We Love the Love

We're kicking off the new year with a look at the romance of Richard Curtis's 2013 time travel romance About Time!

Join in as we discuss our shared love of star Bill Nighy, a surprisingly comedic turn from Vanessa Kirby, and how to tell Tom Holland from Tom Hollander.

Plus: How exactly does time travel work? How many English-speaking countries are represented in this cast? And why is Paul King directing a Labubu movie?

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Next week: Home (2015)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• Richard Curtis interview at FirstShowing.net
• "White Lotus Star Tom Hollander Recaalls Accidentally Receiving Tom Holland's 'Astonishing' Avengers Bonus Check" (People)
• "Kate Moss Regrets 'Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels' Comment" (BBC News)
• "A History of the Donald Trump-Megyn Kelly Feud" (ABC News)
• "Orson Scott Card: Friend, Mentor, Bigot" (Wired)
• "Paul King to Direct 'Labubu' Movie for Sony" (Deadline)

We're closing out the holiday season with a movie about trying to avoid it altogether: Joe Roth's 2004 holiday comedy Christmas with the Kranks!

Join in as we discuss the surprisingly effective marriage between Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis), suburban paparazzi, a disgusting ham, and our least favorite decorating trends.

Plus: Why change the title from John Grisham's novel Skipping Christmas? Is Blair secretly a villain? Is this a propaganda film in the secular War on Christmas? And what makes this a quintessential We Love the Love movie?

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Next week: About Time (2013)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• Roger Ebert's one-star review
• Official Christmas with the Kranks press kit
• "Joe Roth's 'Third Act'" (The Hollywood Reporter)
• "Megyn Kelly: Jesus and Santa were White" (Politico)

For this year's Christmas romance episode, we're checking in on the metatextual narratives of A Very Jonas Christmas Movie on Disney+!

Join in as we discuss the standout performances in the packed supporting cast, the conspicuous use of the brothers' kids, the JoBros' long history on TV, and the dismal tie-in Yule log on Disney+.

Plus: Who is this movie's intended audience? Why is the entire Will Ferrell family here? And why is the only good song the one that's bad on purpose?

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Next week: Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

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Key links for this episode:

• "Hailee Steinfeld Reacts to Viral Buffalo Billboard" (Sports Illustrated)
• "A Full Timeline of Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner's Divorce Drama" (Cosmopolitan)
• Andrew Barth Feldman's musical tribute to Muppet*Vision 3D (YouTube)
• "Anger over Justin Bieber's Anne Frank Message" (BBC News)

We're headed across the country as we look at the surprisingly illegal romance of 1940's Remember the Night, the last film written by Preston Sturges before he became a director.

Join in as we discuss this first pairing of Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, the sinister setup with Fat Mike, the film's ironically forgettable title, and ruffled undergarments of the early 1900s.

Plus: How did this film drive Sturges to become a director? Why would Jack take this accused thief across multiple state lines? Why would anyone steal lug nuts off a car? And, most importantly, what punishment would Stanwyck consider appropriate for her character?

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Next week: A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)

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Key links for this episode:

• “Mitt Romney’s Dog-on-the-Car-Roof Story Still Proves to be His Critics’ Best Friend” (Washington Post)
• "Ex-Spouses Go to Court to Split Beanie Babies" (Los Angeles Times)
• Lux Radio Theatre Adaptation of Remember the Night, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray

We're celebrating Episode 420 and the start of the holiday season with a look at the romance and bromance of A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas!

Join in as we discuss our (mostly recent) history with the H&K franchise, our first Real-D memories, and the series's role in Neil Patrick Harris's comeback.

Plus: What makes a weed joke funny? Should we be heating our syrup? And what do we want from the just-announced Harold and Kumar 4?

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Next week: Remember the Night (1940)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• "Neil Patrick Harris Discusses the Evolution of NPH in A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas" (CinemaBlend)
• "Ridin' High: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle Turns 10" (Movable Fest)
• "John Cho has Entered His DILF Era" (Vanity Fair)
• "Studios Ogle Future of 3D" (Variety)
• "I'm Eating Everything on White Castle's X-Men: Apocalypse Menu" (ScreenCrush)
• "I'm Eating Everything on IHOP's Wonka Menu" (ScreenCrush)
• "We Are All Human Microphones" (The Nation)

We're staying up all night as we attempt to navigate the late-teens romance of the 2008 Michael Cera / Kat Dennings romantic comedy Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist!

Join in as we discuss one-night movies, the differences between the film and its source novel, the portrayal of gay kids in 2008, and a mysterious crate of bras.

Plus: Why is this movie impossible to watch now? Why do Nick and Norah keep abandoning Caroline? Why is Norah's dad so bad at nepotism? And, most importantly, what is the titular playlist?

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Next week: A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas (2011)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• Lorene Scafaria interview from the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival (SpoutBlog)
• Peter Sollett interview from TIFF 2008 (SpoutBlog)
• "Isn't it Romantic" (Salon)
• "Jo Koy Couldn't Stay the Course" (Vulture)

We're fulfilling a long-delayed promise by looking at the romance of the most(?) romantic Star Wars movie at all, Attack of the Clones!

Join in as we discuss our favorite minor characters, the film's groundbreaking use of digital filmmaking, its over-dense opening crawl, and traveling as refugees.

Plus: Who is the intended audience for this movie? At what point does Padme fall in love with Anakin? What's the best outfit Natalie Portman wears? And why don't Republic gunships have doors or seatbelts?

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Next week: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• "Star Wars has Removed Jizz Music from the Mos Eisley Cantina" (Digital Spy)
• "Rise of Skywalker Novelization Reveals Rey's Dad Fits into Palpatine's Clone Conspiracy" (Syfy)
• "Star Wars Fan Theory Suggests Snoke is Actually Mace Windu" (Scified)
• "The Dead Speak! Listen to Emperor Palpatine's Mysterious Broadcast from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (SlashFilm)
• "The Saga Begins" Weird Al music video (YouTube)
• "Lucrecia Martel Turned Down Black Widow" (Variety)
• "IA Caps Droid Warranty at 20 Years" (HoloNet News)
• Karen Traviss FAQ on why she quit writing Star Wars novels
• "Remembering Ari Fleischers 'Reign of Terror'" (Slate)

We're solving violence on the Irish border this week as we take a look at the romance(?) of John Frankenheimer's 1998 action classic Ronin!

Join in as we discuss 90s De Niro, Jean Reno's literary career, the post-Cold War film milieu, and the Rabbit's Foot!

Plus: Did the Good Friday Agreement force a rewrite of this movie? Why is writer David Mamet credited with a pseudonym? What are the other characters' last names? And is there any romance in this movie at all?

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Next week: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

We're solving violence on the Irish border this week as we take a look at the romance(?) of John Frankenheimer's 1998 action classic Ronin!

Join in as we discuss 90s De Niro, Jean Reno's literary career, the post-Cold War film milieu, and the Rabbit's Foot!

Plus: Did the Good Friday Agreement force a rewrite of this movie? Why is writer David Mamet credited with a pseudonym? What are the other characters' last names? And is there any romance in this movie at all?

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Next week: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• John Frankenheimer biography from TCM
• "Ronin in from Cold" (Variety)
• "Giving Credit Where It's Due" (Los Angeles Times)
• "Mamet Versus Writer's Guild, the Action Thriller Sequel" (Los Angeles Times)
• John Frankenheimer's open letter on the credit arbitration for Ronin
• "Marco Rubio Mocked for Filming Talking while Driving Socialism Critique" (Daily Dot)

We're finishing our monstrous double-feature with a look at the romance of the 1958 B-movie I Married a Monster from Outer Space!

Join in as we discuss movie marketing, aliens we'd marry, and the movie's surprisingly rich feminist perspective.

Plus: How does this movie compare to The Blob? What are the Andromedans' fake bodies made of? And do they even actually like human women?

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Next week: Ronin (1998)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• I Married a Monster from Outer Space in the TCM Archive
• "Inside Elio's Catastrophic Path: America Ferrera's Exit, Director Change, and Erasure of Queer Themes" (The Hollywood Reporter)
• "Man-Thing Vs Swamp Thing: Both were Based on an Older Monster" (Comic Book Resources)
• "Legend's Two-Star Review that (Almost) Nobody Noticed" (BBC)