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PODCAST

The Juiciest Bits

Mandy Elliott and Charlie Barber

In this biweekly podcast, Mandy Elliott and Charlie Barber choose a movie to watch, discuss, make fun of, and fight about. They talk a lot about issues of race, gender, and sexuality and their conversations are intellectual, yet refreshingly irreverent.

tv & film film reviews

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01:09:19

Just Some Ordinary People: Sullivan's Travels

The Juiciest Bits ·

2025/11/08

Well hello! We know you've had a bit of a wait for this episode, but we're back and ready to give you the final episode of our Preston Sturges series. Today we're talking about Sullivan's Travels (1941) and the privileged propensity to try on poverty, just for a little bit, just to see how it feels, before scuttling back to relative comfort. Don't forget to rate and review us, and feel free to send us an electronic mail message at thejuiciestbitspodcast@gmail.com!

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01:00:58

Kockenlocker's Knocked Up: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

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2025/10/11

Hello and welcome to week two of our look at John Sturges! This week, we're talking about The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943) and the mystery of how it managed to evade the censors. There's bigamy, illegitimate pregnancy, slapstick comedy—what more could any of us want?!Be sure to rate and review us (pretty please), and feel free to drop us a line at thejuiciestbitspodcast@gmail.com.

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00:52:56

Positively the Same Dame: The Lady Eve

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2025/09/27

Welcome back to our devoted listener(s)! To kick off this new season, we've decided to pivot from 1990s/2000s action movies to something not at all related: the movies of Preston Sturges. Now, if you don't know anything about Sturges's movies, or if you think you won't be interested, DON'T WORRY! We will do our level best to showcase how funny, compelling, and of-the-moment they can be. This week, we're starting with The Lady Eve (1941), a romp with a sexy lady swindler, a

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01:19:12

Terminator: Dark Fate: The Ballad of Sarah and Carl...

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2025/08/02

Hi friends, and welcome to the final episode of our Terminator series! In this episode we talk about Terminator: Dark Fate, specifically how much we love Carl and how amazing Mackenzie Davis's arms are. And, you know, other stuff. We're taking a break in August because we are tired and cranky, but also because we love summer. But, we'll be back with something new and exciting after that, so don't go too far!If you have any suggestions and/or accolades for us, write to us at

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00:46:45

Just the Worst: Terminator Genisys

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2025/07/05

Okay, folks, we're sorry to do this to you, but today we're talking about Terminator Genisys (Taylor, 2015), BUT ONLY BECAUSE WE ARE COMPLETIONISTS! Think of it as penance to cleanse us of the hatred in our hearts before we talk about Terminator: Dark Fate (Miller, 2019), which is objectively a much better movie and which we adore.In this episode we mostly bitch about how bad Genisys is, so if you're into that sort of thing, maybe you'll enjoy it! But also, if you like Terminator

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00:57:14

Resisting (:) Terminator Salvation

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2025/06/21

Hello hello! Today, we're talking about Terminator Salvation (McG, 2009) and whether we dislike it as much as we dislike Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Mostow, 2003). Hint: at least one of us dislikes it MORE. Anyway, we still have a whale of a time talking about it, and that's really what matters, isn't it? Also, please remember the three Rs: Rate, review, and reach out to say hello! You can find us at thejuiciestbitspodcast@gmail.com because neither of us has time to be good at

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01:14:03

Terminator 3: Terminator? I hardly know 'er!

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2025/05/31

Hello, and welcome back to our Terminator series! This week, we have a very special treat—our very first guest! And WHAT a guest: our pal Veronica Litt is an Assistant Professor of English at Cape Breton University and has recently written a book about Clueless (Heckerling, 1995) called Ugh! As if!: Clueless. She's exceptionally smart and funny and we have a fine old time talking about Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines with her. So gird your loins and inflate your boobs, 'cause we're

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01:15:04

Terminator 2: Judgment Day: No Problemo

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2025/05/17

We're back to talk about Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a definite childhood fave and a pretty good sequel. We talk about how Sarah Connor has changed, how nobody believes her about what's happening to the world or to her (classic), and about how the Terminator pretty quickly becomes John's proxy daddy, which is weird, but not terrible. Charlie also tries to explain time travel once again. As always, please rate and review us, and feel free to drop us a comment on Spotify or at

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00:59:17

Come With Us If You Want To Talk About The Terminator

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2025/05/03

And we're back! Thanks for your patience as we slogged through April. End of term is no joke, you guys.We have decided to move on from PSH (always in our hearts) and jump into summer blockbuster season. Specifically, we're gonna talk about the Terminator franchise! Charlie is ever so eager to talk about Mackenzie Davis's arms, but first, we need to talk about The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984). This movie is OBSESSED with baby-having and tech vs. analog and, weirdly, male virginity,

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00:53:39

Philip Seymour Hoffman Plays Tom Cruise Playing Him

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2025/03/29

Hi folks! We can't stop/won't stop talking about Philip Seymour Hoffman movies just yet, so settle in for our chat about PSH's terrifying (yet jolly?) role in Mission: Impossible III (Abrams, 2006)! We talk about how unsettling PSH is as a villain, the movie's weird relationship with intimacy, and how PSH seamlessly switches from playing his character, Owen Davian, to playing Tom Cruise playing Davian. He climbs on things! He dangles out of a plane! He's persnickety about a

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00:58:55

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Moves and Countermoves

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2025/03/15

Hello everyone! Because we just couldn't say away from our beloved PSH, our episode this week is about the second instalment of the Hunger Games franchise, Catching Fire (Lawrence, 2013). Hoffman plays Plutarch Heavensbee (a true gift of a name), the newest game maker and apparent crony of President Snow. We talk about the movie, teams Peeta and Gale respectively, and how Panem is, like many dystopian narratives, eerily similar to our own context in the West. Charlie also mentions a blog post

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01:11:18

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Ballpoint Pens and the End Times

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2025/03/01

Hello! This week, we're continuing our deep dive into Philip Seymour Hoffman's oeuvre (we're fancy) and looking at John Patrick Shanley's Doubt (2008), a very different movie than Wild Mountain Thyme, which he made in 2020, and which we have also done an episode about. In Doubt, we see PSH navigate the role of a 1964 priest whom head nun Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep) accuses of abusing a child. This movie makes us so angry, but also impresses the dickens out of us, and we're

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00:49:19

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Truman Capote is a Bad Art...

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2025/02/15

Hello! Welcome to the second instalment of our series on Philip Seymour Hoffman and his diverse oeuvre. Today we're talking aboutCapote (Miller, 2005), which is about as far fromAlong Came Polly (Hamburg, 2004) as you can get. We fan out over Hoffman's ability to exhibit several emotions at once and we discuss how Truman, and not the murders, is the movie's biggest mystery.Hoffman won an Oscar for this one, and we think his performance is worth a look, so join us!Also, we had a couple of

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01:01:19

Philip Seymour Hoffman: The Ballad of Sandy Lyle

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2025/02/01

We're finally back! And we're very excited to share our new format with you. This season, we're focusing on individual actors, directors, cinematographers, etc., and we're also tightening up our episodes (or we'll try to).First up this season is a look at Philip Seymour Hoffman, an actor who played many, many different characters that we love to watch. In this episode we're talking specifically about his performance in Along Came Polly (Hamburg, 2004). We do not recommend

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01:42:02

Tears for Tiers: Devil in a Blue Dress

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2024/07/06

Hi everyone! For this final episode of our detective series (and the season), we're talking about Devil in a Blue Dress (Carl Franklin, 1995), starring Denzel Washington, Jennifer Beals, Tom Sizemore, and baby Don Cheadle. It's a hard-boiled neo-noir with a twist! That twist is that it's not about white people. Surprise! Also, full disclosure (which you'll also hear on the ep), we had some sound issues in this recording, which means that Charlie's audio is quite a bit louder and

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01:20:04

Marriage, Murder, Martinis, and the Goodest Boy: The...

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2024/06/22

This week, you're in for a treat: we're talking about The Thin Man (Van Dyke, 1934), a murder mystery starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, who for our money make the sexiest movie couple of the 20th Century, or maybe of all time. They're pretty sexy. They also have an adorable pup named Asta, which makes them even cooler. Anyway, in addition to being a murder mystery, this movie is also a hilarious romp full of fast-talking quips, raucous parties, and names like "Face"

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01:19:31

Murder and Stuff: The Nice Guys

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2024/06/08

And we're back! We were on a slight hiatus for reasons, and now we're back slingin' eps and saying the occasional smart thing. Our latest theme is the detective film, and this week, we're talking about The Nice Guys (Shane Black, 2016), starring Russell Crowe and pre-Ken Ryan Gosling. This is one of the funniest movies of recent memory and we have a great little discussion about it. We hope you like it!Also, if you feel so inclined, please leave us a great review! It would make us

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01:33:46

Call of Booties: Corner Office

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2024/05/04

This week we're wrapping up our series on office movies with Corner Office (Joachim Back, 2022), a surreal dark comedy starring Jon Hamm and Danny Pudi. We talk about all manner of things, including Jon Hamm's excellent moustache and bangs and how interchangeable they are, and we compare this movie to the others in the series as well as to Apple TV series Severance, which is an excellent show that does much of what Corner Office tries to do, only better. Please enjoy this episode as we laugh

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01:25:09

Another Stiff in the John: 9 to 5

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2024/04/20

Well, folks, we did it. We made an episode about 9 to 5 (Higgins, 1980), one of the greatest movies of [just before] our time. Ever heard of Dolly Parton? She's in this movie! Jane Fonda? She's in it, too! And, of course, Lily Tomlin and Dabney Coleman round out the cast magnificently. This movie makes fun of office work by depicting very realistic office conditions, rife with misogyny, sexism, and bureaucracy. But, it's also hilarious and very relatable if you're a non-cis man who

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01:36:28

A Case of the Mondays: Office Space

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2024/04/06

Just in time for spring, the time of year when hope abounds, we present to you our next theme: movies about soul-sucking office jobs (we would never do this to you if spring were not imminent). As such, this episode is about Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999), a movie that child Mandy thought was hilarious and that adult Mandy realizes is problematic (but also so quotable). But still, there is a TON to talk about, including white fragility, ableism, fatphobia, and, of course, the exploitation of

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