Exiting Through The 2010s

The delightful Carrie Wittmer (The Cut, GQ, The Ringer) joins us to celebrate what's now considered beacons of kindness and manners- that's just disguised as another "CGI animals interacting with human actors" in Paul King's Paddington series. We touch on Paddington 2's well-timed release regarding other world events, crying during movies and what Paul King did to make them as perfect as they are

Beloved playwright Kenny Lonergan has had an infamously troubled production history with his operatic tale of grief and post 9/11 NYC with failure at the box office and mixed critical reception and now it's the pick from Charlie Nash (Boson Reel, Cine Essential) as one of the 2010s very best. We get into the amount of HBO regular actors we've spotted throughout the movie, major differences between the theatrical and extended cuts, (we even get into the secret third cut) also the best depictions of New York City of the 2010s

Its the end of high school with the decade's last great coming of age story in Olivia Wilde's directorial debut and Nia Tucker is here to breakdown the movie's relatability at its core. Diving deep into cinematic sincerity, the promising young careers of Feldstein and Dever and why the movie ultimately failed at the box office

Just delighted to have Liz Shannon Miller (Collider) with us as we unpack the Magic Mike movies, which were slightly misunderstood at the time. Along with looking at the first half of Channing Tatum's career, what makes XXL such an improvement from the first and Soderbergh's particular use of the male gaze

Talking 2016's underrated contained thriller in The Invitation this ep and Abby Olcese (Cinemaholics, The Pitch) joins us to get into all things Karyn Kusama's rough career so far and how this could have the best final shot of the decade 

We're happy to have culture critic Sydney Urbanek with us to revisit Sebastian Lelio's American remake of his original Spanish film in Gloria Bell. Together celebrating the careers of Julianne Moore and John Turturro, how the movie subtly slides right into trump era issues and A24's slate in 2019

Friend of the pod Joe Giordano is back to talk the first of a handful of auteur-driven space epics with Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. With pondering if Nolan is the next Kubrick, how the movie's appreciation has evolved since 2014, and Jack and Joe's possibly oldest first-time viewing experience talked about on the show!

Kyle Amato (Hawke Cast, Boston Hassle) returns to talk blumhouse’s timeloop slashers and what makes them stand out above all other modern low budgeted horror. Including praise for lead Jessica Roth, what makes getting a college setting correctly and enjoying how the movies goofy tone is successfully pulled off

Fletcher Peters (We Are The Only Girls Who Don’t Fall At Your Feet, Jezebel) is back to talk our most anticipated pick of the 2010s Razzies, Tom Hopper's musical catastrophe. Breaking it down set-piece by set-piece, with the cultural relevance the film had leading up to the release, how it instantly reaches cult midnight movie status and unadaptable material. Plus, Jack and Clay rank the worst picture winners of the decade!

We have Jesse Hassenger (The AV Club) with us this ep as we reflect on this Will Ferrell/John C Reilly led disastrous comedy. Together sharing past relationships with the Sherlock Holmes character, how Will Farrell and Adam Sandler share career commonalities and the death of the spoof movie