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S3 E29: 500 Days of Summer Aug 02, 2022

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This week we finally re-watch 500 Days of Summer, Directed by Mark Webb. 500 Days of Summer is the story of Tom Hansen played by Joseph Gordon Levitt and Summer Finn played by Zoey Deschanel. The peculiar way in which this story is told makes it hard to give a lead in without totally spoiling the film. This story spans 500 days… 500 days in which Tom Hansen is in love with Summer Finn, but the story is not told in sequential order, we jump in and out of these 500 days, slowly piecing together this story like a jig-saw puzzle. At times we peek in on a horrible argument, other times we jump backward in time to a beautiful date night at the movies. Slowly as we the audience step back… and back again… we get a full picture of the love, the loss, the rebirth of these two individuals Tom Hansen and Summer Finn, as we ultimately learn the story… of 500 Days of Summer…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S3 E28: Jersey Girl Jul 26, 2022

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Jersey Girl is a 2004 Romedy… Rom Com Drama… directed by Kevin Smith. Jersey Girl is the story of Ollie Trinke, played by Ben Affleck. Ollie is a high profile New York City Media Publicist. When we meet Ollie his wife Gertrude, played by Jennifer Lopez, is pregnant with their first child. Calamity strikes, when Gertrude has an aneurysm in childbirth, leaving hot shot media publicist Ollie to pick up the pieces and begin raising this new born daughter. All does not go to plan. We also have George Carlin playing Ollie’s father Bart. AND a future love interest Liv Tyler playing the part of Maya Harding.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S3 E27: Two Night Stand Jul 19, 2022

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Two Night Stand is the story of Megan played by Lio Tipton. Megan is single, unemployed, crashing at her sisters apartment… we get the impression life has not been kind to Megan lately. After an embarrassingly awkward run in with her ex Chris, Megan decides to join a dating website. Immediately she matches and starts chatting with a guy named Alec, played by Miles Teller. Megan, in a spontaneous episode of pure adult antics throws caution to the wind and decides to immediately meet up with Alec AT his apartment… and that is the origins of our story for Two Night Stand.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S3 E26: Legally Blonde Jul 12, 2022

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Legally Blonde is a 2001 romantic comedy directed by Robert Luketic. It’s the story of Elle Woods, Reese Witherspoon, a fashion merchandising student and sorority girl from South California. She is dating Warner Huntington III played by Matthew Davis. Elle seems to believe that Warner is going to propose to her but we LEARN, that is not the case. Warner is going off to Massachusetts to study at Harvard Law School and he is BREAKING UP WITH ELLE because she doesn’t fit this ideal partner if he intends one day to go into politics. He needs a Vanderbilt or a Kennedy or some kind of person with a historic last name and a strong family. Undeterred by this Elle Woods makes it her mission, to go from being a fashion obsessed SoCal sorority girl, get in to Harvard to prove to Warner that she is who he wants her to be… Is this movie franchise on the list of "you ruined a good thing"? Much is being made of a new Legally Blonde movie, what does that look like? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S3 E25: Palm Springs Jul 05, 2022

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Palm Springs is a 2020 romantic comedy directed by Max Barbakow… This is the story of Nyles, played by Andy Samberg, we meet Nyles and his girlfriend Misty played by Meredith Hagner at a WEDDING, in Palm Springs. It’s the wedding of Tala (Camilla Mendes) and Abe (Tyler Hoechlin). We quickly learn that Nyles is maybe depressed, a little apathetic about life, and moreover, the common theme for NYLES, is that every day is exactly like the last day, and tomorrow, will be exactly like today… and we go through the day, AND NIGHT, of this wedding through the point of view OF Nyles.. And ultimately we realize that for NYLES, that concept… is the truth, the date is November 9th 2019 and Nyles is STUCK in a TIMELOOP, nobody else remembers that the day has repeated, JUST NYLES, who is stuck, in Palm Springs retracing the steps of this wedding every day… Until someone joins him… sister of the bride Sarah Wilder, played by Christin Milioti…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Rom Com Rewind Special - The Baby Episode Jun 28, 2022

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A quick update behind the scenes on the Rom Com Rewind podcast! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S3 E24: Love, Rosie Jun 21, 2022

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Love, Rosie is a 2014 romantic drama directed by Christian Ditter. Love, Rosie is the story of Alex and Rosie, Sam Claflin and Lily Collins. Love, Rosie is REALLY, a story about time, how love can be both timeless… and timely, all at once. We watch Alex and Rosie’s story from childhood, college years, and ultimately into their careers as they continually weave in and out of each others lives.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S3 E23: Senior Year Jun 14, 2022

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Senior Year is a 2022 Romantic Comedy directed by Alex Hardcastle. The year is 2002 and the story is that of Stephanie Conway - Australian Immigrant and newly ascended cheer captain and all around popular girl. Stephanie has dreams of being the prom queen but after a high school disagreement, SABOTAGE from her arch nemesis Tiffany, a severe injury occurs and Stephanie is left in a COMA until twenty years later, in 2022 she wakes up. With a mission to restart her life where she left off she teams up with her old friends Matha played by Mary Holland Seth played by Sam Richardson. She also plans to reunite with her high school boyfriends Blain played by Justin Hartley… OH… and Stephanie in her 30’s… is played by Rebel Wilson…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S3 E22: Can't Buy Me Love Jun 07, 2022

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Can’t Buy Me Love is a 1987 teen romantic comedy directed by Steve Rash. This is the story of Ronald Miller - Ronnie, played by Patrick Dempsey. Ronald is your classic 80’s high school nerd living in suburban Arizona, he is known as the dorky kid who mows lawns… that’s his shtick. Our boy Ronnie yearns to be with the popular crowd, specifically he likes his next door neighbour Cindy Mancini, high school cheer captain and all around popular high school socialite, played by Amanda Peterson… After Cindy spills wine on her moms expensive suede outfit. Ronnie seizes his opportunity, he convinces Cindy, if I buy you a replacement for that outfit, you need to go out with me for a month… thus the popular kids at school will accept me as their own and I will reach my goal… of finally being… COOL… That’s our lead in for Can’t Buy Me Love…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S3 E21: The Switch May 31, 2022

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The Switch is a 2010 romantic comedy by Will Speck and Josh Gordon based on the short The Baster. The Switch is the story of Kassie Larson played by Jennifer Anniston. She is the eternal optimist, her life is going PRETTY well, BUT, there is one thing missing, motherhood, she wants SO BADLY to have a baby, however Mr. Right has yet to come along. We also have Wally Mars played by Jason Bateman. He is Kassie’s best friends, heads up, they also dated about 6 years ago. Wally is fairly pessimistic, kinda neurotic, he has some hard edges as they describe later in the movie. Kassie decides, to speed her life in the direction she wants it to go she needs a sperm donor. However she wants to be able to meet this sperm donor man face to face and she doesn’t want to go through a sperm bank due to the heavy cost. All the while Wally is trying to convince her otherwise, that this is a bad idea, don’t go down this road, and MAYBE it’s forcing him to confront his OWN confused feelings around Kassie? We also have Jeff Goldblum as Leonard AND Patrick Wilson as Roland in this movie… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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