The Strange Harbors Podcast
Welcome to The Strange Harbors Podcast. Hosted by Derek Wong, Jeff Zhang, and Amir Touray, The Strange Harbors Podcast is a weekly discussion of all things pop culture, with an emphasis on film and television. Join us every week as we dive deep into big blockbusters, indie favorites, and under-seen hidden gems.
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- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 264
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
"Trap"
It's not an M. Night Shyamalan film without some divisiveness. We discuss his new Josh Hartnett vehicle, Trap, his late career stylings, and the pros and cons of his heightened realities. Is Trap one…
00:52:03 |
Fri 16 Aug 2024
"House of the Dragon" Season 2
We return to television this week to conduct a postmortem on the controversial second season of HBO's House of the Dragon. The Game of Thrones spinoff has its fans split down the middle with a divisi…
00:55:48 |
Thu 08 Aug 2024
"Deadpool & Wolverine"
Deadpool joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe proper in Shawn Levy's Deadpool & Wolverine. Or does he? We review the 34th film in the MCU. Can the Merc with the Mouth and the wayward X-Man band togeth…
01:08:32 |
Fri 02 Aug 2024
"Twisters"
Sequel, reboot, re-quel, revival, whatever you call it, Twisters is here. We review Lee Isaac Chung's followup to the 1996 smash hit. Does it avoid legacy sequel traps, or does it lean into them? Doe…
00:45:52 |
Fri 26 Jul 2024
"Longlegs"
Oz Perkins' fourth feature-length horror film rides upon a wave of hype. From its cryptic teasers to the hyperbolic reception as "one of the scariest movies ever," Longlegs has quite a reputation to …
00:48:50 |
Fri 19 Jul 2024
"A Quiet Place: Day One"
Another week, another prequel. We review A Quiet Place: Day One, directed by pod favorite filmmaker Michael Sarnoski (Pig). Will a new Quiet Place away from the Abbott Family sidestep prequel doldrum…
00:38:35 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
"The Bikeriders"
Just through star power alone, Jeff Nichols' The Bikeriders is an elegy for the home of a band of outsiders and misfits, eroded by time into something much more sinister and encroaching. We discuss t…
00:44:06 |
Sat 06 Jul 2024
"Bad Boys: Ride or Die"
The fourth installment of the Bad Boys franchise finds Mike Lowery (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) on the run from a criminal conspiracy. 2020's Bad Boys For Life struck gold with n…
00:46:29 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
"Hit Man"
Funny and sexy cinema is back! This week, we tackle Richard Linklater's latest film: Hit Man. We discuss the filmmaker's storied oeuvre, the film's capital "M" movie star performances in Glen Powell …
00:52:54 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
"Interview with the Vampire" Season 2
One of the best shows on TV finally makes its return. This week, we review the first four episodes of Interview with the Vampire's second season. The second season finds Louis and Claudia on the run …
00:43:00 |
Thu 06 Jun 2024
"Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga"
George Miller has huge shoes to fill: his own. A follow-up to one of the best action movies ever made, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a long-awaited prequel to the 2015 high-octane whirlwind. Nearly a de…
00:56:09 |
Fri 31 May 2024
2024 Summer Box Office Wager
We are back with our second annual Summer Box Office Wager! After our disastrous guesses last year (bad for us, entertaining for you), we're back for another round of predicting this season's biggest…
00:49:38 |
Fri 24 May 2024
Catching Up With "X-Men '97"
Back by popular demand, we're catching up with Marvel's hit animated series: X-Men '97. We spent the first episode praising the first stretch of the season for its freshness and surprisingly mature h…
00:46:29 |
Sat 18 May 2024
"Challengers" with Ashley Zhang
This week, we review Luca Guadagnino's electrically charged tennis drama, Challengers. Joined by special guest Ashley Zhang, we discuss the trinity of great performances from Zendaya, Mike Faust, and…
01:04:35 |
Fri 10 May 2024
"Immaculate" and "The First Omen"
It's nun week as we head into a rare double feature episode, this time covering Michael Mohan's Immaculate and Arkasha Stevenson's The First Omen. Nunsploitation is back! Or is it? We tackle these tw…
00:37:19 |
Fri 03 May 2024
"Civil War"
This week we are talking about Alex Garland’s new film, Civil War. A movie that attempts to sidestep politics to tell a story about wartime journalists, Garland’s latest is another stab at ambitious …
00:39:23 |
Fri 19 Apr 2024
"Monkey Man"
This week, we review Dev Patel's debut as director and action star: Monkey Man. A passion project years in the making marred by delays and production troubles only to be saved last-minute by producer…
00:33:34 |
Fri 12 Apr 2024
“X-Men '97”
Obvious nostalgia bait or the start of something special? This week we're discussing the Disney Plus revival of X-Men: The Animated Series. Bringing back the iconic series right where the original le…
00:39:36 |
Thu 04 Apr 2024
"Love Lies Bleeding"
This week we review director Rose Glass' sophomore feature, Love Lies Bleeding. A lesbian crime thriller in the vein of The Wachowskis' Bound, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris,…
00:34:27 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
The 96th Oscars Recap
We're a week late, but here's our coverage of the 96th annual Academy Awards in the year of Barbenheimer. As usual, we discuss snubs, surprises, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Who won? Who should'v…
00:30:07 |
Thu 21 Mar 2024
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