The Uncultured Podcast

Uncultured Podcast //December edition/ Netflix Christmas movies Review

Lucille Browne, Danlock,and Pickles and guest star Mama Llama discuss Netflix Christmas Movies for this year. Meet me Next Christmas, Hot and Frosty, Merry Gentlemen, and Our Little Secret are all discussed and rated spoilers for all movies. Carry On is mentioned but not really spoiled. The Little Women 's Christmas by Great American Family is mentioned but not rated or thoroughly discussed.

Uncultured Podcast //December edition/ Wicked and Bonhoeffer movies Review

Lucille Browne, Danlock, Ruth, Calarious, Pickles, and a new guest star, Brandi discuss Wicked the new musical movie of the Wicked Play (a play based on a fan fiction book series about The Wizard of Oz ) starring Arianna Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
Later Lucille,. Danlock, and Ruth discuss Bonhoeffer the brand new historical drama thriller film about the German theologian and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer, written, produced and directed by Todd Komarnicki. It stars Jonas Dassler, August Diehl, David Jonsson, Flula Borg, Moritz Bleibtreu, and Clarke Peters. 
Here are some links to a review of the best biographies for Bonhoeffer:
https://www.lutheranforum.com/blog/a-readers-guide-to-bonhoeffer-biographies
Here is a link to the page on Tubi to find the other Bonhoeffer movies that are more accurate and less confusing:https://tubitv.com/search/bonhoeffer
The first 4 movies are on Bonhoeffer.

Uncultured Podcast //Cinderella series part 3 / Ever After and The Slipper and The Rose movies Review

Lucille, Danlock, and Ruth discuss Ever After And The Slipper and the Rose in the 3rd part of their Cinderella movie series. Ever After is a 1998 American romantic period drama film inspired by the Charles Perrault fairy tale "Cinderella". It is directed by Andy Tennant and stars Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott and Jeanne Moreau. 
The Slipper and the Rose is a 1976 British musical retelling the classic fairy tale of Cinderella. The film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance motion picture selection for 1976.
Directed by Bryan Forbes, the film stars Gemma Craven as the heroine, Richard Chamberlain as the prince, and features a supporting cast led by Michael Hordern, Kenneth More, Edith Evans, and Annette Crosbie. The film's Academy Award-nominated songs were written by the Sherman Brothers – Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman – who also shared scripting duties with Forbes. Spoilers for each of  the movies and clips from the songs in The Slipper and the Rose.

Uncultured Podcast //Christmas // The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Movies Review

Danlock, Ruth, Calarious, and Lucille compare the 1983 Tv Movie The Best Christmas Pageant Ever with the new 2024 movie The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Dallas Jenkins based on the 1972 novel by Barbara Robinson. Starring Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Molly Belle Wright, and Lauren Graham, the plot centers around the Herdmans, a group of juvenile delinquent siblings who have inadvertently found themselves starring in their small town's Christmas pageant. 
Link to the 1983 Tv Movie:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icZwm6Aact8&t=1s
Link to the audio book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VccrAYNSMb8
 
Spoilers for book movies and occasional mention of the book.
Link to the play script:https://idoc.pub/documents/the-best-christmas-pageant-ever-nov-17-script-3no7d5ydjyld
There is also a musical version of this play, link to playlist: https://broadwaylicensing.com/shows/holiday/the-best-christmas-pageant-ever-the-musical/

Uncultured Podcast //Fantasy// 100 Cupboards Book Review

Danlock, Lucille and Pickles discuss 100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson. The first book in the 100 Cupboards Trilogy, it is followed by Dandelion Fire and The Chestnut King.Henry York, a boy who moves to Henry, Kansas with his aunt and uncle after his parents are kidnapped during a bike expedition in South America. One night, Henry and his adventurous cousin, Henrietta, discover a key to their deceased grandfather's locked bedroom; inside, they uncover a network of cupboards that each open into a different, fantastical world. Spoilers for the 1st book.

Uncultured Podcast //Disaster // Twisters Movie Review

Lucille Browne, Danlock, Ruth and sometimes Calarious discuss the Disaster movie Twisters and how it relates to Pride and Prejudice. Twisters directed by Lee Isaac Chung from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith, based on a story by Joseph Kosinski. Serving as a standalone sequel to Twister (1996), it stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, and Sasha Lane. It follows clashing groups of storm chasers who investigate a tornado outbreak in Oklahoma. Also a mild update on movies they have watched and movies they will review.

Uncultured Podcast //Cinderella series part 2 / Rodger and Hammerstein's movies Review

Danlock, Ruth, Lucille, and Calarious discuss the three Rodger and Hammerstein's Cinderella movies: 1957, 1965, amd 1997. Color pictures from the orignial 1957 Cinderella in this link:https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=rodger+and+hammerstein+1957+movie+julia+andrews&iax=images&ia=images
It was originally broadcast live in color on CBS on March 31, 1957, as a vehicle for Julie Andrews, who played the title role. The broadcast was viewed by more than 100 million people. It was subsequently remade for television twice, in 1965 and 1997. The 1965 version starred Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon. The 1997 version starred Brandy Norwood in the title role, with Whitney Houston as the fairy godmother. Both remakes add songs from other Richard Rodgers musicals.

Uncultured Podcast //Future Dystopian // Uglies Movie Review

Danlock, Pickles, Ruth, Lucille and Calarious discuss the movie Uglies by McG for Netflix based on the book Uglies by Scott Westerfield  as part of the Uglies book series which contains 4 books: Uglies, Pretties, and Specials and Extras. The cast of the movie is as follows:
Joey King as Tally Youngblood
Brianne Tju as Shay
Keith Powers as David
Chase Stokes as Peris
Laverne Cox as Dr. Cable
Charmin Lee as Maddy
Jay DeVon Johnson as Az
Jan Luis Castellanos as Croy
Spoilers for Uglies, Logan's Run and mentions of the Hunger Games, Divergent and The Maze Runner as well as the 4th Wing.

Uncultured Podcast //SciFi Horror// Parasyte The Grey Kdrama Review

Danlock,Ruth, and Lucille discuss the kdrama spin-off adaptation of The Parasyte anime, Parasyte the Grey.  The show depicts a confrontation with unidentified parasitic creatures that live on humans and have the urge to kill humans. It stars Jeon So-nee, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Lee Jung-hyun.Spoilers for the final twist of the kdrama.
Also, they discuss updates for the upcoming season 2 of the One Piece Live Action.
 

Uncultured Podcast //Future Dystopian // 4th Wing Book Review

Danlock, Pickles, and Lucille discuss 4th Wing a new book by Rebecca Yarros which will be made into a new tv show by Amazon and Moira Walley-Beckett has been brought on to oversee the project. This book follows Violet Sorrengail, the daughter of a powerful general who demands that she become a dragon rider. While forming a bond with her trainer, Violet discovers her secret connection to the dragons and embarks on a journey to expose a pernicious lie against one of her kingdom's enemies.
Spoilers for the final twist of the book.