Falling in Love Montage

 Welcome to our Love Simon episode or as I like to call it, after listening back to it, our Veronica Mars - Alvin and the Chipmunks episode. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Directed by Greg Berlanti, this adaptation of Becky Albertalli's 'Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda' breathes new life into the coming of age romantic comedy. 

We can't stress enough how much we need more films with diverse stories and characters. ❣️more ❣️more ❣️more 

Thank you to everyone who has participated in Flying Machine's July Flyer Drive by either donating, discussing or just listening! 

- And, if we meet our next tier goal, Helen will be writing a scripted rom-com miniseries. This is a super fun goal. We'll also be releasing an extra free newsletter you can read in the Facebook group for a sample of what you get at the $1 level.

It's #flyerdrive, friends! And that means you get this free sample of one of our full-length bonus episodes -- this one from this past April -- to whet your whistle for the incredible bonus and premium content you can get at the $5+ level on Voyages, our Patreon channel. For more about the tiers, perks, and how to donate, go to www.flyingmachine.network/support.

Happy 30th Anniversary, Steel Magnolias. 

We did it! We crossed another "weepy" off the list. Whew!

There was no shortage of tear emojis in our notes just as there are no shortage of bad puns in this episode. We even find time to praise and/or objectify the late, great Sam Shepard. Women really can have it all!

By popular demand request and because Eddie Albert tells us, "it's always open season on princesses", we talk Roman Holiday with special af guest Millie De Chirico of Turner Classic Movies and TCM Underground. 

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Find Millie at @milliedechirico and programming awesome shit for @TCMUnderground. 

Thank you to Greg for sharing Woke Harry Met Sally in our facebook group. [written by Amanda Recupido] 

Visit flyingmachine.network/support for that good ass monthly Patreon access to bonus content from all of the networks shows including archived Comrade Radio content like the episode Helen mentioned, CC 34 - You Haven't Seen!? Comrade Movie Week.

Happy Birthday month, Helen! 🎈

Hello, Murial! Goodbye Porpoise Spit!

We mention our Network Patreon Support page but guess what? We say the wrong URL.

By unpopular demand, we close out Marchden (or Marsden March) with The Best of Me, the film (a) critic has called, "…a contrived manipulation and an insult to female sensibilities."

Written by suspected anti-Semite Nicholas Sparks and filmed in the breathtaking bayou, we try to love this movie with the oppressive sincerity of "lucky roughneck" Dawson Cole (Marsden). It's a miracle.

Big news guys, it's our first Katherine Heigl movie—and also—our first James Marsden movie! Is this serendipity or a highly contrived plot similar to that of 2008's 27 Dresses? 

Download now for your ticket to the tadifa ghetto 😏

Check out Flying Machine's blog featuring a new post by sweetheart of the podcast Ryan Lynch, 33 And 1/3 Under 45: Track Eight: Marry Me

Valerie and Helen took to the theater this month (with friends, yes they have some) to watch 2019's What Men Want. 

All of their secret thoughts about the film are contained within this episode. So, if you can't read our minds, you may have to listen - which, coincidentally, is also the theme of the film. 

Thank you for your continued support. Falling in Love Montage podcast turned three this month! 🎉

Check out our sister show Divisive Issues on the Flying Machine Network. 

Follow Ashley Johnson on Instagram - she presh and gives good dubsmash. 

Watch a weird video Valerie made about men's knees 😬

Happy January! We couldn't be more thrilled to pop the lid on 2019 with the discussion of this film, based on the first in a trilogy of books by Kevin Kwan and directed by sweetheart of the podcast, Jon M. Chu.  We're talking Crazy Rich Asians y'all! (I can say y'all, I live in Atlanta where it is definitely not snowing).

More things we want to share: 

Check out Potstirrer Podcast with Jaye Pool on our Network, Flying Machine: http://flyingmachine.network/potstirrer or at https://potstirrerpodcast.com

Remember our 'Now You See Jem II' campaign? :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIv3A-2RxSE

Wanna see Ryan Hansen being his best Ryan Hansen? 

It's possibly our most-favorite (and most-referenced) movie, and we're going to try our butts off to convince ourselves and y'all that it's maybe a chick flick. We're talking about Heathers. 

Joining us for this intellectual croquet match is Phil Gonzales of Deep in Bear Country: A Berenstain Bearcast, It's Del Toro Time!, and Klickitcast: A Beverly Cleary Podcast. Phil uses his podcasting expertise -- and general ability to f*** with the eagles -- to help us pull this high school black comedy apart, and to keep us on track by reminding us that we gotta motor if we're gonna be ready to publish this episode in 2018.

Happy Heathersdays, FiLM Buffs.