Happily Ever Aftermath

We tackle the epic container of love stories and Diana's pick Love, Actually (2003). In part 1, we look at the five story lines that cover Juliet, Peter and Mark, Jamie and Aurélia, Sarah and Karl, John and Judy, and Colin and Tony. Sorry, but we get names wrong a lot.

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

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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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Awesomeness of the '80s explodes with Diana's pick Mannequin (1987). During re-watch she was went from cringing to full buy-in with the help of the song Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now. Polina required scotch to record this episode, but was glad to finally watch a movie she missed.

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Check out the scene from the movie The Skeleton Twins Diana mentioned.

A young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a job there and his creation comes to life. Stars Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Meshach Taylor, Estelle Getty, James Spader, G.W. Bailey, Carole Davis, Steve Vinovich, Christopher Maher, and Phyllis Newman. (from IMDb.com)

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We turn on the subtitles and discuss Polina's pick Amélie (2001). Compared to her memories, Polina mentions a distinct lack of romance upon re-watch. Take a shot every time Diana says "whimsical" during this episode.

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Check out Amanda Iman's article all about her love of the movie.

Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and stars Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Clotilde Mollet, Claire Maurier, Isabelle Nanty, Dominique Pinon, Artus de Penguern, Yolande Moreau, Urbain Cancelier, Maurice Bénichou, and Michel Robin. (from IMDb.com)

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We are thrilled to be joined by special guest Carly Skonnord as we discuss Casper (1995). She shares how her connection to the character came from a Pizza Hut toy. And we may or may not have been visited by Casper while recording.

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An afterlife therapist and his daughter meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the premises of wicked spirits. Stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, Amy Brenneman, Devon Sawa, Ben Stein, Jessica Wesson, Garette Ratliff Henson, the voices of Malachi Pearson, Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, Brad Garrett, John Kassir, and cameos from Dan Aykroyd, Rodney Dangerfield, Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, and Don Novello. (from IMDb.com)

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This episode we discuss Polina's pick Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). She explains how her connection is more tied to the play and Tennessee Williams than the movie. The subtext artificially created from the Hayes code confused Diana.

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The play can be viewed here and the scene Polina references is on page 28.

Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son. Based on the play by Tennessee Williams and stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson, Madeleine Sherwood, Larry Gates, and Vaughn Taylor. (from IMDb.com)

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Diana takes full responsibility of her pick Overboard (1987), but still cringes at the kidnapping and gas-lighting. She also remembers enjoying Joanna's transition from spoiled brat to compassionate human more than the romance. Polina kept waiting for the movie to take a more interesting direction.

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A cruel but beautiful heiress mocks and cheats a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia after an accident, he decides to introduce her to regular life by convincing her they're husband and wife. Stars Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Mike Hagerty, Roddy McDowall, Jared Rushton, Jeffrey Wiseman, Brian Price, Jamie Wild, Frank Campanella and director Garry Marshall's good luck charm Hector Elizondo. (from IMDb.com)

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We accidentally go for a sports run with Polina's pick Bull Durham (1988). Teenage Polina greatly appreciated Susan Sarandon's Annie. Diana was wary of the high praise and reviews of this movie before watching it for the first time. Plus baseball puns.

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A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him. Stars Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl, William O'Leary, David Neidorf, Danny Gans, Tom Silardi, Lloyd T. Williams, Rick Marzan, and Jenny Robertson. (from IMDb.com)

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We tackle (football pun!) Diana's pick Jerry Maguire (1996). Polina thinks Jerry's crisis of conscience was just food poisoning. This movie forty minutes longer than Diana remembered and she was mainly concerned with watching the redemption without the struggle.

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When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former secretary. Stars Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt, Regina King, Jonathan Lipnicki, Todd Louiso, Alexandra Wentworth, Aries Spears, Kelly Coffield Park, Christine Cavanaugh, Eric Stoltz, and Beau Bridges. (from IMDb.com)

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We hit teenage Polina years as we discuss her pick Hannah and Her Sisters (1986). She shares that this was a view of the adult life she wanted at the time. Diana had to reconcile Michael Caine in a romantic context.

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Polina references Emily Nussbaum's interview on Fresh Air and her book I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution, and her essay Confessionals of a Human Shield, available in her book.

She also references Rebecca Solnit's essay Men Explain Things to Me, Facts Didn't Get in Their Way.

Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly. Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow, Woody Allen, Carrie Fisher, Sam Waterston, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Lewis Black, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Christian Clemenson, Julie Kavner, J.T. Walsh, John Turturro, and Richard Jenkins. (from IMDb.com)

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Sadly, Jude-Ly comes to an end as we discuss Meg's pick The Holiday (2006). This was a first time watch for Polina while Diana and Meg do a Freaky Friday opinion swap after their re-watches.

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Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love. Stars Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewell, Sarah Parish, Shannyn Sossamon, Kathryn Hahn, John Krasinski, and cameos by Dustin Hoffman, James Franco, and Lindsay Lohan. (from IMDb.com)

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