This episode we discussed the Peacock original TV Movie, Psych 2: Lassie Come Home. We discussed paratext and its utility, detective movie structure, jello, but mainly we focused on the possibility that this series may be dated.    

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Psych 2: Lassie Come Home: Was That The Movie?

This episode we discuss the 1985 BBC 4 TV Movie, My Beautiful Laundrette. We discuss magic, incest, fascism, feminism, and Zac goes on a long tangent about running a small business. 

My Beautiful Laundrette: Magic is Real

This episode we watched the 2001 sequel to Horse Sense; Jumping Ship! We discuss the acting, the pirates, Australia, and how Zac didn't think this was a good enough movie to have an episode about it.

Jumping Ship: You Got Options

This episode we bring back our friend Josh Greene to finally discuss Horse Sense! We delve into what Horse Sense actually is as well as this films odd pacing and final act twist. Will there be romance? Will there be thrills? Will there be a strange daycare center to leave a small child for a few hours? Yes... Yes to the last question.

Horse Sense: It's Just a Revenge Movie

This episode Zac and Max return to discuss the masterful Neil Young Join, Paradox. He's a lil' goofster and he likes to prank people into watching his films.

Paradox: Male Nudity

Episode 54: This week we watched the HBO TV Movie Phil Spector. Watch in awe as Max and Zac start optimistic and in a short 28 minutes talk about hating the film. They talk about Aaron Sorkin, court drama's and how Phil Spector killed music.

Phil Spector: You Killed Music

Episode 53: This episode we watched the lifetime tv movie, Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland. We talked about bodyguards, Dan Harmon and never using tension in your story structure.

Michael Jackson: Searching For Neverland: House Hunters

Episode 52: This week we watched the Lifetime TV Movie, A Tale of Two Coreys. We discussed drug addiction, abuse in hollywood and drastic tonal shifts in this amazing and bizarre film.

A Tale of Two Coreys: The Boys Club

Episode 51: This week we watched the Lifetime TV Movie, Boyfriend Killer. We talked about Shoes, Funeral Parties and the Ugliest office assistant that's ever been put on television.

Boyfriend Killer: Girls Have Shoes!

Episode 50: This week we watched the 1991 TV Movie, Sometimes They Come Back. We talked about Demonic Evocation, Trains, Electrical Storms and the shitty adaptations of short stories from the Night Shift collection.

Sometimes They Come Back: Chippy

Episode 49: This week we watched the HBO tv movie, Behind the Candelabra. We talked about the book Testo Junkie, Fake Teeth, Butt Sex and how this movie is much funnier than Brokeback Mountain

Behind the Candelabra: He Had Golden Skin

Episode 48: This week we watched the 1980 PBS original TV Movie, The Lathe of Heaven. We talked about the Psychoanalysis of Christopher Bollas, Freud and Max tried to explain Hegel on Three Hours of sleep. It didn't go well.

The Lathe of Heaven: This Model Only Comes In One Color, Baby!

Episode 47: This week we watched the Crackle original TV Movie, Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser. We went deep into the complex timeline of this film and tried our best to explain how it even happened.

Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser: Young Joe Dirt

Episode 46: This week we watched Britney Ever After. We talked about insanity, getting music rights, getting film rights, and how being a celebrity is rough.

Britney Ever After: They Wrote This Movie Based Off Tabloids

Episode 45:   This week we watched the dumpster fire of a tv movie called Home Alone 4. We talked about love, lust, rewrites and how this movie is a culmination of things we love and yet we hate it more than anything.

Home Alone 4: It Shits On The Face of Love

Movies of the Meek is a weekly podcast, breaking down the best and worst made for tv movies and miniseries around. From Gia to Zenon, Hysteria to Sybil. Join Max and Zac as they trudge through decades of schlock to find the hidden gems from the boob tube.

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