We Love the Love

February 29 is a bonus day, so we're here with a bonus episode on the 2010 romantic comedy Leap Year, in which Amy Adams heads to Ireland to propose to her boyfriend because that's the only time and place she's allowed to do it!

Join in as we discuss Adams's career trajectory, the evils of apartment staging, the film's fanfic logic, and Irish train schedules.

Plus: Why is Anna always wearing heels? Did she ever tell Jeremy she wanted to get married? Is Jeremy actually the only reasonable character? And, most importantly, is this movie anti-Irish?

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Next week: 2024 Oscars Extravaganza!

We're finishing our month of high school romances with a look at the intergenerational fauxlationship at the heart of Irving Reis's The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer!

Join in as we discuss teenage Shirley Temple, Cary Grant's star persona, woman judges, and high school health classes.

Plus: How does this movie show Hollywood's transition to the 1950s? Why is susan so mean to Jerry? How many guest speakers does this school have? And, most importantly for producer Dore Schary, is this title too suggestive?

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Next week: 2024 Oscars Extravaganza!!!

We're continuing our look at high school romance with one of the four modern princess stories released in 2004: the post-Lizzie McGuire Hilary Duff vehicle A Cinderella Story.

Join in as we discuss our best Halloween costumes, the North Ridge earthquake, Chad Michael Murray, and the movie's surprisingly extensive series of spinoffs.

Plus: What's going on with the gazebo at the dance? Why didn't Austin return Sam's phone sooner? Why was the pep rally about personal drama in a small group of students? And, most importantly, why did anyone think she looked like Cinderella?

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Next week: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

We're continuing our look at high school romances with the Lifetime original High School Possession (sometimes listed as High School Exorcism).

Join in as we discuss beating curfew, school newspapers, church computer espionage, and a sequel tease more compelling than the actual movie.

Plus: What do the Chosen believe? Why does this church have so many gates? Is this the most unreasonable movie teacher we've ever seen? And, most importantly, how do you apply for an exorcism?

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Next week: A Cinderella Story (2004)

We're kicking off a month of high school romances with a look at one of the most iconic teen movies there is: John Hughs's 1985 classic The Breakfast Club.

Join in as we discuss our favorite high school movies, our own detention experiences, the movie's enduring appeal with contemporary teens, and, of course, The Beekeeper.

Plus: Will the Breakfast Club ever meet again? Why was Rick Moranis fired from the movie? How did Andrew break that glass door? Why doesn't the "Breakfast Club" ever eat breakfast? And, most importantly, did these kids deserve detention?

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Next week: High School Possession (2014) (sometimes listed as High School Exorcism)

We're looking at a half-dozen romances across eighty years as we dig into the intergenerational relationships of Stephen Daldry's 2002 adaptation of The Hours.

Join in as we discuss the stacked female cast helmed by Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep, other great one- and two-scene performances, the movie's nebulous queerness, the 2003 Oscars, and this January's box office offerings.

Plus: Who is the film's lead? Why was the Cinemascore so weak? Why did Dennis Duffy go to see this movie? And, most importantly, how do you pronounce Godzilla x Kong?

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Next week: The Breakfast Club (1985)

We're looking at one of the high points of writer Richard Curtis's careet with the 1999 hit Notting Hill, starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant!

Join in as we discuss cartoon pseudonyms, grand gestures, British pregnancy laws, and a very weird kiss.

Plus: Are travel bookstores viable? Did She give him a real Chagall? Why are Anna Scott's outfits so weird? And, most importantly, why did that last montage have so much going on??

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Next week: The Hours (2002)

This week we're filling in a blind spot as we finally look at the romance of Ang Lee's 2005 classic, Brokeback Mountain!

Join in as we discuss the movie's strikingly young cast, our own memories of the film's release, symbolic cowboy hats, and tetherball.

Plus: Where does this fit in Lee's filmography? Why did the production's animal handling cause problems? Would John Wayne have approved of the movie? And, most importantly, how is Nick Vallelonga's That's Amore! going?

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Next week: Notting Hill (1999)

We're looking at the start of a classic screen pairing as we dig into Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in George Stevens's 1942 Best Picture nominee Woman of the Year!

Join in as we discuss our favorite newspaper movies, the Hepburn-Tracy relationship, the 1943 Oscars, and George Stevens's postwar career.

Plus: Why did producers rework the ending? Why is Tess so chummy with Fulgencio Battista? Why does Sam make it soe hard to agree with him? And, most importantly, how did Tess displace Eleanor Roosevelt as the country's top dame?

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Next week: Brokeback Mountain (2005)

We're kicking off the new year with a look back at our favorite movies of 2023, and a look even further back as we travel through time with Mr. Peabody & Sherman in the 2014 DreamWorks Animation adaptation directed by Real Housewives of Beverly Hills character Rob Minkoff!

Join in as we discuss the year in film, from the collapse of the superhero box office to the pleasant surprise of non-franchise successes. We also dig into the bizarre romance between Sherman and his classmate Penny.

Plus: Should Peabody ever be moved from TV? Why has Sherman never been to school? Why are all the rooms in the movie empty? And, most importantly, when will Jerry Seinfeld's Unfrosted movie come out, and will it feature the Pop Tart Man??

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Next week: Woman of the Year (1942)