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"Wuthering Heights" VS Small Prophets; The Day The Earth Blew Up VS Madam

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Sharon says Wuthering Heights is structurally a mess and the chemistry between Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi is absent.

1. Netflix vs Cinema compares Wuthering Heights, The Day the Earth Blew Up, Small Profits, and Madam. 2. Tosin hosts from Bromsgrove, Sharon Bolland joins from the Isle of Wight, and Holly Neslane joins from London. 3. The episode asks whether each title belongs in the cinema or at home, and whether Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights works as an adaptation. 4. Sharon says Wuthering Heights comes from Emerald Fennell's teenage reading of Emily Bronte's novel. 5. Holly says the novel is about "two sociopathic individuals" who destroy the lives around them. 6. Both hosts object to Margot Robbie playing Cathy as blonde and Jacob Elordi playing Heathcliff as white. 7. Sharon says the Moors should loom large in the film, but the cinematography makes them look flat. 8. Holly praises the costumes but calls them anachronistic and says they make Margot Robbie look hard-faced. 9. Sharon says Martin Clunes merges two book characters and is "the best thing in it." 10. Both hosts say the film feels overly sexual, overblown, and flat rather than emotionally charged. 11. Holly says the book's most important divide is that Heathcliff is described as dark-skinned and othered. 12. Sharon says the film ages the characters up, which removes the teenage energy of the source material. 13. The hosts agree the movie is cinematic but think a series might suit the story better. 14. Sharon gives Wuthering Heights 2.5 stars, and Holly gives it 2.5 stars too. 15. Sharon says Small Profits is Mackenzie Crook's new six-episode series and compares its feel to The Detectorists. 16. She describes a tool-shop worker whose girlfriend disappeared, a father in a care home, and a homunculus created from an alchemical book. 17. Sharon says the show has warmth, quirky side characters, and enough plot to keep the mystery moving. 18. The discussion of Small Profits is relaxed and enthusiastic, while the Wuthering Heights section is sharper and more combative. 19. People who like British character comedy with a supernatural edge should listen. 20. People wanting a faithful Wuthering Heights defense should probably skip it.

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A brisk debate over whether Wuthering Heights belongs in the cinema or at home.

Netflix vs. Cinema turns to Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights with a narrow, useful question: does it belong in a theater, or is streaming the better fit?

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If you want a straight answer on whether Wuthering Heights belongs in a cinema, this episode is the one.

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