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We're looking at long-distance relationships this week in the 2011 Sundance darling Like Crazy, the semi-autobiographical film directed by Drake Doremus and starring a young Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin. 

Join in as we discuss hair as a marker of time's passing, a baffling visa decision, awkward first dates, and the career of Jennifer Lawrence. Plus: Who is casual friends with their lawyer? Is Jacob always covered in Sawdust? What is their final relationship status? And, most importantly, what the heck happened to Riverdale? 

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Next week: A Fantastic Woman (2017)

We're taking on a listener suggestion of Titanic (that's a pun) proportions as we look at the star-studded 1970s disaster film The Towering Inferno. 

Join in as Will and Marc discuss basic fire prevention, cycloramas, explosive helicopters, and Paul Newman's sex den. 

Plus: How is this movie based on two separate novels? Does Susan take the promotion? How is Bigelow so bad at his job? And, most bewilderingly, why would anyone build this tower in San Francisco? 

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Next week: Like Crazy (2011)

We're finishing up our look at the Best Picture nominees of 1967 with the winner, Norman Jewison's detective potboiler In the Heat of the Night, starring Sidney Poitier as a brilliant detective and Rod Steiger as the racist police chief who needs his help. 

Join in as we look at our favorite movie desserts, this movie's strange marketing, Haskell Wexler's revolutionary cinematography, Quincy Jones's score, a TV spinoff, and obvious comparisons to Green Book. 

Plus: How can Will get rid of VHS tapes? Where does this fit into Poitier's filmography (and political career?!?)? Why was the town's name changed from the one in the book? How did this low-budget film get access to a train? And, most importantly, is the diner going out of business because of Ralph's pie hoarding? 

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Next week: The Towering Inferno (1974)

We're fulfilling a joke from six months ago - unfortunately, it led us to the worst movie we've ever covered: Steve Pink's 2015 garbage fire, Hot Tub Time Machine 2. 

Join in as we discuss our favorite time travel stories, Dora the Explorer's drug trip, Choozy Doozy, and our favorite experiences at the movies. 

Plus: What's the worst scene in this movie? Has Gillian Jacobs ever been married? Did we see a penis? And will Fiona ever learn Clark Duke's name? 

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Next week: In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Hopefully your phone doesn't self-destruct in ten seconds, because you'll need more time than that to listen as we discuss the Tom Cruise / Michelle Monaghan romance at the center of Mission: Impossible III. 

Join in as we discuss the difference between James Bond and Ethan Hunt, Scientology, J.J. Abrams's directorial debut, middle school band repertoire, an unfortunate string of fridgings, and this movie's alarm-raising marketing campaign. 

Plus: What happened to Ethan's parents? Did the War of the Worlds press tour doom this movie? Does Ethan still have a bomb in his head? And most of all, is The New Mutants really going to come out this week? 

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Next week: Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)

We're returning to the iconic rom com performances of Julia Roberts with a look at P.J. Hogan's 1997 smash hit, My Best Friend's Wedding. 

Join in as we discuss the virtues of Sport magazine, Julia Roberts's career highs and lows, karaoke etiquette, the movie's bizarre original ending, and the joys of a surprise Giamatti. 

Plus: Is Goofus a role model? Is this the best version of the gay best friend trope? Is Kim the most mature character in this movie? Did Julianne commit fraud? And, most importantly, isn't 28 way too young for a marriage pact? 

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Next week: Mission: Impossible 3

It's a family full of romances across multiple generations as we return to the works of Ang Lee to discuss the only film he directed set in his native Taiwan: 1994's Eat Drink Man Woman. 

Join in as we discuss movies we watched in school, swapping lunches, Chinese naming  conventions, and a seemingly chaotic boys school. 

Plus: How does this fit into Taiwan's cultural and political shifts in the 1990s? Is this the horniest Ang Lee movie? Why does Raymond think his wife and FWB should hang out? Why is Rachel such a bad person? And how many twists will this heartfelt family drama turn out to have?!? 

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Next week: My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

We're finishing our look at the 2D films of DreamWorks Animation with a flop that almost bankrupted the studio: 2003's Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, starring Brad Pitt and Catherine Zeta-Jones in a story that is much more Greek than it is Arabian. 

Join in as we discuss our favorite McGuffins, the official Avatar Twitter account, this movie's wildly different early drafts, Sinbad's butt, and a new slogan for DWA. 

Plus: What are the twelve cities? Why did Michelle Pfeiffer offer to quit? Why doesn't any character's plan make sense? And what the heck is the Book of Peace, anyway? 

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Next week: Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

It's not a democracy - it's a pod-ocracy! This week we're looking at Peyton Reed's directorial debut, the iconic 2000 cheerleading movie Bring It On. 

Join in as we take a look at underappreciated sports, the mixed career of screenwriter Jessica Bendinger, advanced chemistry, and disappointingly homophobic language. 

Plus: Why won't anyone let Peyton Reed make a musical? Why isn't this movie about the Clovers? How is the movie different from the stage version? And, most importantly, where are all the adults?!? 

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Next week: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

We're stopping in and stepping up to the can to talk about the romance of the Coen brothers' 2000 journey through the Depression-era South, O Brother, Where Art Thou? 

Join in as we take a look at transposing mythology to the United States, racial representation, a dreadful conflict resolution strategy, and the film's award-winning soundtrack. 

Plus: Has either Coen actually read The Odyssey? Who are the Foggy Bottom Boys? And how much of the runtime will Will and Marc spend recommending other media? 

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Next week: Bring It On (2000)