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We are celebrating AAPI month here at What Would Mom Do Pod!
Today, we're chatting about a movie from the glorious mind of Taika Waititi!

The tagline:
Nature just got gangster.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a 2016 New Zealand adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, whose screenplay was based on the book Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump. Sam Neill and Julian Dennison play "Uncle" Hector and Ricky Baker; a father figure and foster son who become the targets of a manhunt after fleeing into the New Zealand bush. Carthew Neal, Leanne Saunders, Matt Noonan, and Waititi produced the film

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We are celebrating AAPI month here at What Would Mom Do Pod!
And we are doing, in my opinion, the BEST Disney movie Princess, MULAN!

The tagline:
This time, the princess saves the prince.

Mulan is a 1998 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. It is based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, and was Disney's 36th animated feature and the ninth animated film produced and released during the Disney Renaissance. It was directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, with story by Robert D. San Souci and screenplay by Rita Hsiao, Philip LaZebnik, Chris Sanders, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, and Raymond Singer. Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, Miguel Ferrer and BD Wong star in the English version, while Jackie Chan provided the voice of Captain Li Shang for the Chinese dubs of the film. The film's plot takes place in China during the Han dynasty, where Fa Mulan, daughter of aged warrior Fa Zhou, impersonates a man to take her father's place during a general conscription to counter a Hun invasion.

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We are celebrating AAPI month here at What Would Mom Do Pod!
The next movie on our list is the FIRST EVER Foreign Film Best Picture WINNER Parasite!

The tagline:
Act like you own the place

Parasite is a 2019 South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jin-won. The film, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, and Lee Jung-eun, follows a poor family who scheme to become employed by a wealthy family and infiltrate their household by posing as unrelated, highly qualified individuals.

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We are celebrating AAPI month here at What Would Mom Do Pod and the first movie we are discussing is, Crazy Rich Asians. Sara and Stacie breakdown all the mom and mom figures in this 2018 gem. Did they cry at the end of the movie? You'll have to listen to find out! (Spoiler: they did).

The tagline:
The only thing crazier than love is family!

This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, written by Kevin Kwan, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family. The film stars Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina, Lisa Lu and so many more! The screenplay was written by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, directed by Jon M. Chu.

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Hey y'all! This week we are joining our friends over at the TrashWatch Podcast. We came together to talk about the greatest girl band British movie EVER MADE...if you haven't said Spice World by now DO YOU EVEN KNOW US?

Climb aboard the double decker Spice Bus and get ready for a madcap musical adventure with the sexy phenomenons of pop - the Spice Girls. An encounter with extra-terrestrials, a night in a haunted castle, and a moment of truth in a maternity ward are just a few of the escapades the endeavored upon as the Girls gear up for their first live concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Tagline:
They Don't Just Sing!

We chat with Brian, Brandon, Chris and Ashley about all things spice, all things nice and even break down which Spice Girls we relate to the most. Please enjoy all 1 hour and 42 minutes of Spice World chat.

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This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 1994 Disturbing Disney staple Blank Check.

After committing check fraud, Preston Waters lives out his 12-year-old fantasies by spending a million dollars in 6 days, but he quickly realizes he can't quite handle the consequences. Miguel Ferrer and Brian Bonsall star in this 1994 kid classic that will leave you asking, "Why didn't this kid get grounded?" (also why didn't the FBI agent Shay get fired for not finding out a kid was this mysterious Macintosh?!)

The tagline:
When Preston Waters sees an opportunity, he takes it. (GROSS)

WE HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS MOVIE!
A 30 year old woman KISSES an 11 year old!? LIKE KISS KISS!


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This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 1979 movie Kramer vs Kramer.

The tagline:
There are three sides to this love story!

Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 American legal drama film written and directed by Robert Benton, based on Avery Corman's 1977 novel of the same name. The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, and Justin Henry. It tells the story of a couple's divorce, its impact on their young son, and the subsequent evolution of their relationship and views on parenting.

The film explores the psychology and fallout of divorce and touches upon prevailing or emerging social issues such as gender roles, women's rights, fathers' rights, work–life balance, and single parents.


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This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 1994 sequel My Girl 2!

The tagline:
There's being a kid. There's being an adult. And then there's that year in between.

My Girl 2 is a 1994 American comedy-drama film starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky and Austin O'Brien. A sequel to My Girl (1991), its plot follows a now-teenaged Vada Sultenfuss, who travels from her home in suburban Pennsylvania to Los Angeles to find more information about her deceased mother.


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This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 1991 coming of age movie My Girl!

The tagline:
When your Dad's an undertaker, your Mom's in heaven, and your Grandma's got a screw loose...it's good to have a friend who understands you. Even if he is a boy.

Vada Sultenfuss (played by Anna Chlumsky) is an intelligent, bubbly, hypochondriacal 11-year old girl. Her father, Harry (Dan Aykroyd), is a mortician and a widower. Her best friend is Thomas J Sennett (Macaulay Culkin). Then her father hires a new receptionist, Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), and life will never be the same again.

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Hear Sara get surprised by her husband and like always more Dick Van Dyke rants

This week, Sara and Stacie are at it again to judge the mom and mom figures in the 2003 Disney movie Freaky Friday!

The tagline:
Every teenager's nightmare...turning into her mother.

Freaky Friday is a 2003 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon, based on Mary Rodgers' 1972 novel of the same name. It stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as a mother and daughter, respectively, whose bodies are switched by a mysterious and magical Chinese fortune cookie.

The film was released in theaters on August 6, 2003, by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures. It received largely positive reviews from critics, with praise for Curtis and Lohan's performances, and earned over $160 million worldwide on a $26-million budget.[3] The film also earned Curtis a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. It was Disney's third film adaptation of the novel, after the 1976 film, starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster, and the 1995 made-for-TV film, starring Shelley Long and Gaby Hoffmann.

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