#chick flicks with gabby & amy

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Season 3, Episode 4 | While You Were Sleeping (1995)

Happy holidays from Gabby & Amy! Our gift to you is an episode about the delightful romcom While You Were Sleeping. Released to little fanfare in the summer of 1995, the film established Sandra Bullock as a leading lady and exceeded box office and critics' expectations. Gabby and Amy revisit the film and find its gentle sweetness and farcical rhythms as fresh as a blue spruce. 

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/while-you-were-sleeping

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Season 1, Episode 8 | ROMY & MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION (1997)

Romy & Michele's High School Reunion arrived in the spring of 1997 with little fanfare, but has since become a cult classic thanks to inspired comedic performances by Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino, a witty and lighthearted script, eye-catching costumes by Mona May, and a super fun soundtrack. Join Gabby and Amy as they enumerate the many virtues of this female buddy pic. #businesswomensspecial

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/romy-micheles-high-school-reunion

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Season 1, Episode 4 | Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

It's a new year and we're back with the absolute charm bomb that is Bridget Jones's Diary. With a plot knicked from Pride & Prejudice, a perfect cast, and a main character who embodies the complexities and inanities of modern womanhood, this movie reminds you that you're lovable, just as you are.

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/bridget-joness-diary

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Season 1, Episode 7 | FRIED GREEN TOMATOES (1991)

This beloved chronicle of Southern female friendship was lauded by GLAAD at the time of its release for its portrayal of a lesbian relationship, though not everyone agreed its depictions of lesbianism and race were empowering. Having watched it as children, Amy and Gabby's mostly just remember how sad it was. Now they revisit the '90s classic with adult eyes and find both its charm and its shortcomings readily apparent.

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/fried-green-tomatoes

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Season 3, Episode 8 | Sixteen Candles (1984)

The day has arrived: Gabby and Amy confront the mixed blessings of the John Hughes cinematic universe by examining the 1984 teen classic Sixteen Candles. 

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/sixteen-candles

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Season 3, Episode 6 | Mean Girls: Then & Now (2004 & 2024)

If you are a woman under 50, Mean Girls is part of your cultural landscape. From "stop trying to make fetch happen," to "she doesn't even go here," the film has spawned countless memes and catch phrases. It even became a Broadway musical, which has now been made into another film version. Gabby and Amy discuss the mixed blessing of the OG Mean Girls and their reaction to the 2024 version. 

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/mean-girls-then-now

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Season 3, Episode 3 | Mystic Pizza (1988)

It's the episode Gabby and Amy were born to make! Mystic Pizza brings together Amy's Connecticut childhood with Gabby's Portuguese heritage in one delightful autumnal coming of age story. Listen up as we spill our knowledge!

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/mystic-pizza

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Season 3, Episode 2 | The Craft (1996)

Gabby and Amy persist in looking for a good witch movie. Is the 1996 teen witch horror-drama The Craft that film? Umm . . . listen now to find out!

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/the-craft

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Season 1, Episode 3 | DIRTY DANCING (1987)

Gabby and Amy discuss Dirty Dancing, the ultimate coming-of-age movie complete with trenchant class analysis, a convincing argument for women's reproductive freedom, a killer soundtrack, and Patrick Swayze's perfect ass (and chest, and hair and arms, etc.). What more could you want in a movie?

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/dirty-dancing

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Season 2, Episode 7 | To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)

What better way to celebrate the beginning of spring than with a teenage romcom? To All the Boys I've Loved Before tells the story of Lara Jean Covey, a romance-novel-loving teen who writes (but does not send) love letters to her crushes. When those unsent letters get delivered to her crushes, she tries to avoid total embarrassment by entering into a fake relationship with one of the recipients of the letters, a popular boy named Peter Kavinsky. Will real feelings develop? Of course! But the inevitability of their love does not detract from the enjoyment of watching it develop. Gabby and Amy discuss the many delights of this recent YA adaptation and make a case for its inclusion in the new chick flick canon.

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before

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Season 2, Episode 9 | The Way We Were (1973) & The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Chick Flicks with Gabby & Amy brings you A Very Special Super '70s Double Feature of The Way We Were and The Virgin Suicides. While seemingly different, the films share an elegiac tone, a dreamy nostalgia, and origins as 1970s artifacts (plus appearances by James Woods, randomly). Come along as we delve into the idiosyncrasies and profundities of these two period pieces. 

CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses suicide. If you are in crisis, please call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. 

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/the-way-we-werethe-virgin-suicides

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Season 2, Episodes 1 & 2 | The Great Jane Austen Extravaganza! (Parts I & II)

Gabby and Amy kick off season two with a deep dive into the cinematic universe of Jane Austen. They are joined by Austen scholar Juliette Wells, who discusses her introduction to Austen, what role Austen would have enjoyed in film making, why Colin Firth is the best Darcy, bad filmic adaptations of Austen, the importance of fashion and hair, Austen's disinterest in physical descriptions, and why no one should have skinny arms in a Regency-era film.

Listen to Part I

Listen to Part II

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Season 3, Episode 7 | A League of There Own (1992)

1992's A League of Their is the highest-grossing baseball film of all time, according to some vaguely sourced trivia Amy found on the internet. But even if that's not strictly true, the film about a 1940's women's baseball league deserves its place in the sports movie canon. Gabby and Amy welcome their pal Jess to discuss the film's enduring appeal. 

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/a-league-of-their-own

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Season 3, Episode 5 | The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

The Devil Wears Prada captures a heady moment in time when magazine were plentiful and lucrative, #girlboss #burnout wasn't a thing, and the most troubling conflict on your horizon was whether or not you would be chosen for a work trip to Paris. Gabby and Amy reminisce about their own journalism backgrounds, contemplate society's shifting attitudes towards work, and discuss the complexities of female leadership. 

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/the-devil-wears-prada

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Season 2, Episode 5 | The Cutting Edge (1992)

Gabby and Amy break the ice in 2023 with the 1992 romcom/sports movie The Cutting Edge starring Moira Kelly and D.B. Sweeney. A relic of the 1990s' figure-skating boom, the film elevates tried and true tropes through punchy dialogue, winning performances, and breezy pacing, delivering an irresistible romp and a catch phrase for the (ice) ages. #toepick

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/the-cutting-edge

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Season 3, Episode 1 | Barbie (2023)

Gabby & Amy are back from summer break to jump into the ongoing Barbie discourse.

https://chickflicks.libsyn.com/barbie