A Treat for Christmas: The Christmas House and Christmas on the Square

December 3rd, 2020  |  1 hr 11 mins

christine baranski, christmas movies, christmas on the square, dolly parton, hallmark, hallmark christmas, hallmark original movie, hatewatch, hatewatch holidays, hatewatch with us, netflix, netflix christmas, the christmas house, thought bubble audio, treat williams, tv movies

Get your holiday lights and music display kits ready because it's finally time for Hatewatch Holidays 2020! We're kicking off the festivities with A Treat for Christmas... A Christmas Treat... Christmas for Treat... Treatmas? Whatever you want to call it, the important thing here is that our Treat Dad Treat Williams is in not one but two holiday films this year. After a lengthy discussion about the user experiences of streaming services that end in Plus, we're off to the races with The Christmas House, Hallmark's first endeavor to win over the gays. Honestly, it's not as bad as we thought it would be, despite some dicey plot choices (looking at you, fixer-upper on the Hudson). It's another story altogether for Christmas on the Square, arguably the biggest disappointment of our holiday movie season. We're gonna commission an episode of Handsome Justice to investigate the claim of whether angels can fly because they take themselves lightly and also why this movie is so bad. Stay tuned for several more Hatewatch Holidays installments coming soon!

The Crown Season 4

November 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

camilla, camilla parker bowles, charles, diana, elizabeth ii, emma corrin, gillian anderson, hatewatch, hatewatch with us, josh o'connor, kate middleton, margaret thatcher, meghan markle, netflix, olivia coleman, peter morgan, phillip, podcast, prince charles, prince harry, prince phillip, prince william, princess diana, princess of wales, queen elizabeth, television, thatcher, the crown, the royal family, the royals, thought bubble, thought bubble audio, tobias menzies, tv, tv reviews, wear a mask, windsor, windsors

Like Princess Margaret arriving for an official function fashionably late, fabulously drunk, and with no fucks to give, we are rolling up in your podcast feeds with our regular Tuesday episode on...........Saturday. Something something holidays, something something technical difficulties, listen: some of us were busy crafting, watching Princess Diana documentaries, listening to Princess Diana podcasts, and otherwise gossiping about Prince Charles, which cut into editing time. Anyway, we're here to talk about the Crown and somehow ended up talking more about the mask wearing habits of mid level network sitcoms.

Pride and Prejudice

November 19th, 2020  |  44 mins 42 secs

2005, adaptations, austen, colin firth, darcy, elizabeth bennett, emma, film reviews, hatewatch, hatewatch with us, jane austen, jane bennett, joe wright, keira knightley, lizzie bennett, matthew macfadyen, movie reviews, mr bingley, mr collins, mr darcy, pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility, thought bubble audio

It's the great Hatewatch tradition of Make Kirstie Watch A Thing, and this week, she finally caved and watched a Jane Austen adaptation. We're talking about the 2005 Pride and Prejudice, featuring emo Darcy, Kelsey's feelings (and Kirstie's lack thereof), plus some cinematography. If you too think that Kirstie should appreciate Jane Austen more, or you would like us to send you the photo we found of a large paper mache Mr. Darcy in a lake, please contact us at @hatewatchwithus.

Outlander Has Wronged Us

November 11th, 2020  |  52 mins 22 secs

brianna, catriona balfe, claire fraser, diana gabaldon, draft, hatewatch, hatewatch with us, jamie fraser, matthew b roberts, mustache, outlander, podcast, richard rankin, roger, ronald d moore, sam heughan, sms fur dich, sophie skelton, starz, supermarket sweep, television, text for you, thought bubble, thought bubble audio, tv, tv reviews

It's been a while since we've complained, so we're coming in hot with a gamified format for filing our grievances. It's Kirstie's first Draft style event, and we are drafting Ways Outlander Has Wronged Us. If you're coming to this episode to agree with us about Outlander takes you will likely be disappointed. Additional updates this week include strong stances on supermarket themed television and a continued plea for any and all information about SMS for Dich/Text For You/Text for Dick?

Chasing Liberty

November 1st, 2020  |  43 mins 11 secs

2004, celine dion, chasing liberty, europe, first daughter, hatewatch with us, mandy moore, matthew goode, movie reviews, priyanka chopra, romantic comedies, romcom, sam heughan, teen movies, teen romcoms, text for you, thought bubble audio, wine matthews

Well folks, it's Election Week 2020, and what better time than the present to (1) come to you with breaking news about Celine Dion, and (2) revisit some patriotic content from a simpler election year. For those of you who haven't trained Google to push notify you with news about Sam Heughan, we spend more time than we ought to (and yet not nearly enough time???) discussing his new film Text For You/SMS Fur Dich/Text For Dick. Then it's time for a Romcomducation History Lesson™️ about teen romcoms from the early aughts, a time when we were all apparently CLAMORING for movies about teenage presidential daughters. The important takeaway from all this is that Chasing Liberty is the better of these films based on the ~Matthew Goode wearing men's bell bottoms~ factor alone.

Ozark

October 26th, 2020  |  40 mins 51 secs

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This week is about things we hate such as turnip prices, mediocre white men, blue filter, Jason Bateman's self important standing, Jason Bateman's height, Jason Bateman, and the Netflix original, Ozark. We put our longstanding policy of No Ozark to the test and it turns out we were correct. Spoiler alert, the content sucks and you can't see any of it. Laws of liquidity give us $8 million now.

Falling for Vermont and Raffi

October 17th, 2020  |  1 hr 7 mins

bananaphone, benjamin ayres, falling for vermont, foliage, hallmark, hallmark channel, hallmark movie, hatewatch, hatewatch hallmark, hatewatch with us, julie gonzalo, movie reviews, raffi, set decoration, thought bubble audio, tv reviews

Technically, we're here to talk about the fine Hallmark original film Falling for Vermont. Do we cover the movie? Sure. Do we spend more time talking about the degrees to which Raffi bones? PERHAPS.

Wings

October 2nd, 2020  |  38 mins 47 secs

1990s, 90s, crystal bernard, franz schubert, hatewatch with us, nostalgia, sitcom, sitcoms, steven weber, thought bubble audio, tim daly, tv, tv reviews, wings, ‎nantucket

Get Organized with The Home Edit

September 15th, 2020  |  49 mins 28 secs

clea and joanna, container store, get organized, get organized with the home edit, hatewatch, hatewatch with us, home organization, home organizer, marie kondo, netflix, netflix originals, the container store, the home edit, thought bubble audio, tidying up, tv, tv reviews

This week, we're taking every episode of the new Netflix show Get Organized with The Home Edit and placing them inside dedicated plastic containers in rainbow order. If you have thoughts about fridge organization systems, The Container Store, and whether or not children give a shit about organizational systems, SO DO WE. Come for the manic pixie rainbow cricut instagram fever dream, stay for the head to head battle between The Home Edit and Marie Kondo. Even if you do forget the four steps of the home organizing system (who would do that?), the important takeaway here is to request your absentee ballots, people!

Christina and Tarek's Flip Side on the Coast 101

September 10th, 2020  |  45 mins 3 secs

below deck, below deck med, christina anstead, christina el moussa, christina on the coast, cottage life network, flip or flop, flipping 101, hgtv, home flipping, real estate, reality tv, restaurants on the edge, tarek el moussa, tarek's flip side, top chef, tv reviews

HGTV bought three reality shows at auction sight unseen, and despite adding a multitude of high end finishes, they're definitely over their reno budget! Will they stand to make a profit on this flip, or will they be beaten out by comps on Cottage Life Network? Who's to say? (We are. We are to say.) That's right folks, we've watched all of the Flip or Flop spinoffs with our favorite cyborg duo Christina and Tarek. From surprise weddings to on screen weeping, there is simultaneously a lot to cover and also nothing at all here.

Animal Crossing: Friendship Island

August 27th, 2020  |  39 mins 35 secs

animal crossing, animal crossing new horizons, bubble productions, dogs, friendship, hallmark, hallmark channel, hallmark christmas, hallmark movies, hatewatch with us, james middleton, nintendo, nintendo switch, switch, the dog house uk, thought bubble audio, tom nook, treat williams, turnips, video games

We're back from our impromptu hiatus, which means we have an episode that's a little bit sloppy but mostly just friendship. We kick off with what's sure to be an award-winning pitch for Hallmark Channel this holiday season (spoilers: it involves a royal sibling, dogs, and bikes). Then, Kirstie has huge news to share, which leads to a discussion of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, known to this podcast as FRIENDSHIP ISLAND. We're very excited to be able to virtually hang out again, on this podcast and on Friendship Island, and if you are too, please give us a 5-star review!

Hatewatch IRL: Hotels

August 13th, 2020  |  35 mins 52 secs

canned cocktails, canned gin and tonics, complaints, gin and tonics, hatewatch, hatewatch with us, holiday inn, hotel, hotel bars, hotel bathrooms, hotel birthday parties, hotel pools, hotel tv, hotels, motion smoothing, thought bubble audio

Hey guys, remember hotels? We took a trip in the Hatewatch time machine this week and traveled back to a more innocent time last year when your hosts got to be in the same place, at the same time, recording a podcast on the floor of a Holiday Inn. In addition to some unwise choices, including broad speculations about the possibilities of leisure travel in 2020, we also have some thoughts about hotels! We're talking bars, we're talking pools, we're talking birthday parties(???). Like our delightful canned gin & tonic cocktails, this episode is ready to enjoy!

The Dog House and The Great Pottery Throwdown

July 30th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

annie murphy, better call saul, catherine o’hara, channel 4, competition shows, crafting, daisy edgar-jones, dan levy, emmy awards, emmy nominations, emmy nominees, emmy snubs, emmys, emmys 2020, eugene levy, great pottery throw down, great pottery throwdown, hatewatch with us, hbo, hbo max, helena bonham carter, john oliver, josh o’connor, keith brier jones, kieran culkan, last week tonight, making it, matthew macfadyen, nicholas braun, normal people, olivia coleman, outlander, paul mescal, pottery, reality competition series, reality shows, reality tv, rhea seehorn, schitt’s creek, snubs, succession, the crown, the dog house, the dog house uk, the great british bakeoff, the great pottery throw down, the great pottery throwdown, the little mermaid live, though bubble audio, tobias menzies, tv, tv reviews

Today we're going to sit down at the wheel and throw an episode for y'all about some British reality tv coming to an HBO Max near you. But first - the Emmy nominations were released and we have thoughts (shocker). Basically if Schitt's Creek doesn't sweep we're quitting. So after our designated time for gripes and gloats, we're on to The Dog House (UK?), a show that's a real mixed bag featuring puppies and poor decision making. While we aren't sure The Dog House is for us, the show that decidedly IS for us is The Great Pottery Throwdown (or as we so confidently call it, The Great British Throwdown - at some point all show names are the same). We learn about ceramics, we learn about how horny pottery can be, there's history lessons... and we won't spill the beans here but it's possible we may even have a new addition to the Dad Canon. Tune in to find out!

Hot or Tall

July 23rd, 2020  |  58 mins 24 secs

adam driver, adam scott, below deck, ben feldman, brett dier, celebrities, cillian murphy, colin firth, daniel radcliffe, darren barnet, dennis quaid, dev patel, dominic cooper, grand designs, harrison ford, hatewatch with us, hayden christensen, homes of the year, horticulture, hot, hot men, hot or tall, hugh grant, hugh skinner, jared keeso, jeremy irvine, jon hamm, josh dylan, kevin mccloud, kumail nanjiani, lee pace, mamma mia, matthew goode, matthew rhys, noah reid, pierce brosnan, prince charles, prince edward, prince harry, prince philip, prince william, rob lowe, stellan skarsgard, tall, tall men, the windsors, the wine show, thought bubble audio, tobias menzies, treat williams, turtlenecks, tv

Meghan Markle, Hallmark Star

July 15th, 2020  |  54 mins 5 secs

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It was the week that we learned Meghan Markle starred in not one but TWO Hallmark movies! You heard that right folks, we're discussing When Sparks Fly and Dater's Handbook, two fine films that feature Meghan Markle, relatable video conferencing, and men who do the very least. We've got hot takes on Meghan's acting chops, her Hallmark hair journey, and the intracacies of Fourth of July wedding attire. If you, too, feel like you are stuck in a dead-end job making bad tv movies, just hold out hope that a year from now you will meet a dashing prince and get married and then divorce the royal family and live happily ever after because that is a much better story than the plots of either of these movies. THE END!

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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

June 30th, 2020  |  51 mins 23 secs

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Do you like Eurovision? Do you like fun? Do you wear a mask in public? Please allow us to point you in the direction of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, a gift from the universe for us all. We could not have fewer regrets about dedicating two hours and two bottles of rosé to this movie. It's got songs that slap! It's got Pierce Dad! Honestly, if you need something to get you through until Mamma Mia 3 or the end of quarantine (whichever comes first), you will not go wrong with this film.

Please channel the spirit of Eurovision and join us in donating and learning how you can help at the following links: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd?refcode=cwg