Oscar Buzzkills

Basically what we're gonna do it dance! On the final Oscar Buzzkills episode of 2021, Mari and Jeff break down the Golden Globe nominations and what they may/may not mean for the Oscars. PLUS do we even care about the GG's anymore?! After a sprinkling of Critics Choice Awards noms and Film Independent Spirit Awards noms, Mari and Jeff break down their top 5 favorite television show and films of the year. There's lots of camp, lots of laughter, lots of horror, lots of drama, plus the Succession of it all... basically every 2021 cultural moment is covered on this ep, you don't want to miss it!

On this week's episode, Mari & Jeff FINALLY discuss the long-awaited DUNE and T-Chal is all his glory! But first, they rave about Sister Act & Jeff's feel-good watches, determine if they know enough about the Beatles, honor Steven Sondheim, discuss the insanity of the new film Wolf, and Mari makes a BOLD statement declaring her favorite movie of the year: listen to find out what it is! Then, Mari and Jeff discuss the criminally beautiful cinematography, production design, visual effects, score, and costuming is on Dune - and how everything else is just good. And of course Mari says a few obscene things about T*mothee Ch*lamet.

On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff start their review of NEW 2021 FILMS and kick things off with Rebecca Hall's Passing. They discuss the stunning cinematography, commentary on class, race, and colorism, the beautiful performances in the film, and how Mari and Jeff loved it (if you couldn't already tell). They also discuss the new season of Big Mouth, the All Too Well short film & its emotional destructive power, House of Gucci's full-stop camp, and the average spookiness of The Last Night in Soho.

On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff discuss last month's Chicago International Film Festival, ranking their favorites and discussing the award potential of each.

Mari and Jeff are back after a brief hiatus for their final 70s Best Picture review of the season before turning to new films! But first they discuss the long awaited premiere of Succession S3, why the Golden Girls still slap, the insane 2021 Palme d'Or winner Titane, new and old horror films just in time for Halloween, and why Timothee is the hottest he's ever been in Dune. Then they deep dive into 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and break down the best and worst of the classic film - the groundbreaking depiction of mental illness in film, the misogynistic script, and the stellar ensemble. Plus, to Mari's dismay, Chucky just keeps popping up in this episode & it's FREAKY (Happy spooky season, indeed!)

On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff break down the 2021 Emmy Awards in all their glory! The Ted Lasso and The Crown sweeps, how The Queen's Gambit lost momentum, how amazing Conan O'Brien is, and why they're so happy they never have to see Hamilton at another awards show again. Plus the historic and beautiful wins for Michaela Coel and RuPaul in an otherwise VERY WHITE Emmys winning pool. They also mention a few other things they're watching, such as The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Chastain is COMING for the Oscar), Best in Show, Star Wars: Visions (what it got right that the recent movies didn't) and that Mari finally watched Annette and... liked it?

This week's episode has everything: meme references, comedic actors taking on drama, female directors who also write operas now, Marvel's latest box office blowout, a discussion on 9/11 & the new devastating film Worth, and The Other Boleyn Girl to Oscar nominee pipeline. Plus - it's Jeff's time to shine with a in-depth convo about the much anticipated Candyman. They wrap up the episode with a deep dive in the 1976 Best Picture and quintessential sports film, Rocky. Mari and Jeff discuss the groundbreaking cinematography, music, and directing, but pummel the screenplay a bit and ask the decades-old question: can Sylvester Stallone ACTUALLY act?? The five films up for Best Picture in 1977 are arguably five of the best films of all time... so buckle in, folks, it's a saucy episode.

On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff chat about the new Spiderman trailer, The Chair on Netflix, Annette, and the dumbest show on television, F-Boy Island. They also, unfortunately, had to watch a Woody Allen film... Mari and Jeff discuss the intricacies of the 1977 Best Picture, Annie Hall: the groundbreaking cinematography, fast-paced script, misogynistic development of female characters, and how New York is a main character in every one of his films. Yes, we know Woody Allen is a *see title of podcast episode* and Mari and Jeff are glad this is the one and only episode that they have to give him space!

On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff break down their shared viewing of The Green Knight, plus they discuss Dave, The White Lotus, the Fear Street Finale, BOOKS, hot boys and their hot-boi-films, and they answer the question: have we forgiven Paula Dean? They also watched 1978's monumental film, The Deer Hunter, and boy, was it a doozy... Mari and Jeff discuss the odd creative team and confusing writing story behind the movie, the Meryl Streep origin story, if a young Robert DeNiro is hot, the role of RITUALS in this film, and why it needed to be an hour shorter.

On this week's episode, Mari's future career haunts her in the Amazon Prime show Flack, everyone in Netflix's Elite is HOT, Space Jam 2 was just fine, Schmigadoon should be protected at ALL COSTS (and so should Ted Lasso), and Jeff and Mari can't get enough of those "beach that makes you Old" memes. All of that PLUS Mari and Jeff watched the 1979 Best Picture winner, Kramer vs Kramer. They discuss the superb acting and how this film jumpstarted Meryl Streep's career. But they also talk about how shitty of a person Dustin Hoffman is and how the music in this film made no sense at all. Whoever put this film to win up against Apocalypse Now has a lot of explaining to do.