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Midday Movies

Laura Fones and Stephen Frothingham

Welcome to the Midday Movies podcast, provider of fun, funny, and thoughtful media reviews 2-3x a week. Streaming on @radiotacoma101.9 every Tues/Thurs/Sat at 3pm.

tv & film

All Episodes

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Ep 219: “Adolescence” (Netflix, 2025) and the...

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2025/04/22

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing the Netflix top-watched limited series, “Adolescence” (2025). Following the fallout of a shocking adolescent crime, audiences are taken through police procedures, educationally institutions, and telling family dynamics that generate a pressure cooker around early adolescence. A brilliant example of British prestige television, this 4-episode miniseries asks important, timely questions about the influences on children growing up in a digital

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00:06:03

Mini Ep 4: “Marvel Rivals” (Video Game Review)

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2025/04/17

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESOn today’s special mini episode we’re discussing the Marvel video game, “Marvel Rivals” — a free-to-player shooter game that is available on all platforms. We talk characters, mechanics, and whether the Hulk can be killed, and by whom. Spend a few minutes with us and the Overwatch-style video game that seems to have replaced Overwatch in popularity. Pick your favorite hero!We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey

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00:25:56

Ep 218: “Severance” (Apple TV, 2025) Innies, Outies,...

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2025/04/15

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing the Apple TV series and cultural phenomenon, “Severance” (2022-2025). Directed by Ben Stiller and having just completed its second season run, “Severance” is a mind-bendy TV thriller that follows a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. Isolated within the walls of the mysterious and powerful Lumon Pharmaceutical Corporation, this team tries to discover the true meaning of

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00:08:57

Mini Ep 3: “Don't Die: The Man Who Wants To Live...

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2025/04/10

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re presenting you with another Midday Mini! Here, we discuss the quixotic quest of tech millionaire Bryan Johnson, a man obsessed with reversing his biological age. Founder of Braintree and Blueprint, this former Mormon is heading a health-obsessed cult that champions untested methods of extending human lifespan. Is he a visionary? Is he a charlatan? Is he the famed New Orleans vampire Jacques St. Germain? Let’s get into it!We want to know what you think

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00:25:47

Ep 217: “Snow White” and the Two Philosophies of...

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2025/04/08

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing the Disney live-action remake of the first Disney full-length feature, “Snow White” (2025). Directed by Marc Webb and starring Rachel Zegler alongside Gal Gadot, this modern “Snow White” contains original music, plot updates, and the compelling battle of philosophies between our stalwart princess and the Evil Queen. Expanding the world more than ever before, audiences will discover a war-weary kingdom, a magical forest, and a band of rebels

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00:27:06

Ep 216: “A Complete Unknown” (2024) Exploring...

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2025/04/03

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing the 2024 Oscar-nominated biopic, “A Complete Unknown.” In it, Bob Dylan is played by Timothee Chalamet as we chart the early rise of Dylan’s career in 1960s New York. An extraordinary time capsule of Cold War highlights, social justice movements, and the American folk music scene, “A Complete Unknown” captures a 1960s that sharply resembles the 2020s. Audiences will thrill at the political tumult, clashing personalities, and beautiful music

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00:31:12

Ep 215: “The White Lotus” (2025) Mike White’s...

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2025/04/01

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing prestige television series, “The White Lotus” (season 3, 2025). Created, written, and directed by the incomparable Mike White, “White Lotus” is on its third season, with its third collection of luxury vacationers, who have more than a third of life-shattering drama. Taking place in the Thailand White Lotus Hotel (a composite of the Four Seasons and other hotels), we are introduced to a North Carolina family on the brink of legal chaos

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00:33:04

Ep 214: “Mickey 17” (2025, Dir. Bong Joon Ho)...

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2025/03/27

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing the new sci-fi satire from famed “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho, “Mickey 17” (2025). Based on the 2022 book, “Mickey7,” this film imagines a future where human printing and consciousness-uploading technology has created a class of worker known as “expendable” — someone who can die and be brought back to life endlessly. The expendable in our story, Mickey Barnes (played by Robert Pattinson), is a member of a space colonization mission

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00:27:18

Ep 213: “Black Bag” (2025) is a Sexy Spy Thriller...

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2025/03/25

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing the new romantic spy thriller, “Black Bag” (2025). Directed by industry legend Steven Soderbergh, written by industry legend David Koepp, and starring industry legends Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, this story of married high-level British spies set at odds is brilliant, exciting, and visually beautiful. With an extraordinary ensemble cast (Gustaf Skarsgard, Tom Burke, Marisa Abela, and Naomie Harris) that includes an erstwhile James

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00:24:14

Ep 212: “Captain America: Brave New World” (2025,...

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2025/03/20

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing the latest addition to the Marvel Captain America franchise, “Captain America: Brave New World” (2025). Sam Wilson, played by Anthony Mackie, has now fully accepted the mantle of Captain America and is out fighting for us in the middle of an international incident. We have a new president, Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (played by Harrison Ford) and a new powerful element discovered in international waters — Adamantium. Beloved characters find

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00:21:21

Ep 211: “Flow” (2024) is the Animated Film that Won...

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2025/03/18

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing the Oscar-winning animated film, “Flow” (2025). Directed by young Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis, this multinational movie brought together animators from Latvia, Belgium, and France, was completed entirely in the free-to-use 3D modeling software Blender, and shipped only a few days before its premiere at Cannes Film Festival. The story follows an independent cat whose world is threatened by a massive flood, forcing him to find refuge on

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00:07:20

Midday Mini Ep 2: “Hot Frosty” (Netflix, 2024) is a...

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2025/03/13

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re presenting you with another Midday Mini! Please enjoy a super-short, super-fun conversation about “Hot Frosty” — a Hallmark-style Netflix movie with great things to teach you about being a pillar of your community. This movie stars Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Chrishell Stausse, Jo Lo Truglio, and Craig Robinson. It was written by Russell Hainline and directed by Jerry Ciccoritti.We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this

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00:24:09

Ep 210: “The Monkey” (2025) and Its Stephen King...

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2025/03/11

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing the latest release by horror film auteur, Osgood Perkins, namely “The Monkey” (2025). Starring Theo James as twin brothers haunted by a malicious toy monkey and based on a Stephen King short story of the same name, “The Monkey” tells a tale spanning two generations of fatherless boys. With loads of Stephen King Easter eggs for horror fans and a huge dose of humor, “The Monkey” is a tale of tragic, unthwartable chaos and bravery in the face

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00:05:24

Midday Mini Ep 1: “Companion” (2025, Dir. Drew Hancock)

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2025/03/06

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re sharing a Midday Mini! That means a super-short, super-fun discussion of our key takeaways from the romance-themed thriller, “Companion” (2025). This film stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillen, and Rupert Friend. It was written and directed by Drew Hancock, whose previous work is mostly television.We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey

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00:32:51

Ep 209: “The Brutalist” (2024) Examines Immigrant...

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2025/03/04

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing the Oscar Best Picture nominee, “The Brutalist” (2024). Written and directed by Brady Corbet and starring Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” narrativizes the disorienting and hostile experience of a Jewish immigrant escaping the cataclysm of World War II. In some ways friendly and hospitable, but in others chillingly marked by contempt, our protagonist-architect navigates an America that is hungry for his talent and deeply uninterested in his

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00:27:19

Ep 208: “Nickel Boys” (2024) the Reformatory,...

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2025/02/27

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re talking about Oscar Best Picture nominee, “Nickel Boys” (2024). Adapted from the 2019 Colson Whitehead novel of the same name and based on the experiences of students at the real-life Dozier School for Boys in Florida, this film shows us the Jim Crow era South literally through the eyes of our protagonists, alongside supplementary archival footage that creates an immersive sense of time and place. Following two boys navigating the titular Nickel

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00:31:48

Ep 207: “Dune: Part Two” (2024) The Empire, The...

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2025/02/25

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday, the next stop on our tour of Oscar Best Picture nominees is, “Dune: Part Two” (2024). This is the second adaptation of the classic midcentury sci-fi series by Frank Herbert and it takes us right back to the barren desert of Arrakis, where we left our heroes in “Dune: Part One” in 2021. Expanding the world to include the galactic emperor’s (Christopher Walken) seat of power (including Florence Pugh) and the Harkonnen home world, “Dune: Part Two” is largely

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00:30:36

Ep 206: “Wicked” (2024) and the Wonderful World of Oz...

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2025/02/20

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing our next Oscar Best Picture nominee, “Wicked” (2024). Adapted from the Broadway blockbuster of the same name, which was adapted from the Gregory Maguire book of the same name, which owes its inspiration to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz books by L. Frank Baum — a 20th-century American political satirist. It is brought to life by the incomparable Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in the lead roles of Elphaba, the “Wicked Witch of the West” and

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00:23:46

Ep 205: “Conclave” (2024) is Rich with Papal Secrets...

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2025/02/18

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re discussing the papal thriller and Oscar Best Picture nominee, “Conclave” (2024). Starring Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, and Isabella Rossellini, and based on a Robert Harris novel of the same name, “Conclave” is a political thriller that takes viewers inside the secret, sacred world of pope elections. After the death of a beloved pope, cardinals from all over the world fly into the Vatican to be sequestered and elect a new leader of the

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00:26:14

Ep 204: “Emilia Pérez” is 2025’s Controversial, Most...

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2025/02/13

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of MIDDAY MOVIESToday we’re beginning our review series of OSCAR’s Best Picture Nominees, starting with “Emilia Perez” (2024), the most academy-nominated film this year. With 13 nomination nods including Best Picture, “Emilia Perez” follows the stories of four remarkable Mexican women — one a literal cartel boss (Karla Sofia Gascon), one who is a mother married to the mob (Selena Gomez), one an overqualified underpaid lawyer (Zoe Saldana), and one a survivor of Mexico’s endemic

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