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It's a new year, which means it's time for us to talk about our favorite movies and TV (plus a little theater and music) of 2023!
We also discuss how the Hollywood strikes affected how we view media, and how the theme of girlhood seemed to be a throughline in a lot of the media we loved this past year. We talk about a few of our disappointments as well, and then look ahead to what we're excited for in 2024.
2023 Stuff We Talk About:
Barbie
M3GAN
The Little Mermaid
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Succession
The Bear
Ted Lasso
The Last of Us
Shrinking
Theatre Camp
Polite Society
Quiz Lady
The Buccaneers
Somebody I Used to Know
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
You People
The Artful Dodger
Merrily We Roll Along
Lessons in Chemistry
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Mandalorian
Ahsoka
Renfield
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
A Haunting in Venice
Follow us on Instagram for sporadic memes and book recs, and join us next time for our first regular episode of the year!
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