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WINTRY MIXING ON SUNDAY. THANKS DALENCIA TIME NOW 646 AND IT’S TIME FOR A LOOK AT WHAT’S NEW IN THEATERS AND STREAMING THIS WEEKEND. OUR FILM CRITIC, LAUREN VENEZIANI, IS JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING. HEY, LAUREN. HEY, JANINE, HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY. YOU’RE LOOKING GORGEOUS AND RED AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU AS WELL. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY. YES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALWAYS A VERY BIG WEEKEND AT THE MOVIE THEATER. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU WANT TO COZY UP AT HOME, THINGS TO WATCH THERE TOO. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT LOVE IS BLIND SEASON TEN. THE FIRST SIX EPISODES ARE NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX, WITH MORE EPISODES PREMIERING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THIS IS THE INFAMOUS DATING SERIES WHERE YOU CANNOT PHYSICALLY SEE THE PERSON AT ALL. YOU TALK TO THEM THROUGH THE WALL INSIDE THE PODS, AND WHEN THE COUPLE GETS ENGAGED, THEY HAVE TO NAVIGATE LIFE IN REALITY OUTSIDE THE PODS. THIS SEASON, IT’S SET IN OHIO, AND A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO I SAT DOWN WITH A FEW OF THE CASTMATES, INCLUDING BRIE, BRITTANY, CONNOR, JORDAN, AND ALEX. AND HERE’S A CLIP OF THOSE INTERVIEWS FOR LOVE IS BLIND SEASON TEN. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC DATING SHOW, AND THERE’S SO MANY, YOU KNOW, OTHER CAST MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT AS WELL. DID YOU FIND IT HARDER TO OPEN YOURSELF UP EMOTIONALLY MORE IN THE PODS OR NAVIGATING LIFE IN REALITY? REALITY FOR SURE. YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THE PODS WERE JUST SO SAFE AND EASY. YEAH, THERE WAS NO JUDGMENT, YOU KNOW? AND YOU DON’T HAVE BODY LANGUAGE, RIGHT? SO IT’S KIND OF LIKE YOU HAVE TO REALLY LISTEN AND HEAR WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IN THE PODS VERSUS WHEN YOU’RE IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY HAVING A CONVERSATION, THEY MIGHT THEIR BODY LANGUAGE MIGHT BE SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY’RE VERBALLY TELLING YOU. ONE WAY TO PERFECTLY SUM IT UP, AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS MY PERSONAL JOURNEY OF I NEEDED TO LIKE, SURRENDER. WHEN I WALKED INTO THOSE PODS AND TAKE THE CHIP OFF MY SHOULDER AND LIKE, REALLY SHOW UP RAW. YEAH. AND I JUST LED WITH MY HEART. AND IT WAS SO EASY TO DO THAT FOR THE REASONS YOU DESCRIBED. IT’S LIKE THIS SECURE, EVEN LITTLE LIKE COMFY COZY SPACE. YEAH. YOU HAVE A WALL SO YOU CAN JUST LIKE YOU’RE FREE FLOWING. AND IF THE GUY IS THE RIGHT MAN FOR YOU, HE’S MAKING YOU FEEL SAFE AND SECURE TO SHOW UP THAT WAY. CANDIDLY, I THINK PROBABLY AFTER THE PODS WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR ME. I THINK THE IN THE PODS WAS RELATIVELY EASY. THE PRESSURE’S NOT THERE. THE CAMERAS KIND OF MELT AWAY, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THE PERSON OR THE WALL. I GUESS THAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT. YEAH, OUTSIDE OF THE PODS, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS KIND OF HIT AND IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, DIFFICULT, BUT STILL VERY COMFORTABLE. YEAH. WHAT ABOUT FOR YOU? THE LACK OF DISTRACTIONS IN THE POD MAKES IT WAY EASIER FOR YOU TO FOCUS. I FELT LIKE IT WAS A LOT EASIER TO SHARE AND BE VULNERABLE. LIKE, I COULDN’T TELL YOU THE LAST DATE THAT I’D GONE ON PREVIOUSLY WHERE I WAS SHARING THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO YEAH, I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT WAS. THE POD MADE IT A LOT EASIER, HONESTLY, THE EXACT SAME. I MEAN, I THINK AFTER DAY ONE YOU KIND OF JUST GET INTO IT AND EACH TIME YOU’RE IN EACH POD, YOU REALLY SHUT OUT EVERYTHING ELSE, EVEN OTHER DATES, AND YOU CAN REALLY FOCUS IN ON THAT TIME PERIOD THAT YOU HAVE WITH THEM. AND IT’S YEAH, IT’S LIKE TIME DOESN’T EXIST WHEN YOU’RE IN ONE OF THOSE THINGS. SO IT MAKES IT SO EASY TO TALK TO WHOEVER’S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WALL. YEAH. SO LOVE IS BLIND SEASON TEN CURRENTLY ON NETFLIX. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN STREAMING THAT. I LOVE A GOOD DATING REALITY SERIES. HONESTLY, I GOT TO GO BACK AND BINGE IT BECAUSE ONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS WATCHING IT AND I WAS KIND OF IN AND OUT, SO I KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON, BUT I MISSED A LOT OF THE PODS AND YOU CAN’T MISS ANYTHING IN THAT SHOW. YOU HAVE TO SIT AND WATCH. YES, YOU HAVE TO SIT AND WATCH, BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO SEE OTHER SEASONS TO TO WATCH THIS NEW ONE. BUT YES, OBVIOUSLY VERY, VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT WUTHERING HEIGHTS. THIS IS EASILY ONE OF MY MOST ANTICIPATED FILMS OF THE YEAR. AND I HAVE TO SAY, I’M COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH IT. I YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I LOVE EMILY BRONTE’S WORDS IN THE NOVEL, I’M STILL NOT A LITERARY NOVEL PURIST WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR BOOK, SO I WAS REALLY ABLE TO ENJOY DIRECTOR EMERALD FENNELL’S VERSION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. SO THE FILM BEGINS, AND WE SEE A YOUNG CATHY WHO LIVES WITH HER FATHER, WHO IS A COMPLETE MESS, AND SHE’S TAKEN CARE OF BY HER LADY MAID, NELLIE, WHO IS A BIG NARRATOR IN THE BOOK. AND WHEN CATHY’S FATHER BRINGS HOME A YOUNG BOY, CATHY NAMES HIM HEATHCLIFF, AND THE TWO BECOME INSEPARABLE FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE TO YOUNG ADULT YOUNG ADULTHOOD. BUT HEATHCLIFF IS A SLAVE WITH NOTHING TO HIS NAME, AND CATHY MUST DECIDE IF SHE WILL MARRY FOR LOVE OR IF SHE WILL MARRY TO ESCAPE HER FAMILY OUT OF RUIN. MARGOT ROBBIE IS CATHY AND JACOB ELORDI, AS HEATHCLIFF HAVE INCREDIBLE, FIERY, THIS ENIGMATIC CHEMISTRY. AND I WILL SAY RIGHT NOW, IF YOU ARE EXPECTING IT TO BE JUST LIKE THE BOOK, YOU’RE GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED. IT’S VERY, VERY CLEAR FROM THE TRAILERS AND ALL OF THE MARKETING THAT THIS VERSION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS IS MORE CENTERED ON TOXIC ROMANCE, LUST, DESIRE, THE LAVISH COSTUMES AND THE CINEMATOGRAPHY. THERE’S NOT ONE SHOT IN THIS FILM. JANINE I WOULDN’T WANT TO HAVE FRAMED ON MY WALL. IT’S JUST A STUNNING, EPIC THEATRICAL MASTERPIECE, AND I LOVE THAT THIS FILM IS GOING TO ELICIT DIFFERENT FEELINGS FROM AUDIENCES. I’VE SEEN IT TWICE NOW. I THINK IT DESERVES TO BE SEEN IN THEATERS. THIS IS AN EPIC ROMANCE. EMERALD FENNELL EVEN SAID SHE WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT WAS THIS GENERATION’S TITANIC. AND HONESTLY, I WOULD DEFINITELY COMPARE CATHY AND HEATHCLIFF TO THE PASSION THAT JACK AND ROSE HAD. I THINK MARGOT AND JACOB CAPTURED CATHY AND HEATHCLIFF’S LOVE STORY BEAUTIFULLY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY HARD FILM TO BEAT FOR ME THIS YEAR. I’M A ROMANCE GIRLY, SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MY EPIC ROMANCE. IT’S DEFINITELY MY FAVORITE FILM OF THE YEAR SO FAR, AND WE’VE HAD A GOOD, STRONG START IN THEATERS WITH FILMS. I’M GIVING WUTHERING HEIGHTS A FIVE OUT OF FIVE. DEFINITELY RECOMMEND SEEING IT IN THEATERS. OH MY GOSH. COMPARING ANYTHING TO THE TITANIC MEANS IT HAS GOT TO BE STRONG. AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THIS BECAUSE I JUST LOVE ANYTHING WITH MARGOT ROBBIE IN IT. OH YES, AND SHE’S SO STUNNING AND SO BEAUTIFUL. AND SHE JUST CAPTURES CATHY SO, SO BEAUTIFULLY. I MEAN, CATHY IS NO HERO AND NEITHER IS HEATHCLIFF. AND I THINK THAT THAT’S VERY, VERY EVIDENT IN THE FILM. AND I JUST THINK IT WAS AN AMAZING FILM. AND YOU’RE SENDING TWO, AND THAT’S WHY WE LOVE YOU. THANK YOU JANINE, YOU AS WELL. AND HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY AGAIN. YOU TOO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU CAN FOLLOW LAURA, KNOWN AS THE DC FIL