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Read it and Weep

Read it and Weep used to be a podcast about books. Now we talk about movies and other pop culture with a confidence level unearned by our actual knowledge.

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01:27:36

RiaW 5.14 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

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2022/04/22

We finally travel via Mark Ruffalo to the 2004 Charlie Kauffman film ESotSM. Points are scored. Enemies are made. It gets crazy. Next up: Anthony chooses hate and moves via Tom Wilkinson to Michael Clayton (2007).

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RiaW 5.bonus - To Tell The Truth

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2022/04/15

Alex was on TV this week! And since Ezra was sick, we sat down and did a little bonus about Alex's chance to lie to Steve Urkel. Next up: Ezra scores again with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. For real this time.

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01:25:10

RiaW 5.13 - Drive My Car (2021)

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2022/04/08

With Ezra still on vacation, the boys take a week off the game to watch one of the best movies of 2021, just don't watch it while you're eating soup. Next up: Ezra scores again with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

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01:27:42

RiaW 5.12 - In The Cut (2003)

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2022/04/01

We go through a Kevin Bacon reset and end up in a 2003 erotic thriller directed by Oscar Winner Jane Campion. It's currently undergoing a reevaluation even as we speak. Next up: we take a week off the game and watch Drive My Car.

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01:27:50

RiaW 5.11 - Battleship Potemkin (1925)

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2022/03/24

It took 11 episodes but Hunter blew the scoring wide open by achieving his impossible movie before anybody else. Also there was that thing with the baby on the staircase. Next up: Alex resets to a Kevin Bacon movie with In The Cut (2003)

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01:13:22

RiaW 5.10 - A Girl With Character (1939)

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2022/03/17

We watched this movie in Russian and have very little idea what's going on. And you can too! Next up: Hunter scores some points! We're climbing aboard the Battleship Potemkin.

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01:13:42

RiaW 5.09 - Hard to be a God (1989)

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2022/03/10

It's absolute chaos as Hunter's gambit continues. We watch the German/Soviet movie Hard to be a God which isn't great but does feature excellent wigs. Next up: IT'S ALL COMING UP HUNTER! We're watching Girl with a Temper (in badly translated Russian).

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01:10:40

RiaW 5.08 - P.J. (1968)

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2022/03/04

You're forgiven for not having heard of PJ, we may be the first people to watch it in many years. And that's because it's a very okay movie with some really fun stuff but just not that memorable. If it weren't for Hunter and Ezra's gambit we definitely wouldn't have watched it. BUT! If you become a Meat Buddy (or stay one) you might win the copy of the DVD we watched autographed by Ezra! Join now. Next up: Hunter tries part two of the four-part move with another weird jump to the 1989 film It's Hard

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RiaW Bonus - Sex and the City of the Dead

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2022/02/28

For some strange reason, Alex wrote an episode of Sex and the City where Carrie Dates a Mummy. You can read the whole script here but here on this bonus episode, we've got a table read of the script featuring an awesome voice cast of RiaW faves. It's weird. It's dirty. It's kinda funny. Check it out now! Carrie - Sarah Hatheway, Nesmin - Omar El Akkad, Samantha - Bri Pruett, Dirk/Mark Wahlberg - Dru Johnston, Miranda - Katie Nguyen, Steve - Stephen Carter, Charlotte - Rachele Friedland, Hot Bar

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01:16:04

RiaW 5.07 - Soylent Green (1973)

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2022/02/25

I wish I could tell you you're going to learn a lot from watching the movie Soylent Green, but honestly, the thing you already know is 90% of it. So this is one where we watched it so you wouldn't have to. Next up: After some shenanigans, Ezra travels via Brock Peters to the 1968 film P.J. that we know nothing about because it gives a 50% chance of scoring Hunter some points eventually.

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01:07:33

RiaW 5.06 - The Third Man (1949)

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2022/02/18

We take another big jump back in time this week as Anthony travels via Orson Welles to the British noir film The Third Man. We talked a bit about this back in our Secret Santa episode because Hunter gifted it to Alex but now everybody's seen it so we can all get excited about Alex's references. Next up: Alex travels via Joseph Cotten to the 1973 movie that everybody knows the ending to but none of us have seen Soylent Green.

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01:16:39

RiaW 5.05 - The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

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2022/02/11

With his first pick of the Season Hunter travels via the Scatman to the absolutely unwatcheable 80s animated toy commercial The Transformers: The Movie. It's a headache-inducing mind-dumbing pinball machine of a movie and I'm mad at him for picking it. Next up: Anthony sends us via Orson Welles to The Third Man (1949). Previously discussed as a Christmas present Hunter gave to Alex, now the whole team is going to watch it.

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01:31:14

RiaW 5.04 - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

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2022/02/04

This week Anthony flies us via a very short Anjelica Huston cameo to one of just three movies to win the big five Oscars at the same time: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Not the funniest movie to talk about, but we do our best. Next up: Hunter chooses to move via voice from Scatman Crothers to the 1986 animated feature Transformers: The Movie. And THAT is a tonal shift if I've ever heard of one.

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01:14:52

RiaW 5.03 - The Life Aquatic (2004)

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2022/01/26

Season 5's second move: Alex swims through Noah Taylor to the 2004 Wes Anderson flick The Life Aquatic that is stylistic as hell but doesn't quite come together for us, landing it as only the 3rd best movie of the new season. Next up: Anthony flies via Anjelica Huston to One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, depriving Alex of a scoring opportunity. What do you think? Should we add a deck of special powers? What powers do you think should be available?

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01:17:40

RiaW 5.02 - Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

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2022/01/19

For the first move of the game, Ezra chose to move via Bill Paxton to the 2014 Cruise Missile movie Edge of Tomorrow AKA Live. Die. Repeat if you like spoilers in your title. The movie is great but it ends up in a somewhat controversial place in our Season 5 masterlist. What are your thoughts? Next up: Alex moves via Noah Taylor to the 2004 Wes Anderson (more like WET Anderson, am I right?) flick The Life Aquatic. Anthony has the ability to give Alex the first points of the year, but will he do

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01:12:44

RiaW 5.01 - Apollo 13 (1995)

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2022/01/12

Welcome to a brand new season of Read it and Weep! This year we're doing something slightly different: we're playing an overly complicated game called Kevin Bacon's Exquisite Corpse. Listen now for all the rules and a fun conversation about Thomas the Hank Engine in space.

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01:18:29

RiaW 4.48 - Secret Santa

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2021/12/16

For our final episode of Holly Hunter Days, of 2021 and of season 4, we're kicking off our last annual Secret Santa movie exchange. We were each anonymously assigned a recipient and then chose a movie or show we thought they needed to see. And the results were pretty fun! Check it out. And thanks for joining us on another year of perfectly adequate podcasting.

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01:10:27

RiaW 4.47 - Raising Arizona (1987)

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2021/12/09

It's our first annual (and probably last but who knows) Holly Hunterdays Hollyween episode so we dug back to the second ever Coen Brothers movie starring Holly and RiaW fave Nic Cage and John who is a very good man. It's a good time. And join us next week for our last episode of 2021 and the last episode of season 4, our first annual Secret Santa episode. Mentioned in this episode - https://www.change.org/p/will-smith-will-smith-matrix-rap - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9134132/?ref_=nm_knf_t2

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01:32:27

RiaW 4.46 - The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

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2021/12/03

Look, since the Dutch left, Manhattan has just been sitting there waiting to be taken. So it's really more on them and less on the Muppets. Thanks to John from Sussex for becoming a Meat Buddy and for Jaye #1 for writing in with some Muppets knowledge.

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01:24:33

RiaW 4.45 - Home for the Holidays (1995)

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2021/11/24

There really aren't many good movies about Thanksgiving, and we already watched the Turkey-based horror movie Thankskilling. So the only thing left was to watch the 1995 family comedy/drama turned rom com in the last 15 minutes, Home For the Holidays. Hopefully we got this out in time for you to listen while you travel, at least back home from the holidays.

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