I can't stop watching 'Pitch Perfect' on cable

There are movies we’ll watch every time we spot them on cable because we love them. For me, that’s Apollo 13. Then, there are movies that we’ll get sucked into because it’s summer and there’s nothing else on. This is particularly dangerous if you have the HBO family of channels — East and West feeds. The film that’s currently in heavy rotation is Pitch Perfect, which is genuinely great and therefore guilt-free — until you catch yourself tweeting about having a “toner” for Jesse (Skylar Astin), suddenly noticing how well that T-shirt fit him in the dorm room, and thinking of songs that could have LEGALLY followed his rendition of “Feels Like the First Time” in the Riff Off (“Like a Virgin, touched for the very first time” — if it hadn’t been used in an earlier round). I spotted the movie last night at 12:30 a.m. on HBOE, and didn’t stay up watching it, which would’ve been a triumph if I didn’t instead fast-forward through the airing I’d previously recorded on my DVR.

Your turn. What movies have you been repeatedly getting sucked into now that there’s nothing else on? More examples: In recent weeks, I’ve seen First Daughter — the movie starring Katie Holmes and Michael Keaton, not Mandy Moore and Mark Harmon —enough times that I feel I must finally admit, publicly, that I’ve forgiven Marc Blucas for Riley, his character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I’ve also watched What’s Your Number? starring Anna Faris and Chris Evans repeatedly, and I know I’m not alone:

I think I’m no longer embarrassed by the number of times I’ve watched Anna Faris’ “What’s Your Number.” Now I just enjoy it.

— Tim Stack (@EWTimStack) June 25, 2013

@EWMandiBierly I never really understood Chris Evans appeal until this. And that appeal is his chest. #truthbomb

— Tim Stack (@EWTimStack) June 25, 2013

@KarenValby @EWMandiBierly I’m adding it to my group of movies people judge but are actually perfectly fine films, like “27 Dresses.”

— Tim Stack (@EWTimStack) June 25, 2013

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