The Nix

Oscar nominations are out - we talk snubs and surprises. We also review the BBC miniseries Butterfly about a young trans girl and her family.

Also discussed: The Conners, Grace & Frankie, Mom, The Masked Singer, Vampire Weekend, The Good Place, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Good Girls, Fyre Festival documentaries, A Discovery of Witches

We review the Palme D'or-winning movie Shopfliters and give recommendations for hidden gems on streaming services. 

Discussed: Replicas, Black Monday, Surviving R. Kelly, Black Monday, SMILF, Escape Room, Shoplifters, Wanderlust, Crazyhead, Lodge 49, Prime Suspect, Cucumber, Patriot

We review the strange and compelling new Netflix documentary, Shirkers.

Also discussed: The Golden Globes, Mom, Children of Blood & Bone, Watership Down, Top Chef, You, Dirty John, Out of Mind: Out of Sight.

We review If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins' followup to Moonlight, based on the novel by James Baldwin. 

Also discussed: Aquaman, Vice, Meme, Six, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Xmas Special, The Innocent Man, Black Mirror's Bandersnatch, Killing Eve, American Vandal, Murder Mountain, Doctor Who, Twin Shadow's "Broken Horses"

We talk about movies, music & TV that let us down this year. 

Also discussed: Mary Poppins Returns, Art Brut, Drag Race: All Stars, Runways, Wham, Love After Lockup

We're counting down our top 10 favorite pieces of pop culture this year, including movies, TV, music & books. 

Also: Pop culture this week, including The Favourite, Anna and the Apocalypse, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Ben Is Back, Happy as Lazzaro, Ben Is Back, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Rampage, Bagman, The Dream, 90 Day Fiancee, RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, Head Full of Ghosts

Discussed: Andy Warhol at the Whitney, Goodbye Christopher Robin, Darkest Minds, We Were Liars, Neko Case, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Escape at Dannemore, Enemies: Justice, the FBI and the President, Dirty John, Roma, Capernaum, Destroyer, Drag Race, Umbrella Academy, SMILF, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Brooklyn 99, A Discovery of Witches, Pedro the Lion, Sharon Van Etten, The Vanishing Star, On the Come Up, Welcome to Marwen, The Passage

We review the new, Oscar-buzzy movie Green Book, Fanny talks about Old Man & the Gun, and Justin shares his thoughts on Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

Also discussed: Leah on the Offbeat, Genuine Fraud, Cabin at the End of the World

We review the new heist thriller Widows and the 2nd Fantastic Beasts movie.

Also discussed: Educated, Is It Still Good to Ya?, More Happy Than Not, Caustic the MC, The Good Place, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, The Conners, 911, Girls and Boys

We review the new show Homecoming, an adaptation of a fiction podcast by Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, starring Julia Roberts. We also saw Boy Erased, the 2nd film this year about gay conversion therapy. 

Also discussed: Wildlife, Suspiria, Please Like Me, Harrow County, The Good Place, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Rufus Wainwright, Stan Lee, Bad Boys 4 Ever