Strange and Beautiful Book Club
Long time partners, Rachel and Matt, bring their unique blend of wit and weirdness to the worlds of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. From quirky movie reviews to lively book discussions, they keep you entertained and informed with their mature humor and infectious enthusiasm. Join them as they chase their little nerd hearts through the genres they love.
Episodes
In honor of the late, great, David Lynch. Here's a repost of our episode on his absolutely bananas adaptation of Dune. Would he be glad to be remembered for this movie? No. Do we love him for it anyways? Also yes.
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Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl frie...
According to Wikipedia:
Twenty-seven years after Daysdeath, a mysterious phenomenon that has cast the world into perpetual darkness, vampires have successfully conquered humanity. Gabriel de Leon, the last living vampire hunter, is held prisoner awaiting execution for killing the Forever King, Fabien Voss. However, the Undying Empress orders Gabriel to tell her personal historian, Jean-Francois Chastain, his entire life...
Enjoy this special bonus episode crossover with our friends at Cinematic Anarchy!
Seasons Greetings from the Hosts of Cinematic Anarchy and The Strange and Beautiful Podcast. It's been a few weeks of rest since we posted and episode (Mostly Because the gifts don't wrap or buy themselves) and now we are back for a holiday episode with our good friends Matt and Rachel to discuss indie vamp flick "Red Snow." is it Misery? Is ...This show is available to stream for free on Tubi or with a paid subscription on Amazon Prime. Tube has the version of The Gathering we watched but it's listed as the last episode of season 1.
Per wikipedia:
Babylon 5: The Gathering is the test pilot movie of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, aired on February 22, 1993. It is also the first of six feature-length films in the Babylon 5 media franchise.
The...
Rachel and Matt discuss the third book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King, The Waste Lands. Did the series get better? Are we willing to read more? Listen and find out!
The Waste Lands" is the third book in Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series. It continues the journey of Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, as he searches for the Dark Tower, the nexus of all realities. Joined by his companions—Eddie Dean, Susannah...Former Patreon exclusive, now all yours. Willy's Wonderland with special guest, Meg.
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Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at Feast, Sheath, Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast
Seemed only fair, since we discussed the MOVIE "Somewhere in Time" on Cinematic Anarchy that Chris come over to our neck of the woods to chat about the book! Find all Cinematic Anarchy episodes here:
https://cinematicanarchy.transistor.fm
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The Drawing of the Three is a dark fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King. It is the second book in the Dark Tower series, published by Grant in 1987.[1] The series was inspired by Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came by Robert Browning. The story is a continuation of The Gunslinger and follows Roland of Gilead and his quest towards the Da...
Rachel and Matt chat with Dan and Mark of Clockout Films (Find them on instagram here: @clockoutfilms) We discuss their latest feature, "Slaughter Beach" which is available now on Tubi and dive a little into their newest project "First State of Fear" which is an anthology horror film celebrating all things Delaware and Horror! (Puckwugies anyone?). Support them through their Indiegogo fundraiser! You can find it right: her...
Matt and Rachel discuss this uniquely brilliant and horrifically gory horror/dark fantasy from 2018 entitled "Mandy". To tell you literally anything about this movie before you've seen it would be a sacrilege. Go and watch it and then come back and that's not advice, it's an order!
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This is a long one, folks.
Tune in to find out what we were up to in Stratford, Ontario, and whether our grand experiment in overdosing on GWD content worked as desired.
Did we see His Mighty Gerness in a play? Did our souls leave our bodies? Does Cavan Biggio still play for the Toronto Blue Jays? Did I embarrass us all? Did we eat one single meal the entire time we were in Toronto and the surrounding suburbs?
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Rachel and Matt discuss "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger" the first book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King in this first installment of our spooky HORROR season of Strange and Beautiful Book Club!
In "The Gunslinger," the first book of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series, we follow Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, as he pursues the mysterious Man in Black across a desolate, sprawling landscape. The narrative w...
Our delayed monthly book club episode where we discuss "The Quantum Thief" by Hannu Rajaniemi. Did we both love it? Is there a percentage of made up words that Rachel simply cannot tolerate? How many books did Rachel read while actively delaying reading this one?
What is life anyways?
Listen and find out? (Maybe not the life one)
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Matt and Rachel are headed out on the road! Please listen for information on which shows will be on break until October!
- Strange and Beautiful Book Club - On break until October 2024
- Feast, Sheath, and Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast - On break until October 2024
- Ger Can Get It - Regular Episodes
- The Dead Do Not Podcast: A Lexx Rewatch - Regular Episodes (returning July 22nd, 2024)
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Check out this Come in 81 Kilo bonus episode where we chat with John Kapelos who played Schanke on Forever Knight, Carl in the Breakfast Club and SO MUCH MORE.
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The Podcast I reference at the end is Monsters, Madness, and Magic! Find them here: https://www.monstersmadnessandmagic.com/
According to Fred Mollin's Wikipedia article:
Fred Mollin is an American and Canadian record producer, musician, film and TV composer, music director, music supervisor, and songwriter.[2] He has produced records for Jimmy Webb, Johnny Mathis, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lamont Dozier and America, and has composed...Our late book club episode for May about "Creatures of Light and Darkness" by Roger Zelazny. "Creatures of Light and Darkness" by Roger Zelazny is a science fiction/fantasy novel that blends elements of Egyptian mythology with a futuristic setting. AKA the origin of the sentiment that too many dicks spoil the soup.
Did we love it? Was it readable? Was it's highly praised rich imagery (a man burns off his own dick with a re...
Special Sneak Peek of our newest series! - The Dead Do Not Podcast: A Lexx Rewatch! - Coming in June!
We tackle the pilot episode of Lexx! We've got an eclectic cast of characters to assemble and Lexx wastes no time in throwing the audience in just what kind of body horror hi-jinx in space we can expect from the show! If you loved our Come in 81 Kilo: A Forever Knight Podcast then this one is right up your alley!
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A quick spoiler free review of "The Curse of King Midas" and then our chat with Colleen HERSELF about this book and a little bit about writing and writing advice in general.
From Colleen's website:
THE CURSE OF KING MIDAS IS REAL.In the ancient kingdom of Phrygia, tribal boy Karem Savas thirst...
Matt and Rachel discuss the movie adaptation of Pierre Boulle's classic novel. What did they get right? What didn't they? Do we think this is a rare case of the movie being better than the book? Listen and find out!
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