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On this weeks episode we chat Bridgerton season 3, new Hunger Games novel, Practical Magic and Legally Blonde sequels, a Parenting Dump and so much more!
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Puppy Love is a 2023 Romantic Comedy directed by Nick Fabiano and Richard Alan Reid. This is the story of Max Stevenson played by Grant Gustin. An introvert he suffers from massive social anxiety in a post Covid world. To combat his anxiety, Max ends up adopting a dog, a King Charles Spaniel named Chloe. Around this time he jumps on a dating app and ends up on a date with Nicole Matthews, played by Lucy Hale. Nicole has also just adopted a dog, named Channing Tatum. Even though Nicole and Max don’t immediately hit it off… their dogs do… Channing gets Chloe pregnant and it forces Max and Nicole to stay in each others lives… and even maybe… kindle some flames in their relationship. 
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Couples Retreat is a 2009 Romantic Comedy directed by Peter Billingsly. This is the story of Dave played by Vince Vaughn and his wife Ronnie played by Malin Akerman. Dave and Ronnie are a typical married couple raising two young boys in the suburbs of Chicago, kinda in the whirlwind of parenthood and life. They have a few friends, Joey and Lucy played by Jon Favreau and Kristin Davis who have actually already agreed to separate… just… nobody knows that yet. Shane and Trudy played by Faizon Love and Kali Hawk who are polar opposites, Shane is in his 40’s, Trudy is 20… that’s basically all you need to know, and then there’s Jason and Cynthia Smith played by Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell. Jason and Cynthia have been struggling with infertility and because of that, their marriage has been struggling and with that… they have convinced the entire friend group to take a couples retreat to the island of Eden to rediscover themselves… and their marriages.
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The Fall Guy Is a 2024 Action Romantic Comedy directed by David Leitch. This is the story of Colt Seavers, played by Ryan Gosling. Colt is a Hollywood stuntman for A-list actor Tom Ryder played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Colt ends up in a romantic relationship with a camera operator on the set of Tom’s movies, Jodie played by Emily Blunt however, after a freak stunt accident gone wrong on the set of said movie Colt spirals into a pit of self doubt, he leaves his old world of stunt acting behind him… until he is thrust back into this world, when Tom Ryder goes missing on the set of a movie that Jodie is now directing.
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The Idea of You is a 2024 Romantic Comedy directed by Micharl Showalter based on the novel Robinne Lee. This is the story of Solene, played by Anne Hathaway, a divorced art gallery owner living in Los Angeles. Solene ends up going to Coachella with her daughter and her daughters friends where they have a meet and greet with pop boy band August Moon. There, Solene meets Hayes Campbell played by Nicholas Galitzine, Hayes is a member of August Moon. Hayes and Solene end up hitting it off however, they are challenged by the fact that Hayes is much younger, in an internationally successful boy band, Solene has an ex husband, and a teenage daughter, it causes some conflict.
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The Lake House is a 2006 fantasy romance directed by Alejandro Agresti. It’s based off a South Korean film. The Lake House is the story of Kate Forster played by Sandra Bullock. Kate is a physician living in Chicago and she starts a new job at a downtown hospital. She moved from a really unique lake house outside the city and she leaves a note for the next tenant to let them know a few quirks of the house. On Valentine’s Day the new tenant of the house Alex, played by Keanu Reeves arrives, discovers the letter and also discovers some discrepancies with the note. As Alex writes back to Kate we realize that they are communicating through time. Alex is living in 2004, 2 years to the date before Kate, and through the mailbox at the lake house they can actually communicate… and perhaps… fall in love? 
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