Mildly Pleased

Mildly Pleased

Whether we're reviewing movies, making top 10 lists about random topics in pop culture, or coming up with bizarre screenplay pitches, you can bet we're not getting too worked up about it.

  1. 06/30/2025

    The Ninth Annual Criterion Draft

    As June turns to July, we once again set our eyes on reviewing various films that have entered the Criterion Collection over the course of what we like to refer to as Criterion Month. Call it our own little corner of the Criterion Closet filled with films we’ve never seen, some potentially aligning with our […]

    1h 51m

  2. 06/03/2025

    The Pick: 27 Dresses

    It’s wedding season at Mildly Pleased, so we took a look at one of the most wedding-fetishizing romantic comedies ever made. You won’t believe how many dresses Katherine Heigl wears! Or perhaps you will, because it’s right there in the title. Either way, the boys have fun discussing the rise and fall of Miss Heigl, […]

    1h 28m

  3. 05/13/2025

    The Pick: Barbarella

    After talking about Flash Gordon two episodes ago, it seemed only fitting that we review Barbarella, producer Dino De Laurentiis’s first foray into sci-fi comic book adaptation. Of course, this one has a much dirtier mind, stemming from director Roger Vadim’s eagerness to bring campy eroticism into the far reaches of space with the help […]

    1h 34m

  4. 04/24/2025

    The Pick: The Legend of Bagger Vance

    Why did we choose to cover the 2000 flop, The Legend of Bagger Vance on this episode of The Pick? Well, you’ll just have to listen to find out. Mostly, we were just hoping that it was secretly a charming little magic-tinged film that transcended its problematic title character, but perhaps that was too tall […]

    1h 38m

  5. 04/14/2025

    The Pick: Flash Gordon

    We’re not saviors of the universe, but we will save every one of us from subpar movie fandom. That’s right, The Pick is back with a look at the 1980 revival of the legendary comic book character, Flash Gordon. We get a bit into the history of this ancient franchise as well as the various […]

    1h 37m

  6. 02/18/2025

    Most Anticipated Movies of 2025

    We’re already a month and a half into 2025, but with the release of the year’s first blockbuster this weekend (Captain America: Brave New World), the year in movies is just getting started. As is tradition, we once again get together to talk about the movies we’re looking forward to the most in the coming […]

    2h 23m

  7. 01/21/2025

    The Thirteenth Annual Mildly Pleased Awards

    Perhaps it’s fitting to take this depressing inauguration day (and unfortunate MLK Jr. Day) to reflect on what an ill-fated year 2024 was. However, we here at Mildly Pleased sat down once again, like we do every year, to reflect on the things that were pretty good but not great from the past year. Sure, […]

    2h 13m

  8. 12/23/2024

    The Pick: Red One

    Before the holidays are upon us, we thought we’d drop a little bonus pod as a gift to anyone willing to hear us grumble about a half-baked Dwayne Johnson/Chris Evans vehicle. Here, we review the biggest Christmas movie of this holiday season, Red One, even if its bigness is by its own design and not […]

    1h 17m
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Whether we're reviewing movies, making top 10 lists about random topics in pop culture, or coming up with bizarre screenplay pitches, you can bet we're not getting too worked up about it.

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  • Creator
    Mildly Pleased
  • Years Active
    2012 - 2025
  • Episodes
    317
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Mildly Pleased