What is more important? Love, or hip hop? In Brown Sugar, it's actually both! This week we dive into the 2002 classic Brown Sugar starring Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan. 

What is more important? Love, or hip hop? In Brown Sugar, it's actually both! This week we dive into the 2002 classic Brown Sugar starring Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan.

This is a show where we re-watch your favourite Romantic Comedies, break em down a bit, take a peak behind the curtain, dig beneath the surface and decide... do they still hold up?

The Rom Com Rewind Podcast

A show where we re-watch your favourite Romantic Comedies, break em down a bit, take a peak behind the curtain, dig beneath the surface and decide... do they still hold up?

A show where we re-watch your favourite Romantic Comedies, break em down a bit, take a peak behind the curtain, dig beneath the surface and decide... do they still hold up?

S5 E25: Brown Sugar

Hit Man is a 2023 Romantic Comedy directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Glen Powell. Richard Linklater directed Dazed and Confused but also the Before romance trilogy, Before Sunset, Before Midnight, Before Sunrise.


Hit Man is the story of Gary Johnson played by Glen Powell, a mild mannered professor of psychology and philosophy at the University of New Orleans. Gary also works for the NOPD as a civilian, administering the recording tech for undercover sting operations… when the undercover detective Jasper is pulled off duty, Gary is forced into a series of gambits where he needs to PRETEND to be a Hit Man in order to incriminate suspects in murder for hire schemes… along the way he meets Madison played by Adria Arjona and his role as a fake hit man takes a turn as Gary develops feelings for Madison.

Hit Man is a 2023 Romantic Comedy directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Linklater">Richard Linklater</a>, who co-wrote the screenplay with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Powell">Glen Powell</a>. Richard Linklater directed Dazed and Confused but also the Before romance trilogy, Before Sunset, Before Midnight, Before Sunrise.
 Hit Man is the story of Gary Johnson played by Glen Powell, a mild mannered professor of psychology and philosophy at the University of New Orleans. Gary also works for the NOPD as a civilian, administering the recording tech for undercover sting operations… when the undercover detective Jasper is pulled off duty, Gary is forced into a series of gambits where he needs to PRETEND to be a Hit Man in order to incriminate suspects in murder for hire schemes… along the way he meets Madison played by Adria Arjona and his role as a fake hit man takes a turn as Gary develops feelings for Madison.

S5 E24: Hit Man

We're BACK!!!

After a break we wanted to catch up on a whole bunch of pop culture things that we missed this past month. What in the world is happening with Blake Lively and her movie It Ends With Us. Ben Affleck and JLo... did we all see it coming? Who will play Britney Spears in her biopic. And a new parent corner! 

We're BACK!!! After a break we wanted to catch up on a whole bunch of pop culture things that we missed this past month. What in the world is happening with Blake Lively and her movie It Ends With Us. Ben Affleck and JLo... did we all see it coming? Who will play Britney Spears in her biopic. And a new parent corner!

Blake Lively - It Ends With Us, Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez, Brittney Spears

Step Brothers is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Adam McKay, produced by Jimmy Miller and Judd Apatow, and written by Will Ferrell and McKay. This is the story of Brennan Huff played by Will Ferrell, and it’s the story of Dale Doback played by John C Reilly. Brennan and Dale come together as Step Brothers when they’re parents end up falling in love, getting married, and moving in together. Brennan and Dale are unique in that they are in their 40s, they both still live at home, with their parents, Nancy and Robert played by Mary Steenburgen and Richard Jenkins… they are the definition of man children, and all of the chaos in the world erupts… when these two step brothers are forced to live together. There are also supporting performances in this movie by Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, and Rob Riggle. 

Step Brothers is a 2008 American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_film">comedy film</a> directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_McKay">Adam McKay</a>, produced by Jimmy Miller and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judd_Apatow">Judd Apatow</a>, and written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferrell">Will Ferrell</a> and McKay. This is the story of Brennan Huff played by Will Ferrell, and it’s the story of Dale Doback played by John C Reilly. Brennan and Dale come together as Step Brothers when they’re parents end up falling in love, getting married, and moving in together. Brennan and Dale are unique in that they are in their 40s, they both still live at home, with their parents, Nancy and Robert played by Mary Steenburgen and Richard Jenkins… they are the definition of man children, and all of the chaos in the world erupts… when these two step brothers are forced to live together. There are also supporting performances in this movie by Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, and Rob Riggle.

S5 E25: Brown Sugar

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