This is the podcast where we watch a movie from our past that had a lasting impression on our little gay lives. If we had no business watching it - we stole our parents VHS copy and watched under the cover of night. If a diva gave a rousing speech - we memorized it and lip-synced it at a talent show. Join Scott and Pete each week for a look back at the Movies That Made Us Gay!
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Don’t worry! You don’t have to get it before it goes back inside the vault, because we’re going Inside the Disney Vault. Your hosts Rachel Chapman, Clare Loughran and Oscar Montoya are venturing inside the Disney Vault each week to watch, discuss, criticize, and celebrate every Disney animated movie in chronological order. Come along on this journey as we go back and revisit some classics, forgotten treasures and some movies that should probably remain locked away.
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282. Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 with special guest Drew Stanley
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1:56:38"More human than human" is our motto. We watched "Blade Runner" (1982) and "Blade Runner 2049" (2017) with our friend Drew Stanley, and we're in the market for one of those replicant owls. The original "Blade Runner" is a sci-fi classic, and while Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard couldn't be any more straight, the replicant Roy Batty as portrayed by D…
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281. All About Eve with special guest Jack Fields
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1:40:34“Bill's thirty-two. He looks thirty-two. He looked it five years ago; he'll look it twenty years from now. I hate men.” We watched “All About Eve” with our friend Jack Fields, and it was indeed a bumpy night. We really don’t have an answer as to how it took us this long to cover this titan of a movie, but here we are, and we had a blast. It doesn’t…
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Special Patreon Bonus Preview: "We're Going To Disneyworld!"
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2:04:47We're taking a week off of a regular MTMUG episode this week, but have a special bonus episode that gives you a taste of what you're missing on our Patreon. We're going to Disneyworld on the Patreon this week, and are taking about five ABC sticoms that brought (most) of its cast to the Happiest Place on Earth. First, we talk about Step By Step, our…
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280. Wicked with special guest Mitchell Anderson
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2:10:11"I'm not afraid. It's the Wizard who should be afraid of me." We watched "Wicked" with our good Judy, Mitchell Anderson, and it was just as good as the first time we watched it! We knew we wanted to review this episode here on our show, and we thought there's no time like the present. Here we are, about halfway between the release of "Wicked" and h…
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279. Casper with special guest Michael Valvo
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1:57:07"Unfinished business? I have no unfinished business. I have my treasure, my mansion, I have everything. I'm just perfect!” We watched “Casper” with the hilarious Michael Valvo and we’ve got a lot of unfinished business! Let’s face it, this movie was an awakening for a lot of people. We all either wanted to be best friends with or just wanted to be …
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278. Troy with special guest Chris Cirigliano
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1:45:57“I’ll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last.” We watched Wolfgang Peterson’s sword and sandal epic ‘Troy’ with our friend Chris Cirigliano. Based on Homer’s the Iliad , this summer blockbuster had many turning their nose up at its h…
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277. Leave Her to Heaven with special guest Emily Ollero Jones from the Female Driven Podcast
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1:38:44“There's nothing wrong with Ellen. It's just that she loves too much.” We watched “Leave Her to Heaven” with our friend Emily Ollero Jones from the podcast “Female Driven,” and we’re still trying to figure out a way to get Gene Tierney that Oscar. This Technicolor psychological thriller really has everything: melodrama, film noir, allusions to Gree…
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276. Josie and the Pussycats with special guest Jessica Granger
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1:41:07"Du Jour means seat belts. Du Jour means crash positions!" We get to an early 00s cult classic in kitten ears, "Josie and the Pussycats", this week with our friend Jessica Granger. Critics didn't really know what to do with this razor-sharp satire of the music industry and consumerism when it came out back in 2001, but we're here to say this movie …
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275. Trick with special guest Jake Szczepaniak
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1:52:26"Look, I'm not one to gossip; it's not my nature. Truth? Truth! Now, that's my nature." We watched "Trick" from 1999 with our friend Jake Szczepaniak, and we need to borrow your apartment for 20 minutes... okay, maybe 45. Now, this is a movie that really made us gay! This movie instantly transports us to the '90s in New York City, pre-hookup apps, …
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274. Can't Buy Me Love with special guest Ben Cheaves
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1:56:00“First, he's a geek, and then you start going out with him. Then he's a geek again. Honey, I don't know what a geek is." We watched the geek-to-chic classic "Can't Buy Me Love" with our friend Ben Cheeves, and there's a $1,000 telescope at the mall with all of our names on it. This modern-day Pygmalion in high school may be well-worn territory toda…
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273. Jaws 3D with special guests Nicole and Tessa from Doom Generation Podcast
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1:40:31“Overman was killed inside the park. The baby was caught inside the park. Its mother is inside the park.” We watched “Jaws 3-D” with our friends, the Dames of Doom themselves, Nicole and Tess from Doom Generation Podcast, and we’re cancelling our Sea World annual passes! We’d like to think there is some sort of continuity to the first two Jaws film…
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272. Aladdin (1992) Directed by Ron Clements & John Musker
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2:00:59"First, that fez and vest combo is much too third-century. These patches. What are we trying to say? Beggar? No. Let's work with me here." We watched the Disney animated classic “Aladdin," and we wish we could go back and watch it again for the first time. We've seen this movie countless times, and Robin Williams' unforgettable performance as Genie…
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271. Constantine with special guest Amy Lozano
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1:45:00“I know I'm not one of your favorites. I'm not even welcome in your house. But I could use a little attention.” Pete’s sister Amy joins us to talk about our favorite leading man, Keanu Reeves, in "Constantine", which just had its 20th anniversary last month. We know this movie is hardly perfect, but this cast, though. Keanu Reeves was directly afte…
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270. Scream 3 with special guest Wesley Thomas
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1:53:07“Trilogies are all about going back to the beginning and discovering something that wasn’t true from the get-go. Godfather, Jedi, all revealed something we thought was true that wasn’t true.” We watched “Scream 3” with our friend, author Wesley Thomas, and we’ve all been seriously considering getting bangs. Our friends from Woodsboro are back, and …
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We're rolling out the red carpet this week on the podcast! It’s our annual Oscar episode, and we're being joined by our award show pals Joshua Clement and Harper Thomson to talk about this years nominees. It’s been a wild ride this year full of controversies, body horror, and comeback stories! It’s no surprise the biggest nail bitter this year is o…
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269. Burlesque with special guest Paul from "That Aged Well"
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1:50:39"No, I've never heard of air rights. What are air rights?" We watched "Burlesque with our friend Paul Caiola from "That Aged Well," and we would like 3 tickets for tonight’s floor show at the Burlesque Lounge. We're willing to look past this pop-up book version of Hollywood, the questionable business practices of the venue, and even the legality of…
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Season 7 Premier: "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" directed by Tim Burton
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1:49:04"There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand." We're back with a brand new season and we watch "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" directed by Tim Burton and even after all these years we can't contain our joy after viewing this comedy m…
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You've got mail! Before we get start recording the new season, Reba the Mail Lady stopped by our apartment with some listener questions. We talk about our deathbed movies, the 2025 Oscar race, our favorite episodes since we recorded the last mailbag episode, the Fanning sisters, and much much more! We'll be back next week with our season seven prem…
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267. Season Six Finale While You Were Sleeping with special guest Moranne Keeler
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1:51:25“Lucy, you are born into a family. You do not join them like you do the Marines.” It’s the Season Six Finale, and we watched “While You Were Sleeping” with our favorite gal pal, Moranne Keeler, and boy do we love us some Sandra Bullock. We spend a good portion of the pod pondering over that certain quality Sandra possesses that draws us to her ever…
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266. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas with special guest Jessica Delgadillo
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1:59:41“It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags.” It’s our official Christmas week episode, and what better way to get into the holiday season than to watch the millennial favorite Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, directed by Ron Howard, with our friend Jessica Delgadillo. We aren’t saying this mov…
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265. Rankin Bass Animagic Holiday Spectacular
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1:57:14“Why am I such a misfit? I am not just a nitwit. You can't fire me, I quit! Seems I don't fit in.” It’s a Rankin/Bass “Animagic” Christmas Spectacular here at Movies That Made Us Gay, and we watched “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “The Year Without a Santa Claus,” “The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus,” and “Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donke…
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264. The Bad Seed with special guest Emily Ollero Jones from the Female Driven Podcast
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1:42:45“Children can be nasty, don't you think?” We watched the camp classic “The Bad Seed” from 1956 this week with Emily Ollero Jones from the podcast “Female Driven”, and what will you give us for a basket of kisses? Of all the bad-ass bitches in cinema history, there isn’t anyone quite like Rhonda Penmark, played by Patty McCormick. Rotted to the core…
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263. Gladiator II with special guest Joshua Clement
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1:44:24"Strength and Honor." It’s our Black Friday episode, and we’re celebrating Galicked this week and are discussing Ridley Scott’s long-awaited Gladiator II. An old-fashioned sword and sandal epic that both the gays and straights can equally enjoy, this might not match the prestige of its Oscar-winning predecessor, but there’s a lot of fun going on he…
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262. The Rocky Horror Picture Show with special guest Jackson Cooper
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1:47:18"I would like, if I may... to take you... on a strange journey." We're finally doing the Time Warp this week on the podcast and talking about "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" with our friend Jackson Cooper. Call it the mother of all cult films, and brain child of its star Richard O'Brien, this odd ball musical that was far ahead of its time has rack…
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261. The Warriors with special guest Rudy Bleu
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1:39:15“Waaaarrrrrriliorsss, come out to pla-i-ay!” We watched “The Warriors” with our friend Rudy Bleu… Can you dig it? This movie is so amazing, but the story of its production is just as wild as the movie itself. Actual gang members as extras, main cast members getting jumped while in their wardrobe, general violence and mayhem abounding, and yet they …
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260. The Terminator directed by James Cameron
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1:41:13“That bum. So what if he has a Porsche? He can't treat you like this. It's Friday night!” We watched “The Terminator” (1984), and you should listen with us if you want to live! We covered T2 back in 2022, but we’re here to talk about the original— the mother of independent blockbusters. It doesn’t get any more ‘80s “Tech Noir” than riding through t…
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259. The Exorcist with special guest Espie Quintero
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2:02:57“What an excellent day for an exorcism.” We watched the mother of all horror movies “The Exorcist” with our dear friend Espie Quintero and the power of Christ is compelling us to sleep with the lights on! This movie has a reputation for being one of the scariest horror films ever made and for good reason. We go into just how dang REAL it all comes …
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258. Suspiria with special guest Devin Lotfi
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1:41:36“Susie... Sarah... I once read that names which begin with the letter 'S' are the names of SNAKES! Sssss! Ssssss!” We watched “Suspiria” (1977) with our friend Devin Lotfi (I Don't Want to Hear That Podcast) and we’re taking a trip down the witches road (no, not that one). You can’t get any more niche than 1970’s Italian horror, but our man Dario A…
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257. Halloween II with special guest Gabe Munoz
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1:50:52"He was my patient for fifteen years. He became an obsession with me until I realized that there was nothing within him, neither conscious nor reason that was... even remotely human." We watched "Halloween II" with our friend Gabe Munoz and we'll be right back after we x-ray our entire candy haul. This movie wastes no time and picks up mere moments…
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256. Elvira's Haunted Hills directed by Sam Irvin
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1:31:58"Lucky for you I come with my own airbags." We watched "Elvira's Haunted Hills" and she really is going to put someone eye out with those things. We already been knew that in this house we will throw down for "Elvira Mistress of the Dark" - the movie and the person. But does the long awaited sequel hold up? It took 13 years to write, finance and pr…
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255. Bride and Seed of Chucky with special guest Travis McMaster
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1:49:02“I don't think I can take 9 months of this.” “Silly Chucky. It's a voodoo pregnancy. It's accelerated.” We’re coming at you with another double feature - we watched “Bride of Chucky” and its sequel “Seed of “Chucky” with Travis McMaster and we’re really gonna miss Chucky. This episode was recorded days before the news hit that the Chucky television…
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254. The Addams Family with special guest Once Upon a VHS
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1:46:05“Last night, you were unhinged. You were like some desperate howling demon. You frightened me. Do it again.” We watched “The Addams Family” with our friends Michael and Callum from the amazing podcast “Once Upon a VHS” and we have the sudden urge for Girl Scout cookies. We’ve already covered the diva Debbie Jellinsky from the iconic sequel “Addams …
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253. Beetlejuice, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with Special Guest Andy Ur
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2:33:00“I wonder where a guy, an everyday Joe like myself, can find a little action..." We have a super sized episode of the podcast, and watched "Beetlejuice" (1988) and the newly released sequel "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" (2024). This might be one of our favorite Tim Burton films, let alone comedies, like ever. We first talk about the original 1988 movie…
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252. The Stepford Wives with special guest Chris Gallo
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1:41:53"I asked myself, "Where would people never notice a town full of robots? Connecticut!" We watched the infamously camp remake of "The Stepford Wives" directed by Frank Oz with our friend Chris Gallo (Golden Girls Posters). We might be scratching our heads about the actual plot of this adaptation of the 1972 Ira Levin novel, but at a brisk ninty minu…
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251. The Swiss Family Robinson with special guest Greg Mania
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1:36:45"The world is full of nice, ordinary little people who live in nice, ordinary little houses on the ground. But didn't you ever dream of a house up on a tree top?" We watched "The Swiss Family Robinson" (1960) with author Greg Mania, and we're still deciding what our Luxury Items would be. We do our best to navigate the discussion of the wildly raci…
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250. The Wizard of Oz with special guest H. Alan Scott aka Sadie Pines
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1:37:03"Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?" We made it to 250 episodes and what an opportunity to bring you the end all be all of a literal Movie That Made Us Gay! We welcome back the hilarious H. Alan Scott to review this cinema classic starring Judy Garland and Margar…
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249. The Last Unicorn directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr.
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1:41:39“Mare? MARE? I? A HORSE? Is THAT what you take me for? Is THAT what you see?” We watched “The Last Unicorn” all by our lonesome and we’re still recovering from our 1980’s dark fantasy streak. What was it about the energy of 1980’s kids movies that just fascinated us at the same time as scare the living dickens out of us? This movie is filled with s…
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248. A Room With A View with special guest Rufino Cabang
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1:41:23“Don't you agree that, on one's first visit to Florence, one must have a room with a view?” We watched the Merchant Ivory 1985 classic "A Room with a View" with our friend Rufino Cabang and excuse us as we faint in the arms of Julian Sands. Breaking American audiences to actors like Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Daniel Day Lewis, and Rupert G…
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247. The NeverEnding Story with special guest Jared Anderson
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1:56:06“They look like big, good, strong hands, don't they? I always thought that's what they were.” We watched “The Neverending Story” with our friend Jared Anderson and we’ve got some unresolved trauma to work through. Listen, this movie scarred an entire generation of kids with some not-so-childlike themes - we’re talking bullying, loss of a parent, de…
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Episode Rewind: Ghost World Directed by Terry Zwigoff
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1:36:15We're blowing off the dust on one of our favorite episodes, and revisting Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World. Originally posted as Movies That Made Us Gay Episode 66 on Sep 25, 2020 - we had to dig WAY back in the archives for this one. We were still baby podcasters back then but this episode is still just as fresh after all these years. We'll be back wit…
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246. Speed with special guest Adam J. Yeend
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1:58:11“Miss, can you handle this bus? - Oh, sure. It's like driving a really big Pinto.” We watched our favorite 90s action movie Speed, with our favorite 90s hunk Keanu Reeves this week on the podcast with our friend Adam J. Yeend. All of the greats are turning 30 this year (Interview with the Vampire, the Lion King, True Lies, and this Jan DeBont actio…
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245. The House Bunny with special guest Justin Allison
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1:50:51"Instead of the Mahi-Mahi, can I get just one Mahi, because I'm not that hungry?" We watched "The House Bunny", from 2008, with our friend Justin Allison and we want to pledge Zeta! The early aughts were a time the Playboy brand was definitely having a moment and Anna Faris and the filmmakers really capitalized on the wave Hef and the bunnies were …
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244. The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy directed by Greg Berlanti
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1:43:29"I can't decide if my freinds are the best or worst thing that ever happened to me". We watched "The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy" written and directed by Greg Berlanti and we've got some gay stereotypes to squash! Whelp it's taken us this long to finally get to this one. When did we get to the point where a movie from the year 2000 is con…
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243. Charlie's Angels with special guests Anne & Ashley from "How Do You Drew" Podcast
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1:50:15"Once upon a time there were three very different little girls who grew up to be three very different women with three things in common: they're brilliant, they're beautiful, and they work for me." We watched "Charlie's Angels (2000) with our friends Anne and Ashley from "How Do You Drew" podcast and we still can't decide who is the head Angel. Our…
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242. Evil Under the Sun with special guest Hiko Mitsuzuka
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1:30:34“Are you all comfortable? Even the murderer?” We watched “Evil Under the Sun” (1982) with our friend and murder mystery expert Hiko Mitsuzuka, and you can find us all turban shopping for the foreseeable future. Now we know there are a ton of Hercule Poirot mysteries to choose from - from Albert Finney to Kenneth Branagh - all of them filled with th…
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241. Mrs. Doubtfire with special guest Joshua Clement
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1:39:39“Oh... as I hold this cold meat, I'm reminded of Winston. God rest his soul.” We watched “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993) with MTMUG All Star Joshua Clement and we don’t do laundry, we don’t do windows and we DON’T do diapers. Listen, it’s been 30 years since this family comedy was released and our ideas about gender identity and expression have come a long…
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240. Joy Ride with special guest Michael Morgan
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1:54:43“Candy Cane? Hey anybody know a Candy Cane?” We watched “Joy Ride” (2001) with the hilarious Michael Morgan and we’re still brushing up on our CB lingo. This little gem of a movie from 2001 fits nicely into that category of unintentionally homoerotic films from the early aughts. Obviously, Paul Walker (RIP) is serving your friendly neighborhood Abe…
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239. Volver with special guest Sandra Espinoza
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1:48:31“Don’t say that, Raimunda, or I’ll start crying. And ghosts don’t cry.” We watched “Volver” (2006) directed by iconic Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar and excuse us, we need to go call our mothers. Penélope Cruz plays Raimunda - a mother who does what needs to be done to protect her daughter in a time of dire need. When the ghost of Raimunda’s moth…
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238. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior with special guest Will Padilla from 1980s Now Podcast
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1:48:46“You want to get out of here? You talk to me.” Buckle your seatbelt because we had Will Padilla from the "1980s Now" podcast over to watch the George Miller 80s action classic Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior just in time for "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" to hit theaters. We talk about the wild aesthetics of Miller’s apocalyptic adventure that follows Mad M…
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237. Miss Congeniality with special guest Elizabeth Teets
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1:44:05"I am in a dress, I have gel in my hair, I haven't slept all night, I'm starved, and I'm armed! Don't *mess* with me!" We had author and comedian Elizabeth Teets over to discuss the Sandra Bullock classic Miss Congeniality, and HEY I'M GLIDING HERE! We love a movie in which an otherwise stunner like Sandy Bullock is slapped with some glasses, frizz…
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