchers Watch Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

The Watchers ·

2023/08/08

Yellowjacketsmight be taking a break, butThe Watchersdoesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like Yellowjackets.This week, Jodie grabbed Andrea by bangs (and pulled us all up from the depths of Radio Flyer despair) to introduce her to the absolute romp that is the 1985 comedy dance romance, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt, this delightful

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01:47:28

The Watchers Watch Radio Flyer

The Watchers ·

2023/08/01

Yellowjackets might be taking a break, but The Watchers doesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like Yellowjackets.CW: Radio Flyer depicts child and animal abuse. Both of which we discuss throughout this episode. Just in case you’ve been having too much fun watching movies with us, Andrea has decided to bring everyone down by making us watch her favorite movie about childhood

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01:26:17

The Watchers Watch The Legend of Billie Jean

The Watchers ·

2023/07/24

Yellowjackets might be taking a break, but The Watchers doesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like Yellowjackets.Fair is fair! And this week, it was Jodie's turn to pick a movie that Andrea hasn't seen. She chose the 1985 teen drama, The Legend of Billie Jean, starring Helen and Christian Slater (no relation). Billie Jean and her brother Binx are two siblings who end up on the

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01:37:08

The Watchers Watch Scream (1996)

The Watchers ·

2023/07/11

CW: Beyond all of the warnings that apply to Scream, we also talk about real world violence against women and violence in schools.Yellowjackets might be taking a break, but The Watchers doesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like Yellowjackets.This week, Andrea tasked Jodie and our listeners with watching the 1996 horror movie, Scream. Directed by horror icon Wes Craven and

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01:24:44

The Watchers Watch Heathers

The Watchers ·

2023/07/04

Content warning: Discussions of suicide and sexual assault throughout this episode.Yellowjackets might be taking a break, but The Watchers doesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like Yellowjackets. Jodie kicks it off with her first pick, the 1989 black comedy, Heathers, written by Daniel Waters, directed by Michael Lehmann, and starring 80s icons Winona Ryder, Christian Slater,

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31:33

What We're Watching

The Watchers ·

2023/06/27

We’re back, baby! This season of Yellowjackets might be over, but The Watchers isn’t quitting! we’re going to keep sharing our favorite shows and movies with each other and with you. After watching a bunch of TV and thinking about all of the movies that matter to us, Andrea and Jodie have decided what we’re talking about next week. In this episode, we do a little Yellowjackets check-in, we give a light review of a few shows we’ve been watching, and we let you know what movie we’re going to watch

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01:49:57

Yellowjackets Season 2 Recap

The Watchers ·

2023/06/08

Now that season two of Yellowjackets has been over for a week, and Andrea and Jodie have had some time to digest it, we're back to unpack all the nitty-gritty details of season 2. We return to that controversial Nat scene–what we still don't love about it, what's started to make some sense with a little more time to think about it, and what it might mean for season 3. We trace our main characters' arcs from "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to "Storytelling." We also talk about the tricky work of

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01:46:42

S2E9 "Storytelling" (Yellowjackets Season 2 Finale)

The Watchers ·

2023/05/30

Jodie and Andrea are back and recapping the gripping Yellowjackets season 2 finale, "Storytelling." From 1996, where our survivors wrestle with the aftermath of their first official hunt, to 2021 where the gang learns that old habits die hard, we're breaking it all down. We know the fan reception to this one has been all over the map, so we also do our best to navigate through the maze of opinions and offer our own analysis of what the final moments of this episode might mean for season 3 of

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01:54:39

S2E8 "It Chooses"

The Watchers ·

2023/05/23

Jodie and Andrea are back and recapping "It Chooses," the penultimate episode of season two of the Showtime series,Yellowjackets. We know this is a long one, but they gave us SO MUCH to talk about this week.In 1996, we see the soccer team dealing with the aftermath of Shauna beating Lottie to near-death; we learn more about Javi's drawings, and we finally see the origin of the hunt. In a lot of ways, this is the episode we've all been waiting for–especially Andrea who can't wait to never talk about

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