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Summary   We embark upon year 9 of our annual holiday fight over Love Actually vs. The Holiday and are joined by an extra-special guest: Sam Clements of The Holiday Season podcast. He tells us about talking to Jude Law, corresponding with Nancy Meyers, why Myles shouldn't be written out of the story, and so much more!     Show notes: The Holiday Season (Sam's podcast) The Love of Cinema (Sam's other podcast) 90 Minutes or Less Film Fest    Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Nouvelle Noel" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop Thi

Summary: “Best Christmas ever.” Steven Schelling is our guest this week for Brandy Norwood and Heather Graham's new Christmas movie and he makes the case that this is indeed not the Best. Christmas. Ever! Also discussed: The Artful Dodger, The Bear Season 2, and the viability of work athleisure attire.   Show notes:   Brandy - Let It Snow (From Best Christmas Ever On Netflix) (YouTube)   Recommendations: Andrea G.: The Bear, Season 2 (TV)   Lisa: Love at First Sight (TV)   Steven: The Artful Dodger (TV)    Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Nouvelle Noel" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!

Summary:   "Give me your saddest most tragic Christmas." The holiday season is off to a shaky start as we finally get around to watching Reese Witherspoon's holiday rom-com Four Christmases. Also discussed: intuitive eating, The Sorrows of Others, and Lyndsay Sung's new baking book Plantcakes.     Show notes:   Reese Witherspoon Hated Vince Vaughn So Much She Refused to Film A ‘Four Christmases’ Sex Scene (Decider)   Recommendations: Andrea G.:  Plantcakes by Lyndsay Sung (cookbook)  Andrea W.:  The Sorrows of Others by Ada Zhang (book)  Lisa:  A Nearly Normal Family (Netflix)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Nouvelle Noel" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This

Summary:   "I'm so full from dinner." This week we're talking about the buddy comedy we didn't know we needed: Quiz Lady, starring Sanda Oh and Awkwafina. Also discussed: secret emergency phrases, Jeoprady!, and Lisa's history of journaling.       Show notes:   Awkwafina is Nora From Queens... and Now a Wax Figure!    Carlos Hernandez Fisher's episode in the Jeoprady archive   Recommendations: Andrea G.:  The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (TV)  Andrea W.:  Dicks: The Musical (movie)  Lisa:  Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "A1 Rogue" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewin

Summary:   "I'm a cowboy, you're a dancer. I'm a Pisces, you're a Cancer." This week Morgan Brayton joins us to talk about Carolyn Taylor's figure skating docu-comedy I Have Nothing. Also discussed: Blue Eye Samurai, the Brother Twelve cult, and KISS's final tour.      Show notes:   Carolyn Taylor and Mae Martin's "I Have Nothing" music video (YouTube)   Katarina Witt (GDR) - 1988 Calgary, Figure Skating, Ladies' Long Program (YouTube)     Recommendations: Andrea G.:  Blue Eye Samurai (Netflix) Andrea W.:  The Marvels (movie) Lisa: The Killer (Netflix) Morgan: The Brother Twelve Cult of Vancouver Island    Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "A1 Rogue" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop

Summary:   "Emotional truffle pig." This week we are talking about the show we think everyone needs to see, maybe even multiple times: Deadloch. Also discussed: Quiz Lady, the new memoir from Britney Spears, and Cynara's new zinc saucier invention.      Show notes:   Cynara on Tiktok   Recommendations: Andrea G.:  Quiz Lady (movie)  Andrea W.: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears (audiobook) Cynara: Spiral Bound by Rebecca Sugar (music)      Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "A1 Rogue" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This!

Summary:   "Kiss and cry." This week we talk about one of Lisa's all-time favourite movies: The Way We Were. Also discussed: Skate Canada International 2023, new music from Gary Beals, and lapel literacy.      Show notes:   Every movie referenced/watched in Gilmore Girls (including quotes) (Letterboxed)   Barbra Streisand on The Way We Were and Her Fight to Get It Right (Vanity Fair)   Recommendations: Andrea G.:  Gary Beals, The Melody Within (music)  Andrea W.:  Mrs. Sidhu Investigates (TV) Lisa:  Mating by Norman Rush (book)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "A1 Rogue" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewi

Summary:   "Tote bag era." This week everyone's favourite guest star Cynara Geissler joins us to talk about Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert film. Also discussed: What We Do In The Shadows, Lupin and winterizing our wardrobes.      Show notes:    Cynara on TikTok   Recommendations: Andrea G.:  "My Delirious Trip to the Heart of Swiftiedom" by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (New York Times)  Andrea W.: What We Do in The Shadows (Seasons 1-5) (TV) Lisa: Lupin, Season 3 (TV)   Cynara: I Have Nothing (TV)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "A1 Rogue" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stit

Summary:   “Do I look like some kind of monster?" This week we get in the spirit of the season by watching the hit horror film Barbarian and coming to terms with the fact that basements and Airbnb will never be the same. Also discussed: a secret X-Files episode, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the new Indigo Girls documentary.     Show notes:   Don English on social media   These scary movies raise heart rates the most study finds    Recommendations: Andrea G.:  Feel Good (Mae Martin's show on Netflix)  Andrea W.: It's Only Life After All (Indigo Girls documentary)  Lisa:  Beckham (Netflix) Don: The Changeling (TV)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "A1 Rogue" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Summary:   “All the best people have bad chests and bone diseases. It's all frightfully romantic.” This week we talk about an infamous murder and intense teenage friendship in the film Heavenly Creatures. Also discussed: malls as retirement villas, Alex Cuba, and the clothing label Esprit.   Show notes:   "I was guilty. I did my time’: Anne Perry, the novelist whose past caught up with her (The Guardian)   Recommendations: Andrea G.:  The Boy and The Heron (film) Andrea W.: Alex Cuba Tiny Desk concert (music) Lisa: The Lost City (movie)     Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please con

Summary:   "Who needs a prince charming when you can be your own hero?” This week Sidney from Warriors Bards 'N Brews joins us to talk about one of their favourite films, Ever After: A Cinderella Story. Also discussed: coupon TikTok, Heavenly Creatures, and the enduring power of the "Mummer's Dance."     Show notes:   Bad Photo Good Food (Sidney's food Instagram)   Mummer's Dance by Loreena McKennitt    Recommendations: Andrea G.: I Have Nothing (Crave) Andrea W.: And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott (book)   Lisa:  The Supermodels (Apple +)  Sidney: The Great North (TV)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on Tumbl

Summary:   "More like Thanks-taking." This week we watch a star-studded Thanksgiving movie that for some reason no one has ever heard of called What's Cooking? Also discussed: The Morning Show, #VIFF2023, and some exciting upcoming fall events.   Show notes:   ‘What’s Cooking?’ Simmers in Los Angeles Melting Pot (LA Times)   Recommendations: Andrea G.:  VIFF (film festival); specifically The Boy and The Heron and 32 Sounds Andrea W.:  Rise Up And Sing! by Andrea Warner (book)  Lisa:  The Morning Show, Season 3 (Apple+)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and ra

Summary:   "You don't care about feminism. Your favorite show is Entourage!" We invite Chloe from Warriors Bards 'n Brews to talk about the horror-action-teen-sex-comedy Bottoms. Also discussed:  Theatre Camp, Debby Friday's Polaris-winning album Good Luck, and the possibility that Lisa might not like pizza.     Show notes:   Warriors Bards 'n Brews (podcast)   Chloe Krause Photography   Chloe on Instagram   Recommendations: Andrea G.: Debby Friday, Good Luck (music)   Andrea W.:  How To Fail As A Pop Star (TV)   Lisa: Catwalk (1995 documentary)   Chloe: Talk To Me (movie)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on Tumb

Summary:   "It isn't art until someone says it is." We re-visit the Julia Roberts 2003 period drama Mona Lisa Smile but still can't quite figure out what it's supposed to be about. Also discussed: Rumor Has It, The Legend of Billie Jean, and How Did This Get Made: The Secret.      Show notes:   How Did This Get Made - EP 211 - The Secret (podcast)   The Legend of Billie Jean (movie)   Dominic West and Wife Catherine FitzGerald Say They're "Still Together" Despite Those Lily James Photos (E!)     Recommendations: Andrea G.:  I Like Movies (Netflix) Andrea W.:  Song By Song - A podcast about Tom Waits (podcast) Lisa: Selling the O.C. (Netflix)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By

Summary:   "Thanks to Barbie, all problems of feminism have been solved." Summer has passed and we're still talking about that Barbie movie, but this time, journalist Michelle Cyca joins us to give us her thoughts. Also discussed: Red Shoe Diaries, Tom Cruise, and new music from Hannah Georgas.     Show notes:   Red Shoe Diaries: rewatching a 90s’ ‘classic (Den of Geek)   Michelle Cyca   Recommendations: Andrea G.: I'd Be Lying If I Said I Didn't Care by Hannah Georgas (music)   Andrea W.:  Bottoms (movie)   Lisa:  Verity by Colleen Hoover (book) Michelle: "My Impossible Mission to Find Tom Cruise" by Caity Weaver (NYTimes article)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attributi

Summary:   "I'm too old to be young and too young to be old." This week author Kerry Clare joins us to talk about one of her favourite movies about friendship, Fried Green Tomatoes. Also discussed: dads, the song "Cat's in the Cradle," and Kerry's new novel, Waiting for a Star to Fall.      Show notes:   Cat's in the Cradle (Songfacts)   Kerry Clare   Recommendations: Andrea G.:  The Americans (TV) Andrea W.:  Waiting for a Star to Fall by Kerry Clare (book)  Lisa: RHONY (new season) Kerry: The Myth Makers by Keziah Weir (book)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing

Summary:   "Gentle unguarded eyes." Comic Joanne Tsung sits in for Lisa Christiansen on this episode and she helps us tackle The Lake House, ushering in a rude ending to the what was an otherwise beautiful summer of Keanu Reeves that we enjoyed in 2019. Also discussed: magical dogs, turtlenecks, and 2006 movie tropes.   Show notes:   Joanne Tsung on Instagram   The Lake House trailer Il Mare trailer How Did This Get Made? The Lake House LIVE! (podcast) Keanu Reeves' dramatic sneezing (Instagram) Fox Hole Comedy Recommendations: Andrea W.: Lightning Dust, Spectre (music) Joanne: Gentleman Jack (TV)   Music credits:    "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and ra

Summary:   "Be funny at least." We are on a summer break and have pulled an oldie-but-goodie out of the archives for you to enjoy. Author and podcaster Dina Del Bucchia joins us on this episode to share her considerable expertise in the genre of rom-coms and discuss the classic Meg Ryan movie You've Got Mail.  Also discussed: '90s hair, Pretty Little Liars, and the Godfather.     Show notes:   China White Shots   Dina Del Bucchia's personal website   Can't Lit podcast Dina Del Bucchia on Twitter   Rectum keychain, similar to Dina's   It's A Big Deal, an upcoming book by Dina Del Bucchia   You've Got Mail trailer   Joe Versus the Volcano trailer   This American Life: "Rom-Com"   This Is How Meg Ryan Really Feels About Her Iconic Haircut (Refinery29)     Recommendations:   Andrea: You Must Remember This (podcast)   Lisa: The Dropout (podcast)   Dina: Derry Girls (Netflix), A Mind Spread Out On The Ground by Alicia Elliott (book)   Music credits:    "Back to the '90s" by Douglas Mulvey aka D-REX From F

Summary: It seems like only yesterday that we first talked about Amy Sherman Palladino's latest hit show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Now, in the year 2023, we are witness to its fifth and final season. This week's summer re-release episode harkens back to 2020 when we discussed the first season of the period comedy-drama with the always-funny Morgan Brayton.      Show notes:   Morgan Brayton   Morgan Brayton on Twitter   The Lady Show   Pioneering comic Jean Carroll (YouTube)   Lenny Bruce: All Alone (YouTube)   Shtick, stereotypes, and self-parody: How ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ gets Jewish culture wrong (LA Times)     Recommendations: Andrea W.:  The Allusionist: Live on the Road (podcast) Lisa: Catch and Kill with Ronan Farrow (podcast)  Morgan:  I Saw Three Ships by Bill Richardson (book)   Music credits: "Nouvelle Noel" by Kevin MacLeod Music from https://filmmusic.io CC BY 4.0 "Ghost" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod Fro

Summary:   "Clever girls." We are taking a summer break and pulling some classics out of the archive. This is an oldie but goodie from 2020, when we invited many-time guest Hannah McGregor on the podcast to talk about her feminist read of Jurassic Park and why she thinks it is a perfect movie. Also discussed: Boniface, Insecure and She-Ra and the Princess of Power.      Show notes:   Leandra & Harling Debate: Is Getting Dressed Only Satisfying If Other People See It? (Man Repeller)   Episode 3.1 - Jurassic Park (Secret Feminist Agenda)   'Jurassic Park’ is an Inherently Feminist Interpretation (Paleontology World)   Music credits "Back to the '90s" by Douglas Mulvey AKA D-REX From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop Th