You Need To See This!

This week, special guest Cara Meyers (indie improv team WILD, UCB Harold team GAG) and Tucson-to-LA transplant Cozi tell Bri about the INCREDIBLY FUN AND IMPORTANT 1997 cult-classic comedy Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion!

Recommendations:

Cara – The Curious Case of Natalia Grace (MAX)

Bri – Go to New Mexico and get some green chile

Cozi – “Dumbest Girl Alive” by 100 gecs

Puppet-haters beware! This week, Bri dives into Jim Henson's and Frank Oz's ambitious 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. A Gelfling must embark on a dangerous quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore peace and balance to his world. Will Cozi embark on his quest to watch this all-puppet movie? Listen and find out!

Recommendations:

Bri – Labyrinth (1986) and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix)

Cozi – Past Lives (2023)

This week, Bri invites special guest and fellow movie podcast host Victoria Harley (A Breath of Fresh Movie @freshmoviepod) to convince Cozi to watch Stanley Kubrick's 1975 period piece Barry Lyndon. The film follows the rise and fall of Redmond Barry as he does whatever it takes to climb the social ladder in 18th-century Georgian society—and Bri and Victoria will do whatever it takes to get you to watch this underrated Kubrick masterpiece! 

Victoria – Toast your spices!

Cozi – The "Trouver Frisson" episode of Documentary Now! (Netflix)

Bri – Season 3 of The Other Two (Max)

This week, very-old-man improviser Cozi tries to convince new improviser Bri to check out Don’t Think Twice (2016), Mike Birbiglia's film about the world of improv! Will Bri say Yes And, or will she think twice? Will she heighten the game, or will she deny the base reality? Will she [insert other improv specifics here], or will she [Rule of Threes]?

Also, on Cozi's Weird Cult Corner, Cozi talks about The Dark Backward (1991), a crazy movie that people should not see!

Recommendations:

Bri – 2021 Max cult docuseries The Way Down

Cozi – Swiss Army Wife’s album Medium Gnarly

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This week, Cozi and special guest Robert Clarke-Chan (Knowing Is Half the Podcast, AE Double Back) tell Bri about the 1985 classic comedy Real Genius! It's '80s fast-talking heartthrob Val Kilmer, an entire cast of college nerds, insane science pranks, and LASERS LASERS LASERS!

Recommendations:

Robert – The TV show Northern Exposure

Bri – Triple Beam Pizza

Cozi – Evil Dead Rise (2023)

This week, Bri tells Cozi why Arrival is a sci-fi movie unlike any other! This 2016 film by Denis Villeneuve starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner leaves Bri thinking about too many things even after the credits roll. Will Cozi be into this patient and thought-provoking sci-fi? We hope so!

Recommendations:

Cozi – See The Super Mario Bros. Movie specifically for the adorable nihilistic blue star character Lumalee

Bri – Grand Crew (NBC/Peacock)

"If it bleeds, it leads!" This week, Briana and special guest Ian Zandi try to convince Cozi to watch the 2014 crime thriller Nightcrawler.

Jake Gyllenhaal plays Lou Bloom, a persistent and intelligent conman who gets into the dark business of crime journalism, selling footage of the bloodiest crimes and accidents to local news stations.

With an excellent performance from Gyllenhaal, a smart and thrilling screenplay, and more, will Cozi give this film a shot? Listen and find out!

Recommendations:

Ian – Andor (TV series) on Disney+

Cozi – The insane French comedy Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)

Bri – I Love That For You (TV series) on Showtime

Listen up, students! This week, Cozi's trying to convince Bri to watch 1999's dark satirical high school comedy Election! AKA Ferris Bueller's Day Back On? Will great performances from Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, and Chris Klein be enough to win Bri's vote?

Recommendations:

Bri – The documentary Good Night Oppy (2022)

Cozi – Soup and sleep (if you have a cold)

This week, Cozi tells his cousin David Wolinsky (GAMETHING, Don't Die) about the 1994 kung-fu comedy Drunken Master II! David hasn't seen any kung-fu films or Jackie Chan films, so this one's long overdue! Will David watch this Drunken Boxing epic directed by Chia-Liang Liu? Will YOU?

Recommendations:

David – Ted Lasso; Central Park; put Instant Coffee in yogurt; the horror videogame Anatomy

Cozi – The Virtua Fighter video game series

It's that time again! Cozi geeks out about this year's five Oscar-nominated Animated Shorts and tries to convince special guest Patrick Gremillion (The Academy Academy) to watch them!