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It's a strange case from the start. A case with a hole in the center. A doughnut. Watch along with us to Rian Johnson's Knives Out (2019) for the Netflix release of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story. To celebrate the third murder mystery in Rian Johnson's Benoit Blanc-led whodunnits, we watch along with the original Knives Out discussing everything that made that film such a huge hit. The story follows when renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, and the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. The film stars Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, and Christopher Plummer.

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*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a 30-minute segment from our RETRO//RANKED season on James Cameron. To watch the full conversation on video, subscribe to our Patreon.

With past seasons traversing the "Jurassic" Franchise, the "28" Franchise, Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography, and Edgar Wright's filmography, season 5 of our Patreon exclusive season is set to be the biggest yet featuring...Big Jim himself, James Cameron!

Leading up to and including Avatar: Fire and Ash, we will collaboratively rank his entire filmography. As someone who has consistently pushed the boundaries of what is possible in the technological innovation of filmmaking, it's sure to be a wild ride breaking down and ranking his films. The episodes will air as follows:

12/11 - Piranha II: The Spawning & The Terminator

12/18 - Aliens & The Abyss

12/26 - Terminator 2 & True Lies

1/1 - Avatar: The Way of Water & Avatar: Fire and Ash

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After multiple drafts of above the line predictions we are now officially in the phase of rolling out our specialized prediction episodes that feature 3-4 categories at a time until we’ve covered all categories ahead of nomination morning. Today we are dipping our toes below the line discussing Best Cinematography, Editing, and VFX. All the while, our team’s predictions will be available in real time on our website.

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We react live to the 82nd Golden Globes Nominations for the 2025 ceremony with some brief thoughts debriefing and recapping our takeaways for the nominations for the rest of the awards season.

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Zootopia 2, the sequel to Zootopia (2016), is directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard and written by Bush. Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira, Idris Elba, Alan Tudyk, Nate Torrence, Don Lake, Bonnie Hunt, and Jenny Slate reprise their roles from the first film, with Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Patrick Warburton, Quinta Brunson, and Danny Trejo joining the cast. It once again follows Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, this time as they pursue reptile Gary De'Snake across Zootopia and try to clear their names after being framed.

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• 0:00:00 Initial Thoughts
• 0:09:31 Spoiler Review
• 0:54:15 Oscars Assessment
• 0:57:40 Final Ratings

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The Critics Choice Awards (CCA) have released their 2025-26 nominations as a key precursor for the award season circuit. We debrief their selections and update various Oscar prospects for films and performances in above and below the line categories as the season continues to evolve. The 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, January 4, 2026.

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The Awards Season Draft returns for round 3! In this recurring series where we competitively draft winners across one year's full awards circuit, we have covered 2015 and 2022, but our third stop is the 2012-13 season featuring Argo as the Best Picture winner.

Our draft options include Oscar winners, Precursor winners (Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG, CCA), festival winners (TIFF, Venice, Cannes, Sundance), and critics group winners (NSFC, LAFCA, NYFCC) from the 2022 year for 2023 ceremonies.

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Óliver Laxe’s Sirât, which made its World Premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and took home the prestigious Jury Prize, features an immersive sonic landscape that blurs the line between the physical and metaphysical, echoing the film’s themes of transcendence and inner pilgrimage. Laxe worked closely with Supervising Sound Editor Laia Casanovas (Nowhere, Parallel Mothers) to develop the texture of tone of the world and music.

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We are in the thick of award season with the Gotham winners announced earlier this week, and CCA nominations coming on December 5. Another big ceremony on the horizon is the Golden Globes, and today we discuss our nomination predictions for all categories of the 83rd edition of the ceremony. The Golden Globe nominations will be announced on Monday, Dec. 8, with the ceremony scheduled to air live on Jan. 11.

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After multiple drafts of above the line predictions we are now officially in the phase of rolling out our specialized prediction episodes that feature 3-4 categories at a time until we’ve covered all categories ahead of nomination morning. Today we round out the primary above-the-line categories focusing on performances with Best Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress. All the while, our team’s predictions will be available in real time on our website.

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