ep. 23: Brendan's surprised a comedy was nominated for Best Picture. Brittany kept waiting for it to get good. They both are amazed by the number of nominations it received. Our first film for March's theme of Oscars-1986 is Prizzi's Honor (1985).

P.S. Our bad, it was Kathleen Turner who voiced Jessica Rabbit and it was Spencer Tracy who starred in Libeled Lady, not Clark Gable.

If for some reason you'd like to watch us talk to each other, this episode is now available on our Youtube channel. You can also e-mail us at [email protected]. Website coming soon!

-Music: Brendan and Brittany

-Credits for the movie being reviewed:

• Writer(s): Richard Condon, Janet Roach
• Director(s): John Huston

Chapters:

(00:00) Could I Be A Hitman-woman?

(01:04) Film, Theme, Cast + Credits

(06:27) The 6-7 Synopses

(09:00) Like, Love, Hate, Can't Believe

(22:03) Plot Discussion: Deep Dive and Film Analysis Starts Here

(1:16:35) The Brittany Scale

(1:20:26) Next Week's Film

SHOW NOTES:

Other Episodes Mentioned:

(36:50) Blue Valentine: Real-Life Relationships and Dirty Bathrooms (ep. 21)

Sources/Links:

• Prizzi's Honor (1985) (IMDb)
• Marlon Brando as The Godfather (clip)
• Gloria Grahame (TCM bio)
• Lawrence Tierney (IMDb bio)
• Kathleen Turner-The Graduate Press Reel (2002) (clip)
• Kelly McGillis (IMDb bio)
• The 58th Academy Awards | 1986 (website)
• The 15th Academy Awards | 1943 (website)
• The 12th Academy Awards | 1940 (website)
• The Academy Awards: The Complete Unofficial History by Gail Kinn & Jim Piazza (book)

Films/TV Shows Mentioned:

• Libeled Lady (1936) (IMDb)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) (IMDb)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) (IMDb)
• Silence (2016) (IMDb)
• The Addams Family (1991) (IMDb)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) (IMDb)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) (IMDb)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) (IMDb)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (IMDb)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941) (IMDb)
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (IMDb)
• The Misfits (1961) (IMDb)
• In This Our Life (1942) (IMDb)
• Boardwalk Empire (TV)(2010-2014) (IMDb)
• Blue Valentine (2010) (IMDb Listing)
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) (IMDb)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (IMDb)
• Kokuho (2025) (IMDb)
• The Simpsons "Marge Be Not Proud" (1995) (TV s7e11) (Simpson's Wiki) (IMDb)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992) (IMDb)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) (IMDb)
• Veronica's Closet (TV)(1997-2000) (IMDb)
• Cheers (1982-1993) (TV)(IMDb)
• Look Who's Talking (1989) (IMDb)
• Serial Mom (1994) (IMDb)
• Friends (2001) (TV)(s7e22) (s7e23) (s7e24)
• The Graduate (1967) (IMDb)
• Top Gun (1986) (IMDb)
• Top Gun: Maverick (2022) (IMDb)
• Witness (1985) (IMDb)

ep. 22: Brittany can't get over the lack of handwashing. Brendan's an expert on ad men and he isn't convinced that Ted fits in. Brendan gives a lesson about how men pee. And Brittany wants you to know she meant no disrespect to secretaries. The final movie for our February theme of Unhappily Ever After is Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).

You can e-mail us at [email protected]. Website coming soon!

-Music: Brendan and Brittany

-Credits for the movie being reviewed:

• Writer(s): Avery Corman, Robert Benton, Jay Christian
• Director(s): Robert Benton

Chapters:

(00:00) Taught But Not Educated + Divorce Destinations

(07:03) Film, Theme, Cast + Credits

(08:41) The 6-7 Synopses

(10:42) Like, Love, Hate, Can't Believe

(35:19) Handwashing + Bad Pee Foley

(40:26) Plot Discussion: Deep Dive and Film Analysis Starts Here

(54:00) How Do Men Pee?

(1:14:38) Apologizing To Kids

(1:36:58) Joanna's Cross Examination

(1:46:58) One Last French Toast Breakfast

(1:54:04) The Brittany Scale + IMDb Reviews

(2:01:03) Which Relationship Do You Prefer?

(2:03:25) Next Week's Film

SHOW NOTES:

Other Episodes Mentioned:

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Romance, Regret, Repeat (ep. 20)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Toxic Wordplay, Toxic Marriages (ep. 19)
• Blue Valentine: Real-Life Relationships and Dirty Bathrooms (ep. 21)

Sources/Links:

• Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (IMDb Listing) (trailer)
• "A Timeline of Divorce in America" (article)
• "Rethinking the History of Child Custody" (article)
• Dick Tracy-Interrogating Mumbles (clip)
• Tab soda (Wikipedia)
• I Am Sam "Good Parent" Kramer vs. Kramer Courtroom scene (video)
• The 52nd Academy Awards | 1980 (website)

Other Films/TV Shows Mentioned:

• Superman (1978) (IMDb Listing)
• What's Up Doc? (1972) (IMDb Listing)
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (IMDb Listing)
• Twilight (1998) (IMDb Listing)
• The Bridges of Madison County (1995) (IMDb Listing)
• Out of Africa (1985) (IMDb Listing)
• The Devil Wears Prada (2006) (IMDb Listing)
• The Graduate (1967) (IMDb Listing)
• Rain Man (1988) (IMDb Listing)
• Dick Tracy (1990) (IMDb Listing)
• Mad Men (TV)(2007-2015) (IMDb Listing)
• If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) (IMDb Listing)
• I Am Sam (2001) (IMDb Listing)
• Apocalypse Now (1979) (IMDb Listing)
• Breaking Away (1979) (IMDb Listing)
• Norma Rae (1979) (IMDb Listing)
• All That Jazz (1979) (IMDb Listing)
• The Piano (1993) (IMDb Listing)
• Serial Mom (1994) (IMDb Listing)
• Prizzi's Honor (1985) (IMDb Listing)

ep. 21: Housewife Brittany would take absolutely no shit about her cooking. Brendan doesn't appreciate a good bird caw when he hears one. And FYI, it's called a melodica flexible tube. The next film for February's Unhappily Ever After theme is Blue Valentine (2010).

P.S. For your viewing pleasure, the dirty toilet scene is around 32:18 in the movie. And upon further investigation, it looks like she's sitting on top of the lid with a pee sound effect added in post. What do you think?

You can e-mail us at [email protected]. Website coming soon.

-Music: Brendan and Brittany

-Credits for the movie being reviewed:

• Writer(s): Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, Cami Delavigne
• Director(s): Derek Cianfrance

Chapters:

(00:00) When Is Couples Counseling Necessary?

(02:35) Film, Theme, Cast + Credits

(04:02) The 6-7 Synopses

(06:10) Like, Love, Hate, Can't Believe

(23:07) Plot Discussion: Deep Dive and Film Analysis Starts Here

(39:02) Burying Dogs In the Backyard

(53:59) Meatloaf with Brown Sauce

(1:00:57) Toilet Seat Set Decoration

(1:07:17) Almost Shower Sex + The Simpsons

(1:25:45) Brittany Sings Stupid

(1:33:30) More Cringey Sex

(1:43:50) Cindy's News on the Brooklyn Bridge

(1:49:04) Fuck Bobby

(1:55:24) Dean Visits Cindy At Work

(2:08:24) At Their Worst

(2:19:00) The Brittany Scale + Final Thoughts

(2:23:40) Next Week's Film

SHOW NOTES:

Other Episodes Mentioned:

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Romance, Regret, Repeat (ep. 20)

Sources/Links:

• Blue Valentine (2010) (IMDb Listing) (trailer)
• r/Bald (subReddit)
• "You and Me" by Penny and The Quarters (Youtube) (Apple Music) (Spotify)
• Diva Cup (website)
• Grizzly Bear (Apple Music) (Spotify) (Youtube)
• Dead Man's Bones (Apple Music) (Spotify) (Youtube)
• Ryan Gosling discusses Brooklyn Bridge scene (video)
• Planned Parenthood (website)

Films/TV Shows Mentioned:

• Lars and the Real Girl (2007) (IMDb Listing)
• The Notebook (2004) (IMDb Listing)
• Half Nelson (2006) (IMDb Listing)
• The Simpsons "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" (TV s6e10)(1994) (Simpson's Wiki) (IMDb Listing)
• Cabin Fever (2002) (IMDb Listing)
• Mad Men (TV)(2007-2015) (IMDb Listing)
• Lost River (2014) (IMDb Listing)
• The Wire (TV)(2002-2008) (IMDb Listing)
• The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) (IMDb Listing)
• Roofman (2025) (IMDb Listing)
• Drive (2011) (IMDb Listing)
• Dawson's Creek (TV)(1998-2003) (IMDb Listing)
• Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (IMDb Listing)

ep. 20: Brittany's not as impulsive as she thinks. Brendan's a true believer in love at first sight. And do you remember why The Mandela Effect is called The Mandela Effect? Neither did we. It's another episode chock-full of Brittany's mispronunciations as we discuss the next film for February's theme of Unhappily Ever After, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).

You can e-mail us at [email protected]. Website coming soon!

-Music: Brendan and Brittany

-Credits for the movie being reviewed:

• Writer(s): Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth
• Director(s): Michel Gondry

Chapters:

(00:00) Blinded by Revenge

(05:15) Theme + Film Cast and Credits

(10:00) The 6-7 Synopses

(11:21) Like, Love, Hate, Can't Believe

(27:40) Plot Discussion: Deep Dive and Film Analysis Starts Here

(36:55) Are Briefcases Still A Thing?

(48:10) First Impressions, Make 'Em Count

(1:01:35) Joel Calls Clementine

(1:15:00) The Berenstain? Bears

(1:18:50) The Invisible Gorilla

(1:25:53) To Her To Him

(1:27:50) Suffiss It To Say

(1:37:40) Joel and Clem's Last Fight

(1:46:51) The Bartlett's Book

(2:01:35) Joel Tries to Hide Clem

(2:20:03) Eternal Sunshine Quote

(2:29:10) Joel Meets Clem for the First Time Again

(2:34:36) Joel Wakes Up

(2:40:40) Clem Goes To Joel's Apartment

(2:48:16) The Brittany Scale + Next Week's Film

SHOW NOTES:

Sources/Links:

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) (IMDb Listing)
• SDAM/Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory (Subreddit FAQs) (Dr. Brian Levine's SDAM study at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute)
• Music Video Virtuosos/Directors Label DVD series (watch at Internet Archive) (article)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (trailer)
• Huckleberry Hound Singing "Oh My Darling, Clementine" (video)
• The Invisible Gorilla (book website)
• Ghostbusters colander/prop (photo)
• "Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett (Project Gutenberg ebook)
• "Eloisa to Abelard" (1771) by Alexander Pope (Eternal Sunshine quote) (complete poem)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind at The 77th Academy Awards (link)

Films/TV Shows Mentioned:

• Synecdoche, New York (2008) (IMDb Listing)
• Hamnet (2025) (IMDb Listing)
• Human Nature (2001) (IMDb Listing)
• The Majestic (2001) (IMDb Listing)
• The Truman Show (1998) (IMDb Listing)
• Liar, Liar (1997) (IMDb Listing)
• Man On the Moon (1999) (IMDb Listing)
• The Good Son (1993) (IMDb Listing)
• Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (1969-1978)(TV) (IMDb Listing)
• Arthur (1996-2022)(TV) (IMDb Listing)
• Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992-1997)(TV) (IMDb Listing)
• Barney & Friends (1992-2010)(TV) (IMDb Listing)
• The Magic School Bus (1994-1997)(TV) (IMDb Listing)
• Ghostbusters (1984) (IMDb Listing)
• Seinfeld (1989-1998)(TV) (IMDb Listing)
• Curb Your Enthusiam (2000-2024)(TV) (IMDb Listing)
• Blue Valentine (2010) (IMDb Listing)

ep. 19: Brittany can't get past having strangers over at 2 a.m. Brendan doesn't buy the lack of drunken behavior. And they both don't understand the movie's (old) hype. Our first film in February for "Unhappily Ever After" is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).

You can e-mail us at [email protected]. Website coming soon!

-Music: Brendan and Brittany

-Credits for the movie being reviewed:

• Writer(s): Ernest Lehman, Edward Albee
• Director(s): Mike Nichols

Chapters:

(00:00) Who is she?

(02:04) Theme of the Month and Film

(04:46) The 6-7 Synopses

(08:50) Movie Cast and Credits

(09:19) Like, Love, Hate, Can't Believe

(17:50) Plot Discussion: Deep Dive and Film Analysis Starts Here

(1:47:43) The Brittany Scale + Final Thoughts

(1:55:52) Next Week's Film

SHOW NOTES:

Other Episodes Mentioned:

• The Man Who Came To Dinner: Insult Comedy But Witty (episode 13)

• The Apartment: He's Definitely Sleeping In Filthy Sheets (episode 11)

Sources/Links:

• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) (IMDb Listing)
• "Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?" by Henry Hall (1933) (song)
• "What A Dump" (Bette Davis vs. Martha) (clip)
• Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (1966) (trailer)
• Florida Film Festival (website)
• Galactorrhea (Cleveland Clinic)
• Roe v. Wade (info)

Films/TV Shows Mentioned:

• Giant (1956) (IMDb Listing)
• The Hours (2002) (IMDb Listing)
• Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood (2019) (IMDb Listing)
• Bringing Up Baby (1938) (IMDb Listing)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) (IMDb Listing)
• Heated Rivalry (TV)(2025) (IMDb Listing)
• The 400 Blows (1959) (IMDb Listing)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) (IMDb Listing)
• Beyond the Forest (1949) (IMDb Listing)

ep. 18: Brittany is too "slow in the mind" to understand the time slippage. Brendan has seen this movie 20 plus times and it shows. Buckle up, y'all, Brendan couldn't help himself so this is a delightfully long one. Our final film for "Our Favorites-Part 1" theme and the month of January is Interstellar (2014).

You can e-mail us at [email protected]. Website coming soon!

-Music: Brendan and Brittany

-Credits for the movie being reviewed:

• Writer(s): Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
• Director(s): Christopher Nolan

Chapters:

(00:00) Six Degrees of Nolan

(01:57) January Theme and Film

(02:23) The 6-7 Synopses

(05:28) Cast + Credits

(08:30) Like, Love, Hate, Can't Believe

(31:53) Plot Discussion: Deep Dive and Film Analysis Starts Here

(49:13) Murph's School Visit

(1:02:58) Mysterious Dust

(1:24:35) Coop Prepares To Leave

(2:01:28) Approaching Saturn

(2:16:10) Plan for Miller's Planet

(2:34:20) Reuniting with Romilly

(2:55:46) Arriving at Mann's Planet

(3:34:49) Race to The Endurance

(3:49:47) Coop In the Tesseract

(4:05:30) At Cooper Station

(4:18:10) The Brittany Scale and Final Thoughts

(4:23:31) Next Week's Film

SHOW NOTES:

Previous Episodes Mentioned:

• Inherent Vice: A 70s Love Letter That Gets Better On Rewatch (episode 15)
• The Fall: An R-Rated Film A 5-Year-Old Could Watch (episode 16)
• Apocalypto: Zero Wolf Should Watch Peaky Blinders (episode 17)

Sources/Links :

• "Confused by Sound Mixing vs. Sound Editing? We've Got You." (article from NY Times)
• M.C. Escher's Tessellations (website, Medium blog post)
• "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas (poem)
• Interstellar at The 87th Academy Awards (nominations)

Films/TV Shows Mentioned:

• Interstellar (2014) (IMDb listing)
• Inherent Vice (2014) (IMDb listing)
• The Fall (2006) (IMDb listing)
• Apocalypto (2006) (IMDb listing)
• The Dust Bowl (2012) (documentary) (IMDb listing)
• Pluribus (TV) (2025 ) (IMDb listing)
• Death By Lightning (TV) (2025) (IMDb listing)
• The Prestige (2006) (IMDb listing)
• Following (1998) (IMDb listing)
• Tenet (2020) (IMDb listing)
• Inception (2010) (IMDb listing)
• 2001: Space Odyssey (1968) (IMDb listing)
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) (IMDb listing)
• Ex Machina (2014) (IMDb listing)
• The Imitation Game (2014) (IMDb listing)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991) (IMDb listing)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) (IMDb listing)

ep. 17: Brendan's survival skills are unrivaled. This movie somehow reminds Brittany of The Little Mermaid and Peaky Blinders. There's a big, huge, earth-shattering disagreement about a movie prop that prompts Brittany to ask listeners to weigh in. And FYI, quicksand is real; stay calm and lighten your load. Continuing "Our Favorites" theme for January is Brittany's next pick, Apocalypto (2006).

-Music by Brendan and Brittany

-Credits for the movie being reviewed:

• Writer(s): Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia
• Director(s): Mel Gibson

Chapters:

(00:00) Surviving In the Wild

(04:48) January Theme and Film

(05:43) Separating the Art from the Artist (Me Too Non-Supporters)

(16:44) The 6-7 Synopses

(19:34) A Short and Very Incomplete History of The Maya

(24:53) Hollywood's Responsibility for Historical Accuracy + Christopher Nolan's Odyssey

(30:13) Movie Cast and Credits

(33:17) Like, Love, Hate, Can't Believe

(42:23) Plot Discussion: Deep Dive and Film Analysis Starts Here

(51:20) The Pouch Argument

(1:10:00) Swinging from Vines

(2:19:35) Animals In Movies + Tiger Pee + Parks and Rec

(2:31:32) A Sticky Podcast Episode

(2:53:47) The Brittany Scale

(3:00:45) Closing Thoughts + Next Week's Film

Sources:

• Suicide Prevention (988 Lifeline)
• Apocalypto (2006) (IMDb listing)
• Yucatec Language (article/excerpt from EBSCO Research Database, maayatʼaan pronunciation)
• Maya (Brittanica Encyclopedia entry)
• Apocalypto - Making Of (by Mel Gibson - 2006) (video)
• "Leaf-Cutter Ants in Wound Closure" (article from Wilderness & Environmental Wellness via Sage)
• Peaky Blinders s3e6 (IMDb listing)
• Is Quicksand Real (Wildland Trekking blog post)
• Pluribus s1e7 "The Gap" (IMDb listing)
• 'Racist' Apocalypto Accused of Denigrating Mayan Culture (article)
• Retorno a Aztlán/Return to Aztlán (1990) (IMDb listing)

You can e-mail us at [email protected].

ep. 16: If you haven't seen this film please do yourself a favor and go watch it. Brendan's struck by the visuals. Brittany's majorly impressed with the transitions. They both applaud the monkey's talent (and everyone else's!). Brittany's first pick for January's theme "Our Favorites" is The Fall (2006).

-Music by: Brendan and Brittany

-Credits for the movie being reviewed:

• Writer(s): Dan Gilroy, Nico Soultanakis, Tarsem Singh
• Director(s): Tarsem Singh

Chapters:

(00:00) Pretending To Be Paralyzed

(02:25) January Theme and Movie

(03:40) The 6-7 Synopses

(06:12) Like, Love, Hate, Can't Believe

(16:45) The Cast + Credits

(21:42) Production and Financing

(34:00) Plot Discussion

(02:51:07) The Brittany Scale + Final Thoughts

(02:57:13) Next Week's Film

Sources:

The Fall (IMDb listing)

MUBI: A curated streaming service geared towards cinema lovers.

Baraka (trailer) and IMDb listing

THE FALL (2006): Wanderlust & Nostalgia Documentary (video)

THE FALL | In Conversation with Tarsem | MUBI (video)

THE FALL | In Conversation with Lee Pace | MUBI (video)

'The Fall' Oral History: Tarsem and Lee Pace on Making Mischief in Over 20 Countries for an Epic No One Would Touch (article)

Can You Cut a CHAIN with a SWORD? (Don't Do It...) (video)

Hospital Histories: Valkenberg today… and 130 years ago (article)

ep. 15: Brendan can't think of a single bad thing to say about this film but Brittany has plenty. A new month, a new year, and a new theme—Our Favorites (Part 1). First up is Brendan's pick, Inherent Vice (2014).

Chapters:

(00:00) Experience with Premonitions

(02:23) January Theme and Film

(03:02) Brittany's First and Second Impressions

(06:41) The 6-7 Synopses

(15:18) Like, Love, Hate, Can't Believe

(33:26) Movie Cast and Credits

(38:24) Plot Discussion: Deep Dive and Film Analysis

(03:40:00) The Brittany Scale

(03:42:04) Final Thoughts

(03:51:22) Next Week's Film

-Credits for the movie being reviewed:

• Writer(s): Paul Thomas Anderson, Thomas Pynchon
• Director(s): Paul Thomas Anderson

ep. 14: Brittany doesn't think recovering your memory after amnesia gives you an excuse to waste produce. Brendan admits that he used to carol and Brittany is beside herself. If you're a chef, do y'all really do that? The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) is the final December film for our theme "It Happened Around Christmas."

-Credits for the movie being reviewed:

• Writer(s): Shane Black
• Director(s): Renny Harlin