We've been on an extended break, but we're back...and we're watching "Can't Hardly Wait." It's a teen comedy from 1998 that features seemingly almost every young actor of the era: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Seth Green, Clea DuVall, Selma Blair, Melissa Joan Hart, etc., etc., etc. If you know any of these people you have to watch it. Watching it is a little like a visual 90's time capsule. It's awesome. We have two wine pairings on this one. The first is a 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon called I Find Myself Here By Chance because it's goes well with the long title and the moments of fate in the movie. Then we have a 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon from Two Hands called Sexy Beast. There's a lot of hookups in the movie so it only made sense to have it.

Metacritic Score: 53/100

Movie Sync Notes: We purchase "Can't Hardly Wait" on Amazon Prime. We start "Can't Hardly Wait" 8:39 into the pod, and push play on part two at 57:40 into the pod.

Welcome to That Damned Book Club. We're searching for our new favorite horror novel. We do some research to find a new book for each episode, and just like a book club we talk through the book from cover to cover. We're talking themes, character development, writing style, full on nonsense. Read the book for each episode and come join the club!

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This is a new view for A.J. and a repeat for Aleigh. We watch "Ready or Not," a 2019 thriller starring Samara Weaving, not Margot Robbie. It's a fun little romp where a rich family tries to kill their newest member in a game of hide and seek. So cute. We pair it with a lovely 2021 Zinfandel appropriately called Hunted.

Metacritic Score: 64/100

Movie Sync Notes: We watch "Ready or Not" on Amazon Prime. We start "Ready or Not" 5:27 into the pod, push play on part two at 1:11:18 into the pod, and push play on part three at 1:41:24 into the pod.