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Mixed Bag

A podcast looking at the mixed, muddled and meh movies throughout film history. Featuring Matt, Cassandra and Jimmy. Contact us at mixedbagcontact@gmail.com

tv & film film reviews

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01:51:44

101 - Pokémon Detective Pikachu ft Emily K. Brown

Mixed Bag ·

2023/07/23

Pika pika! We're heading back just four years to revisit Pokémon Detective Pikachu with performer, director and Pokémon aficionado, Emily K. Brown! We get talking our favourite little 151 critters and how this action adventure starring Ryan Reynolds and Justice Smith sat with us. PARTNER UP! In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective. (Sourced from Letterboxd) Pop Corner discussed in Popcorner

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01:15:50

100 - Twilight [Live]

Mixed Bag ·

2023/07/09

"Say it. Out Loud." "100 episodes" That's right, we're 100 episodes old, Baghags! To celebrate, we gathered together at Vogelmorn Hall on a cold July evening and celebrated with an iconic Mixed film and franchise, Twilight (2008). Huge thanks to Patrick Barnes for the sound and AV, Cass' parents for the screen, our readers Ed, Catherine, Mike and Jared and to our special guest! Listen to the end to discover who it is and visit our socials for the video version. WHEN YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER, WHAT DO

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01:40:29

99 - Ready Player One

Mixed Bag ·

2023/06/25

ARE YOU READY? Because we've reached the end of our MixedBerg Miniseries with the only way we could, Speilberg's retrospective on legacy by cramming so much IP on the screen at all times! That's right it's Ready Player One! (2018) Based on the popular book of the same name, Ready Player One imagines an OASIS world where the VR headset is king and everybody is obsessed with Mark Rylance. A BETTER REALITY AWAITS. When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to

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01:17:54

98 - War Horse

Mixed Bag ·

2023/06/12

Picture the scene: You're Steven Speilberg. Congrats! You've made a lot of great movies! You sit down to a show on the West End and you see a hella great show with some stonking great horse puppets. You think to yourself, this is one wicked tale, time to nix those horsies. That's right, it's the movie no one was calling for, it's Best Picture nominee War Horse (2011), the second entry in our MixedBerg Miniseries. Do you want two hours and 26 minutes about some horses that go to war? Have we got the

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01:52:13

97 - Hook ft Ellie Stewart

Mixed Bag ·

2023/05/27

Because we were a little late with some episodes, we're dropping a new miniseries a few days early! Welcome to the mini miniseries of Mixed-Berg, the covering of Steven Speilberg's mixed films in the lead up to our 100th episode! And to kick things off, we're joined by returning guest, Ellie Stewart! So put on your pirate hat and think a happy thought because we're flying to Never Neverland with Hook (1991) starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman and Julia Roberts! WHAT IF PETER PAN GREW UP? The

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01:27:43

96 - Fifty Shades of Grey

Mixed Bag ·

2023/05/15

"Mr. Grey will see you now" We're finishing off our Personal Picks with the steamy Fifty Shades of Grey! Released in 2015 and an adaptation of the ridiculously popular book of the same name, Fifty Shades stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan who, like their Twilight compatriates, have gone on to bigger and better things. When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her

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01:22:52

95 - Entrapment

Mixed Bag ·

2023/04/30

(Heads up, the audio sounds a little different this episode! We don't think it's hugely distracting but just a little mic mix up.) In our second entry in Romance Personal Picks, we're heading back to 1999 with Entrapment. Y2K was just around the corner, Catherine Zeta-Jones was getting regular work and aged movie stars were still having extremely younger women as their love interests. Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in

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01:26:33

94 - Sliding Doors

Mixed Bag ·

2023/04/16

You're waiting for a train, or rather you're running for one! Do you make it through the sliding doors? Or do you just miss it? The ultimate brain tickler in multiversal mysteries starring Ms. Goop herself, Gwyneth Paltrow! Released in the same year as her Oscar-winning turn in Shakespeare in Love, Sliding Doors (1998) sees Gwyn donning the British accent again as we follow two parallel stories of Helen. London publicist Helen, effortlessly slides between parallel storylines that show what happens

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01:17:24

93 - Gothika

Mixed Bag ·

2023/04/02

We've reached the end of our Hello Halle series! We're sending her off with this taut psychological thriller 'GOTHIKA' (2003). After a car crash, a criminal psychologist regains consciousness only to find that she’s a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she’s been accused of murdering her husband—but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an

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01:18:02

92 - Monster’s Ball

Mixed Bag ·

2023/03/19

It's time! It's the film that won Halle Berry her Oscar and we've timed it perfectly to discuss the 95th Oscars. The first and second time a Person of Colour has won Best Actress at the Academy Awards. With that celebratory but also bleak premise, let's look at the film itself. Releasing in the same year as Swordfish, Monster's Ball (2001) is a completely different kettle of fish: Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is

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01:20:26

91 - Swordfish

Mixed Bag ·

2023/03/07

"You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit." So says Gabriel (John Travolta) in Swordfish (2001), but does this assessment apply to his own movie? Cast your mind back to June 2001, the hairdos were wild, the pants were leather, the tips were frosted and terrorism and vehicles smashing into buildings were something freely depicted onscreen. 😬 Starring John Travolta with some...questionable facial choices, a baby-faced Hugh Jackman and the star of

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01:23:54

90 - B.A.P.S

Mixed Bag ·

2023/02/19

Hello Halle once again! We started with one of Halle Berry's most well-known roles so we thought we'd take a trip back to 1997 to discuss one of Halle's first leading roles, B.A.P.S (1997). And to keep the 1997 train going, we spend the first 20 minutes discussing Titanic: 25th Anniversary so if you're a Jack & Rose-head like we are, be sure to tune in. Two clueless homegirls move to L.A. to become dancers, but instead find themselves scamming a dying millionaire to eventually become B*A*P*S

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01:37:06

89 - Die Another Day

Mixed Bag ·

2023/02/05

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01:17:17

88 - M3GAN

Mixed Bag ·

2023/01/22

She's got a point. She's an icon, she is a legend, and she is the moment. It's M3GAN, bot. That's right it's the smash hit by kiwi director Gerard Johnstone. Available in cinemas now, the Mixed Bag crew head to the cinema once against to see if this robot is a TikTok flash in the pan or the real deal. A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll’s programming works

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01:29:56

87 - Avatar: The Way of Water

Mixed Bag ·

2023/01/08

We said we were starting 2023 strong so we're recalling our 12th episode Avatar, a whole THREE years ago (we said 2 on the pod whoops) with the long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water. Did James Cameron prove everybody wrong? Well, financially yes. But how does the story hold up? Are we really that jazzed to be back in Pandora? Shout out to the wonderful folks at Weta Digital for their incredible work, we don't have anything bad to say about their work but does Jake Sully and his family hold

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01:46:50

86 - The Polar Express

Mixed Bag ·

2022/12/25

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Happy holidays Baguettes! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day yesterday if you celebrate and are having a well-earned break. Now that it's Boxing Day, it's the perfect time to kick up your feet and hear our annual tradition of inviting Lucas Neal on to discuss a Christmas movie! This year we're diving back to 2004 for The Polar Express by Robert Zemeckis. Along with our extraordinary baking guest, listen out for an additional surprise appearance

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01:28:45

85 - I’m Not There

Mixed Bag ·

2022/12/12

How many episodes must a podcast release before they cover Bob Dylan? 89 it appears because today we're covering I'm Not There (2007) by Todd Haynes! Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself. Is this new approach to a musical biopic a rolling stone or just blowin in the wind? Will the combined talent of Cate

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01:30:27

84 - Rat Race

Mixed Bag ·

2022/11/27

We're heading back to 2001, the year when Shrek was king and when you could just gather some comedians and get them to do some antics and insane stunts! That's right it's Rat Race! Starring John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Seth Green, John Lovitz, Kathy Najimy and more. A Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The only rule in this race is

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01:38:16

83 - Mona Lisa Smile

Mixed Bag ·

2022/11/13

As we begin a round of personal picks, Matt has chosen a genre the likes of which we haven't glimpsed in many a year, we take you back to 2003 with Mona Lisa Smile. Featuring an incredibly stacked cast including Julia Roberts, Julia Stiles, Kristen Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marcia Gay Harden, Mona Lisa Smile follows the story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley

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01:38:28

82 - Casper ft Mike Bryant

Mixed Bag ·

2022/10/30

🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃 That's right, it's the spooky season again and we've invited the foe of the podcast Mike Bryant back to talk about 90s nostalgia 'Casper' (1995) starring Bull Pullman and Christina Ricci! Afterlife therapist Dr. James Harvey and his daughter Kat move into an old mansion, and soon Kat meets Casper, the ghost of a young boy who’s “the friendliest ghost you know.” But not so friendly are Casper’s uncles–Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie–who are determined to drive all “fleshies” away

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