The Twilight Saga | Twilight (2008)

Kit, Andy, and Steve continue their Hunger Games coverage with the franchise’s darker and more politically charged third chapter. Rescued from the arena and brought to the hidden District 13, Katniss is asked to become something more than a survivor, the Mockingjay, a symbol of revolution for a rebellion that is growing across all of Panem. But with Peeta still in the Capitol’s hands and propaganda on both sides shaping the war, the cost of becoming a symbol begins to take its toll.

Kit, Andy, and Steve continue their Hunger Games coverage with the series’ acclaimed second chapter. Following her victory in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is thrust into a Victory Tour that makes clear just how dangerous her act of defiance has become. President Snow, threatened by the spark she has ignited across the districts, engineers a brutal twist to the 75th Games that puts her back in the arena alongside past victors. The crew dig into why Catching Fire is widely considered the high point of the franchise, Francis Lawrence’s assured direction, and how the stakes have been raised heading into the final chapters. Subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts!

Kit, Andy, and Steve kick off their Hunger Games coverage with the film that started it all. In a dystopian future where the ruling Capitol forces each of its twelve districts to offer up two young tributes to compete in a televised fight to the death, sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place and enters an arena that will change everything. The crew dig into the world building, Jennifer Lawrence's career defining performance, and what makes the original Hunger Games such a compelling and enduring piece of dystopian cinema. The coverage runs all the way through to the release of Sunrise on the Reaping! May the odds be ever in your favor, and Subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.

Kit, Andy, and Steve bring their Twilight franchise coverage home with a review and recap of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. Bella awakens to her new life as a vampire and embraces it with a confidence that reframes everything she has been across four films. But when the Volturi set their sights on the Cullen family, allies from across the vampire world are called upon for a confrontation that builds to one of the most jaw dropping finales in franchise history. The crew break down Bella's transformation, the epic final showdown, and where Breaking Dawn Part 2 lands as they close the book on their complete Twilight rankings. Subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.

Kit, Andy, and Steve continue their Twilight franchise coverage with a review and recap of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. After years of will they won't they, Bella and Edward finally tie the knot in a lavish ceremony before escaping for a honeymoon that takes a turn none of them could have anticipated. What follows is the saga's most dramatic and divisive chapter yet, as Bella faces a life threatening situation that fractures the fragile peace between the Cullens and the wolf pack and forces everyone to choose a side.