Go Get Your Girl

Emma & Katie stay surprisingly on topic for this one, mostly because there's just so much to discuss about the 1987 Coen Bros masterpiece. Holly Hunter! Nic Cage! What's not to like?

It's the most Jane Austin-y of all Jane Austin Rom Coms! This week Emma and Katie dive into the 2005 Joe Wright Classic Pride and Prejudice. They discuss the importance of a hand flex, how men should be required to read Jane Austin and if this or the BBC miniseries is a better adaptation. They also take time to discuss The People's Joker, Hundreds of Beavers and the Chicago Improv Scene. It's an all around fun time!

Emma & Katie discuss the seminal 90's teen comedy Clueless, and can't help but get wrapped around the axle on the age gap, but you already knew that, didn't you? We also discuss Bussey Woods, lots of hometown Chicago stuff, Charlie's driving adventures, Emma's Emo past, and SKA!Fact Check: Apparently Breckin Meyer and Deborah Kaplan divorced in 2014

**Content Warning! This movie deals extensively with self harm in a very dismissive, lighthearted way. It was made in 2006, that was kind of everywhere at the time, sadly. If that is not something you want to listen to, please skip this episode! Emma & Katie talk about the 2006 romantic comedy, and also The mid-2000s! Emo culture! Eastern European tax shelter filmmaking! High school pretensions! Gogol Bordello! Failed Fox tv shows! Katie mispronounces "Shea Wigham" a lot! Note: We DID discuss Sossamon before, in The Holiday, of course!

It's the 1984 Ron Howard original Splash this week! Does it stand the test of time? It does not. BUT it gave us the name Madison. Tune in to hear Emma and Katie's thoughts on how they might hate Tom Hanks the most in this movie, they discuss Disney world and how it's worse now and of course how Eugene Levy has always been a gem.

Emma & Katie talk the teen Shakespeare romcom She's the Man, and get into Millemial nonsense, opening night flowers, The 10th Kingdom, kissing with tongue, childhood trauma, and, of course, "purewhole."

Hoppy Spring!! Sing and dance as Emma and Katie learn about the magical world of Andalasia. They chat about why you shouldn't watch this movie under certain substances, Amy Adams and how Disenchanted sucks. That's right this week is all about the 2007 Disney Rom-Com Enchanted!

Emma & Katie get nostalgic and talk about the 2004 Millennial touchstone Garden State. We get into Manic Pixie Dream Girls, Harry Knowles, The Graduate, platonic makeouts, lots of college party talk, and of course, Bilbo Baggins, The Greatest Hobbit of Them All.Also: Y'all, I cut 15 whole minutes out of this episode, this movie inspired a lot of tangents.

Emma & Katie get into some shenanigans this week trying to break up our exes with Charlie Day and Jenny Slate. We also talk quite a bit about escapism and the fascist takeover of the United States, so if you don't wanna listen to that, skip to minute 20 or so, I don't know what to tell ya.

This week Emma and Katie dive into the 1960 Romedy Comedy Dramady: The Apartment. Tune in for all things Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, the ridiculousness of NYC rent and much much more!

Allegedly, Emma & Katie talk about the 2000 romcom Miss Congeniality, but not without extended (slightly inaccurate) Katie rants about both the US corn surplus AND The Twilight Zone movie, a lot of TV talk, and Emma's Bougie Private Christian School for Rich Kids!Sandy!Michael Caine!April 25th!

That's right folks! The time has come for Emma and Katie to discuss the 2014 rom com satire: They Came Together. There's jokes! There's movie stars! There's bits on bits on bits! It's the movie which when you google it the first thing to come up is "Is They Came Together worth watching?" The short answer is yes. It absolutely is.

Here in the modern age, Emma & Katie talk about the 2022 romcom from (checks notes) Buzzfeed Studios?? Also discussed: SNL 50, Glee, Emma's fetish for neat men, when your therapist doesn't like you, Interior Ball Syndrome, and #NotAllStarWarsFans

This week Emma and Katie dive into the 2018 not so much Com but definitely Rom movie The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Tune in as they chat all things WW2, sexy pig farmers, the nazi of it all but ALSO the 2024 horror movie Longlegs, the aristotelian elements of drama and much much more!

Emma & Katie walk about the 2000 Romantic drama Love and Basketball, and while this isn't a comedy, it's very romantic, and hey, we can do whatever we want, right? Also discussed: winter storm stories, hair stylist concerns, sex outside, nazi women, and Dick Vitale! And also we both show off just how much we both know about sports.

This week Emma & Katie dive into the 2019 Ali Wong/Randall Park movie Always Be My Maybe. Tune in as they chat nonsense culinary things, friends to lovers and how this movie is the opposite Hallmark Christmas Movie.

Emma & Katie discuss the 2003 throwback to the 60's romcoms of Rock Hudson and Doris Day, along with contact lenses, baseball, La La Land, and Cut for Time: Whether or not Emma was actually banging on the wall..

You didn't ask for it but here it is! Emma and Katie's first animated rom-com! Tune in as they discuss this 1997 delight. Emma rambles about her first hyper fixation Anastasia Romanov and Katie chats all things Flaherty and Ahrens.

Emma & Katie discuss the under loved 90's rom com with Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone, Katie tells two stories that both coincidentally are from the fall of 2013. Also: Baseball! Dead Grandparents! The Cuban Missile Crisis! Magic: The Gathering!

Emma and Katie dive into the ultimate 90s Rom Com Notting Hill! Tune in as they chat Julia Roberts, bumbling Hugh Grant and the choices that can turn a rom com into a horror film.

Emma & Katie discuss the 2008 romcom Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and also, the history of Hog in Cinema, the ethics of visiting Hawai'i, we pitch our movie Hard Santa to Hallmark, and memorialize the career of "Jim Hanson," whoever that is.

It's a step back in time for Emma & Katie's first episode of 2025! Tune in as Katie gives a thoughtful informed history of Theatre in Elizabethan England and how it relates to this 1998 classic.....and hear Emma give every American Girl Doll fact you did not know you needed that is NOT related to this film. Happy New Year Friends!

Emma & Katie discuss the 1945 classic Christmas in Connecticut! Yes, we know it's no longer Christmas, but that's how it works sometimes. See you Next year!

It's a ho ho horribly PG time in Netflix's 2024 addition to their Christmas line up: the Merry Gentlemen. Emma and Katie dive into how gaslit they felt watching this surface level film about strippers who NEVER STRIP as well as other hot topics like Britt Robinson AND Chad Michael Murray's hair choices for this film.

Emma & Katie try hard to discuss 2020's Holidate, but mostly talk about Chicago, malls, whatever "Top Golf" is, pretty much anything except this forgettable movie.

This week Katie and Emma discuss the soon to be Holiday Classic: Hot Frosty. Ring in the Holidays with a ripped snowman, a sad Gretchen Weiners and of course two overly enthusiastic cops.

This is a kissing podcast. Emma & Katie are joined by Caitlin to discuss one of the best movies ever made, The Princess Bride. And honestly, this is mostly the three of them quoting the movie, giggling, and mocking Charles for not liking the movie. Inconceivable! Also: Emma and Caitlin attempt some slang! Emma's dad looks like Wallace Shawn!

This week Emma & Katie dive into the 2004 time capsule The Prince & Me. Tune in as they chat Julia Stiles, sex in libraries and the VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT YOU CAN BE ROYAL AND GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL!

Emma & Katie discuss the little-seen thanksgiving romcom Dan in Real Life and talk about haunted cemeteries, the comedy of Mr. Dane Cook, who knows who Fiero is, and who is and who isn't a Dilf.

Emma & Katie needed a mental break week- they will be back next week to continue the roms and the coms

Strap in, girlies! Emma & Katie discuss the romcom "classic" You've Got Mail, and Katie has some...issues with Mr. Joe Fox in this one. We talk about the long history of this story, struggle with a barking (but adorable) dog, talk bookstores, debate what's worse: a murderer or a CEO? And Katie's Joe Fox impression sounds like Dracula.

Happy end of Spooky Season listeners! It's our final episode of Go Get Your GHOUL and we're closing out the season with the 2022 A24 Film Talk to Me. Tune in as Emma and Katie chat their teenage "games", Australia and of course the #1 rule we all learned this October: don't F**k with ghosts.

Spooky month gets a little rommy and a little commy this this week with 2004's Shaun of the Dead! Emma & Katie discuss the cult classic, as well as Connecticut karaoke, the Apocalypse-ish, the zombie craze of the 2010s, and yet another lesson on British slang.

Spooky month continues with Go Get Your Ghoul pt 2Emma & Katie discuss the 1973 classic horror movie The Exorcist, and also Catholicism, Angiograms, Oujia boards, Zach Bagans, and Possessions near You!And don't forget: it's fun to see your own insides, while they're still inside you. ☺️

Happy spooky season friends! This week begins the spooky scary mini series Go Get Your Ghoul! Join Emma and Katie as they kick things off with a bang! Or shall we say a STAB! That's right- they're talking about the 1996 Wes Craven Hit Scream!

Katie made Emma watch Bull Durham, but she's being very gracious about it.Join them as they talk about Covid, baseball, Aliens, having sex in a tub, memories of our childhood! And also there's a major announcement!

Look....listen.....sometimes as movie lovers we take risks an sometimes those risks fail. This is the case with the 2024 Hallmark Original Mystery: Jazz Ramsey K-9 detective. There certainly was plenty for Emma and Katie to discuss. Most of it was not good. So tune in! Take a listen as they discuss this week's film....that you as the listener absolutely do NOT have to watch yourselves...take it from us.

Emma & Katie talk about the 2022 romcom Fire Island, and also gay boys, Pride & Prejudice, SNL sketches, Pretty Little Liars, and our screenplay that we will definitely finish!

Let's talk about SEX baby! This week Emma and Katie chat about the 2011 rom-com What's Your Number which stirs their conversation sexy. They discuss body counts, millennial sex repression and how the conversation has evolved... oh yeah and also the Anna Ferris/Captain America movie.

Dive in as Emma & Katie discuss the 2014 film What If- or as it should have been named The F Word. They chat Dan Rad, Zoe Kazan and of course what you all have been waiting for: Toronto, Canada and it's landmarks.

Another stone cold classic, Emma & Katie discuss this romantic masterpiece and also: peeing and pooping, Queen Elizabeth, the music of the year 2000, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, issues in women's health, how Charlie should dance with Emma more, and hey, is Johnny castle a time traveler?? #romcomprom

Oh! mumble mumble mumble! Hi! mumble mumble Emma and er uh um Katie dive into the OG mumble guy romcom Four Weddings and a funeral. They chat Hugh Grant! Andie Macdowell! Queer representation in early 90s Rom Coms! Tune in and notice if it's raining- because we haven't.

Emma and Katie discuss the now-classic 2004 romcom and also: tornadoes, diamond cartels, Kathryn Hahn, the films of Ron Howard, romance audio books and much more.

It's Rom Com Adventure time! Join Emma and Katie as they dive into the Sandy Bullock/Channing Tatum/ Daniel Radcliffe masterpiece that is the Lost City (of D). Tune in as they chat the Lost City of Z, Romancing the Stone and of course their favorite: Romance Novels!!

That's right, we just could not resist doing the sequel back to back! Emma and Katie stay surprisingly on topic in this episode, mostly because there's so much to talk about! Venture into the weeds with them as they wrapped around the axle on: What's going on with the timeline in this universe, exactly? How did Meryl Streep die? Do ABBA exist in this world? Have YOU heard of the A*Teens??

It's a Mama Mia! My my, Emma and Katie could not forget this one! Tune in as they dive into the feel good 2008 film. They chat musicals, ABBA and of course Meryl sprinting up a mountain.

Okay, so it's not reeeallyy a romcom, but Emme & Katie do still have fun talking about it! Other topics include: Hair, TRL, Legally Blonde The Musical, Moonie the Chihuahua, The Real World, Boxed Chocolates, and a solid 5 minutes on Costco.

Emma and Katie dive into their very first Sandler! Is this a comforting Rom Com to watch? Yes. Does it completely hold up? No. Regardless Emma and Katie discuss all things 80s, Adam Sandler and time math.

It's a new week! A new movie and a new GUEST! Director and horror aficionado Madison Smith (@mudisonsmuth) joins Emma and Katie as they discuss the 2024 Horror Rom Com Lisa Frankenstein! Tune in as they discuss Cole Sprouse, the 80s, and for some reason Tom Delong and the kids these days.

Emma and Katie talk about the 2000 romcom High Fidelity, and all the toxic masculinity they can handle! other topics include: funeral pyre songs, signature scents, Chicago history, and, of course, bears of all kinds.

This week Emma & Katie dive into the 2024 film Anyone But You or as Emma's friend Robert calls it Anything but good. Listen as they discuss Australia, emotional connections with animals and of course dog actors who steal the show.