A Chick Flick Podcast
It’s been 23 years since Bring It On brought its cheer to the world, and it’s been something like 6 years since we had our beloved friend and cheerleader-lover* Owen Choules on to talk about a chick flick with us.
So do we do a high kick and delight in this classic, or do we give it the spirit finger? Does Owen still tolerate us? What is team captain Torrance’s connection to the dad from The Shining? Listen to find out! Rah!
*Yeah, he won’t object to that descriptor at all, probably
For better or worse, 1998’s Can’t Hardly Wait is a quintessential exhibit of 90s High School cinema. A movie with almost as much cringe as it has stars. Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont weave a magical story wherein Kenny Fisher gets the girl, Jenna Elfman gets the cab, and Amanda Beckett gets to stand up for herself, for like, at least a minute. And who knows, there’s always a possibility of a sequel with less Smashmouth and F slurs.
You are all cordially invited to the wedding of us and Maya Erskine (pending her consent) – and surprise – you’re the toast master too. We’re here to talk about Plus One, which is fresher than diner fish* .
*Fish you order at a diner, but why would you do that?!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that two women in possession of a chick flick podcast must eventually cover 2005’s Pride & Prejudice. Fan favorite and Jane Austen correspondent Tracy Tanoff joins us for truly the most exemplary podcast she’s guested on in in many years.
For more Austen fun, check out Tracy’s Fine Curated Links!
On the autism spectrum and Pride & Prejudice
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
The Jane Austen Universe
Black Girl Loves Jane
Gay Austen
Sasha Sienna’s Jane Austen Book Club
To start 2023 off on the right route, we wanted to talk about best friends with a best friend. So we brought FiLM fave Malcolm Nygard on to fan-girl out with us over the ultimate road trip movie, Thelma & Louise.
Check out Malcolm’s thoughtful Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/theoscargrouch/ and see if you can spy a chick flick or two in his top ten.
Thelma & Louise is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, and geez, Louise, do we ever recommend you watch it.
It’s what you were all hoping for, I’ll keep telling myself — for the holiday season, and to close out 2022, we covered a new Christmas classic, Falling for Christmas, starring Lindsay Lohan. We not only talked about it, but we also watched it! And if you don’t listen and enjoy, magic Santa will push you down a mountain.
We’ll be back next year with not this movie. Happy New Year, FiLM buffs!
And for no particular reason, here’s Ben @palmertrolls on Candace Cameron Bure.
