This week, everything hits different as we travel from Missouri to FLORIDA for the 2024 remake-in-name-only of Road House. Jess can’t seem to shake it off how she feels about Jake Gyllenhaal’s face, but thankfully Jaleh can tolerate it. Plus, we’re not sorry about the Hart of Dixie references we make, and we are in love with Jessica Williams (as should all of you). Stay stay stay, dear hearts, as we deliver the kind of episode you know all too well.
Artwork by jstnmbrwn
References:
Quinn, John. “Road House Explores What It Means to Be a Hyper-Masculine Hardman in the 21st Century,” n.d.
Road House. Action, Thriller. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Silver Pictures, 2024.
“Road House (2024 Film).” In Wikipedia, May 1, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Road_House_(2024_film)&oldid=1221754745.
“The Road House Remake Is Actually a Great Time.” Accessed May 5, 2024. https://jacobin.com/2024/03/road-house-gyllenhaal-film-review.
In this episode
Hart of Dixie Chicks
Some friends have a weekly discussion about the 2011-2015 CW show, Hart of Dixie. Join our journey to Bluebell, Alabama where we debate the merits of small town life, love triangles, alligators as pets, and formal shorts as part of your work wardrobe.
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Episode 13 / Dec 18th 2024
You've Got Mail
As if we’d end this season with anything else but this! It’s a treat of an episode as we all get to experience the 1998 romcom classic You’ve Got Mail. This is Jess’s first watch and Jaleh’s fifty-millionth, so it’s OG Hart Chicks. That means we have all the takes, especially about 90s tech, New …
Episode 12 / Dec 11th 2024
The Shop Around the Corner
The time has come, dear hearts! We’re about to embark on an amazing journey that’s years in the making, but we have to start with the original, 1940’s The Shop Around The Corner. We talk about how Jimmy Stewart continues to be the best, the wildly dark turn of the subplot, and the number of …
Episode 11 / Dec 4th 2024
Road House (2024)
This week, everything hits different as we travel from Missouri to FLORIDA for the 2024 remake-in-name-only of Road House. Jess can’t seem to shake it off how she feels about Jake Gyllenhaal’s face, but thankfully Jaleh can tolerate it. Plus, we’re not sorry about the Hart of Dixie references we make, and we are in …
Episode 10 / Nov 27th 2024
Road House (1989)
We are absolutely crazy for Swayze as we leap off the flaming roof and back in time to 1989’s “cult” classic Road House. OG Dear Hearts will know this one lives near and dear to our Bluebellian hearts, and it was an experience from its 80s start to its I-brought-a-bear-to-a-gun-fight finish. To quote our favorite …
Episode 9 / Nov 20th 2024
Let Me In
Hello, People of Dear Hearts! This week, perhaps we’ll find the answer to the question Why Did This Get Made? while discussing 2010’s Let Me In, the American remake of Let The Right One In. We dive into the obvious-ness of it all while creating the phrase trickle-down bullyism and mentioning Richard Jenkins by full …
Episode 8 / Nov 13th 2024
Let The Right One In
We’re deep in Hoa-Hoa-Hoa season (iykyk), and we couldn’t let it pass without leaping from overpasses into the Swedish vampire film Let The Right One In. We brought our resident horror expert Jamie back for this couplet, so you know it’ll be a great dive into practical effects, the bleakness of the early 80s, and …
Episode 7 / Nov 6th 2024
Last Holiday (2006)
It’s LL’s world and we’re just living in it this week as we base jump into 2006’s Last Holiday starring true royalty Queen Latifah. We get into the Americanness of it all, as is our way, and we definitely don’t go off about late stage capitalism or the healthcare system. We also talk about what …
Episode 6 / Oct 30th 2024
Last Holiday (1950)
Journey back to the past (or like 30 miles outside of London) with us as we discuss 1950’s Last Holiday, starring a once and future Jedi Knight. This is a morbid one, so you know Jess is excited for all the comas… and then death. We go into why this is the original White Lotus, …
Episode 5 / Oct 23rd 2024
The Italian Job (2003)
Same red, white, and blue Minis, but different country! This week, we’re back in the US to rant and rave about the 2003 very light remake of The Italian Job, a film near and dear to Jaleh’s heart. We get nostalgic about DVD rental shops, Napster, and the summer blockbuster while our heist team heists …
Episode 4 / Oct 16th 2024
The Italian Job (1969)
Allo, guvnahs! We’re across the pond to drive our Minis through the British cult classic, 1969’s The Italian Job (not to be confused with The Italian Jobby). We talk cinematography, Quincy Jones, the eternal oldness of Michael Caine, and occasionally we use a terrible accent to do so. Hang on a minute, dear hearts. We …
Episode 3 / Oct 9th 2024
The Parent Trap (1998)
Hop on the QE2 with us, dear hearts, as we sail back in time to 1998 to share our love for the remake of The Parent Trap. We go into the who’s, the where’s and the how’s of remaking the original, all while deciding if this SHOULD have been remade (spoiler: heck yeah). Put on …
Episode 2 / Oct 2nd 2024
The Parent Trap (1961)
As if this remake season would start with any other film but the classic The Parent Trap from 1961. We finally pay attention to the plot from a critical lens, and boy, does EVERYone here need therapy! We talk accents, hair cuts, practical effects, earworm songs written by two brothers who could only write bangers, …
Episode 1 / Sep 24th 2024
Things Will Happen Again and Again
We back, dear hearts! It’s a brand new season all about remakes, which we have lovingly titled Things Will Happen Again and Again. Here’s a preview of the 12 films we plan to cover, delivered in our signature style (iykyk). The first episode drops Wednesday, October 2! Let’s get together, yeah yeah yeah. We’ll be …
Episode 13 / Oct 26th 2023
The Monster Squad
It’s a Halloween treat for us all as we dive into one of Jaleh’s all-time favorites and Jessica’s core fear, 1987’s The Monster Squad. We’re joined by resident monster expert, Jamie Clark Yeah, as we round up the ammo, virgins, and one Scary German Guy with a delicious looking pie. Grab your amulet and your …
Episode 12 / Oct 18th 2023
Monster Squad Promo
Get ready for a Halloween treat from your Hart Chicks. Our Monster Squad episode drops on October 27, 2023.
Episode 11 / Aug 25th 2023
Austenland
We’ve made it all the way to week 10, and this gem is our reward. We happily rewatch 2013’s film adaptation of Austenland, and we think you should too. This one has everything — sax solos, Lord of the Rings, Nelly stories, Gaius Baltar, and even a little JJ Tilney talk. Hop a plane and …
Episode 10 / Aug 18th 2023
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Lots of firsts in this one, dear hearts, as we watch the Emmy Award-winning Lizzie Bennet Diaries. It’s our first webseries, our first modern adaptation, possibly our first disagreement! Don’t believe us? Ask my fiancé who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba! Plus, Jess goes way into her fandom days, and Jaleh finds the links in the …
Episode 9 / Aug 11th 2023
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
We’re into our second Pride & Prejudice, and this time, we got Zombies in the mix. Thankfully, we have Honorary Hart Chick and Midnight Murderaman Jamie to chat through it with us. We ask the big questions like: Which fighting style is best? Is Darcy’s duster jacket fit for a wedding? Who is this movie …
Episode 8 / Aug 4th 2023
Pride and Prejudice
This one’s a big one, dear hearts, so feel free to take a turn about the room with us as we fully experience Jessica’s favorite movie, 2005’s Pride & Prejudice. We talk tracking shots, wigs, Emma Thompson, dresses (especially those with hems six inches deep in mud), and hands, of course. Cold, flexed, or otherwise. …
Episode 7 / Jul 28th 2023
Northanger Abbey (2007)
It’s time to get Gothic as we dive into the hilariously sweet Northanger Abbey. It has everything Jess loves — possible murders, innuendos, and very good faces. Plus, we get our fancasts on, develop our own modern adaptations, and occasionally discuss the plot. Slag off Sorkin with us, dear hearts. Music: @sigismundtryapkin Artwork: @jstnmbrwn …