We’re in the mood for love. With Valentine’s Day happening this week, we talk about the state of the rom-com or romantic comedy film. With Netflix releasing the Reese Witherspoon-produced Your Place or Mine, we review the Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher-starring film. We also look at why Hollywood can’t seem to create truly great rom-coms anymore. We also chat about a few topics including the Super Bowl, its commercials, and Rihanna’s halftime performance. Plus, Joey gives us an update on the 2023 Fantasy Oscar pool.

As always, we close with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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In our latest Coffee Talk segment, we’re just catching up on a bunch of random movies and television shows as we prepare ourselves to deep-dive into the 2023 Emmy season next week!

As always, we close with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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No, we’re not talking about Lady Gaga this week. Instead, we’re catching up on Peacock’s new Rian Johnson / Natasha Lyonne crime-of-the-week series Poker Face. Does the Lyonne-led series merit the critical raves it has received? Or is it one giant bluff? Joey, Megan, and Clarence weigh in with their honest takes, no lying here.

Plus, we spend a few minutes catching up to HBO’s The Last of Us, which dropped a third episode this week that rocked the internet. Did it rock us too?

As always, we close with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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Megan is virtually representing Awards Daily at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, so she’s bringing the best of what she’s seen at the fest so far including Jonathan Major’s impactful performance in Magazine Dreams. First up, we each give our favorite mentions in Tuesday’s 2023 Oscar nominations.

As always, we close with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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This week, we’re taking a look at the recent 2023 Critics Choice Awards ceremony: its winners, its moments, and its impact on future award races. Then, we review HBO’s critically acclaimed post-apocalyptic drama The Last of Us.

As always, we close with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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Across the Water Cooler, Joey, Megan, and Clarence put 2022 behind them and look forward to 2023’s upcoming films, television, books, and more!

As always, we close with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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Our podcast was intended to be a short one this week. It didn’t turn out that way. We list our favorite films of 2022, sparking a lot of dialogue at the Water Cooler. Which films will Megan, Joey, and Clarence list as their favorites of the past year? Then, we quickly run through the 2023 Golden Globe categories and predict winners in film and television categories.

As always, we close with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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Megan rejoins us this week to take a breather before the holiday season kicks into high gear this week. We talk about what films or television series — both new and old — get us into the festival mood. Then, Joey updates us on the Fantasy Oscar race after a few weeks of critics and guild awards. Finally, we revisit Damien Chazelle’s Babylon and weigh in on what works and what doesn’t.

As always, we close with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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This week, Jalal Haddad joins us to chat about the 2023 Golden Globe TV nominations with a slight detour into the Film noms. Megan couldn’t join us, but she’ll be back next week!

As always, we close with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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It’s our 400th episode. Over the past eight years, the Water Cooler Podcast turned out 400 episodes since originally started by Craig Kennedy back in 2014. On the podcast, Joey Moser, Megan McLachlan, and Clarence Moye grew to become a tight-knit family. Here, in our 400th episode, the Water Cooler Gang reminisces about their growing friendship and the change in the television landscape. Then, just for old time’s sake, Clarence serves up a pop quiz based on our very first episode to pit Megan and Joey against each other. Who will win? Join us as we trip down memory lane.

As always, we close with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

Thanks for listening and thank you, in advance, for subscribing and rating us on Apple Podcasts!

 

 

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“Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)