Bossy Britches

Look who’s back! After a brief lengthy spring break, Lisa and Jules are here to talk to you about recommendations and the fine arts of making and taking them. Recommendations. What are recommendations? We just don’t know. If you know, feel free to give Lisa and/or Jules recommendations of your own! Books, movies, music, games, […] The post #021 – The Art of Recommendations appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Can you believe that Doctor Who has been on for ten years? New Who, that is. Ten years, plus forty-two! (See what we did there?) It’s old, okay, and some of us have watched way too much of it. Lisa and Jules celebrate this momentous anniversary by talking about Companions through the ages, with more […] The post #020 – Traveling Companions appeared first on Bossy Britches.

It’s Halloween in … almost April! Just go with it. Jules and Lisa are back with another round of Netflix recommendations–this time, to get you through the scariest day of the year when you probably aren’t allowed to wear a mask to a bar. Some romcoms, a few adventure flicks, a handful of few nostalgic […] The post Bossy Shorts – Netflix April appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Do you quit shows or books? Wander away mid-season? Put something down and never go back? What exactly is it that drives you away from a piece of entertainment? Lisa and Jules discuss what it is that turns them from their completist natures, for everything from Night Court to romance novels to Supernatural, The Sopranos […] The post #019 – To Quit Or … Whatever appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Jules saw the new Disney movie, Cinderella … Did she like it enough to recommend it? Plus, Lisa and Jules both have questions about that new Beauty and the Beast–Emma Watson as Belle, you guys! Emma Watson!–and these Disney remakes in general. How do you remake animated musical classics without any music?! BREAKING NEWS! Disney […] The post Bossy Shorts – Cinderella appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lisa gives Jules the hard sell for the new Netflix original series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. From writers and producers Tim Carlock and Tina Fey, this is the sitcom that’s earwormed everyone you know, whether they admit it or not. Show notes: The full Pinot Noir by Titus Andromedon, mixed by kimmyschmidtgifs on Tumblr The post Bossy Shorts – Kimmy Schmidt appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lisa and Jules are back with another week of Bossy Shorts. Today they’re recommending Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff, talking Ptolemaic incest and matinee idols in short skirts, and wondering how Julius Caesar ever won anything with such a terrible impulse control problem. Show notes: Buy Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra: A Life @ Powell’s Watch […] The post Bossy Shorts – Cleopatra appeared first on Bossy Britches.

New month, new Netflix queue! Jules and Lisa have your recommendations right here: Archer, How to Train Your Dragon 2, House of Cards, Cesar Chavez–as well as the movies you have to watch before they’re gone forever*, like Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion! *Or, until the Starz option expires. The post Bossy Shorts – Netflix March appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lisa and Jules take a few minutes this week to remember Leonard Nimoy, everyone’s space boyfriend and Honorary Grandpa, and his work as Spock, as an artist, and as one of Columbo‘s wiliest foes. The post Bossy Shorts – Leonard Nimoy appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Carly Lane joins Jules and Lisa this week to talk about… DID YOU HEAR? THE X-FILES IS COMING BACK. Okay, maybe. Well, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson say they’re all for it. Chris Carter doesn’t seem to be doing anything else. SO, IT’S DEFINITELY HAPPENING. Sort of. In theory. We all want it, though, right? […] The post #018 – The Redux-Files appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Carly Lane stops by to talk about David Duchovny’s new show, Aquarius, which will apparently at some point be available on some kind of a device where you can potentially watch it? Maybe. You, uh, need to watch this sneak peek video from NBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuVhjQ-5VMU For context. Yeah. Context. The post Bossy Shorts – The Age of Aquarius? appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Fanfare! It’s time for the first star-studded Bossy Britches awards spectacular! Join Jules and Lisa to see who accepts the wins for all the big categories for 2014, like “Best High-Concept Media That Fell Apart on Closer Examination,” “Most Necessary Sequel,” and “Best Performance by Liam Neesons,” plus all that other stuff like Best Movie, […] The post #017 – The Bossies appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Kacey Bange joins Jules and Lisa again this week to talk about Jupiter Ascending, the splashy, flashy Wachowskis space opera in theaters now. Starring Space Princess Mila Kunis, half-albino(-somehow) Channing Tatum, and Sean “Sad Werebee Dad” Bean, it’s two hours of fabulous sci-fi excess–and with any luck the start of a glorious space communism film […] The post Bossy Shorts – Jupiter Ascending appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Romance movie expert Kacey Bange joins Lisa and Jules for a special Valentine’s Day episode, all about romantic comedies! How hard it is to find good and satisfying queer romances, how much Kacey longs for a modernized Pride & Prejudice, and looking for love in all the wrong media. Plus, Lisa demonstrates that she might […] The post #016 – Romantic Comedies appeared first on Bossy Britches.

This week we’re talking about the nature of the whammy guilty pleasure, and trying to figure out what our entertainment blind spots are–and why they’re so attractive. Like Keira Knightley, Archer, space operas, Elvis Presley, Syfy originals, John Wayne, Brothertears … Plus the world’s largest anti-recommendations for The Loft and Fifty Shades of Gray–THE LARGEST […] The post #015 – Guilty Pleasures & Blind Spots appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Jurassic Park, romance novels, Shakespearean plays, Marvel movies, assassin threesomes, and Friday Night Lights. What’s the thing that ties them all together? This week, Lisa and Jules are joined by a very special guest, Lindsay McMillan, to talk about the concept of pop culture comfort food, and what qualifies for that label. (It’s how many […] The post #014 – Pop Culture Comfort Food appeared first on Bossy Britches.

It’s that time again: when Lisa and Jules check out what’s new and what’s leaving Netflix streaming this month. Our Netflix recommendations: JEM! House of Cards King Arthur Dredd Panic Room The post Bossy Shorts – Netflix February appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Gear up for the Super Bowl with Jules and Lisa as they demonstrate how curmudgeonly they are and recommend a few great sports movies: Trouble Along the Way and Bend It Like Beckham. Then you can go play some Breaking Madden with Jon Bois of SBNation, after you watch Bill Nye explain football inflation, of […] The post Bossy Shorts – Superb Owl appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Lindsay McMillan joins Lisa and Jules to talk about the #OscarsSoWhite (h/t to @reignofapril for creating the hashtag)! Listeners with time machines are particularly welcome. Check out the full list of nominees at Vox. The post Bossy Shorts – Oscars appeared first on Bossy Britches.

Time for some TOOKEN 3 with Liam Neesons! Lisa and Jules are talking all things revenge, from comedies to smashmouth action to things that should absolutely be rebooted with Dwayne Johnson as the star (seriously, we’ll pitch ideas all day long if this can happen. How about an 18th century French period action movie? Come […] The post #013 – Revenge Flicks appeared first on Bossy Britches.