The Plot Sickens

This week, we're reviewing We Live in Time, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. We discuss the film's romance, its honest approach to life's biggest questions, and why its portrayal of love, family, and difficult choices resonated with both of us.The movie sparked a thoughtful conversation about making the most of the time we have, the moments that matter most, and the relationships that shape us. Also, somehow we ended up singing the Toy Story soundtrack.We don't know either.

This week marks one year of The Plot Sickens! To celebrate, we're reviewing Irreplaceable You (2018), a film about love, loss, and trying to prepare for the future after a terminal diagnosis. We discuss support groups, anticipatory grief, and the very real desire to know the people we love will be okay when we're gone. Thank you for joining us for a year of movies, laughter, honesty, and heartfelt conversations about what cancer stories get right—and wrong. We are eternally grateful!

This week on The Plot Sickens, Vanessa and Deltra discuss The Farewell — the heartfelt film inspired by a true story about a family who chooses to withhold a terminal cancer diagnosis from their beloved Nai Nai.Together, they unpack the ethics of hiding a diagnosis, the emotional weight of anticipatory grief, and the complicated ways families try to protect the people they love.Plus: the return of the snack rating.

This week, we review Other People—and it hit hard.With a powerful performance by Molly Shannon, the film explores the reality of cancer from treatment to hospice in a way that feels raw and deeply human. We break down what it gets right—and why this one stays with you.Releasing near Mother’s Day, this episode comes with a heads up: it’s an emotional one.