We Love the Love

Our Dadvice series takes us to the 2000s family comedy as we look at the financially-strapped relationship between Eddie Murphy and Regina King in 2003's Daddy Day Care!

Join in as we discuss Murphy's 2000s, the movie's shocking underuse of King, the Daddy Day Care franchise, and the movie's unexplained real estate crises.

Plus: How did no mom call Kim (King) about the Daddy Day Care plan? How was the Veggie-O's marketing campaign supposed to work? And why were the bloopers the best part of the movie?

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Next week: The Incredibles (2004)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• "Netflix Unveils Animated Movie Charlie vs the Chocolate Factory with Kit Connor and Taika Waititi" (Deadline)
• "Jeff Garlin Exits The Goldbergs Following HR Investigations into On-Set Behavior" (Deadline)

We're looking for parenting advice from Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne in director Nicholas Stoller's 2016 comedy sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising!

Join in as we discuss college theme parties, the movie's deep bench of comedic performers, real estate policies, and Stoller's status as a committed director of comedies.

Plus: What's the most dateable Seth Rogen character? Do the college girls (Chloe Grace Moretz, Kiersey Clemons, Beanie Feldstein) actually have too much money? And most importantly, are the Neighbors movies the great woke comedies of our age?

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Next week: Daddy Day Care (2003)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• John Mulaney's Bill Clinton routine (YouTube - from The Comeback Kid special)
• "Captain America on Patrol in Georgetown" (YouTube)
• "An Extremely Close Examination of Jeremy Renner's CGI Arms in Tag" (The Ringer)
• "TJ Miller Parasails into Cannes to Debut Emoji Movie Trailer" (Variety)
• "Saudi Arabia: The Emoji Movie and Captain Underpants are First Films to Screen" (Deadline)
• Trailer for Tow - 2026 film starring Rose Byrne (Vertical Entertainment on YouTube)

Will's search for parenting advice takes us back to the NewHollywood of the 1970s as we investigate Peter Bogdanovich's 1973 film Paper Moon!

Join in as we discuss cinematic scams, the debut (and Oscar-winning performance) of Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn's performance as Trixie Delight, and the current state of Nick Vallelonga's potentially forthcoming That's Amore.

Plus: What role did production designer Polly Platt play in shaping the movie? What exactly is Trixie's act? Does Moses (Ryan O'Neal) have any ultimate goals? And, most importantly, is this charming comedy actually a huge bummer?

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Next week: Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• Paper Moon in the TCM Archive
• "Behind the Camera: Paper Moon" (TCM)
• "Orson Welles, What's Up Doc?, and Paper Moon" (You Must Remember This)
• Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards (1987) by Mason Wiley and Damien Bona
• "Paper Moon Changes its Outlook as a Musical" (New York Times)
• "Green Book Co-Writer Nick Vallelonga has Legal Book Thrown at Him by IATSE over Unpaid That's Amore Crew" (Deadline)
• "Catch Me if You Can Conman Frank Abagnale Jr. Lied about His Lifetime of Lies, Sources Claim" (New York Post)

Our Dadvice series continues with a look at the parenting and romance of Pierre Morel's action classic(?) Taken!

Join in as we discuss our favorite Liam Neeson performances, the movie's astonishing box office run, an implausible human trafficking scheme, and the exact details of Brian Mills's (Neeson) finances.

Plus: What happens to the family of the girl who dies? Why does Lenore (Famke Janssen) commit such egregious fraud? Why is Kim (Maggie Grace) always running like that? And, most importantly, is this the most divorced movie ever made?

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Next week: Paper Moon (1973)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• Roger Ebert's 2.5-star review
• Pierre Morel interview at ComingSoon.net
• 2014 Liam Neeson interview with GQ
• "Liam Neeson Originally Thought his Iconic Taken Phone Call Scene was 'Corny'" (Entertainment Weekly)
• "The Agony of Liam Neeson, Action Star" (Vulture)
• "Taken by Albania" tourism campaign (YouTube)
• "Dua Lipa Sparks Controversy with 'Greater Albania' Map Tweet" (BBC)

In honor of Will's impending fatherhood, we're inviting dads onto the show to share the romance and parenting tips from some of their favorite movies. First up: Steven Spielberg's 1991 Peter Pan adaptation Hook, starring Robin Williams as Peter and Dustin Hoffman as the titular one-handed captain.

Join in as we discuss Hook's place in the Spielberg dad canon, this odd transition point in the director's career, and the standout performances by Hoffman and Bob Hoskins.

Plus: Why wasn't this movie made into a musical? Why can only Wendy (Maggie Smith) properly remember Neverland? Why does Peter have an American accent? And, most importantly, why is Peter's son Jack so terrible at baseball?

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Next week: Taken (2008)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• Roger Ebert's two-star review of Hook
• "A Peter Pan for the 90s" (New York Times)
• "Steven Spielberg: The EW Interview" (Entertainment Weekly)
• "Did You Know Hook was Once a Musical?" (NPR)
• "Spielberg at 40: The Man and the Child" (New York Times)
• "The Autobiography of Peter Pan" (TIME)
• "Ahoy! Neverland" (People)
• "Hooked on News" (Check Book)

We're closing out our series on prounoun movies with the one that (probably) started it all: The 1927 silent romantic comedy It, starring the original "it girl" herself, Clara Bow!

Join in as we discuss Bow's life and career, writer Elinor Glynn, 1920s Coney Island, and our favorite intertitles.

Plus: What exactly is It? Who has It today? And, most importantly, is this movie Ittier than It (2017)?

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Next week: Hook (1991)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• Watch It (1927) for free on YouTube!
• It in the AFI Catalog
• It from Turner Classic Movies
• "It and the It Girl, Clara Bow" (Bright Wall, Dark Room)
• "Clara Bow: The Hard-Partying Jazz Baby Airbrushed from Hollywood History" (The Guardian)
• "Forgotten Hollywood: Clara Bow" (Golden Globes)
• "Remember When Jessie Buckley was on an Insane Reality Show?" (Vulture)

Pronouns and parenting collide as we look at the fast-moving romance of Raja Gosnell's 2005 remake of Yours, Mine & Ours, starring Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, and most of the 00s Nickelodeon kids.

Join in as we discuss cinematic lighthouses, an unexplained broken engagement, the nomination process for military leaders, and a very large pig.

Plus: Who conducted the parents' marriage? At what point should you tell a date you have double-digit children? Are Quaid and Russo's characters just bad parents? And, most importantly, did this movie actually need to be longer?

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Next week: It (1927)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• "Studios Mining Moppet Mania" (Variety)
• "Nightcrawler Actress Rene Russo is a Reluctant Star" (Los Angeles Times)
• "Dennis Quaid's Costar Blasts His 'Crazy' Trump Support after Air Force One Trip" (Entertainment Weekly)
• "Suspected Chinese Spy Reportedly Slept with, Courted US Officials to Gain Intel" (New York Post)
• "Let's Talk about the Gorilla Channel for One More Day" (New York Times)

We're attempting to define the quintessential We Love the Love movie this week as we look at the Russo brothers' much-maligned 2006 comedy You, Me and Dupree, starring Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson, and Owen Wilson.

Join in as we discuss the Russos' pre-Marvel career, a hilariously miscast Seth Rogen, comedy Lance Armstrong, and several episodes of The Newsroom.

Plus: Why is Michael Douglas's character so unhinged? What was Dupree's job at the start of the movie? Should married people have friends of any kind? And, most importantly, which character is "you" and which is "me"?

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Next week: Yours, Mine, and Ours (2005)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• "The Russo Brothers are Directing Marvel's Biggest Blockbusters, but They're Modeling Their Career after Stephen Soderbergh" (IndieWire)
• "That Time Steely Dan Wrote a Letter Trashing Owen Wilson to His Own Brother" (VICE)
• "The Russo Brothers, Marvel's Money-Minting Directors, Reveal their Secret Weapons" (The Hollywood Reporter)
• "Family Dynamic" (DGA Quarterly)

It's all about AI personhood this week as we discuss the doomed romances of Spike Jonze's 2013 Best Picture nominee Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, and a disembodied Scarlett Johansson.

Join in as we discuss our favorite digital characters, phone sex with Kristen Wiig, and the strange experience of watching this movie in the age of ChatGPT.

Plus: Why was Samantha Morton replaced as the voice of the OS? Does Theodore really own the rights to those letters? And, most importantly, what really happened when the AIs ascended?

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Next week: You, Me, and Dupree (2006)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• "Him and Her: How Spike Jonze Made the Weirdest, Most Timely Romance of the Year" (Vulture)
• "Behind the Preplanned Oscars Selfie" (Wall Street Journal)
• "ChatGPT Launching Talking AI that Sounds Exactly like Scarlett Johansson in Her - On Purpose?" (Entertainment Weekly)
• "Did the System Update Ruin Your Boyfriend? Love in a Time of ChatGPT" (The Guardian)
• "The Son King of Hollywood" (Vulture)

Our investigation of gendered cinema leads us into singular pronouns with the 2025 football film Him!

Join in as we discuss meme actors, half-baked religious symbolism, the fan-athlete relationship, and David O Russell's upcoming John Madden biopic.

Plus: How do you parody the NFL? Why would Isaiah (Marlon Wayans) participate in this plan? How much NIL money does Cam (Tyriq Withers) already have? Is Julia Fox playing a witch? And, most importantly, is this a horror film?

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Next week: Her (2013)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• David Ehrlich's C- review (IndieWire)
• "Him Has Got Style to Burn and Not Much Else" (Vulture)
• Goat: An Anti-Sports Horror Movie screenplay by Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie
• "Julia Fox's Complete Dating History" (Harper's Bazaar)
• "Nicolas Cage Explains his Dinosaur Skull Fiasco and Hunt for the (Literal) Holy Grail" (The Hollywood Reporter)
• "Dakota Johnson Lied to Us about Loving Limes" (Vulture)
• "Bryce Harper: We Want to Bring a Title Back to DC" (Washington Post)
• "36 Questions Realizes the Potential of the Podcast Musical" (Vulture)