Star Vehicle

This week the Star Vehicle drives directly on the quad at Harvard as we discuss "Legally Blonde".  If your brain isn't immediately playing "Perfect Day" please stop what you are doing, rewatch "Legally Blonde", and then listen to this episode.   Additionally, we invite you to heal with us as Shanelle recounts a traumatizing roller blading accident.  Luckily neither her spirit nor bones were broken...

If you fully understood the plot of "Cruel Intentions" you are lying to yourself (and now us).  This week the Star Vehicle heads to our favorite locale, NYC, as we untangle a web of events that took place during one hot summer.     Is "Cruel Intentions" problematic? That's the wrong question.  Instead, we viewed this film as a fever dream where teens act on their immediate impulses.  They should h...

Is Reese Witherspoon from Alabama? Does it matter?  What is clear is that the "Sweet Home Alabama" poster should be Alabama's new state flag. This week the Star Vehicle takes a tour of NYC before making the trek to non-specific Alabama. Our discussion get heated as we explore the intricacies of long-distance divorce in this romp about Alabama (and also New York)? Join us as we debate a classic chi...

We watched "Down with Love," and we're warning you now--You can NEVER get back your first time, so savor the experience and meet us back here so we can talk parodies of the 60s, Sarah Paulson's star-making performance, and how getting coffees as an intern really put us in the headspace of the times *Strap in or you'll get whiplash from the twist that M. Night Shyamalan wishes he wrote (unconfirmed...

Full disclosure, we watched “In Her Shoes” because we thought it was a shopping movie.  Instead, we learned how sharing a shoe size with someone is a very powerful connection. Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette give career-best performances in this movie that we didn't know we wanted until we were an hour deep and it was too late to turn back! Beep-beep the Star Vehicle is off to Philadelphia and non-...

Close your eyes and imagine a sequel to "Under The Tuscan Sun", this time in Scotland.  Fun!  Open your eyes and watch "A Castle For Christmas" on Netflix.  You're welcome! This week the Star Vehicle picks up Brooke Shields and heads to Castle Dun Dunbar by way of Scotland.  We chat about trespassing, the grumpy to happy character arc for men, and how we would financially turn around a failing cas...

Imagine competing in an "International Christmas Baking Competition" only to spend your sole two days off trading lives with a disgruntled royal.  This week the Star Vehicle traveled to Belgravia (Genovia's neighbor) with Vanessa Anne Hudgens holding the reins.  This week we learn all about Belgravian culture, debate if there's room for science at the Christmas table, and pray that Vanessa Hudgens...

In 2008 Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, and Jon Voight cleared their schedules (and opened their homes) to participate in Four Christmases.  Sadly, only one home was needed in the end.  Lament with us as we grapple with the hard-hitting truth that "Four Christmases" isn't very, well-- Christmassy (spelling?).  We thank Reese Witherspoon for her efforts as Star Vehicle takes a turn f...

Renée has an Oscar and unfortunately, it is not for "New in Town".  This week we brave the elements as we explore the foreign country that is Minnesota (through PG goggles).  If you are looking for a perfect winter movie unrelated to the holidays, well thank Renée Zellweger.

This week on Star Vehicle we're back on the Sandy train! This movie is just chock full of your favorite star vehicle fodder and we can't get enough! -- a stationary bike ride, dead parents, an abundance of line cutting, and a big teary-eyed speech at a wedding... How bad could that be? 

Imagine a movie where Cameron Diaz, Selma Blair, and Christina Applegate all get locked in a chocolate factory... That sounds fun but is not this movie.  This week we savor "The Sweetest Thing" by remembering the sweetest thing we've ever eaten, admiring lighting design in early 2000s clubs, and praying a copy of "10 Commandments of Love" is still available. *Warning, don't watch The Sweetest Thin...

This week we worked overtime to explore Jamie Lee Curtis' 1994 turn in "True Lies," a movie that's um...hard to find! Why is a movie deeply invested in horses, luxury hotel chains, and the 6th century so inaccessible?  Well... Join us as we unravel that question (amongst others) and wonder if "Omega Sector The Last Line of Defense" is taking job applications.  

Please don't hurt yourself trying to figure out what "Knight and Day" means.  Here is what we know for sure: "Knight and Day" is to cinema as Rachel Ray's "40 Dollars a Day" is to television.  Join us as Shanelle nurses a summer cold, Stephen gives himself a Presidential Fitness Award, Cameron Diaz dazzles the world with physical comedy, and Tom Cruise does his best Tom Cruise.

We love Autumn and luckily “Practical Magic” is a shot of pure Autumnal energy.  This week we explore just how practical the magic is in this movie, admire how “Practical Magic” scratches an itch that “Hocus Pocus” doesn’t, and wonder what actually happened at Salem.  

Breaking news! “Halloween Kills” premiered and (while we weren’t invited to the premiere) we can’t wait to share our experiences with this journey.  We heap praise on Kyle Richards’ performance, lament that Judy Greer is still in a Christmas sweater, and harbor jealousy that Jamie Lee Curtis got to act while horizontal.  “Halloween Kills” is a movie no one could have predicted and as a result we a...

This week we look to the stars for a seasonal scare and Jamie Lee Curtis delivers.  That’s right, this week we are diving into 2018's “Halloween”!  We explore the differences between haunted hayrides and houses, lament at how all the men in this movie are of no help, identify proper etiquette when interviewing a serial killer, and beg for more time with Jamie Lee Curtis in this movie.  Sorry in ad...

This week on Star Vehicle we are setting our sights on Jennifer Lopez’s starring role in “Second Act”.  Much like JLo’s all-in-one organic skin care product, this movie has it all!  From the twist to end all twists, Leah Remini turning in the performance of a lifetime, and Jennifer Lopez’s continued fascination towards what it means to a civilian who goes to work.  Alexa, play “Limitless” by Jenni...

Star Vehicle is back with an enthralling look at Sandra Bullock’s starring role in “Two Weeks Notice”.  We have to put our medical mystery investigator hats on as we digest the film’s relationship to overeating.  2002 was a banner year for movies and it’s impossible to ignore the intimate connections between “Two Weeks Notice” and “Maid in Manhattan”.  

This week on Star Vehicle we witness Sandra (Sandy) Bullock’s starring role in “Miss Congeniality”.  Sandra Bullock has a milkmaid outfit and we have questions. What happened to explosives being the punch line of a movie?  Where have all the pageants gone?  And why doesn’t the FBI have jurisdiction over a domestic beauty pageant?  Let’s get chip-faced together!

This week on Star Vehicle we joyfully allow Jennifer Lopez’s starring turn in “Maid in Manhattan” to wash over us.  However, the shock of the film’s ulterior motives is almost too much for us to bear.  Join us as we reconcile what we had always thought this movie was about with the text on the page.  “I am not a crook!” - Richard Nixon and Jennifer Lopez

We are faced with dueling co-stars on the first episode of Star Vehicle as we discuss “Monster in Law”!  Join us as we explore Jennifer Lopez’s take on being a temp, admire Jane Fonda’s surgical line delivery, and unpack the film’s controversial relationship with mental health. 

The hallmark of a good movie? Make sure all of your characters are correct. Remind us again why this movie didn't get any Academy Awards? Julia Roberts deserves a retroactive Oscar for this work and we're here to make sure everyone knows it. 

Julia Roberts stands out in more ways than with just her remarkable performance -- In this teaser we talk about her wardrobe in 2003's Mona Lisa Smile. 

Shanelle shares a personal anecdote about the most important piece of paper a college student can hold onto and how that relates to her potential GPA in Ms. Katharine Watson's class in 2003's Mona Lisa Smile. 

In this short teaser Shanelle and Stephen discuss what might be a better title for 2003's Mona Lisa Smile