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JFD returns just in time to spoil your Memorial Day weekend with a trio of cult flicks, two loosely connected to the world of Archie Comics and one that is decidedly not.Up first, is Hot Times (AKA A Hard Day For Archie), a raunchy sex comedy from 1974 with characters roughly modeled after Archie and his gang but instead of Riverdale, they live in grimy 70's New York City. Directed by celebrated underground director Jim McBride, the plot (as it is) follows Archie as he tried to get laid on New Year's Eve.Next, we have the sprawling, methodical Lake of Illusions from 1982. A Toho release about a young woman working in a history-themed bath house who loves to run and loves her dog but finds her world turned upside down when he canine companion is killed.And finally, early 2000's pop culture is on full display in Josie and the Pussycats from 2001 starring Rachel Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson and Tara Reid as a pop-punk band who finds themselves in the middle of a capitalist conspiracy when they are inexplicably signed to a major label and marketed as the next big thing.All this plus Obsession chat, Kevin's adventures in the Motor City, 70's Brazilian cult cinema debuting stateside, Sam Raimi gets into dolls, more flicks from Indonesian horror icon Suzanna to own and so much more!LISTEN NOW:MP3 Direct DonloydAlso, if you like the show, please take a minute and subscribe and/or comment on us on iTunes, Stitcher, Blubrry or Podfeed.net. Check us out on Facebook and Twitter! We'd love to see some of your love on Patreon - it's super easy and fun to sign up for the extra bonus content. We'll keep this podcast going with your love and support.

With The Devil Wears Prada back on the big screen, we've been completely fixated on Andy's transformation from “frumpy” assistant to head-to-toe haute couture. It has sent us straight down a rabbit hole of the greatest makeover sequences cinema has ever given us.Because here's the thing. Yes, they're a little problematic, unhinged in their logic, and we are not even slightly sorry about how much we love them.We're breaking down the most monumental movie makeovers, why they've aged the way they have, and why we completely lose our minds every time the dramatic music plays and the transformation is revealed. Speaking of iconic makeover scenes, listen to our Brutally Honest Review of Clueless here. 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Welcome to this spill your daily pop culture fixed. I'm Laura Brodneck and I'm Tita Previs, and we have a very special episode for you today, one that I have been dying to do for so long because this is a special interest area of mind. So I'm so glad you're here for my moment that I got to share with you. We are doing the best movie makeover scenes that yes, might be seen as problematic, but we desperately love them. I love them. What do you think they're problematic? Well? I think well, I'm just gonna take my feminist hat off and put it in the corner. I'm gonna actually put it outside the studio, pick it up later on the way out, because I guess these like these movie makeover montages that have become such a big part of in particular romantic comedies. One is obviously we're both going to share our favorite ones. We don't know what the other person's going to say, but I'm assuming you don't have any men on your list, because I don't have any men on my lise. 00:53Speaker 2 You do, I do, But how rare is that it's rare, And that's why exactly exactly exactly. 01:00Speaker 1 So all the makeover scenes in movies, especially wrong cooms, always happen to women, and they always famously go one way. More men should be having makeups. Yeah, let's make it see men, I know. But if you rubits have tried to do that, has it really landed? I just mad it every day? Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, absolutely real mount the Street, let's make them over. I think it's a famous shell queer right. Well, these makeovers always go one way, so that's I think that's where the kind of problematic issue has come over the years is that the woman always comes out, she's always like tenned, she always has like a ton of makeup on, she gets her glasses taken off, even if see without them, always wearing like skimpier clothing. Like it's a very like kind of like sexualized bombshell kind of look that every woman gets made over to in these movies in order to kind of achieve the life that she wants. So if you look at it through that lens, slightly problematic. But we're not doing that today because movie makeover scenes have made up the broke of pop culture for so long, and there's so many movies that are made around these scenes or these ideas, and they were always the scenes that we used in marketing so famously in Suddenly thirty they had like done the script and shot half the movie, and the studio was like looking at the dailies and looking at the script and they're like, you have to put a makeover montage in here for the trailer. Otherwise formula is otherwise we can't sell this movie. What the hell are you doing. So the reason we're doing this today, I do have a reason for this before we get into our picks, is that it is The Devil Wears prior to two week. Yeah, the movie is actually coming out this week on the thirtieth of April, and the first movie has an incredible makeover moment which Andy goes into the fashion closet with nigelnic He pulls a poncho for which we never wear it see her wear. And then that is such a catalyst for the film because it's how we see her lean into her career and how she gets taken seriously, and that we have that incredible montage of all the different looks that she wears down the streets, different coats and hats into the office. You have a favorite one. 03:01Speaker 3 From that montage, all of the looks are always so good, and I think because you do have that contrast for like her own style at the start to all of those looks, like you can't just pick one, and then from there on out it just gets like better and better. 03:15Speaker 1 The fun better and better and better. 03:16Speaker 3 Yeah. 03:16Speaker 1 From that makeover montage we first see her like the green coat means the winner, but also the brown snakeskin coat when she walks into the building, which is how I want to be dressing this season. So off the back of the Devil Wears prior to two cinemas April thirty, we're gonna be sharing with each other our favorite movie makeover moments. Do you want to kick us off? So we haven't shared yet. I don't know what you're gonna say. It's going to be surprise. I'm interesting how a man weaseled his way in there, so like a man. It's like, we have one thing and it's been overly sexualized and made over in movies and then men want to take it away from us. 03:47Speaker 3 So I'm staying on the Anne Hathaway train. 03:49Speaker 2 Oh yeah, and I'm going with Princess Darry It wouldn't be Yes Complete the Makeover Podcast EP if we didn't have this one in there, I feel like it. It's so iconic unless you're living under a rock. Everybody has seen Princess Staris. It's one of my favorite movies growing up. And we follow Mia Thermopolis played by Anne Hathaway, and she finds out that she's actually a princess, which is what I thought was gonna happen to me. I'm still waiting for a letter behind estranged relative in her country. And she pretty much undergoes this whole transformation on her path to becoming a princess, and they enlist a stylists. 04:27Speaker 1 She pretty much just. 04:28Speaker 2 Takes her glasses off, straightens her hair and like has her nails done. 04:32Speaker 1 Like there's really not much more to it. Oh see. I actually think out of all the movie makeover is this one they actually go through quite a drug etiquette, has the etiquette training and that whole thing. But also I think they actually do quite change, Like she looks drastically different. Some makeover segne like you just took off her glasses and put a lipstick on, whereas this one it's like completely like her hair because I think she's got like a crazy wig on when she is playing Mia in the early movies. The glass has always changed things, but the makeup is so intense, the skin sort of stuff. 05:00Speaker 2 How she they pluck her eyebrows, They're like really like whacking those off. But again on the slightly problematic end, because it did really like reinforce you know, curly like frizzy hair being like a little bit messy and untamed, and like, I deep dove into Reddit and there are so many people on the Internet who you know, said how much it really affected them and it led them to like chronically straighten their hair for like ten years. 05:25Speaker 1 Okay, I didn't know there was like the dark side of the Princess Diaries. 05:28Speaker 3 We have Minisha producer Nisha in the studio. 05:31Speaker 2 Who was saying that this had a little bit of an impact on her and her. 05:34Speaker 1 And she never curled her hair again. Wow, No, she has curly hair. She straightens it. No, No, I know, is that right? 05:42Speaker 3 She's nodding, She's she's no. 05:44Speaker 1 I didn't realize that your hair looked like that. Because of the wrath of Anne Hathaway. Wow and Hathaways actually come out recently. Anne Hathaway's commented on Yeah public apology. 05:56Speaker 2 She recently spoke to people off the back of the recent press she's been dewey and shared her one regret from her time on the film. So her natural hair is actually straight, so they had to create that contrast for that makeover scene, that moment, so they gave me a really curly hair. And you know, she has regrets around people thinking that they were saying curly hair is unattractive, which is obviously terrible, and like she says, it was an unintended side effect. It was just in order to make it easier and post and you know, have that massive transformation moment. But it's so significant that it's actually something. Now in twenty twenty six, she's had to come out and dress. 06:32Speaker 1 Oh and no, And can I just say, you don't need to apologize. Do you have curly hair? You'r okay, no, we don't get it. I would love curly hair because I cut my hair all the time because I have dead straight, flat hair. Yeah, And I always feel like I'm the same the unattractive thing. And I would love to have people like especially like in rom com there's some wrong comms, like in How Lose a Guy? In Ten Days, where Kate Hudson's character Andy famously has straight hair, yes, but as she falls in love, her hair goes curly. Have you sadnything online of like girls in love have curly hair? 06:58Speaker 2 Yeah? 06:58Speaker 1 I have, yeah, And I was like, obviously I've been in love because my hair is straight, straight, So you can literally find anything. I'm just gonna say, Anne Hathaway, you don't apologize for that. It's okay. We don't speak on behalf of the curly girls. We well, no, no, I think that that's the fault of the movie, not Anne Hathaway. Yes, yes, And I also think that out of all the things that we have to sort of look at, that that one's okay. I'm not disregarding the feelings of curly head girls. I just don't think Anne Hathaway personally should take on that emotional birth. 07:24Speaker 3 No, it's not for her. She can we forgive you, Anne, it's not you. 07:27Speaker 1 We don't have to five. But that is such a pivotal moment, that scene, because everything about that movie plays and to wish fulfillment, and that is like also the biggest wish for filment as an adult but also as a teenager. That you're just kind of one step away from looking beautiful, that someone could take you in a room and they could do all these things. And also then her life does open up in this crazy way. Yes, because she's become a princess, but also because she looks like this ideal beauty, she becomes popular. Yeah, everybody likes her. The guy shet to like her, and are they're really careful to caveat that he always liked her. 08:00Speaker 2 Yeah, and it wasn't the makeover. Yeah, I was actually really don't do that as much watching it last night. And she just ignores him for like the whole first part of the movie. 08:09Speaker 3 He literally is like, you're attractive, and she just doesn't even like. 08:12Speaker 1 Well, that's the whole thing of these movies, too, is that they pedal this thing that everyone's secretly beautiful they just don't know it. And for a lot of us, and they put me in that category. No, fine, that's fine, there's no there's no little trick of like, if she just took her glasses off, or if she just took her hair out, she would be so beautiful and she just doesn't know it. 08:30Speaker 3 Yeah, I don't wear glasses. What's the next straight. 08:33Speaker 1 I wear my hair on every day. There's no way a man can take out my ponytail, and I'll instantly be beautiful. What is left? So good? Okay, before we move on to my next one. Are you excited for Princess Diaries three? Or you're upset about it? People different came. I'm excited because Princess Diary is too wildly a great movie. All the sequels out there, I think they're both great. 08:52Speaker 2 I think Anne is great, and if she wants to be involved in it, I know she'll want to do it right. 08:57Speaker 1 So super excited. 08:58Speaker 2 It's such a part of my child would I watched that movie rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat. 09:03Speaker 1 It was one of those ones I was always. 09:04Speaker 2 Watching, even the nos Soldier, like, even if it's not better than one and two, I'm here for it. 09:12Speaker 1 Okay, So the movie Makeover I'm going to talk about now. I picked because it has my favorite reveal like When You Had. It has everything it has, like the big reveal, the reaction, the build up, the song, the song choice and maker. I realize every nearly every makeover Picked has an iconic song that sort of had new life in it because of the movie moment and this is an iconic comedy from the year two thousand, a great year for m comms. Miss Congeniality. Oh oh my god. 09:42Speaker 3 I can't what but like I would have been really really young. 09:46Speaker 1 Okay, you need to watch this is just movies. I just assumed everyone has seen I didn't. I didn't see it. I was like in not pro I was probably in high school. I did even know. Anyway, I didn't see the movies, but I just remember what. It's one of those ones where I just remember, like I know of it. I mean, we're probably had on a VHS and I just watched it over and over and over again. Oh my god. It holds up so well. I mean, no, it's problematic as hell, but that's fine. That's fine. But our feminist is outside. Actually yeah, it's actually out the window. I've thrown it. No, no, it's not problematic, and like, there's actually nothing so super bad in it. They'll just be little things. But anyway, as a movie, ten out of ten holds it so well. You need to watch it. You'll love it. Don't watch the sequel. Okay, the sequel's frodden. Sandra Bullock went through Who is the lead of this movie, Sandra Brook went through a time where she made two really regrettable sequels, Speed Too. I don't watch that. I never watch I've loved Speed Speed. Yeah. The second one, she's on a boat, and even she was like, that was a mistake because the boat. They're like, the boat's going so fast because the boat can go anywhere, because it's a cruise ship. It can't go the world. Yeah, it's fine. And Miss Congenality Too not great, but Miss Congeniality a perfect movie. So Sandra Bullet plays an FBI agent called Graasy Heart, and she's like really schlubby and gross, like yeah, that's the perfect kind of word for her. She wears like an ill fitting, like cheap suit which is always like crinkled, food stained. She's got really frizzed. They really frizzed her hair hair same thing. She's just hair like and she looks terrible. And so there's been a threat against the Miss USA pageant. So a lot of it set in a beauty pageant, and they need someone to go undercover in the pageant as a beauty queen to like stop the threat. And they go. They have this computer program that they go through all the women the FBI, and it renders them what they would look like, which is a bit weird down to think of what they would look like like, what their bodies would look like. And Sandra looks gracy heart is the only one when they like, they think she's like, they think she's ugly, even though it makes a deep fake of them. And I was like, wow, that technology came true twenty years later and we used it for evil. Yeah, and then because not all the boys and Benjamin Bratt plays like one of the FBI agents, true who's like the hot sexy guy friends. It's a real Benjamin Bratt moment in the early two thousands. You might not know because you're a child, but he was like the romantic lead in so many movies and Julia Roberts was madly in love with him and they were getting married and it was a whole thing. So that, yes, this is peak Benjamin Bratt era. That moment passed, We're still in peak Sandra Bullock era, so that moment is still here. So she is the only one that can go under cover, but they're just like, look at her. She's so ugly and she's a mess. And she is also she's like an ultimate tomboy and she doesn't want to do it. So that's the difference too, is that in this movie she is so against she's scene, whereas a lot of other movies women are like, yes, please give me a makeover, which is also fine. So they bring in Michael Caine. Michael Caine one of it. Do you know who my yes is? Okay, you literally shocked, but I'm just thinking of him giving a makeover. Yeah, no, I know, that's why and one of the most like he's such an esteemed serious yea, but he And the thing is this cast. It's like Benjamin Bratt, Sandra Bullock, Candice Bergen, Michael Caine, William Shatner, like all of these incredible actors in this movie. And this is why romcoms works so well then, because this was a huge studio release with all these like Oscar factors, Like we was just a throw away. It wasn't like a throwaway watches on a Friday night in Netflix and forget about it. They like approached this like it was Shakespeare, like these people exactly. They approached it like it was Shakespeare. And that is the way to make a romantic comedy. Anyway. So Gracie Heart then has to they have to bring in Michael Kaine's character, who is like a deportment expert like etiquette, also trains people for the pageants. He's also like a pageant cope, and he is revolted by Gracie Heart when he meets her, absolutely revolted. And the fun thing about it is like nobody just so like he's just literally like this, what is like a cow. She's disgusting, And Sandra Bullock is so good like her physical comedy. Like the first scene is they're meeting together having lunch in a restaurant and he is just looking at her with this intense disgust on his face in a way that only Michael Caine can and she's like ripping into this food and all swapping down her face like with her frizzy with her frizzy hair, the ultimate cry. And Sandra Bullock said that she really leant into really wanting to make Gracy like as unattractive as she could so that the makeover scene paid off. So she was really behind the scenes pushing like no, let's have food in her teeth when like when we first meet her, like let's have like her clothes be kind of really disheveled, like she she walks around really hunched over. And Sandra Bilok also said that it was so funny because it only took like less than an hour in the makeup chair to make her look like Gracy pre makeover, but then she had to spend like three or four hours in the makeup chair for Gracie afterwards, just to even in the scenes where she's just walking around just to look like a normal woman. Yeah, and I was like, I love that. Even Sandra Bulok is like, it takes four hours to make me look like a natural Sandra Bok. So the stakes of this maker is so high because the FBI is involved. They're like, how do we make this ugly woman beautiful? So they get this like literal warehouse, like a huge warehouse, and it's full of like the tanners, the waxes, the beauty maker everywhere is this place. I know, I want to grab me out. Well, this is like that, Like it's so funny because it's like this is what it takes a woman look beautiful. It's like we have the whole FBI army making literally taking over what looks like an army base. That's so fair, like this huge bunker and they go in there and they have to like wax her and tan her and all this stuff, and she's hating and you never see it. And then you see Benjamin Bratt and his like crew on the outside with the plane like waiting to fly her to the pageant to like get her in, like where is she? Where is she? And all of a sudden, the big bunker door like slides open and Mustang Sally starts playing I Got It and it's just the best. It's one of the best movie music moments in history. And it's a cover of Mustang Sally. So they did a cover of it, and Sandra Bullock played the tambourine, I think because she's like just want to be involved, yeah, just wants to be part of it. So and there's a slow motions shot and then Sandra Bullock as Gracie Hart walks out. You have to, I mean, don't watch this until you watch the movie because a bigger moment. Again, it's so sexist but so good. I love it so much. And the camera pans up super slowly over her body and she all of a sudden, she's tan, she's shiny, she's wearing a purple mini dress. Love her hair of course straight, it's straight straight, it's straight straight as an ironing board, like literally not a hair out of place, and her hair's all glowy. And Benjamin Brat, like his character, I'm just using his knee because that's how people are. It just rips his sunglasses off in and his jaw drops open and everyone around him is like, oh my god. And she's strutting and then she just falls straight over. And before that she has an iconic line about like I haven't done this, I haven't eaten doped mess with me, and then she just topples over because she can't walk in heels. She's so real for that. Yeah, and it's just such a huge moment. And obviously, like later on when her and Benjamin Brad's characters fall in love, it's very much they fall in love because like their personalities, but it's also because she's super hot now. 16:51Speaker 3 Yes, because she had the purple dress, and then she has to. 16:53Speaker 1 Go through the Miss America pageant, right, which is again it's so the comedy is just so. 17:00Speaker 3 She's great, like it's funny. 17:03Speaker 1 I think that's the role she should have won. An Oscar for I know they don't like to give oscars to comedy actresses, but there's so many good one liners that she delivers, and her physical comedy is so good. Oh my god, you're gonna love it. Okay, you're gonna love it. I've watch it. I can't believe I was sole jealous of you. They get your torch it for the first time. 17:18Speaker 2 I think I've watched a lot of things, but when I'm under the age of ten, like. 17:23Speaker 1 I just feel like that's a movie that gets referenced all the time, that's still in the conversation. So I would sort of believe that more for movies that fall out of the conversation, but that's still at anyway, you get to watch it, so please and report back on your next on the next time you're on the pod. But yeah, that to me, that stands out as the biggest reveal of a make over and the biggest and also the fact that a lot of other makeover scenes are just like, I don't know, we can get one stylist in someone's bedroom and we're just like, but this is like, no, no, this is an industrial fispiration to make a normal woman look like the ideal of a woman. And you know what, I love it so much, this congeniality. If anyone else has watched it? All right? 18:01Speaker 3 Next on my list another movie that I rinsed to death. 18:04Speaker 2 I used to sit in front of my TV with the lyrics book because it is spoiler a musical. 18:09Speaker 1 Okay it's grace, Oh okay, yes, I love my god. Watching this as a kid, all I wanted to do was be a sexy Sandy And I'm so far from all of that. But all I wanted to do was wear leather pants and strut around. Yeah, which would I worked for me? 18:24Speaker 2 Carnival, Yeah, they're all like thirty years old as well, exactly, so many like I don't know about you, but I again, watch that movie as a kid, over and over again, all of the references straight over my head. 18:36Speaker 1 Didn't realize what a hickey from Kinnicky was now, didn't realize about the whole like having sex in the back of the cars, didn't realize that a pregnancy scarab was what she was worried about. Literally, no idea, just like the songs really exactly. And you know what, like kids watch sexy movies. 18:51Speaker 2 So my dad loves Grease yeah, so that's how I was like introduced to me. 18:54Speaker 3 So we always watch it when I was younger. 18:56Speaker 2 But I think it has one of the most iconic transformation make overs but also a little bit controversial. So obviously we follow the lives of Danny played by John Travolta, and then we have the lovely Olivia Newton John as Sandy, who's like this very clean cut, cutesy good girl, and Danny's this bad boy, like grease up completely opposite. 19:18Speaker 1 World ultimate like Romeo and Juliet story, like they come from different worlds. How could they ever be together? Could they ever? 19:25Speaker 3 We'll tell you how. 19:27Speaker 2 All it takes is a pair of leather pants and a red lip, according to sandrew D. So she walks out in the final like scene sequence, they've you know, had a little bit of push and pull this whole time. 19:38Speaker 1 So they both go to. 19:39Speaker 2 These I don't want to say extreme lengths because all Danny does to change himself for Sandy's put on like a little lettermon jacket, like a little nit jacket. That's all he does, which I feel shows the extent of effort that like men are going to change for us. 19:51Speaker 1 Yes, that's so true. There's such a good lesson in Greece that modern women. 19:55Speaker 2 Yeah, yeah, yeah, And then obviously Sandy shows up in these insane leather pants. It's beautiful, like off the shoulder, black top, red lip, she's got this bold like curly hair, actually doing it for. 20:07Speaker 1 The color girl God. So actually it's a so debunked. We have been raised our whole lives to think that Grease is actually anti feminist, because it's feminist. The initial kind of message that we took away from the movie was this movie is telling us you have to change yourself for a man, and that's bad. But actually, what we've uncovered today is that it's actually a feminist plot because she's saying curly hair can actually curly hair is. But while curly, did you ever have Like I used to be obsessed with grease And then I got my mum to get me these like old school not even get me. I think they were my moms from like when she was a kid, these like old school hot rollers, And I would hot roll to look like Sandy, and I thought it looked so chic when I was like eleven, and looking back now, I did look like a poodle. Yeah, that was me. With the red lip. Yes, it never worked really for me. 20:50Speaker 2 It's giving dancers steadfast, but I gave it, gave it a go. 20:54Speaker 1 I still do it red lip. I still do black leather and a red but you rock a red lip. I'm just I'm just sandy on the Yes, we. 21:00Speaker 2 All have a little bit of sty but yeah, I think it definitely is a little bit of. 21:03Speaker 1 A feminist like move. 21:04Speaker 2 A lot of people can say, you know, she's changing for Danny, but I think what we see is, you know, she's like leaning into her confidence and like it's like a bold yea. 21:12Speaker 1 Well, because you can take it either way, you can take it. You're right that she's becoming who she wants to be. But that's the thing feminists like, these makeover scenes are always wrapped up and like, no, she's empowering herself, and it's like no, no, no, she's dressing for the male gaze and that's fine. 21:27Speaker 3 Who she chose to do it, but only. 21:30Speaker 1 Because she felt desperate that he would leave her. But again, who amongst us hasn't dressed for the male kase? Exactly? 21:35Speaker 2 Guilty, It's a time and a place exactly. 21:41Speaker 1 Right, is exactly. But again, I just can't hold that in my head. When I watch gree it's like I'm aware that it's there. I'm aware of this idea and it's a different time, and it's got the best like mic drop moment of like like literally like the whole carnival turns to her and then she has that iconic clim when she has tell me about it. Stud. So also she's smoking. 22:02Speaker 3 She doesn't know how to smoke. 22:03Speaker 1 But she's doing it. I'm looking friends, how do I put it? That's just a good moment. Oh my god, Olivia Neton John is so good. So again, it's sexualizing dressing from man, it's sexualizing like like smoking and like that bad girl. But I don't even care because you know what, smoking does look sexy on screen? It does. Don't do it, don't do it. 22:20Speaker 3 But sometimes it looks chic on the screen. 22:22Speaker 1 Yeah, it always always looks cheek on screen. 22:25Speaker 2 Now, they do have this like fairy tale ending they get into a convertible when they fly off into the sky. 22:29Speaker 3 But there are actually a lot of fan theories. 22:32Speaker 1 Are you gonna say that they're dead? 22:36Speaker 2 So basically there are theories that when they fly off into the sky that they actually passed away and that Sandy actually died from the very first scene where they're first on the beach, because Danny when he's singing someer love and there's a line where he said, you know, she almost drowned. 22:54Speaker 1 I saved her. 22:55Speaker 2 So it turns out, according to this theory, that she in fact drowned, and then we enter this like homo fantasy for the entirety of the whole film, and that's how they're flying off in the end. 23:09Speaker 1 I have heard that theory that this is all Sandy's, Like, this all happened in the moment she died, and this is what living through like living through those moments is that she fantasized going to school with Danny and then falling in love and stuff. But it's very intense and also like none of the screenwriters have said that's true. But I love I love when like a theory for like a really old school movie like this just takes it takes. 23:29Speaker 3 Over a life of its own, like people run rampant with it. 23:33Speaker 2 I hate to disappoint anyone that thinks they're dead, but the creator has since come out and said. 23:38Speaker 1 That that's absolutely it's not the case. They're not dead. 23:41Speaker 2 Also, there's so many like fantasy moments in the film I just love to grab on exactly. 23:46Speaker 1 Well, I guess I just want to explain why the calf flies at the end. It's not even a good theory though, the calf flies at the end because it's a movie and things happen in movie music and that's fine. But no, that's a great make over scene. Love that, And it does go to show that if you're having problems relationship, if you put on a pair of black leather pants, they will go away. 24:03Speaker 2 Oh and apparently they had to show them onto her body so tight. 24:06Speaker 3 It's so tight their vintage Yeah, oh love. 24:09Speaker 1 Okay, the next one I'm going to bring up is the most realistic movie makeover I have ever seen, so in a way that it's actually quite a feminist makeover. Again, not that that matters, we're putting that out the window. Bring the hat back in dress. No, no, the hat's on the doorn on. It's not all the way back in the room dress for the male gaze. It's fine in a movie, But this one I always think is like a beautiful way of watching, like seeing a makeover happen really really slowly, and having it be part of the character's evolution in a way that just feels so real. And this makeover scene is from the two thousand and two classic My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Oh have you seen it? Yeah? No I haven't. Yeah, what a great movie? 24:50Speaker 2 Right? 24:50Speaker 1 The is not to speak The first one is the first one I would say is a perfect movie. So in this if anyone hasn't seen it. Nina the Dallas, who also wrote and produced and created the movie, plays Tula and John Corbett our favorite rom com boyfriend. John Corbet's just in every room. Yeah, they just throw him in and he always. 25:11Speaker 2 Works once they get one good one. I feel like it just becomes a role like everyone's boyfriend. 25:16Speaker 1 He just has that vibe and like movies have been like and parts of been like created and written for him, like him playing Aiden Sex and the City. They created like a lot of that role for him. And also the rom com starring Kate Hudson Raising Helen. Have you seen that? Oh you should watch it? Really got it to listen, where she plays a model agent who her sister passes away and she has to like raise her children. John Corbett plays her love interest in that, and I remember like listening to director being like, well, but why would she fall it? Because she's like this beautiful New York like styler that everyone loves. Why would she fall in love with the high school principle like we have to give him something? And then they looked at him like he's John Corbett. Yeah, that's his thing. That's it. We don't have to add anything. Fine, And when you watch the movie, you're like, yeah, I get it. So John Corbett plays Ian Miller and so the story is actually have such a vivid memory of seeing this movie for the first time because it's one of those movie experiences that stays in my head forever because it came out when I was like just starting high school and one of my really good friends in high school is Greek, and so they held like a screening, like the Greek community in Townsville, like the Greek Community Center held a screening as like a fundraising thing, and so we all went to that, and yeah, it was the best way to see it because there's a whole cinema full of Greek people and so they were screaming the joke person and it was just like the vibe was so high. Also, like the characters in this speak Greek, and so they would say a joke and they would all laugh, and then the subtitles will pop up and then like the non Greek s bea because we would all laugh and we're like, oh, we got it now, Like that is really funny. So I Sultays remember it as being like this really joyful experience. So Tula is like an adult. They sort of say her age, like she's like probably in her late twenties, but like in the like you know, Greek household, like super old, unmarried, no children, a pariah of a family, if you will. And she works in like the restaurant, and like she lives with her parents, and her life is so small and everyone's just like she's so frumpy, and you know, all that sort of stuff. And then slowly over time she decides to start kind of changing her life, not on a huge scale, in a way that feels so beautiful relatable in terms of like she goes and takes some computer courses at like a community college, and she's and she then gets a job outside of the family, so she kind. 27:26Speaker 2 Of a second coming of Age's definitely. 27:30Speaker 1 Was really small looking at her parents house and she goes to work in another family business where she's like out you know, by herself in the office. And during all this she gives herself like a little makeover that's peppered through this montage, but it's more so like she'll just wear like instead of wearing like the overly frumpy clothes she was wearing, she just buys herself like a nice dress and a matching cardigan, and then you see her like try and like like do her eyebrows and she puts like just a little bit of lipstick on and like she's like and again the frizzy hair is the frizzy hazel thing, but she does straightened, but it's not pinned straight. She just kind of smooths it and stulls like she put rollers in it. And it's this beautiful, quiet, little makeover that she just does to herself. 28:11Speaker 2 And I think that's what makes it, Yeah, that it's something that she found in herself and like exploring your like your own identity and like finding who you are verse like having the FBI coming it. 28:22Speaker 1 Yeah, exactly. When you put the two makeover scenes here that I brought up, it's like one is like, yeah, fifty people in like a government funded bunker trying to make Sandra Bullock look like a woman. And then the other one is just a woman at home in her childhood bedroom, just putting on a little bit of lipstick like Tula, just like you know, and she puts on a card again, and the thing is it just changed all of a sudden, she just feels like herself. And I think this is why it's one of my favorite movie makeovers, is that she hasn't done this too, Like she hasn't met Ian Miller yet, so she hasn't done this for a man. She hasn't even done it with the idea that she could possibly meet a man, because she's still working in like the family business. It's more so that as she kind of got a little bit of education and stepped outside of like the tightness of her family, left her bedroom and just kind of fell like, well, likely she's just prings so much time there. Now she's out in about the world, and all of a sudden, she just becomes the person that she wanted to be. Like it feels like it feels like it's actually the only movie makeover I can think of where it feels like it's just for the Carroc. 29:17Speaker 3 And it's happened before they've met the guy. 29:19Speaker 1 And it's not serving the plot, Like, no one's saying like you have to have makeover so you can be the price of the princes. You could be the prompt get the guy exactly. This is just for her and it's so beautiful and so small and quiet, and she doesn't look She looks different at the end of the movie than she does at the start, but not drastically drastically different. She does take her glasses off on my context is that scene of her trying to contacts. Had to put that in there, exact, had to get it in there. So basically it's like less frizzy hair, no contacts, a cardigan, and some nice lipstick, but not as extreme as other makeovers. And so then she's so happy because she's educated herself. She's working in an office and then Ian Miller played by John Corbett just happens to walk by and sees her get stuck in the headset headset. She tries to get up, and he goes into a travel agent and they chat and they just have this beautiful like courtship courtship is the correct word, where they fall in love but then when they get engaged, huge controversy. He's not Greek and her family unaccepted him. This movie has if anyone hasn't seen it, I cannot recommend it enough because the one liners are so good, Like when they get engaged and she takes him over to her big family gathering. He's like family dinner, like five people, She's like, no, fifty five and they say, like, he doesn't eat meat. I like to put that line in here. It's so good, and just like the lead up to their wedding and everything, and I just like even with her wedding, like she looks gorgeous, but it's never this idea of it. She has to be like overly made up. She looks like a completely different person. So I just think if there's like one movie makeover scene that kind of really changes that formula and makes it like part of the story. It's my big, fat, great wedding and tulla And you know, sometimes okay to put on a nice cardigan and some lipstick and go work in the family travel agency and you'll meet John Corbett. That is quite and that's a lesson. Sometimes it's okay to do all do all those things. Yeah, well, I think the biggest thing is she gets a macover while she goes to community college and gets an education. As we know, that is the thing that will say she three exactly so maybe fair great wording. Love it so much? 31:15Speaker 2 All right, we've come to the man, the man make Yes, it's crazy stupid love. 31:22Speaker 1 Oh my god, yes, okay. 31:24Speaker 2 Steve Carell, he plays col Cow's life is falling apart. His wife has left him. He's trying to get back out into dating. He's hopeless. He's quite a bit of a dig. He's in a bar and he runs into this really cool womanizer obviously played by none other than Ryan Gosling because who else. 31:42Speaker 1 Could and the best supporting actor his abs. Oh my god, they should be in the credits one hundred and they get a whole scene with Emma Stone's character dedicated and not only did he work out for months to get them, but they had like special makeup artists, like because you again, those makeup artists have to come in and do the shading and the bronzing and like draw them on. But they're also just there. They're almost too much like when she sees it, when when like Emmaston's character season and she's like, those are photoshops. I don't think I want to be with someone with apps like that A good look up close and just see them just from just to know what the muscles would look like. But I don't need to feel like that's a violation. 32:19Speaker 3 But for those who are watching the bar is imagining. 32:22Speaker 1 Feeling that's going to put me on a watch list somewhere. But yes, we have a male makeover. 32:30Speaker 2 Isn't interesting like flip on the script of like what we usually expect because it's the woman kind of going through the midlife crisis here where she's had an affair and now the man is like having this like makeover off the back of it. So he goes on this like there's like this three minute makeover montage where they like change all of his outfits. He's learning how to like speak to women, getting all the tips and then putting into the practice. 32:54Speaker 1 It's just like not something you expect either. 32:56Speaker 2 For like Steve Carell, he does it so well because he's just not someone you expect to be like hitting up the ladies in a bar. 33:03Speaker 1 Yeah, it's like that is so true that he gets a makeover. But the reason I didn't come into my head when we're talking aout makeover is is that even though he does get a makeover, it's nowhere near his extreme as some of these other makeover scenes with women. I guess with men, there's only so much you can do once you sort of wax them because their hair of shorts is not that curly. You can't have that. You don't have the curly plotline. And I guess that he didn't have glos. They should have put him in glasses. He did look very like dad because then they could no, he does look different. Like it's a good makeover scene, but I'm just saying it doesn't have like the kind of and they don't have a montage, right, that's a mistake they should have had. They do like a full musical montage. 33:41Speaker 2 There wasn't a musical montage, but they do go through like a number of like designer clothes. There's a really funny quote where like Ryan Gosling's character is looking Steve Crorer up and down and he's like, are you Steve Jobs the founder of Apple? No, then you can't wear those to his shoes And basically the whole goal is like for Steve Carell's character to be better than the gap. 34:00Speaker 1 Oh my god. And I have a vivid memory of him like being really repulsed by his wallet and again not thinking of wallet be part of a makeover. But I guess for a guy, especially it is and the fact that it has Velcrow and I think it was like I was a kid while watching at the time, or I was like, oh my, Walter has Velcrow's cute. And I also wasn't the sexy man out in the streets. But if I wanted to be, I had the wrong wallet. Is a little bit of an egg. 34:22Speaker 2 What would you do if you were on a date with a man without he's got coins? 34:26Speaker 1 They're like jingling around. Well, oh my god, would I break up with a man if he had a Velcrow wallet? Something to think about on this if you're on the Sydney dating scene, kind of say that potentially that's gonna happen, and that's not even the worst thing. 34:38Speaker 2 Yeah, I don't think I would break up with him if they had. I wouldn't either I have a wallet for their birthday, Yeah, I. 34:44Speaker 1 Would, just especially because every time you do the rip with a Velcrow wallet, it's so loud and intense. It is it's an announcement. Yeah, and you're just like I'm opening my velcro point and there's no Yeah, that's some folded in here, and you're trying to like pull like straighten the money out because it's been folded in there. 35:00Speaker 2 Actually still have yours exactly exactly. 35:02Speaker 1 Well, I think I am one of the last team in the world who has a wallet that I. 35:05Speaker 2 Lost my wallet and now I've lost all my cards, like I get all scattered around the house. 35:09Speaker 1 Okay, no, no, no, you need it just PSA. Everyone gives me so much shit for having a wallet, but when we can, I just tell you. When someone needs a physical card or something, who do they turn to me? Who's got a wallet? It's got an emergency hair tie in it, it's got emergency cash in there. 35:21Speaker 2 So basically, get rid of your wallet if you don't want anyone to ask you for anything, yeah, exactly. 35:25Speaker 1 Or if you're going through a makeover, exactly exactly. If you're going through a makeover, that's the first thing change. Yeah. 35:30Speaker 2 I just love crazy stupid love, though obviously follows the lives of like lots of different love stories that are all like interconnected, but at the heart of it, it's like Steve's Carrell's character. Yeah, and like everything that he goes through. 35:43Speaker 3 But yeah, I love that movie. 35:44Speaker 1 It was so good. Emily and I talked about that in an episode little while ago when were actually talking about plot twists because it has who hasn't seen it, although I assuming most of you has. It has a great plot twist that is someone expected but just works so well for these characters. Oh love, Yeah, you don't spoil it for like the two people are there who haven't seen it. Okay, last time I'm going to bring up and I had to go back to nineteen ninety nine. Cool, and I just remember again watching this movie on a loop as a kid again as a kid on a VHK guest. Before you say that, oh, I'm actually I wonder if you've I mean, I hope you've seen this. Otherwise I'm going to be super disappointed. It's the nineteen ninety nine teen classic. She's all that. 36:22Speaker 2 No. 36:24Speaker 1 I know should be this surprise every time, but like, this is a classic movie. I thought you're going to say Clueless. Then, Oh, I had Clues on my list, but we talked about Clueless so many times. Yeah, we have a whole brutally honest review on it, so that's got an important makeover seeing it too. You've never seen you know what I know of it, Okay, and like that's the weird thing to me. Can I say you know of it, but you've never watched it. 36:46Speaker 3 I think a lot of it is like what my parents like fed me at that time. 36:50Speaker 1 You're an adult woman now who lives alone with your own TV. You can make your own choice. I'm just saying so many times I went home and I'm like, oh, I wish I had a new, great movie to watch. But the hard thing about me and my job, I've seen every movie. I literally have seen every movie. It's so hard for me to sit down and find a movie that I haven't seen that this is not fair, but I really want to watch. And then you're spoilt for choice. You could sit down a fry night. There's so many. 37:13Speaker 2 Movie hours an hour, and I got in my adult life too, it's valuable, like I've things to look forward to exactly. 37:19Speaker 1 You would love this again. This out of all the movies on my list, this is probably kind of the most problematic. 37:24Speaker 3 Okay. 37:24Speaker 1 It's also like using a woman for like a nefarious reason over like sexualizing her and there's a slight sprinkling of sexual assault end. But it's a classic. So she's all that. It came out in nineteen ninety nine and it stars Rachel Lee Cook. Do you know that name? Blasphemy? Rachel Lee Cook was in the late nineties, only two thousands. I'm a icnic girl. She started so many big movies. Also, Josing the Pussycats was a movie that was torn apart and I think did wreck her career. I think, but now we look back at it and see it for the masterpiece that it is. So she plays Laney Bogs. What a name? I don't know. They were like, you know what, this girl's gonna be unpopular and ugly, and we're gonna give her name's gonna be Laney Bogs, and that's going to explain exactly why. 38:07Speaker 3 Laneye b would be cute. 38:08Speaker 1 Yeah, they don't call it that. And so Lanny Blogs is she's an artist at school, and she was like and she kind of just looks away at paintings all this sort of stuff, and she dresses like an absolute hobo. So they went to because Rachel Lee Cook is a really like a classically beautiful kind of pixy looking woman, and so they really had to go to town to make her unattractive. So they've dressed her in like really oversized, paint slatted clothes. People don't want women to be comfortable, no, exactly, and you know what, she is so comfortable. That's what I take away from her, Like, and she's wearing about fifteen and before she gets her makeover, she's wearing about fifteen layers of clothes in all scenes, like she'll have like a pair of like old pants on and like a long top over that, and then like a singler and then that's very inn now and like an exactly ahead of her time. So Laney Bogs is the most unpopular nerd at school and they have have he do the classic thing of like the first time we really see her, she just falls over. Girls in rom coms always falling over. Sometimes they're so hot and beautiful that they fall over because like I'm so clumsy, and sometimes it's to show they're a nerd. But and then like feeling around exactly well exactly, and she and she wears really big glass okay of course, and straight hair but pulled back in a low ponytail I'm not a sleek ponytail like a I do anything to my ponytail. But the glasses is the real thing. So she So she's the ugly girl at school. And then we have Freddy Prince Junior and this is peak Freddy Prince Junior era. Don't I mean, I don't want to say his air is completely over, but like this was peak, Like he was the wrong com leader and so many things. Playing Zach Syla and he is like the sports storry. I know, Lany Bogs Zach Syler. You know he wrote on this movie m Night Shamalan before he did six Cents. Yeah, like I know, well, you could just be a skipper for high It's like hash. It's like haw Shonda Rhimes wrote the classic Britney Spears movie Crossroads. 40:05Speaker 2 Job. 40:05Speaker 1 Yeah, before you have your big break, you just write the scripts that are out there. So Mna Scharmalan is like I can just imagine he had like the sixth cent script on one screen and like the other and between them. So Zach is like the actual like the jock of the school, the king. Everyone loves him. They're all seniors in their final year of high school and they're coming up to prom and again a very old school like American high school thing is like the prom is always like the climax of the movie, like everything's leading towards that. The rest of his cast is like a who's Who of the nineties. We have Matthew Lillard as Brock Hudson. He's like a reality stuff. Paul Walker, the late Paul Walker again peak kind of his like era playing Dean. And then Jodi Lynn O'Keefe. I don't know if you know that name, but you would know her face. She is in every kind of she's She wanted to be on the Vampire Diaries and stuff later on, but she was in a lot of these early like teen movies, always as like kind of the high school mean girl, the beautiful high school young girl. So Zach and Taylor have been Taylor Vaughan have been together, and they're like they're going to be prom king and queen. That's their thing. Only Taylor meets Matthew Lylard's character, who is old of them out of high school, a reality TV start on the real world. In the real world, Ye dumps Zach for him, and it's like anarchy in the school that the couple has broken up and that Taylor has dumped Zach, and then everyone feels sorry for Zach. And he was like, I can have any girl I want. This is not romantically he meant to fall in love with him, and you kind of do, but he's like, I can have any girl I want. He's like, I could make a girl like that. So this movie is actually based on Pigmalion, which is a play in a book that then went on to inspire the Audrey Hepburnt movie My Fair Lady. So this is a play. Do you know there was a moment in time there where like Clueless is based on Emma and She's the Man, Yeah, And She's the Man is based on Twelfth Night, and as we discovered another podcast the other day, Bridge Jone's Diaries Pride and Prejudice. So this was a big moment in time where, like all of these teens, the biggest thing you could do for box office gold was to remake these classic literature as a teen rooman, now we make movies from last year, and now we'll just remake anything that's out there in the world. So Zach is like, I can make any woman. I can make her the popular girl. And so Paul Walker's character makes him a bet. He's like, Okay, I'm going to bet you that you can't make like a girl that I pick in this school into the prom queen. And Zach's like, pick someone. And that's of course when Lanye makes her entrance, comes up the stairs. She's making fifty layers of clothing. She's got fifty bags eye and she like immediately falls to the floor. And he was like, and then I'm just gonna say Paul Walker because it's two, so you know who I'm talking about. Paul Walker goes her and Freddie Prince Junior. Zach is like, Lady Box, absolutely not. He's like, like, the subtext is she's the ugliest woman I've ever seen. So then he has to the subjects of all these exactly, and then Zach's like, well, I'm gonna have to do this now. So then Zach has to go and try and befriend laany Bogs. And it's so funny when he like keeps trying because he's used to. He's the star of the school, he's the sports star. Everyone loves him. He's so charming. So he kind of goes over to her, like later that night he goes up and to her where she's working, where she's wearing this like huge, full lawful hat because she works in like service industry and he's like never worked a day in his life, and he's like kind of like hey, and she just has no time of day for him, and so funny because she's like, look, I'm not smart, and he's like what this is kind of like a good kind of like twist of that classic like dumb jock smart girl being ugly. She's like, I'm not smart. I know I look smart because I got the subtext is because she's got wearing glasses. I know I look smart, but I'm not. And I can't choot. I can't chewt to you. She's like, I can't. I know you're probably failing school, but I can't help you. I can't choot you. I just I look smart, but i'm not. He's like that is oh no. Then he's like, oh I'm smart. I'm like the third top of that class. I don't need tutoring, thank you so much. So he's smart. So he is smart, yeah, because he's like his whole subject is like his parents like you're going to like this fancy school and you're gonna do this, You're gonna do that. He's like, he can't pick anything of his life. Smart boy, I know, sucks. And so then he starts to befriend her, and like slowly over time, starts to sort of like make her over and teach her how to be cool. And the makeover scene is so so important because up until this he has no like sexual interest in her because she's got glasses, you know, of course, and he can't tell, Yeah, he can't tell because it's pulled back, and he can't tell that she's got a tiny hot body because she keeps falling over and oversized and she falling over so she has a muscle issue. It's all happened. So he's like, he's like, I'm gonna make her gorgeous, but I have no interest in her. And then he brings over his older sister, Mac played by Anna Papquin, and Anna Pumpquin is only in this movie for a short moment, but she makes She comes into this sassy older girl from college, his sister. And then there's this party at school and so Mac takes Laney upstairs and they have this moment where and this moment has been parodied so many times, most famously in Not Another Teen Movie, where all she does is pull out the ponytail and she's like, and you're beautiful. But they at this moment too where lady talks about the fact that her mom died when she was little and so she's been raising her little brother and looking after her dad, and she's like, I just never had a mom to like teach me this stuff, because Mac is like, in the nicest way possible, your eyebrows are disgusting, let's pluck them, Like why don't you wear makeup? And she's like, well, I didn't have anyone to teach me, which is lovely also so young, like yeah, yeah, Well she's a senior in high school and she's never plucked her eyebrows, which isn't the craziest thing at all, but the movie does make you think like her life has been severely stunted because of this. So this college student cuts her hair so instead of having and again usually they add hair in, so this is also maybe not even like a flipping the script, but at the time they so she has this like long, kind of straight, like scraggly hair, they cut it into a super super chic boss she does yeah, yeah, exactly, cuts her head perfectly, plucks her eyebrows, takes the glasses off, apparently does like a huge tan and stuff. And then we have a staircase, and all we haven't had a staircase moment so far as you know, all good movie makeover scenes really need a staircase. That's the moment. So Zach's downstairs, he's waiting to take it as party. He's expecting Lady Bogs to come like like his sister's just gonna like put some lipstick on her and she's gonna come frumpy down the stairs. All of a sudden, the camera pans up the stairs and a slow plan and you see a foot come down in a red high heel, and then the classic song kiss Me by Sixpence none the Richer, also from Dawson's Creek. I kind of tell you how this movie. This song is like this soundtrack of my entire teenage years. And every time I play it now, I actually, that song's too powerful. I have to be careful when I play it because if I play it with the street oh passion stranger, like I can't. That song's too powerful. It's just like it just makes you right, because it's a soundtrack to all the big romantic moments in our lives as that we watched on screen and not participation saying I don't have that many referends. No, no, no, I've never had a romantic tree that song, but it makes me think of a time where like it's signaled this like cue a social cue tea. Yeah, it's like this subconscious like dog whistle of like I'm about to fall in love for the first time, and as a woman in her late FERI I still feel that. And so the camera pans up kiss Me starts to play, and then you see Lannie for the first time post makeover, and she is an absolute bombshell. She's wearing a tiny red mini dress, one of the most iconic dresses in film. I would say, she's got this beautiful, not over the top makeup, like not a red lip or anything, just like beautiful, smoldering, bronzy makeup, a beautiful chic Bob and Zach like loses his mind, he cannot believe it. We look on and Freddie Princeton up give that man at the Academy Award. He just he's like, oh my god, this is the most stunning woman I've ever seen. This is simple manner exactly. You put in a red little as in my early twenties, I had so many little red party dresses because all I wanted to do was dressed like Lannie. I was just waiting for a stair I was waiting for a staircase, and I've never lived in a house with staircase. How will I make my entrance? So she's walking down the stairs, the song's playing, it's so beautiful, and then she falls face first down the stairs. Well, she grabs the because she walked in Heels's true. It's actually like a quite a it's quite dangerous. Yeah, she's trying to do a slow walk down the stairs in heels, the first time she's ever worn heels. It's actually quite the moment. So the spell is like broken because she has to grab the railing and he has to help her, and everyone's like ooh, and he's like ill and he's like, oh, I remember how before? Yeah, I don't know. But falling when you're hot and following your ugly too true. When she fell when she was ugly disgusting. When she falls and she's hot, he's like, pretty well, help you yeah, pretty brifect. Yeah, it's so funny. And before before she comes down the standcase, Anna Patlin's character Mac does a little introduction. She's like, and they try to I think they're aware there that like, giving this teenage girl a bombshell makeover might send the wrong message. They try to dilute it, but it doesn't work. That's what I was thinking, is. 48:54Speaker 2 That putting it like a young girl in like red dress, red heel. 48:57Speaker 1 A sexy red dress for a man that's trying to win a bet with her. Yeah, there's a lot. It's all trying to make grimacing for anyone who cuts. So Mac tries to sort of dilute the message. So she comes down before Lane and she goes introducing the not improved but different. It's kind of what she says Lady Bogs. She's like, not improved but different because she's trying to be like, no, she was good before, and I'm like, guys, she wasn't good before. That's the part of the whole the movie. That's the premise of this exactly. And so as it goes on, she does dress better, but she doesn't like overly change how she dresses. And then she wears this like black glittery dress to the prom, and she does look nice, but it's the whole thing because she goes with Paul Walker's character and then he tries to sexually assault her and then Zack Syla saves her and then they fall in love and have a gorgeous kiss and then there's a huge dance number. There's the best dance number that it's a lot happens. That's a lot that poor girl. Yeah, yeah, she goes through a lot. Well, she finds out before the prom that it's a bet, and she has this moment where she yells act She's like, all of a sudden, this turns into like it does turn into a Shakespearean drama. It's not based on Shakespeare, but the vibe. She's like, am I bet, am I bet? Am my fucking bet And he just looks at her asi and he goes yes. And then oh my god, burn it into my soul that moment because you just like I remember as a kid, like nearly crying. I'm like, yeah, it's over, Like they'll liver be in love now where they do spoiler alert end up in love. She should be like, thank you for the makeover. Yeah, exactly. Now everyone at school wants me because they realized I'm not I could make a man. Yes, that's the sequel, so that in my head is well. There's a remake with Addison Ray called He's All That. Whether I've watched that, but I don't that. 50:34Speaker 3 I think I don't remember it because I had to burn it out. 50:36Speaker 1 That is a burable movie. Okay, that movie is blaspheming. They tried to flip the script by making it a girl making over a guy, which I'm all for, but the movie itself is terrible. So I can't believe. You can't not You cannot live in a world where you've watched He's All That and not She's All That. I know when one is a one is an abomination and one is a classic teen movie. So you've done that wrong. I'm sorry. So She's All That one of the teen movies that still lives in my head is one of the best makeovers ever. 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We would love to hear from you. Send us your thoughts or suggestions. This week we're reviewing A Season to Blossom, Hallmark's spring romance starring Emily Tennant and Carlo Marx. An aspiring writer returns to sell her late grandmother's bookstore, rediscovers her voice and her roots, and finds herself falling for her childhood crush all over again. It's the old-school Hallmark comfort we've been craving — and it actually feels like spring.We break down why the chemistry between the leads is so believable, why the seasonal living themes hit harder than you'd expect, the surprisingly accurate yoga breathwork scene, the bookstore aesthetic, the cats, and the tire swing scene we didn't see coming. We also catch a quiet little continuity mistake no one else seems to have noticed (elderberry vs. elderflower — you'll know it when you hear it), talk through a missed cameo opportunity that could have been SO fun, and recommend the Hallmark movies to watch next if you loved this one. Plus — Andrea made a last-minute $157 flight to Florida for spring break, drove her in-laws' new car back to Minnesota, and survived the worst hotel neighbors imaginable in Atlanta. IRC was watching Hallmark in his Vegas hotel room while his wife was at Def Leppard and has strong feelings about paper-thin walls.⭐ IRC: Loved it   |   ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Andrea: 4 StarsChaptersCalculated from transcript at 189 wpm against actual runtime of 20:06.0:00 — Welcome to Hallmark Mysteries and More0:16 — Andrea's Last-Minute $157 Flight to Florida1:43 — Road Trip Horror: The Atlanta Hotel From Hell2:48 — IRC's Vegas Hotel Story3:28 — How IRC Found A Season to Blossom on TV3:43 — A Season to Blossom — Plot Overview4:07 — Andrea's Review: Seasonal Living, Yoga & the Bookstore5:56 — IRC's Review: Old-School Hallmark Done Right8:52 — Behind the Scenes: Filmed in Freezing December9:52 — What We Didn't Like: The Elderberry Mistake11:36 — Missed Cameo Opportunity12:40 — Standout Scenes: Tire Swing & Flower Shop14:35 — Romance & Secondary Relationships17:19 — Similar Movie Recommendations19:47 — Next Week Preview & OutroMovies MentionedFollow Me to Daisy Hills — small-town store as centerpiece, father relationship, reunion romanceA Novel Romance — Hallmark bookstore romanceFrozen in Love — Luke MacFarlane & Rachel Leigh Cook, hockey player + bookstoreTaking a Shot at Love — Luke MacFarlane, Alexa PeñaVega, dance studio Tags#HallmarkMysteries #ASeasonToBlossom #HallmarkReview #HallmarkChannel #EmilyTennant #CarloMarx #HallmarkMovies #SpringMovies #HallmarkMysteriesAndMore #CozyTV #HallmarkPodcast #BookstoreRomance #SeasonalLivingFollow us on social media: Instagram and TikTok: @hallmarkmysteriesandmoreYoutubeOr visit our website. This podcast was created by fans for fans and is NOT affiliated with or sponsored by Hallmark or the Hallmark Channel. 

Let's talk about the latest Winter Escape movie starring Rachel Leigh Cook and Luke McFarlane. Say hello: dearhallmark@gmail.com Youtube:https://youtube.com/@dearhallmark?si=o_vx3T2kEjMoqK7YI wrote a book!  "Chasing Wind": https://amzn.to/3IGUI6gDear Hallmark's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dearhallmark/

And on the seventh day he said “let there be another show and some show notes!!” And I said, sure whatever. So here you go, this show was super fun to make and I love that Rachel Leigh Cook is cranking out Hallmark movies now. Gobblessem all! May these movies and this bit never die. Anyways, get on our discord and nominate some Drippies winners, the Drippies will return on Jan 29!! ★ Support this podcast ★

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Rob interviews Singer / Songwriter Kay Hanley of the band Letters to Cleo Letters to Cleo formed around 1993 in Boston. Rob was an instant fan after hearing their debut album "Aurora Gory Alice" in 1993. Letters to Cleo were on 5 Movie Soundtracks Kay is currently the writer and producer for Disney Junior's show 'Kindergarten Musical' (she's one of the creators of the show) **** Kay Hanley and Rob talk about: - Growing up across from the Wahlbergs (yes, those Wahlbergs) - The music scene in Boston in the 1990s - The films "10 things I hate about you" (Letters to Cleo is in the movie .. Kay sings to Heath and Julia in one scene) Josey & The Pussycats (Kay is singing all the vocals in this movie... it's not Rachel Leigh Cook in case you didn't know) - Touring - Upcoming Shows - The new album!  (no release date yet) ... and Rob tells Kay something he's wanted to tell her for almost 30 years now...  **** Check out Letters to Cleo's website at: www.letterstocleo.net  for some really cool merch and upcoming shows! **** Copyright Claim: The songs : Here & Now, Laudanum, Rim Shack & Big Star used with permission from Kay Hanley **** KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora, YouTube  and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts. Links to more sources at Link Tree - www.linktr.ee/knowgoodmusic Help support our Podcast by purchasing some cool merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/knowgoodmusic Visit our YouTube Channel where you can see video segments from all of our interviews.  Just search "know good music" Please follow / subscribe & review Follow our Instagram & Facebook pages for info on upcoming podcasts and sometimes extra content

Its prom season again but before you vote for Prom Queen, pack up those art supplies and put down that volleyball then settle in to watch She's All That!So grab a falafel whilst we discuss why dungarees make you uncool, some impeccable clown make up and why we don't all use a conversational feather!Thanks for listening! You can find us here: Instagram - ThatsHindsightpod Twitter - ThatsHindsight Facebook - ThatsHindsight Email - thatshindsight@gmail.com Please feel free to give us any feedback, suggestions or just send us a lovely message

178 - Josie & The Pussycats with Niall McGowan In this episode, we're strumming the power chords of early 2000s pop culture with the glittering, satirical cult classic Josie & The Pussycats! Joining us is none other than Niall McGowan, co-host of Bat Minute and a connoisseur of all things comic and cinematic. Together, we dive into the neon-drenched world of Josie, Melody, and Val as they rocket from small-town dreamers to unwitting pop pawns in a plot to brainwash teens. We explore the film's razor-sharp (and still shockingly relevant) commentary on consumerism, the music industry, and branding overload, all while appreciating the infectious soundtrack that still slaps today. Niall brings his signature wit and deep pop culture knowledge to unpack the film's surprising comic roots, its place in early-2000s cinema, and why Josie & The Pussycats deserves way more love than it got on its original release. So slap on your cat ears, crank up the volume, and join us as we celebrate one of the most delightfully subversive "bubblegum" movies ever made! Guest Plugs Bat Minute, Miami Minutes Discuss the episode over on the Facebook group: The Reel Comic Heroes League of Citizens Follow @ReelComicHeroes on Letterboxd Join us for our next movie review - Jurassic Park III Instagram | Website Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Prelude and Action" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) - License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Deep Haze" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) - License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Intro/Outro by Matthew S Mendoza  

“First, he's a geek, and then you start going out with him. Then he's a geek again. Honey, I don't know what a geek is." We watched the geek-to-chic classic "Can't Buy Me Love" with our friend Ben Cheeves, and there's a $1,000 telescope at the mall with all of our names on it. This modern-day Pygmalion in high school may be well-worn territory today, but way back in 1987, this concept was fresh as a daisy. Nerdy Ronald Miller (Patrick Dempsey) uses his saved-up lawn-mowing cash to bail head cheerleader Cindy Mancini (Amanda Peterson) out of some fiduciary troubles, and young Ronald goes from "totally geek to totally chic." Patrick Dempsey is adorable in this movie, and much like Audrey Hepburn and Rachel Leigh Cook after him, it just takes a bit of hair product and chucking those glasses for the audience to realize he wasn't the horrid slob the movie characters all think he is. Dr. McDreamy may be years away, but we still see the spark of the handsome man everyone's mom loves - that effortless mop of curls is the envy of women everywhere, and that smile can just knock your socks off! Amanda Peterson is really doing some good work as well - Cindy never comes off mean-spirited or above Ronald - we leave that to the truly rotted group of popular kids. We do get some "Saved by the Bell" vibes from the movie, and sometimes the script is heavy-handed, but this movie is a 1987 time capsule if there ever was one. Every house in suburbia had that daybed, and if you owned or coveted a white convertible Volkswagen Cabriolet, you're gay now. We don't make the rules.  Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay Bluesky: @MTMUGPod.bsky.social Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram Peterlasagna

Rachel Leigh Cook, Jackie Weaver, and Judy Kain Merge with Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, and Charles Barkley to Form Sisterhood, IncLes, Kurt, and Jason, quite inexplicably, forgot to talk about June Squibb on the Oscars, but do take a second to talk about Jason't Hairy Sussex. Then, Kurt's nightmares are haunted by smart little precocious girls thanks to Ellen Pompeo and Mark Duplass and Jason is thoroughly confused and intrigued by the animated movie about Charles Darwin, Jesus, and a (talking?) cat. Then it's time to get into Hallmark's Sisterhood, Inc. staring Rachel Leigh Cook, Jackie Wagner, and a twink but has nothing to do with joining a convent but is so efficiently filmed that it also could be used as foreign propaganda, B-roll for the show Severance, and effective footwear advertising.    Bluesky: lifetimeofhallmark Facebook : lifetimeofhallmark Instagram : lifetimeofhallmarkpodcast Threads: lifetimeofhallmarkpodcast TikTok: lifetimeofhallmarkpod Theme song generously donated by purple-planet.com  

“Here And Now” Letters To Cleo may seemed to have suddenly shown up on the pop culture landscape in 1994, but the fact is, the Boston outfit had been grinding it out on the club since 1990. Their single “Here and Now” was an instant classic—a melodic dose of perfect pop stomp that showcased singer Hanley's powerful vocal delivery. The band tore through the ‘90s, releasing three perfect albums (Aurora Gory Alice, Wholesale Meats And Fishes and Go), appeared as the house band in 10 Things I Hate About You, played SXSW, and playing with everyone from Cheap Trick to Neds Atomic Dustbin. Oh, and I almost forgot: In 1996, playing Mary Magladene, Hanley co-starred with Extreme's Gary Cherone in the Boston Rock Opera's performance of Jesus Christ Superstar. In the early 2000's, Hanley was the singing voice for Rachel Leigh Cook in Josie and the Pussycats and though the band called it a day that same year, they did record 15 new and original songs for the Kids' WB cartoon Generation O! That will become important in a second, but just to round out the corners here, Hanley toured as a back-up singer for Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana venture, put out a handful of great solo releases, sang the National Anthem at Gillette stadium for the Patriots and got to work on her new career, composing all-original songs for animated TV shows like Doc McStufins, DC Super Hero Girls, and Harvey Girls Forever, to name a few. How's that career going? Well, in 2022 Hanley won an Emmy for songwriting on We The People. So I'd say, not too shabby. On that front, she and her writing partners Michelle Lewis, Dan Petty and Charlton Pettus created Disney Jr.'s Kindergarten: The Musical and Hanley is also co-executive director of Songwriters of North America (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriters_of_North_America), an LA-based non-profit which advocates for fair pay and other rights for songwriters. As for Letters to Cleo? Well, the band may no longer be a full-time concern, but they pop up here and there to play gigs. They just completed a mini-November tour and they have a show on Jan 9th in Madison at the Majestic. Get your tickets now. Well, listen to the show, THEN get your tickets. Or multi-task. We know you can do it. www.letterstocleo.net (www.letterstocleo.net) www.bombshellradio.com (www.bombshellradio.com) www.stereoembersmagazine.com (www.stereoembersmagazine.com) Stereo Embers: IG: @emberspodcast Email: editor@stereoembersmagazine.com

Hey Listener, what's old is new again, as we're back in the world of vinyl with a twist. Brad Schadler from Sessions Vinyl Room and WYI?'s record expert Luke Effler. Topics this week include: Dungeons and Dragon is OKish. People that take karaoke to seriously. Using as many senses as possible to enjoy an album. Are we returning to the world of singles or are albums here to stay? Being on the other side of the counter. Make the shop your apartment. I care enough about something to want to physically own it. Having kids and the impact on what you listen to. How do you buy things that you've never listened to? Wear make up and never age. Record Store Day. Do you get to go full Pawn Stars? Soundtracks. Not being able to remember Rachel Leigh Cook's name. Amazon and the internet. King Records. Your first concert.   

Continuing to celebrate 25th anniversary of the films from 1999 I'll be covering 25 of them throughout the year.This time, I'm joined by returning guest Liam for his second pick. It's the teen comedy She's All That, starring Rachel Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr.Liam's Twitter can be found hereLinks to my socialsTwitterInstagramLetterboxdMusic by ANtarcticbreeze_Music from Pixabay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is there anything more early-2000s than Ryan Philippe and Rachel Leigh Cook? This month we travel back to the Big Tech of 2000s for this thriller about a mega tech company who will stop at nothing in their pursuit of code with the perfect structure. Or something. The tech is a bit hazy. Does this movie get anything else right? Find out on this month's episode.

This week we discuss She's All That as our Valentine's Day Rom-Com discussion. Let us know your thoughts on this classic. Thanks for joining us see you next time! Follow Popcorn Watchlist:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/popcornwatchlist/Subscribe to the Podcast: Podcast: https://www.popcornwatchlist.com/subscribe

We discuss She's All That, the 1999 teen rom-com to end all rom-coms. Topics include: unpacking the Ugly Duckling trope, the anatomy of a makeover scene, Rachel Leigh Cook's Winona-inspired Laney Boggs, the underrated genius of Matthew Lillard, Sixpence None the Richer's Kiss Me needledrop, Usher haunting the halls of Sunnyvale, and more.   00:00 – The ultimate rom com! 12:21 – Rachel Leigh Cook's Winona-inspired Laney Boggs 24:12 – Usher's character 33:57 – Do you identify with Laney? 51:55 – Ugly Duckling trope 01:13:40 – Breaking the norms Listen to us on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/late-to-the-party-with-nikki-bri/id1593848890 Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uk6XEk4IZIV34CiqvGQUa Listen to us on Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MjBjMzM1OC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw   Find us on Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@thelatetothepartypod Find us on Twitter https://twitter.com/lttppod?s=11&t=N2TE0731pImO1eOG4T_wCQ Find us on Instagram https://instagram.com/thelatetothepartypod?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==   This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Also known as ALL I WANNA DO and THE HAIRY BIRD, the film was acquired by Miramax and promptly sabotaged by Harvey Weinstein. Read more Business Insider "A female director says Harvey Weinstein buried her film debut more than 20 years ago" (2019)SUPPORT THE SHOW  https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84434074 FOLLOW THE SHOWhttps://www.instagram.com/freshmoviepod/https://twitter.com/freshmoviepodhttps://www.tiktok.com/@fresh.movie.pod?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcFOLLOW CHELSEA https://www.instagram.com/chelseathepope/https://twitter.com/chelseathepopeFOLLOW VICTORIA https://letterboxd.com/vicrohar/  EMAIL THE SHOWabreathoffreshmovie@gmail.com  SHOP THE SHOWhttp://tee.pub/lic/bvHvK3HNFhk  YouTube Channel  

This episode was recorded back in early March 2022 before Freddy headed to Atlanta for One Fast Move. We've got 2001's Josie and the Pussycats starring Rachel Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson, and Tara Reid as the rockin' trio just waiting for their big break while playing huge gigs like the local bowling alley. Along for the ride, and playing their nastiness to the hilt, are Parker Posey and Alan Cumming as the record executives that pluck the girls from Riverdale obscurity and "help" them become pop superstars literally overnight. That's how the music business works, right? Written and Directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (both from Can't Hardly Wait) serve up the dense satire on what happens when music and commerce collide. ENJOY! YES. SAG-AFTRA HAVE FINALLY JOINED THE WGA, AND HAS COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AMPTP. IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG AND UPHILL BATTLE FOR NOT JUST THE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES OF BOTH UNIONS, IT HAS ALSO CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF HARDSHIP FOR THE REST OF THE INDUSTRY'S PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR FAMILIES. BUT ALL ISN'T BACK TO NORMAL AND WON'T BE FOR SOME TIME. THESE WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE STRUGGLING WHILE THE INDUSTRY STARTS REMEMBERING HOW TO WORK. THE OVERWHELMING BURDEN OF PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE AND A ROOF OVER ONE'S HEAD DOESN'T END WHEN THE DEALS ARE MADE OR EVEN RATIFIED. THE INDUSTRY'S USUAL HIATUS/SHUTDOWN THIS MONTH IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO EXTEND ANY KIND OF BREAK FROM "NORMALCY" IN THE FREQUENCY OF WORK. IT COULD EVEN BE MONTHS INTO 2024 BEFORE PRODUCTIONS GET UP TO SPEED AGAIN. BUT EVEN IF THEY WORK THROUGH THAT USUAL "HOLIDAY HIATUS", FOR MANY FAMILIES THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NEED ASSISTANCE, EVEN IF THEY RETURN TO WORK. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN HELP. IF YOU HAVE A FEW DOLLARS TO SPARE, PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND. THE FUND HELPS ALL WORKERS AFFECTED BY THE STRIKE, NOT JUST ACTORS AND WRITERS. Entertainment Community Fund https://entertainmentcommunity.org/support-our-work ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are some mental health resources for North America: United States  https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ The Suicide Hotline phone number has been changed. Now, just text or call 988. Canada https://www.ccmhs-ccsms.ca/mental-health-resources-1 1 (833) 456-4566 Even though we don't say it in this episode, more NOW than ever before: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take care of yourselves and those around you. Be mindful of your surroundings. Karate in the Garage Linkages

This Dawson's Creek episode was unhinged - and quite frankly, this week, so are we! We're dishing on Rachel Leigh Cook, Andie's prescription of Zanac, and how Devon is somehow more annoying than Dawson?!DAWSON'S DRINK - A Leading Lady: https://www.thedailymeal.com/recipes/awards-night-cocktail-leading-lady-recipe/SPOTIFY PLAYLIST - UPDATED WEEKLY: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tigLJjAX1SXy5wz0znX59?si=71ee08897da74fb4

Up your ziggy with a wa-wa brush! In All I Wanna Do, our girl Kiki Dunst is a rebel at a 1960s all-girls high school with Gaby Hoffman, Monica Keena, Heather Matarazzo, and Rachel Leigh Cook. The girls are part of a secret club called D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Ravioli), in which they share their post-graduation dreams and vow to help each other attain them no matter what. Once the school threatens to become co-ed, the girls decide to take matters into their own hands and raise some hell! The private school looks are retro cute and inspire us to want to wear berets, knee socks, and 60s dresses. Costume design by Ann Hould-Ward and Julie Whitfield! Tune in now! Past Makeover Montage episodes ft Kirsten Dunst films: Drop Dead Gorgeous Dick For visuals of the costumes, follow us on: Instagram at @makeovermontagepodcast TikTok at @makeovermontagepodcast Follow Marie on Instagram and Blaire on Instagram Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  To request a movie for us to cover, DM us on Instagram or hit us up at makeovermontagepod[at]gmail.com. Call us at our sexy new hotline: (323) 487-2383. We wanna hear from you! 

In this illuminating episode, join host Elias as he welcomes the seasoned actor Ahmed Mawas, celebrated for his roles in Netflix's 'Human Resources,' 'The Recruit,' and Amazon Prime's 'The Terminal List.' The conversation takes a festive turn as Ahmed delves into his latest venture, the Hallmark Channel's holiday movie, 'Rescuing Christmas.' Ahmed shares insights into his character 'Archie,' the antagonistic ex-boyfriend who stands in the way of the lead, played by Rachel Leigh Cook. With a career marked by versatility, Ahmed Mawas brings 'Archie' to life in a way that promises to tug at your heartstrings. This Interview offers a sneak peek into the magic and emotions that unfold on screen. Join us for a captivating conversation that explores the art of bringing holiday cheer to audiences and Ahmed's compelling performance that adds an extra layer of warmth to this heartwarming tale. Don't miss the chance to experience the festive charm and Ahmed Mawas's acting prowess in 'Rescuing Christmas.'" You can watch this interview on YouTube https://youtu.be/xzToVHL85IA

We've got our cat ears on as we begin Note-vember and our series on music movies with Josie and the Pussycats! What does Michelle think of DuJour? Which worldwide musical sensation almost played Val? Why is Seth obsessed with this movie and which real life supervillain does he compare Fiona to? All these questions and more are answered when you press play right.... now!  Twitter @moviefriendspod Instagram @MovieFriendsPodcast Youtube Youtube.com/MovieFriendsPodcast Website https://www.moviefriendspodcast.com/ Send us an E-mail at MovieFriendsPodcast@Gmail.com tell us what you think and it may end up on the show! Wouldn't that be cool? Head over to our website at MovieFriendsPodcast.com and consider supporting our Patreon. Come on, you don't need that $5, but you do need our undying love and friendship!

Very rarely is the Gothic "romantic rival" someone's biological twin brother, but very rarely do you get a treat of a film like (The) House of Yes (1997). (Literally just saw the "the" in the title as we were writing this description.) Written and directed by Mark Waters, based on a stage play by Wendy MacLeod, starring Parker Posey, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachel Leigh Cook. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

Join Megan and Wendy as they share their review of "Autumn in the Vineyard" starring Rachel Leigh Cook and Brendan Penny. This heartwarming movie tells the story of a couple who reunite years after a high school romance and who now own competing vineyards. With beautiful scenery, a touch of drama, and of course, a happy ending, "Autumn in the Vineyard" is a must-watch for all Hallmark movie lovers. So, grab a glass of wine and dive in with Girls Gone Hallmark. We're excited to hear your thoughts and would greatly appreciate a 5-STAR review on Apple Podcasts. Let other Hallmark movie fans know why you love our podcast and why they should give us a listen. Write your review here (hot tip: use your Apple Podcast app). About "Autumn in the Vineyard" "Autumn in the Vineyard" first premiered on the Hallmark Channel on October 8, 2016. This movie is the first in a series of three. The following two movies were called "Summer in the Vineyard" (2017) and "Valentine in the Vineyard" (2019). Marina Adair - #1 National Best Selling Author - wrote the 2013 romantic novel "Autumn in the Vineyard." The script was written by Suzette Couture who has 36 writing credits including the 2003 TV movie "Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart" starring Cybill Shephard. Directed by Scott Smith who has 36 directing credits including "Frozen in Love" - a movie we reviewed during our summer series. We had a lot of thoughts on "Frozen in Love" - Listen Here Rachel Leigh Cooks stars as Frankie Baldwin. She currently has 102 acting credits, 14 producing credits, and has two upcoming projects in the works including a holiday movie called "Rescuing Christmas" - but unconfirmed if this is for Hallmark. Brendan Penny plays Nate DeLuca. He was last seen in "The Wedding Cottage" earlier this year, and last year's "In Merry Measure." More Brendan Penny? Listen to our review of The Wedding Cottage Familiar face Laura Soltis plays Nate's mom Carla DeLuca. We saw her recently in "The Wedding Contact" from this summer and "Lights, Camera, Christmas!" from last year. Ali Leibert plays best friend Hannah. Ali has 97 acting credits but was last seen in "Three Wise Men and a Baby" from 2022. She also has directed Hallmark's "The Holiday Sitter" and "North to Home." Ride's Marcus Rosner plays Nate's brother Marco. He has four movies in post production according to IMDb - one fall-themed movie and three holiday movies. It will be interesting to see where these movies land. The shooting location for this film was River Stone winery near Oliver and Osoyoos in the South Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Fan Favorite Fall Hallmark Movie Reviews Get ready to welcome the fall season with your favorite Hallmark movies and Girls Gone Hallmark! This season, we are bringing plethora of fan favorites that you wouldn't want to miss. Stay tuned as we release brand new movie reviews every Tuesday. Make sure to subscribe to our podcast, so you never miss out on any of our exciting reviews.

Niall Matter fans asked and Girls Gone Hallmark listened! Megan and Wendy review "Frozen in Love" in today's brand new episode. Niall Matter stars as bad boy hockey pro Adam while Rachel Leigh Cook plays buttoned up bookstore owner Mary. This movie premiered originally in January 2018 as part of the channel's annual Winterfest line up. Got a favorite movie starring your favorite leading man or woman you'd like Girls Gone Hallmark to review? Let us know! Email us at meganandwendy@gmail.com. Girls Gone Hallmark is a Hallmark movie review podcast hosted by Megan and Wendy. Listen in as they review "Frozen in Love" - a movie from Winterfest 2018 starring Niall Matter and Rachel Leigh Cook. About "Frozen in Love" "Frozen in Love" was directed by Scott Smith. He currently has 36 directing credits, most recently a Canadian TV series called "Moonshine." Other titles include "The Story of Us," "Autumn in the Vineyard," "The Gourmet Detective," and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered." He also directed a few episodes of "Cedar Cove" for Hallmark Channel. This movie was written by Rick German. He has tons of Hallmark work including "Christmas at Castle Hart," "Groundswell," two "Christmas in Evergreen" movies, and "A Shoe Addict's Christmas." He also directed "A Christmas Present" - the Candace Cameron Bure holiday movie for GAF. Related: Listen to the Girls Gone Hallmark review of "Groundswell" Rachel Leigh Cook also gets a writing credit according to IMDb. This is her one and only writing credit but has an impressive 102 acting credits. RLC was most recently in Netflix's "A Tourist's Guide to Love," tons of Hallmark movies but will always be Laney Boggs from the teen rom-com "She's All That." Niall Matter plays Hockey bad boy Adam Claiborne. Niall has 52 acting credits and we most recently liked him the drama-mystery "Family History Mysteries: Buried Secrets." Related: Girls Gone Hallmark gives high praise to "Family History Mysteries: Buried Secrets" Victor Zinck, Jr. is back for the second week in a row in a supporting role as teammate Chuck Foreman. Longtime actor Keith MacKechnie plays dad Paul Campbell. He has 102 acting credits including as the delivery boy in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." Madison Smith plays bro Tyler Campbell. This movie was filmed in Vancouver. Girls Gone Hallmark hosted by Megan and Wendy have brand new movie reviews all summer long based on the suggestions from the Hallmark community!

This week Megan and Wendy review "Love to the Rescue" as requested by listener of the podcast Paula! This movie premiered back in 2019 and stars Nikki DeLoach and Michael Rady as two single parents who connect over a rescued dog named Bruce. Girls Gone Hallmark will review Hallmark favorites all summer long! See the calendar below so you can watch along. Email the show and let us know which older Hallmark Channel movie you would like Girls Gone Hallmark to review! Email: meganandwendy@gmail.com Megan and Wendy are Girls Gone Hallmark. Listen in as they review fan favorite Hallmark movies all summer long! About "Love to the Rescue" This script was written by Sarah Montana who has four other writing credits including “A New Year's Resolution,” “If I Only Had Christmas,” and “Two Turtle Doves.” She is currently in pre-production of a Christmas movies called “Rescuing Christmas” starring Rachel Leigh Cook (will be interested to see if this lands on Hallmark or elsewhere). Related: Listen to our review of "A New Year's Resolution" starring Michael Rady Directed by Steven R. Monroe who has 54 directing credits including “Caribbean Summer,” “A Winter Getaway,” and “Marrying Mr. Darcy.”  Nikki DeLoach stars as Kate. The last new project from Nikki that we saw was “Curious Caterer: Grilling Season.” I also noticed on her IMDb that she is in production (at the time of this recording - April 2023) in a new Curious Caterer movie called “The Last Suppers.” Michael Rady plays Eric Smith. We last saw him on Hallmark in “Unexpected Grace” which drew some interesting critiques from a few in our Facebook group. He works a lot outside of the Hallmark universe, including as a regular on Magnum PI, Chicago Med, New Amsterdam, but he'll always be the teenage cutie Kostas from “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” Shout out to Zip who played Bruce the dog. Sadly he doesn't have any other work listed on IMDb. Loved that Kate and her ex-husband got along, successfully co-parenting. This was filmed entirely in Savannah, Georgia. This movie got a 6.9/10 from users on IMDb. Related: Our thoughts on CCB's "If I Only Had Christmas" - podcast episode

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We got the band back together and we are heading to Riverdale to discuss Josie and the Pussycats from Archie Comics. We cover a brief history of Archie Comics and Josie, the band's first appearance in the 1960s, the 2016 reboot, their role on Riverdale and especially the 2001 film which is much more satirical and meta you might remember. Plus Rob discusses his experience working on the Archie Comics Musical! We are joined by resident Josie expert and superfan Ethan from MakeMineAmalgam who literally watched the film every day for a year. Ep. 95 What if Josie and the Pussycats saved the world from being destroyed by teenagers turned into capitalist zombies?With Special Guest Ethan of MakeMineAmalgamEarth of an unknown designation as seen in the Josie & The Pussycats (2001) FilmWe take our first trip to Riverdale to cover everyone's favorite all girl band, Josie and the Pussycats! We share a quick background on Archie Comics and Josie co-creator Dan DiCarlo and how it is still a family business. Rob shares his experience working on the Archie Broadway Musical and how he played a small role in bringing current Archie mastermind Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa into Riverdale. We start off with early Josie in the 1960s before jumping ahead to discuss special guest Ethan from MakeMineAmalgam's favorite film, Josie and the Pussycats from 2001 starring Rachel Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson, Tara Reid, Alan Cumming, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, Missi Pyle and Parker Posey and written and directed by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan (plus the great soundtrack by Adam Schlesinger, Adam Duritz, Jane Wiedlin, Anna Waronker, Babyface and more). In the very meta and satirical film, Josie and the Pusscats find themselves part of a global conspiracy to brainwash teens and turn them into consumerist zombies! We head back to comics with Josie's short lived revival in 2016 by Marguerite Bennett, Cameron DeOrdio, and Audrey Mok. We wrap up with some mixed reactions to an episode of Riverdale (directed by Robin Givens) that sees the return of the Pussycats. We also chat while Alexandra Cabot is the true start of the Josie-verse and could we possibly one day see a return of the Rachel Leigh Cook led version of the band. Follow Ethan at MakeMineAmalgam on Twitter and Instagram. Reading List: Josie & The Pussycats #45 (Archie Comics 1969) Josie & The Pussycats (Film 2001) Josie & The Pussycats #1 (Archie Comics 2016) Riverdale Season 5 Episode 15 (TV show 2021) Find us at https://linktr.ee/dearwatchersEmail Podcast@DearWatchers.comTheme music is Space Heroes by MaxKoMusic (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0) ★ Support this podcast ★

Tension could not be higher.  We recorded a full episode and it was everything you'd want from an episode: plump, young, firm, and sexy as hell.  Unfortunately, we lost that beautiful piece of meat and now, this is the cut we're serving.  Shirts are officially for sale (great for sopping up blood).  Flow states, drip drip dreams, let your anger sail down the river.  We spend an extended period of time discussing the movie Josie and the Pussycats.  Are you asking why?  Well, why aren't you listening?  Do you prefer reading this to the sweet sweet creaminess of our voices?  No?  Didn't think so.  Celebrity crushes are for your tweens, tell us what dudes you could be friends with.  Michael continues to push his luck with the sweatiest men in the sauna.   This man is a damn glutton for hot talk and hot sweat."We both look so strong"Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intheminivanFollow us on instagram: @intheminivanpodFollow us on twitter: @intheminivanFollow us on TikTok: @intheminivanpodcastWe're on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTxCtwpkBssIljyG6tdJbWQGet in the Discord: https://discord.gg/YWgaD6xFN3Episode Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0ZI7Rvi8ussLJKwuMw9cVd?si=7e9552635aad45bcTHE MASTER PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2saxemA3MOXcjIWdwHGwCZ?si=ee3444c085714c46Support the show

Episode 75 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our very first 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor discussion about 1999's She's All That, starring Rachel Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from … Continue reading → The post The Geek Saga Podcast: Episode 75 – 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor on “She's All That” appeared first on Geek Saga Entertainment.

When Josie and the Pussycats was released in April 2001, it was misunderstood by critics and a box office flop. This week, we discuss the misunderstood CLASSIC starring a stacked cast of 90s It stars like Rachel Leigh Cook and Tara Reid, the Babyface-produced soundtrack filled with bangers, subliminal messaging, and why this gem in Y2K cinema was of its time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That's a wrap on Season 3! We're diving into the science behind Tetrahydrocannabinol, aka THC, aka cannabis, aka weed, aka all the other things we've ever called weed in an effort to be "subtle" and "cool". Steven and Sophie reminisce on anti-drug campaigns and insist on reading through Rachel Leigh Cook's filmography. Shannon explains how the drug impacts your body and the many different physical systems it can affect, from pain to memory to sleep. So, is THC self-care or self-square? We're taking a break and will be back soon with more episodes! Drop us a line with thoughts or requests anytime at thescienceofselfcare@gmail.com or on Instagram @thescienceofselfcare!

For this week's episode, the two gays dive into a movie that was a slight obsession for middle school- era Zacary. It's the big screen adaptation of the classic feline-clad rock girl group comic: Josie and the Pussycats. It's filled with late 90s icons like Rachel Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson and Tara Reid, and is rounded out by comedy legends Parker Posey, and Alan Cumming (who is completely an accidental double feature with last weeks Reefer Madness episode). Arron and Zacary dive into all of the songs, their favorite comedy moments, and basically gush over Parker Posey. As always, they rate the film on the “GAY-O-METER”, and Arron has his turn to surprise Zacary with some YouTube gems in their segment “Two gays watch something”.

If you're the one person on the planet who hasn't heard: I've been on dating apps, and wow, I need to process. Let's do it together, shall we?! There's nothing more amusing than a dating romcom full of romantic disaster, then sweet gooey love at the end. Or that invigorating enemies-to-lovers story to get you in the mood to dive back into your matches. Or not.https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com"Not surprisingly, men were more likely than women to rate hooking up as the reason they used dating apps, but they were also slightly more likely than women to say they used the apps to look for love." Are Dating Apps Better at Finding Love or Sex?Ah, yes, that old playground for our anxieties, a.k.a. the love lab: How to Make Dating Apps Work for You.MoviesFirst came the book, then the movie. He's Just Not That Into You has become a focusing romantic philosophy of mine, and has saved me plenty of heartache, too.I'm not particularly concerned if Die Hard is or isn't a Christmas movie (it isn't). But using it as a tiny conceit in Love Hard turns it into something adorable. Well, that and the homage to the most famous scene from Love Actually and a truly awesome consensual version of Baby It's Cold Outside.Rachel Leigh Cook and Damon Wayans Jr. have incredible chemistry in Love, Guaranteed but they aren't the only charming thing in this well-written, beautifully cast and well-paced romance.I had forgotten how delightful and funny How to Be Single is, and I especially love the message about the value of messy, imperfect partnered romance — but also the value of learning to love yourself solo.Support the showThanks for listening! Connect with me on Twitter: poppy_confesses (I don't bite! I would love to hear from you.)

Hey, I said Friday and it's still Friday in Hawaii... **This episode was recorded back in early March bedfore Freddy headed to Atlanta for One Fast Move.** We've got 2001's Josie and the Pussycats starring Rachel Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson, and Tara Reid as the rockin' trio just waiting for their big break while playing huge gigs like the local bowling alley.   Along for the ride, and playing their nastiness to the hilt, are Parker Posey and Alan Cumming as the record executives that pluck the girls from Riverdale obscurity and "help" them become pop superstars literally overnight. That's how the music business works, right?   Written and Directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (both from Can't Hardly Wait) serve up the dense satire on what happens when music and commerce collide.   Here are some mental health resources for both the United States, and for our northern KITG family up in Canada.   United States https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 1-800-273-8255   Canada https://www.ccmhs-ccsms.ca/mental-health-resources-1 1 (833) 456-4566   Even though we don't say it in this episode, more NOW than ever before: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take care of yourselves and those around you.   Be mindful of your surroundings.   Karate in the Garage Linkages

Looking over Sylvester Stallone action remake of Get Carter (2000) with old friend Mickey Rourke as the villain and Sir Michael Caine

She's All That stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachel Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, and Paul Walker and as the NY Times puts it, “'She's All That': When 'Pygmalion' Meets MTV, the Bookworm Turns”. It's senior year and Zack Silar, the most popular boy in school, finds himself dumped and feeling badly burned. His girlfriend Taylor has left him for reality TV heartthrob, Brock Hudson. Let's Get Social The Show: Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous The Host: The Julia Washington Guests: Carly Adams, Becca Montes Ad Partners: Hues by Juls

The Oues return with some massive news this week! Strap in and prepare yourselves for a journey into man (pause)We break down:Streaming News- What is The Ledger? And why isn't it about Heath?- Why did Thandiwe leave the latest Magic Mike film?Film News- Christopher Lloyd and Rachel Leigh Cook heading up "Spirit Halloween"Movie Trailers- The Man Who Fell to Earth- The First Lady- Stranger Things 4, Vol. 1 - Rob's Pick- The Lincoln Lawyer - Dave's Pick- We Own This City - Triz's PickEntertainment News- RIP Gilbert Gottfried- Cuba pleads guilty- Frank Langella's in hot water?- Warner Bros are making some changes at DC!Halo, Moon Knight and Atlanta thoughts also included - free of charge!Join us next week for some more news from La La Land (or Moonlight)...

After the huge success of Sonic 2, Nate and Josh circle back to their very first podcast discussion topic: Can video game adaptations work? A lot has changed since that first episode so they give their thoughts on the current landscape as well as talking the past week's movie news. News topics include: Stranger Things Season 4 trailer Peter Ramsey, director of Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse, to direct Ahsoka Disney Plus series HBO Max developing Aqualad origin series, produced by Charlize Theron Riley returning for National Treasure Disney Plus show Adam Project actor Walker Scobell cast as lead for Percy Jackson Disney Plus series A Spirit Halloween movie starring Christopher Lloyd and Rachel Leigh Cook in the works Be sure to subscribe for all the latest! Check out Uncharted Media merch here: https://www.teepublic.com/user/uncharted-media

On today's What to Watch: It's the end of the school year — and the first season — of ABC's breakout comedy Abbott Elementary, where the teachers round up their students for a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo, and star Quinta Brunson teases the action. The case comes to a close on The Thing About Pam, which wraps up its limited series run and murderer Pam Hupp trying to cover her tracks; and on This Is Us, Kate and Toby's marriage hits the point of no return. Will Poulter, who stars in the new series Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, tells us what he's watching. Plus, entertainment headlines — including casting news about the new Percy Jackson, Christopher Lloyd and Rachel Leigh Cook's Spirit Halloween movie, and Justin Bartha's return to the world of National Treasure — and trivia. More at ew.com, ew.com/wtw, and @EW. Host/Producer: Gerrad Hall (@gerradhall); Editor/Producer: Joshua Heller (@joshuaheller); Writers: Tyler Aquilina (@tyler_aquilina) and Calie Schepp; Executive Producer: Chanelle Johnson (@chanelleberlin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we recap the Netflix movie Love, Guaranteed starring Rachel Leigh Cook and Damon Wayans Jr. A handsome guy wants to sue a dating site for failing to provide the guarantee love after one THOUSAND dates. Sir, that is statistically impossible. But sure. Enter, cute petite Lawyer Chick. What could go wrong?!! Banter is aiight. The chemistry? Ummm...well, there is none. But the opportunities for laughs were plentiful (at least for the purposes of our recap). This movie got into our heads a little, and we barely agreed on anything! Courtney chooses a hill to die on and Rose swears to never visit her on that hill. What follows might haunt you forever!!! We had a blast recording this and hope you enjoy!   Follow us on Tiktok @fictionFixation Contact us via our Website at fictionfixation.com Fiction fixation is a commentary podcast perfectly suited for lovers of fiction. It's meant to be light entertainment to anyone who has a love of romantic movies and novels (all sub-genres), improv comedy, reading books, binge watching movies, or just listening to two good friends banter and laugh. We aren't interested in reviewing books or rating movies, we just want to banter about the characters and the situations they find themselves in.

For our October Patreon exclusive we watched the 2001 cult classic Josie and the Pussycats staring Rachel Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson, and Tara Reid.Josie features the song "Pretend To Be Nice", written by Adam Schlesinger, as well as a few other songs produced by Schlesinger. This movie is pact with product placement, Parker Posey, and pussycats. Join us as we deep dive this extremely dated movie and see if "Pretend to be Nice" stacks up against the real Billboard top 100 for 2001.ADAM SCHLESINGER TRIBUTE CONCERT NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, link belowhttps://youtu.be/8wvF9ZZAN1cEmail: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fountainsofsplain?lang=enantidepressants playlist: (spotify search: escitalopram5mg)https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5gzNUwU9OVAP4Klj8KWELm?si=ec459fec5fe64e49'Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=kzyR5784RgWArUFO3BjRbwPlaylist of featured artists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WEHh9HtbMppR02NWK7Rm2?si=KocI17RxQ7uLQjc1PfjBzAPERFECT THEME SONG by Kirsten and Darinhttps://instagram.com/kirabella1588?igshid=fpw8kv87ybsahttps://instagram.com/gimpymusical?igshid=tmm3p3f5lzd8Cover art by Claire D:https://www.instagram.com/claire.in.color/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)

It's the big finale to the 2021 Christmas binge or cringe podcast special! Can you believe we made it?? So, I didn't exactly watch every single movie this year, but I'd say 105ish out of 112 is pretty close, wouldn't you? Hallmark finished strong once again with Rachel Leigh Cook and Travis Van Winkle's ‘Tis the Season to be Merry while Lifetime had its highs and lows. Listen now to find out what you should definitely watch this Christmas week to put you in the spirit! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week Zach and Sloane discuss 2001's musical comedy cult classic: Josie and the Pussycats. The duo discuss feminism in film, the gaslighting of BIPOC in the music industry, and of course, Joey McIntyre. This week they make it a whole 22 minutes before discussing pedophilia which leads to Sloane telling everyone her very first AOL screen name which, surprise, surprise, was incredibly inappropriate. The team talks 90's boy bands and asks the question, "Am I sexual?" The answer of course is "Yeahhhhhhhh!" Zach discusses the time he (recently) went to a New Kids on the Block concert and Sloane has a complete mental breakdown when she talks about one day hopefully getting the chance to hug Brendan Fraser. All that and more on this week's Mummy Dearest!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/mummydearestpodcast)

The first episode in our Augustation Libations series is Autumn in the Vineyard. This month our movies have a strong alcohol content. We are obviously intoxicated with Rachel Leigh Cook  because this is the second movie in a row that we are doing with her, along with the dizzyingly handsome Brendan Penny. In this episode we discuss making dresses out of crime scene tape, when to ask a llama for advice and how to win a winery by planting flags and peeing in corners. We are uncouth as f*ck because this was one of the earlier episodes that we did, but it's still a tipsy good time. We hope you join us to drink in ALL the juices of Autumn in the Vineyard.

Jackie and Danielle are still in the summer camp swing with this week's 1995 classic, The Babysitters Club. Based on the popular Ann M. Martin book series, The Babysitters Club follows seven young girls as they attempt to take their babysitting business to new heights by starting a summer camp. Obviously, hijinks ensue and the girl's friendship and business are tested. The movie features future 90's stars Rachel Leigh Cook, Larisa Oleynik, Schuyler Fisk, Marla Sokoloff, Natanya Ross, Austin O'Brien, Bre Blair, Zelda Harris, Ashlee Turner, Christian Oliver,  Tricia Joe, Stacy Linn Ramsower. The movie was also written by Dalene Young and directed by Melanie Mayron.1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nomorelatefees/support

The first episode of our new format! Yay! This week, we're covering She's All That, as mentioned in our Dump Month episode, and Fighting with my Family! She's All That is an iconic 1999 rom-com starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachel Leigh Cook, and you can watch along with us on HBO Max (or rent on Amazon Prime). Fighting with my Family is a WWE-produced movie about the early career of one of the most famous women wrestlers of all time, Paige! It's also Florence Pugh's first really big role (and has a star-studded cast besides). We watched it on DVD, but you can also check it out on Prime Video and Hulu. Writing, acting, and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com! Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551 Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook! Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c 

(1999) It's a classic. But...why? Join us in unpacking why Usher is in this film, what Rachel Leigh Cook actually brought to the table, and some of the grossest things we've ever seen in a rom com!! Also we straight up did not have our podcast mic plugged in, so the sound quality is absolutely bottom of the barrel (and we are apologetic.) Get in there! Patreon Support! https://www.patreon.com/tropesanddreams

This '01 Rachel Leigh Cook vehicle from directing team Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan is a satirical musical romp, and frankly, we just. loved. it. and Parker Posey. We love Parker Posey.