39 – Kate & Leopold
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English - February 11, 2019 05:00 - 61.1 MB - ★★★★ - 13 ratingsTV & Film why did watch this bad movies Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
What could possibly be more charming than having a late 19th century duke show up in your Manhattan apartment, offering you all of that 1870s class with none of that 1870s misogyny / racism / chauvinism? Very little aside from perhaps the scent of warm brioche smothered in marmalade and fresh creamery butter, posits James Mangold's 2001 romcom Kate & Leopold. Leigh, Brendan, and Chris watch their annual Valentine's Day movie with a drink worthy of a mid-tier budget television commercial and discuss the vague logistics of time travel, the challenges of making a romantic comedy where the guy is from an era before civil rights were a thing, and a case when a director's cut makes a movie horribly unsettling. We all hope that you out there have a Valentine's Day less objectionable than this movie, and with 100% less time travel-induced incest. Continue reading →
What could possibly be more charming than having a late 19th century duke show up in your Manhattan apartment, offering you all of that 1870s class with none of that 1870s misogyny / racism / chauvinism? Very little aside from perhaps the scent of warm brioche smothered in marmalade and fresh creamery butter, posits James Mangold’s 2001 romcom Kate & Leopold. Leigh, Brendan, and Chris watch their annual Valentine’s Day movie with a drink worthy of a mid-tier budget television commercial and discuss the vague logistics of time travel, the challenges of making a romantic comedy where the guy is from an era before civil rights were a thing, and a case when a director’s cut makes a movie horribly unsettling. We all hope that you out there have a Valentine’s Day less objectionable than this movie, and with 100% less time travel-induced incest.