In episode twenty-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Steven Soderbergh’s Jack-nasty asylum thriller UNSANE, starring past and future queen Claire Foy. They also discuss Samuel Fuller’s seminal SHOCK CORRIDOR, George Cukor’s classic thriller GASLIGHT, and other work from the prolific Mr. Soderbergh. Ben suggests a clear consonant tell for when British actors try out American accents, Daniel thinks UNSANE one-ups SHOCK CORRIDOR in its reflection of ugly American truths, and Brandon gives a gutsy gift to Channing Tatum.

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In episode twenty-six of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Wes Anderson’s latest set of meticulous miniatures and second stop-motion animated feature ISLE OF DOGS. They discuss the rough melancholy of its central canine characters and decry the lack of cultural sensitivity within its human world, while also digging into Anderson’s other work and sparring especially over THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU and THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. Ben couldn’t be more Team Zissou, Daniel waits for a Venmo payday after plugging Mendel’s, and Brandon thinks it’s time to move past the first ten minutes of UP. Wow!

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In episode twenty-five of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel take a step back into the closet and break its doors down with LOVE, SIMON, the first major American studio film to follow a gay teen in the lead role on his journey to come out. Your fav film f*gz get real personal as they share their own recollections of high school life in the closet, and celebrate the film on its own genre terms as well as in connection to the emotional earnestness of John Hughes’s FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF. Ben applauds the film’s breadth of queer expression while catching his own breath at Natasha Rothwell’s tubes being tied, Daniel catches flack for wanting more from the ending, and Brandon breathes a heavy sigh of relief that this groundbreaking film is actually good.

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In episode twenty-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ava DuVernay’s history-making first foray into big-budget filmmaking, the long-awaited Disney adaption of Madeleine L’Engle’s A WRINKLE IN TIME. In addition to its empowering message for young girls and overwhelming quantity of adult queens, they also discuss DuVernay’s cinematic roots in her previous three films - MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, SELMA, and 13TH - and Disney’s last attempt at a kiddie sci-fi tentpole, TOMORROWLAND. Ben believes that children who see the film today will reclaim it from dismissive critics down the line, Daniel attempts to discuss the work of iconic American light and space artist James Turrell, and Brandon supports gay rights but finds much to be wrong with underwhelmed supervillain Charles Wallace.

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In episode twenty-three of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the Jennifer Lawrence sexual espionage-cum-state sanctioned humiliation vehicle RED SPARROW, and whether all the folks involved were able to pull off the Soviet SHOWGIRLS lurking in the shadows of its black heart. They also touch on some American actress-led action thrillers of the 1990s as well as the results of the 90th Academy Awards. Ben celebrates the historical importance of recognizing a “woman’s weepie” as Best Picture, Daniel finds THE NET to be a highly prescient work of popcorn and pizza entertainment, and Brandon can’t watch THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS without shedding a tear or two for Jodie Foster.

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In episode twenty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the tenth anniversary of the 80th Academy Awards, especially the five films nominated for Best Picture: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, ATONEMENT, JUNO, MICHAEL CLAYTON, and THERE WILL BE BLOOD. Ben serves Karen Crowder Omaha business realness, Daniel recounts a fateful double feature and a feisty Plainview-adjacent date, and Brandon sings the praises of Tamara Jenkins’s THE SAVAGES.

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In a Very Special episode twenty-one of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each about their extremely informed, unbiased, and frankly spectacular predictions for the 90th Academy Awards. Together your fav film f*gz tackle the most pressing questions around this year’s ceremony: Why was there only one nominee this year in Best Adapted Screenplay? Will Adam Rippon put Agnès Varda’s Oscar chances on ice? What happens if Gary Oldman accepts his award in full make-up only to be rolled off the stage by a team of Oompa-Loompas? Ben thinks them BILLBOARDS may indeed win fair and square, Daniel suspects the true SHAPE OF WATER may be in the form of a gold statuette, and Brandon believes future Best Picture winner GET OUT will have enough widespread passion to win the evening’s top prize.

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In episode twenty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ryan Coogler’s groundbreaking superhero film BLACK PANTHER, and how his sensibilities as a director in FRUITVALE STATION and CREED mesh with or against the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Everyone feels wildly different about the film but all can agree on two points: (1) Michael B. Jordan is sad, beautiful, and the first Oscar contender of 2018 and (2) they are the Martin Freemans of this cultural conversation. Ben relates to Adonis Creed’s pre-fight, stress-induced habits, Daniel revels in the very specific world-building in Wakanda, and Brandon hails Coogler’s film as the latest in a new line of high-quality, richly subversive studio franchise films.

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In episode nineteen of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the climactic, free association finale of the greatest comedy franchise of all time: FIFTY SHADES FREED. Afterwards they love-tackle a handful of Hollywood psychosexual thrillers from the 1980s and 90s and explore how they relate (or don’t) to the splashy sex-positive saga of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. Ben suffers from Jamie Dornan face blindness, Daniel wonders how Anastasia manages to keep her job as the fiction editor of a Seattle-based book publisher, and Brandon performs a dramatic reading of a popsicle-themed passage from the original E.L. James, P.G.A. novel.

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In episode eighteen of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film - this year’s slate of nominees, historical oversights and canon classics in the category, and what all those titles say about the taste of this Academy branch over the years. In what appears to be an agreeable year on the surface, your fav film f*gz dig in to vigorously debate (or shamelessly drag) A FANTASTIC WOMAN, THE INSULT, LOVELESS, ON BODY AND SOUL, & THE SQUARE before moving onto favorite winners from the past. Ben fights to free Fellini’s rightful Oscars from state possession, Daniel exalts the Chilean entry and a rural Chili’s, and Brandon celebrates the chunking of a sacred chair.

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