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This week, special guest Cara Meyers (indie improv team WILD, UCB Harold team GAG) and Tucson-to-LA transplant Cozi tell Bri about the INCREDIBLY FUN AND IMPORTANT 1997 cult-classic comedy Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion ! Recommendations: Cara – The Curious Case of Natalia Grace (MAX) Bri – Go to New Mexico and get some green chile Cozi – “Dumbest Girl Alive” by 100 gecs

Puppet-haters beware! This week, Bri dives into Jim Henson's and Frank Oz's ambitious 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal . A Gelfling must embark on a dangerous quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore peace and balance to his world. Will Cozi embark on his quest to watch this all-puppet movie? Listen and find out! Recommendations: Bri – Labyrinth (1986) and The Dar...

This week, Bri invites special guest and fellow movie podcast host Victoria Harley ( A Breath of Fresh Movie @freshmoviepod ) to convince Cozi to watch Stanley Kubrick's 1975 period piece Barry Lyndon. The film follows the rise and fall of Redmond Barry as he does whatever it takes to climb the social ladder in 18th-century Georgian society—and Bri and Victoria will do whatever it takes to get...

This week, very-old-man improviser Cozi tries to convince new improviser Bri to check out Don’t Think Twice (2016), Mike Birbiglia's film about the world of improv! Will Bri say Yes And, or will she think twice? Will she heighten the game, or will she deny the base reality? Will she [insert other improv specifics here], or will she [Rule of Threes]? Also, on Cozi's Weird Cult Corner, Cozi...

This week, Cozi and special guest Robert Clarke-Chan ( Knowing Is Half the Podcast , AE Double Back ) tell Bri about the 1985 classic comedy Real Genius! It's '80s fast-talking heartthrob Val Kilmer, an entire cast of college nerds, insane science pranks, and LASERS LASERS LASERS! Recommendations: Robert – The TV show Northern Exposure Bri – Triple Beam Pizza Cozi – Evil Dead Rise (2023)

This week, Bri tells Cozi why Arrival is a sci-fi movie unlike any other! This 2016 film by Denis Villeneuve starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner leaves Bri thinking about too many things even after the credits roll. Will Cozi be into this patient and thought-provoking sci-fi? We hope so! Recommendations: Cozi – See The Super Mario Bros. Movie specifically for the adorable nihilistic blue star cha...

"If it bleeds, it leads!" This week, Briana and special guest Ian Zandi try to convince Cozi to watch the 2014 crime thriller Nightcrawler . Jake Gyllenhaal plays Lou Bloom, a persistent and intelligent conman who gets into the dark business of crime journalism, selling footage of the bloodiest crimes and accidents to local news stations. With an excellent performance from Gyllenhaal, a...

Listen up, students! This week, Cozi's trying to convince Bri to watch 1999's dark satirical high school comedy Election! AKA Ferris Bueller's Day Back On? Will great performances from Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, and Chris Klein be enough to win Bri's vote? Recommendations: Bri – The documentary Good Night Oppy (2022) Cozi – Soup and sleep (if you have a cold)

This week, Cozi tells his cousin David Wolinsky ( GAMETHING , Don't Die ) about the 1994 kung-fu comedy Drunken Master II ! David hasn't seen any kung-fu films or Jackie Chan films, so this one's long overdue! Will David watch this Drunken Boxing epic directed by Chia-Liang Liu? Will YOU? Recommendations: David – Ted Lasso; Central Park; put Instant Coffee in yogurt; the horror videoga...

It's that time again! Cozi geeks out about this year's five Oscar-nominated Animated Shorts and tries to convince special guest Patrick Gremillion ( The Academy Academy ) to watch them! Cozi gives some background info for each short, along with his spoiler-free reviews. Will his love of amazing animated shorts be enough for Patrick and the audience to go seek them out? Recommendations: Patrick – A...

This week, Cozi teams up with award-winning horror filmmaker Meg Swertlow (The Voiceless in Give Me an A, No Overnight Parking, Watcher) to spread the news about Newsies ! Will Bri carry the banner for this 1992 live-action Disney musical—or will she Christian Bail on it? Recommendations: Meg – Barbarian (2022) Bri – The TV show The Last of Us Cozi – The podcast GAMETHING Follow Meg Swertlow on IG...

This week, Bri tries to convince Cozi to watch Scanners (1981), directed by David Cronenberg. The scanners use telepathy to read your every thought. When rogue scanner Revok threatens humanity with an underground scanner movement bent on taking over society, scanner Cameron Vale is sent to stop Revok once and for all. Will Cozi be convinced to check out this unsettling (and fun) sci-fi horror? Rec...

Moms love Richard Gere—and Bri and special guest Kristen Scatton love the 2002 musical film Chicago ! Based on the Broadway musical of the same name, Chicago stars Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones as two murderesses on death row in 1920s Chicago as they fight for the fame that will save them from the gallows. Can Bri and Kristen razzle dazzle Cozi into checking out this stylish, dark, and...

On this episode, Cozi tells Bri about the 2013 coming-of-age dramedy The Way Way Back! Focused on a shy awkward brown-haired sensitive 14-year-old boy and featuring an incredible cast (Toni Collete, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph, it just keeps going), this one's a must-see. Recommendations: Bri – White Lotus Season 2 Cozi – Find positive coping mechanisms and hold them c...

Joseph Stalin was a ruthless dictator who kept everyone in Russia on their toes, especially those in his close circle. This week, Bri and special guest J. Claude Deering, host of the podcast Things Are Going Great for Me , dive into the hilarious chaos that unfolds behind closed doors when this feared man dies in the 2017 (2018 American release) black comedy The Death of Stalin . Can they convince...

This week, Bri tells Cozi all about the 1991 Chinese drama Raise the Red Lantern, directed by Yimou Zhang. Raise the Red Lantern is a visually stunning and dark look into the life of four concubines in the early 20th century Warlord Era. Recommendations: Cozi – Chremsels (a delicious Passover dessert) Bri – Cozy pajamas

Cozi tells Bri about the 2002 drama Dirty Pretty Things, a story of mystery and intrigue centered around the experiences of London-based immigrants and refugees! With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, and a heart in a toilet, how can you not be hooked? Recommendations: Bri – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) Cozi – Go see the band Pool Kids live!

On this sacred day of Halloween, Bri and special guest Jen Curcio try to convince Cozi to watch the 1982 horror comedy anthology Creepshow! Campy delights from beginning to end—there's something here for everyone. A Stephen King and George Romero collab, Creepshow is one you don't want to miss. Recommendations: Cozi – Haunt the living Bri – Pay attention to labels Jen – Buy Fruit Brute Cereal

Fright month continues with Cozi's bloody entry, the 2017 suburban-satire horror-comedy Mom and Dad ! Can he convince Bri to watch this wild high-tension ride of a movie? And if he can't, can Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, the co-director of Crank: High Voltage, and even John Waters himself? Recommendations: Bri – Dress up as often as you can for Halloween season! Cozi – The coming-of-age sci-fi movie...

It's spooky season, and we're kicking it off with John Carpenter's 1988 sci-fi action horror They Live ! Will Cozi be convinced to watch this delightfully weird yet intelligent movie about a guy whose worldview is changed by a pair of sunglasses? Listen to find out! We sleep. THEY LIVE. Recommendations: Cozi – Go back east to New England! Bri – Consume less! Join a Buy Nothing Group.

Sometimes you take a drive, and other times, the drive takes you? This week, Bri and special guest Dash Nye (Pack house sketch team Night Coffee, Go Sketch Yourself) try to convince Cozi to watch Quentin Tarantino's 2007 action/thriller/exploitation homage film Death Proof . With muscle cars, great music, and stunts galore, will Cozi be taken along for this ride? Listen and find out! Recommendatio...

This week, Cozi tries to convince Bri to watch Tamara Jenkins's brother-and-sister family dramedy The Savages (2007)! Will she be on board to watch Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman do some incredible acting in this honest, grounded, and well-paced film? Grab a big red pillow and take a listen! Recommendations: Bri – The album Leave the Light On by Pillow Queens Cozi – Be the fun you want to...

This week's special guest is director/writer/producer Matt Mazany (wrestling podcast Get It Again , Funny or Die’s Gay of Thrones )! Matt and Cozi talk about a movie that's more than meets the eye: 1986’s animated cult classic The Transformers: The Movie! Will an epic '80s metal soundtrack and a planet-eating planet voiced by Orson Welles be enough to transform Bri into a person who wants to see t...

The 1990 coming-of-age dramedy Mermaids is less about half-human, half-fish women and more about family, love, and a teenage girl's dream of becoming a nun. Bri gives a list of reasons why Cozi needs to watch this witty, sweet, and perfectly cast film while Cozi wonders how the heck this film has anything to do with mermaids. Recommendations: Bri – An accountability buddy Cozi – The album Fro...

Special guest Whitney Allen and co-host Bri explain why Cozi needs to see the 2001 fantasy adventure The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring . In the movie, Frodo must journey away from the Shire to destroy the "One Ring to Rule Them All" and save Middle Earth from the evil of Sauron with the help of friends. In this episode, Cozi delves into his childhood love of pulp fantasy novels, an...