Oscar Buzzkills

This episode is being posted on JEFF HERSHEWAY'S BIRTHDAY! In honor of our beloved Jeff, DM Henry Cavill and talk Jeff up! WHY NOT?! On this week's episode, Mari chats about her obsession with The Queen's Gambit and S4 of The Crown. Jeff and Mari also discuss FX's A Teacher (was it necessary??), the new Belushi documentary, the comfort of Top Chef, and what S2 of The Mandalorian is offering Star Wars fans. They also watched the documentary Making Waves this week, which dives into the intricate and beautiful process of sound and music in film; to which Mari and Jeff apologize heavily for overlooking film sound in a lot of their discussions (yikes). Finally, they chat about Eliza Hittman's indie darling Never Rarely Sometimes Always, that came out earlier this year, and how it ROCKED them to their core.

This episode is a actual time capsule, as Mari and Jeff freak out about the election... give it a listen and bring yourself back into the anxiety you felt before Joe Biden was elected, it's kinda fun TEHE! They also talk about how bad A Rainy Day in New York is and how no one should see it (despite Timmy's beautiful face), The Queen's Gambit, and Bad Hair and other odd Halloween horror films. But spooky season is out and NEW YORK IS BACK BABY! Mari and Jeff discuss Sofia Coppola's new film, On the Rocks, and yes - "New York is the main character of this movie." They discuss it's ups and downs and what it says about how women should be telling women's stories.

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On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff chat about the Scream franchise, What the Constitution Means to Me, Rebecca, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Dragula - things are getting spooky on the pod, just in time for Halloween!! (Plus they rejoice at the demise of Quibi and talk about how DUMB the 2020 Tony's are going to be) They also chat about the new Aaron Sorkin film, Trial of the Chicago 7, to *officially* kick off the new awards season (and a new 5-scale rating system of theirs)! And wow this film is good. Mari talks about her boner for Sorkin, Jeff talks about some of the best-acted scenes of the season, and they both talk about how many men are in this cast. Their conclusion? It's definitely going to be an Oscar contender...

On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff GUSH over PEN15 (again), and they chat about the new movie Misbehavior, Netflix's Boys in the Band, American Murder - plus how dumb Selling Sunset is and how HBO's We Are Who We Are is essentially Call Me By Your Name but in a television show. They also wrap up the 1980s Best Picture winners with a discussion on Robert Redford's Ordinary People, which might be one of Mari and Jeff's new favorite movies of ALL TIME. Y'all, this movie is so good. If you haven't seen it, go watch it immediately and then listen to this podcast and affirm Mari & Jeff's love of this raw, REAL, humanized film that was truly ahead of it's time.

Mari and Jeff recap the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on this week's episode, in all their glory! They discuss the wall of Zoom calls as nominees tuned in from their homes (wow, what a year), those hazmat suit award presenters in people's homes, the #SchittsStreak that made history, how obsessed they are with Jeremy Strong and Zendaya, what the Oscars can learn from the Emmys, how diverse the nominees were yet how non-diverse the winners were, and MORE! It wouldn't be an award season podcast if they didn't dedicate a whole episode to an awards show, now would it?

It's a PACKED episode, friends! Mari and Jeff dive into the Venice & Toronto Film Festivals and what too look out for, plus they go through The Academy's new diversity and inclusion film standards with some thoughts. They also chat about the "pandemic movie," Tenet, and what it was like to be in a movie theater again (plus I'm Thinking of Ending Things which Mari really misunderstood, The Devil All the Time, Mulan and MORE) Finally, they dive into 1981's Chariots of Fire and SPOILER: Mari and Jeff are not fans (despite the iconic beach running scene, of course).

Nothing like a 3.5 hour film about Gandhi to get you goin' this holiday weekend! On this week's episode, Mari and Jeff chat about The Morning Show (again... cause it's so good), weird documentaries they both recently watched, new movie trailers & why we're getting them during a pandemic, and how Heavyweights and The Mighty Ducks used essentially the exact same cast. They also have a HEFTY conversation on the 1983 Oscar Best Picture winner, Gandhi, and how the film is much more about what's going on around Gandhi than the man itself, which they were not expecting. Mari and Jeff have some differing opinions on the film, but they will ALWAYS agree that movies over 3-hours long need HELP.

Mari and Jeff give sexy roller derby girl vibes this episode & chat about Killing Eve, American Animals, shows acceptable to rewatch, and an online musical? They also dive into the 1983 Oscar Best Picture winner, Terms of Endearment, jam packed with a star-studded cast & creative team. And for one of the only times in Oscar Buzzkills history, Mari and Jeff don't agree on if the film was good or not! Which one thought the direction lacked motive? Which one felt a deep emotional connection to the character development? Which one thought the ending of this movie was a sprint? And which one thinks Jack Nicholson is a little creepy? (Spoiler on the last one: it's both Mari and Jeff.)

Mari and Jeff break down the 2020 Emmy nominations - the snubs, the surprises, the diversity, and what shows they are most excited to take home the gold! These noms are officially kicking off the weirdest awards season ever, and Mari and Jeff can't wait to take ya'll through it! They also chat about the 1984 Best Picture winner, Amadeus - aka, the movie everyone watched when they had a sub in high school choir. They chat about the beautiful cinematography, production design and costumes, if it's better to be historically accurate or historically fantasmic, and how odd this film's casting was. (Plus Mari geeks out on Mozart & opera cause it's literally her job.)

On this week's episode, Mari breaks down her controversial rankings of the Star Wars film and Jeff HATES it. Plus, they chat about how INCREDIBLE The Lonely Island's Palm Springs is, I May Destroy You on HBO, Freestyle Love Supreme, and... Warrior Nun?? Mari and Jeff also break down this week's Oscar Best Picture Winner, Out of Africa (1985) - how it's kind of a feminist film by accident, with undertones of white saviorism that was poorly edited but cinematically gorgeous. Plus MERYL AND ROBERT - were they good in this film or do we just expect greatness from them?