The M&M Report

Special guest and  Dunkirk stan Meg Kearns joins Devin and Mark to look back on the the 2010s at the ~cinema~. Topics include Marvel hegemony, Social Network  bops, a hot take on  Manchester by the Sea , reflections on #MeToo, feelings about Greta Gerwig and Barry Jenkins, and the Dark Universe for some reason. Extra Recommendations from Devin: Stories We Tell , Locke , Brooklyn, Arrival , E veryb...

Devin and Mark dig deep to discuss Noah Baumbach's  Marriage Story,  in select theaters now and on Netflix Dec. 6. (No spoilers until the 18-minute mark!) Listen to Sean Fennessey's interview with Noah Baumbach, and read the New Yorker's 2013 profile of the director.

Devin and Mark untangle their recent lack of enthusiasm for TV and explore the current state creatively and commercially of the television landscape.

Devin and Mark look ahead to the fall movies they're excited to see and the fights they're assuming they'll have.

Devin and Mark welcome returning guest Erin Vail to check in on the delightfully upsetting  Succession  as it begins its second season on HBO.

Mark and Devin examine their evolving relationship with the social media platform Twitter and offer some recommendations for using it in personally fulfilling ways.

Devin and Mark, along with horror correspondent Kevin Werner, debate and discuss  Us , Jordan Peele's follow-up to  Get Out . Listen to Sean Fennessey's interview with Peele. Read Reggie Ugwu's profile of Lupita Nyong'o. Ponder Jordan Crucchiola's interpetation of the ending . Subscribe to Devin and Kevin's politics podcast Friendly Fire .

Mark and Devin briefly discuss Bo Burnham's film  Eighth Grade . Then Mark gets an alternate perspective on the movie from a recent graduate of eighth grade.

For the sixth year in a row, Devin and Mark react to the Oscars telecast minutes after it ends.

Devin and Mark discuss some of the major storylines surrounding the upcoming 91st Academy Awards on February 24 and explore why they are so invested in the annual ceremony. In between, they fight about Vice , one of the films that received the most Oscar nominations.

Mark and Devin wrap up 2018 with reviews of some of their favo(u)rite movies of this year:  Roma (0:00 - 13:20),  Widows (13:20 - 23:20),  Can You Ever Forgive Me? (23:20 - 29:00) and  The Favourite (29:00 - 37:30). Plus: brief mentions of one movie that Devin saw but Mark didn't (The Front Runner ,  ) and one movie that Mark watched but Devin didn't   ( The Ballad of  Buster Scruggs ).

Devin walks Mark through a therapy session as they unpack the current state of  Saturday Night Live . Topics: Political satire (0:00 - 19:30) Alec Baldwin (19:30 - 27:00) Weekend Update (27:00 - 38:00) Pete Davidson (38:00 - 46:00) Mark's theory on hosts (46:00 - 50:00) Why we keep watching (50:00 - End) Some sketches we discussed: Robert Mueller/"The Bachelorette" #resistance bros at the bar Watc...

Devin and Mark swap takes on shows they've been watching recently. The Good Place : 0:00 - 3:00 BoJack Horseman : 3:00 - 8:30 Insecure : 8:30 - 13:30 Forever : 13:30 - 19:45 Succession : 19:45 - 28:15  American Vandal : 28:15 - 33:10  Big Brother : 33-10 - End

Devin and Mark go off the deep end. Watch as they dive in.

Mark and Devin celebrate the five-year anniversary of their podcast (!) by exploring their pop culture origin stories and uncovering a few embarrassing secrets along the way. The soundtrack for this episode is Katy Perry's "Roar," which was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on the day Mark and Devin released the first episode of The M&M Report.

Mark and Devin look ahead to a busy movie season and preview their most anticipated releases:  Widows  (2:30-6:00),  If Beale Street Could Talk (6:00-9:55),  Backseat  (9:55-18:05),  Roma (18:05-23:15),  Mary Queen of Scots  (23:15-25:15),   First Man  (25:15-31:55)   and  The Land of Steady Habits (31:55).

Mark and Devin accept the impossible mission of marveling at the action in "Mission: Impossible — Fallout" while keeping top of mind the sinister implications of Tom Cruise's stardom.

Devin and Mark return from a long hiatus to discuss  Set It Up (0:00-21:00) and  First Reformed  (21:00-End).

It's a full episode about the emotional devastation that comes with being a trained assassin (or being near one), courtesy of  Killing Eve on BBC America (0:00-17:45) and  Barry on HBO (17:45-End).

Mark and Devin review Steven Soderbergh's latest post-retirement film  Unsane , which is not the work of a man who has committed to retirement in any literal sense.

Devin and Mark hit "record" on AN episode just minutes after the 2018 Oscars. This is not that episode. But it's close enough.

Mark and Devin try very hard not to spoil  The Good Place (0:00-4:50)...and then they just give up and spoil it, because (the after)life's too short (4:50-End). After you listen, check out TV critic Alison Herman's interview about the show with her philosopher father.

West Coast correspondent Erin Vail returns to nerd out with Devin and Mark over Star Wars: The Last Jedi (0:00-23:20). Then they poke gentle fun at The Post for being, well, not unsubtle (23:20-38:50). Before she leaves, Erin drops a few pop culture recommendations of her own (38:50-end). For more Erin content, check out her podcast , writing for The Prompt  and consistently delightful Twitter fee...

Devin and Mark review Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut and 2017's most luscious romance (not the same movie).

Devin and Mark bid a fond (?) farewell to 2017 with a look back at the third season of  Mr. Robot .