Connor and Marcelo discuss the BAFTA winners, and the DGA winners for a moment, and what they mean for the Academy Awards next month!

Connor and Marcelo share their (lukewarm) thoughts on the newest Marvel blockbuster, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and discuss the state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.(or as Martin Scorsese would call them, "theme park movies"
Films Mentioned:

• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
• Ant-Man
• Ant-Man and the Wasp
• Star Wars
• The Fifth Element
• Strange World
• Da 5 Bloods
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
• Creed III
• Magazine Dreams
• Doctor Strange
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Thor: Love and Thunder
• Spider-Man: Far From Home
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Luca
• Lightyear
• The Marvels
• WandaVision (TV show)
• Loki (TV show)
• Ms. Marvel (TV show)
• Hawkeye (TV show)
• Moon Knight (TV show)
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (TV show)
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Captain America: Civil War
• Avengers: Infinity War
• Avengers: Endgame
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Everything Everywhere All At Once

Connor and Marcelo review the first script draft for Marcelo's upcoming coming-of-age short film Daydreamer, then review the 2022 Oscar-nominated version of All Quiet on the Western Front.

Films mentioned:

• The Wizard of Oz
• The Searchers
• Lady Bird
• Moonlight
• All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
• Saving Private Ryan
• 1917
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Connor and Marcelo review Close and Missing
Films Mentioned:

• Close
• White Noise
• The Shining
• Beau is Afraid
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Searching
• Missing (2023)
• Missing (1982)
• Knives Out
• Bodies Bodies Bodies
• A Wrinkle in Rime
• The Invisible Man (2020)
• The Suicide Squad
• Girl (2018)
• Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Days of heaven
• Badlands
• All Quiet on the Western Front

Connor and Marcelo passionately discuss Tuesday's Academy Award nominations, then give their predictions and personal picks for each category (with the exceptions of the short film and documentary categories; they haven't seen most of those).

Films Mentioned:

• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Causeway
• The Fabelmans
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• The Whale
• Women Talking
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
• Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• The Sea Beast
• Turning Red
• Lightyear
• All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
• Bardo
• Elvis
• Tár
• Empire of Light
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Babylon
• Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
• Black Panther
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Argentina 1985
• Close
• EO
• The Quiet Girl
• Decision to Leave
• The Batman
• Tell it Like a Woman
• RRR
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Nope
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Living
• Triangle of Sadness
• To Leslie
• Aftersun
• Till
• The Woman King
• X
• Pearl
• The Northman
• The Menu
• Moonage Daydream
• Crimes of the Future
• Cha Cha Real Smooth
• Bros
• Bones and All
• Hereditary
• Infinity Pool

Connor and Marcelo give their thoughts on Brandon Cronenberg's new thriller Infinity Pool, as well as the general state of the horror genre, with a particular spotlight on A24 arthouse "elevated" horror pictures.

Films Mentioned:
Infinity Pool, Possessor, Antiviral, Videodrome, The Fly (1986), Scanners, Dead Ringers, The Northman, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rosemary's Baby, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), The Exorcist, Suspiria (1977), The Shining, Carrie, Hereditary, Get Out, The Babadook, Us, Pearl, X, Scream, Scary Movie, 28 Days Later, Let the Right One In, Raw, Titane, The Invisible Man (2020), Saw, Upgrade, Scream (2022), Jacob's Ladder, Candyman (1992), It Follows, Beau is Afraid, Bones and All, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Recorded 1/21/2022
Connor and Marcelo discuss awards season snubs and surprises, then go on to a retrospective of the careers of James Cameron and Steven Spielberg.
Films Mentioned:

• Hustle
• Uncut Gems
• Aftersun
• The Good Nurse
• The Whale
• The Menu
• Asteroid City
• Downsizing
• Blonde
• The Fabelmans
• Babylon
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Women Talking
• The Woman King
• Elvis
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Bones and All
• The Northman
• Pearl
• X
• Hereditary
• The Bababdook
• Nope
• After Yang
• Crimes of the Future
• Videodrome
• Cha Cha Real Smooth
• Bros
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Avatar
• The Terminator
• Star Wars
• Galaxy of Terror
• Battle Beyond the Stars
• Escape From New York
• Piranha II: The Spawning
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Halloween
• E.T.
• The Fabelmans
• Jaws
• Duel
• The Sugarland Express
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• 1941
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Schindler's List
• The Greatest Show on Earth
• Infinity Pool

Recorded 1/21/2023
CW: sexual assault
Connor and Marcelo discuss and review Sarah Polley's great new film Women Talking, then make predictions about the Oscar nominations based on the SAG and BAFTA nods.
Films mentioned:

• Women Talking
• Adventures of Baron Munchausen
• Away From Her
• Stories We Tell
• Take This Waltz
• Dawn of the Dead (2004)
• I'm Thinking of Ending Things
• The Lost Daughter
• Paddington
• My Spy
• She Said
• Moonlight
• Blonde
• Fargo
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Nomadland
• Tár
• There Will Be Blood
• Phantom Thread
• The Whale
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• In Bruges
• Jurassic World: Dominion
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• The Fabelmans
• CODA
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• The Goonies