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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...

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? A...

We're headed to Japan for one of the country's biggest hits: Makoto Shinkai's 2016 romantic epic Your 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 urin...

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-par...

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 s...

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...

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 Virgini...

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 f...

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...

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 we...

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...

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...

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 t...

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 t...

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...

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 i...

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 mys...

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?...

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...

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...

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...

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 settl...

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?...

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 o...

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 h...