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We would never miss discussing the Oscar nominations! If you are looking for the need-to-know information before the biggest ceremony of the year, this is the podcast for you! We discuss the absolutely stacked race this year, the amazing movies that couldn't make the cut, Mark Ruffalo without a shirt on, the remarkable entry of Justine Triet, and, of course, THAT snub for Lead Actress and Best...

Six movies and a lot to say, so it's another two-parter! We visited the 46th Denver Film Festival this year and got to see a whole grab-bag of raw horrors and raw dramas! Lot of rawness this year! In this second part, we cover our last three entries: The meta mockumentary Hey Viktor! and the 1998 movie it's based on, Smoke Signals , the *instant* cult horror classic Late Night with The Dev...

Six movies and a lot to say, so it's another two-parter! We visited the 46th Denver Film Festival this year and got to see a whole grab-bag of raw horrors and raw dramas! Lot of rawness this year! In this first part, we recap the history of The Denver Film Festival and cover our first three entries: The grindhouse-style Eight Eyes , the slow heist movie The Delinquents , and the ever-stressful...

*This episode was recorded on July 9, 2023* THE STRIKE IS OVER!!! Now that we're not scabbing, we'd like to take you on a vague and existential trip to the land of freeways, hitchhikers, and oodles of banks to rob. With the Lone Star State constantly being the center of news stories, we decided to dive into the cinematic stories that portray Graham's homeland. What does the American ps...

We've come full circle and are talking about the Oscars once again! If you don't have anyone to talk awards season with or feel completely out of the loop, this is the episode for you! We discuss the merits of bullying children on the internet, the movies that got snubbed by the academy, Michelle Williams' hair, who Andrea Riseborough is, and Amber's sudden popularity. We also, of course, give out...

Merry Christmas ya filthy, friendless donkeys. We tried an experimental new episode format where we only talk about ONE film in a short amount of time. The experiment failed, but the conversation is good! Come join the discussion on "The Banshees of Inisherin" in this follow-up to our Martin McDonagh episode! Donkeys! Fingers! Despair! Don't want to talk about politics? Don't have anything else in...

Five movies and a lot to say, so it's our first two-parter! We visited the 45th Denver Film Festival this year and saw some brilliant international features that are up for Oscar nominations this year! In this first part, Amber tells us about Klondike (Ukraine), Graham rants about Godland (Iceland), and both gush about Sick of Myself (Norway). As a bonus, Amber also shares details about more title...

Five movies and a lot to say, so it's our first two-parter! We visited the 45th Denver Film Festival this year and got to see some brilliant international features that are up for Oscar nominations this year! In this first part, we dive into the history of The Denver Film Festival and our first two international titles: Holy Spider (Iran), and The Quiet Girl (Ireland). One is a haunting crime thri...

This one is for the music historians, the cinephiles, and the cultists. It's Halloween and we're in the mood for some macabre rocking melodies! From gothic horror to pro-shots to midnight features, come listen to Graham and Amber talk about some pretty significant titles from their lives as well as some fun new discoveries! Mad scientists, singing plants, ostracized composers, and cannibals galore...

What movie scares you the most? Just in time for October: We're doing a deep-dive of one of our favorite genres through the imagination of a man who brought us all back to the theaters: Jordan Peele. Following the release of Nope, Graham and Amber couldn't resist talking about 1980's fueled nostalgia and breaking the rules of storytelling in the influences that gave Peele his three feature hits! N...

What are the laws about what you can and can't say on a movie podcast? Hopefully theatre is alright, because we talk about more plays than usual on this episode! Graham wanted Amber to check out the Best Picture nominee "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri", and that's how we ended up looking up *everything* about this playwright/director/screenwriter. He's the Quentin Tarantino of the stage...

EXPLOSIONS!!! YELLING!!! MEMES!!! Forget about thinking of something safe like Holly Hunter or Don Cheadle! We're talking about the bold, legendary, unparalleled, Nicolas Cage. This one starts off with a game of Nic Cage trivia, Amber (the Research Queen) gives us a brief biography, Graham brushes off his B.F.A. to discuss acting theory, and we delve into our watchlist of 16 Nic Cage features (inc...

What do ya know, it's Cyrano! Enjoy a healthy dose of catfishing, imposter syndrome, and writing letters instead of going to therapy. We briefly discuss the 2022 Oscars ceremony and then nerd out over the history of Cyrano de Bergerac , the most recent film adaptation with Peter Dinklage, Roxanne, Sierra Burgess is a Loser , and more! It's the story that continues to tug at our hearts after 125 ye...

The best day of the year came and went! We talk the Oscar nominations, previous Oscars experiences, and of course allll the snubs. Are parents allowed to be hot? Did we predict who would host this year? Did you actually see any of these? Take a listen!