Heart Of Podness

We're taking a long look at the age of our youth as we examine the on- and off-the-field romance of the 2006 Shakespeare modernization She's the Man, starring Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum as star-crossed roommates. Join in as we discuss DVD trailer packages, terrible taglines, baffling accents, and the Teen Choice Awards. Plus: Channing Tatum is back in theaters with Dog and The Lost City, but where's he been? Why are most Shakespeare comedies about gender swaps? What love shape does the movie's narrative adhere to? And, most importantly, what parents react that way to seeing their kid's dick? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: 2021 Oscars Extravaganza!!!

We're looking at bad romance in the 1975 sci-fi horror classic The Stepford Wives, based on the novel by Ira Levin.  Join in as we discuss star Katharine Ross, doppelgangers, robot boobs, TV sequels, and The Princess Switch 3.  Plus: How does this adaptation compare to the 2004 remake starring Nicole Kidman? Why did Betty Friedan call on women to boycott it?  Why did screenwriter William Goldman quit the production? And is this the weakest justification for a point zero in show history?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: She's the Man (2006) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're looking at a capital-R Romance this week as we dissect the sweeping midcentury romance in Eugene Ashe's underseen 2020 film Sylvie's Love, starring Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha.  Join in as we discuss songs of the summer, confident job-seeking, standardized tests, and the movie's charming love of television.  Plus: Why didn't this movie have more of an impact? Is it weird that John Magaro did a singing Coke commercial? Did Will technically finish the movie? And, most importantly, is this a stealth Mary Tyler Moore Show remake?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: The Stepford Wives (1975) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

Romance is back on the big screen (and also Peacock), so we're taking a look at Marry Me, the new movie starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson as a pop star and a math teacher who get spontaneously married during a concert. Join in as we discuss the movie's surprisingly grounded plot, JLo's cultural moment, the loneliness of fame, and the resurgence of Ben Affleck. Plus: Where was the officiating at this math competition? Was Charlie's mom a duchess? Did NBC have anything to do with this movie? Can Will do a French accent? And, most importantly, what's the sexiest musical? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Sylvie's Love (2020)

For the most love-loving day of the year, we're looking at more romances than we can handle in the first of Garry Marshall's holiday starstraganzas, Valentine's Day!  Join in as we discuss our own top V-Day stories, our favorite performances, Taylor Swift's film debut, and Marshall's rules for filmmaking.  Plus: Why is Anne Hathaway taking sex calls on her work phone? How does this movie manage to satisfy no one with its gay romance? And how many title drops are there?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Marry Me (2022) - now in theaters and streaming on Peacock! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're continuing our look at the Best Picture nominees of 1988 with a look at Alan Parker's lily-white Civil Rights drama Mississippi Burning, starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as FBI agents investigating the murders of three Freedom Summer activists.  Join in as we discuss the trouble with movies clearly based on - but not telling the story of - a specific event, the film's portrayal of the FBI, and comparisons to Stillwater and Green Book.  Plus: How many churches did they burn for this movie? Why did Civil Rights leaders protest the film? And why does this movie have any romance at all???  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Valentine's Day (2010) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're staring at ourselves in the mirror as we tackle the complex but minor romance of John Woo's 1997 action classic Face/Off, in which FBI agent John Travolta swaps faces with mercenary terrorist Nicolas Cage.  Join in as we discuss the Archer family's weird forms of affection, the mechanics of the face swap, the '97 box office, and, once again, the Nicole Kidman AMC video.  Plus: What's the weird connection between this movie and The Departed? How close is that prison to the US mainland? Why can't they just make a new face for Sean? And, most importantly, did they put Castor's back on his corpse?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Mississippi Burning (1988) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're looking at a listener suggestion with the premise of a joke in Edward Norton's directorial debut, the 2000 priest-rabbi-tech lady love triangle Keeping the Faith.  Join in as we discuss karaoke, The Incredible Hulk, a surprising dye job, and a pleasantly low-stakes romantic gesture.  Plus: What does Anna's company do? Will her finances survive the dot com bubble? Are garter cell phone holsters sexy? And what will it take for Marc to truly love rom coms?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Face/Off (1997) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're dreaming of Manderley again as we take a look at the tortuous romance of Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's gothic romance Rebecca.  Join in as we discuss du Maurier's controversial life, Joan Fontaine's performance as the unnamed protagonist, Mrs. Danvers, and gambling at sea.  Plus: How did Hitchcock limit the interference of producer David O. Selznick? What changes did the Production Code office demand be made from the book during adaptation? And, most importantly, what happened to the Chuck E. Cheese robot band?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Keeping the Faith (2000) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We've unearthed a movie we've attempted to cover multiple times: the 2011 undead noir Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, adapted from the hit Italian comic book and starring erstwhile Superman Brandon Routh. Join in as we discuss hyper-specific weapons, magnets, zombie fluids, spare mausoleums, and guest behavior we simply cannot believe. Plus: How does Dylan decide which old technology to use? Why does this movie feel like a basic cable pilot? What percentage of this movie's box office is Marc responsible for? And, most importantly, how long did it take the female lead to get a name? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Rebecca (1940)

We're kicking off the new year with our fifteenth look at the films of DreamWorks Animation, this time discussing the 2006 comic strip adaptation Over the Hedge, about animals who mostly go through one.  Join in as we discuss turtle shells, bangs, "unrated" versions of movies, our experiences with the funny pages.  Plus: Why can't you see Verne's tail when his shell is off? Is this Bruce Willis's best performance in twenty years? Has Marc become a Larrainiac? And, most importantly, was 2021 the biggest year so far for rabbits?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're finishing off the year with a movie that has one sequence set at New Year's and zero that involve mermaids: the 1990 60s-set coming-of-age movie Mermaids, starring Cher, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci - none of whom, and we cannot stress this enough, plays a mermaid.  Join in as we discuss Catholic fandom, child performances, abortive attempts to get the movie going with Lasse Hallstrom and Frank Oz, and Kenneth Branagh and Michael Crichton, who are like mermaids in that they had nothing to do with this movie.  Plus: Does Joe live in the belltower? How is Bob Hoskins so cute? Why was Winona Ryder campaigned in supporting instead of lead? And what is the deal with this movie's title? (We are too dumb to figure it out.)  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Over the Hedge (2006) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're finishing up this year's Christmas romances with a look at the one that started it all: 1945's Christmas in Connecticut, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan.  Join in as we discuss our ideal frauds, Stanwyck's politics and careers, Mary's incomprehensible plot, and saying goodnight to cows.  Plus: What is Jones being fed at the hospital? Why does Elizabeth agree to marry John? Could Fiona handle a viewing of Carrie? And, most importantly, what the heck is the magoo?!?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Mermaids (1990) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We continue our look at this year's holiday romances with Netflix's Single All the Way, starring Michael Urie and Philemon Chambers - and, more importantly, Kathy Najimy and Jennifer Coolidge.  Join in as we discuss sexy holiday characters, the inevitable commercialization of Juneteenth, and our ideas for the tenth Fast and Furious movie.  Plus: Did Netflix steal this idea from Will and our guest? Is Peter's dad looking for a throuple? And is Marc too gay to know about Red Notice?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Christmas in Connecticut (1945) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're beginning our holiday season with Candy Coated Christmas, the first ever scripted movie from the Food Network, which was advertised as though it starred "Pioneer Woman" Ree Drummond, despite the fact that she barely appears.  Join in as we discuss the stunningly dumb lead characters, a terrible and violent meet-cute, the Twelve Days of Christmas, and the movie's astonishing lack of candy.  Plus: How many of these movies has #FiFiFierce seen? Has Molly's dad been stealing her income? Why did Fiona watch six seasons of Last Man Standing? And is this just the dull average of all holiday movies?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Single All the Way (2021) - now streaming on Netflix! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're tackling another listener request as we look at the mostly offscreen romance of George Cukor's 1939 adaptation of The Women, starring Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, and Joan Crawford.  Join in as we discuss the wild life of playwright Clare Booth Luce, the technicolor fashion show, Nevada divorce ranches, and, of course, Nicole Kidman's AMC video.  Plus: What happened to the all-male remake in the 1960s? Who would we cast in a modern update? Is Little Mary illiterate? And how is Stephen so bad at infidelity?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Candy Coated Christmas (2021) - streaming on Discovery+ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

Start spreading the news, because - as Will and Marc were somehow surprised to learn - the iconic song "Theme from New York, New York" actually comes from this week's movie, the 1977 musical New York, New York, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Liza Minelli and Robert De Niro.  Join in as we discuss this homage to Golden Age movie musicals, our own backgrounds with Scorsese, the movie's incredible finale, and, once again, Barbra Streisand's underground mall.  Plus: Is Jimmy the worst man? Where does this movie fit in Liza's relationship history? Does Marty listen to podcasts? And does Happy Endings seem like it would have any hope of being a good movie?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: The Women (1939) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're traveling in time to 2004 for a look at the romance between Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo in the age up/time travel movie 13 Going on 30.  Join in as we discuss the teen films of 2004, the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, Judy Greer's doppelganger, Garner's physical performance, and realism in rom coms.  Plus: Has Matty ever hung out with anyone but Jenna? Should the government be regulating this wishing dust? Aren't both magazine redesigns bad? And does Marc remember any movies we cover?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: New York, New York (1977) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

Take out your phones and hit record, because we're looking at one of the earliest feature films shot on an iPhone: Sean Baker's 2015 Christmas(?) movie about trans sex workers in Los Angeles, Tangerine.  Join in as we discuss the performances by Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, the process of shooting on an iPhone 5S, the worst movie theaters in the DC area, and that time Bella Thorne lied about being on OnlyFans to do research for a movie.  Plus: Why did a bus driver call the police on production? Has there ever been a good guy named Chester? Why didn't LeBron try to draft his Smallfoot character for his Space Jam 2 dream team? And, Marc asks, did Reminiscence actually come out?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: 13 Going on 30 (2004) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're headed to an explicitly undefined time period for a look at Otto Bathurst's 2018 Robin Hood, starring Taron Egerton and a host of other hotties in a movie so dreadful it circles around again to being a delight.  Join in as we discuss automatic bows, sequel teases, a bizarre conspiracy theory, and the youth vote.  Plus: Is Jamie Foxx doing an accent? Is Bathurst in a cult? What exactly are the people of Nottingham mining? And why does the script do Jamie Dornan's Will Scarlet so dirty?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Tangerine (2015) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message