We Love the Love

It's been too long since we had any #Wegtent on the show, so we're taking a look at Renee's turn in the Farrelly Brothers' 2000 comedy Me, Myself & Irene.

Join in as we discuss Jim Carrey's dual performance (as Me and Myself), the Farrellys' recent careers, and their portrayal of disability.

Plus: What conspiracy did Irene discover? Are Quibis a good watch? And, most importantly, is this the worst movie we've covered?

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Next week: Benediction (2022)

We're headed to the movies for a look at a brand new (and already nearly gone) romance: Love Again, starring Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Sam Heughan, and, naturally, Celine Dion.

Join in as we discuss our favorite celebrity performances, the differences between the trailer and the finished film, the German novel it's based on, smishing, and Rob's terrible and expensive plan to meet his mysterious texter.

Plus: Is Rob the worst music critic on the planet? Do these characters have friends? Should the movie have been about the pandemic? And, most important, would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or one hundred duck-sized horses?

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Next week: Me, Myself, and Irene (2000)

Just in time for Fast X, we're going back to the midway point in the world's favorite vehicular franchise to talk about the varyingly developed romances of Fast Five!

Join in as we discuss our favorite chase sequences, director Justin Lin's career, the franchise's transition away from street racing, and early 2010s Facebook apps.

Plus: Why is Dwayne Johnson's Hobbs so sweaty? How did they land on DSS as the right paramilitary agency to use in this movie? Is Johnson being funny, or just bad? And, most importantly, weren't Brian and Mia being deeply irresponsible?

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Next week: Love Again (2023) - now in theaters!!

By popular demand, we are covering the surprise hit of 2017, the feel-good musical The Greatest Showman, about the feel-bad circus magnate Phineas Taylor Barnum.

Join in as we discuss Barnum's ties to slavery, the history of his various humbugs, the film's shocking box office run, and its enduring popularity in the running community.

Plus: How much time passes in this movie? What year is it set in? What are the million dreams keeping P.T. and Charity awake? Why hasn't director Michael Gracey made another movie? And, most importantly, what year is it really???

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Next week: Fast Five (2011)

Just in time for a coronation, we're moving on up to the English nobility with America's favorite feline as we look at the 2006 sequel Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties!

Join in as we discuss nwespaper comics, Paws Inc, Wishbone, and our complete lack of emotional response to the movie.

Plus: What is the secret of Garfield's appeal? Why isn't Odie animated? Can pets really inherit a title? And why is Over the Hedge so popular on Netflix?

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Next week: The Greatest Showman (2017)

We're talking 90s sexual politics with a look at the gender-reversed harassment of Disclosure, based on the novel by the 6' 9" egomaniac Michael Crichton.

Join in as we discuss Crichton's regressive gender views, the movie's attempts to complicate his narrative, enduring parallels to today's discourse, and needlessly complicated file storage software.

Plus: What's up with this office layout? Is this the worst Michael Douglas has ever looked? How long would it take to do anything in this system over dial-up? And, most importantly, who is A. Friend, and does it make any sense?

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Next week: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)

We're learning a surprising amount about insurance policies as we debate whether there's any love to be found in Billy Wilder's 1944 noir classic Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck.

Join in as we discuss train crime, the history of life insurance, the 1945 Academy Awards, and some of the movies we're excited about this year.

Plus: Should they have settled for a single indemnity? Just how bad is Phyllis's husband? What's Nino's deal? And, most importantly, how many times does Fred MacMurray say "baby" in this movie?

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Next week: Disclosure (1994)

We're sneaking towards romance in one of Marc's favorite comedies, the 2015 Paul Feig film Spy, starring Melissa McCarthy as...you know, a spy.

Join in as we discuss McCarthy's career with and without Feig, comedy Jason Statham, sequels we hope to see, and Jerry Seinfeld's forthcoming Pop Tart movie.

Plus: Why are so many CIA agents British? What should the M3gan sequel be called? How is The Flash a load-bearing movie? And, most importantly, why are there so many movies about products these days?

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Next week: Double Indemnity (1944)

We're grabbing our swords, bows, and axes to quest in search of romance in the first installment of Peter Jackson's epic trilogy: 2001's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring!

Join in as we discuss our own backgrounds with Tolkien, the Scouring of the Shire, the film's famous fourteen-month shoot, and the surprising softness of the finished product.

Plus: Why was the original text split into three books? How many different splits did they try for the movies? Who was the biggest star in the cast at the time of shooting? What is the trilogy's impact on New Zealand? And, most importantly, is Rosie a beard?

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Next week: Spy (2015)

We're getting ready for one of this summer's big movies (Oppenheimer for those in the know) by looking back at a decade-old Christopher Nolan project: His space epic Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway just after they each won their Oscars.

Join in as we discuss the film's place in the dad movie canon, our favorite Hathaway performances, and the extraordinary lengths Nolan and DP Hoyte van Hoytema went to get the movie's incredible IMAX footage.

Plus: Did J. Robert Oppenheimer have a dead wife? Can Timothee Chalamet convincingly play a farmer? And, most importantly, did Edmunds even love Brand??

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Next week: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)