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In our new series 'CULT 🙌🏻 or CRAP 💩?!" the Culture Queens 👸🏻👸🏼 explore the dodgy and delightful films which exist on the periphery of our cultural consciousness, determining whether they deserve the lofty term 'cult classic' 🙌🏻 or are merely a big ol' steamy mess. 💩 And in a most INCONCEIVABLE! twist of events, this week we're delving into that most beloved of 90s kids films - Rob Reiner's adaption of 'The Princess Bride' 🤺❤️👸🏼 From a Bad Buttercup who could've been so much more 👸🏼 to the the incomparable delights of two men having a banter and a swish swish 🤺🤺, the Culture Queens storm the castle of this iconic film.  And ask that most important of questions - Could we get a Dread Pirate Roberts (The Westley Years) spin-off!? 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 (P.S.  please note we will only accept 'As You Wish' as a response 😘) Check out our website for more Persnickety content  💥🙃🎬 ------------------------------------- Theme Music: 'Movie Riffs'  by Jake Caine - http://jakecaine.com Outro Music: 'Jingle' by Tim Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clips & Music taken from: ''The Princess Bride' dir. Rob Reiner, 20th Century Fox, 1987. 

In our new series 'CULT 🙌🏻 or CRAP 💩?!" the culture queens explore the dodgy and delightful films which exist on the periphery of our cultural consciousness, determining whether they deserve the lofty term 'cult classic' 🙌🏻 or are merely a big ol' steamy mess. 💩 And what better film to start our scintillating series than Kevin Reynold's 1995 'Waterworld'! 🌊🐠💁🏻‍♂️ From a bold urine filled opener, 🚽 to the confusion of tattooing a baby and putting it in a basket of dirt 👼🏻(?!), the culture queens get into the ocean filled confusion of this questionable cult classic. Asking that most bold and wavy of questions - did that guy's mum sleep with a fish? 🐠🐠 Want to see what the real Waterworld would look like? Check out this Animated Map! Check out our website for more Persnickety content  💥🙃🎬 ------------------------------------- Outro Music: 'Jingle' by Tim Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clips & Music taken from: 'Waterworld’ dir. Kevin Reynolds, Universal Pictures, 1995. 

That's right swinging sugar cakes, 🧁💃🏻  we're off to hang with the delectable Rock and Doris in 'Pillow Talk' 🛌🗣🙅🏼‍♀️ From the utterly ridiculous - yet absolutely necessary - sound effects 🎺🎻🎸🎷🥁  to a gal who just wants to use her phone 😡☎  the culture queens shimmy their way through this romcom classic.  💁🏼‍♀️🕺🏻 And make that most shocking of discoveries - does Tom Cruise hate children?!? 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 Check out our website for more Persnickety content  💥🙃🎬 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Theme Music: 'Movie Riffs'  by Jake Caine - http://jakecaine.com Intro Music:  La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Outro Music: 'Jingle' by Tim Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clips & Music taken from:  'Pillow Talk'  dir. Michael Gordon, Universal Pictures, 1959. 

🍸 🍸  Pour yourself a shaken martini and settle in with the Culture Queens as they slink into 007’s first cinematic mission, Terrance Young’s, Dr. No 🔫  Our daring duo dive into ultra hospitable yet culturally insensitive villains, killer introductions, The Simpsons references, fabulous set design, giant fish and the greatest of all Bond mysteries - was Honey Ryder allergic to pants? 👖🤢 Will James Bond be the spy who loved them or will they give him the goldfinger? 🖕🏼 There’s no time to die, get listening! 🏝️👙🔪 Click here to watch Erin's winner of 'Worst Collapse' 🤦‍♀️ Check out our website for more Persnickety content  💥🙃🎬 Disclaimer: Adriana referred to the actor who portrays Dr Julius No as Robert Wiseman. This is not Robert Wiseman, this is Joseph Wiseman. We don’t even know who Robert Wiseman is? For this we are truly sorry Joseph Wiseman.   ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Theme Music: 'Movie Riffs'  by Jake Caine - http://jakecaine.com Intro Music:  La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Outro Music: 'Jingle' by Tim Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clips & Music taken from:  'Dr. No'  dir. Terrance Young, Eon Productions, 1962. 

In the next episode of our sensational series👗COSTUME DRAMA-RAMA 👗, the Culture Queens 👸🏻👸🏼tighten their bonnet straps with Mira Nair's adaption of 'Vanity Fair' 🤑💁🏼‍♀️😡 From the annoyance of a empty rewritten heroine 😒to a bad hat twist that'll leave you reeling 🎩😨, the culture queens sweep across this supposedly 'sweeping' epic 🧹 And ask that most pertinent and timely of questions  - will Julian Fellowes ever write a satisfying period film?!?  Seriously will he? We need to know.  Check out our website for more Persnickety content  💥🙃🎬 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Theme Music: 'Movie Riffs'  by Jake Caine - http://jakecaine.com Intro Music:  La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Outro Music: 'Jingle' by Tim Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clips & Music taken from:  'Vanity Fair'  dir. Mira Nair, Granada Productions, 2004. 

SHOCK & HORROR! 😱😱 It seems our Culture Queens are divided once again! 🤕  In the second instalment of 👗 COSTUME DRAMA-RAMA 👗,  Adriana defends Scorsese's adaption whilst Erin bemoans the slow pacing and lack of clarity.  Join them as they delve into Scorsese's Gilded Age Epic 'The Age of Innocence' 💔. They discuss everything from lacklustre lust 💨 , and a narrator who won't quit 🙄 and they discover Martin Scorsese is a man who knows how to accessorise! 👜👠 Check out our website for more Persnickety content  💥🙃🎬 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Theme Music: 'Movie Riffs'  by Jake Caine - http://jakecaine.com Intro Music:  La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Outro Music: 'Jingle' by Tim Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In the first episode of our special series 'COSTUME DRAMA-RAMA!!' 👗😱❤️-  in which we dissect period drama from around the world - the Culture Queens 👸🏼👸🏻 saunter their way into the world of ❤️❤️❤️Jane Austen ❤️❤️❤️ & Autumn De Wilde's adaption of 'Emma.'  💁🏼‍♀️💘🙅🏻‍♂️  From Erin's unswerving devotion to Jane Austen 😍to the intense disappointment of an empty Austen bad boy 😒and a  bad sideburn 💇🏼‍♂️ the Culture Queens dissect this new take on the classic novel. All the while pondering that most important of questions - Were Regency women really turned on by picture frames? 🤔🤔🤔 Check out our website for more Persnickety content  💥🙃🎬 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Theme Music: 'Movie Riffs'  by Jake Caine - http://jakecaine.com Intro Music:  La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Outro Music: 'Jingle' by Tim Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

That’s right dancing queens!  💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼 The Culture Queens 👸🏻👸🏼 are shimmying down the aisle to P.J. Hogan’s  ‘Muriel’s Wedding’. 👰🏻💒😨And this week they're not doing it alone, with special guest Corey Slater joining the Persnickety fray.  From the spine-chilling goodness of ABBA 🕺to the heart-breaking realisation of a forgotten Mum 😭the trio discuss this Aussie classic, 🦘🎥 determining that whilst Muriel was  'terrible' 😂her choice of husband certainly wasn't 😘😘😘 Listen to Mel Gibson's singing travesty in Pocahontas   Check out our website for more Persnickety content  💥🙃🎬 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Theme Music: 'Movie Riffs'  by Jake Caine - http://jakecaine.com Intro Music:  La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Outro Music: 'Jingle' by Tim Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com  Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All clips taken from, 'Muriel's Wedding' dir. P.J. Hogan, 1994,  Miramax Films. 

The culture queens 👑 take a zero gravity dive into Ron Howard's 1995 classic 'Apollo 13' 🚀.  They go deep space 👽 into all things from biopic do's and don'ts,  misunderstood flight surgeons, & Titanic hamminess 🚢 . They even ask the age old question: what does space smell like? 👃🏽 Check out our website for more Persnickety content 💁🏻💕👉🏻https://persnicketyfilms.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Theme Music: 'Movie Riffs'  by Jake Caine - http://jakecaine.com Intro Music:  La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Outro Music: 'Jingle' by Tim Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com  Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All clips taken from, 'Apollo 13' dir. Ron Howard, 1995,  Universal Pictures.

'Thrills, spills, laughs and games' 👏🏻😂👌🏻 is what our Culture Queens  have on this week's ep, discussing that most tantilising & delicious of comedies, Billy Wilder's 'Some Like It Hot'.  🙍🏻‍♂️☠️💁🏻‍♀️💋From the magnificent garments of Orry Kelly 👗 to the hilarious helpings of Jack Lemmon 😂 the Culture Queens immerse themselves in this laugh-in-your-socks-till-you-cry classic, 😂coming to sweet sue conclusion - nobody's perfect! Except for us, obviously.  💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️ CORRECTION: Barbie Adler was the writer of Arrested Development  NOT Dirty Dancing - Eleanor Bergstein wrote Dirty Dancing. But both are very funny women. Check out our website for more Persnickety content 💁🏻💕👉🏻https://persnicketyfilms.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Intro Music: 'Movie Riffs'  by Jake Caine - http://jakecaine.com Outro Music: 'Jingle' by Tim Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com   Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All clips taken from, 'Some Like It Hot' dir. Billy Wilder, 1959,  United Artists. 

In this very special bonus episode, the culture queens discuss all things Academy Awards  🏆😭👏🏻 . But not just any Oscars, the really really BAD Oscars. And boy do they have fun. 😤😂😒 From Titanic  🚢 to Rex Harrision 👴🏻, the culture queens go right through the history of the Academy Awards, and answer that time old conundrum - Why on Earth did Gwyneth Paltrow win an Oscar? 👎🏻 Check out our website for more Persnickety content 💁🏻💕👉🏻https://persnicketyfilms.com/ ------------------------------ Intro Music: La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Theme Music: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada - https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Outro Music: 'Jingle' by TIm Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

From Oscar Baiting 🏆 and Tension Signposting 🎻 to ‘The Emerald Effect’ 💎 ; the Culture Queens dissect (Erin’s Arch-Nemesis) Emerald Fennel’s 2020 rape-revenge revisionist tale ‘Promising Young Woman’. And they’re not afraid to tell the Emperor he’s not wearing any clothes… 👚🤭 ☠️ CONTAINS SPOILERS ☠️ CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions of Death, Suicide & Sexual Assault and may be triggering to some listeners. Check out our website for more Persnickety content 💁🏻💕👉🏻https://persnicketyfilms.com/ ------------------------------ Intro Music: La Pompe du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Theme Music: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada - https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Outro Music: 'Jingle' by TIm Newhouse - http://timnewhouse.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All clips taken from, 'Promising Young Woman' dir. Emerald Fennel, 2020, Focus Features.