The Rom Com Rewrite Lisa Findley & Charles Adrian
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Lisa and Charles Adrian LOVE rom coms but they have some suggestions. In each episode they choose a film, take it lovingly apart and put it back together better. Warning: This podcast is all spoilers all the time!
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Always Be My Maybe
Always Be My Maybe
No notes. This is a gorgeous, funny, beautifully-performed, character-driven rom com.
Always Be My Maybe
Year: 2019
Written by: Ali Wong, Randall Park & Michael Golamco
Directed by: Nahnatchka Khan
Stars: Ali Wong, Randall Park, James Saito, Michelle Buteau, Vivian Bang, Keanu Reeves, Daniel Dae Kim
Show notes:
This month Lisa and Charles Adrian try very hard to put their fingers on exactly how it is that this rom com is as good as it is.
If you would like to skip the plot summary for this month’s film you can spool forward 9 and a half minutes into the episode.
Correction: when we talk about the Billy Eichner film Bros, we call it Boys. We mean Bros.
In this episode we mention the films:
The Apartment (1960) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053604/)
Notting Hill (1999) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125439/)
Bros* (2022) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9731598/)
Saving Face* (2004) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384504/)
Dirty Dancing* (1987) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092890/)
Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109831/)
About Time (2013) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194499/)
Love Actually (2003) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314331/)
And the TV series:
Don’t Trust The B In Apartment 23 (2012-2013) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1819509/)
Tuca & Bertie (2019-2022) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8036272/)
Fresh Off The Boat (2015-2020) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3551096/)
*Films marked with an asterisk have previously been featured on the podcast.
You can find a list of Hallmark Christmas movies on imdb here: https://m.imdb.com/list/ls068976997/ and you can read about Chekhov’s Gun on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun.
Next month we are planning to watch either or both of the following Meg Ryan-led rom coms: French Kiss (1995) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113117/) and IQ (1994) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110099/).
If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.
We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.
Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com).
Artwork is by Lisa Findley.
Thank you for listening! -
Mr Malcolm's List
But what if Mr Malcolm had written a more interesting list?
Mr Malcolm’s List
Year: 2022
Written by: Suzanne Allain
Based on the novel by: Suzanne Allain
Directed by: Emma Holly Jones
Stars: Zawe Ashton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Sope Dirisu, Theo James, Freida Pinto, Ashley Park
Show notes:
We love this film. Seriously. Full marks for performances, set, locations, score, costumes and more where this month’s film is concerned. Nevertheless, we have some notes on language & mores, our all-important B couple and the eponymous list.
If you would like to skip the plot summary for this month’s film you can skip forward 11 minutes into the episode.
In this episode we mention the TV shows Pride And Prejudice (1995) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112130/), Bridgerton (2020-) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8740790/) and Downton Abbey (2010-2015) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606375/) as well as the film Gosford Park (2001) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280707/). We also mention the novel Pride and Prejudice (1813) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice) and the play Much Ado About Nothing (1598?) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_Ado_About_Nothing).
Incidentally, the Mozart opera Charles Adrian was mostly likely thinking of is The Marriage Of Figaro (1786) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marriage_of_Figaro) and you can find out more about “the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery”, aka the Dulwich Picture Gallery (1811), here: https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/.
Next month we [are planning to watch The Apartment (1960) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053604/)] will watch Always Be My Maybe (2019) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7374948/).
If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.
We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.
Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com).
Artwork is by Lisa Findley.
Thank you for listening! -
Players
Players
They are very small poops and I make sure it’s only after greens.
Players
Year: 2024
Written by: Whit Anderson
Directed by: Trish Sie
Stars: Gina Rodriguez, Damon Wayans Jr., Tom Ellis, Augustus Prew, Joel Courney, Liza Koshy
Show notes:
This very charming film gets past a somewhat gross set-up to persuade us that its lovers belong together. Good job, film!
In this episode we mention the film Someone Great (2019) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8075260/) and the book The Game (2005) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game:_Penetrating_the_Secret_Society_of_Pickup_Artists).
If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.
We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.
Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com).
Artwork is by Lisa Findley.
Thank you for listening! -
The Wedding Planner
Who knew Mattifer (Jenthew?) would have so much chemistry!
The Wedding Planner
Year: 2001
Written by: Pamela Falk and Michael Ellis
Directed by: Adam Shankman
Stars: Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey
Show notes:
This podcast is now three years old!!! To celebrate, Lisa and Charles Adrian watched J Lo and Matt McConaughey do everything they need to do in this genuinely sweet and funny romantic comedy from the very beginning of the century.
The plot summary of this film finishes at about 10 minutes into the episode, in case you would like to skip it.
In this episode we mention the films:
Speed (1994) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111257/)
Failure To Launch* (2006) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427229/)
My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119738/)
Sliding Doors (1998) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120148/)
Rye Lane* (2023) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15893750/)
An Affair to Remember (1957) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050105/)
Sleepless In Seattle* (1993) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108160/)
Casablanca (1942) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/)
When Harry Met Sally* (1989) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098635/)
Marry Me (2022) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10223460/)
Hustlers (2019) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5503686/)
The Watermelon Woman (1996) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118125/)
Stud Life* (2012) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758770/)
Appropriate Behaviour (2014) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3077108/)
500 Days Of Summer (2009) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/)
And the TV series:
Superstore (2015-2021) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4477976/)
*Films marked with an asterisk have previously been featured on the podcast.
If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.
We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.
Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com).
Artwork is by Lisa Findley.
Thank you for listening! -
When Harry Met Sally
When Harry Met Sally
Can men and women ever really be friends??
When Harry Met Sally
Year: 1989
Written by: Nora Ephron
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan
Show notes:
This month Lisa and Charles Adrian invite you to spend New Year with them, enjoying one of the most perfect rom coms ever made.
In this episode we mention the film Same Time, Next Year (1978) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078199/) and the TV show How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460649/).
If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.
We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.
Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com).
Artwork is by Lisa Findley.
Thank you for listening! -
Merry & Gay
Merry & Gay
You think Christmas is bad in your house??
Merry & Gay
Year: 2022
Written by: Christin Baker
Based on a story by: Maggie Cummings and Megan Ullrich
Directed by: Christin Baker
Stars: Dia Frampton, Andi René Christensen
Show notes:
This movie has good bones but Single All The Way deserved more from its queer sibling.
Correction: we are not 0 for 4 at this point, as Charles Adrian says towards the end of the episode. We are only 0 for 3.
In this episode we mention the films:
Notting Hill (1999) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125439/)
You’ve Got Mail (1998) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128853/)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/)
Single All The Way (2021) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14315756/)
and the TV shows:
Crazy Ex Girlfriend (2015-2019) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4094300/)
Friends (1994-2004) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108778/)
A League Of Their Own (2022) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8226360/)
You can find the Guardian ‘How we met’ article Charles Adrian mentions here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/30/how-we-met-dressed-up-as-horse-i-was-the-bum.
Next month we will be watching When Harry Met Sally (1989) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098635/)
If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.
We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.
Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com).
Artwork is by Lisa Findley.
Thank you for listening!