Podstruck: A Rom Com Rewind

This week we are joined by special guest Ashley Nicole Black (Shrinking, Bad Monkey, Ted Lasso, A Black Lady Sketch Show) to cover another Christmas rom-com classic, "Last Holiday" starring Queen Latifah and LL Cool J. Join us as we discuss LL Cool J's arms, Queen Latifah's charms, and why we aren't buying her as a sad down on her luck "spinster"! Other take aways from Last Holiday: all billionaires are bad, base jumping is not for us, Giancarlo Esposito can get it, and Hotel Pupp is a real place and yes, it's pronounced "poop". If you love manifestation, small Eastern European towns and commiserating over America's broken healthcare system, then this movie is for you!Follow Ashley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashnb1Follow Podstruck on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podstruckpod/Podstruck TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podstruckpodcastCheck out our Patreon and vote on Meet Cutie Perks: https://www.patreon.com/c/PodstruckpodThis weeks episode was edited by Nick Duke Instagram: @n_dukie

This week we are joined by special guest Stephanie Beatriz (Man On The Inside, Brooklyn 99, Encanto, In The Heights) to cover a Christmas classic, "Love Actually". Join us as we discuss Alan Rickman as a love interest, and whether you'd get down with Snape or nah, Keira Knightley's creepy love triangle and how we romanticized stalking in the aughts, and why Colin Firth can always GET IT. And of course we dive fully into Hugh Grant's storyline with his not so subtly Monica Lewinsky coded love interest, Natalie. And we aren't afraid to say it: WE WANT MORE FOR LAURA LINNEY'S CHARACTER! This rom-com is full of Christmas cheer AND workplace harassment! A combo we never knew we needed!Follow Stephanie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniebeatrizFollow Podstruck on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podstruckpod/Podstruck TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podstruckpodcastCheck out our Patreon and vote on Meet Cutie Perks: https://www.patreon.com/c/PodstruckpodThis weeks episode was edited by Matt Mancini

This week we "go troppo" for the 2023 rom com hit, Anyone But You starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. Special guest Alex Levy joins the pod as we dig into whether butter should be cut from the middle of the pat, how grilled cheese sandwich making IS foreplay, and why you CANNOT get chlamydia from a koala. Fascinating stuff. Also romantic comedy fave, Dermot Mulroney, graces us with his presence in this movie and this may or may not cause Elena to go into an existential spiral about aging. If you love Natasha Beddingfield's Unwritten, the scenic wonder that is Australia, and fingers in the butt, then this episode is for you!Follow Alex Levy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AlexLevyFollow Podstruck on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podstruckpod/Podstruck TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podstruckpodcastCheck out our Patreon and vote on Meet Cutie Perks: https://www.patreon.com/c/PodstruckpodThis weeks episode was edited by Nick Duke: Instagram @n_dukie

Podstruck covers another Julia Roberts classic rom-com with My Best Friend's Wedding, a movie where everyone is determined to ruin sweet Cameron Diaz's life. Brooke Wied (Grace & Frankie) joins Elena Crevello and Chelsea Davison to discuss everything from how hot Dermot Mulroney is, to why bugs are the future! Brooke gives us the skinny on how Rupert Everett pitched himself to be in the ending of the movie (we do not fact check anything here - so don't quote us), and we hash out whether Julia and Dermott were actually even friends to begin with. Wow - what a journey! Join us as we rewatch the movie that taught a nation that Cameran Diaz can not sing worth a damn.Follow Brooke Wied on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/BrookeWiedFollow Podstruck on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podstruckpod/Podstruck TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podstruckpodcastCheck out our Patreon and vote on Meet Cutie Perks: https://www.patreon.com/c/Podstruckpod

Usually cheating is NOT the answer, but in this week's rom-com, The Wedding Planner, it IS the answer! We are joined by special guest, actress Michelle Ortiz (This Fool on Hulu, Primos on Disney, MadTV, I Think You Should Leave) and we discuss everything from Jennifer Lopez's Gucci heels, to Matthew McConaughey's tiny glasses, his obsession with his sister and one hot tango dance number! Plus we get THE Judy Greer for the first time playing what else but the quirky best friend... If you love horseback riding, San Francisco, weddings, and only the brown M&M's - then this episode is for you!Follow Michelle Ortiz on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelleortizFollow Podstruck on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podstruckpod/Podstruck TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podstruckpodcastCheck out our Patreon and vote on Meet Cutie Perks: https://www.patreon.com/c/Podstruckpod

Is Richard Gere hot or not? And did this movie in fact need MORE close ups of his nipples? OR more close up magic? Is Julia Roberts believable as a call girl? And would you ever let a date order for you? We cover all of this and MORE as we dive into the 1990 smash hit Pretty Woman on this week's episode of Podstruck!Follow Podstruck on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podstruckpod/Podstruck TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podstruckpodcastCheck out our Patreon and vote on Meet Cutie Perks: https://www.patreon.com/c/Podstruckpod

Who says Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew can't be remade as a 2003 rom-com featuring Gabrielle Union with a personality disorder and LL Cool J in bondage? Chelsea Davison, Elena Crevello, and Rochée Jeffrey talk about the wild sexist ride that is Deliver Us From Eva.Rochée Jeffrey is our guest this week! Rochée is a writer, director and comedian whose credits include Grownish on ABC, SMILF on Showtime, Woke on Hulu and a podcast on Audible called Yes We Cannabis. Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rocheejeffrey/Podstruck Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podstruckpod/Podstruck TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podstruckpodcastCheck out our Patreon and vote on Meet Cutie Perks: https://www.patreon.com/c/Podstruckpod

Is blackmail the answer to getting a green card AND love?! Podstruck kicks off another rom-com trope category with The Proposal, the Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy that is both charming and a tad racist. Elena Crevello and Chelsea Davison are joined by Margaret Kaminski to argue over the movie's fashion, why birds are a REAL threat to society, and whether the actors have any chemistry.Podstruck Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podstruckpod/Podstruck TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podstruckpodcastCheck out our Patreon and vote on Meet Cutie Perks: https://www.patreon.com/c/Podstruckpod

For a special and spooooky Halloween episode of Podstruck, we rewatch the 90s cult classic Practical Magic and debate whether it fits the typical rom com structure, whether all women are inherently magical, whether Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman have ever looked better, and if male critics gave this movie an unfair grade or if sexism in Hollywood is to blame.Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podstruckpod/Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podstruckpodcastCheck out our Patreon and vote on Meet Cutie Perks: https://www.patreon.com/c/Podstruckpod