·37· Bridesmaids


Here we are, week 3 of our month long Never-A-Bride spectacular. It’s a little on the nose, but we’re talking about Bridesmaids. Not as divisive as current U.S. politics, but Paul Feig manages to cause turbulence once again. That reminds me, “There’s a colonial woman on the wing, there’s something they’re not telling us!”

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·36· My Best Friend’s Wedding


My Best Friend’s Wedding is the second film in our four-week bonus, antithetical bridal month bonanza. That’s right, every Monday in June we’re going to deliver fresh cut podcast bouquets straight to your internet door. This is our vow* to you.

 

*inconspicuous details or conditions printed in an agreement or contract, what I’m saying is “we’ll probably honor this vow”

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·35· Picture Perfect

It’s 1997 again so remember, if you’ve got to make a call, we brought our flip-phone.

Helen and Valerie are joined by the divine and consummate Erin Gambrill of the Ladies Who Library podcast. We answer this burning question, “can you write a super bowl campaign and like a boy at the same time?”

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·34· Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion


20 years ago, two impressionable young women walked into a movie theater to watch Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion and they pretty much haven’t stopped talking about it since.
Seeing as you might not have 20 years to listen to them talk about the film, they graciously condensed their discussion to just under 2 hours.

Now, would you excuse me? I cut my foot before and my shoe is filling up with blood.

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·33· Man Up


Your FiLM podcast hosts are not completely on board with the much dated and gender awkward title of our thirty-third episode, Man Up.
However, what they do like is the charming, thoughtful, and deliberate screenplay found in between the title page and FADE OUT.
Tess Morris sought out to make a clever and enjoyable romantic comedy and we think she succeeded. And to ‘one up’ her Man Up movie, she cast Simon Pegg—making a sturdy gamble that a few men would likely watch along as well.

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