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We're diving into a decade of discourse as we attempt to untangle the relative culpability of Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zooey Deschanel's characters in the failure of their relationship in 2009's (500) Days of Summer. 

Join in as we discuss the movie's tangled legacy, director Marc Webb's filmography, the cultural dominance of the Wii, and the cultural non-dominance of the Microsoft Zune. 

Plus: What's the deal with Jenny Beckman? What happened to Beyoncé's acting career? How far did Chloe Grace Moretz's character have to bike? And, most importantly, have greeting cards destroyed our emotional honest? 

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Next week: National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

Marc gets it: Bong Joon-ho's debut feature, Barking Dogs Never Bite, is about someone who murders dogs to get them to shut up. 

Join in as he and Will discuss dog deaths, basement people, Jupiter Ascending, and artistic filmmaking on a shoestring budget. 

Plus: Which Disney animals are sentient? Do dog birthdays matter? Should Independence Day be considered of a piece with the Garry Marshall holiday movies? And, most importantly, how do you pronounce the title of the film mother!? 

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Next week: (500) Days of Summer (2009)

Of all this movie's possible titles, the tabloid-sounding one they chose was clearly the best - it's what got us to watch Rene Clair's 1942 Veronica Lake vehicle I Married a Witch! 

Join in as we discuss hereditary curses, Lake's short but iconic career (including her unbelievable final film), great visual effects, and, once again, the madness that is Never Been Kissed. 

Plus: Do witch burnings usually have intermissions? How did Lake's iconic hairdo lead to wartime injuries? Why did censors object to the film? And just what did the witches do while they were trapped in the tree? 

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Next week: Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

We're back to musicals as we look at Bill Condon's 2006 adaptation of Dreamgirls - the movie that won Jennifer Hudson an Oscar and asked us to believe Beyoncé was a bad singer. 

Join in as we discuss the cultural imprint of American Idol, the film's use of non-diagetic music, the Master Cleanse, and Jamie Foxx's game show Beat Shazam. 

Plus: Why did David Geffen block so many attempts to make this movie? Why is John Lithgow's wig so terrible? Is The Greatest Showman any good? And, most importantly, can Will identify a single iconic girl group song? 

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Next week: I Married a Witch (1942) 

NOTE: Our guest had some technical difficulties this week. We've done our best to salvage the audio, but his contributions are a little muffled. We'll be back on track next week. 

We return to the work of director Robert Zemeckis this week as we look at the 1984 comedy-adventure-romance, Romancing the Stone! 

Join in as we talk about Kathleen Turner's fight for the role of Joan Wilder, the tragically short career of writer Diane Thomas, avoiding the damsel cliché, the film's incredibly weird trailer, and the short-lived reality show Fire Me Please. 

Plus: What exactly happened to Joan's brother-in-law? What does it mean to romance a stone? What's going on with Egypt in Wonder Woman 1984? And, most importantly, is Will going to see this as an opportunity for lots of Back to the Future talk? 

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Next week: Dreamgirls (2006)

It's time for another modernized monster as we look at Dracula 2000, a movie that is cool in a way that was only possible between The Matrix and 9/11. 

Join in as we discuss Judas Iscariot, bicycle face, leech flicking, and a lot of questions about vampire sex. 

Plus: Why was this movie released at Christmas? Is Dracula Untold part of the Dark Universe? Is Dracula trying to adopt Mary or bang her? And, most importantly, why didn't anyone tell us this movie was good?!? 

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Next week: Romancing the Stone (1984)

We've seen a lot of bad teachers in movies, but the predatory and/or neglectful ones in Raja Gosnell's 1999 rom com Never Been Kissed clearly take the cake. 

Join in as we discuss our own first kisses, being the new kid, Drew Barrymore's tumultuous 90s, and wearing a skirt as a top. 

Plus: Does this movie explain the death of print media? Are there multiple undercover reporters at this school? Why would anyone care about Josie's article? And, most importantly, is this just a worse Ma? 

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Next week: Dracula 2000 (2000)

The release date for this movie's sequel is less predictable than the title character's malicious glee, so we've thrown up our hands and decided to put out an episode on Will Gluck's 2018 adaptation of Peter Rabbit whenever we feel like it. 

Join in as we discuss our experience seeing this movie in a theater, the Sony hack, James Corden, and Gluck's 2014 "cool Annie." 

Plus: Why is this movie so violent? Is Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway ever going to come out? Where do the rabbits get their clothes? And, most importantly, is Peter trying to bang Rose Byrne? 

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Next week: Never Been Kissed (1999)

We're kicking off the summer movie season like it's 1999 with the first big release of that May - Stephen Sommers's take on The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. 

Join in as we discuss the hottest movie monsters, alternate plans for this movie, Medjai incompetence, and, naturally, Atlantis: The Lost Empire. 

Plus: Is the xenomorph sexy? Where was the frog plague? Should we feel bad for Imhotep? And, most importantly, is The Mummy the greatest movie ever made? 

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Next week: Peter Rabbit (2018)

At long last, we're digging into the surprisingly robust teen terminal illness romance genre with a look at 2017's The Space Between Us, about a boy born on Mars who's in love with an Earth girl. 

Join in as we discuss standout examples of the genre, bad future computer designs, gravity acting, and the movie's calamitous box office. 

Plus: How did Gardner's mom allow herself to become pregnant? What is the Teen Choice Award eligibility window? How did Gardner and Tulsa meet? And is Gary Oldman the protagonist of this movie? 

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Next week: The Mummy (1999)