Oh boy. We are wrapping up Manic Pixie Dream Girl month (thank goodness) with (500) Days of Summer. It is A. Lot. We are sorry (but not sorry) for our rage – at least we have JGL’s dimples?
Show Notes:
500 Days of Sexism: https://dailyfreepress.com/09/28/00/199160/500-days-of-sexism-misunderstood-media/
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We are kicking off 2026 with Manic Pixie Dream Girl month! Wooo, it’s gonna be interesting. We’re starting with the instigator of the term – Elizabethtown and we Get. Into. IT.
(plus, how are running shoes designed?? So many questions)
Show Notes:
-Original article: https://www.avclub.com/the-bataan-death-march-of-whimsy-case-file-1-elizabet-1798210595
-A Kirsten Dunst Character Invented the “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” Trope: https://collider.com/kirsten-dunst-elizabethtown-manic-pixie-dream-girl/
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We are wrapping up another holiday movie month (and another year whaaaaat?) with the incredibly good Last Christmas. Warning – we do spoil this movie AND it gives you a LOT of feelings – plus there are just so many George Michael songs (complimentary).
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We’re back with another Christmas movie month and we are kicking things off with the charming Serendipity! A movie where the lead characters are terrible people but everything else is great so its fine???
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Break out your double VHS because we’re wrapping up Chris month with the OG – It’s The Sound of Music!
Notes:
50th anniversary article in Variety Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/02/sound-of-music-julie-andrews-christopher-plummer-50-anniversary
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It’s Chris month (the most wonderful time of the year?) and we are kicking things off with The Nanny Diaries – a movie that really really really wants to be The Devil Wears Prada (spoiler alert: it’s not)
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Ok we’re finally getting into it. The rom com people haven’t stopped talking about/comparing all other movies and books to for the last 35 years. We are entirely sure why but let’s talk about it! It’s When Harry Met Sally.
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It’s Meg month (our last ever?!) And we are kicking things off with the incredibly charming French Kiss! Come for Kevin Kline being incredible as always, stay for our discussion on how horrible khakis are.
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We are wrapping up body swap month with 17 Again! It’s definitely the least ooshy when it comes to weird age gap relationships but don’t worry the aughts make up for it by just being terrible in other ways – and we aren’t jut talking about Zefron’s swoopy bangs.
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It’s 13 Going on 30 this week! It’s just as charming as Big – but without the ooshy ness (yay!). Plus incredible 80’s music, Andy Serkis’ first post LOTR role (maybe??) and the most tropes we’ve ever had?!?!?!
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