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Will is a ginger. Marc is gay. Together, they embark on an intense investigation to determine whether there has ever been a believable romance depicted in film. (Formerly Heart of Podness)
We're kicking off the spooky season with a return to the Universal monster movies and Boris Karloff in Karl Freund's 1932 version of The Mummy!
Join in as we discuss Karloff the union organizer, the fights between Freund and star Zita Johann, the film's connection to silent film trends, and Imhotep's convoluted scheme.
Plus: What was Imhotep doing for ten years? Why aren't there any classic novels about ancient Egypt? And, most importantly, how could Helen's final outfit be so bad?
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Next week: The Babadook (2014)
Key links for this episode:
- "Boris and Bela" miniseries from You Must Remember This
- "Ben Carson Stands by Statement that Egyptian Pyramids Built to Store Grain" (PBS NewsHour)
- That picture of the Babadook Will sent everyone at the end of the episode
We're checking in this week on a brand new rom com, Roshan Sethi's 2025 adaptation of A Nice Indian Boy, starring Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff!
Join in as we discuss awkward first dates, a scene-stealing performance by Zarna Garg, and the nice change of a gay rom com that's not about coming out.
Plus: What's the best joke in the movie? Why would Jay smoke weed in his fiance's parents' bathroom? And where is this movie set?
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Next week: The Mummy (1932)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "Calgary Filmmaker Dreams Up a Big Gay Bollywood Wedding in New Rom Com" (CBC)
- "A Nice Indian Boy: Jonathan Groff and Karan Soni Make Rom Com History" (The Daily Beast)
- "Gay Rom-Com A Nice Indian Boy Unites Deadpool's Karan Soni, Jonathan Groff, and Roshan Sethi: 'Everyone was Turned On'" (Variety)
- "Out and About with Karan Soni" (OUT Magazine)
We're at the beach with Jack and Diane as we look at the romance of Nancy Meyers's 2003 smash rom com Something's Gotta Give!
Join in as we discuss thinly-veiled adaptations of real life, the film's examination of Jack Nicholson, and the weird lack of Frances McDormand.
Plus: How long has Julian (Keanu Reeves) been tracking down productions of Erica's (Diane Keaton) plays? Why didn't Harry's employees ever show up again? And did Nancy watch the Matrix sequels?
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Next week: A Nice Indian Boy (2025)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "Nancy Meyers Searches for Her Own Comfort" (Vulture)
- "What's It Like to Be Directed by Nancy Meyers?" (Vulture)
- "A Kooky Conversation with Nancy Meyers Muse Diane Keaton" (Vulture)
- "Set Design: Something's Gotta Give" (Architectural Digest)
- "Venice 2012: Paul Thomas Anderson Says Tom Cruise Has Seen The Master 'and We're Still Friends'" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "The Story of Harold Ramis and Amy Heckerling's Secret Daughter" (Vulture)
- "Last 5 Years a Musical Marriage-Go-Round" (New York Post)
- "Stereophonic Settles Lawsuit with Fleetwood Mac Producer" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "Life Isn't Like the Movies (Even if You Write the Movies)" - Nancy Meyers "Modern Love" Essay (New York Times)
We're closing out the trilogy of Nora Ephron romantic comedies with a look at the third Tom Hanks / Meg Ryan collaboration, 1998's You've Got Mail!
Join in as we discuss formative computer memories, childhood bookstores, and War of the Worlds (2025).
Plus: Why does the rest of the Fox family seem to hate books? Did Birdie really date Franco? When is David Lowery's Mother Mary coming out? And remember when the internet was charming?
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Next week: Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "The Strange Eating Habits of Steve Jobs" (NBC News)
- "Ice Cube's New Sci-Fi Movie Debuts with a Well-Earned 0% on Rotten Tomatoes" (Polygon)
- "The Winding Tale of Neopets" (The History of the Web)
- "George Clooney Dodged a Career Blow by Turning Down a Holiday Flop" (Collider)
- "How Barnes and Noble Made a Comeback by Revitalizing its Philosophy" (PBS News)
We're headed back to 2007 to look at the romance of the indie sensation Juno, starring Elliot Page as a pregnant teenager, Michael Cera as the awkward boyfriend, and Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner as would-be adoptive parents.
Join in as we discuss the careers of director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody, the film's iconic soundtrack, and a couple weirdly un-streamable movies.
Plus: What's the deal with Smartless Mobile? Was "everyone" aware of Ricki and the Flash? Is A Minecraft Movie quietly good (or at least not bad)? And will we find a way to talk about The Odyssey every week between now and July?
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Next week: You've Got Mail (1998)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "Diablo Cody, Lap Dancer Turned Ace Screenwriter" (The Times)
- "From Saucy to Sweet" (The Age)
- "Jason Reitman Tackles Teen Pregnancy in Juno" (ComingSoon.net)
- "Juno: Inside Oscar's 100 Million Dollar Baby" (Entertainment Weekly)
- "Diablo Cody Meditates on Juno and its Critics 15 Years Later: 'I am Emphatically Pro-Choice'" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "Death to the Juno Effect" (Salon)
- "Charli XCX Eyed for Greta Gerwig and Netflix's Narnia Movie" (Deadline)
- "Missing Teen's Friends Go on TV to Plead for Her Release, Gossip about Ugly Classmates" (Onion News Network on YouTube)
We're returning to Genovia after seven years away to look at the romance of Garry Marshall's 2004 Disney sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement!
Join in as we discuss the career of screenwriter Shonda Rhimes, the long development of Princess Diaries 3, the odd CGI plane, and a lot about the Genovian government.
Plus: Who would want a remote control closet? Why is Genovia's anthem so similar to Canada's? Why didn't PD3 happen sooner? And, most importantly, why does Genovia have so many orphans?
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Next week: Juno (2007)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "Anne Hathaway: The Reluctant Princess" (The Independent)
- "Anne Hathaway on Ella Enchanted and Her Princess Roles" (ThoughtCo)
- "Julie Andrews to Sing in Diaries 2" (LA Times)
- "John Rhys-Davies on Gimli, Brexit, and Rural Hell" (RNZ)
- "The Most Popular Wine Glass in the Country has Scandal to Thank" (VinePair)
- "Cash Rules Everything about Ellen Pompeo Staying on Grey's Anatomy" (Vulture)
- "Irish Wish is a Crypto-Fascist, AI-Generated Harbinger of Doom" (Vulture)
In honor of The Roses (in theaters now), we're taking a look at the 1989 adaptation of the same novel, Danny DeVito's The War of the Roses, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
Join in as we discuss the movie's odd framing device, the 1989 Golden Globe slate, the plight of the American housewife, and movies we watched in high school.
Plus: What was Barbara's goal in seducing DeVito's character? How did that chandelier last so long? Why is this movie so popular in Germany? And, most importantly, was Barbara right about giving kids candy?
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Next week: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Roger Ebert's three-star review
- The War of the Roses in the AFI Catalog
- "In Conversation: Kathleen Turner" (Vulture)
- "Love and Hate" (New York Times)
- "The Truth about Danny DeVito and Michael Douglas's Time as Roommates" (The List)
- “I’m the Judge Who Approved the Custody Arrangement in The Parent Trap, But in My Defense, I Didn’t Think The Would Go to the Same Camp” (McSweeney's)
- The Simpsons in "Family Therapy," the short that preceded The War of the Roses in theaters (YouTube)
We're closing out the Summer of Superheroes with Kinka Usher's star-studded 1999 comedy Mystery Men!
Join in as we discuss the rise of commercial directors in the 1990s, our favorite jokes from the movie, the unfulfilled promise of Geoffrey Rush's Casanova Frankenstein, and, of course, "All Star" by Smash Mouth.
Plus: How many of these characters actually have powers? How much time is supposed to pass in this movie? What exactly is the Blue Raja's (Hank Azaria's) deal? And, most importantly, is "All Star" about a cool person?
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Next week: The War of the Roses (1989)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "The Ad Guys Take Charge" (Los Angeles Times)
- "Drawn to the Old" (Los Angeles Times)
- "Left His Heart on Madison Avenue" (New York Times)
- "Mystery Men at 25: The Flop Superhero Comedy that Deserved Better" (The Independent)
- "Random Roles: Janeane Garofolo" (AV Club)
- "Somebody Once Told Me: An Oral History of Smash Mouth's 'All Star'" (Rolling Stone)
- "Macy Moves to Mystery" (Variety)
- "Reubens Camps it Up - Again" (Orlando Sentinel)
- "My Year of Flops Case File #24: Mystery Men" (AV Club)
This week the Summer of Superheroes continues with our look at the deeply implausible romance of Guillermo Del Toro's original Hellboy movie!
Join in as we discuss Ron Perlman's performance, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Nazi occultism, and Marvel's Son of Satan.
Plus: Why wasn't David Hyde Pierce credited for voicing Abe Sapien? What exactly was Rasputin's goal? And, most importantly, is there a single person who likes John?
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Next week: Mystery Men (1999)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "Behind Abe's Big Fish Eyes: io9 Talks to Hellboy II's Doug Jones" (io9)
- "David Zaslav Meeting with Candidates to Replace Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy as Warner Bros. Heads" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "Hollywood Execs Fear Ryan Coogler's Sinners Deal 'Could End the Studio System'" (Vulture)
- "Hollywood Foreign Press Association Members Seek to Restore Organization Amid Dispute with New Owners of Golden Globes" (Variety)
- "How Kerry Conran Saw Hollywood's Future - Then Got Left Behind" (The Telegraph)
For our last look at a Marvel hero in this Summer of Superheroes, we're taking a look at the romance of the 2005 Jennifer Garner vehicle Elektra!
Join in as we discuss our favorite cinematic assassins, the movie's odd visual style, its treatment of Japan, and hitman human resources.
Plus: How does this movie connect with Daredevil (2003)? Is the movie gory enough? Did its failure at the box office end Jennifer Garner's action career? And, speaking of careers, what's going on with Ariana DeBose?
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Next week: Hellboy (2004)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "Daredevil's Done Deals" (IGN)
- "Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck Suit Up for Daredevil" (MTV)
- "High in the Sky Benny Bares All" (Sydney Morning Herald)
- "Ben Affleck Says No to Daredevil Sequel" (SlashFilm)
- "Garner Deemed Elektra Awful, Says Ex-Boyfriend Vartan" (SFGate)
- Interview with Rob Bowman (IGN)
- "Helmer on Why Elektra Failed" (Now Playing)
- "Marvel to Prime Pupils" (Variety)
- "Leaked Email: Marvel CEO Not so Hot on Female Superhero Movies" (Vulture)
- "The Shadow Rulers of the VA" (ProPublica)
- "James Gunn Says the 'Movie Industry is Dying' Due to Films Being Made with Unfinished Scripts" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "Daredevil Actor Peter Shinkoda Claims Jeph Loeb Made Anti-Asian Comments During Production of Netflix Series" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "Marvel Editor-in-Chief Admits He Used Japanese Pseudonym to Circumvent Company Policy" (The Hollywood Reporter)
We're taking a look at the dawn of the SPUMC as we dig into the romance of Venom!
Join in as we discuss Tom Hardy's double performance, the lobster tank scene, The Brock Report, and surprise good guy performance by Reid Scott.
Plus: How do these Sony movies connect to Spider-Man? Why didn't Riz Ahmed get to use his British accent? And how does Sony keep tricking people into thinking they're joining the MCU by being in these movies?
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Next week: Elektra (2005)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe (2012)
- "Tom Hardy Says His Son's Love for Venom is Why He Took the Role" (Variety)
- "How Sony Learned to Cede Control to Marvel on Spider-Man: Homecoming" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "Even After Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web, Sony's Marvel Movies aren't Dead" (Variety)
- "Tom Hardy Came up with the Best Scene in Venom on the Spot" (Polygon)
- "The History of Unmade Venom Movies" (ComicBook.com)
- "The Spider-Man 4 that Never Was" (Collider)
- "Sony Sets Spider-Man Spinoffs Venom, Sinister Six with New Franchise 'Brain Trust'" (Deadline)
- "SPUMC?" (Gizmodo)
- "The Post-Disaster Artist" (Polygon)
To herald the release of Fantastic Four: First Steps, we're starting the second half of our Summer of Superheroes with a look at the romance of 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer!
Join in as we discuss the history of FF adaptations, the challenge of writing a super-genius, the flattening of Sue Storm, and our favorite movies of 2025 so far.
Plus: Why are adaptations so scared of Dr. Doom? Why is Galactus a cloud in this movie? What is Doom's plan with the silver surfboard? And how did this movie's promotional campaign break federal law?
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Next week: Venom (2018)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzalez, and Gavin Edwards (2023)
- All of the Marvels by Douglas Wolk (2021)
- "Inside Move: Surfer May Board Four" (Variety)
- "2007 Preview: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" (Wizard Universe)
- "Fantastic Four 2 Set Footage and Comments" (SuperHeroHype)
- "Fishburne Voices Surfer" (Variety)
- "US Mint: Silver Surfer Coin is Breaking the Law" (Fox News)
- "The Fantastic Four Movie You'll Never See" (Wired)
- "A Mania for Marvel" (Variety)
- "Down with Love's Reed Won't Do Fantastic Four" (Entertainment Weekly)
- "Fantastic Four Almost Made Jessica Alba Quit Acting" (PopEater)
- "The Hundred Best Movies of the Twenty-First Century" (New York Times)
We're celebrating our 400th episode with a look at the biggest 400 in cinema, Francois Truffaut's 1959 French New Wave classic, The 400 Blows!
Join in as we discuss the New Wave's place in cinema history, Antoine Doinel's poor fire safety, his conspicuous lack of siblings, and engage in a cinemabration of eight years of podcasting.
Plus: How closely does the film map onto Truffaut's life? What does the title actually mean? Which school subjects are worth learning? And, most importantly, what's the difference between 2017 and 2018?
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Next week: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "Movie Poster of the Week: Francois Truffaut's The 400 Blows" (MUBI)
- "The 400 Blows: Close to Home" (Criterion)
- "The Emoji Movie was the First Film to Publicly Screen in Saudi Arabia after 35-Year Cinema Ban" (IndieWire)
- "Mike White Confronts Rob Cesternino over Emoji Movie" (All Winners Survivor on YouTube)
- "Christopher Nolan Took his Kids to See Phantom Thread and Now They Call Him 'Woodcock' When He's Being Mean" (IndieWire)
- The 2022 Sight & Sound lists
Our Summer of Superheroes reaches its climax with arguably the most important movie in the genre's history: Richard Donner's 1978 film Superman, starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, and a firmly on-book Marlon Brando.
Join in as we discuss the geophysics of Lex Luthor's evil plot, the other attempts to put Superman in cinemas, the nearly two-year shoot, and our favorite real estate schemes.
Plus: What ideas did Brando have to reduce his workload? Did Donner have a phone in his bathroom? What was the original plan for the time travel finale? And, most importantly, is Clark Kent more super or more man?
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Next week: The 400 Blows (1959)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman (2000)
- The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon (2016)
- Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (2019)
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
- Taking Flight: The Development of Superman (2001)
- Making Superman: Filming the Legend (2001)
- Roger Ebert's four-star review of Superman (1978)
- "The Making of Superman" (EMPIRE Magazine)
- Interview with Producer Ilya Salkind by Barry M. Frieman for SupermanHomePage.com
- "Nick Nolte Doesn't Care about Legacy, and Talks Julia Roberts Feud" (Insider)
- "The Superman Story that Set the Ku Klux Klan Back Years is Now a Comic" (Polygon)
We're taking a look at one of the most-maligned superhero movies of the twenty-first century: Martin Campbell's 2011 adaptation of Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively.
Join in as we discuss good and bad superhero costumes, the many attempts to adapt this character for film, the dead-on-arrival post-credits scene, and the Reynolds-Lively relationship timeline.
Plus: Does this movie need a Bill Pullman? Why are there xenobiologists? Should Parallax be a guy? And, most importantly, is this movie as bad as its reputation?
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Next week: Superman (1978)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "Jack Black Green with Envy over New Lantern" (MTV Movies Blog)
- David Goyer interview with MovieHole.net
- "The Closer Star Wants to Pitch Green Lantern Film" (Newsarama)
- "Marc Guggenheim Drops the Comics that Inspire Green Lantern's Screen Debut" (Splash Page)
- "TV Producer of the Year Greg Berlanti: 'I Still Fight about Everything'" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "Update: Justin Timberlake, Ryan Reynolds, or Bradley Cooper will Star in Green Lantern" (Collider)
- "Ryan Reynolds on his Deadpool Obsession, Meeting Blake Lively, and His New Film, Life" (GQ)
- "Warner Bros.' Green Lantern Marketing Campaign Delayed by Special Effects Work" (LA Times)
- "First Look at the Green Lantern Script" (IESB.net)
- "Warner Bros. Announces 10 DC Movies, Including Wonder Woman" (EW)
- "Bradley Cooper on His Green Lantern Audition" (MTV)
- "Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announced in Marvel Livestream" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Apologize for Plantation Wedding" (NBC News)
The Summer of Superheroes continues as we look at Ivan Reitman's 2006 superpowered rom com My Super Ex-Girlfriend, starring Luke Wilson, Uma Thurman, and Anna Faris!
Join in as we discuss secret identities, the official hierarchy of hair colors, the movie's abysmal gender politics, and the best way to remove a splinter.
Plus: How long has G-Girl been active? Can anyone at this architecture firm speak Mandarin? Does Emma Frost secretly wear crocs? And is this movie somehow pro-sexual harassment?
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Next week: Green Lantern (2011)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "A Dream Finally Takes Flight" (LA Times)
- "Regency, Pariah, Sign the 'Ex' for Laffer" (Variety)
- "Anna Faris Says Ivan Reitman 'Humiliated' and 'Slapped' Her on Set" (Vulture)
- "Rainn Wilson on Super and The Office without Steve Carrell" (Vulture)
- "AMC Says It Will Show More Ads before Movies" (New York Times)
- "M&Ms Puts Spokescandies on 'Indefinite Pause' in Wake of Uproar Over Changes to Green M&M" (CBS News)
We're kicking off our summer of superheroes with one of the first theatrical superhero movies: the 1966 Batman movie starring Adam West and Burt Ward!
Join in as we discuss the development of the TV show, the film's relationship to camp, Batman's detective work, and the state of modern superhero cinema.
Plus: Why is this Batman movie set entirely during daylight hours? Why did Burt Ward do almost all of his own stunts? Does Batman work for the government? Can Marc name the Thunderbolts? And, most importantly, who is the most dateable Batman?
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Next week: My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise ofNerd Culture by Glen Weldon (2016)
- The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How it Changed America by David Hadju (2009)
- "Batman" (Museum of Broadcast Communications)
- "Adam West: Behind the Mask" (The Independent)
- "Batman" (AFI Catalog)
- "Original Design for the Leader in Captain America: Brave New World Revealed" (IGN)
- "Captain America: Brave New World Leader Merchandise Looks Nothing Like the Character in the Movie" (ScreenCrush)\
- "The Comic Artists Who Inspired Roy Lichtenstein Aren't Too Thrilled About It" (Smithsonian Magazine)
We're closing out our D.C. Onscreen series with a look at the interwoven affairs of the 2008 Coen brothers comedy Burn After Reading!
Join in as we discuss our favorite Coen Brothers movies, the perplexed reception the film got from critics, and possibly the worst street in all of D.C.
Plus: What's the best blind date spot in D.C.? Is anyone in this movie not an idiot? Does 2008 comedy sensation Tropic Thunder hold up? And, most importantly, what's the worst picture book in the current market?
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Next week: Batman (1966)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- 2008 interview with Joel and Ethan Coen at TIFF (SpoutBlog)
- Composer Carter Burwell's notes on the Burn After Reading score
- "Coens Dumb it Down with Burn" (USA Today)
- "Venice Opens with Pitt and Clooney in Madcap Comedy" (Reuters)
- "Movie Preview: Burn After Reading" (EW)
- "Jeremy Renner Turned Down Hawkeye Season 2 Because He Was Offered 'Half' His Season 1 Salary: 'Did You Think I'm Half the Jeremy Renner Because I Got Run Over?'" (Variety)
- "Tropic Thunder R-Word Use Draws Ire" (CBS News)
Hollywood couldn't figure out how to sell a historical fiction political comedy about teenagers set twenty-five years in the past, but we're big fans of Andrew Fleming's 1999 film Dick and we're here to talk about it!
Join in as we discuss teenage celebrity crushes, child stardom, an odd choice for weed storage, and a deep cast of sketch performers.
Plus: Why does Nixon White House Counsel John Dean have a "special thanks" in the credits? Why is the New York Times review so fixated on connecting this movie to Monica Lewinsky? And, most importantly, why does this dog look nothing like Checkers??
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Next week: Burn After Reading (2008)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Stephen Holden's review in the New York Times
- Michael O'Sullivan's review in the Washington Post
- "Generation X's Tricky Dick" (Washington Post)
- "Dick Director on the Challenges of Making a Watergate Comedy and Whether it Could be Done Today" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "9 Things You Never Really Knew about Dick" (Huffington Post)
- "Dick at 25: The Watergate Satire's Writer and Director on Putting Michelle Williams and Kirsten Dunst in Nixon's White House" (IndieWire)
- "Michelle Williams Bares All for Her Art" (Entertainment Weekly)
- "Michelle Williams, Naked Angel" (Paper Magazine)
- "Some Like Her Hot" (2012 GQ cover story on Michelle Williams)
- "How Did Two Elite Students Fall for the Zizians Cult?" (The Cut)
- "Stalkers, Disease, and Doubt: A Gymnast's Hard Road Back to the Games" (New York Times piece on Suni Lee's adjustment to fame and adult life)
- Dear Hollywood - Alyson Stoner's podcast on child acting
- "Jason Bateman" (Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend)
- "The Reveal of Emo Kylo Ren's Parentage is Tearing Twitter Apart" (AV Club)
- "The Story of the Really Weird Night Richard Nixon Hung out with Hippies at the Lincoln Memorial" (Washingtonian Magazine)
Our D.C. Onscreen series takes us to Georgetown as we look at the reincarnation romance of Emile Ardolino's 1989 film Chances Are!
Join in as we discuss our favorite afterlife bureaucracies, Yale's draconian library fees, and the performances by Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, and Mary Stuart Masterson.
Plus: Why didn't the mobster just kill Louie (Christopher Macdonald)? Has Alex (Downey) ever been to a doctor? How long does Corinne (Shepherd) leave out food for her dead husband? And, most importantly, what should you do with baby teeth?
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Next episode: Dick (1999)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Desson Howe's review in the Washington Post
- Rita Kempley's review in the Washington Post
- Roger Ebert's 3.5-star review
- Janet Maslin's review in the New York Times
- "Movie Motors: Four-Wheeled Actors Set the Scene in these D.C. Films" (Washington Post)
- "Inside Anthony Michael Hall's Relationship with Robert Downey Jr." (The List)
Goldie Hawn grew up in the D.C. area, so it's only right for our D.C. Onscreen series to look at her starring role in 1984's Protocol!
Join in as we discuss theme restaurants, a weirdly deep cast, Reagan assassination parody, and the death of Skype.
Plus: Who thought any of this Ohtar stuff worked? How did Sunny Davis get shot in the butt? Why does Chris Sarandon totally disappear from the movie? And, most importantly, which quadrant of D.C. does Sunny live in?
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Next week: Chances Are (1989)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Roger Ebert's 2.5-star review
- "Making of Protocol is a Hit on the Streets" (Washington Post)
- "Goldie Hawn Surprised by Arab Protests" (UPI)
- "Goldie Hawn, Wacky Like a Fox" (Washington Post)
- Read about Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg's failed theme restaurant
We're moving our D.C. Onscreen series into the 1980s with a look at the romance of Joel Schumacher's sophomore feature, D.C. Cab!
Join in as we discuss our own D.C. cab experiences, 1980s D.C., the explosive popularity of Mr. T, a movie in search of a plot.
Plus: Who is the lead of the movie? Which characters can you actually root for? How did Universal botch the movie's marketing? And how do cabs work anyway?
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Next week: Protocol (1984)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "D.C. Cab Offers Wild Ride through Underside of City" (Washington Post)
- Roger Ebert's two-star review
- D.C. Cab in the AFI Catalog
- "The A-Team's Mr. T" (People)
- Remarks by Mayor Marion Barry at the Premiere of D.C. Cab
- “Damaged goods in the shop window: He's upset America's Hispanics and Koreans, and he's not exactly the toast of Los Angeles. Is Joel Schumacher sorry? Is he hell.” (The Independent)
- "Taking a Ride with D.C. Cab, a Movie that Captured a Bit of Washington" (Washington Post)
- "D.C. Cab is a Terrible Movie, but it's Our Terrible Movie" (Washington City Paper)
- "Kristi Noem's Bag, with Security Badge and $3,000, is Stolen" (New York Times)
We're kicking off our series on DC Onscreen with a look at the romance of Otto Preminger's 1962 Senate drama Advise & Consent!
Join in as we discuss the movie's deployment of star Henry Fonda, the tension between Preminger's liberalism and Allen Drury's Pulitzer-winning novel, and the real-life incidents that inspired the story.
Plus: What stunt castings did Preminger want (and get) for the movie? How effective is its then-controversial depiction of gay people? And, most importantly, is Gene Tierney's Dolly Harrison the coolest woman we'll see in this series?
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Next week: D.C. Cab (1983) - available here via the Internet Archive!
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Bosley Crowther's review of Advise & Consent (New York Times)
- "Hollywood's Biggest Washington Movie Goofs" (Washingtonian Magazine)
- "Otto Preminger, 1960-1979 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 7)" (You Must Remember This)
- "1961: Starring Martin Luther King, Jr. (And Henry Fonda)" (New York Times)
- "Just How Gay is the Right?" by Frank Rich (New York Times)
- "Allen Drury and the Washington Novel" (Hoover Institute)
- "Uniquely Nasty: The Blockbuster Novel that Haunted Gay Washington" (Yahoo News)
- "The 1959 Novel that Convinced a Young Barney Frank Not to Come Out" (Washington Post)
- "Trump Allies Pressure GOP Senators to Back Cabinet Picks - Or Else" (Washington Post)
- "The Week Trump Finally Broke the Senate" (Politico)
- "Takeaways from Doug Liman's Secret Brett Kavanaugh Documentary" (Washington Post)
We're tackling another listener request as we delve into the very weird world of the 2018 Netflix rom com The Kissing Booth!
Join in as we discuss the careers of the Euphoria cast, Netflix's 2018 rom com boom, a Welsh teen's idea of American high school, and the movie's odd but pernicious sexism.
Plus: What is Jacob Elordi doing with his voice? How did a kissing booth get approved for a school event? Why does Elle's (Joey King) dad hate Flynn so much? Can a freshman really head to college in June? And, most importantly, how does this school's uniform work?
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Next week: Advise & Consent (1962)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Kate Erbland's D review of The Kissing Booth (IndieWire)
- "Book Publishing's Latest Success Still Has to Do Her Homework Every Night" (TIME)
- "The Sixteen Most Influential Teens of 2013" (TIME)
- "The Kissing Booth: How a Newport Teen Author Inspired Netflix" (BBC News)
- "Set It Up and the Rise of the Non-Studio Rom-Com" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "Inside the Binge Factory" (Vulture)
- "How Jacob Elordi Became the New King" (GQ)
- "A Timeline of Snow White and its Many Controversies" (Vulture)
In honor of this year's remake of The Wedding Banquet (now in theaters!), we're taking a look at a more troubled Ang Lee romance: his 2007 adaptation of Eileen Chang's novella Lust, Caution.
Join in as we discuss the star performances of Tony Leung and Tang Wei, the various censored versions of the film, Lee's use of sex as a storytelling device, and also Sinners because it's too good to ignore!
Plus: Why is the first shot a close-up of a German shepherd? Why don't they ever develop a specific plan to kill Mr. Yee? And could anyone resist trying to date Tang Wei's character?
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Next week: The Kissing Booth (2018)
Note: We tried a new recording setup for this episode and some audio is a little funky, but we've worked out the kinks going forward.
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "Focus Won't Sweat NC-17 for Lust" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "Ang Lee is Heartbroken by Media Hype of Sex" (China Times Showbiz)
- "No Sex Scenes in China's Version of Lust, Caution" (CBC)
- "Lee Admits 'Political Edit' of Film"
- "Lust, Caution Actress is Banned in China" (Reuters)
- "Tang Wei's Erotic Sex Scenes Accused of Blaspheming Martyrs" (People (China))
- "The Dark Side of Your $5 Footling: Business Owners Say it Could Bite Them" (Washington Post)
- "The End of Hooters" (The Atlantic)
We're diving into one another's heads to explore the romance of Spike Jonze's 1999 genre-defying hit Being John Malkovich!
Join in as we discuss the 7 1/2th floor, the script's sparse character descriptions, the movie's exploration of gender and sexuality, and our own experiences with Malkovich.
Plus: Does Malkovich ever sleep? How are they retrieving their clients in New Jersey? What's Maxine's job? And, most importantly, why couldn't it be Being Tom Cruise?
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Next week: Lust, Caution (2007)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Rogert Ebert's four-star review
- "The Fun and Games of Living a Virtual Life" (New York Times)
- "Being Charlie Kaufman" (Salon)
- Interview with Catherine Keener and Cameron Diaz (StarTalk)
- Interview with John Cusack and John Malkovich (StarTalk)
- John Cusack Interview with Tasha Robinson (The AV Club)
- "White Lotus Star Aimee Lou Wood, 31, Won't Get Botox. Here's Why" (Evie Magazine on YouTube)
We're taking a look at the start of Tom Cruise's star career by digging into the romance of Paul Brickman's 1983 hit Risky Business, starring Cruise alongside Rebecca De Mornay, who was not in her 90s when this was made.
Join in as we discuss the film as a response to Reaganism, expensive hot chocolate, our dads' favorite movies, and "Old Time Rock and Roll."
Plus: Why was Brickman's original ending replaced? What's Lana's last name? What's the sexiest public transit system? And, most importantly, what's the deal with that big egg?
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Next week: Lust, Caution (2007)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- 1983 trailer for Risky Business (YouTube)
- Roger Ebert's four-star review of Risky Business
- "At 20, Risky is Still Frisky" (Variety)
- "My Wild Summer with Tom Cruise: Women, Sean Penn, and the Making of Risky Business" by Curtis Armstrong (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "1983: MTV Aesthetics, Flashdance, and Risky Business (Erotic 80s Part 6)" (You Must Remember This)
- "Rebecca De Mornay on Dating Tom Cruise and the Success of Risky Business" (Celebrity Page on YouTube)
- "Risky Business Director: "Some People Like the Visibility. I Don't" (Salon)
- "Adam McKay 'Wouldn't Be Surprised' if Wicked was Banned in '3-5 Years' Due to its 'Radical' Storyline" (The Hollywood Reporter)
We're celebrating the start of the baseball season by digging into one of the sport's great movie romances: Ron Shelton's steamy 1988 classic Bull Durham, starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins in a love triangle fans are calling "Challengers for straight people"!
Join in as we discuss our own minor league experiences, Kevin Costner's star trajectory, our feelings on various baseball rule changes, and messy kitchen sex.
Plus: What happened to the Disney "based on a true story" sports movies? What's the best basketball movie? And can minor-league teams not afford full-size towels?
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Next week: Risky Business (1983)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Roger Ebert's 3.5-star review of Bull Durham
- "Running for President is Harder than it Looks: Nats Hold Tryouts for Racing Mascots" (Washington Post)
- "Teddy Wins First Presidents Race" (Washington Post)
- "This is a Cry for Help" (Vulture piece on on the final season of Yellowstone)
- "Shelton Celebrates 20 Years for Bull Durham" (Southern Ledger)
- "MVP: Kevin Costner" (Entertainment Weekly)
- "At the Movies: June 10, 1988" (New York Times)
- "The Bull Durham House - With Southern Charm, 80s Nostalgia, and a Bathtub - is Sold" (The News and Observer)
- "Tim Robbins: Hall of Fame Violates Freedom" (The Age)
- "1988: Kevin Costner, Sean Young, No Way Out & Bull Durham (Erotic 80s Part 11)" (You Must Remember This)
- "Bull Durham: A New Musical Begins Performances" (Playbill)
We're setting sail for love as we look at the romance of Leo McCarey's 1957 melodrama An Affair to Remember, starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr!
Join in as we discuss our favorite cinematic ships, singing dub star Marni Nixon, and an abundance of children's choirs.
Plus: How did Nicky Ferrante get famous? How do we get AFI to update their ranked lists of movies? How is this movie thirty minutes longer than 1939's Love Affair, which allegedly uses the same script? And, most importantly, why can't they just be together???
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Next week: Bull Durham (1988)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Bosley Crowther's 1957 review in the New York Times
- Retakes: Behind the Scenes of 500 Classic Movies by John Eastman (1989)
- An Affair to Remember in the AFI Catalog
- "They Missed Their Cruise Ship. That was Only the Beginning" (Curbed)
We're closing the book on our Unfinished Business series by taking a look at the scant romance of Justin Kurzel's 2016 adaptation of the Assassin's Creed video games, starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, and a bunch of wasted character actors.
Join in as we discuss the way Kurzel adapts the style and structure of the games for film, the punishing seriousness of the tone, and our love of Jeremy Irons.
Plus: What was the plan for the sequels? Can you put a baby in the animus? What does anyone actually want in this movie? And, most importantly, is Cats the ultimate video game movie?
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Next week: An Affair to Remember (1957)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "Sony Targets Assassin's Creed for Bigscreen" (Variety)
- "Michael Fassbender to Star in Assassin's Creed" (MTV News)
- "Fassbender Game for Assassin's Creed" (Variety)
- "Assassin's Creed: Michael Fassbender Explains Animus Redesign" (ScreenRant)
- David Ehrlich's B- Review of Assassin's Creed (IndieWire)
- "The Witcher Author Says Netflix 'Never Listened' to His Ideas" (The Hollywood Reporter)
We're taking a look at male-oriented rom coms with this week's episode on Judd Apatow's 2007 comedy hit Knocked Up!
Join in as we discuss comedy drug scenes, the rolling series of scandals that engulfed star Katherine Heigl, our favorite Seth Rogen performances, and the wide-ranging discourse the film inspired.
Plus: Why are Apatow movies so long? Why doesn't Allison have her own home? Why did Allison start dating Ben? And, most importantly, how do you get pink eye?
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Next week: Assassin's Creed (2016)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- 2007 New York Times profile of Judd Apatow
- "Giving the Last Laugh to Life's Losers" (New York Times)
- "For Apatow, Opportunity Knocks" (USA Today)
- Dana Stevens's review of Knocked Up at Slate
- Ross Douthat's response to Stevens in The Atlantic
- "The Politics of Shmashmortion" by Dana Stevens (Slate)
- Conversation between Emily Nussbaum and Adam Sternbergh about the film (New York)
- "Heigl's Anatomy" Vanity Fair cover story
- "Katherine Heigl Clarifies Knocked Up Remarks" (People)
- "Star Shuns Emmys, Angering Producers" (New York Times)
- Daily News piece documenting Rogen and Apatow's response to Heigl
- "Seth Rogen Talks Feeling 'Betrayed' after Katherine Heigl's Knocked Up Comments" (Hollywood Reporter)
- Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow discuss their experience with Heigl on Howard Stern in 2009
- Circuit City allowed people to trade in HD DVD players for blu-ray players
As Paramount's proposed merger with Skydance continues to wend its way past regulators, we're looking back at the beginning of the studio's financial troubles through the lens of the 2017 flop Monster Trucks!
Join in as we discuss the film's inception as Paramount's next big franchise, the diverging opinions of studio leadership and director Chris Wedge, and the many ways the studio signaled the audiences and the industry that they'd given up on it long before it came out.
Plus: Were the main characters held back in school several times? Is Creech less energy-efficient than a gas engine? Is Burke a landman? What would the planned sequels have been about? And, most importantly, are monster trucks even cool to begin with?
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Next week: Assassin's Creed (2016)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- "Today Now! Interviews the 5-Year-Old Screenwriter of Fast Five" (The Onion)
- David Ehrlich's D+ Review of Monster Trucks (IndieWire)
- "Hear Me Out: Why Monster Trucks Isn't a Bad Movie" by Chris Evangelista (The Guardian)
- Deadline story announcing the development of Monster Trucks
- Monster Trucks casting announcements (The Wrap)
- "Monster Trucks Leads Viacom to Take $115M Write-Down" (The Hollywood Reporter)
- "Monster Trucks Proves It: Don't Let a 4-Year-Old Develop a Movie" (Wired)
As is tradition, we're taking this week to unpack the romances of all ten Best Picture nominees at next Sunday's Academy Awards!
Join in as we discuss The Brutalist's AI controversy, the underserved women of A Complete Unknown, our Conclave theories, the maximalism of The Substance, and more!
Plus: Will finally explains his long-hinted-at dislike of Wicked, Marc correctly identifies the year's hottest performance, Dune and Nickel Boys set the gold standard for literary adaptation, and the Best Original Song category continues to be a mess.
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Next week: Monster Trucks (2017)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Interview with Anora director Sean Baker on the Prestige Junkie podcast
- "Inside the Anora House" (IndieWire)
- "About the Destination: The Brutalist and Israel" (Screen Slate)
- "The Brutalist's AI Controversy Explained" (Vulture)
- "Glen Powell Reveals Steven Spielberg's Twisters Note that Changed the Ending" (Collider)
- Elizabeth Cotten playing "Freight Train"
- "Emilia Perez's Controversial Camino" (Vulture)
- Lemme Say This interview with journalist Sarah Hagi on uncovering Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascon's Twitter page
- "Margaret Qualley was Given Prosthetic Boobs to 'Endow Me with the Rack of a Lifetime' for The Substance" (People)
Our Unfinished Business is taking us back to some classic We Love the Love far, since there's both a half-baked romance and a bizarrely-run high school in Adam Shankman's 2005 Vin Diesel vehicle The Pacifier!
Join in as we discuss the babysitting potential of various Vin Diesel characters, the school's dubious disciplinary priorities, the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, and the television oeuvre of Taylor Sheridan.
Plus: Who are the bad guys in this movie? Why is Lauren Graham's principal character in on the secret plan? Why does government scientist Tate Donovan keep his work at home? And, most importantly, how many passwords did the mom have to guess before she got the right one?
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Next week: It's our 2025 Oscars Extravaganza, where we rate the romances of all ten Best Picture nominees!
Key sources and links for this episode:
- 2015 claim by Vin Diesel on Facebook that Disney was developing a Pacifier sequel
- IGN writeup of Diesel's online campaign to play Black Bolt in Marvel's canceled Inhumans movie
- 2002 Variety description of Military Diaries on VH1
- Vulture piece on the disqualification for Oscars of Robbie Williams's "original" song from Better Man
- Kristen Baldwin's review of Landman for EW
- Alan Sepinwall's review of Landman for Rolling Stone
- "Is Landman Funny?" from Vulture
We're headed to the theaters for a look at the romance of the brand new DreamWorks Animation filmDog Man, based on the books by Dav Pilkey.
Join in as we discuss the state of DreamWorks in the 2020s, our favorite clones, the film's animation style, and theJurassic Worldmovies.
Plus: Does Dog Man retain the memories of his past lives? Is there a joke to Sarah Hatoff's name? Does Marc remember the plot ofThe Prestige? And what's wrong with TV these days?
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Next week:The Pacifier (2005)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- 2023Cartoon Brew report on DWA's shift away from in-house animation
- Interview with writer-director Peter Hastings atThe Wrap
- Interview with Peter Hastings at Polygon
- 2025 DWA intro
- WatchDual for free on Hoopla!
We're off to catch 'em all (unless that's a bad thing?) as we unpack the truncated romance of Pokémon the Movie 2000!
Join in as we discuss our own Pokémon origin stories, the three elements of creation, the villainous Lawrence III, Ash's bad mom, and this film's impact on American political history.
Plus: Which of the film's many bad songs is the worst one? Do Pokémon cards exist in the anime universe? What do the magic balls do? And, most importantly, what's the gayest Pokémon?
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Next week: Dogman (2025)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Desson Howe's review of the film in the Washington Post
- Roger Ebert's two-star review of Pokémon: The First Movie
- Warner Bros. press release announcing their acquisition of the distribution rights to the film
- 2011 Daily Beast story about Herman Cain's use of "The Power of One"
- Herman Cain quotes Pokémon the Movie 2000 in his concessions speech
- 2021 USA Today story on Target temporarily ending sales of Pokémon cards due to fights
- 538 Politics Podcast on Howard Dean's infamous scream
We're dancing with the devil as we look at the romance between Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley in Harold Ramis's 2000 remake of Bedazzled!
Join in as we discuss Hurley's many impressive costumes, the 2000 SAG-AFTRA strike, and the devil's questionable strategy for acquiring souls.
Plus: Why is Elliot so unlikeable? How does the Big Mac count as a wish? And what exactly is this film's cosmology?
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Next week: Pokemon the Movie 2000 (2000)
Key links and sources for this episode:
- Elizabeth Hurley's many outfits in Bedazzled
- "There's no underwear in space" from Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking
- 2000 Guardian story on Elizabeth Hurley's strikebreaking activity
- Rogert Ebert's two-star review of Bedazzled
- 2022 Vulture interview with Elizabeth Hurley about the film
- Woman explains Monster Energy's support of Satan
We're taking a look at one of the most widely panned films of 2019, Steven Knight's misbegotten noir Serenity!
Join in as we discuss this reunion of Anne Hathaway and Matthew McConaughey, the yearslong political scandal it caused, the ignominious collapse of Aviron Pictures, and the various games on Plymouth Island.
Plus: Why did this movie receive such little marketing? How old are Karen and Baker Dill supposed to be? Did Jeremy Strong go method for his role as The Rules? And, most importantly, what was that kid thinking when he set all of this up?
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Next week: Bedazzled (2000)
Key links and sources for this episode:
- Jude Dry's review of Serenity in IndieWire
- Deadline story about the creation of Aviron Pictures
- 2020 LA Times story about the fraud cases against Aviron founder William Sadleir
- 2019 Deadline story about the stars' frustration with the Serenity marketing campaign
- Rundown of the Serenitygate scandal in Mauritius
- Accusations of censorship in Mauritius related to Serenitygate
- Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth's defense in the Serenitygate scandal
- 2019 study on the impact of video games on stress
- Watch Garth Merenghi's Darkplace on Youtube
We're taking a look at one of the biggest financial and cultural hits of the early 90s with Chris Columbus's comedy sensation Mrs. Doubtfire!
Join in as we discuss Robin Williams's iconic performance, revisiting the film in an era of greater trans visibility, the movie's subversion of obvious narrative routes, and of course Arrested Development's Mrs. Featherbottom.
Plus: Was there really an NC-17 cut of the movie? Why would anyone root against Sally Field? Is Pierce Brosnan's Stu just...a good guy? And, most importantly, does Daniel really even want to be with Miranda?
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Next week: Serenity (2019)
Key links and sources for this episode:
- 30th anniversary interview with Chris Columbus at Insider
- Oral history of the makeover sequence featuring the film's Oscar-winning makeup team
- Mrs. Doubtfire makeup process video
- 2021 Vulture interview with Lisa Jakub
- Full Chuck Jones-directed Pudgy and Grunge short
- Collected quotes from Robin Williams on potential sequels to various movies including Mrs. Doubtfire
- Vulture review of the Mrs. Doubtfire musical on Broadway
We're starting 2025 with a look back at our favorite movies of 2024, plus a look at the romance of Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy's feature debut, Big Fat Liar!
Join in as we discuss Levy's career, the film debut of Amanda Bynes, the film-within-a-film's rapid production timeline, and Christopher Nolan's upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey.
Plus: Was 2024 an especially good year for the Cannes Film Festival? Why is everyone in The Substance so good at medical procedures? Did Lea Seydoux give the year's hottest performance? And, most importantly, is it better to be sequestered in a conclave or trapped in a tennis throuple?
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Next week: Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Key links and sources for this episode:
- Spiders Georg
- "Average Familiarity" from XKCD
- People don't know what The Odyssey is
- Roger Ebert's three-star review of Big Fat Liar
- 2020 Forbes oral history of Big Fat Liar
- Shawn Levy's pitch for a Big Fat Liar sequel
- Paul Giamatti's Chinwag podcast
- Fact-checking Jodi Comer's accent in The Bikeriders
We're finishing out the year with a look at the romance of the 2011 Kevin James comedy Zookeeper!
Join in as we discuss celebrity voice roles, gorilla prison, the movie's ever-shifting release date, and a standout performance by Rosario Dawson.
Plus: Did this movie kill an elephant? What about a giraffe? Why was Leslie Bibb invited to that wedding? Why wasn't Shane fired for beating animals? And, most importantly, is there any job more revolting than being a zookeeper?
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Next week: Big Fat Liar (2002) and our 2024 Top Ten lists
Key links and sources for this episode:
- Roger Ebert's three-star review of Zookeeper
- Hollywood Reporter piece on the bidding war for the Zookeeper spec script
- EW report on the film's floating release date
- 2011 report on alleged abuse of animals in Water for Elephants
- Huffington Post report on animal-rights protests at the Zookeeper premiere
- 2013 Hollywood Reporter investigation into animal abuse on sets
- 2022 Indiewire interview with Richard Schiff on his motion-capture performance in God of War Ragnarok
We're here with a Christmas bonus covering the romances of five DreamWorks holiday specials: Shrek the Halls, Merry Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda Holiday, Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury, and Trolls Holiday.
Join in as we discuss our favorite non-DreamWorks specials, the 2024 holiday movie slate, and Troll cultural imperialism.
Plus: Has Shrek ever heard of Christmas before? Why is the Golden Ladle silver? How are Snoggletog lights powered? And, most importantly, why did the Viking kids start hiding dragon eggs?
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Next week: Zookeeper (2011)
We're finishing out the holiday season with a look at the disastrous romances of the 2012 Lifetime film Christmas Twister (also known as F6: Twister or as Christams Twister)!
Join in as we discuss local news, Ethan (Casper van Dien)'s climate change theories, local news, and a handsy mall Santa.
Plus: How long has the family been in Texas? What great wrong did Ethan wreak in Chicago? Why does everyone keep trying to outrun the tornado? And, most importantly, why is everyone dressed for the beach during a Texas winter?
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Next week: Zookeeper (2011)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Watch Christmas Twister on the Internet Archive
- Rules for the Gary England drinking game (for anyone listening from Oklahoma)
- 2021 Guardian piece on the trend of animated mockbusters
- Der Fuehrer's Face: Oscar-winning 1943 Donald Duck short about the miseries of living in Nazi Germany
- Donald's Decision: 1942 Donald Duck short about the importance of buying war bonds (made for the Canadian government)
We're gathering together this holiday season to talk about the romance of 1989's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation!
Join in as we discuss lip fungus, the film's large cast, our favorite jokes, and its relationship to Home Alone (also written by John Hughes).
Plus: How is the movie different from Hughes's short story "Christmas '59"? Why does Clark (Chevy Chase) wait so long to start hanging his Christmas lights? Did the neighbors totally gut their hosue to yuppify it? Why doesn't the family go on vacation? And, most importantly, should Ellen leave Clark over his terrible financial decisions?
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Next week: Christmas Twister (2012)
Key Sources and Links for this Episode:
- "Christmas '59" - John Hughes's National Lampoon short story that serves as the basis for the film
- 1989 New York Times article on the rising costs of Hollywood movies
- 1998 interview with John Hughes
- 2015 Chicago magazine oral history of Home Alone, including Chris Columbus's experience on Christmas Vacation
- 2020 Rolling Stone oral history of Christmas Vacation
Yes, we're doing the Taylor Swift / Travis Kelce fanfic Christmas movie that aired on Lifetime this year. Obviously!
Join in as we discuss pop star Christmas albums, Swift-analog Bowyn's selfless activism, a cornucopia of Swift references, and Discount Tire.
Plus: How does the movie stack up against this year's slate of made for TV movies (including Netflix's Hot Frosty and Our Little Secret, and Hallmark's Swift-adjacent Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story)? Why does Bowyn make Gonzo wear a Santa suit? Are these brothers supposed to be the greatest players in football history? And, most importantly, should Bowyn or Trap's Lady Raven be our star of the year?
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Next week: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Washington Post article on 2024's Swift/Kelce holiday movies
- Today Show attempt to identify all the Taylor Swift references in the movie
- USA Today interview with stars Jessica Lord and Laith Wallschlager
- "'Tis the Season" - December 2023 ESPN promo explaining how the football season is like a Hallmark movie
- "Falling for Football" - January 2024 Chiefs Hallmark parody about finding love during the playoffs
- "Straight Male Friend" - SNL sketch starring Bowen Yang and Travis Kelce
We're kicking off the Christmas season with John McTiernan's 1988 action classic Die Hard!
Join in as we discuss the film's confused gender politics, Al Powell's troubling redemption, the starmaking of Bruce Willis, and that troublesome watch.
Plus: Who did novelist Roderick Thorp envision in the starring role? Why is this party so late on Christmas Eve? What are bearer bonds? And, most importantly, can we be done with the Christmas movie debate on this one?
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Next week: Christmas in the Spotlight (2024)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- 1988 Chicago Tribune article on Bruce Willis's unusually high salary
- 1988 LA Times profile of Willis
- 2018 Variety piece about Jeb Stuart's work adapting the novel
- 2018 Independent piece on the casting of Bruce Willis
We're wrapping up our month of Moore with a look at the postapocalyptic romance in Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men!
Join in as we discuss our favorite near futures, Emanuel Lubezki's cinematography, Theo's passivity, and hippie Michael Caine.
Plus: Why doesn't the movie have cool future technology? How does it compare to P.D. James's novel? How'd they film that car chase? And, most importantly, how did the ping pong ball game start?
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Next week: Die Hard (1988)
Our month with Julianne Moore continues as we look at her Hollywood rom com debut in Chris Columbus's 1995 film Nine Months!
Join in as we discuss Columbus's 90s career, a two-scene performance by Robin Williams, the film's tonal whiplash, and our favorite childhood toys.
Plus: Why was this movie changed after its preview screenings? Why are Marty (Tom Arnold) and Gail (Joan Cusack) buying so many toys? Why does Sam (Hugh Grant) work with kids? And how could anyone want to get with Sam when he has that terrible earring?
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Next week: Children of Men (2006)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Morning Call interview with Columbus, including the film's handling of Hugh Grant's arrest
- 2016 SAG-AFTRA career retrospective with Hugh Grant
We're continuing our look at the career of Julianne Moore by looking at her first lead performance, in Todd Haynes's 1995 indie classic Safe!
Join in as we discuss cults, color schemes, environmental illness, and milkaholism!
Plus: How did Carol and Greg get together? What's Chris's deal? Is Rory the worst kid ever? And why did the New York Times think the movie was set in the future?
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Next week: Nine Months (1995)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance,and the Rise of Independent Film by Peter Biskind (2004)
- BOMB Magazine interview with Haynes in 1995 covering the film's development
- Filmmaker Magazine interview with Haynes about production
- Haynes interview with Australian TV during the film's initial release
- Haynes and Moore talk about the film with Criterion in 2014
- Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story on YouTube
ELECTION DAY BONUS!!!
We're dropping in on our Julianne Moore-athon with a special look at her Emmy-winning portrayal of Sarah Palin in the 2012 HBO film Game Change!
Join in as we discuss our favorite election movies, Palin's post-2008 career, other HBO ripped-from-the-headlines movies, and our memories of the 2008 campaign.
Plus: Could an Alaskan become president? How did the real people feel about this movie? Should we be rating romances that are essentially just true? And, most importantly, what is Sarah Palin's hockey team?
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Next week: Safe (1995)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race ofa Lifetime by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin (2010)
- Bossypants by Tina Fey (2011)
- “The ‘Palin Effect’ in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election” by Jonathan Knuckey, Political Research Quarterly (2012)
- Alessandra Stanley's 2012 New York Times review of Game Change
- "Celebrity" ad by John McCain
- Paris Hilton's response to the McCain "Celebrity" ad
- Playlist of Tina Fey's Palin sketches on SNL
We're spending this month looking at the career of Julianne Moore, and to kick things off we're looking at her performance in Lisa Cholodenko's 2010 Best Picture nominee The Kids Are All Right!
Join in as we discuss our first encounters with Moore, her lack of a conventional star persona, the film's family dynamic with a lesbian couple played by Moore and Annette Bening, and Laser's dumb friend Clay.
Plus: Which parent named which kid? Does the movie know about bisexuals? Was Paul (Mark Ruffalo) flirting with Zosia Mamet? And were these the weirdest Golden Globe nominees ever?
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Next week: Safe (1995)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- Roger Ebert's review of The Kids Are All Right
- Film Journal International interview with Lisa Cholodenko
- Chicago Tribune interview with Lisa Cholodenko
We're finishing out the Halloween season with a look at the romance of Gore Verbinski's 2002 horror classic The Ring!
Join in as we discuss our introductions to Verbinski, comparisons to the Japanese original, Chris Cooper's cut role, and the horror of recommending movies.
Plus: Is Rachel (Naomi Watts) good at her newspaper job? Why does Noah (Martin Henderson) own a copy of Shrek? Who edited the cursed tape? And did the events of this movie just make Samara more powerful?
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Next week: The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Key sources and links for this episode:
- The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called DreamWorks by Nicole LaPorte (2010)
- Martin Scorsese's 2021 Harper's essay on the gift of curation
- Gore Verbinski's 1995 Budweiser frogs commercial
- 2002 Entertainment Weekly piece on the casting of Naomi Watts in The Ring
We're taking a look at horror in the 1970s with Nicolas Roeg's 1973 classic Don't Look Now!
Join in as we discuss the movie's handling of grief, its (in)famous sex scene, Pino Donaggio's score, and Donald Sutherland's near-death experience onset.
Plus: How did they make Venice look so unappealing? Why does Donald Sutherland's hair look like that? How did the movie avoid further censorship? And, most importantly, did they ever catch the killer?
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Next week: The Ring (2002)
We're continuing our spooky season with a look at the romance of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic, Psycho!
Join in as we discuss movie hotels, Hitchcock's extensive anti-spoiler campaign, the life of star Anthony Perkins, and that controversial final scene.
Plus: How did this movie get past the Hollywood Production Code? How easy is taxidermy? What's Sam's job? And will Sam and Lila get together in the end?
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Next week: Don't Look Now (1973)
We're kicking off the spooky season with a look at the romance of Alex Garland's 2018 sci-fi horror quest Annihilation!
Join in as we discuss Natalie Portman's underrated performance, the movies differences with Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, the various controversies that came up on the film's release, and, of course, that freaky bear.
Plus: Why didn't the movie shoot in the US? Why did the Saturns fail to celebrate it? How did Scott Rudin (of all people?) save the movie? And, most importantly, is Paramount okay?
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Next week: Psycho (1960)
In honor of his new movie Megalopolis (now in theaters!), we're taking a look at Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 horror romance, Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Join in as we discuss our favorite vampires, Keanu's infamous accent work, the movie's incredible costumes, and the most important vampire rules.
Plus: Is it possible to make Jonathan Harker interesting? How many voyages does the Demeter go on? What is Renfield's purpose? And, most importantly, why is this story mostly about real estate?
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Next week: Annihilation (2018)
We're staying up all night as we dig into the romance(?) of Sofia Coppola's 2003 indie hit Lost in Translation!
Join in as we discuss the 2003 Oscars, celebrity product endorsements, the film's handling of Japan, and our own weird hotel experiences.
Plus: How romantic is this central relationship? What's up with the first shot? Is Giovanni Ribisi playing Spike Jonze? And exactly how famous is Bob supposed to be?
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Next week: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
To herald the release of Transformers One, we're looking back at the fourth entry in the convoluted franchise: 2014's soft reboot Transformers: Age of Extinction!
Join in as we discuss the history of the Transformers franchise, Hollywood's attempts to court Chinese audiences, Chekov's football, Disney's Animal Kingdom, and of course Romeo and Juliet laws.
Plus: How does Shane's racing league work? Can anyone tell what country Cade Yeager is from, or whether there are any products available there? How has Mahershala Ali's Blade still not been made? And, most importantly, where are all the dinosaurs???
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Next week: Lost in Translation (2003)
We're puzzling over a romance that's either completely believable or not at all plausible in Adam McKay's 2006 NASCAR comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
Join in as we discuss Will Ferrell's parallel careers for kids and adults, a top-tier Amy Adams performance, the scam of a mid-00s unrated cut, and inevitable comparisons to Vice.
Plus: Did France invent the menage a trois? Can anyone explain the Teen Choice Awards? Has Marc ever watched ESPN? And, most importantly, what exactly are the Talladega nights?
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Next week: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
We're taking a look at the romance of the first ever Best Picture winner, William Wellman's 1927 World War I film Wings!
Join in as we discuss the formation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the film's eight-month shoot, the famous nightclub shot, and the importance of a good luck charm.
Plus: Why was The Jazz Singer disqualified at the Oscars? What changed between 1927 and the 1928 rerelease? Did the casting of Clara Bow break this movie? And, most importantly, is Herman Schwimpf the greatest American?
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Next week: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
We're traveling back (or maybe forwards?) to 2016 to talk about the nonlinear romance between Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in Denis Villeneuve's Arrival!
Join in as we discuss Villeneuve's career in Hollywood, Adams's quest for an Oscar, the nature of free will, and AMC's current Nicole Kidman video.
Plus: How does the film compare to Ted Chiang's short story/novella/novelette? What's going on elsewhere in the world while Louise does her work? Is the canary self-aware? And, most importantly, should you kiss a heptapod (and where?)?
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Next week: Wings (1927)
We're digging into one of the biggest hits of the 1980s with a look at the duplicitous romance of Sydney Pollack's smash hit Tootsie, starring Dustin Hoffman in a red sequined dress.
Join in as we discuss Southern accents, Jessica Lange's breakout year, Bill Murray's subdued performance, and Dustin Hoffman's existential crisis.
Plus: Should Dorothy run for president? Will Emily Kimberly ever return to Southwest General? How well does all the gender stuff here hold up? And, most importantly, is Dustin Hoffman somehow even more annoying than Michael Dorsey?
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Next week: Arrival (2016)
We're talking birthday movies as we dig into the refreshingly healthy romance of Paul King's modern classic Paddington 2!
Join in as we discuss our past experiences with the film, our favorite small roles, Hugh Grant's new act, and the forthcoming Paddington in Peru.
Plus: What makes the Paddington movies so much more effective than other children's book adaptations? What other actors voiced Paddington in the modern era? Why are their so many nuns in St. Paul's Cathedral? To what extent must we view this as a (possibly the first) Brexit movie? And, most importantly, are there still Fuddruckers?
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Next week: Tootsie (1982)
We're celebrating its 25th anniversary this week (and the release of his new movie Trap!) by taking a look at the romance of M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 Best Picture nominee The Sixth Sense!
Join in as we discuss our own Shyamalan backstories, the movie's contentious development, its legendary box office run, and the troubled status of Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 and Captain America: Brave New World.
Plus: How did Shyamalan get his mojo back in the past decade? How did Harvey Weinstein try to sabotage his career? What is Malcolm's award for? And, of course, what book did Anna buy her friend???
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Next week: Paddington 2 (2018)
We're celebrating 350 episodes by finally digging into a movie we've discussed since the first year of the show: Chris Miller's 2017 Oscar nominee The Boss Baby.
Join in as we discuss the film's place in DreamWorks Animation history, Alec Baldwin's star persona, corporate espionage films, and the Boss Baby Symposium.
Plus: What is Puppy Co's business model? Is the Boss Baby potty trained? What exactly are this movie's politics? Is there a finite amount of love in the world? And, most importantly, where do babies come from???
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Next week: The Sixth Sense (1999)
We're back in the McConnaughey rom-com era talking about his fauxlationship with Sarah Jessica Parker in 2006's Failure to Launch!
Join in as we discuss immoral schemes, paintball, blu-ray bonus features, and the career of costar Zooey Deschanel.
Plus: Where exactly is this movie set? Why are there so many animal attacks? Does Paula have any friends? And, most importantly, what exactly is her business model?
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Next week: The Boss Baby (2017)
Just in time for next weekend's release of Twisters, we're taking a look at the romance of Jan De Bont's 1996 original, starring Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, and Jami Gertz.
Join in as we discuss ill-timed breakups, the film's impressive practical effects, the numerous onset accidents, and the world's biggest steaks.
Plus: Which is the titular twister? What happened to Jo's mom? Is the Dorothy machine needlessly complicated? And, most importantly, why date Melissa in the first place?
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Next week: Failure to Launch (2006)
We're digging into the late-90s teen movie boom for a look at the Pygmalion-inspired romance of 1999's She's All That, starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, and just about every other young star of the moment.
Join in as we discuss graduation pranks, unexpected dance sequences, the iconic makeover, and the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.
Plus: What's the deal with Laney's art show? Is there any oversight over Usher's radio show? How involved was M. Night Shyamalan? And, most importantly, what is the cultural heir to The Real World?
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Next week: Twister (1996)
We're unveiling dark secrets this week as we look at Ron Howard's 2007 adaptation of The Da Vinci Code!
We read the book too, so we're here to dive deep into our favorite historical inaccuracies, pitch alternative castings, unveil the real (dumb) history of the Priory of Sion, and get into the DC Height Act.
Plus: Does Dan Brown know that different types of Christianity are different? Is Ron Howard not trashy enough for this? Is Robert Langdon hot? And, most critically, who exactly are the ancients???
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Next week: She's All That (1999)
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We're finishing out our #Denzelathon with a look at one of his best performances in the last few years, in the Oscar-nominated role of Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Join in as we discuss writer-director Dan Gilroy (and his family), Roman's activism, the nature of movie stardom, and giant bulldog statues.
Plus: What's the best way to spend thousands of dollars of stolen cash? How long does it take to figure out when the movie is set? Does it really only take three weeks? Why doesn't Denzel do accents anymore? And, most importantly, who should be the subject of our next actor series?
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Next week: The Da Vinci Code (2006)
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We're continuing our June #Denzelathon with a look at Ridley Scott's 2007 crime epic American Gangster, with Denzel starring as heroin kingpin Frank Lucas opposite a New Jersey cop played by Russell Crowe.
Join in as we discuss Denzel in the 2000s, Ruby Dee's Oscar-nominated performance as his mom, the film's long development, and its exceedingly flat female characters.
Plus: How much of this movie is actually based in reality? Did Frank take Eva to his mom's house on theri first date? How many times was the real Frank Lucas arrested? And, most importantly, when is a coat too fancy to be safe?
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Next week: Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
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We're continuing our June #Denzelathon with a movie that won him the Oscar for Best Actor: Antoine Fuqua's 2001 crime epic Training Day!
Join in as we discuss other one-day movies, rapper cameos, the Washington-Fuqua collaborations, and Mad Max names.
Plus: How much did the movie parallel actual LAPD activities? What makes it different from other Denzel movies? Why is there a Training Day extended universe? And, most importantly, why did Alonzo kill the Russian?
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Next week: American Gangster (2007)
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We're kicking off our June #Denzelathon with a look at Mira Nair's 1991 interracial romance, Mississippi Masala, starring Denzel alongside newcomer Sarita Choudhury.
Join in as we discuss the movie's car crash romance, Edward Lachman's sun-glazed cinematography, shooting in real-life Greenwood, Mississippi, and our own Denzel backstories.
Plus: How did this movie change Nair's personal life? Who's the true lead of the movie? When does Demetrius truly fall in love with Mina? And, most importantly, are they fugitives in the end?
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Next week: Training Day (2001)
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We're kicking off the summer with a look at a would-be rom-com franchise, 2011's Something Borrowed!
Join in as we discuss other failed sequel teases, drunk badminton, John Krasinski's film career, and Kate Hudson's movie-breaking performance.
Plus: Does Rachel know how to cook? What is Claire's endgame with Ethan? Who actually called off the wedding? And, most importantly, should they have skipped this one and just made Something Blue?
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Next week: Mississippi Masala (1991) - Part one of #Denzelathon2024!
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In honor of his new movie Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, we're looking at the romance of George Miller's 1987 supernatural comedy The Witches of Eastwick!
Join in as we discuss cinematic devils, Miller's struggles in Hollywood, tense casting dynamics with Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer, and the movie's changes from the John Updike novel it's based on.
Plus: How successfully feminist is the movie? Has Jack Nicholson ever looked worse? Why couldn't they shoot in Rhode Island where it's set? And, most importantly, what's the market for fertility goddess statues in small New England towns?
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Next week: Something Borrowed (2011)
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We're headed to 1998 for one of the most contentious Best Picture wins in Oscar history, John Madden's Shakespeare in Love!
Join in as we discuss the movie's long development process, the groundbreaking Oscar campaign against Saving Private Ryan, the MTV Movie Awards, and our first exposures to the story of Romeo and Juliet.
Plus: Whom did onetime lead Julia Roberts want to star as Shakespeare? When did Shakespeare start seeing a shrink? Why does Queen Elizabeth "disguise" herself in full regalia? And, most importantly, what exactly is Essex's Virginia plan?
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Next week: The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
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As promised, we're here to talk about the romance of Jerry Seinfeld's directorial debut: the brand-new Netflix release Unfrosted, telling a mostly made-up story about the origin of the Pop Tart.
Join in as we discuss the best Pop Tart flavors, the Seinfeld joke that the movie is based on, the real history of Kellogg's and Post, and, for some reason, torture by cow.
Plus: What jokes actually worked for us? Why are so many plots abandoned midway through? Who gave the best performance out of the ensemble cast? And, most perplexingly, is this movie somehow too short?
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Next week: Shakespeare in Love (1998)
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This week's movie, Elaine May's 1972 comedy classic The Heartbreak Kid, is available to watch for free on YouTube! You should check it out!
Then join in as we discuss hard-to-see movies, star Charles Grodin, proper sunburn care, and the Arthur Backstreet Boys special.
Plus: Why is this movie so hard to see? Why are Lenny's lies so complicated? What changes did they make in the 2007 remake starring Ben Stiller? And, most importantly, why aren't Nick and Nora Charles regular stock characters in film?
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Next week: Unfrosted (2024) - on Netflix this Friday, 5/3!
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We're looking at one of Hollywood's most famous comedies for some very strange romances in Billy Wilder's 1959 classic Some Like It Hot!
Join in as we discuss gangster movies, Marilyn Monroe, Joe E. Brown's impossibly round mouth, and spats.
Plus: Why isn't the film in color? Why did Wilder say he wouldn't work with Marilyn again? Where does it fit in the AFI movie lists? And, most importantly, are any of the stories truly resolved?
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Next week: The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
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We're digging into the work of prolific director Guy Ritchie with a look at his 2009 adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, and an against-type villain performance by Mark Strong.
Join in as we discuss the age of edgy reboots, the cult of Irene Adler, the 2009 box office, and UK laws around magic.
Plus: How exactly did Blackwood become a lord? Are the stakes of this movie too high for Holmes? Why haven't we had a great King Arthur movie? And, most crucially, is there ever going to be a third Sherlock Holmes movie?
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Next week: Some Like It Hot (1959)
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Just in time for last weekend's release of The First Omen, we're looking at the actual first Omen: Richard Donner's 1976 horror classic starring Gregory Peck!
Join in as we discuss legasequels (and legaprequels), Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-winning score, the Book of Revelation, and the collapse of the family in 70s film.
Plus: How will we know the end times are coming? Did they ever check Mrs. Baylock's references? Why would the ambassador to the UK need a guard dog? And exactly how much influence does Damien have over other people?
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Next week: Sherlock Holmes (2009)
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We're headed south this week for a look at the surprisingly supportive romance at the core of the 1992 comedy hit My Cousin Vinny!
Join in as we discuss Joe Pesci's long acting (and music) career, Marisa Tomei's incredible outfits, Southern comedy, and the movie's robust reputation among lawyers.
Plus: Is this the most reasonable DA possible? What's the conspiracy theory around Tomei's Oscar win? Who was almost cast as Vinny instead of Pesci? And, most importantly, in the world of 1992 legal films, how does this compare to Rob Reiner and Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men?
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Next week: The Omen (1976)
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We're headed to the 2017 Cannes Film Festival this week for a look at Bong Joon-ho's Okja, a movie about a little girl and the super pig she loves.
Join in as we discuss animal sidekicks, GMOs, Jake Gyllenhaal, and extra Tilda Swintons.
Plus: Why was Okja booed at Cannes? Are we giving out standing ovations too freely? How do we get more high-energy Giancarlo Esposito? And, most importantly, does this movie have any romance at all?
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Next week: My Cousin Vinny (1992)
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We're jumping aboard for a look at the occasional romance of Jan de Bont's 1994 action classic Speed, starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves!
Join in as we discuss impossible stunts, Bullock's box office track record, the MTV Movie AWards, and the long arc of Keanu's relationship with the public.
Plus: Is this the most successful child of Die Hard? What exactly is Dennis Hopper's evil plan? Was Keanu right to tell the passengers about the bomb? And, most perplexingly, what do we actually know about Sandra Bullock's character Annie?
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Next week: Okja (2017)
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In honor of the blockbuster release of Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two, we're looking back at the first adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel - the 1984 David Lynch version starring Kyle MacLachlan!
Join in as we discuss our favorite Dune concepts, the film's abundant voiceover, its disappointing handling of Lady Jessica, and, of course, Kraven the Hunter.
Plus: What age group is this movie targeted at? How does Lynch's version compare to Villeneuve's two-parter? Why don't they ever mention Irulan after the beginning? And what made David Lynch want to make this anyway?
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Next week: Speed (1994)
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Just in time for the Oscars, we're here to let you in on the believability of all ten Best Picture nominees, from American Fiction to Zone of Interest!
Join in as we discuss the Barbie snubs that aren't, Anatomy of a Fall's Messi the dog, the 2023 PETA Oscats, and our recent trip to see Madame Web together.
Plus: Why can't the song category pick good nominees? What happened in Best Animated Short? What do Bradley Cooper's movies have in common? What are they gonna name Mission: Impossible 8? And, most importantly, who abandoned Snoopy in the vestibule?
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Next week: Dune (1984)
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February 29 is a bonus day, so we're here with a bonus episode on the 2010 romantic comedy Leap Year, in which Amy Adams heads to Ireland to propose to her boyfriend because that's the only time and place she's allowed to do it!
Join in as we discuss Adams's career trajectory, the evils of apartment staging, the film's fanfic logic, and Irish train schedules.
Plus: Why is Anna always wearing heels? Did she ever tell Jeremy she wanted to get married? Is Jeremy actually the only reasonable character? And, most importantly, is this movie anti-Irish?
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Next week: 2024 Oscars Extravaganza!
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We're finishing our month of high school romances with a look at the intergenerational fauxlationship at the heart of Irving Reis's The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer!
Join in as we discuss teenage Shirley Temple, Cary Grant's star persona, woman judges, and high school health classes.
Plus: How does this movie show Hollywood's transition to the 1950s? Why is susan so mean to Jerry? How many guest speakers does this school have? And, most importantly for producer Dore Schary, is this title too suggestive?
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Next week: 2024 Oscars Extravaganza!!!
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We're continuing our look at high school romance with one of the four modern princess stories released in 2004: the post-Lizzie McGuire Hilary Duff vehicle A Cinderella Story.
Join in as we discuss our best Halloween costumes, the North Ridge earthquake, Chad Michael Murray, and the movie's surprisingly extensive series of spinoffs.
Plus: What's going on with the gazebo at the dance? Why didn't Austin return Sam's phone sooner? Why was the pep rally about personal drama in a small group of students? And, most importantly, why did anyone think she looked like Cinderella?
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Next week: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
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We're continuing our look at high school romances with the Lifetime original High School Possession (sometimes listed as High School Exorcism).
Join in as we discuss beating curfew, school newspapers, church computer espionage, and a sequel tease more compelling than the actual movie.
Plus: What do the Chosen believe? Why does this church have so many gates? Is this the most unreasonable movie teacher we've ever seen? And, most importantly, how do you apply for an exorcism?
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Next week: A Cinderella Story (2004)
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We're kicking off a month of high school romances with a look at one of the most iconic teen movies there is: John Hughs's 1985 classic The Breakfast Club.
Join in as we discuss our favorite high school movies, our own detention experiences, the movie's enduring appeal with contemporary teens, and, of course, The Beekeeper.
Plus: Will the Breakfast Club ever meet again? Why was Rick Moranis fired from the movie? How did Andrew break that glass door? Why doesn't the "Breakfast Club" ever eat breakfast? And, most importantly, did these kids deserve detention?
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Next week: High School Possession (2014) (sometimes listed as High School Exorcism)
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We're looking at a half-dozen romances across eighty years as we dig into the intergenerational relationships of Stephen Daldry's 2002 adaptation of The Hours.
Join in as we discuss the stacked female cast helmed by Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep, other great one- and two-scene performances, the movie's nebulous queerness, the 2003 Oscars, and this January's box office offerings.
Plus: Who is the film's lead? Why was the Cinemascore so weak? Why did Dennis Duffy go to see this movie? And, most importantly, how do you pronounce Godzilla x Kong?
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Next week: The Breakfast Club (1985)
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We're looking at one of the high points of writer Richard Curtis's careet with the 1999 hit Notting Hill, starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant!
Join in as we discuss cartoon pseudonyms, grand gestures, British pregnancy laws, and a very weird kiss.
Plus: Are travel bookstores viable? Did She give him a real Chagall? Why are Anna Scott's outfits so weird? And, most importantly, why did that last montage have so much going on??
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Next week: The Hours (2002)
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This week we're filling in a blind spot as we finally look at the romance of Ang Lee's 2005 classic, Brokeback Mountain!
Join in as we discuss the movie's strikingly young cast, our own memories of the film's release, symbolic cowboy hats, and tetherball.
Plus: Where does this fit in Lee's filmography? Why did the production's animal handling cause problems? Would John Wayne have approved of the movie? And, most importantly, how is Nick Vallelonga's That's Amore! going?
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Next week: Notting Hill (1999)
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We're looking at the start of a classic screen pairing as we dig into Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in George Stevens's 1942 Best Picture nominee Woman of the Year!
Join in as we discuss our favorite newspaper movies, the Hepburn-Tracy relationship, the 1943 Oscars, and George Stevens's postwar career.
Plus: Why did producers rework the ending? Why is Tess so chummy with Fulgencio Battista? Why does Sam make it soe hard to agree with him? And, most importantly, how did Tess displace Eleanor Roosevelt as the country's top dame?
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Next week: Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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We're kicking off the new year with a look back at our favorite movies of 2023, and a look even further back as we travel through time with Mr. Peabody & Sherman in the 2014 DreamWorks Animation adaptation directed by Real Housewives of Beverly Hills character Rob Minkoff!
Join in as we discuss the year in film, from the collapse of the superhero box office to the pleasant surprise of non-franchise successes. We also dig into the bizarre romance between Sherman and his classmate Penny.
Plus: Should Peabody ever be moved from TV? Why has Sherman never been to school? Why are all the rooms in the movie empty? And, most importantly, when will Jerry Seinfeld's Unfrosted movie come out, and will it feature the Pop Tart Man??
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Next week: Woman of the Year (1942)
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We're having a weird (but good!) Christmas with the holiday romance of Stanley Kubrick's final film, 1999's Eyes Wide Shut.
Join in as we discuss the movie's place in Kubrick's filmography, its use of real-life couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, the Christmas setting, and the differences between the theatrical and unrated cuts.
Plus: How does the movie compare to Arthur Schnitzler's short story? Why did so many people want something else from the movie? Why does Bill Harford constantly show people his medical license? And, most importantly, who choreographed the women at the climactic party?
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Next week: Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) and our top ten films of 2023!
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We're checking in on this year's Hallmark Channel holiday romances with a look at Never Been Chris'd, a movie that definitely didn't start with a title and build a shaky premise off of that.
Join in as we discuss Hallmark's programming ethos, bad moms, Hays Code lesbians, and the movie's questionable understanding of both It's a Wonderful Life and The Great Gatsby.
Plus: What exactly is interesting about Chris? Does this movie feature the most pathetic Never Have I Ever game in history? Do these women understand the tech industry? And, most importantly, is Chris any good at kissing?
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Next week: Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
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It's almost Christmastime, so we're grumpily lining up to look at the dreadful romance of the 2002 CBS film adaptation of The Christmas Shoes, based on the treacly NewSong hit.
Join in as we discuss Rob Lowe's performance as "Mean Business Dad," the film's stupid first line, chain emails, and the surprisingly extensive Christmas Shoes universe.
Plus: Is Maggie's marriage also bad? Would the movie be better if it weren't an adaptation of this song? Do parents ever watch their kids' concert videos? And, most importantly, why are the titular shoes so ugly??
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Next week: Never Been Chris'd (2023)
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We're kicking off the holiday season with a classic adaptation of an even more classic story: 1992's The Muppet Christmas Carol!
Join in as we discuss the post-Henson history of the Muppets, a weird-looking Ghost of Christmas Past, Paul Williams's great songs (except one), and Ignorance and Want.
Plus: Why is "When Love is Gone" only in some versions of the movie? Did Scrooge get dumped on Christmas? Why hasn't Disney relaunched The Muppet Show? And, most importantly, is Belle a Fezziwig? #BellyWig
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Next week: The Christmas Shoes (2002)
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We're having a whale of a time as we look at the time-travel romance of 1986's Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home!
Join in as we discuss large sea creatures, Spock's vulgarity, the 1986 Saturn Awards, and Scotty's surprising skill with a Macintosh.
Plus: What Paramount star almost played a key role in the movie? Will the time-displaced whales die in the future? Can you drink whale milk? And, most importantly, what did the probe that started the movie actually want?
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Next week: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
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We're welcoming the world's number one Trolls fan to the podcast to talk about the royal romance of DreamWorks's first feature about the long-haired Scandinavian toys.
Join in as we discuss jukebox movies, the Trolls universe, Bergen class hierarchy, and the rhythm nation.
Plus: Is Gristle Jr a good king? What is Bridget's long-term plan? Do the Battle Trolls appear in the sequels? And, most importantly, does the Bergen Chef even cook anything?
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Next week: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
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We're talking formative parodies as we look at the irresistable romance of 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
Join in as we discuss the film's unusual DVD release, the Evil family in therapy, Bond girl names, and themed rollercoasters.
Plus: How old is Scott supposed to be? Will Austin Powers 4 ever happen? Why aren't there broccoli in VeggieTales? And, most importantly, is "Do I make you horny?" a rhetorical question?
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Next week: Trolls (2016)
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Dune Part II got moved to next year, so we're looking at another odd genre epic from the early 80s: Peter Yates's 1983 fantasy flop Krull!
Join in as we discuss marital flamethrowing, the Widow in the Web, the movie's unhelpful name, the movie's surprising link to a We Love the Love favorite.
Plus: Are Slayers parasitic? Why does the Beast want to marry a human? Where are all the other people? And, most importantly, at what point did the people involved with this movie realize it was bad?
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Next week: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
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We're celebrating Halloween with a look at the most fun of the classic slashers, Wes Craven's 1984 hit A Nightmare on Elm Street!
Join in as we discuss Freddy Krueger, vigilante parents, great practical effects, and wet factories.
Plus: How does this compare to the other slashers of its period? Why did Nancy's mom keep Freddy's glove? Why does Tina like Rod? And, most importantly, why won't anyone actually help Nancy?
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Next week: Krull (1983)
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We're finally entering the Dark Universe! At long last, it's time to dig into the paltry romance of Alex Kurtzman's ill-fated reboot of The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise in the would-be beginning of a cinematic universe.
Join in as we discuss other occupants of the franchise graveyard, the development of the Dark Universe, the film's weirdly insulting location cards, and the puzzling nature of Tom Cruise's character.
Plus: What was the mummy's goal? Did it technically win? Why didn't Nick's body burn up in the plane crash? What was Captain Salazar's deal? And, most importantly, what would a horror movie based on the card game Uno look like?
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Next week: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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We're celebrating the release of Killers of the Flower Moon by looking at Martin Scorsese's spookiest movie: his 1991 remake of Cape Fear, starring Nick Nolte, Robert De Niro, and Jessica Lange.
Join in as we discuss our favorite cinematic boats, Juliette Lewis's performance as Nolte and Lange's daughter, De Niro's twenty-first century comedy career, and comically large cigars.
Plus: Why is the houseboat called the Moana? Is Danielle the only good person in the movie? Is this the best movie the Inhumans can hope for? and, most importantly, is this the most outrageous MTV Best Kiss nomination in history?
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Next week: The Mummy (2017)
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We're getting spooky - or is it terrifying? - as we look at the Gothic romance of Guillermo Del Toro's Crimson Peak!
Join in as we discuss the film's place in Del Toro's career, our love of villainous Jessica Chastain, and the red clay's place among our favorite color pops in movies.
Plus: What exactly is Sharpe's business plan? What's happened to Tom Hiddleston's star career? Why did the movie underperform in 2015? And, most importantly, was this movie too scary for our guest?
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Next week: Cape Fear (1991)
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We're diving deep into a world of crime for a look at the torrid romance of Warren Beatty's 1990 film Dick Tracy, starring Beatty as the classic detective being torn between Glenne Headly's Tess Trueheart and Madonna's Breathless Mahoney.
Join in as we discuss Tracy's history, the complicated saga of Beatty's attempts to maintain the rights to the character, the movie's incredible visual style, and the ill-advised marketing blitz that surrounded the film.
Plus: Why is Big Boy's priority a nightclub act? What's the deal with Dick Tracy Jr? Why won't anyone let Tess do anything? And, most importantly, what did Tracy himself think of the movie?
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Next week: Crimson Peak (2015)
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We just saw the new movie from writer-director-star Tommy Wiseau (The Room), so we had to throw our schedule out the window to talk about the romance of Big Shark!
Join in as we discuss our experience being in a room with Wiseau, his growth as a filmmaker, his dubious claims about its production, and various plans for exploding pigs.
Plus: What happened to Greg Sestero? Did the music in the movie have planned notation? Are any of the firemen characters being paid? And, most importantly, did they ever use the treasure map?
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Next week: Dick Tracy (1990)
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We're putting on a double feature as we look at two films whose actresses tied for the Oscar in 1968: Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl and Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter.
Join in as we discuss the tie itself, these two extremely different performances, the history of Fanny Brice on stage and screen, and the surprising comedy of a drama about twelfth-century English succession squabbles.
Plus: Why did Columbia want to fire Omar Sharif? How many aliases did Nick Arnstein have? Does anyone care about Geoffrey? And is Funny Girl actually good, or is it just Barbra?
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Next week: Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
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We're taking another look at one of the year's new movies as we head to foggy London town for the casual romance of Rye Lane (now available on Hulu!).
Join in as we discuss the film's South London location, Britishisms, childhood rumors, and address several questions about Young Sheldon.
Plus: How did director Raine Allen-Miller creatively avoid making Rye Lane a covid movie? How did they get a Colin Firth cameo? Are tongues are weirdest muscles? And, most importantly, when and how should one use a urinal respectfully?
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Next week: The Lion in Winter and Funny Girl (both 1968)
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We're looking at a movie heralded by some as the savior of the R-rated comedy: David Dobkin's 2005 hit Wedding Crashers!
Join in as we discuss the 05 box office, the logistics of wedding crashing, the DC setting, and the film's odd handling of sexual assault.
Plus: What's the deal with the oft-rumored sequel? Why is John McCain here? Is Owen Wilson playing the worst friend ever? And, most importantly, are these dudes even good wedding crashers?
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Next week: Rye Lane (2023) - now streaming on Hulu!
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We're headed to Japan for one of the country's biggest hits: Makoto Shinkai's 2016 romantic epicYour Name.!
Join in as we discuss body swap rules, biking uphill, small-town corruption, and altruistic terrorism.
Plus: What's going on with the American remake? Why are so few American animated movies set specifically in the present? And, most importantly, did Mitsuha ever try a urinal?
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Next week: Wedding Crashers (2005)
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We're checking in with Springfield's first family for a look at the romance between Homer and Marge in 2007's The Simpsons Movie!
Join in as we discuss the film's long development, our favorite Simpsons characters, Spider-Pig, and Surf's Up.
Plus: Why wasn't this nominated for the Animated Feature Oscar? Did Stephen King rip off this movie? What's with all the two-part movies in 2023? And, most importantly, does Tigger look like a tiger?
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Next week: Your Name. (2016)
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300th EPISODE!!! To celebrate this major milestone, we're going back to the work of Sandra Bullock - star of our very first episode (on While You Were Sleeping)!
Join Will, Marc, and #FiFiFierce for an update on our investigation into movie romance, a discussion of Bullock's tripping and surprisingly successful glow-up, the movie's extremely coppy politics, and William Shatner's scene-stealing performance.
Plus: What exactly is Candace Bergen's plan? Did Eric expose every FBI agent's face and identity to a children's website? Did Ellen DeGeneres lie about inspiring the movie? And, most obviously, why isn't this an episode on Zack Snyder's 300?
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Next week: The Simpsons Movie (2007)
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We're looking at an animated cult classic this week: the Rankin-Bass adaptation of Peter S. Beagle's beloved fantasy novel The Last Unicorn!
Join in as we discuss weird movies from our childhoods, the soundtrack by America, the film's connection to Studio Ghibli, and sexually aggressive trees.
Plus: Why is Prince Lir so dull? What happened to Mommy Fortuna? Why is Molly Grue the only competent person in this world? And, most importantly, why are there tacos???
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Next week: Miss Congeniality (2000) - Our 300th episode!!!
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We're talking some of the biggest stars of the 1940s as we look at the romance of George Cukor's adaptation of The Philadelphia Story, starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart in the role that won him an Oscar.
Join in as we discuss the film's abundance of romantic options, Tracy Lord's scumbag dad, box office poison, and the 1941 Oscars ceremony.
Plus: Is Virginia Weidler's the funniest performance? Why is Liz following Mike around? Is George the only character who doesn't know he's in a movie? And, most importantly, does anyone in this movie ever actually go to Philadelphia?
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Next week: The Last Unicorn (1982)
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We're shimmying back in time to talk about the biggest hit for Mae West, controversial star of stage and screen: 1933's I'm No Angel!
Join in as we discuss West's career, art deco fashion, acceptable lies, and burlap underwear.
Plus: How was the movie impacted by the new Production Code? Why did costar Cary Grant come to resent West in the years after this movie? Does this movie feature the most permissive judge ever? And, most importantly, just how exciting is a hot lady who puts her head in a lion's mouth?
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Next week: The Philadelphia Story (1940)
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We're looking at the middle of a love story in the 2004 American adaptation of Shall We Dance? starring Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, and a ton of other familiar faces.
Join in as we discuss the differences from the Japanese original, a wistful Jennifer Lopez, hot Bobby Cannavalle, and parent hobbies.
Plus: Why is this movie so sexless? Are there really this many clubs that also play ballroom music? How did this movie get Gere banned from India? And, most importantly, what's the deal with Sound of Freedom?
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Next week: I'm No Angel (1933) - available here via the Internet Archive!
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Just in time for Dead Reckoning (Part I), we're returning to one of our favorite franchises to talk about the film that started it all: Brian De Palma's 1996 blockbuster Mission: Impossible!
Join in as we discuss the film's post-Cold War setting, the Impossible Mission Force, Vanessa Redgrave's villainous performance, and our brief glimpse of pre-breakdown Ethan Hunt.
Plus: Why were fans of the Mission: Impossible TV show upset with the movie? How did the rat at Langley die? Why is the NOC list available as a single file? And, most importantly, why doesn't Ethan do magic more often?
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Next week: Shall We Dance? (2004)
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We're halfway through 2023, so we're checking in on our favorite movies so far as we take a look at a brand new release, Numa Perrier's The Perfect Find (now on Netflix).
Join in as we discuss Gina Torres, a sketchy fashion company, annoying fights, and David Zaslav.
Plus: Why does Jenna have a landline? What was her mysterious humiliation? What's the deal with Eric's dad? How do you blow up a pipeline? And, most importantly, why has there not been a 4k steelbook of M3GAN yet???
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Next week: Mission: Impossible (1996)
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As we all prepare to spin the Dial of Destiny, we decided to return to another of Indy's adventures with 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!
Join in as we discuss the movie's long development, Sean Connery's performance, the rules of the Grail, and Indy's meeting with Adolf Hitler.
Plus: How much is Alison Doody's Elsa Schneider really into Indy? Where does this fit into the evolution of Spielberg's portrayal of Nazis? Is Indy quietly the worst teacher we've ever covered? And, most importantly, how effective is the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword?
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Next week: The Perfect Find (2023) - now on Netflix!
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This week we're looking at the most prominent of Hollywood's efforts to update a classic musical with Will Gluck's 2014 "cool" Annie, starring Quvenzhane Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, and a raft of other famous faces.
Join in as we discuss our own histories with the little orphan, the politics of Annie's various incarnations, Sia's reimagined musical numbers, and the 2014 Sony hack.
Plus: What exactly does Stacks's business do? Why does he want to be mayor? Is Moonquake Lake a comedy? And, most importantly, did Rose Byrne's Grace get Big'd?
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Next week: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
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Some movies have healthy relationships. Some movies have unhealthy relationships. Park Chan-wook's 2016 film The Handmaiden has a pretty sweet romance between two women in Japanese-occupied Korea, but they're also making some pretty nasty schemes about one another.
Join in as we discuss the opening of Japan, poison cigarettes, the British novel on which the movie is based, and pooping in the Bible.
Plus: How do all of these schemes basically work out? How has the rollout of the Max app been so bad? Do octopuses know about fire? And, most importantly, when were lollipops invented?
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We're kicking off Pride 2023 with a look at gay romances from 100 years ago in Terence Davies's 2022 biopic Benediction, about the many loves of World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon.
Join in as we discuss Sassoon's biography, the Bright Young Things, handsome British boys, and casting characters at different ages.
Plus: How autobiographical is this movie for Davies? Is Sassoon right to hate musicals? What does the title mean for the movie? And, most importantly, what TV has Marc been watching lately?
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It's been too long since we had any #Wegtent on the show, so we're taking a look at Renee's turn in the Farrelly Brothers' 2000 comedy Me, Myself & Irene.
Join in as we discuss Jim Carrey's dual performance (as Me and Myself), the Farrellys' recent careers, and their portrayal of disability.
Plus: What conspiracy did Irene discover? Are Quibis a good watch? And, most importantly, is this the worst movie we've covered?
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Next week: Benediction (2022)
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We're headed to the movies for a look at a brand new (and already nearly gone) romance: Love Again, starring Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Sam Heughan, and, naturally, Celine Dion.
Join in as we discuss our favorite celebrity performances, the differences between the trailer and the finished film, the German novel it's based on, smishing, and Rob's terrible and expensive plan to meet his mysterious texter.
Plus: Is Rob the worst music critic on the planet? Do these characters have friends? Should the movie have been about the pandemic? And, most important, would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or one hundred duck-sized horses?
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Next week: Me, Myself, and Irene (2000)
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Just in time for Fast X, we're going back to the midway point in the world's favorite vehicular franchise to talk about the varyingly developed romances of Fast Five!
Join in as we discuss our favorite chase sequences, director Justin Lin's career, the franchise's transition away from street racing, and early 2010s Facebook apps.
Plus: Why is Dwayne Johnson's Hobbs so sweaty? How did they land on DSS as the right paramilitary agency to use in this movie? Is Johnson being funny, or just bad? And, most importantly, weren't Brian and Mia being deeply irresponsible?
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Next week: Love Again (2023) - now in theaters!!
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By popular demand, we are covering the surprise hit of 2017, the feel-good musical The Greatest Showman, about the feel-bad circus magnate Phineas Taylor Barnum.
Join in as we discuss Barnum's ties to slavery, the history of his various humbugs, the film's shocking box office run, and its enduring popularity in the running community.
Plus: How much time passes in this movie? What year is it set in? What are the million dreams keeping P.T. and Charity awake? Why hasn't director Michael Gracey made another movie? And, most importantly, what year is it really???
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Next week: Fast Five (2011)
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Just in time for a coronation, we're moving on up to the English nobility with America's favorite feline as we look at the 2006 sequel Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties!
Join in as we discuss nwespaper comics, Paws Inc, Wishbone, and our complete lack of emotional response to the movie.
Plus: What is the secret of Garfield's appeal? Why isn't Odie animated? Can pets really inherit a title? And why is Over the Hedge so popular on Netflix?
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We're talking 90s sexual politics with a look at the gender-reversed harassment of Disclosure, based on the novel by the 6' 9" egomaniac Michael Crichton.
Join in as we discuss Crichton's regressive gender views, the movie's attempts to complicate his narrative, enduring parallels to today's discourse, and needlessly complicated file storage software.
Plus: What's up with this office layout? Is this the worst Michael Douglas has ever looked? How long would it take to do anything in this system over dial-up? And, most importantly, who is A. Friend, and does it make any sense?
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Next week: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
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We're learning a surprising amount about insurance policies as we debate whether there's any love to be found in Billy Wilder's 1944 noir classic Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck.
Join in as we discuss train crime, the history of life insurance, the 1945 Academy Awards, and some of the movies we're excited about this year.
Plus: Should they have settled for a single indemnity? Just how bad is Phyllis's husband? What's Nino's deal? And, most importantly, how many times does Fred MacMurray say "baby" in this movie?
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Next week: Disclosure (1994)
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We're sneaking towards romance in one of Marc's favorite comedies, the 2015 Paul Feig film Spy, starring Melissa McCarthy as...you know, a spy.
Join in as we discuss McCarthy's career with and without Feig, comedy Jason Statham, sequels we hope to see, and Jerry Seinfeld's forthcoming Pop Tart movie.
Plus: Why are so many CIA agents British? What should the M3gan sequel be called? How is The Flash a load-bearing movie? And, most importantly, why are there so many movies about products these days?
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Next week: Double Indemnity (1944)
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We're grabbing our swords, bows, and axes to quest in search of romance in the first installment of Peter Jackson's epic trilogy: 2001's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring!
Join in as we discuss our own backgrounds with Tolkien, the Scouring of the Shire, the film's famous fourteen-month shoot, and the surprising softness of the finished product.
Plus: Why was the original text split into three books? How many different splits did they try for the movies? Who was the biggest star in the cast at the time of shooting? What is the trilogy's impact on New Zealand? And, most importantly, is Rosie a beard?
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We're getting ready for one of this summer's big movies (Oppenheimer for those in the know) by looking back at a decade-old Christopher Nolan project: His space epic Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway just after they each won their Oscars.
Join in as we discuss the film's place in the dad movie canon, our favorite Hathaway performances, and the extraordinary lengths Nolan and DP Hoyte van Hoytema went to get the movie's incredible IMAX footage.
Plus: Did J. Robert Oppenheimer have a dead wife? Can Timothee Chalamet convincingly play a farmer? And, most importantly, did Edmunds even love Brand??
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Next week: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
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We're looking at one of the biggest flops of all time as we talk about the interplanetary romance of Andrew Stanton's 2012 would-be sci-fi franchise starter John Carter!
Join in as we discuss digital sidekicks, multiple prologues, Barsoomian fashion, and the contentious afterlife of this box office bomb.
Plus: Should the movie have kept "of Mars" in its title? Were Stanton and his friends in the Pixar braintrust up to the challenges of live action? Why would John Carter want to return to Earth? And, most importantly, when is Mark Strong gonna get to play a good guy?
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We're talking about jobs we stumbled into as we look at the romance of the 2007 adaptation of The Nanny Diaries, starring Scarlett Johansson as a would-be anthropologist caring for a kid with a dumb name.
Join in as we discuss villain Paul Giamatti, a standout Laura Linney, and the best sequel titles.
Plus: Who was Mrs. X? Is Harvard Hottie a liar? And does Marc remember any of these episodes?
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The 95th Academy Awards are right around the corner, so it's time to get some definitive rankings on the believability of all ten Best Picture nominees!
Join in as we discuss Colonel Tom Parker, Jenny the Donkey, Sammy Fabelman's girlfriend, and our queen Lydia Tar.
Plus: Is Evelyn from Everything Everywhere All at Once deliberately committing tax fraud? Is George R.R. Martin responsible for weird Tar discourse? What's the worst movie nominated for an Oscar this year? And, most mysteriously, is war a good thing?
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Just in time for Creed III, we're going back to the start of America's favorite boxing franchise for a look at the Best Picture winner that started it all.
Join in as we discuss the movie's real-life inspirations, Sylvester Stallone's original sequel pitches, the Philadelphia Rocky statue, and our good friend M3gan.
Plus: Why did they shoot the final fight sequence in reverse? How could Adrian stand moving into Rocky's apartment? How did the Fonz save the movie and Stallone's career? And, most importantly, how old is Paulie supposed to be??
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Next week: Our 2023 Oscars Extravaganza, where we rate the believability of all ten Best Picture nominees' romances!
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We're looking at one of the biggest romances of the 1990s as we spin the pottery wheel of Jerry Zucker's 1990 Best Picture nominee Ghost!
Join in as we discuss Zucker's career, the first trip of writer Bruce Joel Rubin, the 1990 box office, and the film's complete lack of ghost sex.
Plus: Is this set in the Ghostbusters universe? What's going on with the Saturn Awards? And, most importantly, exactly how evil is Tony Goldwyn's character supposed to be??
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We're singing songs and selling papes as we watch Kenny Ortega's directorial debut, the 1992 Disney musical Newsies!
Join in as we discuss the real-life newsboy strike of 1899, the Vatican newspaper, Kid Blink, and other musicals about orphans and labor.
Plus: What's Medda's deal exactly? Why can't the newsies go to school? What is Jack's plan when the movie ends? And where does Newsies fit in Kenny Ortega's filmography alongside Hocus Pocus and the High School Musical films?
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In honor of Magic Mike's Last Dance opening this Friday, we're taking a look at the unlikely romance of Steven Soderbergh's 2012 original!
Join in as we discuss star/inspiration Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey's Dallas, balancing tones, and the MTV Movie Award for Best Shirtless Performance.
Plus: Is Mike's furniture good? Is The Boys the most "straight dude" show on TV? What happened to Adam's old car? And, most importantly, is Joe Manganiello our premier wife guy?
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We're rolling dice, spinning spinners, and filling out our character sheets as we look at the surprisingly grown-up romance of the 2018 comedy mystery Game Night, starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams.
Join in as we discuss our own favorite game night games, bringing food into the movies, and the past and future of MoviePass.
Plus: Why don't Max and Annie have cooler taste in games? Is Brooks straight-up evil? What's going on at DC Films? And is the Dungeons & Dragons movie going to be good?
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We're talking about movies that scared us as children as we look at Walter Murch's notoriously scarring 1985 film Return to Oz - Disney's first complete attempt to adapt L. Frank Baum.
Join in as we discuss Murch's storied career, the magical properties of chickens, the 2022 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, and the trouble with trying to adapt Oz stories after 1939.
Plus: How did the chicken get to Oz? Is the Nome King a genderfluid icon? Would this actually work better as a musical? And, most importantly, did Will do so much research he broke his brain?
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Next week: Game Night (2018)
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Now that the holidays are over, we've got enough distance to look at one of the most stressful Christmases ever put to film: the awkward dramedy of The Family Stone!
Join in as we discuss movie allergens, the film's deliberate abrasiveness, and twin romance swaps.
Plus: Is Claire Danes the only normal person in this movie? Is it time to recast the Boss Baby? Should this movie be narrated by Carrie Bradshaw? And, most importantly, can anybody actually tell what age Rachel McAdams is in any role?
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Next week: Return to Oz (1985)
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We're going all in on Municipal Darwinism as we climb aboard a traction city to talk about our favorite box office bomb of 2018, Christian Rivers's Mortal Engines!
Join in as we discuss cyborgs, the Big Tilt, writer-producer Peter Jackson, and our bff Shrike (the resurrected man).
Plus: How does everyone know Pandora Shaw? Why does Tom only want to date Valentine's relatives? Should this movie have featured the cast of Riverdale? And, most importantly, why did Shrike (the resurrected man, member of the Lazarus Brigade, survivor of the Nomad Wars) have to die???
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Next week: The Family Stone (2005)
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We're ending the year with a new direction for our frenemies at DreamWorks Animation as we look at their long-delayed Puss in Boots movie!
Join in as we discuss the new DreamWorks intro, assess the villains of The Last Wish, dig into the studio's new animation style, and bond over going to the bathroom during the trailer for Shazam 2.
Plus: Is Elvis gonna win Best Picture? Should Top Gun: Maverick be nominated for Best Grownup Love Story by AARP? What would you do if your AirBnB were double-booked? and, most importantly, have donkeys displaced rabbits as cinema's favorite animals?
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Next week: Mortal Engines (2018)
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We're ending this year's Christmas series with a movie that came out in June: Tim Burton's surprisingly violent and horny superhero sequel, Batman Returns!
Join in as we discuss animal resurrection, the loose continuity of the 89-97 Batman movies, the evolution of the Penguin, our own favorite Batmen and Alfreds.
Plus: Why didn't Catwoman die? Can she reach the Heaviside Layer when she does? What exactly does Max Shreck's mystery machine do? And what happened to the two different Black stars who were cast but do not appear in this movie??
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Next week: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) (and our top ten movies of this year!)
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As Christmas approaches, we check in on the military record of jolly old Saint Nick in the famously terrible 1964 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
Join in as we discuss holiday specials, Pia Zadora, Martian naming conventions, and Mrs. Claus's screen debut.
Plus: How much conquest actually occurs in this movie? Were Martian kids sad before they had TV? Is the theme for this movie good? And, most importantly, is Santa dumb???
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Next week: Batman Returns (1992)
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We're continuing our sort-of Christmas with a look at the romance of Billy Wilder's 1960 Best Picture winner The Apartment, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and a shocking amount of adultery.
Join in as we discuss our favorite movie apartments, the split reaction to this movie, the real-life Hollywood sex scandal that (partially) inspired it, and the upcoming film Jesus Revolution.
Plus: How do all those apartments fit into this building? Why is there so much demand to use it? Is Baxter even good at his job? And how do you play gin rummy anyway?
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Next week: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
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We're kicking off the Christmas season with a Yuletide thriller as Robert Redford exposes CIA secrets in Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor.
Join in as we discuss "technically Christmas" movies, the differences between the movie and its source novel, the cultural and political environment of the 1970s, and the career of animation director turned RHOBH guest star Rob Minkoff.
Plus: Is The Wizard of Oz an Easter movie? What is a CIA assistant director's salary? What happens to Condor at the end? And, most importantly, at what point does a stew become a casserole?
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Next week: The Apartment (1960)
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As the 2022 awards season gets underway, we're taking a look at the last pre-podcast Best Picture winner: Barry Jenkins's quiet masterpiece, Moonlight.
Join in as we discuss movies we've never seen, our love of Nicholas Britell, the differences between the movie and Terrell Alvin McRaney's play, and - of course - what might be the craziest Oscars moment ever.
Plus: Where does La La Land come down on the jazz debate? What advice does Will have for people at school? And, most importantly, will there have been major news stories about any of the people we discussed since we recorded this episode two and a half months ago? Probably not, right?!?
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Next week: Three Days of the Condor (1975)
TW: This episode contains audio clips with strong racial and homophobic language.
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We're celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday by checking into a possibly-unsavory resort in Yorgos Lanthimos's 2016 art-house favorite The Lobster!
Join in as we discuss Lanthimos's ups and downs in the US, the Oscar history of star Colin Farrell, European film financing, and vengeful elephants.
Plus: What are the rules for determining someone's definint trait? Does Lea Seydoux actually want to change the society? Did David leave the diner? And, most importantly, what animals would we all turn into?
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We've got a real-life geologist on the show this week to walk us through the tectonic and platonic relationships of the 2003 disaster movie The Core, starring Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank.
Join in as we discuss unobtanium, the Earth's magnetic field, our favorite movie rocks, the hard life of a terranaut.
Plus: Is this movie a reverse Armageddon? Was it a mistake to open The Core opposite the US invasion of Iraq? What kinds of things are rocks? And, most importantly, does this movie believe birds aren't real??
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Next week: The Lobster (2016)
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We're ringing in our fifth birthday with our first dive into Christian cinema for a look at the 2008 Kendrick Brothers hit Fireproof!
Join in as we discuss Kirk Cameron, chain emails, stress relief, and The Love Dare.
Plus: Where does this fit in the history of Christian cinema? Does Catherine have an Elektra complex? Is James Bond a moral exemplar? And, most importantly, did former U.S. President Jimmy Carter work on this movie?
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We're ending our spooky season with a possibly-cursed episode on Dan Curtis's 1976 haunted house movie Burnt Offerings!
Join in as we discuss our favorite Halloween traditions, Bette Davis's onset feuds, the death of Oliver Reed, and the silent hearse driver.
Plus: Is this whole vacation made up of chores? What's the deal with the Allardyce kids? Why do the only transfers of this movie for rent look so bad? And, most importantly, why was there so much child death in the movies we did this October?
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Next week: Fireproof (2007)
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We're not sure whether it should count as part of our Halloween spooktacular, but the advertising for Darren Aronofsky's 2017 film mother! certainly led us to believe it should!
Join in as we discuss the varied discourses of mother!'s release, the film's surprisingly effective (if blunt) storytelling, the PETA Oscats, and Christ allegories.
Plus: What's in that yellow drink? Why didn't mother brace the sink? Where did Michelle Pfeiffer's character buy that ugly bra? And, most importantly, what's Jennifer Lawrence's favorite Silly Song with Larry?
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Next week: Burnt Offerings (1976)
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We're continuing our October spooktacular with a look at the romance of James Whale's 1933 adaptation of The Invisible Man!
Join in as we discuss fictional drugs, the Invisible Woman, the film's complete lack of an opening act, its groundbreaking visual effects, and, of course, the Dark Universe.
Plus: Why did Claude Raines and James Whale fight onset? What is Flora and Jack's relationship? Is the invisible man hot? And, most importantly, is there going to be a new Nicole Kidman AMC video this year?
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Next week: mother! (2017)
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We're celebrating the release of Halloween Ends by looking at the franchise's original threequel: 1982's Season of the Witch!
Join in as we discuss doomsday plans, the continuity of the Halloween franchise, deceptive app ads, and how to spice up your financially-strapped relationship.
Plus: Why are there so many unrelated movies called "Season of the Witch"? Is this movie's reputation as "the bad one" deserved? Why is Michael Meyers scary? And, most importantly, what exactly is Cochran's goal?
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Next week: The Invisible Man (1933)
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In honor of its long-awaited sequel, we're taking a look at the teenage romance of Kenny Ortega's beloved(?) holiday classic(?), Hocus Pocus!
Join in as we discuss Ortega's career, our favorite cinematic witches, the movie's long development, and the iconic Salem-California rivalry.
Plus: When did the cat learn to talk? Why doesn't Sarah Jessica Parker's spell work on the main characters? How did this critically-panned box office flop become so popular? And (and this is a hard one to answer), is the main character a virgin at the start of the movie?
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Next week: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
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In 1992, Eddie Murphy, director Reginald Hudlin, and the writers of Coming to America made a foray into the world of romantic comedies with Boomerang, a movie about a playboy who decides it's time to settle down.
Join in as we discsus the movie's shockingly racist critical reaction, the changes to the script along the way, token white people, and the 1992 MTV Movie Awards.
Plus: Remember that horny Incredibles 2 review? When exactly does Angela move into Marcus's place? Can we get Marc that mushroom outfit? And, most importantly, why is this movie called "Boomerang"?
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Next week: Hocus Pocus (1993)
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We're taking a look at a miniscule romance in the 1937 Anna May Wong vehicle Daughter of Shanghai, which ends with a proposal nobody saw coming!
Join in as we discuss going Wong's storied career, going undercover, money laundering tips, and U.S. immigration history.
Plus: What's the weirdest Batman villain? Who should play Bond next? And, most importantly, can you force your lawyer to run your business?
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We're headed across - but not into! - dimensional space as we look at the bizarre romance of the 1984 cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the Eighth Dimension, starring Peter Weller and Ellen Barkin.
Join in as we discuss the movie's thoroughly stacked cast, John Lithgow's Italian accent, stories told by children, and whether it's weird to date twins.
Plus: How does Buckaroo get so much done in one day? How many worlds is he pulled between? Has he ever been wrong? And why are the Lectroids not just targeting New Jersey?
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Next week: Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
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We're wrapping up our look at the romances of 1988's Best Picture nominees by digging into the winner, Barry Levinson's road trip drama Rain Man.
Join in as we discuss our favorite kidnappings, the Crimean War, the action movie version of Rain Man that almost happened, and our own top five movies of 1988.
Plus: What was Rain Man's impact on autism awareness? How did it come to be about autism in the first place? Why was it such a box office sensation? And, most importantly, what's Susanna's deal???
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Next week: The Adventurs of Buckaroo Banzai across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
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We're celebrating 250 episodes with a return to the romances of DreamWorks Animation as we look at the studio's 2012 holiday character mashup Rise of the Guardians.
Join in as we discuss the movie's underperformance at the box office and with awards bodies, William Joyce's Guardians of Childhood universe, some of DreamWorks's more recent output, and the giant Cheez-It from Taco Bell.
Plus: Why does the Tooth Fairy want teeth? Where do parents think the teeth are going? Why do the Guardians need to be kept a secret? And why didn't #FiFiFierce make us a cookie cake??
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Next week: Rain Man (1988)
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We're climbing into the radiator as we look for love in David Lynch's 1977 debut Eraserhead!
Join in as we discuss the movie's feelings on parenthood, its autobiographical elements, George Lucas's sequel trilogy plans, and our favorite appliances.
Plus: Why did this movie take six years to shoot? Which parts would most upset a child? And, most importantly, where did that puppet come from?
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Next week: Rise of the Guardians (2012)
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We're near the beginning of rom com star Jennifer Aniston's film career as we look at her 1997 fauxlationship feature Picture Perfect!
Join in as we discuss Kevin Bacon's mullet, Kevin Dunn's unreasonable promotion policies, terrible ad campaigns, and CBS's Bull.
Plus: What caused onset tension between Aniston and costar Jay Mohr? Why does Nick keep hanging out after the fake breakup? Is Kate a golden retriever in disguise? And, most importantly, did Mr. Peanut cause the COVID-19 pandemic?
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We're checking over our shoulders as we look at the small but skeevy romance of David Robert Mitchell's horror hit It Follows, about a murderous monster that's transferred via sex.
Join in as we discuss the rules of It, the movie's ambiguous setting, literary quotations, and Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples's Saga.
Plus: What ideas does the movie have about sex? What's the most ethical way to deal with It? Is It homophobic? And, most importantly, what is Frodo's real name?
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We're dipping back into the world of Hallmark romances for a look at the wedding-adjacent sorta-musical In the Key of Love, starring Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Scott Michael Foster and Broadway star/vaccine skeptic Laura Osnes.
Join in as we discuss the seedy political world of Piedmont Island, the 2018 Little Women adaptation, a deranged refrigerator, and the future of the #POstables.
Plus: What happens to unwanted blood? How is Maggie such a bad photographer? And is Once Upon a Time the most fanfiction TV show to ever exist?
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Next week: It Follows (2015)
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We're taking a look at the ultimate "what would you do" movie, Adrian Lyne's 1993 erotic drama Indecent Proposal!
Join in as we discuss the career of director Adrian Lyne, whether we'd take John Gage's million-dollar offer, and why you shouldn't have sex on a pile of money.
Plus: How is the movie different from the novel it's based on? To what extent did Diana and David have the option of refusing? What's a good price for a hippo? And, most importantly, why aren't you listening to You Must Remember This?
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Next week: In the Key of Love (2019)
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We're looking at the beginning of Julia Roberts, movie star as we dig into the romance of Donald Petrie's 1988 coming of age movie Mystic Pizza.
Join in as we discuss Petrie's pizza-ful career, Roberts's incredible performance, the great young cast working alongside her, and our favorite fictional musicals.
Plus: What's the secret ingredient in that pizza? Are movie stars making a comeback in the 2020s? And, most importantly, will Top Gun: Maverick be a hit? (We recorded this in mid-May lol.)
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Next week: Indecent Peoposal (1993)
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We're finally closing the book on the High School Musical trilogy by looking at the 2008 theatrical finale, High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
Join in as we discuss the ridiculous show they put on, the High School Musical: Get in the Picture reality show, promposals, and the Julliard admissions process.
Plus: How good is Troy at basketball? How did Sharpay get that locker setup? What is the logic behind this ridiculous Stanford program? And was Ryan actually the best-developed character in the series?
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We're celebrating Independence Day with a look at another film from Hollywood's "cool president '90s," Ivan Reitman's 1993 doppelganger comedy Dave!
Join in as we discuss our love of Kevin Kline, onscreen depictions of DC, the fairness doctrine, and the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.
Plus: What other actors did the studio consider? Why did several U.S. Senators withdraw their agreement to appear among the movie's many cameos? When exactly did Ellen figure out Dave was a fraud? And, most importantly, exactly how much airtime were news networks obligated to give to Oliver Stone?
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Next week: High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
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We're jumping back to the franchises of yore with a look at Blake Edwards's original 1964 Pink Panther film, starring David Niven and Peter Sellers in gradually shifting levels of significance.
Join in as we discuss our favorite cinematic gems, the movie's superb opening credits, the 1974 Oscars streaker, and 2003's Loony Tunes: Back in Action.
Plus: How did the Clouseaus get together originally? Why is there an English-language court in Rome? What's George's whole deal? And, most importantly, is this movie just too horny for its own good?
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We're continuing our look at queer cinema of the twenty-first century by assessing the romance of writer-director Dee Rees's narrative debut, Pariah.
Join in as we discuss Rees's career, the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, DP Bradford Young, and the film's nuanced portrayal of parents.
Plus: What are the best strip clubs in cinema? How did Will recognize Charles Parnell? And, most importantly, how is this year's DreamWorks Animation slate shaping up?
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We're celebrating the end of the Jurassic Era with a look at the series first threequel, Joe Johnston's Jurassic Park III.
Join in as we discuss summer reading, steaming poops, Stan Winston's special effects, and Billy's poor paleontology skills.
Plus: What versions of this movie almost got made? Did Grant and Sattler ever date? What happened to that guy from the boat? And, most importantly, can you use black market money to fund a university dig?
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Next week: Pariah (2011)
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We're together with our summer crew celebrating Pride Month, Jane Austen, and new releases as we take a look at the romance of Fire Island, the new queer Pride and Prejudice adaptation directed by Andrew Ahn and written by Joel Kim Booster, who stars alongside Bowen Yang.
Join in as we discuss resort movies, Booster's and Yang's careers, and, of course, Quibi.
Plus, a host of We Love the Love friends and listeners call in to help us answer questions like: Why did Noah show people the video? How does the movie adapt Austen's text for a new context? And how dare they come for our beloved Tomb Raider, Alicia Vikander??
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We're throwing back to the romances of classic horror with a look at Jacques Tourneur's 1942 classic Cat People, about a woman who turns into, well, a cat.
Join in as we discuss producer Val Lewton's horror unit at RKO, the film's complicated ideas about sexuality, and the validity of a zookeeper's prophecies.
Plus: Is any of the movie's Serbian history worth listening to? How were Cat People and other Lewton films responding to the better-known Universal monster movies? And, most importantly, are working women the true villains of the movie?
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We're headed into the danger zone as we celebrate the long-delayed release of Top Gun: Maverick by looking at the romance of Tony Scott's original air combat school film, which topped box office charts in 1986.
Join in as we discuss upsetting non-kisses, fictional countries, corporate synergy, and abundant homoeroticism.
Plus: What role did Top Gun play in the home video market of the 1980s? What changes did the US Navy demand to the script? What's up with Charlie's parrot? And why would anyone play volleyball in jeans?
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We're continuing our look at the Best Picture nominees of 1988 with a look at Lawrence Kasdan's The Accidental Tourist, starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis in the role that won her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress!
Join in as we discuss incompetent adults, Kathleen Turner's voice (and voice acting), alphabetical groceries, and an early manic pixie dream girl performance.
Plus: Are the in-universe Accidental Tourist books a good idea? Does Rose know any women besides Sarah? How did Muriel get on that plane to Paris? And why are all these women chasing Macon, anyway??
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We're burning up the pavement as we search for barely-there romance in the 2013 DreamWorks Animation snail racing movie Turbo, starring Ryan Reynolds as a snail who dreams of Indy cars.
Join in as we discuss animals playing sports, snail economics, the Air Bud franchise, and answer a listener email about the new Puss in Boots film.
Plus: How did Turbo get to the highway? Why did that guy have to carry his car? How does nitrous work? And which Pixar movie is this particular DWA film ripping off? (The answer might surprise you!)
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We're talking about movies for grownups this week as we look at the empty-nest relationship between HBO legends Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini in Nicole Holofcener's 2013 rom-com Enough Said!
Join in as we discuss this (and many other movies') reception by AARP, appropriate brunch attire, a wonderfully awkward non-kiss, and Gandolfini's incredible posthumous performance.
Plus: What's the most 2013 reference in this movie? Would we have liked this when it came out? Can we talk ourselves into giving this a 10/10? And, most importantly, how dare Toni Collette use her real accent?!
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Will and Marc are both looking for planning tips as they take a look at the industry romance of Frank Coraci's 1998 rom com classic, The Wedding Singer!
Join in as we discuss weird wedding stories, butt mitzvahs, practice kisses, a comically villainous boyfriend, and a specific episode of The Goldbergs.
Plus: What is this movie's secret sauce? Why did Linda come back to Robbie? Is Spanky's a breakdancing club? And, most importantly, what was the average number of sexual partners for someone in the 1980s?
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Next week: Enough Said (2013)
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We're saying "Oh hi" to Marc as we finally tackle the the torrid romance of Tommy Wiseau's 2003 disasterpiece, The Room!
Join in as we discuss midnight movies, comparisons to our beloved Birdemic, Tommy's post-Room career, and a surprise appearance by Ask Amy.
Plus: Who is Steven? Does Denny know about sex? Where did Tommy's money come from? And is Chris-R an alien?
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Next week: The Wedding Singer (1998)
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We've tracked down another of our white whales, having gotten ahold of the 1987 department store rom com Mannequin via DCPL's DVD collection.
Join in as we discuss Kim Cattrall, sequel titles, animated credits, and department store finances.
Plus: Are the Egyptian gods real? What does Emy want? Will Avatar 2 come out this year? And, most importantly, what are the rules???
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Next week: The Room (2003)
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We're on a tour of the best transit options as we meander through the romance on Richard Linklater's 1995 Sundance classic Before Sunrise, starring Ethan Hakwe and Julie Delpy.
Join in as we discuss our best all-nighters, our Linklater experiences, and the movie's exciting structure.
Plus: What is the sequence of the Before movies? What kind of insurance does Linklater's Merrily We Roll Along adaptation have? Andy why didn't Jesse and Celine go to the cow play?
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We're easing out of the Oscars with a Best Picture nominee from ten years ago, David O. Russell's adaptation of Silver Linings Playbook!
Join in as we discuss peak Jennifer Lawrence, diner dates, Abbott Elementary, and this movie's surprising darkness.
Plus: Why did Nicky and her lover set up a boombox? Why did Pat's brother buy him an away jersey? Why are Pat and Tiffany in competition with professionals? And should Dr. Patel lose his medical license?
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Next week: Before Sunrise (1995)
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In preparation for the 94th Academy Awards next Sunday night, we're rating the believability of the romance in all ten of this year's Best Picture nominees, from Belfast to West Side Story.
Join in as we discuss Jamie Dornan's 2021, the timeline of Licorice Pizza, the true villain of West Side Story, and the impending #OscarsFanFavorite debacle.
Plus: Why doesn't Don't Look Up work? What is Marc's dog's favorite movie? Is Dune about love? And how does Will keep tricking his family into seeing foreign films?
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We're taking a long look at the age of our youth as we examine the on- and off-the-field romance of the 2006 Shakespeare modernization She's the Man, starring Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum as star-crossed roommates.
Join in as we discuss DVD trailer packages, terrible taglines, baffling accents, and the Teen Choice Awards.
Plus: Channing Tatum is back in theaters with Dog and The Lost City, but where's he been? Why are most Shakespeare comedies about gender swaps? What love shape does the movie's narrative adhere to? And, most importantly, what parents react that way to seeing their kid's dick?
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We're looking at bad romance in the 1975 sci-fi horror classic The Stepford Wives, based on the novel by Ira Levin.
Join in as we discuss star Katharine Ross, doppelgangers, robot boobs, TV sequels, and The Princess Switch 3.
Plus: How does this adaptation compare to the 2004 remake starring Nicole Kidman? Why did Betty Friedan call on women to boycott it? Why did screenwriter William Goldman quit the production? And is this the weakest justification for a point zero in show history?
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Next week: She's the Man (2006)
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We're looking at a capital-R Romance this week as we dissect the sweeping midcentury romance in Eugene Ashe's underseen 2020 film Sylvie's Love, starring Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha.
Join in as we discuss songs of the summer, confident job-seeking, standardized tests, and the movie's charming love of television.
Plus: Why didn't this movie have more of an impact? Is it weird that John Magaro did a singing Coke commercial? Did Will technically finish the movie? And, most importantly, is this a stealth Mary Tyler Moore Show remake?
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Romance is back on the big screen (and also Peacock), so we're taking a look at Marry Me, the new movie starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson as a pop star and a math teacher who get spontaneously married during a concert.
Join in as we discuss the movie's surprisingly grounded plot, JLo's cultural moment, the loneliness of fame, and the resurgence of Ben Affleck.
Plus: Where was the officiating at this math competition? Was Charlie's mom a duchess? Did NBC have anything to do with this movie? Can Will do a French accent? And, most importantly, what's the sexiest musical?
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Next week: Sylvie's Love (2020)
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For the most love-loving day of the year, we're looking at more romances than we can handle in the first of Garry Marshall's holiday starstraganzas, Valentine's Day!
Join in as we discuss our own top V-Day stories, our favorite performances, Taylor Swift's film debut, and Marshall's rules for filmmaking.
Plus: Why is Anne Hathaway taking sex calls on her work phone? How does this movie manage to satisfy no one with its gay romance? And how many title drops are there?
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Next week: Marry Me (2022) - now in theaters and streaming on Peacock!
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We're continuing our look at the Best Picture nominees of 1988 with a look at Alan Parker's lily-white Civil Rights drama Mississippi Burning, starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as FBI agents investigating the murders of three Freedom Summer activists.
Join in as we discuss the trouble with movies clearly based on - but not telling the story of - a specific event, the film's portrayal of the FBI, and comparisons to Stillwater and Green Book.
Plus: How many churches did they burn for this movie? Why did Civil Rights leaders protest the film? And why does this movie have any romance at all???
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Next week: Valentine's Day (2010)
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We're staring at ourselves in the mirror as we tackle the complex but minor romance of John Woo's 1997 action classic Face/Off, in which FBI agent John Travolta swaps faces with mercenary terrorist Nicolas Cage.
Join in as we discuss the Archer family's weird forms of affection, the mechanics of the face swap, the '97 box office, and, once again, the Nicole Kidman AMC video.
Plus: What's the weird connection between this movie and The Departed? How close is that prison to the US mainland? Why can't they just make a new face for Sean? And, most importantly, did they put Castor's back on his corpse?
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We're looking at a listener suggestion with the premise of a joke in Edward Norton's directorial debut, the 2000 priest-rabbi-tech lady love triangle Keeping the Faith.
Join in as we discuss karaoke, The Incredible Hulk, a surprising dye job, and a pleasantly low-stakes romantic gesture.
Plus: What does Anna's company do? Will her finances survive the dot com bubble? Are garter cell phone holsters sexy? And what will it take for Marc to truly love rom coms?
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We're dreaming of Manderley again as we take a look at the tortuous romance of Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's gothic romance Rebecca.
Join in as we discuss du Maurier's controversial life, Joan Fontaine's performance as the unnamed protagonist, Mrs. Danvers, and gambling at sea.
Plus: How did Hitchcock limit the interference of producer David O. Selznick? What changes did the Production Code office demand be made from the book during adaptation? And, most importantly, what happened to the Chuck E. Cheese robot band?
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Next week: Keeping the Faith (2000)
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We've unearthed a movie we've attempted to cover multiple times: the 2011 undead noir Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, adapted from the hit Italian comic book and starring erstwhile Superman Brandon Routh.
Join in as we discuss hyper-specific weapons, magnets, zombie fluids, spare mausoleums, and guest behavior we simply cannot believe.
Plus: How does Dylan decide which old technology to use? Why does this movie feel like a basic cable pilot? What percentage of this movie's box office is Marc responsible for? And, most importantly, how long did it take the female lead to get a name?
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Next week: Rebecca (1940)
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We're kicking off the new year with our fifteenth look at the films of DreamWorks Animation, this time discussing the 2006 comic strip adaptation Over the Hedge, about animals who mostly go through one.
Join in as we discuss turtle shells, bangs, "unrated" versions of movies, our experiences with the funny pages.
Plus: Why can't you see Verne's tail when his shell is off? Is this Bruce Willis's best performance in twenty years? Has Marc become a Larrainiac? And, most importantly, was 2021 the biggest year so far for rabbits?
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Next week: Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)
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We're finishing off the year with a movie that has one sequence set at New Year's and zero that involve mermaids: the 1990 60s-set coming-of-age movie Mermaids, starring Cher, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci - none of whom, and we cannot stress this enough, plays a mermaid.
Join in as we discuss Catholic fandom, child performances, abortive attempts to get the movie going with Lasse Hallstrom and Frank Oz, and Kenneth Branagh and Michael Crichton, who are like mermaids in that they had nothing to do with this movie.
Plus: Does Joe live in the belltower? How is Bob Hoskins so cute? Why was Winona Ryder campaigned in supporting instead of lead? And what is the deal with this movie's title? (We are too dumb to figure it out.)
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We're finishing up this year's Christmas romances with a look at the one that started it all: 1945's Christmas in Connecticut, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan.
Join in as we discuss our ideal frauds, Stanwyck's politics and careers, Mary's incomprehensible plot, and saying goodnight to cows.
Plus: What is Jones being fed at the hospital? Why does Elizabeth agree to marry John? Could Fiona handle a viewing of Carrie? And, most importantly, what the heck is the magoo?!?
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We continue our look at this year's holiday romances with Netflix's Single All the Way, starring Michael Urie and Philemon Chambers - and, more importantly, Kathy Najimy and Jennifer Coolidge.
Join in as we discuss sexy holiday characters, the inevitable commercialization of Juneteenth, and our ideas for the tenth Fast and Furious movie.
Plus: Did Netflix steal this idea from Will and our guest? Is Peter's dad looking for a throuple? And is Marc too gay to know about Red Notice?
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Next week: Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
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We're beginning our holiday season with Candy Coated Christmas, the first ever scripted movie from the Food Network, which was advertised as though it starred "Pioneer Woman" Ree Drummond, despite the fact that she barely appears.
Join in as we discuss the stunningly dumb lead characters, a terrible and violent meet-cute, the Twelve Days of Christmas, and the movie's astonishing lack of candy.
Plus: How many of these movies has #FiFiFierce seen? Has Molly's dad been stealing her income? Why did Fiona watch six seasons of Last Man Standing? And is this just the dull average of all holiday movies?
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Next week: Single All the Way (2021) - now streaming on Netflix!
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We're tackling another listener request as we look at the mostly offscreen romance of George Cukor's 1939 adaptation of The Women, starring Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, and Joan Crawford.
Join in as we discuss the wild life of playwright Clare Booth Luce, the technicolor fashion show, Nevada divorce ranches, and, of course, Nicole Kidman's AMC video.
Plus: What happened to the all-male remake in the 1960s? Who would we cast in a modern update? Is Little Mary illiterate? And how is Stephen so bad at infidelity?
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Next week: Candy Coated Christmas (2021) - streaming on Discovery+
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Start spreading the news, because - as Will and Marc were somehow surprised to learn - the iconic song "Theme from New York, New York" actually comes from this week's movie, the 1977 musical New York, New York, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Liza Minelli and Robert De Niro.
Join in as we discuss this homage to Golden Age movie musicals, our own backgrounds with Scorsese, the movie's incredible finale, and, once again, Barbra Streisand's underground mall.
Plus: Is Jimmy the worst man? Where does this movie fit in Liza's relationship history? Does Marty listen to podcasts? And does Happy Endings seem like it would have any hope of being a good movie?
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We're traveling in time to 2004 for a look at the romance between Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo in the age up/time travel movie 13 Going on 30.
Join in as we discuss the teen films of 2004, the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, Judy Greer's doppelganger, Garner's physical performance, and realism in rom coms.
Plus: Has Matty ever hung out with anyone but Jenna? Should the government be regulating this wishing dust? Aren't both magazine redesigns bad? And does Marc remember any movies we cover?
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Take out your phones and hit record, because we're looking at one of the earliest feature films shot on an iPhone: Sean Baker's 2015 Christmas(?) movie about trans sex workers in Los Angeles, Tangerine.
Join in as we discuss the performances by Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, the process of shooting on an iPhone 5S, the worst movie theaters in the DC area, and that time Bella Thorne lied about being on OnlyFans to do research for a movie.
Plus: Why did a bus driver call the police on production? Has there ever been a good guy named Chester? Why didn't LeBron try to draft his Smallfoot character for his Space Jam 2 dream team? And, Marc asks, did Reminiscence actually come out?
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We're headed to an explicitly undefined time period for a look at Otto Bathurst's 2018 Robin Hood, starring Taron Egerton and a host of other hotties in a movie so dreadful it circles around again to being a delight.
Join in as we discuss automatic bows, sequel teases, a bizarre conspiracy theory, and the youth vote.
Plus: Is Jamie Foxx doing an accent? Is Bathurst in a cult? What exactly are the people of Nottingham mining? And why does the script do Jamie Dornan's Will Scarlet so dirty?
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Next week: Tangerine (2015)
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We're finishing up our spookiest month with a look at the 2000 horror parody film Scary Movie.
Join in as we discuss iconic taglines, the parody films of the 2000s, many unfortunate jokes, and the crucial difference between comedy and reference.
Plus: Where did Scary Movie fit into the 2000 box office? How is it connected to those other parodies? What would a Gladiator sequel be about? And, most importantly, is cereal soup?
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We're dipping out toes into the slasher genre for a look at the many doomed romances of the 1980 camp classic Friday the 13th.
Join in as we discuss camp counselors, our experience with slasher movies, Betsy Palmer's performance, and the rules of strip monopoly.
Plus: Why has this movie entered the queer cinema canon? Why did screenwriter Victor Miller disavow the sequels? And was Camp Crystal Lake a Jesus camp, or was it just the 1950s?
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We're headed back into movie theaters for a look at Stephen Chbosky's would-be Oscar contender Dear Evan Hansen, starring twenty-eight year-old Ben Platt in the teenage role that won him a Tony Award several years ago.
Join in as we discuss school assemblies, the film's strengths and weaknesses as an adaptation, the story's clumsy handling of mental illness, and our star songwriters Pasek and Paul.
Plus: How big is Evan's school? Why does Evan email the suicide note? Why exactly does Zoe like Evan? How late into the plot will we try to shift the start of the movie? And, most critically, is anyone actually found?
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We're kicking off October with a movie that starts out funny and then turns into a harrowing thriller: Jonathan Demme's 1986 road movie Something Wild, starring Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, and one of the first appearances of Ray Liotta.
Join in as we discuss the best state flags, 80s New York on film, and the career of director Jonathan Demme.
Plus: What exactly is the Christmas Club? Why did writer E. Max Frye win an Edgar Award for this movie? Should Will start wearing suspenders? And, most importantly, what does Marc do when he has to go to the bathroom during a movie?
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Next week: Dear Evan Hansen (2021) - only in theaters!!!
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In their latest foray into made-for-TV movies, Will and Marc join the #POstables to look at the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries US Postal Service mystery/romance The Road Less Traveled, the tenth(?) movie in the Signed, Sealed, Delivered series.
Join in as they discuss inappropriate workplace relationships, the career of series creator Martha Williamson, the Dove Awards, and hereditary uncoolness.
Plus: Is Oliver a replicant? Why did they stop so many times along the way? Does anyone know what to do with their hands? And how do you pronounce POstables, anyway?
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Next week: Something Wild (1986)
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We take a number of historical tangents as we're transported to ancien regime France in Stephen Frears's 1988 adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Join in as we discuss Close's unstoppable 1980s, a delightful Peter Capaldi, Flavor of Love, and Barbra Streisand's secret mall.
Plus: Are these the worst people we've ever talked about? What do nobles do with their free time? And do we have any command of the character names in this movie?
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Next week: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled (2018)
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For our 200th episode, we're taking a look at a supersized love story in the 2009 DreamWorks Animation genre parody Monsters vs. Aliens, starring Reese Witherspoon and a host of other famous people.
Join in as we discuss Seth Rogen's standout performance, the movie's late-Bush-era comedy, some surprise Wegtent, and the return of some long-lost segments.
Plus: Why does Derek move so weirdly? Could this have been a live-action masterpiece? How did DWA chief Jeffrey Katzenberg simultaneously champion and destroy 3D filmmaking? And, of course, does Marc remember a single movie we've covered on this show?
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Next week: Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
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We return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time in 191 episodes for a look at Kenneth Branagh's 2011 franchise starter Thor!
Join in as we discuss the arrival of Chris Hemsworth, the Odinsleep, the secret history of Donald Blake, and the franchise-dominated 2011 box office.
Plus: Why did Anthony Hopkins take the role of Odin? How long has Jane had Dr. Blake's old shirt? What's the difference between the MCU's two glowing blue boxes? And, most importantly, what's the gayest Marvel movie?
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The summer's ending, so we're taking a look at the unbelievable romance of the 1995 back to school comedy Billy Madison, starring Adam Sandler in his first lead role.
Join in as we discuss Sandler's departure from SNL, the movie's long life on VHS, its lazy handling of queer people, and, of course, our favorite literary commentaries on industrialization.
Plus: Has Sandler ever been drunk in real life? How are all the students white? Has Billy ever had sex? And why does he want the hotel job anyway?
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This week we're taking a look at the romance between two parents in John Berry's 1974 rom-dram-edy Claudine, starring Diahann Carroll in an Oscar-nominated performance alongside James Earl Jones.
Join in as we discuss Third World Cinema, the movie's portrayal of the welfare system, our favorite bus sequences, and the tragic circumstances that led to Carroll's casting.
Plus: What are the rules of street dice? Do paddywagons always have open doors? And is it normal for bars to have Gospel choirs?
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It's time for vaudeville shenanigans as we look at the second Marx Brothers film, 1930's Animal Crackers.
Join in as we discuss iconic jokes, Groucho's facial hair, Harpo's antics, Top Gun, and the dry performance of Margaret Dumont.
Plus: Does anyone really know how to play bridge? Why does Mrs. Rittenhouse own so many knives? How did a college activist group save this movie? And why exactly is this movie called Animal Crackers anyway?
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In honor of her impending nuptials, we welcome all-star guest #FiFiFierce back to the podcast to talk about the surprisingly limited romance of Charles Shyer's 1991 remake of Father of the Bride.
Join in as we discuss the respective careers of Shyer and his then-wife Nancy Meyers, middle-aged Diane Keaton, architecture school, dumb traditions, and animals at weddings.
Plus: Does George not realize he's rich? Why are the bride's parents paying for in-laws' intercontinental flights? How did all the snow melt? When will we finally cover High School Musical 3? And, most importantly, will Fiona ever acknowledge that 1991 was kind of a long time ago?
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We're looking at one of Clint Eastwood's many roles about being just too old (or maybe just old enough) to get the job done in the 2012 father-daughter baseball movie Trouble with the Curve, starring Eastwood alongside Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake as an afterthought romantic pair.
Join in as we discuss this movie's position as the anti-Moneyball, a major plagiarism lawsuit, clogging, and Dear Evan Hansen.
Plus: Did Clint's character kill that guy? How long can he play these characters? How did Johnny know to be at that gate? And what the heck was going on with Eastwood in general in 2012? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!
Next week: Father of the Bride (1991)
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We're headed back to the turn of the twentieth century to talk about the implausible romance of Michael Curtiz's 1942 musical biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring James Cagney in an Oscar-winning performance as Broadway legend George M. Cohan.
Join in as we discuss the US flag code, an accidentally hilarious proposal, a very silly framing device, and the movie's absolute aversion to conflict.
Plus: Why did gangster star Cagney agree to do this movie? Why did Cohan's real-life wife sue the production? Did anyone give Johnny Jones's regards to Broadway? And, most importantly, was George really born on the Fourth of July?
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We're headed into the serververse (and not, as the title would suggest, to space) for a look at the scant romance of the newly-released Space Jam: A New Legacy - now in theaters and on HBO Max.
Join in as we discuss the year in film so far, LeBron vs Jordan, the failed attempts to make a Space Jam sequel in the past, and the one joke we both liked.
Plus: Why did Will's audience applaud this movie? What exactly does the villainous Al G. Rhythm want? How is there no mention of HBO Max in the movie? And what will it take for us to subscribe to Paramount+?
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Next week: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
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We're talking big business and bigger hair as we look at the romance of Mike Nichols's 1988 hit Working Girl, starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith (in that order, according to the credits).
Join in as we discuss Valium, the Bob's Burgers musical of this movie, the Oscar-winning score by Carly Simon, Alec Baldwin's breakout year, and, of course, CBS's Blue Bloods.
Plus: Is Cameron the victim of Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Which performance is Harrison Ford's hottest? How did Kevin Spacey get this typecast? And, most importantly, is Katherine a #girlboss?
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This Independence Day, we're finally cracking open the book as we look at two rekindled romances in the 2007 Disney sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets.
Join in as we discuss Mount Vernon kidnappings, Samuel Mudd, the saga of the still-unproduced National Treasure 3, and Christian youth basketball.
Plus: When did Patrick and Emily split up? Should Abigail be fired? Should the royal family sue Disney? Is G-Force worth a watch? And, most importantly, what's on page 47?!?
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We're diving into a decade of discourse as we attempt to untangle the relative culpability of Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zooey Deschanel's characters in the failure of their relationship in 2009's (500) Days of Summer.
Join in as we discuss the movie's tangled legacy, director Marc Webb's filmography, the cultural dominance of the Wii, and the cultural non-dominance of the Microsoft Zune.
Plus: What's the deal with Jenny Beckman? What happened to Beyoncé's acting career? How far did Chloe Grace Moretz's character have to bike? And, most importantly, have greeting cards destroyed our emotional honest?
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Next week: National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
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Marc gets it: Bong Joon-ho's debut feature, Barking Dogs Never Bite, is about someone who murders dogs to get them to shut up.
Join in as he and Will discuss dog deaths, basement people, Jupiter Ascending, and artistic filmmaking on a shoestring budget.
Plus: Which Disney animals are sentient? Do dog birthdays matter? Should Independence Day be considered of a piece with the Garry Marshall holiday movies? And, most importantly, how do you pronounce the title of the film mother!?
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Next week: (500) Days of Summer (2009)
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Of all this movie's possible titles, the tabloid-sounding one they chose was clearly the best - it's what got us to watch Rene Clair's 1942 Veronica Lake vehicle I Married a Witch!
Join in as we discuss hereditary curses, Lake's short but iconic career (including her unbelievable final film), great visual effects, and, once again, the madness that is Never Been Kissed.
Plus: Do witch burnings usually have intermissions? How did Lake's iconic hairdo lead to wartime injuries? Why did censors object to the film? And just what did the witches do while they were trapped in the tree?
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We're back to musicals as we look at Bill Condon's 2006 adaptation of Dreamgirls - the movie that won Jennifer Hudson an Oscar and asked us to believe Beyoncé was a bad singer.
Join in as we discuss the cultural imprint of American Idol, the film's use of non-diagetic music, the Master Cleanse, and Jamie Foxx's game show Beat Shazam.
Plus: Why did David Geffen block so many attempts to make this movie? Why is John Lithgow's wig so terrible? Is The Greatest Showman any good? And, most importantly, can Will identify a single iconic girl group song?
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Next week: I Married a Witch (1942)
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We return to the work of director Robert Zemeckis this week as we look at the 1984 comedy-adventure-romance, Romancing the Stone!
Join in as we talk about Kathleen Turner's fight for the role of Joan Wilder, the tragically short career of writer Diane Thomas, avoiding the damsel cliché, the film's incredibly weird trailer, and the short-lived reality show Fire Me Please.
Plus: What exactly happened to Joan's brother-in-law? What does it mean to romance a stone? What's going on with Egypt in Wonder Woman 1984? And, most importantly, is Will going to see this as an opportunity for lots of Back to the Future talk?
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It's time for another modernized monster as we look at Dracula 2000, a movie that is cool in a way that was only possible between The Matrix and 9/11.
Join in as we discuss Judas Iscariot, bicycle face, leech flicking, and a lot of questions about vampire sex.
Plus: Why was this movie released at Christmas? Is Dracula Untold part of the Dark Universe? Is Dracula trying to adopt Mary or bang her? And, most importantly, why didn't anyone tell us this movie was good?!?
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We've seen a lot of bad teachers in movies, but the predatory and/or neglectful ones in Raja Gosnell's 1999 rom com Never Been Kissed clearly take the cake.
Join in as we discuss our own first kisses, being the new kid, Drew Barrymore's tumultuous 90s, and wearing a skirt as a top.
Plus: Does this movie explain the death of print media? Are there multiple undercover reporters at this school? Why would anyone care about Josie's article? And, most importantly, is this just a worse Ma?
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Next week: Dracula 2000 (2000)
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The release date for this movie's sequel is less predictable than the title character's malicious glee, so we've thrown up our hands and decided to put out an episode on Will Gluck's 2018 adaptation of Peter Rabbit whenever we feel like it.
Join in as we discuss our experience seeing this movie in a theater, the Sony hack, James Corden, and Gluck's 2014 "cool Annie."
Plus: Why is this movie so violent? Is Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway ever going to come out? Where do the rabbits get their clothes? And, most importantly, is Peter trying to bang Rose Byrne?
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We're kicking off the summer movie season like it's 1999 with the first big release of that May - Stephen Sommers's take on The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
Join in as we discuss the hottest movie monsters, alternate plans for this movie, Medjai incompetence, and, naturally, Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Plus: Is the xenomorph sexy? Where was the frog plague? Should we feel bad for Imhotep? And, most importantly, is The Mummy the greatest movie ever made?
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At long last, we're digging into the surprisingly robust teen terminal illness romance genre with a look at 2017's The Space Between Us, about a boy born on Mars who's in love with an Earth girl.
Join in as we discuss standout examples of the genre, bad future computer designs, gravity acting, and the movie's calamitous box office.
Plus: How did Gardner's mom allow herself to become pregnant? What is the Teen Choice Award eligibility window? How did Gardner and Tulsa meet? And is Gary Oldman the protagonist of this movie?
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Next week: The Mummy (1999)
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The Oscars are finally here, which means it's time for Will and Marc's annual evaluation of the romantic believability of this year's Best Picture slate!
Join in as we discuss our love of Minari star Alan Kim, typecasting in The Father, "poor Sara," and a typically disappointing Best Original Song category.
Plus: How many cats are there in Soul? Who is the lead of Judas and the Black Messiah? Would Tenet work best as a ballet? And, most importantly, is this our most believable slate of Best Picture romances ever?
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Next week: The Space Between Us (2017)
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We return to the work of We Love the Love all-star Renee Zellweger for the movie that won her her Oscar: Anthony Minghella's 2003 Civil War romance Cold Mountain, based on the novel by Charles Frazier.
Join in as we discuss a ridiculously star-studded cast, the movie's notorious budget woes, the Battle of the Crater, Ruby Tuesday, and the many lies of Madison Cawthorn.
Plus: What's happening in that sex scene? How did editor Walter Murch revolutionize the film industry with this movie? How has there not been a film adaptation of Operation? And is it possible to make a thoughtful movie with a Confederate hero?
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Next week: 2021 Oscars Extravaganza!!!
Links to Best Picture nominees on streaming platforms:
The Father (rental)
Judas and the Black Messiah (rental)
Mank (Netflix)
Minari (rental)
Nomadland (Hulu)
Promising Young Woman(rental)
Sound of Metal (Amazon Prime Video)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
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We're tipping our many hats and wishing a "Happy Easter" to everyone we see in 1948's Easter Parade, starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire.
Join in as we discuss hotel detectives, early celebrity crushes, Astaire's return from retirement, and real-life Easter parades.
Plus: Why are there so few Easter movies? How can Hannah not tell left from right? What's the deal with that waiter? And why do people think it's okay to give animals as pets?
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Next week: Cold Mountain (2003)
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We're jumping back to the (13)70s for Brian Helgelund's 2001 sports comedy, A Knight's Tale!
Join in as we discuss the movie's use of anachronism, pop soundtracks, Medieval Times, and our favorite cinematic farts.
Plus: How did pasta play a key role in this movie? Why did its marketing trigger a class-action lawsuit? Does Rufus Sewell have resting evil face? And is William magically drawn to the letter J?
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Next week: Easter Parade (1948)
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In anticipation of next week's Godzilla vs Kong, Will and Marc are looking back to the source, investigating the romance of the original feature starring the eighth wonder of the world.
Join in as they discuss the Legendary MonsterVerse, Fay Wray's iconic scream, Willis O'Brien's groundbreaking special effects, and the film's troubled racial politics.
Plus: How autobiographical is this movie? What happened to the first girl we see sacrificed to Kong? And, most importantly of all, was it really beauty that killed the beast?
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Next week: A Knight's Tale (2001)
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We're tackling a listener suggestion this week as we look at the romance between Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli in Steve Gordon's 1981 comedy hit Arthur!
Join in as we talk about depictions of alcoholism, bad shoplifting outfits, the future of interior design, and John Gielgud's Oscar-winning performance as Hobson.
Plus: Is Liza an EGOT? How many people has Susan's dad killed? Is Contact the ultimate science class movie? And what exactly does happen when you get caught between the moon and New York City?
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Next week: King Kong (1933)
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You should probably listen to this episode on 2x speed just to get a feeling for what it's like to watch Howard Hawks's 1940 screwball romance His Girl Friday, starring Cary Grant and Marc's third cousin, Rosalind Russell!
Join in as we discuss justifications for murder, The Front Page, Kalloch's iconic costume designs, comic sneezes, and the dark age of journalism.
Plus: How does His Girl Friday compare to other screwball comedies? How did Russell fix her underwritten character? Do all newspapers have thieves on payroll? And what's Molly Molloy's deal, anyway?
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Next week: Arthur (1981)
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This week's lovers are made of wax, because we're looking at the love of Shawn Levy's 2006 family comedy Night at the Museum.
Join in as we discuss medieval medicine, confusing language rules, Eragon, and the challenges of adapting Dungeons and Dragons.
Plus: What do mummies really sound like? Why is Owen Wilson uncredited? And, most importantly, is wax Teddy racist? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!
Next week: His Girl Friday (1940)
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We're headed to Jamaica (and back and forth several times) to look at the wish-fulfillment romance of How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
Join in as we talk about Angela Bassett, age gaps, the female gaze, and the torrid real-life basis for this movie.
Plus: Do Stella and Winston have anything in common? Why was Shrek added to the National Film Registry? Should Victor Garber have played Winston? And, most importantly, was Stella's groove ever missing in the first place?
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Next week: Night at the Museum (2006)
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This week we're looking at the oldest surviving film by a Black director, Oscar Micheaux's 1920 silent feature Within Our Gates - available to stream free on YouTube thanks to the Library of Congress!
Join in as we discuss Micheaux's career, star Evelyn Preer, unusual credits, Scrooge McDuck, and post-World War I immigration law.
Plus: what happened to the movie's original intertitles? How did Thomas Edison accidentally help create Hollywood? How has Larry not been caught cheating at cards sooner? And what exactly is Conrad's job?
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Next week: How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
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Everything you need to know about the protagonist of this week's movie can be found in the Academy Award-winning title song - it's Shaft!
Join in as we discuss pioneering director Gordon Parks, the debut of Richard Roundtree, and a surprisingly positive portrayal of a gay bartender!
Plus: How did casting a Black man as Shaft change the narrative? What do elevator operators do all day? And, most importantly, is it true that no one understands Shaft but his woman?
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Next week: Within Our Gates (1920) - available on YouTube courtesy of the Library of Congress!
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We're looking at a romantically tumultuous wedding weekend in Malcolm D. Lee's 1999 debut, The Best Man.
Join in as we discuss late 90s fashion, ill-advised autobiography, Terryology, teen disease romances, and TV's handling of Covid-19 (and HBO Max's Locked Down).
Plus: Why is everyone in this movie so hot? Did Lance get married on gameday? Why would Robin accept that proposal? And is marriage really a cure to promiscuity?
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Next week: Shaft (1971)
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This week, Marc and our guest introduce Will to the world of Lifetime original movies with 2020's Pool Boy Nightmare, which is about exactly what it sounds like.
Join in as we talk about our favorite pool scenes, the best (least bad?) performances in the movie, a terrible sound mix, an unreasonable boss, and, obviously the Dark Universe.
Plus: Are brunettes evil? When does a pool boy become a pool man? And, most importantly of all, is Adam even hot?
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Next week: The Best Man (1999)
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It's relentless mania this week as we look at the chaotic romance between Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal in Peter Bogdanovich's 1972 hit, What's Up, Doc?
Join in as we discuss our favorite chase sequences, suitcase hijinks, caveman music, and early appearances by Streisand and Madeline Kahn.
Plus: Who was the basis for Hugh Simon? How did this movie permanently damage a San Francisco park? Which character does Will describe as "a Darwin Award waiting to happen"? And does love really mean never having to say you're sorry?
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Next week: Pool Boy Nightmare (2020) - now streaming for free on Hoopla!
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A new year calls for a fresh look at the romances of DreamWorks Animation - in this case the surprisingly earnest relationships of 2013's The Croods!
Join in as we discuss our favorite road trip movies, seductive puppetry, the movie's Annie Award-winning creature designs, and our inevitable Boss Baby episode.
Plus: Why did this movie and its sequel keep getting delayed? What's up with the similarities to Early Man? And how many times can Marc talk about a "European trip" movie before he and Will realize it's called Eurotrip?
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Next week: What's Up, Doc? (1972)
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We're kicking off the new year by searching desperately through the jungle for any romance at all in Frank Marshall's 1995 adaptation of Congo.
Join in as we discuss Michael Crichton adaptations, Stan Winston's gorilla designs, the career of writer John Patrick Shanley, and Laura Linney holding a laser.
Plus: What's going on with these accents? What borders are they crossing? And why would the grey gorillas be scared of Amy?
ALSO: Will and Marc's top movies of 2020!
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Next week: The Croods (2013)
Where to watch Will and Marc's favorite movies of the year (click titles for a link):
Marc's Top Five:
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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
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Soul
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Mank
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Palm Springs
Will's Top Ten:
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Another Round
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Let Them All Talk
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Emma.
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Palm Springs
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Wolfwalkers
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What the Constitution Means to Me
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Hamilton
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Boys State
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Da 5 Bloods
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First Cow
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We're ending the year on a light note with the 1988 comedy classic Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall playing a dizzying array of characters.
Join in as we discuss sketch comedy movies, restaurant dancing, McDowell's, and, for some reason, Bonanza.
Plus: Why is Eddie Murphy's story credit controversial? What is the source of Zamundan wealth? What's up with these wedding dresses? And why does anyone like The Polar Express? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!
Next week: Congo (1995)
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We're wrapping up this year's Christmas coverage with a look at the big man himself in what is possibly the most Tim Allen movie ever made, The Santa Clause 2.
Join in as we look at Christmas dictators, animatronic reindeer, an incredibly Molly Shannon performance, and the ending of The Lyons Den.
Plus: Was the previous Santa evil? Do magic units have any meaning? What happens if Santa is gay? And, most importantly, how could anyone in this universe not believe in Santa Claus?
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Next week: Coming to America (1988)
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We're fulfilling a promise made three years ago on our very first Christmas episode by bringing back #FiFiFierce to discuss the 2017 Ion Channel original Christmas movie Snowmance.
Join in as we discuss the cast's extensive Christmas movie resumes, lutefisk, lazy magazine ideas, and the uncomfortable idea of kissing a snowman.
Plus: How old is Cole? Are all snowmen sentient? Why is Will fighting with Hoopla? And when will Fiona update her chicken tender blog?
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Next week: The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
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Our holiday coverage continues with a look at the house-swapping romance of Nancy Meyers's 2006 rom com, The Holiday, starring Jack Black, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, and Kate Winslet.
Join in as we discuss comparisons to Bridget Jones, the Dustin Hoffman character, Blockbuster, and Jack Black as a romantic lead.
Plus: Should this be two movies? What's up with Teen Choice Award categories? Why did a British punk band hate this movie? And, most importantly, did Arthur give names to HUAC?
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Next week: Snowmance (2017)
NOTE: In this episode Will mixes up Netflix's Holidate with Dash and Lily, because he has not bothered to watch either one.
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We're starting our holiday season here with an annual tradition: #FiFiFierce and made-for-TV romances!
Join in as we discuss spritz-based fainting, a gruesome wife death, time loop movies, and Netflix's baffling business model.
Plus: Is "The Twelve Days of Christmas" the worst carol? Has this woman ever encountered honey? What time is that office party? Is the partridge brooch cursed? And, most importantly, has Fiona been gaming the romance ratings?
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Next week: The Holiday (2006)
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We're looking at moments of national transition in William Wyler's 1946 Best Picture winner, The Best Years of Our Lives.
Join in as we discuss Harold Russell's double Oscar-winning performance, family bar crawls, the remaining films of 2020, and this movie's vigorous contemporary resonance.
Plus: Where is Boone City? Why are so many children's choirs bad? What happened to Al's son? And why aren't hot dog salesmen more self-confident?
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Next week: 12 Dates of Christmas (2011)
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We're back to looking at turn-of-the-millennium teen comedies, but this time it's a lesbian love story set at a conversion camp in Jamie Babbit's 2000 debut But I'm a Cheerleader.
Join in as we discuss our weirdest camp memories, the novelty of a queer rom com, yearning, drool, and an iconic character introduction.
Plus: Why did MPAA try to rate this movie NC-17? Why did the town where it was shot get angry? How was this movie's original ending so dumb? And why don't any movie cheerleaders appear to have coaches?
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Next week: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
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On their third birthday, Will and Marc can finally declare #IveSeenPussInBoots after watching the 1988 Cannon Films adaptation starring Christopher Walken and Jason Connery.
Join in as they discuss the original Puss in Boots story, Cannon's history, boring musical numbers, and upsetting haircuts.
Plus: How old is the Jason Connery character supposed to be? Why doesn't Puss ever explain his plans? Why couldn't the younger sons keep working at the mill? And is Shrek just a normal feudal lord?
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Next week: But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)
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We're headed away from the things of man as we look at John Patrick Shanley's follow-up to Moonstruck, Joe Versus the Volcano.
Join in as we discuss a trio of performances by Meg Ryan, surreal production design, Tom Hanks's terrible long hair, miserable factories, and death by volcano.
Plus: Why was this movie seen as a flop? When's the last time Hanks did a comedy? What's the deal with the people on Waponi Wu? And how did Silly Bandz become so popular?
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Next week: Puss in Boots (1988)
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It's Halloween this week, which means we're looking at a romance involving corpses: Sam Raimi's 1981 cult classic, The Evil Dead.
Join in as we discuss Raimi's odd career, Tom Sullivan's groundbreaking special effects, the movie's cult status, and our weirdest Tennessee experiences.
Plus: How did Bruce Campbell get the role of Ash? Why did the plants have to go that far? Who rented them the cabin? And just how strong are the fingernails on the titular evil dead?
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Next week: Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
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We're pretty confused as we look at one of the best-known screwball comedies, because nobody told Will and Marc that Howard Hawks's Bringing Up Baby is not about a human infant.
Join in as we discuss misleading titles, "box office poison," the history of the brontosaurus, and this movie's use of the word gay.
Plus: Has Marc actually seen Mystic River? Did Baby really need bringing up? What is Alice's job? Is not listening hereditary? And why would David marry either of these women?
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Next week: The Evil Dead (1981)
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We're back in the pre-code era this week for a look at Mervyn LeRoy and Busby Berkeley's hit musical Gold Diggers of 1933.
Join in as we discuss our favorite Berkeley parodies, the Gold Diggers franchise, connections to 42nd Street, the Blazing Saddles TV show, and the making of a movie about the Great Depression while the United States was still in its throes.
Plus: How old is Lawrence supposed to be? Does this movie hate chorus girls? How strictly was Prohibition enforced? Will Amazon include the chimpanzee episode in its League of Their Own series? And, most importantly, what's the deal with the murderous, perverted, roller-skating baby in "Pettin' in the Park"?
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Next week: Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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It's homecoming season (or it would be if there weren't a pandemic), so we're taking a look at Spike Lee's college-set sophomore feature, School Daze.
Join in as we discuss ineffectual administrators, hot Larry Fishburne, natural hair, and the raft of young Black actors featured in the movie. Plus: What is this movie's connection to A Different World? What did the Hogwarts Board of Governors do? Are there any healthy relationships in this movie? And can twenty-first-century Spike Lee make a feature-length musical please?
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Next week: Gold Diggers of 1933
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It's our 150th episode, and we're taking the investigation abroad as we look at Sebastian Lelio's Oscar-winning 2017 film, A Fantastic Woman.
Join in as we discuss the odd experience of watching foreign films, our favorite trophies, Leilo's use of light, and the mysteries of Jack in the Box.
Plus: How was this movie received in Chile? When exactly did Marina and Orlando's relationship start? Is Gabo the worst possible ally? And why haven't you watched Disclosure yet?
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Next week: School Daze (1988)
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We're looking at long-distance relationships this week in the 2011 Sundance darling Like Crazy, the semi-autobiographical film directed by Drake Doremus and starring a young Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin.
Join in as we discuss hair as a marker of time's passing, a baffling visa decision, awkward first dates, and the career of Jennifer Lawrence. Plus: Who is casual friends with their lawyer? Is Jacob always covered in Sawdust? What is their final relationship status? And, most importantly, what the heck happened to Riverdale?
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Next week: A Fantastic Woman (2017)
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We're taking on a listener suggestion of Titanic (that's a pun) proportions as we look at the star-studded 1970s disaster film The Towering Inferno.
Join in as Will and Marc discuss basic fire prevention, cycloramas, explosive helicopters, and Paul Newman's sex den.
Plus: How is this movie based on two separate novels? Does Susan take the promotion? How is Bigelow so bad at his job? And, most bewilderingly, why would anyone build this tower in San Francisco?
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Next week: Like Crazy (2011)
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We're finishing up our look at the Best Picture nominees of 1967 with the winner, Norman Jewison's detective potboiler In the Heat of the Night, starring Sidney Poitier as a brilliant detective and Rod Steiger as the racist police chief who needs his help.
Join in as we look at our favorite movie desserts, this movie's strange marketing, Haskell Wexler's revolutionary cinematography, Quincy Jones's score, a TV spinoff, and obvious comparisons to Green Book.
Plus: How can Will get rid of VHS tapes? Where does this fit into Poitier's filmography (and political career?!?)? Why was the town's name changed from the one in the book? How did this low-budget film get access to a train? And, most importantly, is the diner going out of business because of Ralph's pie hoarding?
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Next week: The Towering Inferno (1974)
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We're fulfilling a joke from six months ago - unfortunately, it led us to the worst movie we've ever covered: Steve Pink's 2015 garbage fire, Hot Tub Time Machine 2.
Join in as we discuss our favorite time travel stories, Dora the Explorer's drug trip, Choozy Doozy, and our favorite experiences at the movies.
Plus: What's the worst scene in this movie? Has Gillian Jacobs ever been married? Did we see a penis? And will Fiona ever learn Clark Duke's name?
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Next week: In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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Hopefully your phone doesn't self-destruct in ten seconds, because you'll need more time than that to listen as we discuss the Tom Cruise / Michelle Monaghan romance at the center of Mission: Impossible III.
Join in as we discuss the difference between James Bond and Ethan Hunt, Scientology, J.J. Abrams's directorial debut, middle school band repertoire, an unfortunate string of fridgings, and this movie's alarm-raising marketing campaign.
Plus: What happened to Ethan's parents? Did the War of the Worlds press tour doom this movie? Does Ethan still have a bomb in his head? And most of all, is The New Mutants really going to come out this week?
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Next week: Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
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We're returning to the iconic rom com performances of Julia Roberts with a look at P.J. Hogan's 1997 smash hit, My Best Friend's Wedding.
Join in as we discuss the virtues of Sport magazine, Julia Roberts's career highs and lows, karaoke etiquette, the movie's bizarre original ending, and the joys of a surprise Giamatti.
Plus: Is Goofus a role model? Is this the best version of the gay best friend trope? Is Kim the most mature character in this movie? Did Julianne commit fraud? And, most importantly, isn't 28 way too young for a marriage pact?
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It's a family full of romances across multiple generations as we return to the works of Ang Lee to discuss the only film he directed set in his native Taiwan: 1994's Eat Drink Man Woman.
Join in as we discuss movies we watched in school, swapping lunches, Chinese naming conventions, and a seemingly chaotic boys school.
Plus: How does this fit into Taiwan's cultural and political shifts in the 1990s? Is this the horniest Ang Lee movie? Why does Raymond think his wife and FWB should hang out? Why is Rachel such a bad person? And how many twists will this heartfelt family drama turn out to have?!?
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Next week: My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
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We're finishing our look at the 2D films of DreamWorks Animation with a flop that almost bankrupted the studio: 2003's Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, starring Brad Pitt and Catherine Zeta-Jones in a story that is much more Greek than it is Arabian.
Join in as we discuss our favorite McGuffins, the official Avatar Twitter account, this movie's wildly different early drafts, Sinbad's butt, and a new slogan for DWA.
Plus: What are the twelve cities? Why did Michelle Pfeiffer offer to quit? Why doesn't any character's plan make sense? And what the heck is the Book of Peace, anyway?
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Next week: Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
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It's not a democracy - it's a pod-ocracy! This week we're looking at Peyton Reed's directorial debut, the iconic 2000 cheerleading movie Bring It On.
Join in as we take a look at underappreciated sports, the mixed career of screenwriter Jessica Bendinger, advanced chemistry, and disappointingly homophobic language.
Plus: Why won't anyone let Peyton Reed make a musical? Why isn't this movie about the Clovers? How is the movie different from the stage version? And, most importantly, where are all the adults?!?
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Next week: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
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We're stopping in and stepping up to the can to talk about the romance of the Coen brothers' 2000 journey through the Depression-era South, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Join in as we take a look at transposing mythology to the United States, racial representation, a dreadful conflict resolution strategy, and the film's award-winning soundtrack.
Plus: Has either Coen actually read The Odyssey? Who are the Foggy Bottom Boys? And how much of the runtime will Will and Marc spend recommending other media?
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Next week: Bring It On (2000)
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We've passed the halfway point in this bizarre, tumultuous year, so it's time to check in on 2020 in film so far by focusing on a new release - Palm Springs, now available on Hulu!
Join in as we discuss our favorite movies of the year so far, the televised murder of Cristin Milioti, the immediate value of J.K. Simmons, and this movie's new resonance during self-quarantine.
Plus: Does Marc have any idea what movies have been released? What does the recent rash of yeti movies say about American culture? Is Trevor's cocaine actually FunDip? And how does this stack up against other time loop movies?
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Next week: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
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We're looking at three men, one baby, and a minimal level of romance in the biggest hit of 1987, but Leonard Nimoy's Three Men and a Baby still gives us a lot to talk about!
Join in as we discuss the 1987 box office, Michael Eisner in Paris, a possible ghost sighting, and the many personalities of Snoopy.
Plus: Why is Tom Selleck's shirt wet on the poster? Why are movie birthday parties so crowded? Where did Peter get those sweat pants? And can you really have a phone installed in your shower?
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Next week: Palm Springs (2020) - on Hulu this Friday!
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We're talking the worst movies we've ever seen this week as Will, Marc, and their guest Colin discuss James Nguyen's 2010 disasterpiece Birdemic: Shock and Terror.
Join in as we discuss fake crewmember names, Kid Pix graphics, the billing of Movie 43, and a deep textual analysis of the song "Hangin' out with My Family."
Plus: Do celebrities use Venmo? Why is Tippi Hedron third billed? How did Nguyen market this movie? Was this movie shot in sequence? And does anyone actually use business cards in their personal life?
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Next week: Three Men and a Baby (1987)
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We're hatching some schemes this week as we return to the work of Alfred Hitchcock to discuss the romance of his 1954 movie Dial M for Murder.
Join in as we discuss the perfect crime, giant hands, class privilege, and 3D filmmaking in the 1950s.
Plus: How much has inflation hit the UK since the 1950s? What was Mark's plan? Is spaghetti the sexiest food? And why is this inspector's lawbreaking framed as being so charming?
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Next week: Birdemic: Shock and Terror
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We're headed back to Bollywood for the movie that was once the highest-grossing Hindi film of all time: the 2009 college musical comedy 3 Idiots.
Join in as we discuss educational films, contract disputes, conservative chain emails, the career of Omi "Big in Bollywood" Vaidya, and some deeply troubling jokes from which English-language viewers are spared.
Plus: Why was this movie such an international success? How does Chatur's sabotage scheme succeed? How can you tell if someone is impotent? And does urine actually conduct electricity?
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Next week: Dial M for Murder (1954) - available to stream free on Kanopy!
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We return to the world of high school romance for a movie that launched a dizzying array of young careers: Gil Junger's 1999 Shakespeare adaptation, 10 Things I Hate About You.
Join in as we discuss Clueless parallels, half-baked sidekicks, our own high school poems, and David Krumholtz's nascent rapping career.
Plus: Are these the worst teachers we've ever seen? Is the titular poem bad? Did Patrick eat a live duck or not? And should Will and Marc become full-time fashion critics?
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Next week: 3 Idiots (2009)
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We're taking on our strangest listener suggestion yet with a look at whatever romance we can find in Wes Craven's 2005 airplane thriller Red Eye.
Join in as we talk about our most memorable flights, the extended cut of the movie, stars Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy's breakout years, 2005 fashion, and an absurdly complicated terrorist plot.
Plus: How is this flight a red eye? Is it obnoxious to order someone a drink? Was Lisa wearing a shirt at the airport? Is Jackson's name responsible for his villainy? And why was this suggested for us anyway?
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Next week: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
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It's the fourth 1967 Best Picture nominee we've covered, and mostly we're just wondering how this made the cut in the first place. We're talking the original Doctor Dolittle, starring Rex Harrison, Anthony Newly, Samantha Eggar, and some kid who should be in school.
Join in as we discuss talking to animals, cannibalistic rats, Harrison's many demands, a severed African tree, and one parrot who did its best to save us all.
Plus: What happens if you give LSD to an octopus? How was Sidney Poitier almost in this movie? When did Polynesia get her name? Is Emma just horny all the time? And why did St. Lucians try to destroy the giant "pink" snail?
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Next week: Red Eye (2005)
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We're taking to the skies and dancing with ghosts as we look at a curious movie: 1989's Always, Steven Spielberg's only romantic drama.
Join in as we discuss visual storytelling, firefighting pilots, the final appearance of Audrey Hepburn, Pokemon physiology, a hideous dress, and A Guy Called Joe, the 1943 movie from which Always was adapted.
lus: What exactly is the nature of Pete and Dorinda's relationship? How did Spielberg's divorce affect the movie? What exactly was Ted's business model? And should we watch The Flintstones?
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Next week: Doctor Dolittle (1967)
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We're looking at a murderous rivalry in which love is a prize as we examine Robert Zemeckis's 1992 cult favorite, Death Becomes Her.
Join in as we discuss the movie's pioneering special effects, its place in Zemeckis's filmography, Hollywood beauty culture, and some fantastic outfits for stars Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn.
Plus: Is this movie set in the Roger Rabbit universe? What happened to the character Tracey Ullman plays in the trailer? And why does this movie have such a strong queer following?
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Next week: Always (1989)
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This week we're looking at the experiences of a multigenerational cohort of Louisiana women in 1989's Steel Magnolias, adapted by Robert Harling from the play he wrote based on his family's own history.
Join in as we discuss great actresses of the 80s, the most Southern names possible, animal cakes, this movie's weird TV sequel, and innovative bird prevention strategies.
Plus: Why isn't there a title drop? Has Disney+ destroyed Splash? Is Shelby's choice to get pregnant a selfish one? And - most important of all - why was Miss Merry Christmas deposed?
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Next week: Death Becomes Her (1992)
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We're looking at one of the ultimate movie musicals this week: Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen's 1952 classic Singin' in the Rain, starring Kelly with relative newcomer Debbie Reynolds.
Join in as we discuss the MGM Freed musical unit, evolving ideas of celebrity, seeing silent film in color, and a dizzingly rapid declaration of love.
Plus: Why was Donald O'Connor hospitalized during production? Where is Lena's accent supposed to be from? How should comedies fit into the AFI list rankings? And is The Lizzie McGuire Movie the modern-day Singin' in the Rain?
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Next week: Steel Magnolias (1989)
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After weeks inside, we're looking for a getaway, so it's time to take a look at Arthur Penn's 1967 retelling of Bonnie and Clyde, written by Robert Benton and David Newman and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
Join in as we discuss getaway drivers, modesty windows, a pioneering depiction of blood, the 1967 Best Picture race, a very bad thing about Donald Trump, and the experience of watching The Phantom Menace.
Plus: Why were bank robbers so popular in the 1930s? Why was the throuple cut from the movie? Should Clyde be able to have sex? And just how strong is our anti-murder stance?
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Next week: Singin' in the Rain (1952)
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We're headed to Italy and the age when seaplanes ruled the Mediterranean as we discuss the romance of Hayao Miyazaki's 1992 aerial romance, Porco Rosso.
Join in as we discuss, pigs, fascists, big hats, and our favorite cinematic air transports.
Plus: Why did this movie premiere on a plane? Would Curtis be a good actor? And do Porco and Gina wind up together or not?
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Next week: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
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The place: Canada (possibly Toronto?)
The time: Unclear!
The people: Heirs to feuding, next-door pizza restaurants
Their age: No way to know
The logic: Out the window.
We're talking about the 2018 Hayden Christensen / Emma Roberts romance Little Italy, and all the madness it entails. Join in as we discuss director Donald Petrie's famous family, an incredibly stupid feud, a hotboxed restaurant, and more forbidden romances than the poster promised.
Plus: How many doorsteps have these kids bombed? Did this movie kill Danny Aiello? What exactly did Nikki want Leo to change about himself? Who thought Luigi was a good idea? And how can we get the Little Italy 4D experience off the ground?
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Next week: Porco Rosso (1992)
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It's out of the restaurant and into the travel agency as we take a look at 2002's smash hit rom com, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, written by its star, Nia Vardalos - who adapted it from her autobiographical one-woman show.!
Join in as we discuss educational computer games, the 2002 movie Clockstoppers, this movie's sitcom sequel, and BFG Wedding's incredible box office run.
Plus: Is Marc a book model? Is the river Styx filled with Windex? Does Toula glue her headset to her skull? And is Toula much older than our guest, #FiFiFierce?
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Next week: Little Italy (2018)
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Straight from quarantine, Will and Marc are discussing John Krasinski's A Quiet Place, a highly relatable film about a family that can't leave their home or interact with other people.
The sequel may have been delayed, but we still manage to find lots to talk about, from the 2007 Hollywood writers' strike, slow TV, great child performances, the world's fastest birth, the 2018 AFI top ten list, and the inherent conservatism of the home invasion genre.
Plus: How are Will and Marc doing in quarantine? Why does John Krasinski keep making conservative-tinged action thrillers? Why is that nail sticking out? And who is growing all this corn?
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Next week: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
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Due to technical failings, the files for the Ed Wood episode were deleted, so there will be no episode this week.
Stay safe in quarantine!
Next week: A Quiet Place (2018)
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Get ready to hear some yodeling, because this week Will, Marc, and chief medical expert Moira are talking about the 1987 Coen Brothers comedy Raising Arizona, starring Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter.
Join in as they discuss whooping cough, crying in movies, Medieval Times, the production of The Emperor's New Groove, and a sad Duck Talk update.
Plus: Is Dr. Spock's manual the only book you need? Did this movie make Moira an anti-vaxxer? and what movies does Moira like, anyway?
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Next week: Ed Wood (1994)
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It's the end of an era, as Will and Marc look at the final film released by Touchstone Pictures: Mark Steven Johnston's When in Rome, starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel as possibly-enchanted lovers.
Join in as we discuss memories of Abercrombie & Fitch, the history of Touchstone, dark dining, and our knowledge of Roman fountains, most of which comes from The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
Plus: What happened to Beth's friends? Does Dax Shepard's character have a job? Why did Josh Duhamel win a Kids Choice Award? And who wrote the two slashfics about this movie? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!
Next week: Raising Arizona (1987)
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It's time to #GetCaged as Will and Marc take a look at Italian-American love in Norman Jewison's 1987 romance, Moonstruck, starring Nicolas Cage and Marc's good friend Cher.
Join in as they discuss Oscar-winning performances by Cher and Olympia Dukakis, the World Trade Center on film, a sweaty bread man, Nic Cage's career, and have an extended conversation about Pixar shorts.
Plus: Who's that big dude in all the bakery scenes? How do rosaries work? and what happens when a moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie?
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Next week: When in Rome (2010)
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We're digging into our first romance between athletes in writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood's 2000 debut, Love & Basketball, starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps, with a supporting cast that includes Gabrielle Union, Regina Hall, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert, and a surprise Tyra Banks!
Join in as Will and Marc discuss their favorite basketball players, Marc's career on the court, the secret romance between Lathan and Epps, and a possibly blood-soaked sink.
Plus: Why is Space Jam 2 taking so long to be made? Is Alfre Woodard the worst mom? What's the deal with Morbius? And is all actually fair in love and basketball?
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Next week: Moonstruck (1987)
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This week, Will, Marc, and special guest #FiFiFierce cover one of our most-requested movies: the 2018 high school romance To All the Boys I've Loved Before, based on the novel by Jenny Han.
Join in as they discuss movies that made Fiona cry, differences between the movie and the book, kissing parties, and an important question about pee.
Plus: Is Kitty the worst sibling we've ever seen? Why is Netflix releasing the sequel to this movie on a Wednesday? Why do the characters have Subway sandwich emojis? And how many times will Will try to turn this into a Good Boys podcast?
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Next week: Love & Basketball (2000)
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WARNING: CONTAINES SPOILERS FOR ALL 2019 BEST PICTURE NOMINEES
It's our annual Oscars extravaganza, where Will and Marc rate the believability of every romance nominated for Best Picture, from Joker to Parasite, whether it's a story about a marriage, a man who is Irish, or women who are little.
Join in as they discuss tie votes at past Academy Awards, snubs in the Animated Short category, Marc's (maybe) favorite actor in Little Women, the best performance in 1917, and a timely explanation of how caucuses work.
Plus: Would Marc notice if the name of the show changed? Why isn't Joker set in the 2010s? Is Ford v. Ferrari a prequel to Cars? And did Snoopy kill Bruce Wayne's parents?
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Next week: To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
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It finally happened. The undisputed worst movie covered yet on We Love the Love: the 2009 Matthew McConaughey Christmas Carol rom com, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
Join in as Will and Marc discuss their favorite Christmas Carol adaptations, a strange Bridezilla, an upsetting rainshower, and a production story that includes Kevin Smith, Harvey Weinstein, and a script nobody should've fought for.
Plus: Why does this movie introduce its lead as a sexual assaulter? Is Michael Douglas as Uncle Wayne the worst Marley character ever? Is this movie based on Terry Richardson? And can you actually become famous just for having sex?
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Grab a drink and join in as we dig into the twisted relationships at the core of podcast favorite Mike Nichols's 1966 directorial debut: an adaptation of Edward Albee's Tony Award-winning play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, starring real-life couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Join in as we discuss the reception to the movie and the play, the Catholic Legion, and the many loves of Elizabeth Taylor.
Plus: What words almost got this movie banned? How did the story change when it was adapted to the screen? And why was that roadhouse owner continuing to give them drinks?
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Next week: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
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We return to both puppets and musicals this week for a look at Frank Oz's 1986 adaptation of the Alan Menken and Howard Ashman musical Little Shop of Horrors.
Join in as Will and Marc discuss celebrity cameos, abusive relationships, carnivorous plants, and how to make a giant puppet move naturally onscreen.
Plus: Who did the studio want to cast as Audrey instead of Ellen Greene? Is Rick Moranis a huge cutie? Is Seymour as guilty as Sweeney Todd? And what ever happened to the movie's original ending?
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Next week: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
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This movie barely talks, so we'll do plenty to make up for it! We're continuing our DreamWorks Animation coverage by looking at 2002's Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, starring a bunch of horse sounds, Bryan Adams songs, and Matt Damon's occasional musings.
Join in as we discuss cow stomachs, the 2002 Best Animated Picture Oscars, and the government of the Cimarron herd.
Plus: When exactly is this movie set? How many times does Spirit get captured? Are these horses supposed to be sexy? and to whom does Spirit pray?
On top of that, Will and Marc give their top ten lists for 2019 movies!
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Next week: Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Will's 2019 Top 10:
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Hustlers
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The Irishman
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Knives Out
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Marriage Story
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Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood
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Her Smell
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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Parasite
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Us
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Marc's 2019 Top 10 (alphabetical):
Ad Astra
Booksmart
The Farewell
Her Smell
Hustlers
Knives Out
Midsommar
Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood
Toy Story 4
Us
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We thought about taking off for the end of the year, but ultimately we decided that snow podcast was better than no podcast, so we're looking at the 1998 undead snowman family romp, Jack Frost, starring Michael Keaton as a reanimated rocker.
Join in as we discuss our favorite puppets, childhood sports careers, Robert Baratheon, and messianic snowmen.
Plus: Is Barney a puppet? Who is Jack Frost? What was Keaton doing for the year that he was dead? Why hasn't Mark Addy fixed the sink? And does "Landslide" work for any scene?
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Next week: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
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We wrap up our Christmas coverage with the most unwieldy Christmas romance of them all: Richard Curtis's 2003 directorial debut, Love Actually, starring a bevy of British stars in an impenetrable web of familial and romantic relationships.
Join in as we discuss fusilli arias, Nick Vallelonga's That's Amore, deleted scenes, Red Nose Day Actually, and Keira Knightley's unbelievable wardrobe.
Plus: Which plotline should be cut from the movie? What was Mark's plan for getting with Juliet? Is Christmas really a time to be honest? What do the British think of Americans? And just how long does it take to learn a language?
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Next week: Jack Frost (1998)
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Our Christmas coverage continues with a look at the new Netflix movie The Knight before Christmas, starring Vanessa Hudgens as an Ohio science teacher who falls in love with a time-displaced medieval knight.
Join in as we discuss time machines, mead, noble titles, fourteenth-century dating, and crooked cops.
Plus: What's the difference between a hag and a crone? How should High School Musical: The Musical: The Series be punctuated? What did Wolverine think of this movie? And can you eat a skunk?
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Next week: Love Actually (2003)
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Our 2019 Christmas coverage continues with a look at Frank Capra's classic 1946 Best Picture nominee, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.
Join in as we discuss pop culture angels, Liberty Films, WGA negotiations, Jimmy the Raven, bowls of gin, and shaky kisses.
Plus: What's the difference between a lyre and a harp? How is the movie different from the original Phillip Van Doren Stern short story? How did the movie change snow scenes forever? And did Mary build every house in Bailey Park?
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Next week: THE KNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (2019)
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Our Christmas coverage begins with a time-honored tradition: the made-for-TV Christmas movie. We're kicking things off with the 2015 Lifetime original The Spirit of Christmas, about a woman who falls in love with a Prohibition-era ghost!
Join in as Will, Marc, and #FiFiFierce discuss their favorite Christmas movie tropes, the plot of Last Christmas, skacapella, 1920s slang, and Fiona's self-defense strategies.
Plus: How are they making a sequel to The Princess Switch? Why is Fiona afraid of this movie? Is Jen Lilley a redhead? And, most importantly, does Daniel need to poop?
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Next week: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
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This week's episode starts with a major announcement from Marc, and then we dive straight into a discussion of Kelly Freemon Craig's 2016 film The Edge of Seventeen.
Join in as we discuss James L. Brooks and Hollywood mentorship, Shrek rankings, the 2016 Best Actress race, latter-day Portman, high school dating, and the stacked cast of Scoob!
Plus: How is this movie related to Netflix's WHAT/IF? Why does Will think this movie is like Paddington? Who exactly is Dickinson for? Do house parties exist? And what's the deal with the YouTube spinoff of this movie?
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Next week: The Spirit of Christmas (2015)
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In honor of the Elizabeth Banks-directed reboot that opened last weekend, Will and Marc decided to take a look at the many romances of McG's 2000 feature adaptation of CHARLIE'S ANGELS.
Join in as they discuss the best outfits in movies, bars on planes, post-Matrix movies, "Jiggle TV," and The Chad.
Plus: What's the deal with vests? Are we Toni's Boys? What was the source of the drama between Lucy Liu and Bill Murray? And just how often do people answer the door naked?
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Next week: THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (2016)
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Chief medical examiner Moira returns to the show to discuss Adam McKay's 2008 film STEP BROTHERS, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.
Join in as the crew talks about memories of 2008, Judd Apatow productions, Taylor Hicks, mayochup, sleepwalking, the cheesecake factory, and the Catalina Wine Mixer.
Plus: Why are so many Marvel villains bald? How long has Mary Steenburgen been playing moms? What's the difference between the theatrical and unrated versions of this movie? And how much ketchup is too much ketchup?
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Next week: CHARLIE'S ANGELS (2000)
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In honor of the release of TERMINATOR: DARK FATE last weekend, Will and Marc are taking a look at the romance that started it all: one weird, pitying night of passion between Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn).
Join in as they discuss James Cameron's dreams, the best movie haircuts, a strange pitch meeting, iguanas, and the reason Howard the Duck wears a hat.
Plus: Why did Schwarzenegger want to change an iconic line? Will Skylab become Skynet? How many of James Cameron's ex-wives are involved in this movie? And just how popular is Tech Noir?
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Next week: STEP BROTHERS (2008)
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We continue our Halloween spooktacular by looking at Ari Aster's 2018 debut, HEREDITARY. Join in as we discuss cult leaders, Cinemascores, creepy kids, Ann Dowd, the romance of SHARKNADO, and redecorating tips for Hell.
Plus: Is Charlie Matilda? What movies are Annie allegedly seeing? How cold is it supposed to be? And should Marc date Paimon?
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Next week: THE TERMINATOR (1984)
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We're getting ready for Halloween with a psychological thriller from Hollywood's golden age: George Cukor's 1944 American adaptation of GASLIGHT, starring Ingrid Berman and Charles Boyer.
Join in as we discuss the screen debut of Angela Lansbury, changes to the story in different adaptations, the astounding career of Dame May Whitty, and some unexpected advice from our chief medical expert.
Plus: What's the right way to answer a phone? What happened to the 1940 version of this movie? Why was Cukor fired off of GONE WITH THE WIND? And why was half the cast of this movie always standing on boxes?
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Next week: HEREDITARY (2018)
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We're celebrating our 100th episode with our tenth episode on the works of DreamWorks Animation and the tenth appearance of #FiFiFierce as we look at 2010's MEGAMIND, starring Will Ferrell as the supervillain who finally wins.
Join in as we discuss DWA's period of star-driven comedies, this movie's deceptive ad campaign, disturbingly buff babies, and play some We Love the Love games.
Plus: Marc eats crow pie! Will has strong opinions on Superman adaptations! We get a disturbing phone call! And, most importantly, Will provides an update on the results of the investigation so far.
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Next week: GASLIGHT (1944)
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One week away from episode 100, we take a look at the last megahit rom com: Anne Fletcher's 2009 Alaska romance, THE PROPOSAL - starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds.
Join in as we discuss small-town tycoons, Sandra Bullock's Oscar year, Ryan Reynolds's early career, the decline of Touchstone Pictures, and the Betty White renaissance.
Plus: What is Oscar Nunez doing in this movie? Why does Andrew take the deal? Are eagles socialist? And how many pillows is too many pillows?
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Next week: MEGAMIND (2010) (Streaming on Netflix)
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The investigation head overseas once more as Will and Marc dig into the 1994 Australian queer road trip movie, THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT.
Join in as they discuss movies that aren't about what they expected, the 2000 Olympics closing ceremony, Weird Al, the Yellow Kid, and an important PSA.
Plus: Does anyone actually use Grammarly? Is this movie a D&D campaign in disguise? And really - where did Bernadette go?
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Next week: THE PROPOSAL (2009)
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FiFiFierce returns for one of her all-time favorites: Anne Fletcher's 2008 Katherine Heigl bridesmaid rom com, 27 DRESSES.
Join in as we discuss karaoke, a stacked supporting cast, Will's love of sandwiches, Marc and Fiona's love of James Marsden, and the rise and fall of Katherine Heigl.
Plus: What's going on with SONIC THE HEDGEHOG? Should there be more than twenty-seven dresses? What does George's company even do? And why is Tess so specifically awful?
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Next week: THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT (1994)
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It's the feature adaptation of a YA hit in 2005's THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS. Join in as Will and Marc discuss magic clothing, the politics of middle school filmgoing, torso shots, and syrup pouring.
Plus: Why can't they wash the pants? Why does Lena fall in the water? What's up with Kostos's accent? And did Lena's grandma waterboard her?!?
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Next week: 27 DRESSES (2007)
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It's another Shakespeare adaptation this week as Will and Marc take a look at the 2003 update of The Taming of the Shrew: DELIVER US FROM EVA, starring Gabrielle Union and LL Cool J.
Join in as they discuss illegal behavior in rom coms, pink voids, meat presentations, the spicy bean test, and the Nelson Mandela of health inspection.
Plus: Do ladies really love Cool James? What is the Dandridge Fund anyway? Why won't Eva just call him Ray? Why doesn't anyone in this movie go to jail?
All this, plus Will starts writing the movie's musical adaptation, and a new crime gets added to the list of things the podcast does not approve of.
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Next week: THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (2005)
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We're looking at one of the great romances of the 1990s this week: Cameron Crowe's JERRY MAGUIRE, starring Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger.
Join in as Will and Marc discuss their favorite awards speeches, the 1997 Oscars, Tom Cruise in the 90s, the worst poster ever, and the best kid in the world.
Plus: Marc reviews the Congressional baseball game. And is this the dramedy version of EDGE OF TOMORROW? What is THE ENGLISH PATIENT about? Why did Reebok sue this movie? And is Helen Hunt's women's group ever not meeting?
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Next week: DELIVER US FROM EVA (2003)
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We're ending the summer the way we started it - with a musical! Join Will and Marc as they explore romances in crisis in John Carney's 2014 film BEGIN AGAIN, starring Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, and a stacked supporting cast.
They also dig into the Hollywood Reporter's anonymous Oscar ballots, John Carney's surprisingly harsh criticism of Keira Knightley, musical litter, and the best party game of all time.
Plus: Can a song save your life? Why did South Korea love this movie so much? Is Adam Levine just playing himself? Is Lex Luthor's plot in SUPERMAN the greatest villain plot of all time? And how did Marc get fired off his own podcast?!?
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Next week: JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)
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Strap in for the most improbable romance of all time as Will and Marc take a look at the 2004 film adaptation of (noted homophobe) Nicholas Sparks's THE NOTEBOOK.
Join in as they discuss population signs, the MTV Movie Awards, bumper car strategies, and possible Netflix categories.
Plus: Just how racist are Allie's parents? What are Noah's redeeming qualities? What's Martha's deal? and just how common are Duke's thoughts?
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Next week: BEGIN AGAIN (2013)
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Will and Marc travel back to 1967 this week for a look at Mike Nichols's ode to ennui, THE GRADUATE, starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katharine Ross.
Join in as the guys discuss dog narraion movies, the August box office, Mike Nichols, the weirdness of Charles Webb, the #TassleTwist, and Dustin Hoffman's inappropriate behavior during the casting process.
Plus: How weird is RUMOR HAS IT? How did a not-yet-released movie help get THE GRADUATE made? How has Hoffman's casting influenced rom coms since 1967? What's Mr. Robinson's deal anyway? and is this the ultimate anti-Richard Curtis movie?
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Next week: THE NOTEBOOK (2004)
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A movie so incomprehensible, even the punctuation in its title doesn't make sense! This week, Will and Marc attempt to tackle the 2011 ensemble rom com CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE., and they may not make it out alive.
Join in as they discuss the career of writer Dan Fogelman, possible Office references, the Emma Stone-Ryan Gosling pairing, Smurf taglines, and the rules for sadness.
Plus: Is this the scariest movie we've ever covered? How did this movie have Oscar buzz? Why is Marisa Tomei at that bar? And speaking of the bar, are there no others in LA?
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Next week: THE GRADUATE (1967)
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Will and Marc are rejoined by Will's sister Moira to look at one of the all-time great fictional journalism movies: James L. Brooks's 1987 film BROADCAST NEWS, starring Holly Hunter, William Hurt, and Albert Brooks.
Join in as they discuss their favorite fictional newspeople, the start of Holly Hunter's career, Susan Zelinksy, audience Q&As, and Jack Nicholson's suits.
Plus: How many Christmas movies had Lori Laughlin filmed before the FBI report came out? Is Moira one of the hostiles from the movie HOSTILES? Who is the mopiest man? Is Joan Cusack the ur-Judy Greer? and how did James L. Brooks figure out this movie's ending?
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Next week: CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (2011)
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This week Will and Marc travel to the past and then the present and then, inexplicably, back to the past to look at the romance between Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman in James Mangold's 2001 film KATE & LEOPOLD.
Join in as they discuss the downsides of the 1870s, the start of Jackman's career, the Sears catalog, and the thinnest floors ever made.
Plus: Has Kate really never left Manhattan? Why do elevator shafts exist in 2001 in this movie? What's the deal with the quill? And how many of TIME's "worst chick flicks" has Fiona seen?
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Next week: BROADCAST NEWS (1987)
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In honor of the most patriotic of months, Will and Marc are taking a look at presidential romance with Rob Reiner's 1995 film THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening.
Join in as they discuss their favorite movies about America, the career of Aaron Sorkin, Liberty's Kids, romantic hams, and depressingly timely political issues.
Plus: Is WHITE CHRISTMAS racist? How did this movie lead to The West Wing? What happened to the Libyans? Did Martin Sheen really offer to get the president a prostitute? And did Maureen Dowd even bother to finish the movie?
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Next week: KATE & LEOPOLD (2001)
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Will and Marc suggest you not say the name of this episode aloud unless you're prepared to handle the consequences. They ignore that warning completely as they dig into the marriage that animates a key plot of Tim Burton's sophomore feature, BEETLEJUICE (1988).
Join in as they discuss sandworms, practical effects, Batman actors, and the wider Beetleverse, from animation to stage musicals to theme park shows.
Plus: What were the original title and casting ideas for this movie? Why aren't the Matinlands always wet? Should the dog have been killed? And whatever happened to the Hawaiian sequel Burton had in development?
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Next week: THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT (1995)
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We're halfway through 2019, so Will and Marc are taking a week to talk about the state of film so far this year. Join in as they discuss their favorite films and performances of the year, as well as some upcoming movies they're looking forward to, and then stick around as they do a deep dive into the romance of Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis's new film YESTERDAY.
Plus: Why are so many trailers scored to "Somewhere over the Rainbow"? Is YESTERDAY about the Mandela effect? Why do Peter Cushing's feet look so weird in ROGUE ONE? Why was an entire character cut from this movie? How bad will Jack be sued after the Wembley fiasco? And why doesn't he spend the whole movie complaining about the nonexistence of Coke?
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Next week: BEETLEJUICE (1988)
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The month of musicals wraps up with the latest episode on the films of DreamWorks Animation, the 2000 buddy comedy THE ROAD TO EL DORADO, starring Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline as a pair of sixteenth-century Spanish con men seeking the lost city of gold.
Join in as Will, Marc, and Katie discuss animal sidekicks, the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby "Road" movies, the use of music in the movie, and the influence of Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Plus: How did they change the movie to lower its rating? Is Chel the horniest animated character of all time? Is the armadillo a god? And what's with all of the movies in the 00s showing searches for a city of gold?
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Next week: YESTERDAY (2019 - in theaters this Thursday!)
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The month of musicals continues with the most-awarded musical ever at the Academy Awards: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins's 1961 adaptation of WEST SIDE STORY.
Join in as Will and "Action" Marc discuss cinematic Docs, storytelling through dance, Marni Nixon, and the upcoming Steven Spielberg remake.
Plus: How well does this work as a Romeo and Juliet adaptation? Who is singing Maria's parts? Is this movie just THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN? and why does Sondheim have so mnay songs where someone just sings a lady's name?
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Next week: THE ROAD TO EL DORADO (2000)
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It's summer time, which means Will is out of school, so he and Marc are rejoined by TV movie expert #FiFiFierce for a look at the surprisingly work-heavy summer fling, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2.
Join in as they discuss their worst summer jobs, the double-platinum soundtrack, dunce caps, the nature of promises, and the upcoming HSM show on Disney+.
Plus: How does this compare to the original HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL? Does this country club have no permanent kitchen staff? Does Disney Channel limit the number of times actors can kiss onscreen? and did Chad and Ryan bone? (Yes)
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Next week: WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
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We're coming at you midweek with some EMERGENCY WEGTENT! We Love the Love icon Renee Zellweger is the star of season one of Netflix's new anthology series WHAT/IF, so Will and Marc watched every episode to bask in her magnificent, insane performance.
Join in as they discuss dramatic but meaningless monologues, butts, blood-encrusted baseball bats, superfluous plotlines, and THE DETENTE!!! We can't recommend this show, but boy is it fun to try to make sense of.
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Next week: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 (2007)
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We Love the Love begins a month of musicals with a return to Bollywood for a look at Karan Johar's directorial debut, KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI.
Join in as Will, Marc, and their roommate Claire discuss Chrissy Teigen, the Indian film industry, Archie references, romantic rain, women's basketball, circus camp, and a truly bizarre plan.
Plus: Why do these two plotlines feel so different? Is this college actually a high school? Does Scotland exist? And can girls play basketball?
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Next week: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 (2007)
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Will and Marc are joined once again by Moira the Nurse to do an in-depth medical analysis of the science behind David Cronenberg's 1986 classic body horror film, THE FLY.
Join in as they discuss animal mergers, nursing shotguns, creepy men, murder factories, arm wrestling, and wombats.
Plus: How does this movie compare to the 1958 version? Where is Seth getting all these baboons? How does Brundlefly slurp his food? and are pinky toes vestigial?
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Next week: KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI (1998), part of our month of musicals - now streaming on Amazon Prime!
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The opening text says this happened a long time ago, so it must be a period piece? Will and Marc are joined by Katherine Key to take a look at the romance of the first Star Wars sequel, 1980's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, directed by Irvin Kershner.
Join in as they discuss their favorite obscure Star Wars characters, the differences between film and TV romances, Marcia Lucas, special editions, and space whales.
Plus: Is Max Rebo Billy Joel? Where and in what subject did Leia get her PhD? What's Harrison Ford's hottest performance? Are you Team Luc or Team Kersh? And just how often will Will try to bring the Expanded Universe into this episode?
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Next week: THE FLY (1986)
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Hoping to redeem baseball from the influence of FEVER PITCH, Will and Marc are looking at the sport again with Penny Marshall's 1992 hit, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s.
Join in as they discuss Madonna, the X-Men, the Suds Bucket, the world's worst telegram deliveryman, and the CBS TV sequel series.
Plus: Is Jimmy redeemed? How do you introduce Neil Simon's brother? Should this movie be a musical? And is Will making a Borat reference, or is he just that into Geena Davis?
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Next week: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)
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Will and Marc totally bugging as a result of all of the 90s pop culture on display in this week's movie: Amy Heckerling's 1995 high school rom-com, CLUELESS!
Join in as they discuss slang, grunge Looney Toons, Polyjuince potion, Paul Rudd, and driver's test messiahs.
PLUS: What bad Christmas movies are we looking forward to this year? Should you invite your students to your wedding? Why does Christian think he's a 1940s gangster? And how does Fiona pad her numbers in her annual book-reading targets?
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Next week: A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992)
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The Dream lives on as Will and Marc return to their ongoing coverage of the romances of DreamWorks Animation with a look at 2008's Jack Black martial arts comedy, KUNG FU PANDA.
Join in as they look at star-driven animation, the 2008 Best Animated Feature lineup, the cutest Pixar characters, DreamWorks rankings, and Patchy the Pirate.
Plus: Must you be scared in order to be horny? Is Po a murderer? Is this the fastest Will and Marc have ever gotten through the five points? And is this Will's worst dating advice yet?
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Next week: CLUELESS (1995)
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We're seeing double this week with two 2011 movies that have essentially the same plot: Ivan Reitman's No Strings Attached, starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman, and Will Gluck's Friends with Benefits, starring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake.
Join in as we look at the wide world of twin films, suspicious foreigners, pumpkin-based insults, flash mobs, man butts, and eye bees.
Plus: What is a Billboard Dad? How many characters is too many characters? Why would John Mayer start a concert with "Your Body is a Wonderland"? And why is Claire the guest on this episode anyway?
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Next week: Kung Fu Panda (2008)
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It's time to check in as Will and Marc talk hotel movies for this examination of the romance of Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror masterpiece, THE SHINING.
Join in as they discuss the best hotel movies, the Disney Channel, the moon landing, drool, and Jack Nicholson's door-chopping prowess.
Plus: Is Scatman Crothers playing Professor X? Why doesn't Stephen King like this movie? and what animal is that furry suit supposed to be?
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Next week: FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (2011) and NO STRINGS ATTACHED (2011)
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Will and Marc hop bag on the Wegon for a look at Rob Marshall's 2002 feature film debut - an adaptation of the Bob Fosse/Kander and Ebb musical, CHICAGO.
Join in as they discuss the revival of movie musicals, Academy rules, the politics of ANNIE, gateway crimes, and romances that may or may not appear in the movie.
Plus: What makes a good movie musical? Are Disney's live-action remakes interesting? Who should Queen Latifah have played in EASY A? and what are Will and Marc's positions on non-murder crimes?
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Next week: THE SHINING (1980)
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Never let go! Will and Marc are holding onto one another for a supersized episode on James Cameron's 1997 romance/disaster movie, TITANIC.
Join in as they discuss Rose, Jack, a record-breaking box office performance, a bizarre alternate ending, government regulations, Titanic II, and an intense investigation into Rose's ballet skills.
Plus: Is Bill Paxton just playing James Cameron? Is a woman's heart a deep ocean of secrets? Who's the real hero of THE WIZARD OF OZ? How many GEOSTORM characters can Will still name? And does anyone love water as much as James Cameron?
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Next week: CHICAGO (2003)
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Just in time for opening day, Will and Marc return to the rom com well for the Farrelly brothers' 2005 baseball romance, FEVER PITCH.
Join in as they discuss their favorite sports movies, an altered ending, George Bailey's finances, amazeballs, and a truly disturbing lizard.
Plus: Is this the worst teacher we've ever seen in a movie? Is Jimmy Fallon's Ben the worst vomit-cleaner-upper ever? Does Ben go to every Red Sox away game? And just what is spring training anyway?
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Next week: TITANIC (1997)
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Will and Marc are staring at each other intensely between epic swordfights, which means they must be talking about Ang Lee's martial arts epic, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.
Join in as they talk about blood, Russian literature, the challenges of a multinational cast, meaningful looks, and cave love.
Plus: What does the title mean? Does anyone not know Shulien and Li Mu Bai want to be making out? and why would anyone believe some rando had defeated Li Mu Bai?
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Next week: FEVER PITCH (2005)
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Keep a Weatherby eye on the horizon, because Will and Marc are here to talk about the first film in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean series, 2003's THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL.
Join in as they discuss Disney Parks adaptations, why Jack Sparrow should never be the sole lead of a movie, hamming it up, and Ellen's Energy Adventure.
Plus: What other franchises would be better off without their lead actor? Why did studio chief Michael Eisner try to shut down production? And why do the Jonas Brothers get to sing about pillaging and ravaging, but not about drinking?
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Next week: CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000) - Now on Netflix!
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Will and Marc are headed to the (almost) silent era to look at the final film in which Charlie Chaplin played his famous Tramp character: 1936's MODERN TIMES.
Join in as they discuss the end of the silent era, nonsense singing, and nose candy, as well as a eulogy for the MORTAL ENGINES expanded universe.
Plus: Why was Chaplin almost assassinated in Japan? Why was this movie banned in Nazi Germany? Why is that one factory guy shirtless? And just how old is the Gamin supposed to be anyway?
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Next week: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003)
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Under orders from their sponsors at SquareApron, Will and Marc are continuing their coverage of the films of DreamWorks Animation, this time with a rare adaptation: the 2010 film HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, co-written and co-directed by the guy who voiced Stitch.
Join in as they discuss Kanopy, 3D filmmaking, HTTYD's Oscar-nominated score, and Viking Teens.
Plus: What's the difference between a novel and a chapter book? Is Berk on Pandora? What kind of skulls does Astrid have on her belt? And is special guest/roommate Claire attracted to Hagrid?
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Next week: MODERN TIMES (1936) - Available to stream for free on Kanopy!
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WARNING: Spoilers for all eight 2018 Best Picture nominees.
It's that time of year again! It's the second annual We Love the Love Oscars Extravaganza, in which Will and Marc attempt to recap and rate the romances of all eight Best Picture nominees in time for the ceremony next Sunday.
Join in as they address such critical questions as their favorite non-nominated romances, the Best Picture nominee they both refused to see, the Academy's decision to hand out four awards during commercial breaks, and their dream Oscar hosts.
Plus: Are rabbits having a moment? Is Horatio the fastest duck in the city? Has this show just become an US fan podcast? Should you Google Elastagirl/Screenslaver romance? All this, plus the return of some long-dormant bits!
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Next week: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2010)
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This week, Will and Marc are rejoined by senior black correspondent Josh to discuss the first Madea film, DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN.
Join in as they discuss Tyler Perry, his role in black culture, representation, and bandannas.
Plus: Do robbers knock? What is "Men's Day"? Why does nobody's suit fit? And does Will know how the hood works?
Spoilers for THE PRESTIGE and NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS.
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This week Will and Marc take a look at the most topical movie of 1967: Stanley Kramer's interracial romance story GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.
Join in as they discuss model minorities, Spencer Tracy's final performance, fortyears, pontificating poops, and ten-day relationships.
Plus: Why was Joey in Hawaii? Does John have any good ideas? Should we keep covering DreamWorks movies? And how does Obama fit into all of this?
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Next week: DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN (2005)
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You know what that means! Will and Marc are looking at Todd Haynes's 2015 midcentury lesbian romance, CAROL.
Join in as they discuss the life and work of Patricia Highsmith, happy endings for lesbians, the 2019 Oscars, glove lunches, and the secret history of the Asheville Fine Arts Theatre.
Plus: What was Highsmith's weird favorite animal? How many types of that animal are there? Is CAROL a Christmas movie? Will Cate Blanchett go on a road trip with the guys? And will Will make a throwaway reference to a story that turns out to be surprisingly culturally insensitive? (You can probably guess the answer to that last one.)
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Next week: GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
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It's back to the 80s but also the 60s as Will and Marc look at Vestron Films's (only) hit film, DIRTY DANCING.
Join in as they discuss 80s culture, carrying watermelons, Ayn Rand nerds, spinoffs, remakes, and Swayze sweat.
Plus: How autobiographical is this script? What role did VHS tapes play in getting this movie made? Why did Clearasil drop its sponsorship? and why did God give ladies maracas?
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Next week: CAROL (2015)
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Will and Marc look at the second of Anne Hathaway's princess trifecta in 2004's ELLA ENCHATED.
Join in as they discuss animal sidekicks, the adaptation from novel to film, Anne Hathaway's career trajectory, secret plans to solve racism, and tonguing the foyer.
Plus: Are Heston and Edgar gay lovers? Is Minnie Driver a squib? And will Char be the worst king ever?
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Next week: DIRTY DANCING (1987)
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Will and Marc face a challenge they've never faced before as they explore the romance of DreamWorks's 2005 castaway comedy, MADAGASCAR.
Join in as they discuss zoos, penguins, a flaming hot cheetah, and the difference between jokes and references.
Plus: Do the animals ever get back to New York? Why did Marc Google "anus"? Why does Will keep watching X-Men 3?
All this and our top ten lists of 2018!
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Next week: ELLA ENCHANTED (2004)
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Will and Marc are ending 2018 like it's the end of all things, with the 2006 Queen Latifah malpractice comedy LAST HOLIDAY.
Join in as they make end-of-year predictions, Marc surprises everyone by making a hashtag of his own, and the crew discusses ringback tones and LL Cool J's lips.
Plus: Where does John Candy fit into this? What's going on with Gerard Depardieu? How much money did Georgia spend? How many grills was she willing to buy? And did she commandeer a medical helicopter?
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Next week: MADAGASCAR (2005)
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Merry Christmas! Will and Marc are joined once again by #FiFiFierce for their annual bad Christmas movie episode. This year, they're looking at Netflix's new Vanessa Hudgens/Vanessa Hudgens vehicle, THE PRINCESS SWITCH.
Join in as they discuss what makes a good TV Christmas movie, the wonders of MORTAL ENGINES, Fiona's encounter with Corbin Bleu, Belgravia's mistletoe laws, that old magic elf guy, and far too many points.
Plus: How did Stacy make her cake? Is A CHRISTMAS PRINCE set in this universe? Why didn't Stacy and Margaret switch phones? And doesn't Margaret have a country to run during all this?
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Next week: LAST HOLIDAY (2006)
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It's Christmastime at We Love the Love, and Will and Marc are kicking things off with Jon Favreau's 2003 family comedy ELF!
Join in as they discuss what makes a good Christmas movie, the filmography of Jon Favreau, the problem with cinematic Santas, the COWBOYS AND ALIENS trailer, and Will's love for Rankin-Bass specials.
PLUS: Is Southtown, USA a sundown town? Remember THE CALL? What makes an enchanted forest enchanted? Why does Gimbels have full showers? And what the heck was George Lucas's STRANGE MAGIC about?
We do not discuss THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS.
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Next week: THE PRINCESS SWITCH (2018)
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THWIP! Will and Marc are headed into the Spider-Verse to take a look at the romance in Sam Raimi's overstuffed 2007 blockbuster, SPIDER-MAN 3.
Join in as they look at Bop It, Venom, the Pussy Posse, comic book scientists, and a legendary poop metaphor.
Plus: How did "satisfying the fans" lead to this movie's problems? Who is Bruce Campbell playing? How many villains is too many? Why isn't MJ in a union? What happened to SPIDER-MAN 4? And, most crucially of all: Is this movie good?
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Next week: ELF (2003)
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This week, Will and Marc resume their ongoing coverage of the films of DreamWorks Animation with the studio's first ever sequel (and highest-grossing film to date): 2004's SHREK 2.
Join in as they take a look at cross-dressing, referential humor, Pork Illustrated, toxic masculinity, and GameBoy Advance Video.
Plus: Is "Accidentally in Love" good? Is Puss in Boots the worst assassin ever? Is Shrek Sidney Poitier? All this, and it's finally Marc's turn to sing!
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Next week: SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007)
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In 2019, the end of the world begins! Just one month before that momentous age, Will and Marc are here to look at GEOSTORM, the 2017 disaster movie/West Wing spinoff directed by the guy who wrote INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA (1998). Along the way, they discuss tall tales, Hollywood reshoots, Will's dying wish, and the proper way to cook Gerard Butler.
Plus: What is the name of Abbie Cornish's character? How many people have been killed by the Secret Service? and why does the State Department oversee Dutchboy anyway?
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Next week: SHREK 2
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New year, new name! For the inaugural episode of We Love the Love, Will and Marc are celebrating(?) #TwilightAt10 with a look at the 2008 teen vampire romance phenomenon. They're joined by reformed Twi-hard Katie Cain, and the gang discusses the appeal of Twilight to adolescent girls, other books from their youth they'd like to see adapted, the role of Twilight in the evolution of fan culture, and the best Bob's Burgers side characters.
Plus: Is Kuchi Kopi a horcrux? Did anyone see G-Force? Why is everyone so obsessed with Bella? And are vampires always wet?
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Next week: GEOSTORM (2017)
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IS THIS THE END OF HEART OF PODNESS? Find out in this one-year anniversary celebration(/requiem?)!
Join Will and Marc as they return to the first movie they ever watched for the show - Vincent Minelli's 1944 family musical MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, starring Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien!
This overstuffed episode answers crucial questions like: Why did Judy Garland say this was the movie she liked herself in the most? Why did a lighting technician get fired from production for attempted murder? Just how disastrous were the 1904 St. Louis Olympics? What don't nice girls do? And is ketchup soup?
Plus: Marc plays the hashtag game, the secret origin of Heart of Podness is revealed, the final #PDSummary is read, and for the second week in a row, Will tries to make up some songs.
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Will, Marc, and special guest Fiona are all in this together as they attempt to make sense of the romantic, theatrical, and educational chaos that is the 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.
Join in as they discuss their own experiences in high school musicals, DVD trailer packages, the Darbus-Coach Bolton duet that never was, and the difficulties of doing more than one thing.
Plus: How is this movie connected to GREASE 3? Does East High have a uniform? And just how dumb is Ryan Evans? Also Will sings some original music, and we get our penultimate #PDSummary!
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Next week: MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS and our one-year anniversary episode!
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The podcast's ALIIIIIIIVVEEEEE!!!!! Will and Marc are celebrating Halloween by digging up an old movie: James Whale's 1935 monster sequel BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN!
Join in as they rave about Dr. Pretorius, barely-concealed gay subtext, 1930s movie censorship, Universal's aborted Dark Universe project, and the incredible career of Elsa Lanchester.
Plus: Why are there so few female movie monsters? How did they decide what words the monster should be able to speak? And just what moral is Mary Shelley trying to teach us here?
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Next week: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (2006)
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Time to rock, eh? Join Will and Marc as they jam into Edgar Wright's 2010 video game/punk rock/interdimensional travel/romance SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD.
Along the way, they catch up on fall TV, the thorny issue of liking a movie while not liking any of the characters, chart the pre-Marvel careers of Chris Evans and Bree Larson, and sing the praises of punctuality.
Plus: Why is it weird seeing a movie actually be set in Canada? Why did Edgar Wright have to direct some castmembers using hand gestures? Did Scott kill seven people? Who is G-Mna? And just what is the L word?
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Next week: BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
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Will and Marc are MFEO, an acronym familiar to both children and Rosie O'Donnell in Nora Ephron's 1993 transcontinental rom com SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE.
Join in as Will and Marc discuss fate, bad maps, Venom, and Monaco, and Will shouts "It's news!" more often than is probably necessary.
Plus: Why did Marc think every character was going to die? Where does this movie fit in BoxOfficeMojo's list of New Year's movies? Is this a horror movie? Does Tom Hanks have a cute butt? And why can't we all be nicer to Bill Pullman?
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Next week: SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD (2010)
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Will and Marc are off the deep end - will they ever reach the ground?
Find out as they cover the 1976 version of A STAR IS BORN, aka the Barbra Streisand vanity project nobody should ever watch. But you should join in as they discuss remakes, reboots, and relaunches, terrible kisses, water beds, and a musical group called the Oreos.
Plus: Why did Streisand's hairdresser get a producer credit? Why did director Frank Pierson publish an essay bashing his own movie before it came out? Why did star Kris Kristofferson say this project left him "cured of the movies"? (Hint: The answer to all of these questions is "Barbra Streisand.")
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Next week: SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993)
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By the power of Ra! Returning to their ongoing coverage of DreamWorks animation, Will and Marc tackle the first one they put into production: 1998's THE PRINCE OF EGYPT.
Join as they explore little-known parts of the Exodus story, 90s animation studios, a stacked cast, and this movie's many soundtracks.
Plus: Why did this movie lead with a disclaimer? Why didn't Voldemort get any musical numbers? Who is Bobby Motown?
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Next week: A STAR IS BORN (1976)
Note: In this episode, Will says ARMAGEDDON was produced by DreamWorks. It was actually produced by Buena Vista (aka Disney); DreamWorks distributed was the international distributor for DEEP IMPACT.
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Will and Marc dive back into the stack of DVDs Will bought in 2017 to look at Tim Story's 2002 neighborhood dramedy, BARBERSHOP. Join in as they look at the history of barbers, DVD extras, and the classic film "Eagles are Turning People into Horses."
Plus: Should you drink Eve's apple juice? What's going on with Cedric the Entertainer's voice? Whatever happened to Ice Cube? To top it all off, Will also coins a new word.
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Next week: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998)
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Will and Marc are branching out this week for their first episode fully dedicated to a movie about a same-sex romance: Mike Nichols's hilarious 1996 thongtacular, THE BIRDCAGE.
Join in as they discuss the astonishing achievements of this movie's cast and crew, marvel at Robin Williams's mustache, have an appropriate reaction to Christine Baranski, and shop for Laserdisc players. Plus: Is Kevin Keely just Lex Luthor in Congress? What are "dumps like a truck"? Do Armand and Albert know any women at all? All that, plus a new installment of #PDSummaries.
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Next week: BARBERSHOP (2002)
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Marc is back, and he's bringing drama, drama, drama as he and Will tackle another listener request: HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS.
Join in as they catch up on summer movies, Little Italy, and Will's high school dress robes. Plus: Is Ben's boss the Love Guru? Would this movie be better with Gwyneth Paltrow? And just how do you bring peace to Tajikistan?
On top of that, Will complains about numbers but loves Kathryn Hahn, we get our first #PDSummary, and everyone should go frost themself. Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe!
Next week: THE BIRDCAGE (1996)
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Marc is out this week (and possibly on the run from the law), so Will is joined by his sisters to discuss a childhood touchstone, Garry Marshall's 2001 royal teen romp, THE PRINCESS DIARIES.
While reminiscing about watching movies growing up, the three of them discuss #OldBayJugglin, awkward teenage romance, Fiona's unwinnable board game, and a foot-popping hug that just might change how they watch this movie.
Plus: Are the baron and baroness murdering their way to the throne? Should we all start using "golly wolly" in regular conversation? And what kind of monster puts M&Ms on pizza?
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Next week: HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (Will mistakenly says 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU during the episode, but he's wrong.)
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If you change the spelling of a word in a title, does that make it a pun even if it doesn't make sense? These are the sorts of questions Will and Marc are forced to ask as they dissect MADE OF HONOR in honor of Marc's future role as a man of honor in his sister's wedding.
Also discussed: the act of de-aging actors using CGI, men's apparent inability to emote unless they're playing sports, and the high probability that the character Collin is oppressing his serfs.
Plus: Why was this movie originally rated R? Why would Michelle Monaghan continue to hang out with Patrick Dempsey after their first meeting? And could you really marry someone who doesn't share their dessert?
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Next week: THE PRINCESS DIARIES
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Somewhere up in heaven there's a podcast with big hosts! This week, Will and Marc are rejoined by senior medical expert Moira Redmond to discuss Emma Thompson's debut performance as a nurse opposite Jeff Goldblum's struggling actor in THE TALL GUY.
Join in as they discuss plays in movies, hospital attire, and poorly thought-out lies. Plus: Is this the weirdest sex scene ever? Why does Will have so many thoughts about Superman's underwear? Is Andrew Lloyd Webber the worst? Does this movie even exist? And more!
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Next week: MADE OF HONOR (2008)
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How indecent!! This week Will and Marc look at their first pre-Code movie, 1934's crime comedy THE THIN MAN. Join in as they explore the Hayes Code, overexerted acronyms, Nora's pajamas, and putrefied oysters.
Plus: Marc gets a birthday surprise, Will struggles to keep track of characters, and the two of them try to answer once and for all the question of whether evil really is hereditary.
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Next week: THE TALL GUY (1989)
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Wegtent returns! This time, it's the 2003 60s-set Peyton Reed rom-com DOWN WITH LOVE, starring Ewan McGregor and Renee Zellweger as sparring swingers of the space age.
On top of that, Will and Marc discuss glorious coats, terrible hats, the witchiness of Sarah Paulson, and the shocking story of a very young senator.
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Next week: THE THIN MAN (1934)
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It's time for class! And time for justice! And time to get your nails done! And just what IS time, anyway? LEGALLY BLONDE certainly can't tell you, but that doesn't mean there isn't a ton of stuff for Will and Marc to talk about!
Join in what just might be their most contentious episode ever, as they try to answer crucial questions like: What's the deal with CULA? Is Delta Nu secretly a naval unit? Does Harvard have a uniform? And who the heck is Vicky? Plus, the plots of Legally Blonde 3, 4, and 5 are all revealed, as well as several amazing new inventions. It's a Heart of Podness extravaganza!
Next week: DOWN WITH LOVE
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When you make a building the size of a city, you get all of the benefits of a city. But what else will happen? SKYSCRAPER won't tell you, but Will and Marc will!
Join in a discussion of the new vertical Dwayne Johnson vehicle as Will, Marc, and special guest Sean Craig attempt to answer important questions like: Is this the Golden Age of the Rock, or have we Rocked too hard? How does that explosion have such minor results? What possible use could the room at the top of the Pearl have? Is the Rock the biggest embodiment of the word "zaddy" on the planet? All this and more!
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Next week: LEGALLY BLONDE
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It's a trap!!! A PARENT TRAP, that is!
This week, Will and Marc welcome #FiFiFierce back to the show to talk about Nancy Myers's debut feature, book-to-movie adaptations, and how to tell if two people are twins.
Plus: Fiona learns a new word, teaches Will and Marc about cowboys, and is definitely a serial liar. Also Will tries to make a bunch of hashtags of varying quality happen, plots out two Parent Trap sequels, and would like you all to make #FootForearm a thing again.
REMINDER: Submit your 30-second reactions to the romance (or whatever you want) of SKYSCRAPER to heartofpodness@gmail.com by Wednesday, July 18 to have them included in our inaugural Movie Club episode!
Next week: SKYSCRAPER!!!
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Important update on the Heart of Podness Movie Club!
On July 23, we will be releasing an episode on the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson film SKYSCRAPER, opening nationwide tomorrow!
Join us in our Heart of Podness Movie Club by watching the movie and then sending a recording of your reaction to heartofpodness@gmail.com, and we'll play it on the episode! Do it!
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Happy Independence Day! Celebrate with Will and Marc as they attempt to understand the VERY thin romance of Jon Turtletaub's 2004 history adventure NATIONAL TREASURE.
Help them answer all of the most important questions, like: Where's National Treasure 3? How could Ben and Riley not have known Abigail was going to be a woman? Who's Stan? Why does Jon Voight assume everyone is pregnant? Why does Abigail pretend to date Ben over the phone? And what's the deal with that final treasure map?
If you have answers, let us know on Twitter @HeartOfPodness, and be sure to rate, review, and subscribe!
Next week: THE PARENT TRAP (1998)
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Holy relevance, Batman! This week, Will and Marc tap into the zeitgeist to look at Netflix's new rom com SET IT UP! They discuss the greatest tagline of all time, the perils of capitalism, women in sports, and the glories of pizza.
PLUS improvements to 4DX movies, an incredible invention everyone should own, our favorite scene since KAL HO NAA HO, and possibly the worst dating advice Will has taken from a movie yet.
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Next week: NATIONAL TREASURE
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This week Will and Marc continue their irregular DreamWorks Animation coverage with 2004's elaborate lie/coming out story SHARK TALE, starring a whole bunch of famous actors whose animated counterparts look creepily like them.
Is this movie anti-Italian? Is there a fish Jesus? Why are there cabs underwater? Why does Robert DeNiro have an aquarium?
Plus the announcement of the Heart of Podness Movie Club (Are we joking? TBD!), our favorite puns in the movie, and the fresh Wegtent we know you all love.
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Next week: SET IT UP (now streaming on Netflix!)
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This week we're doing a movie too big for just Will and Marc to cover, so we're headed back to #ClairesClorner too look at the 2003 epic Bollywood melodrama KAL HO NAA HO.
Join in as we discuss Shahrukh Khan, Kantaben, the three steps to love, and the greatest plot twist in cinema history. PLUS: Just what is the central relationship of this movie? Is Sweetu the best character? Is it the time to disco?
Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe, and join us next week as we continue our DreamWorks Animation coverage with 2004's submarine gangster epic, SHARK TALE.
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Carol Kane put a curse on Will to create a doppelganger of him and, being Will, neither of them could keep quiet. This makes it sound like there's an echo on this episode, but there's not - there are two Wills. Will 2 ran off to Hollywood to try writing something called "Spirit Locomotive" (they clones weren't exactly the same), so we don't expect to see him again.
For those of us who are still here after that nonsense, snap your fingers and join in for Barry Sonnenfeld's sophomore feature, 1993's ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES! Will and Marc talk Joan Cusack's fashion, the merits of underground restaurants, Kamp Krusty, and Nathan Lane's turn as the one sane person in the Addams Family universe.
Plus: Is Christopher Lloyd's Uncle Fester actually Wolverine? Is Tony Shalhoub truly a macho man? Should Will buy a LaserDisc player? Let us know what you think, and be sure to rate, review, and subscribe.
Next Week: KAL HO NAA HO (Watch it on Amazon Prime to prepare!!!)
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Heads up: Will was submerged in a bathtub when he recorded his part of this episode, which is why it sounds a little funky. He won't need a wash again for six months, so it won't be a problem in future.
Hello! Join our crew as Will and Marc talk heist movies in the context of Steven Soderbergh's 2001 classic, OCEAN'S ELEVEN. This is one of the more tangential romances we've done so far, but we still find room to discuss SOLO, Chuck E. Cheese, 2001 fashion, and lots of people who were almost cast in this movie.
Plus an in depth discussion of the movie's treatment of women, the slash reading we deserve, and a bevy of new hashtags and movie ideas.
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Next week: ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
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YOU. MUST. CHILL. and listen to a new episode of Heart of Podness! This week, Will and Marc take a look at Cameron Crowe's 1989 directing debut, SAY ANYTHING...
Join us for a conversation about Dippin' Dots, John Cusack's passionate input into the role of Lloyd Dobler, and some surprising efforts to remake it.
PLUS: Will and Marc talk #TwilightAt10, gush about John Mahoney, and uncover the true history of the Space Needle. And Mr. Lep speaks at last!
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Next week: OCEAN'S 11
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As #PodcastSummer continues, Will and Marc decide to celebrate by looking at one of the all-time great summer movies: 1981's RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
They're joined by friend of the show Matt Grisier to debate perfect blockbusters, the symbolism of dresses and pants, and whether Huey Lewis is doing a black voice in "The Power of Love."
Plus we talk about the writing process for the movie, plans for future sequels, and the weirdness of a franchise that spawned both a Nazi monkey and a switchblade-wielding Shia LeBeouf.
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Next Week: KAL HO NAA HO
Corrections: Contrary to what Matt said, Steven Spielberg did not get a Best Director nomination for JAWS. Contrary to what Will said, the 1936 Olympics were in Munich, not Berlin.
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I'll have what Heart of Podness is having! That half-baked joke must mean we're talking about 1989's classic rom com, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY...! (Ellipses required!)
Join in with Will, Marc, and special guest Katherine Sisemore as we discuss days-of-the-week underwear, fake orgasms, and that central question of whether men and women really can be friends (which has high stakes, since we all consider each other to be friends).
Plus, we spend a lot of time talking about Casablanca, Oklahoma!, "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," the alternate ending that almost happened, and the Bridget Jones musical we might never get to see.
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Next week: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
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Oh, hey, it's our 25th episode!
This week it's a listener suggestion: Chris Rock's 2014 feature TOP FIVE. Join in as we talk #PodcastSummer, Madagascar (again?!), and a lot of references that could've aged better.
Plus an all-time great dinosaur movie, a debate over Tracy Jordan and Chris Rock, and Will gets mad about public transportation.
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Next Week: WHEN HARRY MET SALLY...
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NOTE: We are still sorting out a few kinks with the new recording setup. Some echoes remain, but should be cleared up by next week.
Hello again! For their second Renee Zellweger movie in a row, Will and Marc hop across the pond to explore the 2001 Pride and Prejudice adaptation BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY. Join in for discussions on sexual harassment, alcoholism, and the correct way to set people up.
Plus: Why Zellweger's casting was controversial, some outdated Avengers predictions, and the origin story of Bhummar Tyhme, troll procrastinator extraordinaire!
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Next week: TOP FIVE
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WARNING: We're testing out new equipment/spaces, so the audio is a little funky on this episode.
Hello again! We're back this week to discuss the Seinfeld-as-auteur meme factory that is 2007's BEE MOVIE. Join in for discussions of bee science, Larry King, and a very strange marketing campaign.
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Next week: BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY
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Hello again! This week Will and Marc are headed to wine country (but not the wine country you're thinking of) for a discussion of Alexander Payne's 2004 alcoholic sadcom SIDEWAYS.
Join in as we discuss a surprisingly good Thomas Haden Church, white mediocrity, and the tyranny of overlong novels. Plus a visit by a surprise guest!
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Next week: BEE MOVIE
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Welcome to San Francisco! This week Will and Marc discuss Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 psychological murder/acrophobia romance, VERTIGO.
Join in as they discuss B movies, the adaptation choices Hitchcock made, the role this film plays as a confession of Hitchcock's less appealing characteristics, and a murder plot that has to be seen to be believe.
PLUS: Will falls in love, and SOUL TRAIN begins to take shape!
Next week: SIDEWAYS
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Hello again! We're back this week with another deep dive into a 2000s rom com - this time Andy Tennant's 2002 Reese Witherspoon/Josh Lucas/Patrick Dempsey semi-triangle SWEET HOME ALABAMA.
Join in as Will and Marc discuss Confederate revisionism, Josh Lucas's insistence on never telling anyone what his job is, Patrick Dempsey's general excellence, and many better places this movie could have ended.
PLUS: We also talk about radio dramas, and Will continues to flesh out his movie pitches. Remember to rate, review, and subscribe!
Next week: VERTIGO
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BANG! The red fluid seeping down in front of you can only mean one thing: we're covering James Bond this week! Specifically, we're doing the second movie, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.
Join Will and Marc as they talk Bond girls, periscopes, music in movies, and TV spinoffs of Disney animated features. Meanwhile, Will tries to converse with people who don't exist and continues to workshop movie ideas. Please don't encourage him.
Next week: SWEET HOME ALABAMA
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Welcome to Momsterpiece Theatre! This week, Will and Marc welcome their real-life moms to the show to discuss the 1983 Michael Keaton-Terri Garr married-life comedy MR. MOM.
Join us for a discussion of soap opera experiences, the many uses of irons, comparisons to I Love Lucy, and a surprising amount of Muppet-related conversation. Plus Will begins developing several movie ideas. Give us a call, Hollywood!
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Next week: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
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Welcome to Pandora! This week, Will and Marc journey offworld to discuss the romance at the center of James Cameron's 2009 3D hit, AVATAR.
Join us as we discuss just how alien aliens should be, representations of imperialism in movies, and the many movies of which we were reminded while watching Avatar. Also, what is Avatar Tuesday, and should we bring it back? (Probably!)
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Next week: MR. MOM
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SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME that Shrek actually holds up really well!
Join Will and Marc as they journey to Dulac to explore the charm of the 2001 DreamWorks animated hit, SHREK. This week we discuss the merits of the Academy Award for Best Animated Picture, the strengths and weaknesses of the DreamWorks animation formula, the nature of fairytale creatures, and montages. So. Many. Montages.
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Next week: AVATAR
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Hello Hollywood! Welcome to the Heart of Podness 2017 Oscars Extravaganza!
This week, Will and Marc speed through the romances of all nine best pictures nominees, from incredibly significant ones in LADY BIRD and CALL ME BY YOUR NAME to the surprising romance Will found in DUNKIRK.
Let us know what you think by reaching out to us on Facebook and Twitter at @HeartOfPodness.
Next Week: SHREK
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When there's something strange in the neighborhood, Will and Marc (let's be real - it'll be Will) will probably develop a barely relevant hashtag to go along with it!
Join us for our conversation about Ghosbusters, including explorations of the personhood of the undead, proper disposal of ectoplasmic beings, and our favorite awful psychology experiments.
Next week: The Heart of Podness 2017 Oscars Extravaganza!
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Welcome back! This week we're talking about THE BIG SICK, so we welcome nurse Moira Redmond to talk about the movie's representation of life in a hospital. We also talk movie dates, one-man shows, Holly Hunter's heckling history, and debate just how many cheeseburgers Will could eat in one sitting.
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Next week: GHOSTBUSTERS!
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It's our first foray into the 2010s! We welcome a very special guest to the show to discuss Will Gluck's 2010 film EASY A.
Join us as we discuss the logistics of mascot costumes, high school gossip, and whether EASY A truly is the Scarlet Letter adaptation it claims to be. There's also a surprising amount of conversation about ham.
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Next week: THE BIG SICK
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We're back in rom com territory with PRETTY WOMAN, the 1990 feel-good prostitution romance that took the box office by storm!
Join us for discussion of the complicated and problematic power dynamics at play, the strange development journey this movie went on, and a surprising discover about our own bodies.
PLUS: Is Jason Alexander just playing George Costanza? Is Richard Gere playing Mitt Romney? Are magicians cool? Take a listen, and then tell us what you think on social media.
As always, make sure to rate, review, and subscribe. Next week: EASY A
HEADS UP: Due to the nature of this movie, this episode contains a few references to specific types of sexual activity.
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It's time to get things started! This week we're continuing our exploration of some of Will and Marc's favorite fandoms with THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN, the third of the original Muppet movies.
Join us as we attempt to understand the plotline of "Manhattan Melodies," mouth-to-beak resuscitation, spying vs hugging, and surprise weddings.
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Next week: PRETTY WOMAN
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Accio Podcast!
That pseudo-Latin jibber-jabber must mean we're talking about Harry Potter - specifically, the abundance of hormonal nonsense that is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Join us for a dive into HP fandom, Warner Bros' scheduling superstitions, and some very minor romantic plotlines. Do all of them need to be there? Probably not! But we'll talk about them anyway.
Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Next week: THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN
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Hello again! This week we decided to indulge Will by letting him talk about a good superhero movie: 2008's IRON MAN.
Join us for conversations about Marvel vs DC, the difficulties of being a Gwenyth Paltrow fan, the strange career of Brandon Routh, and more!
PLUS the return of Duck Talk, and a very important update on our quest for sponsorship. Help us in that mission by rating, reviewing, and subscribing!
Next week: HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
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Happy 2018! Ring in the New Year with Heart of Podness as we try to get some advice from the mother of all dating advice movies: HITCH!
This week we welcome friend of the show Claire Derriennic for the inaugural Claire's Clorner, in which we explore the many layers of the 2005 Will Smith rom com, from its name to its casting to the merits of the many dates included.
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Next Week: IRON MAN
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Merry Christmas! We're here this Christmas Day with a special holiday-themed episode talking about the 2011 Ion Original Christmas movie, A CHRISTMAS KISS!
Special guest Fiona Redmond walks us through as we explore the grandeur of Boston, the romantic potential of elevators, and a surprisingly well-funded community theatre. PLUS: Marc gets a special Christmas present, and we just might have a sponsor! (But probably not.)
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Next week: HITCH!
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Welcome back! Join us this week as we explore the 1987 Patrick Dempsey high school rom com CAN'T BUY ME LOVE!
We really liked this movie, but its romance may be a little suspect. Come along as Will and Marc talk about that one time they danced together, the many podcast networks that are definitely planning on picking up the show, and Will's attempts to coin new words.
Plus - help us try to answer questions like: What kind of hat is Ronnie wearing? What's the deal with teachers in movies? Where exactly is Lower Swahili? Did a name change save this movie from being a total disaster? Listen in for all this AND MORE!!!
Next week: A CHRISTMAS KISS
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Hello again! Hop on in for another new episode as we discuss SPLASH, the 1984 Tom Hanks rom com where he falls in love with Madison the mermaid, a Daryl Hannah character who learned how to speak English by spending two hours watching TV!
Join us for small boats, weird sequels, problematic John Candy, and lots of different ideas for remakes. (Hollywood, give us a call!)
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NEXT WEEK: Can't Buy Me Love!
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It's our first ever MUSICAL EPISODE! To be clear, we don't sing, but the characters in GREASE sure do!
Join us for an exploration of SoCal high school life in the 50s as portrayed by the 70s as played by a cast of shockingly old actors and actresses. We've got deep thoughts on bullying, coolness, cars, and sleazy TV hosts who are definitely not Dick Clark. PLUS we've got info on Marc's children's birthday business, Will's love of Patty Simcox, and the first installment of Duck Talk!
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Next week: SPLASH!
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We're back! Join our flock for a dive into the 1986 George Lucas-produced monstrosity, HOWARD THE DUCK. Why is Howard such a jerk? Can Lea Thompson ever truly come to love him? Why is everything on Duckworld the same as on Earth? Are ducks more progressive than humans? (Spoiler - no.)
Honestly, we watched the whole movie, and we still really don't know. But we do have opinions on this romance!
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Welcome to Heart of Podness - a new podcast that digs deep into cinematic love stories to answer the age-old question: Does Hollywood romance actually make any sense? For our first episode, we'll be looking at the 1995 Sandra Bullock/Bill Pullman romantic comedy WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING. Join us for this classic tale of love built on lies, furniture deliveries, more lies, and some very seductive leaning.
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