Surviving Chick Flicks: Recent Episodes
John Baggett
Welcome to Surviving Chick Flicks - a film podcast hosted by John - an unprofessional film critic, Sammie - a self described chick flick fan, and Joseph - a movie buff we conned into this. Each week they will take a chick flick (which is any film that panders to women, has a strong female lead, or was written/directed by a woman) and examine and review it. Tune in each week for a new episode every Friday (weather permitting)!
Happy Halloween, everybody! We are back, just like the Sanderson Sisters, to talk about something spooky (or spooky-ish) for Halloween, and what better way to celebrate than with Hocus Pocus 2? Did this movie put a spell on us or did we place a hex on it? Find out here!
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What even is a "month?" Anyway, for this Manly Movie of Undetermined Time Frame, we review that movie where Pacino yells? No, not that one. It's the one where he yells and tries to do a Latin accent? No, not THAT one either. The other one. That's it. It's Carlito's Way. Here comes the review.
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Hey, we did an episode about our editor! Just kidding...sort of. On this episode, we are talking about the Oscar-nominated, anti-romcom, The Worst Person in the World. Did John and Sammie survive? What does sock puppet Joseph think? Was there an Armond White review? These answers and more are all here. Check it out! (Also, we didn't use any soundclips from the movie in the episode because 99.98% of this movie is in Norwegian and unless you actually speak Norwegian, it will do nothing for you.)
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Continuing to play catch up, this episode was recorded in July. On this episode, we talk about the Hulu original romcom, The Hating Game. I wish I had a snappier episode descriptor than I do, but here we are. Enjoy!
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We are trying to catch up on the backlog of unedited episodes. This was supposed to close out Pride Month.
This week wrap up Pride Month 2022 to review a movie shot on an iPhone ironically recorded on an iPhone. (But not edited on an iPhone. That's too far.) Under the microscope this week is Sean Baker's 2015 drama, Tangerine. Did we end Pride Month on a high or a low? Find out here.
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Once upon a time, there was a President so popular, his legacy could be tarnished with the worst scandal ever - he asked a woman out on a date. This week, we bring Aaron Sorkin back into the mix and review the 1995 romantic comedy, The American President. Did we vote for it or against it? Find out here!
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Pride Month continues and our friend Mark returns to discuss a movie way funnier than its subject can ever be - conversion therapy. This week we are talking about the 1999 comedy, But I'm A Cheerleader. Did we give this movie an A or did we give it an F? Find out here!
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On our latest episode of our latest spinoff, this week we examine the 2005 true story, Coach Carter, the Samuel L. Jackson drama about a basketball coach who believed that excellence was demanded not just on the court but off the court as well. Was this a slam dunk or did we foul the movie out? Find out here!
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Pride month continues with a film that focuses on that most horrific of horrors...attending a gathering with your family. This week we give some attention to a film that gives some love to the bisexual community, Shiva Baby. Check it out here!
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Welcome to Pride Month 2022! Hope everyone is celebrating safely and definitely following one specific rule - don't fall asleep. Because we are kicking things off with the man of our dreams, Freddy Kruger, and his return to Elm Street to stalk teenagers in the sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, a film where subtext, just like teenagers, went to die. Check it out here!
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What do you get when two nerds decide to pull a Frankenstein and create a woman using a computer? Comedy gold, Jerry. Gold. This week, we travel back to the 80s to review the John Hughes sci-fi comedy, Weird Science. Was this creation a success or a failed experiment? Find out here!
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Ghostface is back and we needed some legacy characters to help us stop him. To properly examine the latest requel, Ro Karen and Mark return as well for a review of the fifth and latest entry in the Scream franchise - Scream. Did this movie do it's 25 year legacy and original creators justice or did it just make us want to...well, you know. Find out here!
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After many months of peace, a nemesis returns to wreak brutal havoc upon everyone in its path. And by havoc, we mean he's here to make you cry. This week we venture back to Nicholas Sparks with his Miley Cyrus starring coming of age drama, The Last Song. Did this movie end on a high note or was someone dead the entire time and John won't let it go? Find out here!
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The second qualification of what we consider a chick flick to be is "any film with a strong female lead." I think this movie has one actress playing TWO strong female leads. This week we take on the Renny Harlin directed, Shane Black penned 1996 action thriller, The Long Kiss Goodnight. Was this movie worth the $4 million check that paid for the screenplay or did we all pray for some kind of amnesia so we could forget this film when it was over? Find out here!
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It's Manly Movie of the Month and with Sammie away, John and Joseph park the car at Harvard yard and review the Oscar-winning, Martin Scorsese directed crime drama, The Departed. But after it took the top prize and the directing prize (finally) at Thhe Oscars, does the film hold up all these years later or did we need to take it out to the desert and bury it? Also, I know that's a Casino reference, but you get the point. Anyway, find out here!
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Well, as the song says, we don't talk about Bruno, but we can talk about the movie it comes from. This week, we are joined by Joseph's daughter Aizlee and we take on the latest Disney movie driving parents crazy worldwide, Encanto. Did we find magic in this tale or did we banish it to live in our walls with the rats? Find out here!
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Yeah! Racing, bitch! Somehow this week, we have managed to combine sports flicks (kind of) and our manly movie of the month by once again returning to the realm of video game movies. This week, Sammie picked for us the 2014 racing drama, Need For Speed, a film where a performance was basically skyped in. Did we cross the finish line or did this film crash and burn? Find out here!
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Inspired by one Super Bowl and recorded before the most recent, John, Sammie, and Joseph start a new series within the show - Surviving Sports Flicks, an "as in depth" (LOL) look at the world of sports in cinema as we give to chick flicks. And what better way to kick things off with the moment football met cocaine as we examine the Oliver Stone gladiator metaphor, Any Given Sunday. After 20 plus years, does this hold up as one of the best football movies or did it get sacked? Find out here!
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What happens when you take two iconic actors, a bombshell actress, and a legendary director? Well, probably a lot of things, but specifically, you get a classic like Some Like It Hot, a film about romance, murder, and having to pose as the opposite sex to avoid being murdered yourself. Is this film still hot or did it age like milk? Find out here!
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This episode had a slight technical malfunction that did force us to finish the episode the next night with Sammie on the road. You might say, podcasting...It's Complicated. This week we are covering Nancy Meyer's comedy about love after divorce starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, and Jim from The Office. But, did we survive? Find out ere!
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Well, 2022 was off to a good start. Three films, three survivals of all three hosts. Then we had to wreck all that. For this Manly Movie of the Month, Joseph has us facing the legendary 1997 sequel that put a film franchise on ice for nearly two decades, Mortal Kombat Annihilation. Did anyone survive or did we give this film a fatality? Find out here.
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Betty White passed away on New Year's Eve, 2021. White had a career that stretched back to the 40s and a legacy that will last forever. And we decided the best way to pay homage to her would be to travel back to 1999 to cover the beginning of White's career as a meme with the killer crocodile film, Lake Placid, also starring Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman, Oliver Platt, Meredith Salenger, and Brendan Gleeson. While a CGI cow might now have survived the movie, the question on the table is did we? Find out here!
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Take two adults that barely tolerate each other, toss in a baby they have to raise together, and hilarity ensues. Well....something ensues. This week we visit our friends Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhammel in the Greg Berlanti directed film, "Life As We Know It." Did we survive? Find out here!
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Happy New Year, everyone! We are back, all three of us (John, Sammie, & Joseph), with our first episode of 2022 and we are traveling all the way back in time to 2016 to talk about the coming of age dramedy, "The Edge of Seventeen" starring that girl from the Hawkeye show and the guy from that show about the bar, you know the one. Is it a modern classic or best forgotten like our actual seventeenth years on this planet? Find out here!
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Christmas shop at a store, he was doing just fine, well that was until he met a girl, trying to buy the same gloves that he was, it was only some gloves, it was only some gloves. Then they went on a date and they had a great time, he was like tell me your name and I'll tell you mine, then she wrote down her digits in a book and this Killers reference is falling apart now, but we have a new ep now and it's Serendipity. Was this movie meant to be or did fate have other options for it? Find out here!
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Well, we managed to record one episode in November, so naturally we release it in December, because time isn't real. This week it's kind of a Manly Movie of the Month and kind of a regular episode, but this week we take on the 2009 drama, Brothers, which stars a Spider-Man, a galactic senator, and history's greatest scarf stealing monster. Did we survive? Find out here.
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Planned for August, recorded on Halloween, and released in December. Nothing says the holidays like serial killers, huh. This week, we reunite with our old friend David Fincher and watch as Iron Man, Mysterio, and the Hulk break themselves trying to solve the murders attributed to the eponymous killer of this month's Manly Movie, "Zodiac." And we are joined once again by our friend, Mark, from Pink Milk After Dark. Do we survive? Find out here.
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This is the first of two episodes recorded in October and meant for release earlier, but life has gotten in the way, in both good and not so great ways. Thank you for being patient with us while we catch up. So, let's go back in time to spooky season and Phukett, Thailand are we excited, because this week we are talking about an incredibly divisive horror film that finally seems to be finding its audience - the 2009 demonic love story?, "Jennifer's Body." Joining us this week is our returning friend, Brianna from EnneaChat, to breakdown what this movie is and what we were told it was. But, did we survive? Find out here.
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In October of 2021, three podcasters joined online to talk about the 1999 indie horror classic, The Blair Witch Project, and went missing. A week later, their audio was found. And the podcasters didn't really go missing. Turns out, they just went to Denny's and didn't invite us. Jerks. But, after 21 years, does the film once declared to be "scarier that The Exorcist" still hold up? Find out here!
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(Please note, this was recorded before the new trailer dropped, so our predictions were made before we saw it.) It's spooky season and we're celebrating in style, by continuing our Scream retrospective (all the way to Scream 5 in January), by taking a look at the most recent entry in the franchise, "Scream 4." And we are happy to be joined once again by Mark Perez of Pink Milk After Dark to discuss easily one of the more divisive entries in the series. That being said, unlike 85% of the people in this movie, did any of us survive? Find out here!
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The brothers Affleck return to the show as we look at the September Manly Movie of the Month, and Ben's directorial debut, with the film adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel, "Gone Baby Gone." The question isn't whether or not the right decisions were made, but if we survived the latest Affleck fest or not. Find out here!
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CW: spousal abuse, child abuse, loss of a child
After venturing back to The Kissing Booth, John demanded a break and what an insane break we got. This week, we are talking about the latest film by splat-packer, James Wan, the incredibly divisive and completely insane horror flick, Malignant. And not only are we reviewing it, we are spoiling it heavily, so definitely check this out in theaters or on HBOMax before you listen. But, unlike 85% of the people in this movie, did we survive? Find out here!
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This week, we are heading back to Netflix to continue the saga of Elle and Noah, in the 2020 film, "The Kissing Booth 2," as part of our retrospective concluding with the third and (I assume final) installment, now available for streaming. Did we survive? Find out here!
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This week, we travel back in time to 2001 for a tale in which an actor desperate to shed his sparkly vampire reputation and woos one of the actresses from Lost. That's right. We are tackling the 2010 romantic drama, "Remember Me." Is it a tale worth remembering or would we rather forget it ever happened? Find out here!
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This week, we travel back to 1970 and explore the film "Wanda," the only feature film from director Barbara Loden, who wrote, directed, and starred in this forgotten gem of a film. Joining us in the discussion is director Cody McLain, who will also talk about his debut feature film, "So Help Me God." This week is more real life than fantasy for sure. But, did we survive? Find out here!
Watch Cody's film, "So Help Me God" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W49_3jA-iuk&t=1264s
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This week, we hit up Netflix as we dive head first into the first part of The Kissing Booth trilogy, in honor of part 3 just dropping on the service. And we will be covering all three parts on the show (over three non-consecutive episodes). But were we swept off of our feet? Find out here!
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dial up noises Don't you just love New York in the Fall? Makes me want to podcast. Specifically about the iconic screen couple Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and their third (and final to date) on screen collaboration, You've Got Mail, a movie that asks the question, "Is an online romance cheating" and then never really answers it. And we are joined this week by musician and professor Charles Praytor who suggested we do this film and John jumped at it immediately. But did we survive? Find out here!
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For our July Manly Movie of the Month, Sammie brings us back to the world of tech companies, just in a totally different tone than last time, as we take on the 2013 comedy, The Internship. Join us as we do to Google what we did to Facebook. Did we log in for fun or did we delete our account forever? Find out here!
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On this week's episode, we answer the hard hitting question - are you new cow or old cow? It'll make sense in context. This week we travel back to 2001 with the romantic comedy Someone Like You. Did we go to this movie like new cow or reject it like old cow? (I swear this will make sense later.) Find out here!
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What's your favorite trilogy? All bets are off as we travel to Hollywood to reunite those old friends, Sidney Prescott and Ghostface, as they wrap up (for a while) the Scream (no longer) trilogy with maybe the most debated entry in the franchise, Scream 3. And if Wes Craven gets to reunite his Scooby gang, we do too as we bring back our friends Mark, Mindy, and Karen. Did this film slice and dice it's way to our hearts or should it have been left on the cutting room floor? Find out here!
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This week, John's nemesis, well....one of his nemeses...Nicholas Sparks, returns to be judged by us as we take on the 2002 film, A Walk to Remember. But after nearly two decades, does the film hold up or would we rather forget it? Find out here!
Link to Noelle Devoe's article: https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a40974/thoughts-i-had-while-rewatching-a-walk-to-remember-for-the-first-time-in-ten-years/
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This week, the show goes off the rails as Sammie had to take a week off leaving John and Joseph on their own. What dastardly decisions did they decide on? They went Disney! But Sammie an adult in charge of them, our returning champion, Sandy Junek, to help take on the 2021 film, Cruella. Did we like the movie or did we want to skin it and make a coat out of it? Find out here!
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Today we officially wrap up Pride Month with our Manly Movie of the Month, and it's a double feature. This month we take on the 2005 Gus Van Sant film, "Milk," and the 1984 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature, "The Times of Harvey Milk," directed by Rob Epstein. Two films that set out to honor the first openly gay person elected to public office. Find out our thoughts here!
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We wrap up the main episodes for Pride Month 2021 with a transgender related film that while made by a cis director, actually stars a trans actress playing a trans character. What a novel f***ing concept. This week we are watching and reviewing the 2017 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, A Fantastic Woman, starring Daniela Vega. The woman may be fantastic, but did we think the film was as well? Find out here!
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Pride month continues and this week we are going B for Bisexual and Berlin with the 2017 col war spy thriller, Atomic Blonde, starring Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, and directed by David Leitch. Did this film win over John, Sammie, and Joseph, or did we have to put a bullet in it? Find out here!
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Pride month continues and this week we take a look at the Oscar-winning "gay cowboy" movie, Brokeback Mountain where The Joker and Donnie Darko met herding sheep for Cousin Eddie, fell in love, then married Venom's girlfriend and Catwoman. And Velma. We shouldn't let John write these descriptions. That being said, did we fall in love among the trees and the sheep or did we find a way to quit this movie? Find out here!
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Two lesbians enter an apartment and steal $2 millions from the mob. It's not a joke, it's the plot of this week's movie, the 1996 neo-noir, Bound, from The Wachowskis! It's also the first movie we are watching to celebrate Pride Month for 2021. So, sit back, drink some scotch, and watch along with us as we take on this classic and bar-raiser of queer cinema. And this week, we welcome back our Scream queen, Ro Karen. But, does Bound hold up after 25 years? Find out here.
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No need to keep refreshing the feed, the wait is over. It's Manly Movie of the Month time again. This month, Sammie requests that John and Joseph watch and review the 2010 Oscar winning drama, The Social Network. Did we "Like" the film or did it get Zucced? Find out here!
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There's a thin line between clever and stupid and this week's movie pole dances and licks that line. This week, John, Sammie, and Joseph take on the 1995...um...classic, Showgirls starring a whole bunch of people who probably should have known better. But, is there gold in them thar...um...hills, or do we just want to push this movie down the stairs? Find out here!
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This that movie. You know the one. The one where the idealistic teacher takes the gig at the inner city high school to make a difference in the lives of the kids society essentially gave up on? No, it's not the one with Edward James Olmos. And no, it's not the one with Morgan Freeman or the Coolio song. It's "Freedom Writers" with Hilary Swank, McDreamy, and a toned down Delores Umbridge. But, did Sammie, John, or Joseph survive it? Tune in and find out.
For more info about the Freedom Writers Foundation, visit http://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org.
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This episode was recorded in Odorama! (Okay, not really.) What do you do when your husband is a smut peddler, your daughter is a tramp, your son is a foot stomper, and your best friend is about to become a debutante? The answers lie within this week's film, Polyester, the first mainstream film from the Pope of Puke, John Waters. And joining us this week are our returning guests Mark Perez and Joseph Johnson! The movie may literally smell, but was it a good smell or a bad smell? Find out here!
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Wanna build a school with us? This week we are taking on a movie that no matter what side of the aisle you are on, we're probably going to risk alienating you, the 2011 drama, "Won't Back Down." And we drug Joseph Johnson into this discussion as well. Did this movie get a passing grade or did it fail? Find out here!
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As we wrap up April, take advantage of Spring and the start of baseball season by looking at the 1992 Penny Marshall comedy, A League of Their Own. And joining us this week is our good buddy, Joseph Johnson, someone who John has made watch many terrible things. There may not be any crying in baseball, but is there any in podcasting? Find out here!
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How's your wife and my podcast? It's time for the April Manly Movie of the Month and to celebrate Spring and the start of baseball season, what better thing to do than to quote along with the 1989 comedy, Major League? Did the movie as Jobu to come and have us survive or was it a swing and a miss? Find out here!
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You know that recurring dream where you're the youngest copy editor working for a major newspaper and they send you back to high school and it's still like when you actually went to high school and suddenly your brother's there with you and he's cooler than you? Well, it's not a dream. It's a movie! This week, John and Sammie take on the 1999 rom com, "Never Been Kissed." Did we fall for it or did we abandon it standing on a pitchers mound in front of the other town and media from all over the city? Find out here!
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What's your favorite scary sequel? As the fifth entry of the Scream franchise will be hitting theaters (remember those?) in early 2021, John and Sammie decide to continue the journey we began back in October of 2020 and slowly make our way through all of the adventures of Ghostface and his friends, Sidney, Gale, Randy, and Dewey, along with the new ones the made along the way. Some of whom won't make it to the end. And we couldn't talk "Scream 2" without bringing back our fellow Scream devotees, Mark, Mindy, and Karen. The people on screen might not have, but do our hosts survive "Scream 2?" Find out here.
Check out Mark on PInk Milk After Dark: https://servingpinkmilk.com
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CW: This episode contains discussion of rape, sexual assault, Roman Polanski, and some other topics of a sensitive nature. Listener discretion is advised.
In what will probably be the final episode we cover featuring a 2021 Oscar nominee, we're going big and tackling the darkly comic revenge thriller, "Promising Young Woman," and we needed help. Joining us this week is the glue that stuck us together in the first place, our best friend, Sandy. But, did we survive it as a group? Find out here.
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Throughout the 1980's and first part of the 1990's, John Hughes was a legend. As a writer for the National Lampoon and screenwriter of some of the most iconic comedies of our time. So naturally, we have to focus on one of his films that maybe doesn't get as much attention as some of his other work. This week, John and Sammie take on the 1987 Hughes penned, Howard Deutch directed rom com, Some Kind of Wonderful. But does it live up to its title? Find out here.
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Affleck. Damon. Apples.
For our third Manly Movie of the Month, Sammie brings an Oscar winner to the table with the 1997 film, Good Will Hunting. Did we like them apples or did have to go see about another movie? Find out here!
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This week, John and Sammie go "all in" to look at the directorial debut from screenwriter and playwright, Aaron Sorkin, with the 2017 Academy Award nominated film, Molly's Game, based on the memoir and true story of Molly Bloom. But is the film a "flop" or is it a "straight flush?" No, wait, "royal flush." No,......ugh....other poker term. I fold. Check it out here!
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It's your classic love story - boy meets girl, girl falls for boy, boy is mauled by a lion, boy's brain is put into a giant animatronic t-rex. You know, romance. This week John and Sammie bring in special guests author/Twitch host, Brianna Beard, and actress/writer, Amanda Spangler, to discuss the good, the bad, and the what the hell in the 1993 cult classic, Tammy and the T-Rex, starring Denise Richards and Paul Walker. But did we survive? Find out here!
Watch Brianna's Twitch channel here: http://Twitch.tv/UnlikelyBeard
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All things must end, and that includes the story of Laura Jean and Peter. This week, John and Sammie bid farewell to the Covey family and the people surrounding them with the final (at least for now) entry in the "To All The Boys" franchise, "Always And Forever." But is the farewell fond or not? Find out here!
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It's officially awards season, and we continue checking out new films, especially those getting awards buzz (sorry, Tom &Jerry), with the newly crowned Golden Globe winner for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director (Chloe Zhao), Nomadland - a study of life, love, loss, and minimalism. It may have won over the Hollywood Foreign Press, but did it win us over? Find out here!
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February is over, folks, and that means one thing around here - the Manly Movie of the Month is back and this month John jumped into the way back machine to the long forgotten year of 1997 and picked the Oscar nominated sophomore feature from writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson, "Boogie Nights." Did this film live up to its reputation or did we have to threaten it with a shotgun while "Jessie's Girl" played in the background? Find out here! Also, maybe listen to this one with headphones. Just sayin'.
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Lara Jean and Peter are back. And there was much rejoicing. This week, we are back in Netflixland taking on the long awaited (I guess long and I assume awaited) second chapter in the "To All The Boys" franchise, "P.S. I Still Love You." Did we survive? Did we also spend ten minutes on the trailers for "Mortal Kombat" and "Disney's Cruella?" Find out here!
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February 25, 1964. Malcolm X, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke are in Miami to watch their friend, Cassius Clay, become the World Heavyweight Champion. The victory will be celebrated by all four men as they face changes in their lives and in the world. This week, John and Sammie take on the feature film directorial debut of Academy Award winner Regina King, the Golden Globe nominated adaptation of Kemp Powers' play, "One Night In Miami." But is the film a knockout or did our hosts have to knock it out? Find out here!
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After an operator error took out the episode on The Bodyguard, we pick back up with our regularly scheduled next episode and it has everything - infidelity, betrayal, Kathy Bates in a Cowboy hat. Yes, this week we tackle our first Tyler Perry film, "The Family That Preys." We also discuss the Super Bowl and give our definitive answer on The Bodyguard as well. But did we survive this family drama? Find out here!
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As if we don't stray away from the traditional definition of chick flicks as it is, sometimes we just need to talk movies outside of our usual fare. And so we kick off this new monthly series of special episodes entitled "Manly Movie of the Month," which are a series of films where there is absolutely no way under our own definitions could ever qualify as a chick flick. This month, Sammie picks the 2012 hillbilly gangster movie, Lawless, starring Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Jessica Chastain, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, and actual cannibal Shia LeBeouf. Do we praise the outlaw nature of this film or do we enact some frontier justice on it? Find out here!
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From an iconic scene in HBO's Sex and the City to an actual book to...naturally...a movie, years of advice and pep talks and over analysis is explored and depicted in the 2009 romantic comedy, "He's Just Not That Into You" starring Ben Affleck and others. While all of that might help you figure out why the guy you went out with didn't call you back, the real question on the table is, are John and Sammie into this movie? Find out here! (And as a bonus, John kicked the episode off with the Sex and the City clip.)
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Grab a bottle of scotch and your din-din and have a seat, because we are getting classy...kind of. This week, John and Sammie are kicking it old school and covering the 1962 film, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane starring two women whose hatred of each other was so fierce it spawned a TV show that made John say nice things about Ryan Murphy. But did we survive? Find out here!
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Please note that this episode contains discussion of suicide and mental illness. Listener discretion is advised.
This week, we lean into rule #3 of our definitions of what a chick flick is ("any film written or directed by a woman"), by discussing the sophomore effort from director Kimberly Pierce, the 2008 drama, Stop-Loss, starring Ryan Philippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish, and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Yeah, this is kind of a heavy movie, NGL. But, the question on the table is did we survive it? Find out here!
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Welcome to 2021...whether we like it or not. Kicking off the new year, John and Sammie tackle the 2001 musical-comedy-drama, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the story of an East German rock star, her botched gender reassignment surgery, and her rise to fame following a period of being ignored. But the important question on the table is - did either John or Sammie survive it? Find out here!
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Trans Icon or Problematic Disaster" - Harmony Colangelo - https://harmonycolangelo.medium.com/hedwig-and-the-angry-inch-trans-icon-or-problematic-disaster-a22d6a8cc017
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2020 is almost over (thank god) and we’re celebrating New Year’s Eve in the most Surviving Chick Flicks way possible....with the movie New Year’s Eve. Sammie and John recorded in person, live-ish at Rick's on the Square in Downtown Tyler to an audience of two - their friends Sandy and Sean. Did we give this movie a midnight kiss or did it drop the ball? Find out here!
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Imagine if you will...a world in which Cameron Diaz finds Jude Law attractive. Wait, no that makes sense. Okay, how about this? Imagine a world where Kate Winslet finds Jack Black attractive! Ha! No...that's still plausible. Um...I got nothing. This week, as we continue through Sammie's Christmas Month, a time where both John and Sammie are in different time zones, we do a movie where everyone else is in different time zones (see, this one worked). That's right. We're taking on the 2006 Nancy Meyers film, The Holiday starring all those people I just mentioned plus Eli Wallach. This movie may be full of holiday cheer, but did we survive it? Find out here!
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What'd you do with the podcast, Agnes? Also, who the hell is Agnes? This week, John somehow hijacked Sammie's Christmas month and decked the halls with blood and mayhem as they take on the 1974 Christmas slasher classic, Black Christmas, starring Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder. We also managed to bring a special guest, Sammie's sister in law Roxy, along for the ride as we try to determine who will survive, what will be left of them, and what the hell is going on in this movie? The answers to these questions and more can be found here! Also, please follow us on all the social media - Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram.
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Happy Holidays, everyone! It's the Christmas season and Sammie is mostly in control for the rest of the year as we bring a little Christmas magic to the show, kicking things off with the Lifetime Christmas romance, Love at The Christmas Table starring Winnie Cooper, Marty McFly's mom, and Ted from Schitt's Creek. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be confused by the nonsensical timeline of this 30 year courtship. But did we survive this one? Find out here! And be sure to follow us on Facebook. Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram!
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Welcome back, Nicholas Sparks. This week, John and Sammie take on their second Nicholas Sparks adaptation, Safe Haven, the 2013 romantic drama / kinda sorta thriller directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, and Cobie Smulders. Did we find a place to escape in this film or do we need a safe space from it? Find out here! Also, be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram.
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In 1997, the world got the long awaited third feature film from director Quentin Tarantino. Instead of giving us the second coming of Pulp Fiction, he dove into the worlds of blaxploitation and Elmore Leonard with the film, Jackie Brown, starring Pam Grier.
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Why are Elektra, Silent Bob, and Raylan Givens in the same movie? We may not answer that question, but this week we discuss the drama on and off of the set of the 2006 romantic dramedy, Catch & Release, starring Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, and Kevin Smith (yes, THAT Kevin Smith). Did we reel in a winner or did we toss this one back? Find out here! Also be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.
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After six episodes, some might say we are finally once again talking about a chick flick, and this film is maybe the ultimate chick flick, even by our standards. This week, John and Sammie take on the 2018 Netflix original movie, To All The Boys I've Loved Before. Did we send this movie a love letter or did we return to sender? Find out here and be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok!
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What's your favorite scary movie? As we wrap up October and John's reign of terror, we take a look at the 1996 slasher film, Scream, starring Neve Campbell and Courtney Cox. Did this film make us scream in terror or scream in anger? Join John and Sammie and their guests Mark, Mindy, and Karen to find out if this movie made the cut. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok, and Instagram!
Please note that there were some audio issues due to connectivity issues. It got better as we kept going but there was no way to fix it.
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This week we’re getting campy! (Ha ha, get it?) As Halloween month continues, we take on the 1983 slasher cult classic, The Craft, starring Felissa Rose. Joining us on this episode are our friends Mark, Mindy, and Karen. Did we survive the summer or did they find our bodies at the waterfront after the social? Find out here! Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram!
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It’s spooky season, so Sammie has reluctantly given control to John and he has picked all kinds of tricks and treats for Halloween. This week, we take on the 1996 classic, The Craft, starring Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True. Joining us on this episode are our friends Mark and Karen. Did we think this movie was light as a feather or did we think it’s stiff as a board? Find out here! Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram!
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Sorry folks, the wrong audio file was uploaded on Friday, so here is the correct version of the episode.
This week, Sammie and John take on the 2016 film, The Choice. Did we survive or did we choose to pull the plug on this one? Find out here!
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Welcome to the first episode of Surviving Chick Flicks! This week, our hosts, John and Sammie, are taking on the 2010 comedy, Easy A starring Emma Stone. Does the movie make the grade or do we think the filmmakers need to be sent to detention? Find out here!
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