“I don’t frighten anybody” **Mrs. Farnsworth shrieks** “Sorry to disturb you Mr. Farnsworth. Mrs. Farnsworth saw a mouse. She’s better now.” - Abbott “She just saw a mouse?” - Betty “No. Before. Outside. She relives it.” - Abbott Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Heaven Can Wait from 1978, the film made by Shirley MacLaine’s brother that m…

“It’s me, Claude! Claude Perkins!” “Get away from me Claude.” “That’s right! ‘Get Away From Me Claude’!” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering The Ritz from 1976, the high octane farce that’ll boost your esteem in regards to your deduction skills. This episode we’ll discuss Bette Middler, Zabars, and gay fantasia. For further coverage on The R…

“By the way, she couldn't be your real mother. She must've been left on your front doorstep one stormy night, in a cage.” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering What a Way to Go! from 1964, the black comedy coated in a saccharine–or so it would seem–bubblegum pink. This episode we’ll discuss Edith Head, NECO Wafers, and staring at the sun.…

"He blew a bubble with his gum. While I was singing! He can't do that while I'm SINGING!" Join your host Amanda Ladino and her friend Ali Fletcher, in discussing The Birdcage from 1996. The movie that I watched for the first time and then watched for the first 3 times immediately after that. In this episode, we'll discuss Sour Skittles, George of t…

**slap in the face** “How intimate?” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Jewel Robbery from 1932, the romantic farcical comedy that romanticizes more than just jewelry theft and loots more than a few petty emeralds, a mere couple of rubies, a pittance of a sapphire. The most desirable jewel stolen is the heart of Kay Francis and the audience…

**kiss** “Yeah. Bye.” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Rent-A-Cop from 1987, the seemingly platonic cop thriller until you realize, when Burt Reynolds try to kiss Liza Minnelli 70% into the film, that this is supposed to be an ex-c*p, ex-seggs worker love story. This episode we’ll discuss pizazz, Encino Man, and choreographed dancing.…

“Tell me nothing happened. Even if you lie, I’ll believe you.” “Nothing happened” “Jesus it sounds worse than before” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering The Cheap Detective from 1978, the noir pi spoof that cracks the hardboiled detective and chomps him and a cheap cigar down for breakfast. This episode we’ll discuss the rural purge, urns, …

“Or maybe the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove!” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering My Cousin Vinny from 1992, a legal comedy that aspires me not to be a lawyer but to go into an alternate universe where I’m a tough son of a b***h from New York. This episode we’ll discuss independent rear suspension, string on the floor, and Cal…

“Does my forehead not please you?” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering Jane Eyre from 1943/4, one of the many book adaptations that cut like half of the book to make the story a cute little gothic rom-com because we don’t have the time to turn the boat around to have an only semi-horrific ending. This episode we’ll discuss 1800s dating profi…

“Oron Trask?! The man who said, ‘What if we sliced the bread before we sold it?’” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering 1988’s Working Girl, the romantic aspirational comedy that glorifies the corporate, yuppie, “greed is good” lifestyle that simultaneously lacks life and style. This episode we’ll discuss fashion, appropriate work behavior, an…

“Smile so we can make a good impression.” **slams into bus** Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering the 1989 urban fantasy film about child labor and burnout, Kiki’s Delivery Service. This episode we’ll discuss burnout, support, and the masking of the identity of instant coffee.By Amanda Ladino

“Keats!” “It’s Shelley” “Keats!” “You just keept your mind off the poetry and on the pajamas and everything will be alright. I’ll be” “It’s Keats.” “It’s Shelley.” “I’ll be back in about ten minutes” Join your host, Amanda Ladino, in covering the 1953 romantic comedy, that presents us with life’s eternal lessons, of responsibility, duty, setting bo…

Welcome to Y2K? Escape reality into the peaceful portal of films from before the existence of your host, Amanda Ladino, and her subsequent existential crisis.By Amanda Ladino