Kate finishes Miyazaki month with Howl’s Moving Castle by talking about themes of beauty in all its forms. Subjective always, beauty is judged inward and outward in conscious and subconscious ways. Kate digs in deep of our perceptions of beauty and how it changes, evolves and effects the world around us. YouTube Version (With Live […]
Fast forward a half a millennium or so, and we are still teaching school children how to decode Shakespeare’s plays. And while I take no issue with that, I do take umbrage with the amount of attention being paid to decoding 16th century language versus the lack of attention being given, in this country at least, to the decoding of 21st century language. One skill does not necessarily lead to the other, and that’s the misconception our educational institutions have been laboring under for quite some time.
Kate continues Miyazaki month with the first film to come from Studio Ghibli, Castle in the Sky. This episode talks about the history of Studio Ghibli and poses a new film theory that Castle in the Sky is an allegory for genealogy or the search of your ancestral roots. Sources: IMDB Trivia on Castle in […]
Kate continues Miyazaki month with Princess Mononoke. This episode is full of trivia on why it took this box-office recording-breaking Japanese hit 2 years to come to the United States as well as taking deep diving on the themes of this mature movie. Themes in this episode are: Infections of rage and hate The whole […]
Kate begins Miyazaki Month with Japan’s highest-grossing film of all time, Spirited Away. In this episode Kate talks about: Braving a new adventure Taking part in the world around you Helping others is a way of showing your toughness What’s in a name Cleansing The power of remembering How you can handle it when things […]
Our topic this month is: Women Get Sh!t Done. Whether it’s in the home, in the workplace or in the community, women have the ability to fill their schedule to the point where they couldn’t be more productive unless they had a TARDIS (time travel device). Women have a long history of being team players, […]
Join us, Saturday, January 14 for book club + a movie as we discuss Hidden Figures, the story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program. We’ll meet at 1:00pm in the lobby of Goodrich Hamilton 16 IMAX, Noblesville. Look for a gal with a Gal’s Guide to the […]
Kate Chaplin closes out her holiday movie coverage with Frank Capra’s You Can’t Take it with You. This episode is jam-packed with lessons you can take with you in life. Kate starts off with why she loves this film far more than It’s a Wonderful Life and how that film because a holiday staple and […]
Gal’s Guide to the Galaxy is trilled to announce we will be at Starbase Indy, a yearly Star Trek fan-run convention on Thanksgiving weekend. Panels G3 is hosting Kate’s Take Live! The 5-time award-winning podcast returns to Starbase for a live recording of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. Host Kate Chaplin takes a movie that has […]
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