We're back! And what better way to celebrate than with some warmed-over pop culture? The Oscars have come and gone, but does anyone remember the movies? Or just the "slap heard around the world?" Your enterprising podcasters watched almost 24 hours worth of Best Picture hopefuls leading up to the awards and by gum we're gonna talk about them. So hop in the back seat of your red Saab and strap in for our biggest episode to date as we rank and discuss all 10 nominees.

0:45 - Intro

5:30 - Recapping the 94th Academy Awards

12:30 - Belfast

22:15 - CODA

29:05 - Don't Look Up

38:35 - Drive My Car

48:15 - Dune

58:47 - King Richard

1:05:50 - Licorice Pizza

1:11:49 - Nightmare Alley

1:18:41 - The Power of the Dog

1:27:13 - West Side Story

1:38:10 - Ranking the nominees

A listener who'll DM the show after the very first episode is usually a hussy. And a listener who'll rate us the second time out is anything but fussy. But a listener, who, on the third time around, sends us a feedback email - that's our shipoopi.

0:44 - Intro

1:39 - The Music Man

11:50 - Daniel Explains the Plot??

50:20 - Spoiler talk

1:04:45 - Rating

1:08:10 - The Night Stand

Citizen Kane. It's pretty much the Citizen Kane of movies. But is it actually good? Or just, ya know...old? Like, was it worth putting off the series premiere of The Bachelorette and watching it a day later on Hulu? Find out why we're still talking about Rosebud 70 years after Orson Welles first dropped that snow globe (please clap).

0:44 - Intro

2:32 - Citizen Kane

13:10 - Amanda Explains the Plot

46:45 - Spoiler talk

57:09 - Rating

1:06:52 - The Night Stand

Did you know David Duchovny did a romantic comedy? Your mom knows. In a stunning reversal, Daniel brings an Amanda movie to the table as the pair discuss Return to Me, in which Minnie Driver wears a shower cap and Bonnie Hunt delivers the immortal plot summary: "Grace has Bob's dead wife's heart." High-concept has never been so wholesome.

0:44 - Intro

3:50 - Return to Me

21:44 - Amanda Explains the Plot

32:40 - 7 reasons While You Were Sleeping is the same movie

52:12 - Rating

57:15 - The Night Stand

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A series that's been saying "Let them fight" since 2014 finally takes the cuffs off so big monke can punch big lizard in Godzilla vs. Kong. Who will win this high stakes game of Battleship? Can expensive special effects compete with the charm of a man in a rubber suit? Is Amanda Team Godzilla or Team Kong? And most importantly, how is it possible that King Kong is even close to the same size as Godzilla? Find out* in the best SFAM yet.

0:44 - Intro

4:29 - Trailer Talk

9:40 - Godzilla vs Kong

26:43 - Amanda Explains the Plot

54:23 - Rating

1:00:07 - The Night Stand

*You will not find out because we don't know.

Last minute Oscar episode! The 93rd Academy Awards are upon us, and did we spend 16 hours watching every Best Picture nominee to not talk about them? No. Here's the skinny on each BP nom and our individual ranked lists just in time for the ceremony on Sunday.

0:44 - Intro

6:35 - The Father

13:30 - Judas and the Black Messiah

19:10 - Mank

26:11 - Minari

31:48 - Nomadland

39:27 - Promising Young Woman

46:36 - Sound of Metal

54:00 - The Trial of the Chicago 7

1:00:00 - Ranking the nominees - our lists

1:04:40 - Reacting to acting nominations

Birthday episode! Amanda is thirty, flirty, and thriving as she catches Daniel up on some childhood wish fulfillment. How does Jennifer Garner's romantic fantasy play from the vantage point of adulthood? Can the couple concoct a better movie than the one they watched? And will Judy Greer ever get a role worthy of her talents? Find out in the best SFAM yet.

0:45 - Intro

2:14 - 13 Going on 30

12:55 - Amanda Explains the Plot

49:00 - Spoiler talk

51:50 - Rating

58:04 - The Night Stand

1:05:15 - Wrap-up

References:

The Death of Melody (Youtube)

While out on the town doing things they've never done before, Daniel and Amanda take in a showing of the Audrey Hepburn classic Breakfast at Tiffany's - a film they both knew only by reputation. It's wholesome fun for the whole family as they discuss theft, racism, prostitution, adultery, child marriage, organized crime, animal neglect, and wearing fancy hats.

0:23 - Intro

2:07 - Breakfast at Tiffany's

9:33 - Amanda Explains the Plot

42:51 - Spoiler talk

49:42 - Rating

54:40 - The Night Stand

1:04:40 - Wrap-up

In this double episode, Amanda and Daniel complete their series on comedies that grew on them with Napoleon Dynamite. Then, they each share the top 5 movies they watched for the first time in 2020.

0:22 - Intro

3:54 - Napoleon Dynamite

15:30 - Amanda Explains the Plot

35:55 - Rating

41:30 - Top 5 New-to-Me Movies of 2020

1:12:00 - TV Corner

1:14:25 - Wrap-up

We interrupt this series to bring you a special Christmas stocking stuffer. It's the jingle-bell-iest episode yet as Amanda implores you to watch Klaus, Netflix's 2D-animated re-imagining of the Santa Claus legend. Does this heartwarming tale deserve to become a new holiday classic on par with Fireplace for your Home? Grab some hot chocolate and gather 'round the radio. Please. We need 6,000 plays to get us off this rock.