Love at First Screening
By Chelsea Ciccone & Madison Hill
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Episodes: 114
Description
An examination of classic tropes and iconic characters pits connoisseur against cynic—one romantic comedy at a time. The cinematic world of love and laughter had rom-com enthusiast Madison head over heels from the time Harry met Sally. For genre skeptic Chelsea, however, it’s been a grueling enemies-to-lovers plot. In Love at First Screening, Madison introduces Chelsea to all the fan-favorite love stories she’s never wanted to watch. One friend’s passion might be the other’s displeasure, but doesn’t love conquer all? Tune in every Wednesday to find out.
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Real Estate Love Story (Under the Tuscan Sun)
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Nov 04, 2026 |
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Corporeal Below the Knees (The Love Hypothesis)
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Oct 21, 2026 |
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Chelsea has 8,000 Questions (Eternity)
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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We've Got a PR Package! (Middle Life)
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Purse Wine Book Club (Beach Read)
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Rom Com Respawn: The Mummy (1999)
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Don't Cheat-- Just Break Up (What If)
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Does the Dog Cry?!! (Return to Me)
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Another Terrible Pick (Not Another Happy Ending)
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Opa! This Episode's Not Inappropriate (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Hi Gay, Happy Pride (A Nice Indian Boy)
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Africa Has No Hospitals, Only Toned Men and Toucans (George of the Jungle)
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May 27, 2026 |
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Dump Josh (Imagine Me and You)
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May 13, 2026 |
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Mads' Mouth Is Only for Communion (People We Meet on Vacation)
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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The 100th Episode Spectacular
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Pedro Pascal Could Fly a Helicopter (Materialists)
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Cocaine Rollerskates (Xanadu)
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Have Yourself a Manic Pixie Dream...Ghost? (Last Christmas)
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Channing Tatum Sends Us Into Orbit (Fly Me To The Moon)
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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A Case for Chatty Polycules (Move Over, Darling)
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Keep Bleeding Love (Heart Eyes)
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Electrified Boy Toys and Dismembered Genitalia (Lisa Frankenstein)
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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A Spirited Love Story (Just Like Heaven)
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Why Another Jane Austen Adaptation? (Emma)
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Not Your Average Rom-Com (Save the Date)
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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You Can't Spell Espionage Without Lesbians (D.E.B.S.)
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Cat Ladies Hate Tom Cruise (Jerry Maguire)
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Christian Rock Awkwardness (Saved!)
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Mads Finally Gets It Right (While You Were Sleeping)
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Tomei Saves the Day (Only You)
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May 28, 2025 |
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This Is a Crying Episode, Get Over It (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
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May 14, 2025 |
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Podcastin' in the Rain (Singin' in the Rain)
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May 07, 2025 |
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A Calculated Inflation Tease (The Wedding Singer)
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Birds Are Very Queer (But I'm A Cheerleader)
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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This Time Travel Tale Flatlines (Peggy Sue Got Married)
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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An Exploration of Grief (Sleepless in Seattle)
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Madison's No-Good Charlatan Premiere (A Knight's Tale)
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Gal Pals: A Sapphic Rom Com Roadtrip
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Rom Com Respawn: Night at the Museum (2006)
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Gillian Anderson for Christmas, Please (Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun)
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Chasing Ghosts Through NYC (Serendipity)
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Katharine Hepburn: An Icon (Desk Set)
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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We're All Too Tired for your Nuptials (The Wedding Year)
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Find Ella Somebody to Love (Practical Magic)
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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All-American Silly Goose Keira Knightley (Laggies)
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Andrea's Audition to be Nic Cage's 6th Wife (Moonstruck)
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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What the Hell is MILF Cinema? (The Idea of You)
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Justin Trudeau Fills a Power Vacuum (Wanderlust)
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Daniel Radcliffe's Villain Era (The Lost City)
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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A Plea for Libraries (Two Weeks Notice)
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Love Is Olympic Gold...I Guess (The Cutting Edge)
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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A Shakesperean Return (Anyone But You)
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Never Date a Screenwriter (Tales from the LAFSters)
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Rom Com Respawn: My Cousin Vinny (1992)
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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RWRB Part Two: Electric Boogaloo
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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History, Huh? Bet LAFS Could Make Some (Red, White & Royal Blue Part 1)
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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The Crocodile Dies at the End (Romancing the Stone)
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May 22, 2024 |
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Free Chelsea 2024 (Sabrina)
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May 16, 2024 |
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Abandon All Composure (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)
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May 08, 2024 |
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Bottoms Up with Senator Green (Bottoms)
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May 01, 2024 |
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Orphans Need Therapy, Women Need Friends (No Reservations)
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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David Tennant Fan Club (The Decoy Bride)
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Perfectly Palatable Heterosexuals (Must Love Dogs)
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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"It Should've Been Gay" (Runaway Bride)
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Rage Eating Ice Cream in Greece (My Life in Ruins)
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Shooting Our Shot (Love & Basketball)
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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All About That Time Loop (Palm Springs)
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Golly Gosh, What An Underwhelming Start (Your Place or Mine)
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Boyfriend Material/Husband Material: A LAFS Book Review
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Bangin' and Bucks Ain't Your Business
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Halloween On Christmas Eve
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Gay Pirates (Enemies to Lovers)
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Hozier's Hocus Pocus Himbo Heist (Paranormal Romance)
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Is the Kama Sutra a Tax Write Off? (Over 55 Romance)
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Misguided Proposals Make a Big Splash (The Bet)
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Invite Chelsea to Your Failed Wedding (Drunken Wedding Shenanigans)
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Overthrowing a Magical Mafia, It's the Perfect Date (Second-Chance Romance)
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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$1000 Hot Dogs and Cher Drag (Marriage of Convenience)
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Real Heroes Quit (Secret Rock Star)
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Secret Oil Barons??? (Grumpy/Sunshine)
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Loose Women and Motel Leprosy (Only One Bed)
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Two Pints, One Pact (Fake Relationship)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Can’t Let Capitalism Keep Queer Love Apart!
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Henry Cavill, Victorian Dandy (Stardust)
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Rom-Com Respawn: Jennifer's Body (2009)
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Sexpertism with Nicole (Bonus Episode)
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May 24, 2023 |
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Un Film Horrible Sur Un Homme Horrible (Midnight in Paris)
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Heart-Eyed Hitmen Read Mothman Erotica...Probably (Mr. Right)
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Anti-Climactic Discussions (The Feels)
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Inopportune Celebrity Photo Ops and Other Funeral Faux Pas (Notting Hill)
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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At Least There's Diane Keaton (Something's Gotta Give)
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Always Maybe Never Monetize Your Hobbies (Always Be My Maybe)
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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A Grand Erection (Kate and Leopold)
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Workplace Smoochies?! Somebody Call HR (The Hating Game)
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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You're Not Ugly, You're Just Poor (Monster-in-Law)
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Gassy Ghosts and Flatulent Freeloaders (Lady of the Manor)
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Rom Communism Strikes Again (Roman Holiday)
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Totally Buggin’ at Paul Rudd’s Agelessness (Clueless)
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Escorting You into Season Two (The Wedding Date)
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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The Ghosts of LAFS Past: A Season One Retrospective
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Rom-Com Respawn: Blade (1998)
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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New Year, End of an Era? (When Harry Met Sally)
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Surviving the Holidays: Don’t Be So Goddamn Nosey (Single All the Way)
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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'Tis the Season to Fa la la la Fall for Jack Black (The Holiday)
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Sugar, Butter, Guillermo: A Ratatouille Prequel (Simply Irresistible)
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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New Episode Launches, McConaughey Doesn’t (Failure to Launch)
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Entering Our Val-lain Era (The Birdcage)
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Bean Burritos and the Hetero Agenda (Straight Up)
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Star Crossed Lovers and a Jilted Other (Rosaline)
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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A Plot Only Southerners Could Love? (Sweet Home Alabama)
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Tonight on America’s Most Wanted with John Walsh (Never Been Kissed)
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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My Fair Sex Worker: Eliza Doolittle on Hollywood Blvd. (Pretty Woman)
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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If Music Be the Food of Love, Play Hugh Grant (Music and Lyrics)
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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A New Podcast Is Waiting in Your Inbox (You've Got Mail)
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Oct 05, 2022 |