Grab your textbooks and hacky sacks, because we're taking you to school! This movie is all about institutions, finding value within capitalism, and... beer-lympics.

00:30 Synopsis

01:21 Let's Discuss!

10:04 The depth to Randall's character

19:11 "Scariness" and the traditional markers of masculinity

26:19 What makes someone valuable?

35:00 We try to make sense of this movie's take on capitalism, production, and value--and disagree a bit.

We interrupt your regular Pixar listening with some non-kid movies! Today, we discuss the eight movies nominated for Best Picture!

01:08 The Father

06:44 Sound of Metal

**Minor Sound of Metal spoiler 10:07-10:42

13:12 Judas and the Black Messiah

24:50 Mank

33:49 Promising Young Woman

38:33 Minari

48:00 The Trial of the Chicago 7

1:01:08 Nomadland

1:09:15 What about the Best Writing category?

1:18:20 Our Oscar Picks!

If you could change your fate, would ya? Good question, Merida!

00:35 Synopsis

02:26 Let's discuss!

11:42 Tae's research corner: Behind-the-scenes

15:10 Conflicting themes

27:55 Josh's philosphy corner: What is fate?

36:50 Sexist tropes strike again

In our last episode, Josh said that if we don't like WALL-E but we like Cars 2, we're not a legitimate Pixar podcast. Well...

01:43 Let's discuss!

09:21 The problem with Lightning and Mater

18:50 What does it mean to be an American?

24:24 Cars 2 tackles autocracy and Big Oil

32:38 The hottest of hot takes

We're back at it again with Woody and the gang! Does this movie hold up? Do they have enough toy puns to fill a whole third movie? Let's find out!

00:28 Synopsis

This week is different, so we're doing something different.

00:00 <3

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Raya reviews:

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a35761466/raya-and-the-last-dragon-review-representation-southeast-asia/

https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/raya-and-the-last-dragon/

Turn it UP! And by 'it', we mean this podcast, because today we're talking about beautiful metaphors, tricky second acts, and an infamous montage.

02:26 Let's discuss!

It's the end of the world. Humans have destroyed the planet and have taken to space. But that doesn't stop Movie Culture! Join us as we talk about this trash movie about a trash robot. (Technically, that's true).

01:58 Let's discuss!

Bonjour! Join us as we discuss a boy who wants to cook, the rat mafia, and the relationship between art and criticism.

00:30 Plot Synopsis

Vroom, vroom! This week, we take the scenic route through small town America, questionable character arcs, and the end of humanity.

00:32 Plot synopsis