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We're talking about movies that scared us as children as we look at Walter Murch's notoriously scarring 1985 film Return to Oz - Disney's first complete attempt to adapt L. Frank Baum.  Join in as we discuss Murch's storied career, the magical properties of chickens, the 2022 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, and the trouble with trying to adapt Oz stories after 1939.  Plus: How did the chicken get to Oz? Is the Nome King a genderfluid icon? Would this actually work better as a musical? And, most importantly, did Will do so much research he broke his brain?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Game Night (2018) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

Now that the holidays are over, we've got enough distance to look at one of the most stressful Christmases ever put to film: the awkward dramedy of The Family Stone!  Join in as we discuss movie allergens, the film's deliberate abrasiveness, and twin romance swaps.  Plus: Is Claire Danes the only normal person in this movie? Is it time to recast the Boss Baby? Should this movie be narrated by Carrie Bradshaw? And, most importantly, can anybody actually tell what age Rachel McAdams is in any role?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Return to Oz (1985) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're going all in on Municipal Darwinism as we climb aboard a traction city to talk about our favorite box office bomb of 2018, Christian Rivers's Mortal Engines!  Join in as we discuss cyborgs, the Big Tilt, writer-producer Peter Jackson, and our bff Shrike (the resurrected man).  Plus: How does everyone know Pandora Shaw? Why does Tom only want to date Valentine's relatives? Should this movie have featured the cast of Riverdale? And, most importantly, why did Shrike (the resurrected man, member of the Lazarus Brigade, survivor of the Nomad Wars) have to die???  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: The Family Stone (2005) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're ending the year with a new direction for our frenemies at DreamWorks Animation as we look at their long-delayed Puss in Boots movie!  Join in as we discuss the new DreamWorks intro, assess the villains of The Last Wish, dig into the studio's new animation style, and bond over going to the bathroom during the trailer for Shazam 2.  Plus: Is Elvis gonna win Best Picture? Should Top Gun: Maverick be nominated for Best Grownup Love Story by AARP? What would you do if your AirBnB were double-booked? and, most importantly, have donkeys displaced rabbits as cinema's favorite animals?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Mortal Engines (2018) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're ending this year's Christmas series with a movie that came out in June: Tim Burton's surprisingly violent and horny superhero sequel, Batman Returns!  Join in as we discuss animal resurrection, the loose continuity of the 89-97 Batman movies, the evolution of the Penguin, our own favorite Batmen and Alfreds.  Plus: Why didn't Catwoman die? Can she reach the Heaviside Layer when she does? What exactly does Max Shreck's mystery machine do? And what happened to the two different Black stars who were cast but do not appear in this movie??  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) (and our top ten movies of this year!) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

As Christmas approaches, we check in on the military record of jolly old Saint Nick in the famously terrible 1964 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.  Join in as we discuss holiday specials, Pia Zadora, Martian naming conventions, and Mrs. Claus's screen debut.  Plus: How much conquest actually occurs in this movie? Were Martian kids sad before they had TV? Is the theme for this movie good? And, most importantly, is Santa dumb???  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Batman Returns (1992) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're continuing our sort-of Christmas with a look at the romance of Billy Wilder's 1960 Best Picture winner The Apartment, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and a shocking amount of adultery.  Join in as we discuss our favorite movie apartments, the split reaction to this movie, the real-life Hollywood sex scandal that (partially) inspired it, and the upcoming film Jesus Revolution.  Plus: How do all those apartments fit into this building? Why is there so much demand to use it? Is Baxter even good at his job? And how do you play gin rummy anyway?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're kicking off the Christmas season with a Yuletide thriller as Robert Redford exposes CIA secrets in Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor.  Join in as we discuss "technically Christmas" movies, the differences between the movie and its source novel, the cultural and political environment of the 1970s, and the career of animation director turned RHOBH guest star Rob Minkoff.  Plus: Is The Wizard of Oz an Easter movie? What is a CIA assistant director's salary? What happens to Condor at the end? And, most importantly, at what point does a stew become a casserole?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: The Apartment (1960) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

As the 2022 awards season gets underway, we're taking a look at the last pre-podcast Best Picture winner: Barry Jenkins's quiet masterpiece, Moonlight.  Join in as we discuss movies we've never seen, our love of Nicholas Britell, the differences between the movie and Terrell Alvin McRaney's play, and - of course - what might be the craziest Oscars moment ever.  Plus: Where does La La Land come down on the jazz debate? What advice does Will have for people at school? And, most importantly, will there have been major news stories about any of the people we discussed since we recorded this episode two and a half months ago? Probably not, right?!?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Three Days of the Condor (1975)  TW: This episode contains audio clips with strong racial and homophobic language. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday by checking into a possibly-unsavory resort in Yorgos Lanthimos's 2016 art-house favorite The Lobster!  Join in as we discuss Lanthimos's ups and downs in the US, the Oscar history of star Colin Farrell, European film financing, and vengeful elephants.  Plus: What are the rules for determining someone's definint trait? Does Lea Seydoux actually want to change the society? Did David leave the diner? And, most importantly, what animals would we all turn into?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Moonlight (2016) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We've got a real-life geologist on the show this week to walk us through the tectonic and platonic relationships of the 2003 disaster movie The Core, starring Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank.  Join in as we discuss unobtanium, the Earth's magnetic field, our favorite movie rocks, the hard life of a terranaut.  Plus: Is this movie a reverse Armageddon? Was it a mistake to open The Core opposite the US invasion of Iraq? What kinds of things are rocks? And, most importantly, does this movie believe birds aren't real??  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: The Lobster (2016) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're ringing in our fifth birthday with our first dive into Christian cinema for a look at the 2008 Kendrick Brothers hit Fireproof!  Join in as we discuss Kirk Cameron, chain emails, stress relief, and The Love Dare.  Plus: Where does this fit in the history of Christian cinema? Does Catherine have an Elektra complex? Is James Bond a moral exemplar? And, most importantly, did former U.S. President Jimmy Carter work on this movie?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: The Core (2003) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're ending our spooky season with a possibly-cursed episode on Dan Curtis's 1976 haunted house movie Burnt Offerings!  Join in as we discuss our favorite Halloween traditions, Bette Davis's onset feuds, the death of Oliver Reed, and the silent hearse driver.  Plus: Is this whole vacation made up of chores? What's the deal with the Allardyce kids? Why do the only transfers of this movie for rent look so bad? And, most importantly, why was there so much child death in the movies we did this October?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Fireproof (2007) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're not sure whether it should count as part of our Halloween spooktacular, but the advertising for Darren Aronofsky's 2017 film mother! certainly led us to believe it should!  Join in as we discuss the varied discourses of mother!'s release, the film's surprisingly effective (if blunt) storytelling, the PETA Oscats, and Christ allegories.  Plus: What's in that yellow drink? Why didn't mother brace the sink? Where did Michelle Pfeiffer's character buy that ugly bra? And, most importantly, what's Jennifer Lawrence's favorite Silly Song with Larry?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Burnt Offerings (1976) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're continuing our October spooktacular with a look at the romance of James Whale's 1933 adaptation of The Invisible Man!  Join in as we discuss fictional drugs, the Invisible Woman, the film's complete lack of an opening act, its groundbreaking visual effects, and, of course, the Dark Universe.  Plus: Why did Claude Raines and James Whale fight onset? What is Flora and Jack's relationship? Is the invisible man hot? And, most importantly, is there going to be a new Nicole Kidman AMC video this year?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: mother! (2017) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're celebrating the release of Halloween Ends by looking at the franchise's original threequel: 1982's Season of the Witch!  Join in as we discuss doomsday plans, the continuity of the Halloween franchise, deceptive app ads, and how to spice up your financially-strapped relationship.  Plus: Why are there so many unrelated movies called "Season of the Witch"? Is this movie's reputation as "the bad one" deserved? Why is Michael Meyers scary? And, most importantly, what exactly is Cochran's goal?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: The Invisible Man (1933) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

In honor of its long-awaited sequel, we're taking a look at the teenage romance of Kenny Ortega's beloved(?) holiday classic(?), Hocus Pocus!  Join in as we discuss Ortega's career, our favorite cinematic witches, the movie's long development, and the iconic Salem-California rivalry.  Plus: When did the cat learn to talk? Why doesn't Sarah Jessica Parker's spell work on the main characters? How did this critically-panned box office flop become so popular? And (and this is a hard one to answer), is the main character a virgin at the start of the movie?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

In 1992, Eddie Murphy, director Reginald Hudlin, and the writers of Coming to America made a foray into the world of romantic comedies with Boomerang, a movie about a playboy who decides it's time to settle down.  Join in as we discsus the movie's shockingly racist critical reaction, the changes to the script along the way, token white people, and the 1992 MTV Movie Awards.  Plus: Remember that horny Incredibles 2 review? When exactly does Angela move into Marcus's place? Can we get Marc that mushroom outfit? And, most importantly, why is this movie called "Boomerang"?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Hocus Pocus (1993) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're taking a look at a miniscule romance in the 1937 Anna May Wong vehicle Daughter of Shanghai, which ends with a proposal nobody saw coming!  Join in as we discuss going Wong's storied career, going undercover, money laundering tips, and U.S. immigration history.  Plus: What's the weirdest Batman villain? Who should play Bond next? And, most importantly, can you force your lawyer to run your business?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Boomerang (1992) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

We're headed across - but not into! - dimensional space as we look at the bizarre romance of the 1984 cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the Eighth Dimension, starring Peter Weller and Ellen Barkin.  Join in as we discuss the movie's thoroughly stacked cast, John Lithgow's Italian accent, stories told by children, and whether it's weird to date twins.  Plus: How does Buckaroo get so much done in one day? How many worlds is he pulled between? Has he ever been wrong? And why are the Lectroids not just targeting New Jersey?  Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe!  Next week: Daughter of Shanghai (1937) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message