My Husband Made Me Do It

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! Need a little more Jane Austen in your life but want something a little less mainstream? Check out this week's episode where we discuss Love & Friendship, an adaptation of Austen's Lady Susan. Susan, played by Kate Beckinsale, is a down-on-her-luck widow trying to have to all while finding suitable matches for herself and her da...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! It's another Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan rom com! We had no idea this movie existed. Thanks to James Pacheco for recommending it to us! When Joe, a hypochondriac, learns that he has six months to live, he is offered the opportunity to live like a king for his remaining time on Earth. The only catch is that his time is limited to about 20 days...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! This week we're watching Moonstruck. And what's this? Another Nicolas Cage movie, you say? In the words of Shirley from Community: "If I was in 70 films over 30 years and I spent each one talking at random volumes, I might accidentally win an Oscar." That didn't happen with Moonstruck, but Cher and Olympia Dukakis did...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're watching So I Married an Axe Murderer this week, starring Mike Myers, Nancy Travis and the real hero of the movie, Anthony LaPaglia. Charlie is normally pretty good at ending his relationships over the real or imagined quirks of his girlfriends. He recognizes this is a problem and wants to make changes in his life. Too bad the firs...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! "It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces." That's right! We're watching Bridget Jones's Diary, starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. Loosely based on Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Bridget Jones's Di...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're discussing It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. A young heiress, Ellie Andrews, has run away from her father (again) and is headed off to New York City. She enlists an out-of-work reporter's help to get her there. We watched this one on Amazon Prime.  Huge thanks to Caleb McCandless at Red River T...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! It's in every Top 10 Christmas Movies list on the internet and was dubbed "the ultimate romantic comedy." That's right! This week we're watching Love Actually! If you've never seen this one, it is a series of loosely connected stories about the lives of a ton of characters in the weeks leading up to Christmas. We...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're watching the 2022 Netflix original movie Falling for Christmas this week, starring Lindsay Lohan and Chord Overstreet. A pampered young heiress is diagnosed with amnesia after a Santa-induced skiing accident. A handsome ski lodge owner takes her in while she tries to regain her memories. Long-time listeners will know that we often...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're kicking off December with a Netflix original rom com! And no, it isn't part of the Netflix Cinematic Christmas Universe, or at least we don't think it is! Frequently single Peter (Michael Urie) convinces roommate and bestie Nick (Philemon Chambers) to spend Christmas with his family in New Hampshire (definitely filmed in...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're going to back to the 70s this week for Butterflies Are Free, starring Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert and Eileen Heckart. Jill, an independent and free-spirited actress, moves into an apartment in San Francisco. Her neighbor is a blind songwriter who is living on his own for the first time.  This one was a bit of a wild ride for us and...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're going back to the 1950s this week with Roman Holiday, starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and Eddie Albert. Princess Ann reaches her breaking point while on a European tour and sneaks out (making sure to bring her little white gloves) to do "silly things" and enjoy life for a change.  Email us at MadeMePodcast@gmail.com...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're watching Rosaline, a new romantic comedy on Hulu, starring Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced and Sean Teale. The movie offers a comedic take on Romeo & Juliet from the perspective of Romeo's jilted ex-girlfriend, Rosaline.  Email us at MadeMePodcast@gmail.com Find us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/MadeMePodcast Instagram: http...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're watching Miss Congeniality this week! Sandra Bullock and Benjamin Bratt star in this rom com classic about an FBI agent going undercover at the Miss United States Pageant. Other familiar faces include Michael Caine, Candice Bergen and William Shatner!  Email us at MadeMePodcast@gmail.com Find us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/MadeM...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're watching Joss Whedon's 2012 version of Much Ado About Nothing, starring Alexis Denisof and Amy Acker. The story focuses on two couples: chatty Cathies Benedick and Beatrice, who only talk about how much they dislike each other and how they will never, ever get married (the rest of the cast thinks they doth protest too much), a...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! Happy Halloween, everybody! This week we are watching the zom com, Warm Bodies.  Dating during the apocalypse is hard, or so R and Julie discover. His friends want to eat her; her dad wants to shoot him. What's a zombie/human couple to do? Warm Bodies stars Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer and John Malkovich and can be found for rent on Ama...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're in stereo this week because we have a guest! The lovely Rebecca Christon is joining us to discuss her rom com recommendation: Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a 2008 rom com starring Jason Segel, Kristen Bell and Mila Kunis. Other familiar faces include Russell Brand, the immortal Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill and Bi...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! It's another Netflix original rom com and this one's actually pretty solid. We're watching Netflix's 2022 rom com Wedding Season, starring Pallavi Sharda and Suraj Sharma. Desperate to get their parents off their backs, Asha and Ravi pretend to date each other during wedding season. We bet you can't guess where this i...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We are watching Love in the Villa this week, a 2022 Netflix original movie starring Kat Graham and Tom Hopper.  While it's unconfirmed, we're pretty sure this movie is the second installment in the Netflix Wine Cinematic Universe (the "NWCU"). There's a lot going on in this one, and we're totally here for it. Thi...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! Today we are watching the very R-rated rom com, Long Shot, starring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen. Theron plays Charlotte, the beautiful and accomplished Secretary of State, who has been tapped to run for President. She needs a writer to punch up her speeches and conveniently runs into an old friend, Fred, a writer who is between jobs. Spark...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're celebrating our one year anniversary with Thor: Love & Thunder, now streaming on Disney+. There will be spoilers! You have been warned! We won't give too much away in the summary. All we will say is that Thor and friends need to stop a bad guy from doing a bad thing. Hijinks and an action rom com plot line ensue. Thor: Lov...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We have another 2022 Netflix rom com for you: The Royal Treatment, starring Laura Marano and Mena Massoud. Izzy, a feisty NYC hairstylist, meets Prince Thomas while he's in town for his engagement party. Both Thomas and his butler/tutor (we're not sure which), Walter, are so intrigued by Izzy that they end up inviting her to be the...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We love movies named after pop songs that have nothing to do with the plot. That's why, this week, we're watching Drive Me Crazy, starring Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier. Two former besties decide to not-quite-fake-date to make themselves look more desirable to the people who rejected them. There's more to it than that, b...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey star in this week's move: The Wedding Planner. A wedding planner inadvertently falls  for one of her clients after he saves her from almost being crushed by a dumpster. A truly magical meet cute. We had to rent this one on Amazon Prime. Email us at MadeMePodcast@gmail.com Find us on: Facebook: www.f...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! We're headed back to the 90s this week with While You Were Sleeping, starring Julia Roberts and Bill Pullman. Lucy, a hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority token collector, falls in love with a passenger she sees every day but has never met. Shenanigans ensue when she saves his life after an attempted mugging and is mistaken for...

Movie recommendations or comments for us? Text us here! This week we are watching She's the Man, a 2006 adaptation of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." It stars Amanda Bynes and a young Channing Tatum in one of his first big roles! We're pretty sure you can rent this one on Prime, but Lydea had it on DVD. Yes, an actual DVD. Enjoy! Email us at MadeMePodcast@gmail.com Find us...