Heart Of Podness

By popular demand, we are covering the surprise hit of 2017, the feel-good musical The Greatest Showman, about the feel-bad circus magnate Phineas Taylor Barnum. Join in as we discuss Barnum's ties to slavery, the history of his various humbugs, the film's shocking box office run, and its enduring popularity in the running community. Plus: How much time passes in this movie? What year is it set in? What are the million dreams keeping P.T. and Charity awake? Why hasn't director Michael Gracey made another movie? And, most importantly, what year is it really??? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Fast Five (2011) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/we-love-the-love/message

Just in time for a coronation, we're moving on up to the English nobility with America's favorite feline as we look at the 2006 sequel Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties! Join in as we discuss nwespaper comics, Paws Inc, Wishbone, and our complete lack of emotional response to the movie. Plus: What is the secret of Garfield's appeal? Why isn't Odie animated? Can pets really inherit a title? And why is Over the Hedge so popular on Netflix? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: The Greatest Showman (2017) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/we-love-the-love/message

We're talking 90s sexual politics with a look at the gender-reversed harassment of Disclosure, based on the novel by the 6' 9" egomaniac Michael Crichton. Join in as we discuss Crichton's regressive gender views, the movie's attempts to complicate his narrative, enduring parallels to today's discourse, and needlessly complicated file storage software. Plus: What's up with this office layout? Is this the worst Michael Douglas has ever looked? How long would it take to do anything in this system over dial-up? And, most importantly, who is A. Friend, and does it make any sense? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/we-love-the-love/message

We're learning a surprising amount about insurance policies as we debate whether there's any love to be found in Billy Wilder's 1944 noir classic Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. Join in as we discuss train crime, the history of life insurance, the 1945 Academy Awards, and some of the movies we're excited about this year. Plus: Should they have settled for a single indemnity? Just how bad is Phyllis's husband? What's Nino's deal? And, most importantly, how many times does Fred MacMurray say "baby" in this movie? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Disclosure (1994) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/we-love-the-love/message

We're sneaking towards romance in one of Marc's favorite comedies, the 2015 Paul Feig film Spy, starring Melissa McCarthy as...you know, a spy. Join in as we discuss McCarthy's career with and without Feig, comedy Jason Statham, sequels we hope to see, and Jerry Seinfeld's forthcoming Pop Tart movie. Plus: Why are so many CIA agents British? What should the M3gan sequel be called? How is The Flash a load-bearing movie? And, most importantly, why are there so many movies about products these days? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Double Indemnity (1944) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/we-love-the-love/message

We're grabbing our swords, bows, and axes to quest in search of romance in the first installment of Peter Jackson's epic trilogy: 2001's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring! Join in as we discuss our own backgrounds with Tolkien, the Scouring of the Shire, the film's famous fourteen-month shoot, and the surprising softness of the finished product. Plus: Why was the original text split into three books? How many different splits did they try for the movies? Who was the biggest star in the cast at the time of shooting? What is the trilogy's impact on New Zealand? And, most importantly, is Rosie a beard? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Spy (2015) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/we-love-the-love/message

We're looking at one of the biggest flops of all time as we talk about the interplanetary romance of Andrew Stanton's 2012 would-be sci-fi franchise starter John Carter! Join in as we discuss digital sidekicks, multiple prologues, Barsoomian fashion, and the contentious afterlife of this box office bomb. Plus: Should the movie have kept "of Mars" in its title? Were Stanton and his friends in the Pixar braintrust up to the challenges of live action? Why would John Carter want to return to Earth? And, most importantly, when is Mark Strong gonna get to play a good guy? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Interstellar (2014) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're talking about jobs we stumbled into as we look at the romance of the 2007 adaptation of The Nanny Diaries, starring Scarlett Johansson as a would-be anthropologist caring for a kid with a dumb name.  Join in as we discuss villain Paul Giamatti, a standout Laura Linney, and the best sequel titles.  Plus: Who was Mrs. X? Is Harvard Hottie a liar? And does Marc remember any of these episodes?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: John Carter (2012) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

The 95th Academy Awards are right around the corner, so it's time to get some definitive rankings on the believability of all ten Best Picture nominees!  Join in as we discuss Colonel Tom Parker, Jenny the Donkey, Sammy Fabelman's girlfriend, and our queen Lydia Tar.  Plus: Is Evelyn from Everything Everywhere All at Once deliberately committing tax fraud? Is George R.R. Martin responsible for weird Tar discourse? What's the worst movie nominated for an Oscar this year? And, most mysteriously, is war a good thing?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: The Nanny Diaries (2007) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

Just in time for Creed III, we're going back to the start of America's favorite boxing franchise for a look at the Best Picture winner that started it all.  Join in as we discuss the movie's real-life inspirations, Sylvester Stallone's original sequel pitches, the Philadelphia Rocky statue, and our good friend M3gan.  Plus: Why did they shoot the final fight sequence in reverse? How could Adrian stand moving into Rocky's apartment? How did the Fonz save the movie and Stallone's career? And, most importantly, how old is Paulie supposed to be??  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Our 2023 Oscars Extravaganza, where we rate the believability of all ten Best Picture nominees' romances! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're looking at one of the biggest romances of the 1990s as we spin the pottery wheel of Jerry Zucker's 1990 Best Picture nominee Ghost!  Join in as we discuss Zucker's career, the first trip of writer Bruce Joel Rubin, the 1990 box office, and the film's complete lack of ghost sex.  Plus: Is this set in the Ghostbusters universe? What's going on with the Saturn Awards? And, most importantly, exactly how evil is Tony Goldwyn's character supposed to be??  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Rocky (1976) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're singing songs and selling papes as we watch Kenny Ortega's directorial debut, the 1992 Disney musical Newsies!  Join in as we discuss the real-life newsboy strike of 1899, the Vatican newspaper, Kid Blink, and other musicals about orphans and labor.  Plus: What's Medda's deal exactly? Why can't the newsies go to school? What is Jack's plan when the movie ends? And where does Newsies fit in Kenny Ortega's filmography alongside Hocus Pocus and the High School Musical films?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Ghost (1990) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

In honor of Magic Mike's Last Dance opening this Friday, we're taking a look at the unlikely romance of Steven Soderbergh's 2012 original!  Join in as we discuss star/inspiration Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey's Dallas, balancing tones, and the MTV Movie Award for Best Shirtless Performance.  Plus: Is Mike's furniture good? Is The Boys the most "straight dude" show on TV? What happened to Adam's old car? And, most importantly, is Joe Manganiello our premier wife guy?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Ghost (1990) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're rolling dice, spinning spinners, and filling out our character sheets as we look at the surprisingly grown-up romance of the 2018 comedy mystery Game Night, starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams.  Join in as we discuss our own favorite game night games, bringing food into the movies, and the past and future of MoviePass.  Plus: Why don't Max and Annie have cooler taste in games? Is Brooks straight-up evil? What's going on at DC Films? And is the Dungeons & Dragons movie going to be good?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Magic Mike (2012) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're talking about movies that scared us as children as we look at Walter Murch's notoriously scarring 1985 film Return to Oz - Disney's first complete attempt to adapt L. Frank Baum. Join in as we discuss Murch's storied career, the magical properties of chickens, the 2022 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, and the trouble with trying to adapt Oz stories after 1939. Plus: How did the chicken get to Oz? Is the Nome King a genderfluid icon? Would this actually work better as a musical? And, most importantly, did Will do so much research he broke his brain? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Game Night (2018)

Now that the holidays are over, we've got enough distance to look at one of the most stressful Christmases ever put to film: the awkward dramedy of The Family Stone!  Join in as we discuss movie allergens, the film's deliberate abrasiveness, and twin romance swaps.  Plus: Is Claire Danes the only normal person in this movie? Is it time to recast the Boss Baby? Should this movie be narrated by Carrie Bradshaw? And, most importantly, can anybody actually tell what age Rachel McAdams is in any role?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Return to Oz (1985) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're going all in on Municipal Darwinism as we climb aboard a traction city to talk about our favorite box office bomb of 2018, Christian Rivers's Mortal Engines! Join in as we discuss cyborgs, the Big Tilt, writer-producer Peter Jackson, and our bff Shrike (the resurrected man). Plus: How does everyone know Pandora Shaw? Why does Tom only want to date Valentine's relatives? Should this movie have featured the cast of Riverdale? And, most importantly, why did Shrike (the resurrected man, member of the Lazarus Brigade, survivor of the Nomad Wars) have to die??? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: The Family Stone (2005)

We're ending the year with a new direction for our frenemies at DreamWorks Animation as we look at their long-delayed Puss in Boots movie!  Join in as we discuss the new DreamWorks intro, assess the villains of The Last Wish, dig into the studio's new animation style, and bond over going to the bathroom during the trailer for Shazam 2.  Plus: Is Elvis gonna win Best Picture? Should Top Gun: Maverick be nominated for Best Grownup Love Story by AARP? What would you do if your AirBnB were double-booked? and, most importantly, have donkeys displaced rabbits as cinema's favorite animals?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Mortal Engines (2018) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're ending this year's Christmas series with a movie that came out in June: Tim Burton's surprisingly violent and horny superhero sequel, Batman Returns!  Join in as we discuss animal resurrection, the loose continuity of the 89-97 Batman movies, the evolution of the Penguin, our own favorite Batmen and Alfreds.  Plus: Why didn't Catwoman die? Can she reach the Heaviside Layer when she does? What exactly does Max Shreck's mystery machine do? And what happened to the two different Black stars who were cast but do not appear in this movie??  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) (and our top ten movies of this year!) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

As Christmas approaches, we check in on the military record of jolly old Saint Nick in the famously terrible 1964 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Join in as we discuss holiday specials, Pia Zadora, Martian naming conventions, and Mrs. Claus's screen debut. Plus: How much conquest actually occurs in this movie? Were Martian kids sad before they had TV? Is the theme for this movie good? And, most importantly, is Santa dumb??? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Batman Returns (1992)