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The Cutaways Podcast
by The Cutaways Podcast
Join vivacious film editors Ashley and Justine as they dissect romantic comedies through the ages. Snuggle up in your sleeping bag with these two as they throw a slumber party for your ears from their blanket fort every other Wednesday!
Episodes
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Episode #145 – The Terminal
2004- An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there. Ratings: […]
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Episode #144 – Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004- After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she’s dreamed of having. Ratings: Ashley – 1/5 Justine […]
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Episode #143 – A Cinderella Story
2004- Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Sam Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet […]
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Episode #142 – Along Came Polly
2004- A buttoned up newlywed finds his too organized life falling into chaos when he falls in love with an […]
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Episode #141 – Mean Girls
2004- Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes […]
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Episode #140 – Saving Face
2004- A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural […]
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Episode #139 – Under the Tuscan Sun
2003- A writer impulsively buys a villa in Tuscany in order to change her life. Ratings: Ashley – 4/5 Justine – […]
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Episode #138 – The Awful Truth
1937- Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other’s attempts to find […]
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Episode #137 – Love Don’t Cost a Thing
2003- A high school loser pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Ratings: […]
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Episode #136 – What a Girl Wants
2003- An American teenager learns that her father is a wealthy British politician running for office. Although she is eager […]
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Episode #135 – Season Four Wrap-Up
This is our year 4 wrap-up and mailbag episode! We talk about the movies we’ve watched this year for the […]
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Episode #134 – How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
2003 – Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies’ man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he […]
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Episode #133 – Duplex
2003 – A young couple has a chance to move into a gorgeous duplex in the perfect New York neighborhood. […]
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Episode #132 – Something’s Gotta Give
2003 – A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in […]
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Episode #131 – Down With Love
2003 – In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author. Ratings: Ashley – […]
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Episode #130 – Gigli
2003 – Larry Gigli is assigned by a crime boss to kidnap the brother of a prominent district attorney. A […]
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Episode #129 – Khushi
2003 – Karan and Khushi fall in love, but her conservative family balks at accepting Karan’s modern ideas. Ratings: Ashley – […]
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Episode #128 – Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde
2003 - Elle Woods heads to Washington, D.C. to join the staff of a Representative in order to pass a bill to ban animal testing. Ratings: Ashley - 3/5 Justine - 2.5/5 “Live” from Big Bear- it’s The Cutaways! We talk politics- the Elle Woods way! Washington could definitely use a makeover these...
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Episode #127 – Love Actually
2003 - Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England. Ratings: Ashley - 1/5 Justine - 2/5 A whole struggle bus of feelings. What’s a Christmas movie…
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Episode #126 – About a Boy
2002 - A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy. Ratings: Ashley - 3/5 Justine - 2.75/5 About a Boy. Justine has high expectations, Ashley has low… do they meet in the middle? Is this episode description just a rom-com plot? The Cutaways are Ashley…
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Episode #125 – Big
1988 - After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult. Ratings: Ashley - 4.5/5 Justine - 4.5/5 It’s Hanksgiving once again! We hear from our listeners as they tell us their favorite thanksgiving foods, and we talk A LOT…
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Episode #124 – My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002 - A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity. Ratings: Ashley - 3.5/5 Justine - 4/5 Jaslyn - 3/5 John Corbett is declared the perfect manic pixie dream man by Ashley…
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Episode #123 – Secretary
2002 - A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one. Ratings: Ashley - 4.5/5 Justine - 4/5 We give you permission to listen to this podcast. It’s a...
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Episode #122 – Crossroads
2002 - Three childhood best friends, and a guy they just met, take a road trip across the country, finding themselves and their friendship in the process. Ratings: Ashley - .5/5 Justine - 1/5 It’s Britney, bitch. The Cutaways are Ashley McKinney and Justine Gendron. Music by Jimmy Natividad. Our...
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Episode #121 – Shararat
2002 - A miscreant who commits a misdemeanor is sentenced to do community service in an old-folks home. Ratings: Ashley - 4.25/5 Justine - 4/5 We’ve had some Bollywood hits and misses but this is a straight up hit and and a half! Does Ashley love old people? You bet she does! The movie is…
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Episode #120 – Punch-Drunk Love
2002 - A psychologically troubled novelty supplier is nudged towards a romance with an English woman, all the while being extorted by a phone-sex line run by a crooked mattress salesman, and purchasing stunning amounts of pudding. Ratings: Ashley - 2/5 Justine - 2/5 We know that Adam Sandler is a...
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Episode #119 – Bend It Like Beckham
2002 - An ardent fan of British soccer sensation David Beckham, teenage Jess wants nothing more than to be on the field. But a proper Indian girl shouldn't be spending her time playing soccer, according to her traditional family. Ratings: Ashley - 2.5/5 Justine - 3.5/5 Let’s kick the patriarchy...
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Episode #118 – Two Weeks Notice
2002 - Millionaire George doesn't make a move without his right-hand woman, Lucy. But after a year of calling the shots, Lucy is giving her two weeks' notice. It seems Lucy's finally free of George and his 24-hour requests -- but George has other ideas. Ratings: Ashley - 1/5 Justine - 1/5 How…
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Episode #117 – Sweet Home Alabama
2002 - Melanie abandons her Alabama roots and high school-sweetheart husband in favor of Manhattan's glamorous social circles, where she attracts a handsome Park Avenue boyfriend. But when she visits home, she begins to question her decision. Ratings: Ashley - 3.5/5 Justine - 3/5 An awesome movie...
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Episode #116 – Season 3 Wrap-Up
This is our season three wrap-up! We took questions from our listeners and presented our awards to the films we have watched in the past year. Get to know us, dogs in romcoms, dinosaurs in romcoms, and Bruce Willis? THANK YOU so much for downloading this podcast and supporting us over the years!…
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Episode #115 – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2001 - After a botched sex-change operation, East German glam rocker Hansel becomes Hedwig and travels across the United States with a stage show, following her ex-boyfriend (and former band mate) and telling her life story. Hedwig's offbeat show slays audiences -- but in diners not clubs.…
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Episode #114 – On the Line
2001 - A young man who's smitten with a girl he met on the subway spends an entire movie trying to reunite with her. Meanwhile, his best friend aids his quest by wallpapering Chicago with signs that become the talk of the town. Ratings: Ashley - 1/5 Justine - 1/5 Josie and the Pussycats is one of...
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Episode #113 – Kissing Jessica Stein
2001 - Jessica is a single, straight, successful New York journalist who, like most of her female friends, has had a history of dating (male) creeps. But when she answers an intriguing personal ad from Helen, Jessica finds herself intensely drawn to her. As Jessica explores this new side of her...
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Episode #112 – The Brothers
2001 - Four close-knit African-American friends test the limits of honesty and commitment as they barhop, climb the career ladder and incessantly fall in and out of love. Along the way, their friendship is tested and one announces he's getting married. Ratings: Ashley - 3/5 Justine - 2/5 MEN...
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Episode #111 – The Princess Diaries
2001 - The life of gawky Mia Thermopolis changes drastically after learning she's the heir to a European principality's throne. But as her royal grandmother schools Mia on conducting herself with gracious disdain, she ends up at odds with her best friend. Ratings: Ashley - 4/5 Justine - 3/5 Diana…
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Episode #110 – Amelie
2001 - When impish Amélie finds a long-hidden trove of toys behind a baseboard in her apartment, she's inspired to return the items to their original owner, an impulse of generosity that sparks more benevolent acts. Ratings: Ashley - 3.75/5 Justine - 5/5 Ashley does not like French films but is...
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Episode #109 – Someone Like You
2001 - Jane has it made: She's the talent booker for a popular talk show and has started dating the show's studly producer. But when she gets summarily dumped, the now-bitter Jane is prompted write a tell-all advice column about why men do what they do. Ratings: Ashley - 1/5 Justine - 1.5/5 This...
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Episode #108 – Legally Blonde
2001 - Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But there is one thing stopping him (Matthew Davis) from proposing: She is too blonde. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. Ratings…
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Episode #107 – Bridget Jones’s Diary
2001 - This clever tale of Bridget Jones's odyssey from Mr. Right-here-right-now to Mr. Right delivers a glimpse into the inner workings of the female mind. Ratings: Ashley - 2.75/5 Justine - 2.5/5 This quintessential romcom did not hit us. It just left us with the question, what is Bridget...
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Episode #106 – Serendipity
2001 - Though strangers Sara Thomas and Jonathan Trager are already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter -- but they soon part company. Years later, they yearn to reunite despite being destined for the altar. Ratings: Ashley - 2.5/5 Justine - 3/5...
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Episode #105 – America’s Sweethearts
2001 - Masking a particularly nasty split, a movie-star power couple put on a happy face for the press while promoting their latest film. Ratings: Ashley - 2.5/5 Justine - 2.5/5 Happy Johnuary (continued)!! We recorded this episode and simultaneous streamed live for our patrons. This podcast has...
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Episode #104 – High Fidelity
2000 - When record store owner Rob Gordon gets dumped by his girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in an attempt to figure out what went wrong. Ratings: Ashley - 4.5/5 Justine - 5/5 Happy Johnuary!! We hit the themes hard in…
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Episode #103 – What Women Want
2000 - After an electrical shock enables cocky advertising executive Nick Marshall to hear women's thoughts, he quickly puts his newfound talent to work against his female boss -- who seems to be infatuated with him. Ratings: Ashley - 1/5 Justine - 1.5/5 Happy New Year! In this movie about mind...
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Episode #102 – Coyote Ugly
2000 - When gorgeous, talented Violet Sanford lands in New York City with hopes of becoming a famous songwriter, she's forced to make ends meet by working at Coyote Ugly, a hot new club filled with beautiful bartenders and outrageous entertainment. Ratings: Ashley - 4/5 Justine - 3.75/5 Happy...
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Episode #101 – Return to Me
2000 - In this engaging tale, a Chicago architect donates his wife's heart after she's tragically killed in an accident. A year later, he falls in love with a plucky waitress, only to learn that she's the woman who received the heart. Ratings: Ashley - 1/5 Justine - 1.5/5 In this episode we talk…
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Episode #100 – Joe Versus the Volcano
1990 - When office drone Joe learns he's going to die soon, he travels to an island whose natives need a human sacrifice to appease their volcano god. On his way there, Joe falls in love with Patricia, and the two bravely face their destiny. Ratings: Ashley - 3.25/5 Justine - 3.5/5 Hanksgiving…
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Episode #099 – Bring it On
2000 - Pressure mounts as cheerleading captain Torrance Shipman attempts to lead her crew to its sixth national title. She's determined to let nothing -- not family, schoolwork or an inner-city squad with a score to settle -- get in the way of winning. Ratings: Ashley - 4/5 Justine - 3.5/5 Kelly…
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Episode #098 – Bedazzled (2000)
2000 - Nerdy computer programmer Elliot Richards (Brendan Fraser) learns the devil is in the details when he makes a pact with Beelzebub (a sexy Elizabeth Hurley), who grants Elliot seven wishes in exchange for his soul. Trouble is, old scratch throws a curve ball into all of Elliot's "happily…
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Episode #097 – Sexo Pudor y Lagrimas
1999 - Passions flare and alliances form when neighbors Ana and Miguel each start an affair with former lovers, right under their spouses' noses. Ratings: Ashley - 1/5 Justine - 1/5 This relatively short episode features a lot of non-movie talk. We talk some human anatomy, our obsession with The...
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Episode #096 – Notting Hill
1999 - A chance encounter brings together reserved bookstore owner William Thacker (Hugh Grant) and Hollywood icon Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), who forge an improbable romance until Anna's mega stardom begins whittling away at their relationship. Can their love overcome all the pretense -- and the...
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Join vivacious film editors Ashley and Justine as they dissect romantic comedies through the ages. Snuggle up in your sleeping bag with these two as they throw a slumber party for your ears from their blanket fort every other Wednesday!
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Join vivacious film editors Ashley and Justine as they dissect romantic comedies through the ages. Snuggle up in your sleeping bag with these two as they throw a slumber party for your ears from their blanket fort every other Wednesday!
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