A Rotten Tomatoes approved film critic and journalist who writes for "Variety" and Fresh Fiction TV, this week's guest Courtney Howard is also a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, as well as Critics Choice, and the Online Film Critics Society. 

Holding an informal meeting of the cinematic Gen X Babysitter's Club with me this week to tackle the late '80s-early '90s studio comedies "Adventures in Babysitting," "Three Men and a Baby," and "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead," Courtney's return to the podcast marks a lighthearted change of pace from some of the more dramatic epics and crime movies you'll frequently hear discussed on Watch With Jen. 

Along the way, we recall our earliest experiences with these movies, serve up fascinating behind-the-scenes information about the making of and reaction to each film when they were released, and reference a number of others that would create the perfect lineup for an impromptu Babysitting Film Festival. 

So hit the road, leave your newborn with your boisterous bachelor pals, drop F-bombs only in tandem, lie about going to Vassar on your job application, and enjoy this breezily entertaining chat.

Note: In Podcast News, we've just added two great new themes/guests to our Season 3 lineup in the form of Laugh-Out-Loud Funny '90s Romcoms with Rachel Wagner (recording in February) and Jim Jarmusch Across the Decades with Mitchell Beaupre (recording in late March). We have so much great content for you on the horizon so occasionally you might see more than one episode drop per week. Get psyched.

Referenced & Related:

Courtney Howard on Twitter 

Courtney's Byline on "Variety" 

FreshFiction.TV 

Courtney's Article: 19 Things You Probably Didn't Know about Adventures in Babysitting 

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