Falling in Love Montage

Batter up!

We're back in black and we're back in black comedy. Joining us all the way from six hours in the future (c/o Germany) is Juha Heikkilä, esteemed guest, friend, and winner of a recent(ish) Facebook group caption contest.

Juha can be found guesting on podcasts and occasionally tweeting. If you're dedicated, you can find his super secret archive of film blogs. We're still looking.👀

Our hero Juha resurrected us after the recent event that was Unleashed and gave us hope and light when he chose this exquisite, exceptional, and peerless film.

We didn't know what to call this clip episode. 

...while we're busy figuring it out, please enjoy these outtakes from—like I just said—last spring. 

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If you're looking for Jet Li, you won't find him here. For some reason or another, we talk about Finn Taylor's 2016 comedy fantasy, Unleashed. It's your basic wish fulfillment flick with a generous layer of problematic events. But hey, Kate Micucci, right? 

We also spend some extra time talking with a Matt, and this time—we have very similar feelings about the movie. 

1989's When Harry Met Sally asks the burning question, "Can men and women be friends after women have subjected them to a full-length episode about Fifty Shades Darker?"

According to Bill O'Donnell, so-called software expert, most charming person in the world, and our special guest, the answer is "Yes, Yes, Yes!"

Masochism meets sadism in episode 53 when three lovely, talented, educated young women deliberately (why god, why?) watch Fifty Shades Darker, the critically reviled sequel to the equally critically reviled Fifty Shades of Grey (which they've also watched).

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Happy New Year! 

Check out all of Ryan's podcasts -- We'll Get it Right Next Year: An Adventure in Cinema (for which Helen is the Etta Candy) and Comrade sister-casts Divisive Issues and Oops, I Talked Politics, both also available at frondsradio.com -- and hit up Ariel on the internet to find out where you can send her tons of money for her upcoming wedding. 

*like really incredible length

And with this, Titanic part 2, we gleefully (and finally) finish all our wrapping. 

We wrap our six-episode (okay, seven) theme-song series, we wrap our first-ever 2 part episode, and we wrap our 2017 calendar. 

Special thanks to Emily Bennett for proposing the brilliant and collaborative theme song you hear in this episode. 

The warmest thank yous to our talented contributors, our beloved podcast family:

Intro

Singers: Emily Bennett, Ollie Brady/Jason Statham, Laura B., Frances Chang, Malcolm Nygard, Vanessa Riley

Finnish translation and recitation: Juha Heikkil

Electric guitar: Bill O'Donnell

Outro

Bass: Ryan Lynch

Piano: Bill O'Donnell

As we bid adieu to this year we take with us, hold dearly, and will never let go of the beautiful friendships we've made. 

*This episode is lovingly dedicated to the memory of GiGi 

20 years ago tomorrow, people poured into theaters to see James Cameron's epic romance-disaster film, Titanic.

Just last week, Helen, Valerie, and two fellas named Matt shelled out a ton of cash, donned some serious 3D shades, and relaxed into their reclining movie theater seats for 195 minutes of Helen preciously reciting every line of Titanic. For the record, this is the preferred way to see Titanic.

What happens now is part 1 of a very special 2 part episode, closing out FiLM's six-episode theme-song series, and our 2017 schedule. 

The penultimate episode of our six-episode theme-song series has arrived and—if you're looking at your DVD packaging—its got a freaking bow on it. You're welcome!