Love is a many splendored thing, but the stories about it aren’t always as splendid. AJ Knox and Julia Skott try to figure out if they can make chick flicks and romcoms better - or make them weird.
LATEST EPISODE • Eddy Murphy is a horndog, men and women are hilariously different, and Eartha Kitt and Grace Jones are divine blessings.
Eddy Murphy is a horndog, men and women are hilariously different, and Eartha Kitt and Grace Jones are divine blessings. (Heads up for some explicit language here, so if you don’t want your kids to ask you for instance what an O face is, maybe use head phones.)
May 25, 2020 • 45 minutes • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
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Let’s go back to Wealthy White People High and hang out with Andie, Ducky, and Blaine. You won’t want to miss the expert fashion research!
May 18, 2020 • 54 minutes • Let’s go back to Wealthy White People High and hang out with Andie, Ducky, and Blaine. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
Fake relationships, precocious meddling pre-teens, and ski-trips. It’s a classic recipe for a teen rom com, and we have a big bite and discuss the results.
May 11, 2020 • 45 minutes • Fake relationships, precocious meddling pre-teens, and ski-trips. It’s a classic recipe for a teen rom com, and we have a big bite and discuss the results. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
(Content note: We discuss issues of magic and consent, but nothing too graphic. And this may be my favorite content note ever.) Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan are simply irresistible, thanks to Madame Ruth. Yes, it’s based way too closely on the song. Or not closely enough? We wish for more cop kissing and less sorority crashing.
May 4, 2020 • 53 minutes • Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan are simply irresistible, thanks to Madame Ruth. Yes, it's based way too closely on the song. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
“You don’t want to be in love. You want to be in love in a movie.”
We take on one of the great classics, Nora Ephron’s Sleepless in Seattle. Is it what we remember - and does it need fixing? (And then, of course, we make it WEIRD.)
April 26, 2020 • 37 minutes • Julia Skott and AJ Knox