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We're back! It must be the apocalypse! Close enough. Jerrica is back with guest host for this series, the lovely Milo de Venus to discuss the HBO series The Last of Us. On today's episode, we discuss the set-up and setting of this new series, casting, performances and the tricky adaptation from game to real-life TV show.…
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We made it! Here we are at the FINAL episode of Obi Wan Kenobi on Disney +. The ladies lay it down this week, going over this episode in detail and the series overall. We top things off with a little Star Wars hot gossip session. Thank you for listening, and until next time...may the force be with you.…
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This week, Part 3 - the halfway point - drops and the women of The Popular Parallax go IN. Although we are loving this new Star Wars adventure, a few things aren't hitting right at the moment. We crack apart events that occurred in past, present and future timelines, and talk about how this could all shake out in the end.…
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We're back! We've been pretty busy - work, chores, world-wide pandemic. You know how it is. But when Disney+ decides to create a series about Obi Wan Kenobi post-clone wars, girl you know we'll be there. Join us as we discuss and dissect everything about Obi Wan Kenobi the series. This is a limited series of six parts.…
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The episode where we say a fond farewell to The Popular Parallax after four seasons of sci-fi, pop-culture and profanity! Nancy and Jerrica remember their very favourite episodes and spill the t one last time. Until we meet again! https://ia601406.us.archive.org/8/items/4.14-finale-spectacular/4.14%20-%20Finale%20Spectacular.mp3Download episode…
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August audacity! Join Jerrica and Nancy as we strap on our tin foil hats and deep dive the wild well of conspiracy theories! Who killed JFK? Was Stanley Kubrick subliminally suggesting something sinister with The Shining? Did Dan Brown deduce what Da Vinci disguised? What in the holy hell is happening in the flat earth community? This month we unra…
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Once forth, with feeling! Crack out the Summer’s Eve, because today’s Movies we’ll be Watching in Hell are sure to leave you feeling not-so-fresh. Like last time, we’ll be starting on earth and following up with a somewhat confusing trip to space…? We have had just about enough with the space-teasing! Better join us honey, cause it’s about to get s…
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Hop on board our magical once-a-year series franchise, MOVIES WE’LL BE WATCHING IN HELL! This season in a very special 2-part episode, we’ll be giving four more piles of hot garbage more discussion and thought than they ever deserved! And asking the eternal, existential questions like – why does this keep happening to Will Smith?? http://ia801400.u…
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This month Jerrica and Nancy take a trip to Hollywoo to ask the age old question Hollywoo Stars: Do they know things? What do they know? Let’s find out! Join us dumbshits as we unravel in real time talking about one of our favourite TV shows of all time, the Netflix original BOJACK HORSEMAN! Saddle up as we break down our favourite episodes, unpack…
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When you’re alone and life is getting you lonely, you can always go – no, not downtown – back to your old favourites. Jerrica and Captain Nancy revisit a few nostalgic comforts to re-watch and enjoy again and again. https://ia801409.us.archive.org/30/items/4.09-creature-comforts/4.09%20-%20Creature%20Comforts.mp3Download episode…
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Hello from your newly crowned Quarantine Queens, Captain Nancy and Jerrica Lala. This month we’re tripping the light fantastic in a DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION episode! No, it’s not sci-fi, but the films we look at this month dive DEEP into the realm of fantasy and hang precariously over the cliffs of self-delusion. But that’s what it takes to make it i…
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This month, Jerrica and Nancy take a supersonic journey to the queerest constellations in our galaxy for a study in CAMP QUEERNESS! Examining such works as John Waters’ queer cluster that is Female Trouble; the celestial essential Paris Is Burning; the Aussie array that is The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; and the timeless cluster o…
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This month, Nancy and Jerrica sit down for a conversation about how to separate a problematic artist from their art. Can it be done? Should it? And if so, how do we cope along the way? Tune in for a different (ie Very Special) sort of episode where we laugh to keep from crying! (And also cry). Featured topics include J.K. Rowling and her terrifying…
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The Popular Parallax finally collides with the CULTURAL ZEITGEIST that is Star Trek: The Next Generation! We’re going IN on the TV show that gave us an example of humanity’s greatest potential, and put leaning on one leg in the spotlight. Joining us is very special guest Donna the Supermodel! Donna’s secret nerd status is put on blast as we discuss…
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It’s time to eat, drink and get desperate as the mayhem of the season is once more chewing us up like a large, angry Nutcracker doll. Captain Nancy and Jerrica Lala take a moment to reminisce over 2019 and choose our favourite entertainment of the year, proving once again that our standards are lowering faster than the wine level in Jerrica’s apart…
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This year, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance was released on Netflix and made a direct hit on its prime targets: aging nerds! Falling neatly into that category, Jerrica Lala and Captain Nancy lose their damn minds recapping both the 1982 original and the 2019 prequel to end all prequels. Join us as we go back the most glorious and terrifying place in…
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Surprise, Angels! For Season 4, we’re pumping out TWO premieres! This week, Jerrica and Captain Nancy break down the gay cosmic roller-coaster ride of GOOD OMENS. Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, this 6 part series is more than just an ode to British actors with googly eyes; it took us to a Higher Love! https://ia601505.us.arc…
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It’s the Season 4 premiere of The Popular Parallax – HALLOWE’EINER edition! Travel back with Jerrica and Captain Nancy to our biggest weakness; camp vampires. Underworld is a blood dripping, heart-ripping, early 2000s blue-wash battle to see which actors of varying ability, age, height and gender can win the battle of the pleather suits. They’re he…
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For our Season 3 finale, Jerrica and Captain Nancy kick back to our favourite movie soundtracks. Curated pop music that it zips us back to the greatest cinematic thrills and chills. Thanks for listening over THREE glorious seasons, and we’ll see you once more this summer at Fan Expo! xo https://ia801506.us.archive.org/27/items/3.12summertimesoundtr…
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Movies We’ll Be Watching in hell is back – for the THIRD season! July is here again, and we are frying in the streets like the pigs from hell that we are. Grab a drink and some popcorn and join Jerrica Lala and Captain Nancy for this, our own summer blockbuster franchise with a genre twist. Strap those headphones on tight, because this is going to …
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Jerrica and Captain Nancy rev up the delorean for stops at 1981 and 1984 to visit some of our most beloved and beleaguered EIGHTIES MESSIAHS. They’re male, white and here to save us all – what could go wrong? Now crank up the TOTO! https://ia601507.us.archive.org/6/items/3.1080sMessiahs/3.10%20-%2080s%20Messiahs.mp3Download episode…
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Let’s do a makeover! Movies and television replay the same makeover story-line again and again, whether it’s a fantasy of climbing the class ladder with gowns and dialect, or a Queer Eye wallpapering your toilet. What does it all mean? As two living “before” pictures, Jerrica and Captain Nancy are here to get to the bottom of society’s obsession wi…
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On this very special episode of The Popular Parallax, Captain Nancy and Jerrica are joined once again by superfan Peridot to get into a game…of Thrones. Join us for this meeting of Great Houses where we discuss our favourite characters, least favourite performances, and who will manage to survive to the end of the Game and win the IRON THRONE!? htt…
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Travel back in time with Jerrica and Captain Nancy to 1993 and the classic Granada series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke. We’ll compare and contrast this episode – The Master Blackmailer – with His Last Vow, and discuss performances and overall quality. While Brett’s Holmes is more closely matched to th…
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Captain Nancy is sharply turning up the collar on his greatcoat while Jerrica is shooting bullets through the wall all up in her feelings. It must be time for SHERLOCK HOLMES! In the first part of this very special 2 part episode of The Popular Parallax, we compare and contrast two interpretations of the same Arthur Conan Doyle story: The Adventure…
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Captain Nancy and Jerrica are back to spoil your Valentine’s Day with stories of love gone terribly, horrifically wrong! In this episode, things take a dark twist with the discussion of 2 twisted tales of love and how the internet has fractured the world! We choo choo choose you to come listen in, but please and don’t forget our flowers and candy. …
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Ring in the new year with Jerrica and Captain Nancy as we climb into a cinematic time machine to watch two eccentric scientists destroy themselves in search of genetic superiority! Grab your popcorn with a side of pepto as we watch lives and bodies unravel. And when it’s all over, whose naked butt do we love the best? https://ia801504.us.archive.or…
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Here comes Santa Claus, baby Jesus, Frosty, Rudolph and David Bowie to help Jerrica Lala and Captain Nancy make this the most catastrophic Christmas yet. From drunken hijinks at the Captain’s house to upcoming disaster movies and anal beads, we’re simply having a wonderful Christmas Time! https://ia801500.us.archive.org/25/items/3.03CHRISTMASCATAST…
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Captain Nancy and Jerrica are joined by guest Peridot to dive into Trans representation in action and suspense. Do these movies have a responsibility to represent? Educate? Or must they simply entertain? Our lovely guest Peridot (aka McKenzie), is a writer/graphic designer/woods witch from the east coast. She loves films and recently worked for the…
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Jerrica Lala and Captain Nancy are back, and hotter smarter here-er than ever before! Follow us back to Hallowe’en in the 90s when horror came back to life with these two iconic films. Stories of drunken debauchery and nerd trivia round out this, our SEASON THREE kick-off! https://ia801508.us.archive.org/34/items/3.01Gnarly90sSlashtacular/3.01%20-%…
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It’s August and we are still stewing in our own juices, so where better to go than miles under the ocean to sub-zero adventures of alien ocean nests and political intrigue? Captain Nancy and Jerrica Lala rave and snorkel through the ebbs and flows of these underwater gems and discover our true priority: Alec Baldwin’s handsomeness. Aye aye! https:/…
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As we swelter through the hottest Canada Day weekend on record, Jerrica and Nance return to a Popular Parallax summer tradition: Movies we’ll be Watching in Hell. These films set our expectations super high, and then kicked us in the balls and/or vag once they had our money. So now we’re doling out disdain, taking no prisoners, and demanding full t…
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Climb aboard the Cat Bus with us as we explore the magical world of Hayao Miyazaki. From Fireflies to Totoro, Jerrica and Nance marvel at the depth and variety of these unique films. https://ia801505.us.archive.org/19/items/2.09TheWorldOfMiyazaki/2.09%20The%20World%20of%20Miyazaki.mp3Download episode…
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A fever dream, or dystopian vision of the near future – either way, featuring the dumbest cars we have ever laid our eyes on! Nance and Jerrica dive into the BLACK MIRROR. A show heavy on the dark side of tech, and light on subtlety. https://ia801509.us.archive.org/20/items/BLACKMIRROR_201805/BLACKMIRROR.mp3Download episode…
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Jerrica and Nancy dive into a topic that is constantly revisited: First Contact. From 50’s camp to modern spectaculars, aliens have visited earth for the first time over and over again. Whether we’re receiving a fatherly pat on the head with Jodie Foster, or bearing the brunt of a total dressing-down from Michael Rennie, the message they have to im…
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“Jack is dead my friend. You can call me….Joker”. The Joker did it before and better than Taylor Swift. Join Nancy and Jerrica for a BATMAN Rumble. In. The. Jungle!!! The ties of friendship will be severed, tied, severed, and tied again in an eternal battle about what makes the best Batman, who makes the best Catwoman, and what’s left that’s just s…
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Jerrica and Nancy cozy up with cheap red-foiled candy and filthy jokes while discussing our favourite couples in sci-fi. Dig up your perforated cardboard Valentines and ride the roller coaster of love with these timeless Lovers in Space! https://ia601507.us.archive.org/6/items/2.05OurFavouriteSciFiCouples/2.05%20-%20Our%20Favourite%20SciFi%20Couple…
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Diane, the date is January 2nd, and we’re entering the town of Twin Peaks. Jerrica and Nancy break down a series that could be anything and everything, a challenge to our intelligence and at times, our patience. Find out how we reacted to 2017’s The Return, and don’t ever make us look at creamed corn again. https://ia601507.us.archive.org/22/items/…
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