We Love the Love

We're on a tour of the best transit options as we meander through the romance on Richard Linklater's 1995 Sundance classic Before Sunrise, starring Ethan Hakwe and Julie Delpy. 

Join in as we discuss our best all-nighters, our Linklater experiences, and the movie's exciting structure. 

Plus: What is the sequence of the Before movies? What kind of insurance does Linklater's Merrily We Roll Along adaptation have? Andy why didn't Jesse and Celine go to the cow play? 

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Next week: Mannequin (1987)

We're easing out of the Oscars with a Best Picture nominee from ten years ago, David O. Russell's adaptation of Silver Linings Playbook! 

Join in as we discuss peak Jennifer Lawrence, diner dates, Abbott Elementary, and this movie's surprising darkness. 

Plus: Why did Nicky and her lover set up a boombox? Why did Pat's brother buy him an away jersey? Why are Pat and Tiffany in competition with professionals? And should Dr. Patel lose his medical license? 

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Next week: Before Sunrise (1995)

In preparation for the 94th Academy Awards next Sunday night, we're rating the believability of the romance in all ten of this year's Best Picture nominees, from Belfast to West Side Story. 

Join in as we discuss Jamie Dornan's 2021, the timeline of Licorice Pizza, the true villain of West Side Story, and the impending #OscarsFanFavorite debacle. 

Plus: Why doesn't Don't Look Up work? What is Marc's dog's favorite movie? Is Dune about love? And how does Will keep tricking his family into seeing foreign films? 

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Next week: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

We're taking a long look at the age of our youth as we examine the on- and off-the-field romance of the 2006 Shakespeare modernization She's the Man, starring Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum as star-crossed roommates. 

Join in as we discuss DVD trailer packages, terrible taglines, baffling accents, and the Teen Choice Awards. 

Plus: Channing Tatum is back in theaters with Dog and The Lost City, but where's he been? Why are most Shakespeare comedies about gender swaps? What love shape does the movie's narrative adhere to? And, most importantly, what parents react that way to seeing their kid's dick? 

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Next week: 2021 Oscars Extravaganza!!!

We're looking at bad romance in the 1975 sci-fi horror classic The Stepford Wives, based on the novel by Ira Levin. 

Join in as we discuss star Katharine Ross, doppelgangers, robot boobs, TV sequels, and The Princess Switch 3. 

Plus: How does this adaptation compare to the 2004 remake starring Nicole Kidman? Why did Betty Friedan call on women to boycott it?  Why did screenwriter William Goldman quit the production? And is this the weakest justification for a point zero in show history? 

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Next week: She's the Man (2006)

We're looking at a capital-R Romance this week as we dissect the sweeping midcentury romance in Eugene Ashe's underseen 2020 film Sylvie's Love, starring Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha. 

Join in as we discuss songs of the summer, confident job-seeking, standardized tests, and the movie's charming love of television. 

Plus: Why didn't this movie have more of an impact? Is it weird that John Magaro did a singing Coke commercial? Did Will technically finish the movie? And, most importantly, is this a stealth Mary Tyler Moore Show remake? 

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Next week: The Stepford Wives (1975)

Romance is back on the big screen (and also Peacock), so we're taking a look at Marry Me, the new movie starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson as a pop star and a math teacher who get spontaneously married during a concert. 

Join in as we discuss the movie's surprisingly grounded plot, JLo's cultural moment, the loneliness of fame, and the resurgence of Ben Affleck. 

Plus: Where was the officiating at this math competition? Was Charlie's mom a duchess? Did NBC have anything to do with this movie? Can Will do a French accent? And, most importantly, what's the sexiest musical? 

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Next week: Sylvie's Love (2020)

For the most love-loving day of the year, we're looking at more romances than we can handle in the first of Garry Marshall's holiday starstraganzas, Valentine's Day! 

Join in as we discuss our own top V-Day stories, our favorite performances, Taylor Swift's film debut, and Marshall's rules for filmmaking. 

Plus: Why is Anne Hathaway taking sex calls on her work phone? How does this movie manage to satisfy no one with its gay romance? And how many title drops are there? 

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Next week: Marry Me (2022) - now in theaters and streaming on Peacock!

We're continuing our look at the Best Picture nominees of 1988 with a look at Alan Parker's lily-white Civil Rights drama Mississippi Burning, starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as FBI agents investigating the murders of three Freedom Summer activists. 

Join in as we discuss the trouble with movies clearly based on - but not telling the story of - a specific event, the film's portrayal of the FBI, and comparisons to Stillwater and Green Book. 

Plus: How many churches did they burn for this movie? Why did Civil Rights leaders protest the film? And why does this movie have any romance at all??? 

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Next week: Valentine's Day (2010)

We're staring at ourselves in the mirror as we tackle the complex but minor romance of John Woo's 1997 action classic Face/Off, in which FBI agent John Travolta swaps faces with mercenary terrorist Nicolas Cage. 

Join in as we discuss the Archer family's weird forms of affection, the mechanics of the face swap, the '97 box office, and, once again, the Nicole Kidman AMC video. 

Plus: What's the weird connection between this movie and The Departed? How close is that prison to the US mainland? Why can't they just make a new face for Sean? And, most importantly, did they put Castor's back on his corpse? 

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Next week: Mississippi Burning (1988)