We are jumping back in time with a Christmas crossover episode with Lions, Towers & Shield podcast. By popular demand among both members and panelists actual and potential, we explore this 1945 classic. Peter Godfrey (who?) directs Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and a cast of delightful character actors in a holiday story about covering up lies with more lies on a farm in Connecticut on Christmas Eve. Holiday food and sleigh rides aplenty.

Christmas in Connecticut

Shelly Brisbin with Annette Wierstra and David J. Loehr

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Join our Agents as they travel to the Czech Republic with Queen Latifah in Last Holiday. On this mission, we find the joy of the season and of just being kind in the most glamorous of hotels. So throw that pashmina over your shoulders and meet us for an exquisite meal in the hotel restaurant or at least for a roast chicken in First Class.

Last Holiday

Annette Wierstra with Sandra Wong and Kathy Campbell

Trailer for the original Last Holiday

Grandhotel Pupp

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We jump right into the holiday with a little international house swap movie called The Holiday (2006) starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, and Jack Black. Our Agents debate which storyline is more romantic and which actor is the weakest link. Our agents do deep dives in our various headcanon proving they’ve thought about these characters a lot. Sidetracks include: Who is taking care of the dog? Would Idris Elba be a good rom-com movie lead? Where will everyone live after the movie ends?

The Holiday

Annette Wierstra with Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Kathy Campbell and Aleen Simms

If anyone times out how long each story is, let us know.

Idris Elba Series that Annette Couldn’t remember the name of was Turn up Charlie.

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Here at the S.M.O.O.C.H. Agency, we like to jump fully into the Holiday spirit as soon as the Halloween decorations are put away. There is a Christmas Tree in every corner of the office. Christmas Sweaters are required Agent wear. And excessive tinsel is drifting through the air. We are starting our SMOOCHtastic holiday season with a BONUS! Incomprehensible Commentary for the beloved Christmas Classic The Christmas Prince (2017). Get out your cozy slippers, your eggnog, your whimsy, and your love of fake European royalty and join our Agents on this mission to Balmorovia or something like that.

The Christmas Prince Movie Commentary

Annette Wierstra with Kathy Campbell, Shelly Brisbin and Moisés Chiullán

Play along with our official Agents of S.M.O.O.C.H. with our downloadable Holiday Movie Bingo cards. Just the thing you need to enhance your Christmas movie viewing all season long!

Official Agents of S.M.O.O.C.H. Holiday Drink Recipes

Santa’s Lil’ Helper

Christmas Face Punch

Kathy’s Kristmas Kocoa

Lion’s Tail

Fine Wine

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Our SMOOCHtacular Halloween month is ending with the modern classic and original ZomRomCom: 2004 Shaun of the Dead. Join our Agents as they search for love triangles and zombies on this spoOoOooOOoky mission. This movie is every bit as much a romance as it is a horror-comedy and is halfway to a musical with its precise choreography. Agents also discuss the Cornetto trilogy and reminisce about early 2000s technology. Will we make it to the Winchester? We got you covered with our kitchen implements and cricket bats.

But, um… you’ve got red on you.

Shaun of the Dead

Annette Wierstra with Sandra Wong, Kelly Guimont and Moisés Chiullán

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Join our Agents for a bonus mission to the Back of the Moon. This film is part of the upcoming online Canadian South African Film festival and we got a sneak preview. We follow the gangster Bra Max on the last day in 1958, in Sophiatown, a black community just at the edge of Johannesburg. Our agents look at the local gang battle set within the greater story of Apartheid in South Africa. And within these threads sits the romance of Max and the singer Eve Msomi who get one night to explore their love before everything changes.

Content Warning: We do discuss violence and sexual assault that is depicted in this movie.

Back Side of the Moon

Annette Wierstra with Moisés Chiullán and Cicero Holmes

Back of the Moon Trailer

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We are continuing our SMOOCHtacular October of spooooky romances with the classic Practical Magic. We stan the sisters Gillian and Sally and their perfectly witchy aunts in this movie that is a romance and so much more. Get out your broom as we discuss all the Halloweeny, witchy things and multiple generations of powerful women who come together to cast a spell on us.

Practical Magic

Annette Wierstra with Tiff Arment and Kayti Burt

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We are starting our SMOOCHtacular October with a mummy and a boy with a pretty epic treehouse. It’s time for a Brendan Fraser double feature! In this mission, we look at how *The Mummy *and *George of the Jungle *focus on the female gaze. And not just because both these movies have particularly pretty casts. We head into the jungle and the desert to look search for treasure, battle enemies, woo the handsome hero, and find out why these movies are still enticing us all off on adventures.

The Mummy & George of the Jungle Double Feature

Annette Wierstra with Kathy Campbell and Moisés Chiullán

Tumbler Post about George of the Jungle: https://ms-demeanor.tumblr.com/post/151068279457/bifca-justplainsomething-nakedsasquatch

Check out Elizabeth Peters and her Amelia Peabody mysteries: http://barbaramertz.org/peabody/

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Mix two hot actors, a sexy red room, and a lot of sex and nudity, and you’d think you’d have sexy movie magic. But our Agents find the movie Fifty Shades of Grey lacking in chemistry and rather mechanical. We bring a new Agent with kink expertise on this mission to help us discuss our feelings about the book series, movie, and what we wish it could be. What do we want? More fun and humour and joy in the film’s portrayal of sex and romance. And montages. Sexy, sexy montages. The real question is: Can we do a Moisés style mini-series and make it good?

Fifty Shades of Grey Movie Review

Annette Wierstra with Kathy Campbell, Tiff Arment, Moisés Chiullán and Veronica Yanhs

Members can listen to our bonus Incomprehensible commentary where we give our less well thought out opinions on movies, including Fifty Shades of Grey.

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