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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · 2d

After a slight unexpected hiatus we are BACK! Come join @cutiepuppyfire.bsky.social , @elessar42.bsky.social , and Charley talk about Amelie
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Amelie: A French New Wave Podcast - The Straights Aren't Alright

Join Ellie, Gillian, Charley, and River as they have a very wandering conversation about the 2001 movie Amelie, the French Cinema establishment, trying to figure out how pay phones work, and the ...

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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our latest episode is up! Join @demisemme.bsky.social , @faeriviera.bsky.social , @cutiepuppyfire.bsky.social , and Leif talk 1999’s Midsummer Night’s Dream (or the one with all the bikes)

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A Midsummer Nights Dream: Bikes and Fae and Love Potions - The Straights Aren't Alright

Join River, Jas, Sam, and new guests Leif and Gillian as they explore the 1999 adaptation of A Midsummer Nights Dream, the other true to text adaptation of Shakespeare with some people you don't know ...

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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · Jun 27

Our newest episode up! Come listen to @vailtoset.bsky.social and Bex talk about Iron Man, which is totally a rom com, what are you talking about? www.buzzsprout.com/2402540/epis...

Iron Man: A Superhero Love Horror Movie - The Straights Aren't Alright

Join Bex, Callie, and River as they discuss the original building block of our modern filmic landscape (for better or for worse), 2008's Iron Man, and try to figure out if it's a superhero action...

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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · Jun 11

Our newest episode comes to you on a slight delay but is nonetheless here! Join @elessar42.bsky.social , Bex, @demisemme.bsky.social , and Charley talk High School Musical 2! www.buzzsprout.com/2402540/epis...

High School Musical 2: Summer Love Complications - The Straights Aren't Alright

Join River, Sam, Ellie, Charley, and Bex as they discuss the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical 2 and debate whether its status as a certain generations' cultural juggernaut i...

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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · Apr 26

We’ve got a new ep, a day later than i wanted but what can ya do? Join @demisemme.bsky.social , @faeriviera.bsky.social , and Charley as we talk The Santa Clause 2! www.buzzsprout.com/2402540/epis...

The Santa Clause 2: Christmas in Spring - The Straights Aren't Alright

In this episode join River, Jas, Sam, and new guest Charley as they discuss 2003's The Santa Clause 2 contending with the rules of magic, the tent pole level love story, and dunk on Tim Alle...

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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · Mar 28

Join @faeriviera.bsky.social @elessar42.bsky.social and Bex judge the host’s taste in romcoms with Only You, a movie that “make no sense but compel them” and are not *not* the origin point of this here pod! www.buzzsprout.com/2402540/epis...

Only You: And Your Friends' Judgement - The Straights Aren't Alright

In this episode watch Jas, Ellie, and Bex judge River's taste in rom coms as they explore one that's not not the reason this podcast exists in Only You from 1994.The following podcast is for entertain...

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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · Feb 28

Both in honor of the fact that it’s almost Mardi Gras and what happened to get picked from the shuffle, the new ep is Princess and the Frog with @demisemme.bsky.social @faeriviera.bsky.social @vailtoset.bsky.social and first time guest Ellie! www.buzzsprout.com/2402540/epis...

Princess and The Frog: Pretty Much There - The Straights Aren't Alright

In the latest episode, join River, Jas, Callie, Sam, and first time guest Ellie discuss what should've been a Disney Classic The Princess and the Frog and try not to fall down too many rabbit hol...

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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · Feb 1

Oh hi! I’m the nb host of “The Straight’s Aren’t Alright” a podcast where I gather a bunch of queers together, make them watch romcoms and try to answer the question “are the straights… okay?” Our latest ep was on Love Actually! www.buzzsprout.com/2402540/epis...

Love Actually? Loathe Actually? - The Straights Aren't Alright

In this episode, join River, Jas, and Ellie try and work out what works and what doesn't about the 2003 Christmas staple Love Actually only a month late for the season it takes place in.The following ...

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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · Jan 31

our new episode is up! come listen to me yell about how much I dislike Love Actually while @faeriviera.bsky.social and @elessar42.bsky.social try to convince me otherwise. www.buzzsprout.com/2402540/epis...

Love Actually? Loathe Actually? - The Straights Aren't Alright

In this episode, join River, Jas, and Ellie try and work out what works and what doesn't about the 2003 Christmas staple Love Actually only a month late for the season it takes place in.The following ...

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Minerva P Kelley @doubleca5t.bsky.social · Jan 2

I think the scenarios in a romcom can be as ridiculously contrived as possible so long as they get you, the reader, to the desired endpoint of kicking your feet in the air and twirling your hair thinking about the couple getting together like at that point the plot doesn't need to make sense

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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · Dec 27

The next ep is up! Join @faeriviera.bsky.social and Bex as we discuss the Aaron Tveit vehicle Better Off Single. Or… try to. www.buzzsprout.com/2402540/epis...

Better Off Single: A Pitch Deck of a Movie - The Straights Aren't Alright

Sometimes, movies are uncertain as to what they're really about, and if we're lucky, they're short enough so as to not waste all of our time. Join River, Jas, and Bex as they talk about...

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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · Nov 29

In the newest ep, @faeriviera.bsky.social and @vailtoset.bsky.social talk about a movie that proves a cast can’t save a bad script

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Playing It Cool: Sincerity Not Included - The Straights Aren't Alright

Conquering the second episode hill, join River, Jas, and Callie as they tear 2014's Playing It Cool a new one and discuss that while a good cast can save a bad movie, it doesn't help if the ...

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The Straights Aren't Alright: A Pod Com @arentalrightpodcom.bsky.social · Oct 11

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every film major will start a podcast. I’d like to introduce mine: The Straights Aren’t Alright, A PodCom and my guests @faeriviera.bsky.social and @femmefictionale.bsky.social as we talk Notting Hill

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Notting Hill: They Had Us, And They Lost Us - The Straights Aren't Alright

In our inaugural episode, join River, Jas, and Sam as they discuss the 1999 classic Notting Hill. A movie that has good bones, but complicated execution and a solid attempt at trying to solve the bala...

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