America's Sweethearts (2001)

02/27/19 • 73 min

Stretch your quads, we're back on a Cusack run and discussing Diana's pick America's Sweethearts (2001). This is Polina's first time watching and she explains the first fifteen minutes set up a satire that the rest of the movie did not pay off. Due to her habit of fast forwarding, Diana has memories of a more emotionally stable version of John Cusack's Eddie.

A movie publicist deals with the messy public split of his movie's co-stars while keeping reporters at bay while a reclusive director holds the film's print hostage. Stars Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Crystal, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Seth Green, Larry King, Rainn Wilson, Eric Balfour, and Ann Cusack. (from IMDb.com)

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It Could Happen to You (1994)

We discuss Diana's pick It Could Happen to You (1994). Young Diana was more interested in the lottery spending montages than the budding romance. This is Polina's first time watching the movie and naturally she noticed Nicolas Cage's uncharacteristically subdued performance.

A police officer promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress in lieu of a tip. Stars Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez, Wendell Pierce, Isaac Hayes, Seymour Cassel, Stanley Tucci, Red Buttons, Richard Jenkins, plus Vincent Pastore as Bowling Team Member #1 and Emily Deschanel as Paint Throwing Fur-Activist. (from IMDb.com)

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Sixteen Candles (1984)

The Cusack run continues, but it's more like a walk as we spend more time fawning over Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling). Sixteen Candles (1984) is officially Polina's pick, but Diana was also deeply attached to this now pretty upsetting movie. Be prepared for a more serious than usual and long discussion about reconciling our sentimentality over this “damn date rape movie with a dreamy lead”. Quote from Diana off microphone.

Samantha's family has forgotten her sixteenth birthday, a day that could be perfect if only Jake Ryan would look her way. Stars Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Anthony Michael Hall, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, Paul Dooley, Carlin Glynn, Justin Henry, Blanche Baker, and John Cusack. (from Netflix.com and IMDb.com)

Articles Polina and Diana mention:

What About “The Breakfast Club”? Revisiting the movies of my youth in the age of #MeToo. By Molly Ringwald https://bit.ly/2JqJaGy

The rape culture of the 1980s, explained by Sixteen Candles by Constance Grady

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