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This Film is Lit Podcast

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This Film is Lit settles the score on one simple question: Is the book really better than the movie? https://thisfilmislit.castos.com/

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This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · 3d

My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone. In fact, I want my pain to be inflicted on others. It’s American Psycho 🔪, and This Film is Lit. Listen here: https://bit.ly/4of5Pbh

graphic showing the book American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis vs the poster for the 2000 film American Psycho

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · 1d

Coming soon to This Film is Lit: HELLRAISER 🎁

A white hand holding up the book The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. The cover art features a drawing of a skull with lots of pins stuck in it.

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · 2d

On this week's episode, Katie chose the movie version of American Psycho 🔪 over the book. Now we want to hear from you! We'll share your feedback in the next prequel episode!

We are planning to record this prequel on Thursday evening. Please be sure to leave your comments before then! Thank you!

graphic showing the book American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis and the movie poster for the 2000 film American Psycho, with the text "the movie is better" imposed over both

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · 3d

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · 14d

On this week’s prequel episode, we follow up on our Cloud Atlas listener polls and preview American Psycho, book by Bret Easton Ellis and 2000 film. Listen here: https://thisfilmislit.castos.com/

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · 17d

Coming soon to This Film is Lit: AMERICAN PSYCHO 🔪

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · 19d

On this week's episode, Bryan chose the book version of Cloud Atlas over the movie. Now we want to hear from you! Any thoughts on the book vs. the movie? Just the book? Just the movie? We'll share your feedback in the next prequel episode!

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · 20d

He who would do battle with the many-headed hydra of human nature must pay a world of pain…& only as you gasp your dying breath shall you understand, your life amounted to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean! Yet what is any ocean but a multitude of drops? It’s Cloud Atlas & This Film is Lit.

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · 29d

This week's main episode is going to be late, so hopefully a wide-release Patreon bonus episode will be a good mea culpa! It's Muppet Treasure Island! 🐸 🏴‍☠️

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Sep 17

On this week’s prequel episode, we follow up on our Outsiders listener polls and preview Cloud Atlas, book by David Mitchell and 2012 film. Listen here: https://thisfilmislit.castos.com/

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This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Sep 14

Coming soon to This Film is Lit: CLOUD ATLAS 🎩

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Sep 12

On this week's episode, Katie chose the book version of The Outsiders over the movie. Now we want to hear from you! Any thoughts on the book vs. the movie? Just the book? Just the movie? We'll share your feedback in the next prequel episode!

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This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Sep 11

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. It’s The Outsiders, and This Film is Lit. Listen here: https://thisfilmislit.castos.com/

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This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Sep 5

On this week’s prequel episode, we follow up on our Treasure Planet listener polls and preview The Outsiders, book by S.E. Hinton and 1983 film. Listen here: https://thisfilmislit.castos.com/

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This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 31

Coming soon to This Film is Lit: THE OUTSIDERS (1983) 🍂

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 28

On this week's episode, Katie chose the book Treasure Island over the movie Treasure Planet. Now we want to hear from you! Any thoughts on the book vs. the movie? Just the book? Just the movie? We'll share your feedback in the next prequel episode!

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This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 27

Look at you! Glowing like a solar fire. You're something special, Jim. You're gonna rattle the stars, you are! It’s Treasure Planet, and This Film is Lit. Listen/subscribe here: https://thisfilmislit.castos.com/

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This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 23

We watch our first John Waters movie. It's Cry-Baby! Patreon bonus episodes are available starting at the $5/month subscription level.

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 20

On this week’s prequel episode, we follow up on our School for Good and Evil listener polls and preview Treasure Planet, 2002 film based on the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Listen/subscribe here: https://thisfilmislit.castos.com/

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 19

We expected it to be close... but maybe not this close! 😳

Looks like we're heading to Treasure Planet! 🪐

We will be covering Muppet Treasure Island as September's bonus episode on Patreon. Thank you to everyone who participated!

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 17

Coming soon to This Film is Lit: TREASURE ISLAND 🏴‍☠️

Help us decide between two Treasure Island adaptations:

🐸 Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
🪐 Treasure Planet (2002)

COMMENT and tell us which movie you think we should watch!

Polls close at 12 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 19.

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 15

On this week's episode, Katie chose the movie version of The School for Good and Evil over the book. Now we want to hear from you! Any thoughts on the book vs. the movie? Just the book? Just the movie? We'll share your feedback in the next prequel episode!

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 14

The school for good trains the heroes, the school for evil… the villains. It’s The School for Good and Evil, and This Film is Lit. Listen/subscribe here: https://thisfilmislit.castos.com/

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 6

On this week’s prequel episode, we follow up on our Death Cure listener polls and preview The School for Good and Evil, book by Soman Chainani and 2022 film. Listen here: https://thisfilmislit.castos.com/

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 4

We break down a sapphic rom-com from 2005 that you've never heard of. It's Imagine Me & You! Patreon bonus episodes are available starting at the $5/month subscription level.

This Film is Lit Podcast @thisfilmislit.bsky.social · Aug 3

Coming soon to This Film is Lit: THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL (2022) 👑