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Moody Movie Club

Kylie and Elliott love movies and they love talking to each other about movies. They believe in the magic of film as a lens to help navigate this complicated and beautiful world we live in. They also believe in the importance of being moody. Join the club every Thursday as they reflect on how the movies they watch make them think and feel, as they help you find movies that match your moods. (The podcast formerly known as Bad Dad Rad Dad.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

tv & film film reviews

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1:24:17

Mega Mood: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/07/14

Kylie & Elliott are joined by their friend—filmmaker and Metro Cinema board member—Sylvia Douglas to unpack a horror classic. In this spoiler-filled episode, they admire how the movie gets into your bones, offer empathy to the character of Leatherface, and find meaning in how the film shifts meaning personally and politically through the years.Find Sylvia on their website and instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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53:50

M3GAN Doesn’t Give A Care About Your Upset Tummy

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/07/10

Moody Movies: The Blob (1988), Handling the Undead (2024), Ponyo (2008), M3GAN 2.0 (2025), Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)Kylie & Elliott fall in love with ooey practical effects, interrogate when genre labels lead viewers astray, smile at the cutest lil’ goldfish they’ve ever seen, have a blast with friends (even if Elliott misses part of the movie), and bring a classic comedy into the regular rotation.Follow along

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51:39

Crossroads Is For More Than Just The Girlies

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/07/03

Moody Movies: The Odd Couple (1968), Crossroads (2002), The Wedding Singer (1998), Under the Shadow (2016)Kylie & Elliott find the origin of their love for a particular oddball pairing, consider the painful reality that films made by/about/for the girlies are often critically denigrated, find sweetness (and a banging soundtrack) in an old favourite, and get the piss scared out of them with particularly potent horror imagery.Statementfrom Girls in Film on ending their partnership with Mubi.Follow

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50:34

The Rad Wrap: Tribeca Film Festival 2025

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/07/02

Moody Movies: Re-Creation (2025), Horsegirls (2025), People and Meat (2025), A Second Life (2025), The End of Quiet (2025), Deep Cover (2025), A Tree Fell in the Woods (2025), Dog of God (2025)Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a series on series, exploring films with a common thread. In this episode, Kylie & Elliott, press darlings!, feel ethically icky about their first film, admire the aesthetics of a tender drama, fall in love with the power of friendship, become captivated by a slice of life journey,

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16:34

Mini Mood: Jurassic World Rebirth

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/06/30

Moody Movie: Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)Welcome back to Mini Mood: a bite-sized episode that focuses on a movie at the top of the zeitgeist. In this episode, Kylie & Elliott continue to love looking at big dinos on a big screen, insist that sometimes low expectations bring more fun, and wonder what an auteur Jurassic World movie might be like.To understand the brilliance of the 1990s video game Dinosaur Safari,watchthese run-throughs.Follow along

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52:25

Please Put Pedro Pascal In Leslie Nielsen’s Forbidden...

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/06/26

Moody Movies: Dog Day Afternoon (1975), The Parent Trap (1998), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Forbidden Planet (1956)Kylie & Elliott have their expectations overturned with a 1970s banger, fall in love with a 90s classic, revisit a movie twenty years later, and see Anne Francis in Forbidden Planet (wah-ah-ah-oh-oh).Watch the Mike Mills directed music video for Talking Heads' Psycho Killer.Follow along onInstagram:@moodymovie.clubLetterboxd:kylieburtonLetterboxd:ElliottKuss Hosted on Acast. See

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13:25

Mini Mood: 28 Years Later

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/06/23

Moody Movie: 28 Years Later (2025)Welcome back to Mini Mood: a bite-sized episode that focuses on a movie at the top of the zeitgeist. In this episode, Kylie & Elliott manage the expectations of an unexpected sequel, feel tonal whiplash, and discuss the difference between watching a movie and what it feels like after it’s done.Follow along onInstagram:@moodymovie.clubLetterboxd:kylieburtonLetterboxd:ElliottKuss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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58:49

The Journey From Martians To Bromances To Cookies Is...

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/06/19

Moody Movies: Exhibition (2013), The War of the Worlds (1953), Friendship (2025), Endless Cookie (2025), It Came from Outer Space (1953)Kylie & Elliott feel seen by the dynamic in a film (for better or worse), fall in love with technicolour, see the film of one of their all-time new favourite movie trailers, become enamoured with animation and storytelling, and recognize the singularity of a theme (even if some boredom creeps in).Follow along

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18:48

Mini Mood: Materialists

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/06/18

Moody Movie: Materialists (2025)Welcome back to Mini Mood: a bite-sized episode that focuses on a movie at the top of the zeitgeist. In this episode, Kylie & Elliott feel nervous for a new release, consider the tension between genre reclamation and subversion, and get the vapours for three babely babes.Follow along onInstagram:@moodymovie.clubLetterboxd:kylieburtonLetterboxd:ElliottKuss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:20:37

Living An Authentic Life with Elli McDine

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/06/16

Moody Movies: Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Worst Person in the World (2021), I Saw the TV Glow (2024)Kylie &Elliottare joined byElli McDineto discuss three movies that explore identity and what it means to live an authentic life. Along the way, they think about what it means to build a life in a burning house, insist on the necessity of play and curiosity, feel the ambiguity of endings, and recognize the simultaneous pain and power of opening your chest.Follow Elli on Instagram

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45:41

We’re Drinking The Same Cup Of Tea As David Lynch

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/06/12

Moody Movies: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), The Long Walk (2019), The Red Balloon (1956), The Tree of Life (2011)Kylie & Elliott find the origins of a favourite sci-fi subgenre, dive into the layers of time and space that a contemplative ghost movie creates, marvel at the most beautiful balloons in all of cinema, insist that even the shortest of films deserve thought and discussion, and are left cold by a thematic exploration of the universe.Listen to Outcasts of the Earth from our buddy

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16:45

Mini Mood: The Life of Chuck

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/06/09

Moody Movie: The Life of Chuck (2025)Welcome back to Mini Mood: a bite-sized episode that focuses on a movie at the top of the zeitgeist. In this episode, Kylie & Elliott appreciate the beauty of an ephemeral life, reflect on the perfect adaptation pairing, and contain multitudes.Follow along onInstagram:@moodymovie.clubLetterboxd:kylieburtonLetterboxd:ElliottKuss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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59:42

Jackie Chan’s Body-Ody-Ody And The Beauty Of...

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/06/05

Moody Movies: Gaslight (1944), Cinema Paradiso (1988), Working Girls (1986), Rumble in the Bronx (1995)Kylie & Elliott dig into the origins of an idiom, find necessity in honouring places and the people associated with them, appreciate the radicalness of a film portraying boredom at work, and fall (further) in love with silly bananas action movies.Follow along onInstagram:@moodymovie.clubLetterboxd:kylieburtonLetterboxd:ElliottKuss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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45:03

Meet Your Dream Phone Boyfriend: Patrick Lowe

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/05/29

Moody Movies: Encino Man (1992), The Eyes of My Mother (2016), Primal Rage (1988), A Nice Indian Boy (2024)Kylie & Elliott reminisce about watching films recorded off TV and onto VHS tapes, are swept up in a bleakly beautiful indie horror film, have a horror movie blast while admiring some next-level mask work, and watch the sweet balm of a romantic comedy.Follow along onInstagram:@moodymovie.clubLetterboxd:kylieburtonLetterboxd:ElliottKuss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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15:57

Mini Mood: Bring Her Back

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/05/26

Moody Movie: Bring Her Back (2025)Welcome back to Mini Mood: a bite-sized episode that focuses on a movie at the top of the zeitgeist. For this episode, Kylie and Elliott see an anticipated mystery movie with friends, viscerally react to some gnarly effects, and wish for more (thematically speaking).Follow along onInstagram:@moodymovie.clubLetterboxd:kylieburtonLetterboxd:ElliottKuss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:11:31

Lilo & Stitch & Leatherface & Penny Lane

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/05/22

Moody Movies: Lilo & Stitch (2002), T Blockers (2023), Chain Reactions (2024), Almost Famous (2000)Kylie and Elliott feel the butterflies for some animated sweeties, get inspired by the punk badassery of a DIY horror film, reflect on a beloved film by listening curiously to people talk about it, and revisit a personally important teen favourite to re-think its place in their lives now.Listen to our episode where we talk about our experience seeing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.Follow along

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1:44:33

The Rad Wrap: Final Destination

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/05/19

Moody Movies: Final Destination (2000), Final Destination 2 (2003), Final Destination 3 (2006), The Final Destination (2009), Final Destination 5 (2011), Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)Let’s hop aboard Flight 180 and prepare ourselves to never look at logging trucks on the highway the same way again, as we unpack all six films in the Final Destination series.Welcome to The Rad Wrap: a series on series, where Kylie and Elliott explore films with a common thread. In this episode, they call out the

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58:55

Joey Tribbiani Is Terrified (And So Are We)

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/05/15

Moody Movies: Taipei Story (1985), You Were Never Really Here (2017), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Cujo (1983)Kylie and Elliott feel a movie (even if they don’t fully get it), appreciate a necessary paradox, swing through nostalgia, and worry about them doggies.Watch Alfred Molina's touching vulnerability when talking about his dad and career.Follow along onInstagram:@moodymovie.clubLetterboxd:kylieburtonLetterboxd:ElliottKuss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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56:10

Secret Mall Rats

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/05/08

Moody Movies: Welfare (1975), Lost in Translation (2003), The Ugly Stepsister (2025), Secret Mall Apartment (2024)Welcome back to Moody Movie Club! In this episode, Kylie and Elliott feel necessarily exhausted, struggle to connect with a 2000s film, get real wormy with a body horror blast, and feel inspired to make guerilla art (and forts!).Follow along onInstagram:@moodymovie.clubLetterboxd:kylieburtonLetterboxd:ElliottKuss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:12:29

Every Summer Is Brat Summer For Angelica Pickles

Moody Movie Club ·

2025/05/01

Moody Movies: High School (1969), Noroi: The Curse (2005), The Rugrats Movie (1998), Coming Home (2024), Clueless (1995)Welcome back to Moody Movie Club! In this episode, Kylie and Elliott confirm that high schools really are that loud, find that rare instance where a shittier presentation would enhances the experience, explore grief through some babies in diapies, celebrate queer & trans joy through genuine and vulnerable conversations, and agree that it is super hawt to know about Hamlet

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