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For Better or Worse: Pretty in Pink

For Better or Worse - June 07, 2013 17:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
To celebrate Shana's recent birthday, she and Mike cover their third John Hughes-penned movie: Pretty in Pink.
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For Better or Worse: The Golden Girls

For Better or Worse - May 24, 2013 13:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
How can The Golden Girls be both timeless and ripe for an update? Shana and Mike explain this very question as they remake the surprisingly progressive program into a new TV show and movie, respectively. (Closing song, "Zbornak," by Jonny McGovern.)
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For Better or Worse: Mr. Mom

For Better or Worse - May 10, 2013 15:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Just in time for Mother's Day, Shana and Mike pay tribute to motherhood by discussing and remaking a movie that has more to do with fatherhood: Mr. Mom.
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For Better or Worse: Major League

For Better or Worse - April 26, 2013 13:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Shana and Mike conclude baseball month on For Better or Worse by looking at the comedy classic Major League. Despite enjoying the film, one takes issue with an unintentionally creepy subplot, while the other is uneasy with the portrayal of a racial stereotype. (Note: Bob Uecker and Garrison Keill...
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For Better or Worse: Bull Durham

For Better or Worse - April 15, 2013 15:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Baseball season has officially arrived, and so has Shana and Mike's coverage of Bull Durham!
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For Better or Worse: What Women Want

For Better or Worse - March 29, 2013 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
What Women Want is quite possibly the most misogynistic movie of all time. Period. Also, Mike remakes a different movie, Shana justifiably rants, and Giselle takes a poop. Appropriately.
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For Better or Worse: A Few Good Men

For Better or Worse - March 15, 2013 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Once, a Hollywood producer said, "We live in a world that has remakes, and those remakes have to be produced by A Few Good Men with a vision. Who's gonna do it? You? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for The Honeymooners, and you curse The Transformers. You ...
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For Better or Worse: My Cousin Vinny

For Better or Worse - March 01, 2013 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
In 1992, if someone said that a courtroom comedy starring Tommy DeVito as a lawyer, Herman Munster as a judge, Daniel LaRusso as a college kid, and that girl from Oscar would be considered a classic decades later, they would have been laughed at. But that's exactly what My Cousin Vinny has become...
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For Better or Worse: Runaway Bride

For Better or Worse - February 15, 2013 14:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Even if you've never seen the abysmal Runaway Bride, Shana and Mike implore you to listen to this episode of For Better or Worse. In the short lifespan of the show, never have they encountered a movie that insults its audience more and has zero redeeming qualities. As a matter of fact, it's so ba...
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For Better or Worse: Pretty Woman

For Better or Worse - February 01, 2013 15:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
What single sticking point had prevented Mike from seeing Pretty Women until now, and who did Shana cast against type for Stuckey? Also, more Stanley Tucci love.
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For Better or Worse: Network

For Better or Worse - January 25, 2013 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
How the bloody hell do you update a visionary classic like Network? Shana and Mike think they'e found a way.
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For Better or Worse: Update 18 January 2013

For Better or Worse - January 18, 2013 15:10 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Mike delivers a brief update regarding the whereabouts of episode 13.
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For Better or Worse: The American President

For Better or Worse - January 04, 2013 12:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
As Shana and Mike remake The American President, something odd happens. Despite their divergent plots, things come together to form something bigger.
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For Better or Worse: Lethal Weapon and Die Hard

For Better or Worse - December 21, 2012 15:10 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Christmas is a time for love and sharing, as well as peace and happiness. It's also a time for shooting bad guys, apparently. In the very first For Better or Worse doubleheader, Shana and Mike discuss and remake the overly complicated Lethal Weapon and the near-perfect Die Hard.
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For Better or Worse: Dirty Dancing

For Better or Worse - December 07, 2012 17:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Shana's seen Dirty Dancing countless times, while this was Mike's first viewing. Does it hold up for The Wife, and what did The Husband think about this much-loved movie from 1987? Also, is Johnny Castle the best name ever? Hint: Yes. Yes it is.
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For Better or Worse: Hannah and Her Sisters

For Better or Worse - November 26, 2012 16:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters is widely considered a cinematic classic, but Shana and Mike find there aren't enough of the sisters, especially Hannah, and too much Woody Allen. And, in an effort to better understand Allen's motivations, Shana digs into 19th century Russian theater.
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For Better or Worse: Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

For Better or Worse - November 09, 2012 14:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Chances are you've never heard of Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael, a little gem from 1990 starring Winona Ryder and Jeff Daniels. And that's precisely why Shana and Mike are talking about it today.
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For Better or Worse: Psycho

For Better or Worse - October 26, 2012 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Psycho, the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece, is up for discussion today. And the review / remake leads to Shana and Mike having a frank chat about mental disorders, as well as a conversation about the intelligence of the moviegoing audience. Plus, Shana calls Mike her what?
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For Better or Worse: Fantastic Four

For Better or Worse - October 12, 2012 14:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Why are Shana and Mike rebooting Fantastic Four, a movie from 2005? 'Cause that's the way of superhero movies: reboot, remake, repeat.
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For Better or Worse: Saved by the Bell

For Better or Worse - September 28, 2012 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Thanks to the generosity of Will Ackerman, Christian Honore, and Matthew McKinnon-Gray, Shana and Mike sat down to discuss how they'd remake Saved by the Bell. In their revamp, both the original cast and a new cast are utilized, there are drugs and death, implied handjobs, and even science fictio...
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For Better or Worse: Moonstruck

For Better or Worse - September 14, 2012 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Though Shana and Mike love Moonstruck, they do disagree on one point. As they recast it, however, they agree on not one but two actors! Also, Mike's words come back to haunt him. Twice.
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For Better or Worse: The Crow

For Better or Worse - August 31, 2012 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Even though Mike enjoys The Crow for what it is, he has to agree with Shana that substance was neglected for style. Also, they can't help but wonder the following things: What was Top Dollar trying to accomplish, why was he sleeping with his sister, did Darla's transformation not stick, and why w...
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For Better or Worse: Jurassic Park

For Better or Worse - August 17, 2012 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Truly a modern masterpiece, and one of Shana's favorite films, Jurassic Park continues to thrill with its nearly flawless visual effects, heart-pounding sound, and grandiose directing! It is, however, nearly 20 years old, so the question is posed: Is Jurassic Park in need of a remake? Listen in a...
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For Better or Worse: The Breakfast Club

For Better or Worse - August 03, 2012 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
For Better or Worse is here, and, to kick the show off, Shana and Mike examined The Breakfast Club. Though it's a product of its time, the universal truths presented within make it a timeless classic. Yet, it could use a 21st century facelift, and that's what the duo's ready to provide!
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