Oscar Buzzkills

Mari and Jeff return to the airwaves and into your ears for another special Oscar Buzzkills episode breaking down the 2024 Academy Awards (better late then never!)! They discuss the best moments, worst moments, iconic moments (*cough I'm Just Ken cough*) and why we need to honor acting legends in a different way than giving them the Best Picture envelope. It's officially the end of the 2023-24 Oscar season, who's ready for the next one??

Mari and Jeff are BACK IN YOUR EARS for a special episode recapping their favorite films of 2023 and their Oscar Best Picture predictions for 2024!

On the final episode of Oscar Buzzkills' 4th season, Mari and Jeff break down the Best of the Rest - all of the awards season films that didn't get their own episodes plus a few other favorites. They also discuss Scream VI, Daisy Jones and the Six, Outlast, Yellowjackets, and the final season of Succession (aka the most important thing going on in Mari's life). AND Mari and Jeff discuss the summer films they are most excited for in the coming months! What a season it's been, for film and for the pod! HAGS! HAKAS!

It's the episode to end all other episodes! The big kahuna! The titular role! The moment you've all been waiting for! This week, Mari and Jeff break down the 2023 Academy Awards - the ceremony, the winners, the losers, and everything (everywhere all at once) in between. The Oscar record breakers, the snubs, the tight closeup on Laga Gaga; they cover it ALL and you don't want to miss it!

(NOTE: we mention RRR as a Bollywood production, but this is not the case. It is a Teluga film. We apologize for the mistake!)

We are DAYS away from the 2023 Oscars - can you feel it in the air?! This week, Mari and Jeff break down the 2023 SAG Awards and why it was a fantastic broadcast, plus the masterpiece that is Cocaine Bear, a book on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the show's legacy ("We love a book."), and how in the hell Mari is JUST NOW discovering the film They Came Together. They also break down all the 2023 Best Live Action Short and Best Animated Short nominees, where you can watch them, and who they want to win in these small but mighty categories.

On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff break down the BAFTA 2023 wins and what they could mean for Oscar hopefuls, plus the cultural reset that was the Rihanna Superbowl Halftime Show. They also break down Of An Age (Mari's favorite film of 2023 so far), the final season of Netflix's You, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and how badass Kang is, plus the 1980's Agatha Christie film The Mirror Crack'd cause why the hell not! Finally, they breakdown the Best Foreign Film frontrunner (and Best Picture dark horse) All Quiet on the Western Front including why it's anti-war, what sets it apart from other adaptations of this story, and why it's so f***in good.

On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff discuss the current Peacock Supremacy (i.e. The Traitors, Poker Face, and the new horror film Sick) - who would have guessed?! - and why Fleishman is in Trouble is freaking millennials out. And who's that around the corner? Why it's Steven Spielberg with a film about his childhood - OSCAR INCOMING! Mari and Jeff break down The Fabelmans, it's all-star creative team, how amazing Gabriel LaBelle is, and what they think it will take home at the Oscars.

Well folks, it's finally here. The 2023 Oscar nominations were announced yesterday and of course Mari and Jeff went manic. They break down all the categories - the snubs, the surprises, the lovely, the insane - with film guru and friend Mikiel Curtis. Plus, they talk about the gay sensation M3GAN, The Last of Us & the HBO Sunday night chokehold, and why rewatching Veep annually is so important. PLUS Golden Globe winners, BAFTA nominees and so much more - if there's ANY Oscar Buzzkills episode to listen to, it's this one!

On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff discuss Emily the Criminal and how in the hell more people haven't seen it, murderous Santas aka Christmas Bloody Christmas, Sex Lives of College Girls, and for some god forsaken reason Love Island UK. They also take a deep dive into one of the Oscar frontrunners and favorites of the year, The Banshees of Inisherin - the most Irish film you'll ever see in your life with a cast so feckin good you won't know what to do with yourself.

On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff get in the water and break down the movie of the moment; Avatar: The Way of Water. They also discuss the White Lotus season finale, the Harry & Meaghan Netflix doc, Violent Night, The Invitation (a few months late), the new Barbie trailer that rocked the world, and those damn Golden Globe nominations that scream FLOP. It's a jam packed episode and there is MUCH to discuss for the last Oscar Buzzkills episode of 2022!