When we covered Bridget Jones’s Diary for our first-ever episode on Galentine’s Day in 2016, we couldn’t have known the world would give us the incredible gift of a fourth Bridget Jones movie on our very anniversary nine years later. But that’s where fate finds us today, watching Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — happy, heartbroken, and humbled that we have gotten to do this for going on ten years now.
·142· Cats
It’s a new year and, ugh, a new world, and to celebrate and distract from that, we’ve brought you the absolutely bonkers bouquet that is Tom Hooper’s infamous 2019 masterwork Cats.
While taking on this movie was no small feat, it was an incredibly easy choice* — this episode is dedicated to the memory of James Petrosky, a magnificent person, friend to the show, and the greatest advocate for Cats (2019) this side of the Russell Hotel.
*And yes, a Jellicle one as well
If so moved, you can donate to the wonderful hospice where James spent his last months and days, or to a hospice local to you.
Check out James’s blog, including just some of his thoughts about Cats.
·141· Our Little Secret
As a holiday gift, Netflix brought Lindsay Lohan back — for, like, a real movie this time. So what choice did we have but to dive back into the Lohan-iverse, bringing along our fetch-as-heck friend and Lindsay Lohan correspondent Sarah K. Norton for Christmas company? We ate this 2024 Atlanta-set rom-com up like so many chocolate cookies (or some other direct reference you’ll only fully get if you watch Our Little Secret and/or listen to this episode).
Check out Sarah and her husband’s podcast Never Grow Up!
·140· John Tucker Must Die
We finally discover the secret reason Helen made Valerie wait nine years to cover the very-2006, adapted-from-Shakespeare (?!?) teen revenge comedy John Tucker Must Die — she has a condition* that makes her call basketball “football,” and it’s very painful and embarrassing.
*being dumb
And as promised, here the show note where we ask you to email us at fallinginlovemontage@gmail.com. We looked up our email address, and we’re pretty sure this is it!
·139· Practical Magic
This very special Halloween episode delves into the story of two close-but-disparate sisters and how they found themselves shunned by their community because of their unusual background — they were bitches who had either never before seen Practical Magic, or they thought it was silly, or both.
Join us as we come to terms with every wild thing the beloved 1998 rom-com-fantasy-crime-drama-cult-classic-Margo-Martindale-vehicle Practical Magic stands for and find ourselves maybe grabbing our proverbial brooms to join the coven.
Do we make ourselves as silly as the film we’re discussing? At least.
Are we able to keep down these midnight margaritas? Mostly.
Will our listeners burn us at the stake for transgressing against the Owens women? Well, that’s up to you.
·138· Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
You asked for it (we think? It would have been a long time ago; we could be wrong. Someone definitely asked for it, we’re pretty sure), and after a mere half-dozen years, we did it — Michel Gondry’s beloved sci-fi dram-rom-com Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And for the discussion, we brought someone unforgettable — poet, host of the Ku-Popup Open Art Showcase, and romantic lead to cohost Helen — Angel Kofsky!
Check out the Ku-Popup Open Mic and Art Showcase, Thursdays at 8pm ET on Angel’s Twitch channel and/or in their Discord.
