This week, we are covering yet another family rom-com-dram with a huge cast full of big talent. Did they use all that talent to good end? Sarah breaks down the four crazy plot points of this movie and makes Justin decide which is most improbable. Rachel McAdams is so sassy, SJP plays difficult so good, and the deaf brother is also gay! This movie has a great grip on the messiness of family and holidays with a good dose of cancer and morbidity. Get ready for Christmas!
In this Lifetime movies from 2015, we meet Kate, the workaholic lawyer, and Daniel, the disgruntled ghost who becomes a real man for only 12 days a year. Mystery, death, bootlegging, and Christmas parties ensue. Can Kate and Daniel make love work across 100 years (and despite the face that he's married and dead...)? It's Christmas after all.
Starring Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis, this little ditty explores the Harry Met Sally question of whether men and women can be friends. We explore our own friendship as well as those we've had with other members of the opposite sex; we discuss dudes that get under our skin; and we wonder if tequila is still something we need in our lives. Write in to tell us your tequila and friendship stories! Can women and men really be just friends? Does Justin have a chance in hell with Alison Brie?
Starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder, this wild ride obviously takes place in New York... in autumn. We had the brilliant idea to watch a fall movie in the fall, but boy, we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into.
Questions: What exactly does Winona do for a living? Who has time to have sex on a roof? Is fall the dumbest season?
We prefect our "yes and" banter on this one and try to entertain ourselves as best we can with this pre-9/11 romance from a more innocent time.
This week, we tackle It’s Complicated starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin. Classic Nancy Meyers—the set design is so insanely beautiful it’s like a dream. But the plot is, shall we say “complicated”? And Alec Baldwin may be the only man in the world who can carry such a creepy role (and he’s still pretty creepy). Does Meryl belong in rom-com-ville or in comedy at all for that matter? Does Joh Krasinski steal the show? Also, where are all the black people? We’ll get to those questions and more in this episode!
This week, we hope we hit it out of the park with Fever Pitch starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. We discuss idiosyncrasies of dads, bringing a laptop to a sporting event, and what does Drew Barrymore’s character do anyway? It’s the second half of baseball season, folks, and it’s getting real. Can they make it?
This week, we bring you the Netflix movie Always Be My Maybe, starring Ali Wong and Randall Park and set mostly in lovely San Fransisco.
We cover things like: divorce parties, herb scissors (very sharp!), D'angelo lyrics, and a big epiphany about Keanu Reeves. This was a fun one. Bounce back like a tennis ball!
This week, we are back from a brief summer hiatus to bring you the delightful wedding rom-com The Wedding Planner. Young McConnaughey, sassy JLo, weddings, dancing, emotional honesty—does it get any better?
We ask important questions like: Can JLo play Italian? Are brown M&Ms worth it? and Is Eddie a secret dirtbag? We also tackle topics like surprise dates, jet skiing in Ohio, romantic missed connections.
This week we take a listener suggestion and dive right into 1947, when women could be judges, and 17 year olds could trick men into loving them, kind of. We also discuss being more scared of teens than murderers, teacher crushes, sympathy sweats, and the best kids' drink in the world.
For this week's episode, we have very special guest Kerry Winfrey. Kerry is a fiction and YA fiction writer with a deep obsession for rom-coms, maintaining a blog about them for years. Just Wright is one of her favorites, and we discussed things like: Can Common pull off play a pro basketball player? Is Queen Latifah good at everything? Are dude’s secret rooms a thing?
And we veered off path to discuss things like: Are hot air balloons the bane of all movies? Why does getting older ruin everything? And how many pies has Kerry baked?
Thank you Kerry for being with us! Kerry Winfrey’s newest book is Waiting for Tom Hanks, and it’s available for pre-order and comes out June 11, 2019.
Is this week's episode, we encounter Cosmo's moon in the inimitable Moonstruck. But we do things a little differently: we experimented with a progressive recording by watching the movie together and stopping every 30 minutes to record. So this one is fresh off the presses and carries with it our opinions unadulterated by refection or even the rest of the movie.
We can both agree that this movie was one of our absolute favorites (though this is the first time Justin's seen it!), and Cher is a dream goddess who deserves all of her fame and accolades.
This week we run through the heather with period romcom Sense and Sensibility. Two sets of actors met their spouses on this set! Emma Thompson won the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay! Justin doesn’t get the historic nature or the language in this movie. But he does agree that we could update it into an amazing movie for our times.
Stay tuned to hear about sheep facts, Shakespeare, and Michelmas.
This one's a doozy, folks. And it couldn't have been done without a second guest appearance by Taryn, sharing her keen L.A. insider knowledge!
With a great cast, an awesome soundtrack, and the best 90's fashion, how could this not be a classic? Plus, Justin drinks two full bottles of wine during recording! Strap in for this shining paragon of a podcast episode.
This week, we star-jump into the movie that has it all: cheerleading, racism, overcoming racism(?), nonchalant sexual assault, and lots of midriffs! It feels like it should be the modern version of a Shakespeare classic, but is it? Justin also admits his career as a high school mascot, and Sarah tell him no a lot. There must be some Toros in the atmosphere!
Sorry about the delay this week. We had some hosting site issues. All good now!
This week, we explore another Office episode as a rom-com. The season 3 finale has Michael, Jim, and Karen all vying for Jan’s old job. Jim is with Karen, but Pam just poured her heart out to Jim at the Lake Scranton retreat about how much she misses his friendship. Jan wins Michael back with some very noticeable “enhancements.” Lots of rom-com situations and discussion!
This week, we have a very special guest: Justin’s good friend Mike, all the way from Hawaii! Mike has keen insight on the tourism industry in Hawaii, what it’s like to wear a Hawaiian shirt to a funeral, and how the movie nailed resort life for guests and workers. Justin identifies with Jason Segel’s character more than he’d like to admit—especially about Muppets, And we all agree that puking off of a boat is the best way to puke (if given a choice). This is a long one, but one of our best!
This week, we are trying something new by covering an episode of everyone's favorite TV show: The Office! We are caroling into season 2 episode 10, the first Christmas episode of the office. Can one episode of a TV show be a rom com? Can we only talk for 30 min? Are Jim and Pam the best? All questions we (try to) answer this week!
This week we fly into an across-the-pond romcom with our very special guest Laura Englehart Toerner! Laura just had a baby three days ago, so this episode is dedicated to her and baby Reese, may she grow to love romcoms as much as her mother.
The Wedding Date stars Debra Messing and Dermott Mulroney in what we can only assume to be some sort of money-desperate career move. Not only do they have no chemistry, but the plot is a mess, Amy Adams is a nightmare sister, and there is no reason it should be set in England. On the bright side, England has never looked prettier, but we can't say the same for Debra's hair.
Come, take a trip with us as Laura helps us understand why this movie exists.
This week, we electric slide into 13 Going on 30, starring Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, and, as an awesome sassy-mean friend, Judy Greer! We discuss bad grade-school haircuts, old friends, wishing dust, and Andy Serkis' expressive eyes. We also develop the genius idea of a Paul Simon Broadway travelog/stage show, and we dive into our listener mail. And apparently every knows the Thriller dance!