Happily Ever Aftermath

Polina brings a song and a dance with her pick Guys and Dolls (1955). She also brings her love of 1950s New York, the amazing soundtrack, and Marlon Brando. For someone that doesn't like musicals, Diana sings a lot in this episode.

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Polina was in Guys and Dolls in her high school production with the guy in the Mariah Carey: I Don't Wanna Cry video.

Diana's full Guys and Dolls knowledge comes from The Simpsons episode Mayored to the Mob.

Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights does exists.

In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game. Stars Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert Keith, Stubby Kaye, B.S. Pully, Johnny Silver, Sheldon Leonard, Danny Dayton, George E. Stone, Regis Toomey, and Kathryn Givney. (from IMDb.com)

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The 25th anniversary? Whatever. Clueless (1995) was Diana's pick before she checked the calendar. She originally wanted to gush about baby Paul Rudd but more time is spent talking about Cher's awesome relationship with her dad Mel. Naturally, the Emma comparisons are rampant.

Check out former guest Alysa Lucas's podcasts Fataliteas and Best Forevers A Podcast For Kindred Spirits.

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Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai (Brittany Murphy) a makeover. Also stars Paul Rudd, Stacey Dash, Donald Faison, Elisa Donovan, Breckin Meyer, Jeremy Sisto, Dan Hedaya, Aida Linares, Wallace Shawn, Twink Caplan, and Justin Walker. (from IMDb.com & Google.com)

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We cover a magical tale about a boy's love of film with Polina's pick Cinema Paradiso (1988). This marks the second Marco Leonardi movie Polina has brought to the podcast. Diana was relieved when a romance finally emerged 45 minutes into the film.

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A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist. Stars Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Agnese Nano, Antonella Attili, Pupella Maggio, Enzo Cannavale, Isa Danieli, Leopoldo Trieste, Nino Terzo, and Giovanni Giancono. (from IMDb.com & Wikipedia.org)

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Be mindful of the lights as we shift to the dark comedy and Polina's pick The House of Yes (1997). Looking beyond the family dysfunction (put mildly), she found the perfect example of relaxing Sundays and admired Lesly's fight for her fiancee. Diana still doesn't understand why Lesly didn't close her door.

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A mentally unbalanced young woman - who is convinced she is Jackie Kennedy - flies into a murderous rage when her brother returns home to reveal he is engaged. Stars Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze Jr., Geneviève Bujold, Rachael Leigh Cook, and David Love. (from IMDb.com)

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More Frasuary! For Ryan's pick The Mummy Returns (2001), the star of our theme month takes a back seat as we examine the eternal love of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) and Anck-Su-Namun (Patricia Velasquez). Unfortunately, the movie suffers from symptoms of why Polina hates sequels.

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The mummy Imhotep is revived once again by a cult of followers and a reincarnated version of his lover Anck-Su-Namun. Their goal: to ensure their immortality by capturing the power of the ancient Scorpion King. To do so, they steal an artifact from Rick and Evie (now a married couple), kidnapping their eight-year-old son in the process. Then it's a race to the Scorpion King's resting place that will determine the fate of the O'Connells' son, the world, and our two star-crossed villains. Stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, Patricia Velasquez, John Hannah, Oded Fehr, Freddie Boath, Alun Armstrong, Dwayne Johnson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Shaun Parkes. (description from Ryan Skonnord, cast list from IMDb.com)

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Welcome to Frasuary! Diana is giddy throughout discussing her pick The Mummy (1999) and grounds herself by bringing back producer Ryan. Polina admits she may not hate action adventure movies as much as she thought (as long as it doesn't contain eye trauma).

Check out The Mummy star Erick Avari interviewed by friends of the podcast Everything I Learned from Movies.

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At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreck havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love. Stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jonathan Hyde, Oded Fehr, Erick Avari, Stephen Dunham, Corey Johnson, Tuc Watkins, Omid Djalili, Aharon Ipalé, Bernard Fox, and Patricia Velasquez. (from IMDb.com)

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We welcome back Steve and Izzy from Everything I Learned From Movies and discuss Steve's pick Romancing the Stone (1984). Tangents galore include cocaine in the 80s, high heels, Ewoks, and Hobbs and Shaw. For your own safety, DO NOT take a shot when Steve plugs their podcast.

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Check out The Folgers commercial Izzy mentioned.

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A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue. Stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda, Holland Taylor, and Mary Ellen Trainor. (from IMDb.com)

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Diana takes the violence up another notch with her pick True Romance (1993). For funsies, she brings her husband too. Polina can now cross this Christian Slater movie off her list.

Check out the True Romance article Polina mentioned here.

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In Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in an attempt to reclaim it. Directed by Tony Scott, written by Quentin Tarantino, and stars Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Bronson Pinchot, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rapaport, Saul Rubinek, Conchata Ferrell, James Gandolfini, Paul Bates, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore, and Kevin Corrigan. (from IMDb.com)

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We discuss the spoiled by history movie and Polina's pick Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Her repeated viewings served as markers in her life. This was Diana's first viewing and was not prepared for the amount of violence.

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Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks. Stars Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Evans Evans, and Gene Wilder. (from IMDb.com)

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In part 2 of covering Love, Actually (2003), we're still messing up the names, but, now look at the four story lines that cover Harry, Karen, and Mia, David and Natalie, Daniel, Sam, Joanna, and Carol, and Billy Mack and Joe.

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Big thanks to Wikipedia contributors Freywa and Joel Bradshaw for the movie relationship map.

You can watch Red Nose Day Actually here.

Check out the FiveThirtyEight article about Love, Actually Polina mentioned here.

Nine intertwined stories examine the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all: love. Stars Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Lúcia Moniz, Liam Neeson, Thomas Sangster, Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Martine McCutcheon, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln, Laura Linney, Rodrigo Santoro, Kris Marshall, Abdul Salis, Heike Makatsch, Martin Freeman, Joanna Page, Olivia Olson, Rowan Atkinson, Nina Sosanya, Ivana Miličević, January Jones, Elisha Cuthbert, Shannon Elizabeth, Denise Richards, Claudia Schiffer, and Billy Bob Thornton. (from Google.com & Wikipedia.org)

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