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Thug Notes
Send us Fan Mail Classic books are supposed to be timeless, so why do they so often feel unreadable? We get into Thug Notes, the short web series that retells Shakespeare, dystopias, and other canon staples through...


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Hosted by Jay Jermo & Louisa Jenista · tv · EN-US
Jay & Louisa deliver a fiery, opinion fueled overview of movies, social movements, cultural behaviors and eating habits - dovetailed with a honey-based recipe and reviews of the most obnoxious movie/media news headlines we can get our eyeballs in front of. For our latest editions, we will be reviewing scripts from the infamous Hollywood 'Black List' (scripts with a ton of 'buzz' that have yet to secure a deal or go into production) - and adding our own casting and story development suggestions.
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Signup to Generate a PitchJay & Louisa deliver a fiery, opinion fueled overview of movies, social movements, cultural behaviors and eating habits - dovetailed with a honey-based recipe and reviews of the most obnoxious movie/media news headlines we can get our eyeballs in front of.
Critique-Opolis is hosted by Jay Jermo & Louisa Jenista. The show has published 105 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Thug Notes" (19 October 2026, 48 minutes), "Brewster’s Millions And The Hidden Math Of “Easy Money”" (21 September 2026, 48 minutes), and "Boomers, Rage, And Responsibility" (10 September 2026, 20 minutes).
Critique-Opolis publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 105 episodes.
Booking probability for Critique-Opolis is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Critique-Opolis requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Critique-Opolis's contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #105
Send us Fan Mail Classic books are supposed to be timeless, so why do they so often feel unreadable? We get into Thug Notes, the short web series that retells Shakespeare, dystopias, and other canon staples through...

Send us Fan Mail A rich uncle’s final wish sounds like a dream until you hear the fine print: spend $30 million in 30 days, end with zero assets, tell no one what you’re doing, and only then can you touch the real...

Episode #103
Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to feel less alone is to hear someone describe your house without ever having been there. We start with a blunt check-in (yes, we missed a recipe) and slide into a bigger question: why...

Episode #102
Send us Fan Mail A movie can be “universally loved” and still bounce right off you and that’s exactly the fight we pick with The Big Lebowski. One of us calls it a forever favorite packed with touchstone lines and...

Episode #101
Send us Fan Mail A movie can win Best Picture and still feel like a brick wall if you hit it on the wrong night. We watched The French Connection and immediately ran into the big split that makes classic films so fun to...

Episode #100
Send us Fan Mail One secret can change the world, but only if anyone believes it. We sit down with Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day and end up talking less about extraterrestrials and more about the machinery of...

Episode #99
Send us Fan Mail Sound can be wallpaper in a movie, or it can be the whole engine. Tuner lands firmly in the second camp, and we had a lot to say about why it works. We talk through the film’s core hook: Nikki (Leo...

Episode #98
Send us Fan Mail A wedding singer writes a melody for his newborn daughter, years pass, and then one late-night jam turns that private song into a public smash. The twist: the pop star who helps “finish” it takes it...

Episode #97
Send us Fan Mail He sends her a pair of gloves from her own workplace and somehow that becomes the beginning of everything. We’re talking about Shopgirl (2005), the Steve Martin adaptation that looks like a romance on...

Send us Fan Mail A studio executive gets buried under endless pitches, anonymous postcards, and one creeping fear that won’t go away: he’s about to be replaced. Then Robert Altman turns the pressure up until it becomes...

Episode #86
Send us Fan Mail French Lover somehow became a Netflix hit, and we walked in expecting a charming French rom-com with Omar Sy and walked out asking how so many scenes made it past the final draft. We’re not doing a...

Send us Fan Mail The moment we realized The Score is the only time Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando share the screen, we knew we had to dig in. What surprised us is how well this 2001 heist film still works: it’s tense...

Send us Fan Mail A newborn talks from the womb, delivers himself, and immediately starts asking the one question most adults avoid: why. That’s the spark of Kirikou And The Sorceress, Michel Ocelot’s French animated...

Send us Fan Mail A space movie can look expensive and still feel hollow. Project Hail Mary does the opposite: it feels human, funny, tense, and oddly comforting, even when the premise is pure nightmare fuel. We just saw...

Send us Fan Mail A chained-up dog. A kid who stops and says “no,” then frees him. A glowing gold thread that refuses to break even after death. We talk through Run Totti Run, a Cambodian-set animated short with a...

Episode #83
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to you favorite straight from Michigan movie podcast! We are back after a brief hiatus because, well, life. For this latest episode of Critique-o-polis, Jay stumbled upon an animated short...

Episode #87
Send us Fan Mail In today's episode of Critique-o-polis, Jay and Louisa discuss the 1987 cult classic Raising Arizona. Nicolas Cage plays a conflicted HI McDonnaugh torn between his primal criminal nature and the desire...

Episode #86
Send us Fan Mail This week on your favorite movie podcast we chat about the Danish film, "Another Round," starring Mads Mikkelsen. Martin played by Mads Mikkelsen is the married father of two boys and also a history...

Episode #86
Send us Fan Mail This afternoon, Jay and I are discussing the movie Night Hunter. This is not a movie that was on my radar which is surprising to me, but also not. The casting is excellent. I love all of the names in...

Episode #85
Send us Fan Mail Hello friends. Welcome back to Critique-o-polis. Today, Jay and I discuss the third installment of The Knives Out series: Wake Up, Dead Man. As with the previous two movies, the location is remote, set...
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