Movies My Mom Likes

Happy 4th of July everyone! It’s a special edition of Movies My Mom Likes - Movies my Dad likes featuring my Dad, Steve. We recorded on Father’s day and talked about the 1975 film “Jaws” directed by Steven Spielberg -we talk about the first time my dad saw the movie as a kid, the Jaws Soundtrack, the adaptation of the book into the movie, how scary it still is, and more!

It’s been 2 years but the pod is back! In the spirit of the song “We Are Family”, Madeline’s sister Olivia (National Treasure, While You Were Sleeping) discuss the 1996 comedic masterpiece The Birdcage. They talk about drag and drag queens, Robin Williams being hot, and Val being the actual villain of the movie. They also discuss Christine Baranski, painful foliage small talk, and their mom’s favo...

Madeline and performer/extraordinaire/chanteuse/Foley expert Anijah discuss the 2003 flawless book to move adaptation “Holes”. They discuss the lack of interest in the cover art, the fact that this movie for Madeline is “a Flintstones episode”, the iconic line readings, the song choices, the stunning visuals, and how Rick Fox and Vanessa Williams were the Dax Shepherd and Kristen Bell of their tim...

Listen to Madeline and her sister Olivia recap the 1990 Romance/Financial Drama “Ghost” starring Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg, Demi Moore and Ghoul Tony Goldwyn. They talk about the similarities between “Ghost” and “Jack Frost”, Soho apartments, time jumps, Tony Goldwyn’s hotness, heavy handed foreshadowing, Patrick Swayze’s gymnastics skills, comedy legend Whoopi Goldberg, after the iconic pot...

Hi Friends, Here’s a special quarantine pod for all you quarancuties. Madeline and Olivia dissect the seminal Nic Cage classic “National Treasure” that Madeline recounts pretty much from memory. It’s fun, it’s done over Skype, Madeline drinks a margarita. There’s talk of Sean Bean, Sean Bean impressions and Meerschaum pipes. What is Nic Cage’s hair piece made of? What exactly is the definition of...

Our Egos are writing checks our bodies can’t cash! Madeline and her friend Scott discuss their need for speed and the 1986 film “Top Gun”. It turns out that watching this movie at 3 AM brings out the best in both of them. They discuss aviators, baby oil and homoerotcism…and also the volleyball scene. There’s epic music, epic plane scenes and epic call signs. Maverick, Iceman, Goose, Hollywood, the...

“Love is patient. Love is kind. Love means slowly losing your mind.” Today on the pod Madeline (with her Phoebe Buffay sick “sticky shoes” voice), her aunt Pandy and her cousin Harley talk about the 2008 film “27 Dresses”. How does Katherine Heigl have that huge apartment on an assistant’s salary? Who’s in this movie? Ed Norton? George Burns? ED BURNS! They talk extensively about Malin Ackerman’s...

Bruce and the chocolate cake. Madeline cries about libraries. Luke is no longer a weak-ass clown. There are multiple planes flying overhead and the we recorded this in August ( a month ago I AM SORRY) so THE AC IS BLASTING but this is still a great episode nonetheless. Madeline and podcast theme writer/performer, Luke, discuss the 1996 Fantasy/Drama, “Matilda”. They discuss the acceptable instance...

"I'll have what she's having!" Ladies, am I right? Madeline and her brother Davis discuss the ultimate romantic comedy. Note: They watched this movie with their parents in full beds in a hotel in West Virginia. They explore the thought that Madeline thinks people looked older back then even if they were young and Davis has never seen a grape with a pit in it. Madeline explains the plot of Casablan...

Madeline and Jenny explore the Mandy Moore Shane West romantic tragedy , “A Walk to Remember” or as Jenny says “The Original Big Sick”. They discuss sweaters, Southern Accents and Switchfoot as well as what the phrase “lay it on a brother like a PopTart” means. They talk about the evolution of Mandy Moore and the equally groundbreaking evolution of Mandy Moore’s bangs. They also talk about ambitio...

Kevin Kline and Meg Ryan (BOTH HOT) star in this romantic comedy about love, life, wine and cheese. There's mustaches, a french detective, a stolen necklace AND MORE! Listen to Madeline describe the best kisses in cinema history and Liz explain the complexities of American Kevin Kline's French Accent. This is a good one! As usual, please leave a review on iTunes at Movies My Mom Likes, follow us o...

Drama, drama, drama and Kate Hudson's hair! Andie Anderson and Benjamin Barry fall in love in this classic battle of the sexes rom com. Kate Hudson and Matthew Mcconaughey star as Andie Anderson and Benjamin Barry in a movie that can only be described as "fun for some of us"! Please like and subscribe on itunes and spotify and if you want to suggest a movie your mom likes, email us at moviesmymoml...

Bill Pullman in a reversible jacket? Need we say more? Madeline and Olivia take a deep dive into a mom classic. Is it a Christmas Movie? Do both of us cry? Spoiler Alert: We do. Like and Subscribe on iTunes please. I need your approval!!! Follow us on instagram @Moviesmymomlikes or submit a suggestion to moviesmymomlikes@gmail.com. Theme song by the talented AS HECK Luke Demuro

Tommy Lee Jones is the GOAT, Ashley Judd only wears crop tops and beige, Bruce Greenwood looking like the Great Gatsby. They discuss all this and more!

Introducing the podcast "Moves My Mom Likes" about those movies that your mom loves that you have on DVD but if they're on TV and she happens to catch them, she's watching until the end.