Happy Christmas! This week we're comparing two Hallmark movies about love springing up in the face of high-stakes gingerbread making competitions - The Sweetest Christmas (2017) and A Gingerbread Romance (2018) ----- The Movies: The Sweetest Christmas (2017) Directed by Terry Ingram Written by Erinne Dobson IMDb Rating: 6.3 A Gingerbread Romance (2018) Directed by Richard Gabai Written by Barbara Kymlicka, Gregg Rossen & Brian Sawyer IMDb Rating: 5.5 ----- Find us on: Discord - https://discord.gg/dxgmcfj552 Facebook - @ItTakesTwoPod Twitter - @ItTakesTwo_pod Instagram - @ItTakesTwo_pod Our website - ItTakesTwo.co.nz -----
This week we have watched FOUR movies about inter-cultural romances sprouting up between an indigenous person and a coloniser who falls in love with them and their culture - Dances with Wolves (1990), Avatar (2009), Pocahontas (1995) and FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) ----- The Movies: Dances with Wolves (1990) Directed by Kevin Costner Written by Michael Blake IMDb Rating: 8.0 Avatar (2009) Directed by James Cameron Written by James Cameron IMDb Rating: 7.8 Pocahontas (1995) Directed by Mike Gabriel & Eric Goldberg Written by Carl Binder, Susannah Grant & Philip LaZebnik IMDb Rating: 6.7 FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) Directed by Bill Kroyer Written by Jim Cox Based on stories by Diana Young IMDb Rating: 6.5 ----- Find us on: Discord - https://discord.gg/dxgmcfj552 Facebook - @ItTakesTwoPod Twitter - @ItTakesTwo_pod Instagram - @ItTakesTwo_pod Our website - ItTakesTwo.co.nz ----- Content warning: Discussions of racism and sexual topics
This week we are comparing E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982) and Mac and Me (1988) - two films about aliens who bond with a young boy and his family after being stranded on earth. ------- The Movies: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Directed by Stephen Spielberg Written by Melissa Mathison IMDb Rating: 7.9 Mac and Me (1988) Directed by Stewart Raffill Written by Stewart Raffill and Steve Feke IMDb Rating: 3.3 ----- Find us on: Discord - https://discord.gg/dxgmcfj552 Facebook - @ItTakesTwoPod Twitter - @ItTakesTwo_pod Instagram - @ItTakesTwo_pod Our website - ItTakesTwo.co.nz ----- Content warning: Mentions of gun violence and death, discussion of ableism in films
For this week's Hallowe'en episode, we've compared two films about teenage boys using telephones to communicate with the dead and commit murders - The Black Phone (2022) and Mr Harrigan's Phone (2022) ----- The Movies: The Black Phone (2022) Directed by Scott Derrickson Written by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill Based on the short story by Joe Hill IMDb Rating: 7.0 Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (2022) Directed by John Lee Hancock Written by John Lee Hancock Based on the short story by Stephen King IMDb Rating: 6.0 ----- Find us on: Discord - https://discord.gg/dxgmcfj552 Facebook - @ItTakesTwoPod Twitter - @ItTakesTwo_pod Instagram - @ItTakesTwo_pod Our website - ItTakesTwo.co.nz ----- Content warning: Mentions of violence, death, trauma, domestic abuse, substance abuse
For this week's episode, we're comparing Red Eye (2005) and Flightplan (2005), twin films about female passengers on planes being used by terrorists to enact their plans. ----- The Movies: Red Eye (2005) Directed by Wes Craven Written by Carl Ellsworth Based on the story by Dan Foos IMDb Rating: 6.5 Flightplan (2005) Directed by Robert Schwentke Written by Peter A. Dowling & Billy Ray IMDb Rating: 6.3 ----- Find us on: Facebook - @ItTakesTwoPod Twitter - @ItTakesTwo_pod Instagram - @ItTakesTwo_pod Our website - ItTakesTwo.co.nz ----- Content warning: Mentions of violence, death, trauma, racism, and gaslighting
In the third installment of our Lion King series, we're comparing Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) and The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004), two films focusing on a duo of secondary characters and the story we don't see behind their original appearance. ----- The Movies: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Directed by Tom Stoppard Written by Tom Stoppard Based on the play by Tom Stoppard IMDb Rating: 7.3 The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004) Directed by Bradley Raymond Written by Tom Rogers IMDb Rating: 6.5 ----- Find us on: Facebook - @ItTakesTwoPod Twitter - @ItTakesTwo_pod Instagram - @ItTakesTwo_pod Our website - ItTakesTwo.co.nz -----
Join us for a fun episode this week as we compare Pinocchio (1940) and Chappie (2015), two films about humanoid objects being made sentient and learning to be a good human. ----- The Movies: Pinocchio (1940) Directed by Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts & Ben Sharpsteen Written by Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Webb Smith, William Cottrell , Joseph Sabo, Erdman Penner & Aurelius Battaglia Based on the story by Carlo Collodi IMDb Rating: 7.5 Chappie (2015) Directed by Neill Blomkamp Written by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell IMDb Rating: 6.8 ----- Find us on: Facebook - @ItTakesTwoPod Twitter - @ItTakesTwo_pod Instagram - @ItTakesTwo_pod Our website - ItTakesTwo.co.nz ----- Content Warning: Mentions of gun violence, child endangerment, sex trafficking, death and suicide
Join us this week as we compare two adaptations of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet - Romeo + Juliet (1996) and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) ----- The Movies: Romeo + Juliet (1996) Directed by Baz Luhrmann Written by Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce Based on the play by William Shakespeare IMDb Rating: 6.7 The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride (1998) Directed by Darrell Rooney & Rob LaDuca Written by Flip Kobler & Cindy Marcus Based on the play by William Shakespeare IMDb Rating: 6.4 ----- Find us on: Facebook - @ItTakesTwoPod Twitter - @ItTakesTwo_pod Instagram - @ItTakesTwo_pod Our website - ItTakesTwo.co.nz ----- Content Warning: Mentions of gun violence, death and suicide
This week's episode we are focusing on two films whose origins are in the Norse folk-tale of Amleth - The Lion King (1994) and The Northman (2022) ---- The Movies: The Lion King (1994) Directed by Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff Written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts & Linda Woolverton IMDb Rating: 8.5 The Northman (2022) Directed by Robert Eggers Written by Robert Eggers & Sjón IMDb Rating: 7.2 ----- Find us on: Facebook - @ItTakesTwoPod Twitter - @ItTakesTwo_pod Instagram - @ItTakesTwo_pod Our website - ItTakesTwo.co.nz ----- Content Warning: Mentions of violence, body horror, sexual assault, death and suicide
This week we are comparing The Parent Trap (1998) and It Takes Two (1995), two films about identical children meeting at a camp, switching places, and trying to set up their parental figures. ----- The Movies: The Parent Trap (1998) Directed by Nancy Meyers Written by Nancy Meyers & David Swift IMDb Rating: 6.6 It Takes Two (1995) Directed by Andy Tennant Written by Deborah Dean Davis IMDb Rating: 5.8 ----- Find us on: Facebook - @ItTakesTwoPod Twitter - @ItTakesTwo_pod Instagram - @ItTakesTwo_pod Our website - ItTakesTwo.co.nz ----- Content Warning: Mentions of child abuse