What if YouTube bought the broadcast rights to the Academy Awards? We discuss the latest rumors via Bloomberg. Otherwise, we also break down trailers for Marty Supreme, It Was Just An Accident, Ballad of a Small Player, Keeper, etc. We discuss the Lineup for Fantastic Fest & other movie news before reviewing / revisiting some new releases from Highest 2 Lowest & Freakier Friday to Superman & Weapons.

OSCAR NEWS:

Bloomberg report on YouTube vying for the rights to broadcast the Oscars - 1:46

Best International Feature Selection Announcements begin - 10:36

TRAILER REVIEWS:

Marty Supreme enters the race with our allegiance - 13:33

It Was Just An Accident seems like an tense thriller - 19:08

Ballad of a Small Player from Mr. Burger & starring Colin Farrell - 23:23

Peter Hujar’s Day featuring the beautiful words of Owen Gleiberman - 27:38

The History of Sound from Oliver Hermanus + Paul Mescal & Josh O’Connor - 30:22

Steve stars Cillian Murphy ala Half Nelson & Stand and Deliver - 32:55

Keeper proves we love Osgood Perkins & Neon’s trailers for Oz Perkins films - 35:11

Good Boy deserves all the Oscars because he is such a good boy!!! - 37:36

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS:

Wicked 2 buzz as Cynthia Erivo set for the Santa Barbara Kirk Douglas Award - 40:11

Fantastic Fest Lineup Highlights - 44:25

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS:

Frankenstein, Fairyland & Urchin Release Date Updates - 49:00

Sandra Huller to star in Pawel Pawlikowski’s 1949 - 52:32

Guy Pearce may play Rupert Murdoch for Danny Boyle - 53:50

BOX OFFICE UPDATE & WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:

Weapons Rewatch & 2nd Week atop the Box Office - 55:02

A positive Freakier Friday Review - 57:33

Nobody 2 disappoints - 58:35

The Rest of the Top 10 include a Fantastic Four disappointment - 1:00:30

M1’s catches up with Superman - 1:02:23

Sydney Sweeney’s Jeans controversy & Americana bomb - 1:05:18

AM reviews East of Wall - 1:07:31

The brothers’ road trip to see Highest 2 Lowest - 1:09:22

Alien: Earth early review - 1:14:22

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