Based on a true story—if by “true story,” you mean “some of the lyrics of a George Michael song.”
Official Show Notes[]
The star of the show is back! We were SO happy to hang with the delightful and hilarious Hallie Haglund once more. And this time we didn’t force her to discuss some fantasy bullshit she hates! Instead, we all watched what is surely one of the top three movies based on a Wham! song—Last Christmas!
Also, if you’re listening to this show on the day of release, you can also get another shot of Hallie by tuning into our table read of The Boy Next Door, starring Hallie, Dan, Stu, Elliott, Natalie Walker, Jenny Jaffe, and X Mayo!
Movie Summary[]
Premise[]
Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Working as an elf in a year round Christmas store is not good for the wannabe singer. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be true.
Story[]
Nothing seems to go right for young Kate, a frustrated Londoner who works as an elf in a year-round Christmas shop. But things soon take a turn for the better when she meets Tom–a handsome charmer who seems too good to be true. As the city transforms into the most wonderful time of the year, Tom and Kate's growing attraction turns into the best gift of all–a Yuletide romance.
Final Judgments[]
Kinda liked it (Dan) @59:30
fucking........RULES! (Hallie) @1:00:32
Kinda liked it (Stuart) @1:04:52
Not good-bad or bad-bad but he wouldn't go so far as to say it's a movie he kinda liked (Elliott) @1:05:00
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Recommendations[]
Tango & Cash (1989) by Andrey Konchalovskiy and Albert Magnoli (Dan) @1:39:49
Runaway Train (1985) by Andrey Konchalovskiy (Elliott) @1:40:58 (qualified)
The Curse of the Cat People (1944) by Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise (Elliott) @1:42:25
Swallow (2019) by Carlo Mirabella-Davis (Stuart) @1:43:55
Memories of Murder (2003) by Bong Joon Ho (Hallie) @1:45:47
Stinger[]
Stuart:
David Lee Roth. Yes, David Lee Roth.
Elliott:
He’d do a lot of scatting too. He’d be like, “Skittldey-bop!”
Stuart:
Did I tell you about the time I saw—kinda—kinda recently—so kinda recently I saw a…
