Mixed Bag

A podcast looking at the mixed, muddled and meh movies throughout film history. Featuring Matt, Cassandra and Jimmy. Contact us at mixedbagcontact@gmail.com.

Mixed Bag is a tv podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 184 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Mixed Bag, a tv show with 184 episodes published.

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  Episode #179

  176 - Coyote vs. ACME

  Sep 28, 20261h 34m

  It's finally here! Ever since 2023 we have been at the forefront of all Coyote vs. ACME related news and today we bring you a massive scoop: the film is in cinemas, and it's good. After Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation. (Sourced from Letterboxd). Your hosts laughed and laughed, and even admit to getting a little teary at times due to the beautiful portrayal of Wile E. and Road Runner's eternal friendship (seriously). But can they forgive this film for not including their favourite lil queer icon Marvin the Martian? Over in the Pop Corner, we talk Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, Tony, Phoebe Bridgers' Lost Weekend, PlayTime (1967), Resident Evil (2026) and The End of Oak Street.

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  Episode #176

  174 - Maleficent

  Aug 10, 20262h 3mS2

  Bag Hags, I got really sick the morning after we recorded this (causation? correlation?) so you're getting a half-assed caption today. "A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent’s true happiness as well." (Sourced from Letterboxd). Over in the Pop Corner, we talk cinema etiquette, Disney flops, She's A Killer and what our fave pop girlies are up to.

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  Episode #175

  173 - The Fountain

  Jul 26, 20261h 56mS2

  "Suck a toe, get your piggies licked" - Matt Loveranes, 2026 Hey, are you one of those people who only listens to Mixed Bag for Pop Corner and skips the feature presentation? Then you're going to love this one where we talk about The Odyssey in Pop Corner for about as long as we talk about The Fountain. Sometimes the Baguettes have to record a podcast on Saturday night and things get pretty hazy, okay? The Fountain is Darren Aronofsky's Extremely Deep film all about this guy who's searching for the secret to everlasting life (or more like everlasting WIFE, since his impetus is saving his dying wife). We see the same basic story play out over three different yet intertwined timelines. It's definitely the kind of movie a seventeen year old thinks is very cool and profound, which is why Jamie brought it as her personal pick for the episode. Pop Corner chat includes (but is not limited to:) The Odyssey, Madonna's new album and her place as a cultural figure ("Me and Madonna? We're the same," says Matt) and a tribute to New Zealand's own dear departed Sam Neill.

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  Episode #174

  172 - Snakes on a Plane (Emergency Landing #5)

  Jul 12, 20262h 2m

  That's IT! I've had it with these motherf*ckin' SNAKES on this motherf*ckin' PODCAST! Our ongoing surprise series JetBag: Emergency Landing continues with another instalment, and this one is a real first class episode if I do say so myself. Featuring yet another Evil Flight Attendant theory, reflections on the band Cobra Starship, and a pitch for a brand new Obra Dinn-alike video game (TM TM TM). Over in the Pop Corner we talked about so many things I've divided them into categories: New Release Movies The Invite, Toy Story 5, Couture Old Movies Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982), Orpheus (1950), The Doom Generation (1995), Crooked House (2017), O Brother Where Art Thou (2000), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), A Woman Under the Influence (1974) TV The Traitors NZ Season 3, Widow's Bay Video Games Alice: Madness Returns (2011), The Seance of Blake Manor (2025), Ratline (2026), Utter a Name (2025) Music CMAT's Euro-Country (2025) RIP Bonnie Tyler, your rasp will live on forever.

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  Episode #173

  171 - Cruising 👮🏻‍♂️

  Jun 28, 20261h 55m

  Happy Pride (June pride is the only element of American cultural imperialism recognised by the Mixed Bag crew). We're celebrating by watching... a movie that was widely protested by the gay community when it was released? That film is Cruising, a William Friedkin joint where Al Pacino goes undercover in the Meatpacking District to catch a gay serial killer. Or is he the gay serial killer himself? The essay Cass finds at the end of the episode is also worth a read, and can be found here . Over in the Pop Corner, we talk The Boys in the Band (1970), Disclosure Day, the mobile game Cats & Soup: Magic Recipe [please help I am addicted], The Christophers, ""sport"" including ""the Hurricanes"", Kissing Jessica Stein (2001), the short documentary " He Won't Stop Building a Map to an Imaginary Place " by People Make Games, and reaction videos of people listening to Olivia Rodrigo's you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.

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