Carrie and K.W. choose the top five movies they watched in 2023. While Carrie's list is full of fun ones, K.W. opted for films that made her think. Which movies were your favorites of the year?

Carrie recently saw the latest installment in The Hunger Games movie series, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and K.W. sort of gets into the Christmas spirit with the 1974 horror movie Black Christmas.

K.W. leads a discussion on background media, like the TV shows we watch while doing other things that draw our attention. Carrie talks all about the new MCU film, The Marvels.

K.W. really dug the comedy horror movie Totally Killer, and Carrie gets chatty about the second season of the fantasy show The Wheel of Time. Spoilers abound!

Carrie and K.W. get into the Halloween season by watching No One Will Save You, Scream, and movies from the Conjuring universe!

K.W. talks about the 2000 film American Psycho, and she and Carrie discuss podcasts and audiobooks!

K.W. and Carrie are getting into the autumn spirit with their movie choices this week! K.W. watched the Netflix romantic comedy Happiness for Beginners, and Carrie chose the horror comedy The Final Girls.

K.W. tries to convince Carrie to watch the horror movie The Ritual, and they both recently watched the Australian legal comedy Fisk. Both are currently available on Netflix.

Carrie and K.W. are very excited about the latest streaming series from thriller writer Harlan Cober, Shelter, which follows high-schooler Mickey and his friends as they investigate their friend's disappearance. They also discuss young adult (YA) stories in general.

Carrie and K.W. discuss mystery novels, including To Die For by Lisa Gray and the Roxane Weary series by Kristen Lepionka, as well as what goes into writing a good mystery. Please note there is a slight audio issue in this episode because of a lawnmower running in the background. We tried to extract it as thoroughly as possible, but the audio is bumpy in a few places.