Oscar Buzzkills

Get ready to get LIT during this episode, chums. Jeff talks about Doctor Sleep and Mari vows to 1) never see it and 2) protect Jacob Tremblay at all costs. They also discuss some throwbacks with Intersteller and Charmed, and they review Metacritic's Top 20 Best Picture Contenders list and how accurate they think it is. Finally, shit gets weird and Mari and Jeff discuss the craziest movie of the year - The Lighthouse. They talk masculinity, isolation, point of view, power, the American Dream, Robert Pattinson's dick, sanity, and if anything is truly real?! Buckle in and don't look into the light.

It's all about wealth distribution inequality on this week's OB episode, ladies and gents. Jeff chats about the new documentary Generation Wealth and then gives his first thoughts on The Lighthouse, and Mari gets allotted 5 minutes to gush over Timothee Chalamet but also lament over how "not great" The King was. Then, they dive into what is quite possibly the best movie of 2019 - Parasite. They chat through themes, their favorite scenes and characters, and how perfect every choice was in this film. If you haven't seen it yet, drop what you're doing and run to the movie theater.

Mari and Jeff are BACK and watched a lot of things... They discuss the beauty of old movie theaters (and plug movie theaters in general), how they're still obsessed with Succession, Jeff's trip to Cinerama in Seattle, the Chicago International Film Festival, and Mari's first thoughts on Marriage Story and The Lighthouse. Then, they give a non-spoiler, early review of Knives Out and their experience meeting Rian Johnson and Michael Shannon at the premiere (and how Michael Shannon is terrifying). Did they like the film? Do they think it's Oscar-worthy? Will Chris Evans convince us that he's not perpetually Captain America?! (Classic whodunit, ending with a bunch of questions.)

After a week hiatus, Mari and Jeff are back and chatting about new movies, double the dosage of Paul Rudd in Living with Yourself, how great Succession is, and how a lighting design of a musical changed Mari's life during her trip to NY last week. Then, they deep dive into one of the most iconic movies of all time - Titanic. They chat about their favorite scenes, the massive undertaking of creating this film, its commentary on social class, and of course they weigh into the "Jack could have fit on that door" debate. Buckle in, this ship is sinking!

Mari and Jeff chat about how hot TV is for twenty-somethings right now in their reviews of Ryan Murphy's The Politician and season 3 of Big Mouth. Plus Mari tells the story of how she met HENRY WINKLER last week but forgot to tell anyone... Then, they dive into the talk of the town and the opening weekend box office record breaker - Joker. Is it deeply disturbing and irresponsible? Yes. Does it deserve all the awards? Yes. Mari and Jeff break it down, plus give their first 2020 Oscar nomination predictions of the season.

This week on the pod, Mari and Jeff chat about Insecure on HBO; Marianne and their continued discussion on foreign language television audio dubbing; Halloween music albums; The Politician on Netflix; and Mari's talks about her day with SISTER HELEN PREJEAN - Pulitzer Prize nominated author of the Academy Award nominated film, Dead Man Walking. They also dive into the 1998 film and Oscar Best Picture STEALER, Shakespeare in Love. The ep is full of hatred for Gwyneth Paltrow, lust for Joseph Fiennes, and confusion for historical inaccuracies.

This week's episode is all about the EMMYS, BABY! Mari and Jeff break down all the winners, losers and weird broadcast shenanigans. Fleabag, Game of Thrones, Jason Bateman's shock - we've got it all! Plus, they chat about Brad Pitt's performance in Ad Astra, when symphonies play movie soundtracks live, and why Mari can't get enough of Spanish trash television.

On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff GUSH over Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers and Jeff encourages Mari to go see Brittany Runs a Marathon - NEW MOVIES ALERT! (Seriously though, Hustlers is amazing.) They also run down the Creative Arts Emmy winners to see if they will predict Emmy winners next week, and wrap-up TIFF with conversations about Jojo Rabbit, Parasite and Waves. SO MANY NEW MOVIES! They also discuss the incredibly awful 1991 Best Picture winner, American Beauty, and how it has NOT aged well. If you like this film, don't listen to this episode because Mari and Jeff basically shit on it for 20 minutes and talk about it's fallout over the past 20 years. #nomoreKevinSpaceyfilmsplease

It's time for a fEsTiVaL rEcAp, ladies and gents! Mari and Jeff talk about the top takes from the Venice Film Festival (JOKER IS EVERYWHERE, Roman Polanski being a shit, gender inequality in film and the whole embargo fiasco that the PR professional in Mari has a lot of thoughts on) AND first thoughts from the Toronto Film Festival (Hustlers coming out of nowhere, Uncut Gems, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, etc). Plus Mari and Jeff argue about Netflix and Amazon being allowed to premiere movies at festivals. They wrap up the ep with a great conversation on the 2000 Best Picture winner, Gladiator. Spoiler: It's basically 25 minutes of them hyping Joaquin Phoenix. And Mari doesn't know who Ridley Scott is.

Buckle in, lassies. Have you basked today?? On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff debate if John Hughes movies are still good, then they chat about Derry Girls on Netflix, the death of drama film, Richard Linklater's new project, and they provide a FESTIVAL UPDATE on what's going on in Venice and Toronto. Plus, Netflix puts films into theaters for Oscar consideration... which ones though?!? Finally, Mari and Jeff deep dive into the 2001 film, A Beautiful Mind. They chat about Russell Crowe's stellar performance, mental health portrayal in movies, the idea of "genius" and they question how the screenplay from Batman and Robin was chosen to work on this film.