With the big night less than a week away we assess the biggest predictors of Oscar results: the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAGs) & the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs). Don't go into your bracket blind, use the knowledge we provide in this episode to impress everyone at your office job. Yes, it may diminish your soul and joie de vivre, but if all your coworkers and your boss see you come out on top on this then it just might be worth it in the end. At the very least you may win a small cash prize that can cover the cost of commuting for a week or two. 

We also discuss the current slate of Oscar presenters and what they might bring to the show. 

The world's foremost expert on Wario and the Mario Kart franchise is joined by a gamer and Last of Us veteran to analyze the early episodes of human history's first good video game adaptation. We get into the non-gamer's perspective on the game and show, the initial expectations of the story, the pilot episode's shocking first half and the strikingly romantic third episode. 

On our most heated episode to date, we go over the recently announced 2023 Oscar Nominations while debating Everything Everywhere All At Once's frontrunner status and the merits of Andrea Riseborough's Twitter-Bot-fueled campaign for Best Lead Actress. We also lament the snubbing of some personal favourite films and filmmakers. 

Before we truly set foot into the Year of the Rabbit, we reveal to each other our ranked lists of the 10 best films we saw in 2022. One of us articulates clearly why these movies left such an impression, while the other attempts to explain why he almost cried in a theatre multiple times and how deeply Kristen Stewart's whispers impacted him. Either way, hopefully you can share in our passion or find a few new films to add to your watchlist. 

Following our screening of Avatar: The Way of Water we have finally begun to understand the Post-Avatar depression phenomenon of 2009. We vent about our intense desire to swim with a magic fantasy whale and escape to a beautiful waterfront property on the oceans of Pandora, while also skimming across topics like Neytiri's strangely marginal role in the film, the invaluable resource of Pandorapedia and our expectations for Avatar 3, Avatar 4 and Avatar 5. 

An Avatar vet and a first-timer link their tails and dive into a rewatch of Avatar in advance of Avatar: The Way of Water. We talk about our initial elitist stance toward the film and why our view has changed, why Stephen Lang is the highlight of the film, our expectations for the sequel and of course, we try to answer the unanswerable: what happens to your human body when you're having sex in an Avatar body?

After feasting upon five episodes of HBO's first-of-many Game of Thrones spinoff, House of the Dragon, we sat down to ponder the show's many fascinating components. Topics of discussion include incest, Rhaenyra Targaryen's workplace sexual harassment violations, the linguistic complexities of High Valyrian and the controversial decision to jump forward 10 years in the middle of the season and replace actors Milly Alcock and Emily Carey with older counterparts. 

The Toronto International Film Festival's legendary Festival Street has stood for years as the event's spiritual core. But our journey into its heart this past weekend reveals some startling revelations. Has this once-soulful institution fallen prey to decay? We also discuss the three movies we've seen thus far: Carmen Jaquier's Thunder, Hlynur Pálmason's Godland and the World Premiere of Butcher's Crossing, directed by Gabe Polsky and starring Nicolas Cage. 

By canceling the only truly great fantasy show in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Netflix has committed to The Witcher as their blade of choice in the great war of streaming service fantasy products. After a surprisingly enjoyable first season, our opinions diverge in this discussion as we go over Season 2's expanded scope, the Ciri-Yennefer age gap, and the introduction of some new cool/cute animal characters. 

We ventured down south to the sun-soaked land of Los Angeles, California and returned with tales of a magical Studio Ghibli exhibit, famous wild cats and hellish public transit excursions.