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We're traveling in time to 2004 for a look at the romance between Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo in the age up/time travel movie 13 Going on 30. 

Join in as we discuss the teen films of 2004, the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, Judy Greer's doppelganger, Garner's physical performance, and realism in rom coms. 

Plus: Has Matty ever hung out with anyone but Jenna? Should the government be regulating this wishing dust? Aren't both magazine redesigns bad? And does Marc remember any movies we cover? 

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Next week: New York, New York (1977)

Take out your phones and hit record, because we're looking at one of the earliest feature films shot on an iPhone: Sean Baker's 2015 Christmas(?) movie about trans sex workers in Los Angeles, Tangerine. 

Join in as we discuss the performances by Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, the process of shooting on an iPhone 5S, the worst movie theaters in the DC area, and that time Bella Thorne lied about being on OnlyFans to do research for a movie. 

Plus: Why did a bus driver call the police on production? Has there ever been a good guy named Chester? Why didn't LeBron try to draft his Smallfoot character for his Space Jam 2 dream team? And, Marc asks, did Reminiscence actually come out? 

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Next week: 13 Going on 30 (2004)

We're headed to an explicitly undefined time period for a look at Otto Bathurst's 2018 Robin Hood, starring Taron Egerton and a host of other hotties in a movie so dreadful it circles around again to being a delight. 

Join in as we discuss automatic bows, sequel teases, a bizarre conspiracy theory, and the youth vote. 

Plus: Is Jamie Foxx doing an accent? Is Bathurst in a cult? What exactly are the people of Nottingham mining? And why does the script do Jamie Dornan's Will Scarlet so dirty? 

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Next week: Tangerine (2015)

We're finishing up our spookiest month with a look at the 2000 horror parody film Scary Movie. 

Join in as we discuss iconic taglines, the parody films of the 2000s, many unfortunate jokes, and the crucial difference between comedy and reference. 

Plus: Where did Scary Movie fit into the 2000 box office? How is it connected to those other parodies? What would a Gladiator sequel be about? And, most importantly, is cereal soup? 

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Next week: Robin Hood (2018)

We're dipping out toes into the slasher genre for a look at the many doomed romances of the 1980 camp classic Friday the 13th. 

Join in as we discuss camp counselors, our experience with slasher movies, Betsy Palmer's performance, and the rules of strip monopoly. 

Plus: Why has this movie entered the queer cinema canon? Why did screenwriter Victor Miller disavow the sequels? And was Camp Crystal Lake a Jesus camp, or was it just the 1950s? 

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Next week: Scary Movie (2000)

We're headed back into movie theaters for a look at Stephen Chbosky's would-be Oscar contender Dear Evan Hansen, starring twenty-eight year-old Ben Platt in the teenage role that won him a Tony Award several years ago. 

Join in as we discuss school assemblies, the film's strengths and weaknesses as an adaptation, the story's clumsy handling of mental illness, and our star songwriters Pasek and Paul. 

Plus: How big is Evan's school? Why does Evan email the suicide note? Why exactly does Zoe like Evan? How late into the plot will we try to shift the start of the movie? And, most critically, is anyone actually found? 

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Next week: Friday the 13th (1980)

We're kicking off October with a movie that starts out funny and then turns into a harrowing thriller: Jonathan Demme's 1986 road movie Something Wild, starring Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, and one of the first appearances of Ray Liotta. 

Join in as we discuss the best state flags, 80s New York on film, and the career of director Jonathan Demme. 

Plus: What exactly is the Christmas Club? Why did writer E. Max Frye win an Edgar Award for this movie? Should Will start wearing suspenders? And, most importantly, what does Marc do when he has to go to the bathroom during a movie? 

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Next week: Dear Evan Hansen (2021) - only in theaters!!!

In their latest foray into made-for-TV movies, Will and Marc join the #POstables to look at the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries US Postal Service mystery/romance The Road Less Traveled, the tenth(?) movie in the Signed, Sealed, Delivered series. 

Join in as they discuss inappropriate workplace relationships, the career of series creator Martha Williamson, the Dove Awards, and hereditary uncoolness. 

Plus: Is Oliver a replicant? Why did they stop so many times along the way? Does anyone know what to do with their hands? And how do you pronounce POstables, anyway? 

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Next week: Something Wild (1986)

We take a number of historical tangents as we're transported to ancien regime France in Stephen Frears's 1988 adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer. 

Join in as we discuss Close's unstoppable 1980s, a delightful Peter Capaldi, Flavor of Love, and Barbra Streisand's secret mall. 

Plus: Are these the worst people we've ever talked about? What do nobles do with their free time? And do we have any command of the character names in this movie? 

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Next week: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled (2018)

For our 200th episode, we're taking a look at a supersized love story in the 2009 DreamWorks Animation genre parody Monsters vs. Aliens, starring Reese Witherspoon and a host of other famous people. 

Join in as we discuss Seth Rogen's standout performance, the movie's late-Bush-era comedy, some surprise Wegtent, and the return of some long-lost segments. 

Plus: Why does Derek move so weirdly? Could this have been a live-action masterpiece? How did DWA chief Jeffrey Katzenberg simultaneously champion and destroy 3D filmmaking? And, of course, does Marc remember a single movie we've covered on this show? 

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Next week: Dangerous Liaisons (1988)