Biz Ellis (from MaxFun's own One Bad Mother) joins Ify, Drea, and Alonso this week to weigh in  on Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost Daughter,  a raw and unflinching portrait of how annoying kids can be. Is Olivia Colman's character a bad mother? Can an introspective art film be as tense as a kaiju fight? Then, the hoses resort to movie memes to predict what 2022 will bring...

What’s Good Mentions

Alonso - Girl Scout cookies/Adventurefuls

Drea - Taskmaster Zoom Birthday Challenge

Ify - Meal prep service

Biz - Doom Patrol

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Staff Picks:

Ify - Rashômon

Drea - Belle (2021)

Alonso - Stop-Zemlia

Biz - Encanto

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With:

Ify Nwadiwe

Drea Clark

Alonso Duralde

Biz Ellis

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Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher