Movie Lovers

Kicking off season 3 of Movie Lovers is Jonah's pick: Multiplicity. Jonah and Mally discuss all the different facets of Michael Keaton's performance, rope in a little polyamory discussion, and Mally shares just how many Mally's she'd like to clone and what their roles would be. Oh yeah — and at the top of the episode, this movie-loving duo lovingly discuss the best review this podcast has ever received. Directed...

If you love Moulin Rouge — listen to this episode. If you hate Moulin Rouge — listen to this episode. This edition of Movie Lovers is a prime example of WHY we institute a "no veto" power. Jonah barely held it together as Mally dragged him to 1900 Paris to witness the Baz Luhrmann spectacle that is Moulin Rouge! Let the bickering commence... Directed by Baz Luhrmann. Starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, ...

Jonah and Mally hop into a time machine and head back to 1999 to catch the Mike Myers classic, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Groovy, baby! ZIP IT and listen to these two dorks discuss the characters we all know and love: Dr. Evil, Mini-Me, Fat Bastard, Felicity Shagwell, Robin Swallows, and Ivana Humpalot. Directed by Jay Roach. Starring Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Seth Green, Michael York, Rob Lowe, Robert Wagner, Mindy S...

Miss Minnesota teaches Mister Vermont a thing or two about winning the title of Miss Congeniality. Join Mally and Jonah as they discuss this 2000 Sandra Bullock CLASSIC. There's lots of gushing about how amazing and hot Sandy is (she's both of their "who would you bone" picks — shocker 😝) and intriguing discussions on body positivity and well-placed misogyny. OH and they recorded it on Miss Congeniality Day, ak...

WE'RE GOING STREAKING! Jonah didn't need to convince Mally to watch this 2000's comedy classic: Old School. Come along for some major laughs as these two come up with some EPIC alternate porn titles, and as they regale each other with just how quotable this movie really is. What's your favorite Old School quote?

Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ellen Pompeo, J...

Transport yourself back to 1931 and join the circus with Mally and Jonah by watching Water for Elephants! While there are plenty of the usual laughs and silliness in this episode, be warned that Mally does go down the deep dark hole that is animal rights — serious discussion of Tai the elephant and who her handlers were takes place. On the flipside, additional conversation is had around awesome organizations like The Elephant Sanct...

A banner day in the Movie Lover's household — we watched the movie that basically made Jonah into the man you see before you: Billy Madison. For anyone who has met Jonah in real life, he undoubtedly called you Billy before learning your name (this movie is why). Mally might not love this movie but she sure does love Jonah, so you can imagine how this one goes. Directed by Tamra Davis. Starring Adam Sandler, Bridgette Wilson-Sa...

When the very first episode of Jackass aired on MTV in 2000, Jonah was 17 and Mally was 11. Now 38 and 32 respectively, its an understatement to say that catching Jackass Forever in theaters this past weekend was a BLAST FROM THE PAST! Join us for a quick minisode to discuss our favorite and least favorite scenes (maybe stunts is the better word) as well as some emotional and controversial takes. Directed by Jeff Tremaine. Starring...

"Do I offend?" In this week's episode, Mally and Jonah both offend each other by being on opposite teams! Figure out if you're #TeamDuckie or #TeamBlake, in addition to revealing the secrets of the original ending to Pretty In Pink. Get ready to be transported to the 80s! Directed by Howard Deutch. Written by John Hughes. Starring Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy, Harry Dean Stanton, Annie Potts, James...

We've got another minisode from Mally this week! The 2022 Oscar nominations have been announced, so Mally does a quick dive into Being the Ricardos, namely focusing on Nicole Kidman and her best actress nomination. A lifelong fan, Mally discusses Kidman's complete transformation into the beloved queen of the original multi-cam sitcom, as well as touching on the TOTAL badass boss babe that Lucille Ball truly was. Written a...

Jonah takes Mally on a magical adventure to team up with Willow and Madmardigan to save baby Elora from the evil Queen Bavmorda. Jonah gets deep about his childhood connection to this film: renting the VHS and getting pizza with his mom, and his intense love for Sorsha to this day. And Mally touches on some interesting information in her controversial take regarding little people in the entertainment industry. Directed by Ron Howar...

We've got a different kind of episode for you this week, movie lovers! Instead of having a bye week, Mally decided to record a minisode on the documentary Phoenix Rising, which just premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. A nod to the bill coined The Phoenix Act, this documentary details Evan Rachel Wood's journey being a sexual assault survivor at the hands of Marilyn Manson. An important piece about domestic abuse...

Why does it take a Mally to make a Jonah watch a musical? If you're a fan of the music of Tick, Tick...BOOM! you'll understand that reference. Mally and Jonah hop on the subway to NYC in the early 90's to witness the genius that is Jonathan Larson. There is an abundance of Mally gushing about musical theater in this episode, as well as some extremely heartfelt comparisons to Jonah's life as a musician. Definitel...

A Paul Verhoeven classic, 1987's RoboCop is the first 80's action movie that Jonah has subjected Mally to in 2022. Hop inside Murphy's cop car that he's not wearing any pants in and discuss the music, the effects and the acting that made this 80's flick an ultra-violent crime classic. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Ray Wise, Ronny Cox.

This Christmas movie episode is a family affair! Jonah's wicked sweet 12-year-old daughter, Avery, guests on this week's episode about the John Hughes 1990 smash hit, Home Alone. A favorite flick of all three movie lovers, tune in for some awesome insight on Avery's part and genuine family wholesome conversations. Happy Holidays! Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine...

Alrighty witches and wizards, hold onto your wands! Mally drags Jonah's muggle butt to Hogwarts to watch the final Harry Potter movie — and he was not happy about it. Get ready for a side-splitting episode that leaves these movie lovers bickering about Jonah's dad jokes and Mally's insane Harry Potter nerdism. Directed by David Yates. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, ...

Did Demolition Man full-on predict the future??? Jonah takes Mally on the wild ride that is Demolition Man and they discuss how hot and hilarious Sandra Bullock is, they talk about their new cat-son Kevin AND the entire podcast has been improved with some sweet category intros that Jonah composed. Enjoy! Directed by Marco Brambilla. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt, Denis Leary.

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Join Movie Lovers for their first UNCUT episode as we discuss the Thanksgiving movie cult classic, Son in Law. Mally and Jonah tweak their melons discussing the phenomenon that is Pauly Shore and reminiscing about the 1990's MTV days of yesteryear. Directed by Steve Rash. Starring Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino, Patrick Renna, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen.

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SPECIAL EPISODE ALERT — Movie Lovers, Jonah and Mally, have their first guest on the podcast, Minnesota comic and bartender extraordinaire, Steve Smith. The trio do a lot of laughing discussing the 90's gross-out comedy about bowling: Kingpin. If you want to hear Steve's EPIC Minnesota accent, tune in to this week's episode. Kingpin was directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly. Starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Bill...