Falling in Love Montage

What Men Want

Valerie and Helen took to the theater this month (with friends, yes they have some) to watch 2019's What Men Want.  All of their secret thoughts about the film are contained within this episode. So, if you can't read our minds, you may have to listen - which, coincidentally, is also the theme of the film.    Thank you for your continued support. Falling in Love Montage podcast turned three this month! 🎉   Check out our sister show Divisive Issues on the Flying Machine Network.  To hear more about how Helen and Valerie feel about gender swapped film properties in general (and in specific) check out FiLM podcast's March patreon episode .  Follow Ashley Johnson on Instagram - she presh and gives good dubsmash.  Watch a weird video Valerie made about men's knees 😬

Crazy Rich Asians

Happy January! We couldn't be more thrilled to pop the lid on 2019 with the discussion of this film, based on the first in a trilogy of books by Kevin Kwan and directed by sweetheart of the podcast, Jon M. Chu.  We're talking Crazy Rich Asians y'all! (I can say y'all, I live in Atlanta where it is definitely not snowing).   More things we want to share:  We co-hosted part 3 of Darren Husted's amazing limited series 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Episodes': http://shoutengine.com/HowtoLoseaGuyin10Episodes/ Check out Potstirrer Podcast with Jaye Pool on our Network, Flying Machine: http://flyingmachine.network/potstirrer or at https://potstirrerpodcast.com Remember our 'Now You See Jem II' campaign? :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIv3A-2RxSE Wanna see Ryan Hansen being his best Ryan Hansen?  :https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRHlIUUZnPDTIe4io3rv0bA  

Heathers (w/ Phil Gonzales)

It's possibly our most-favorite (and most-referenced) movie, and we're going to try our butts off to convince ourselves and y'all that it's maybe a chick flick. We're talking about Heathers.  Joining us for this intellectual croquet match is Phil Gonzales of Deep in Bear Country: A Berenstain Bearcast, It's Del Toro Time!, and Klickitcast: A Beverly Cleary Podcast. Phil uses his podcasting expertise -- and general ability to f*** with the eagles -- to help us pull this high school black comedy apart, and to keep us on track by reminding us that we gotta motor if we're gonna be ready to publish this episode in 2018. Happy Heathersdays, FiLM Buffs.

The Family Stone (w/ Elle Riccardi)

Happy Holidays to all, and to all a -- hey wow, we published an episode; I can scarcely believe it! We've wanted to talk about The Family Stone for as long as we've had this platform, so when Elle Riccardi -- of Handbook Podcast; Flying Machine's own Short, Colorful and Loud; and our episode on The Wedding Planner -- asked if we'd ever considered covering The Family Stone, we shouted, "OMG, yes!!" so loud that we knocked her off her feet from 1000 or so miles away.  And similarly, on a dozenth-ish viewing, The Family Stone knocked us off our feet, and we step all over ourselves trying to explain our love for this not-completely-unproblematic holiday movie.  Merry Christmas and stuff, from our smug family to yours.

*Bonus content* Some Kind of Wonderful (w/ Amy Pascal)

If you woke up today thinking, I would like to hear Helen, Valerie, and Amy talk even more about John Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful, than wow, are you lucky!  But hey, let's all take a minute to remember how lucky we are if we woke up today at all. I love you!

Some Kind of Wonderful (w/ Amy Pascal)

"I think it's hip that you paint. I think it's hip that I drum. And it's perfect that we're friends." - Watts  Listeners, we think it's hip that you listen. We think it's hip that we FINALLY released this episode. And it's perfect that we all LOVE Some Kind of Wonderful.  After years of friendship, we finally courted Amy Pascal. We didn't paint her portrait, or take her to the Hollywood Bowl, or spend our college savings on her, but we did ask her to reschedule with us at least a half dozen times so you know her love is true. Amy Pascal is our kind of WONDERFUL and we learn more about this film talking to her than we've learned in any of our gazillionty viewings.  Find more from Amy Pascal at http://theamypascale.com and on Twitter & Facebook.  

Hocus Pocus

Just in time for the end of Daylight Saving Time, we bring you our last spoopy Halloween chick flick offering -- Hocus Pocus, a.k.a. Vanessa Hudgens's Rocky Horror Picture Show.  FiLM threepeat all-stars Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker put a spell on you in 1993, and we attempt to do the same for 90 minutes, here in 2018. So come, listener, let us take you away, into a land of enchantment or whatever. Happy 25th birthday, Hocus Pocus, and happy Halloween, listeners!

Death Becomes Her

We're Mad-Ern-Hel, and we're not going to take [not having covered Death Becomes Her] anymore!  Yes, the queens of youth and beauty you know and tolerate are finally tackling the queens of youth and beauty you know and love, and we (re)watched 1992's Death Becomes Her, in which Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn seriously put at least one of the Fs in "BFF." A couple of corrections: - Zelda from Pet Sematary has spinal meningitis, not scoliosis. - We talk briefly about "Kevin Williams" style dialog. We are actually referring to Kevin Williamson, creator of Dawson's Creek and writer of Scream. We don't have a guest this time, but we give massive shout-outs to our sweethearts Ryan and Ariel, who got married last week. If you click all of these links, you'll find all of Ryan's many shows: http://flyingmachine.network/divisiveissues http://flyingmachine.network/oops_politics http://frondsradio.com/ http://wgirny.libsyn.com/

Ocean’s 8 (w/ Malcolm Nygard)

We've assembled the team, we've got the know-how, we've rented the disc from Redbox, and we're ready to blow this thing wide open.  Fearless leader of the Flying Machine network and Ocean's [Numeral] fanboy Malcolm Nygard is back to talk with us about the 2018 female-fronted heist movie and whether (Danny Ocean's) sisters are really doin' it for themselves. And by "doin'," I mean stealing, and by "it," I mean tens of millions of dollars' worth of jewels. You can hear more from Malcolm on the Flying Machine Content Channel. 

He’s Just Not That Into You

What do Batman, E from Entourage, Rachel Green, Black Widow, the Hangover guy, Officer Hopps, the Mac, and Academy Award-winning actor Jennifer Connelly have in common?  They are all in this movie that we're just not that into, spoilers! 😉