The Fifth Star

We promised we'd review the second season of Severance, and it was divisive! Let us know what you thought!

It's Mr. and Mrs. Smith meets Agatha Christie in this spy WHODUNNIT. Will it be our next five-star movie?

Didi is a new coming of age movie about a Taiwanese-American boy growing up in California. This semi-autographical film won the audience award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

Surprise! We're back with an update on our Severance progress after episode 7 dropped last week. We just couldn't hold our theories in. Who knows? Maybe we're onto something.

Lots to talk about with this years Oscars. Not too many upsets but what a year! Conan also did a fantastic job as host. PLUS Albert lost our bet. Find out what he has to do at the end of the episode.

We had some differing opinions this year for who will win what. Whoever gets most correct will win a prize next week when we come back for our reaction episode!

Sing Sing follows the story of a group of prisoners in an acting program. Through their relationships, shared brokenness, and heart for the arts, the characters come to life on screen and make you fall in love with this story.

The story of Bob Dylan's early career told through beautiful musical performances left us wondering what Oscar's this movie has a shot at winning.

Albert just finished season 1 a week ago and he has some ideas for how Season 2 is gonna go. We will see when we come back in March for our review of Season 2!

After their grandmother, a holocaust survivor, passes away, two cousins go on a trip to Poland to honor her memory. Will it be our next 5 star movie? Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Rating Guesses 01:09 - Spoiler Free Review 16:19 - Rating Reveal 16:53 - Spoiler Section 26:17 - The Way We Watch Movies 28:40 - Everything is Illuminated 29:33 - Are you more Benji or David? 30:12 - Outro

Silo returns with another thrilling season. It's now been renewed for a third and fourth final season! Can't wait to see how the rest of this story unfolds. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Spoiler Free Section 05:55 - Beginning of Spoiler Review 23:07 - Theories 23:33 - What was in the Tunnel? 25:55 - Why is their History Secret? 29:21 - The Algorithm 30:10 - 51 Silos Theory 36:50 - What Killed Si...

Emilia Perez has been getting a lot of Oscar buzz after it was nominated for 10 golden globes and came home with 4. Will it be our next 5 star movie? Or were our expectations a little too high? Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:08 - Spoiler Free Section 10:28 - Score Reveal 11:07 - Did it deserve the Golden Globes wins? 12:55 - (Start of spoilers) The biggest flaw 15:55 - The ending 18:23 - Controversies...

After 3 years, the 2nd season has finally dropped on Netflix! Here are our thoughts and theories about what is to come for the 3rd and final season. Chapters: 00:00 - Spoiler Free Review 17:28 - The Front Man (start of spoilers) 27:58 - Gi-Hun 28:58 - The Cop and Captain Park 31:05 - Is 246 Still Alive? 33:20 - Season 2.5 34:59 - Bread vs Lottery Ticket 37:22 - The Games 43:00 - Marine Boy is SUS...

Breaking from our movie review rhythm, this is our way to look back and celebrate how much fun we've had making this podcast! Thanks for watching and join us next year!

Based on the play by August Wilson, The Piano Lesson is a story of a family haunted by their past and a piano family heirloom. Will this movie adaptation be our next five star movie?

Moana returns 8 years later for another adventure. This time she has a crew and must do all she can to unite the islands. Will it be a 5 star?

The hit musical has finally been made into a feature two-part film. This first part explores the origin of the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz. Will it be our next five star movie?

What would you tell your younger self if given the chance? This heartfelt comedy starts with a drug trip of the main character meeting her older self, Aubrey Plaza.

This Wim Wenders classic from 1984 has been highly regarded for decades. Will it be our next five star movie? VIDEO ESSAY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CooJV3BpPUg

Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, and Robin Wright reunite in this graphic novel adaptation. Here is a movie about one spot on earth across time and the many lives that existed in that space. The critics seem to hate it, but could it be our next 5 star movie?

Conclave, a movie about faith, church politics and secrets. The Cardinals must choose their next pope, but will it be the right decision?

Perfect Days is a movie about a Japanese public toilet cleaner who lives out his days appreciating each moment. Will it be a five star movie?

Right in time for season 50, this movie takes us back to the beginning of Saturday Night Live. The origin story wasn't as funny as you may think.

In honor of spooky season, we're breaking from our regular rhythm of movie reviews! We thought it'd be fun to show Albert's reaction to this cult classic teen romance. REVIEW AT THE END!

Yorgos Lanthimos' most recent release after Poor Things stars a similar group of actors in this 3-part anthology of absurdist tales. Will it be our next 5-star movie? Watch or listen to find out!