Referential Films & How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)! Plus, Screenwriter Chris Thomas Devlin!
Dear Movies, I Love You
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4.9 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 123 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s steamy episode of Dear Movies, I Love You, Millie and Casey try to get their proverbial groove back by discussing the 1998 classic, How Stella Got Her Groove Back. They also dissect the concept of “referential films” (ie, movies whose titles become a shorthand for a concept). Plus, the screenwriter Chris Thomas Devlin (Cobweb, Texas Chainsaw Massacre) joins the show to talk about his “Area of Expertise” - Fake movies in movies.
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| 0:00.0 | This is exactly right. |
| 0:06.0 | Hello, Casey. How's it going? |
| 0:08.4 | Oh, Millie. Bad again. |
| 0:11.4 | Why? What's going on now? |
| 0:13.2 | I'm embarrassed. |
| 0:14.9 | About what? |
| 0:17.3 | I lost my groove. |
| 0:19.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:20.6 | I lost it, and I don't know where I put it. |
| 0:23.1 | I can see it in your face. |
| 0:25.4 | I actually, this is true. |
| 0:27.8 | Not that losing my groove isn't true, |
| 0:29.8 | but I lost my car keys when I was snow blowing. |
| 0:37.4 | And so I think it's just underneath the snow. And. when I was snow blowing. |
| 0:40.4 | And so I think it's just underneath the snow. |
| 0:44.6 | And I guess I'll see them in the spring. |
| 0:46.8 | But that was really distressing. |
| 0:47.8 | Oh, boy. |
| 0:48.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:51.2 | And I lost my groove, which is more distressing. |
| 0:53.3 | I don't got it anymore. |
| 0:54.7 | You know what I always say? |
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