274: CODA (2021)

It’s PART TWO of our OSCAR SPECTACULAR and we’re watching this year’s BEST PICTURE winner, CODA, with guest AMY WILK! it’s the exciting conclusion to the High on Film Awards, Chris shares some Best Picture perspective, and Amy flexes her titling skills on today’s show!

Follow Amy on You-Tube, Instagram, and Tik-Tok @amywilklikemilk and if you’re in the LA area, go see her with the sketch comedy team Grifter on 4/20 at the Westside Comedy Theater! And don’t forget to check out Chris and Brad’s other show, Death at Sunset, available everywhere!

273: Fargo (1996)

It’s our annual OSCAR SPECTACULAR and we’re celebrating PART ONE: THE OSCAR THROWBACK EPISODE with guest BRANDON BLACK! He decided to watch FARGO, so we’re bundling up and diving back into the Coen Brothers’ work. We’re back on our bullshit with Transformers movies, Brad reveals the “modern day Casablanca,” and nobody likes Arby’s on today’s show!

Watch Brandon in A MADEA HOMECOMING, now on Netflix and follow him on social media @Brandon_F_Black and @BBlack! And don’t forget to check him out in season 2 of the DEATH AT SUNSET podcast! Tune in to PART TWO of our OSCAR SPECTACULAR for whatever wins BEST PICTURE next week!

269: Nomadland (2020)

It’s our OSCAR SPECTACULAR PART TWO and we’re watching the BEST PICTURE of the 93rd Academy Awards, NOMADLAND, with guest ROBIN HITCHCOCK! Plenty of Oscar takes, Robin got into a fight over Fargo, and does Chewbacca speak backwards on today’s show!

Be sure to tune into Robin’s podcasts, The Keanu Review and The Number One Movie in America, and follow her on social media @HitchDied!

268: Black Swan (2010)

It’s our annual OSCAR SPECTACULAR and we’re kicking things off with our guest, writer CHIK AGWUNA and BLACK SWAN for PART ONE: OSCAR THROWBACK! Chik did ballet AND ballet on ice, if you get a chance to be Spider-Man you take it, and is it normal to clip your nails with a pair of scissors on tonight’s episode!

For more Chik, tune in to Season 2, Episode 9 of TUCA & BERTIE on Cartoon Network and the new A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN series! And join Chris and Brad next week for whatever wins Best Picture this Sunday at the Academy Awards in PART TWO of our Oscar celebration!

240: The Shape of Water (2017)

It's the OSCAR SPECTACULAR PART TWO! We're watching this year's Best Picture winner, THE SHAPE OF WATER with guests CHIK AGWUNA and KIMMY KRENZER! We recap our favorite moments from the Oscar ceremony, flood the bathroom talking about the Worst Scene, and throw in some fish puns for good measure on today's show!

Follow Chik and Kimmy on twitter @chikiguna and @MusclesKrenzer!

Creature Feature

239: Unforgiven (1992)

Happy Oscar Sunday! We're celebrating with our annual two part OSCAR SPECTACULAR! Welcome to Part One OSCAR THROWBACK with actress KIMBERLY CONDICT and writer DAVID DEGROW SHOTWELL with 1992's Best Picture winner UNFORGIVEN! We rehash 'No Country for Old Men', sing some Metallica, and this is our gun control episode!

Watch Kimberly on the second episode of ALEX, INC. on ABC soon! And check out the trailer for Chris and Brad's new comedy noir radio play podcast, DEATH AT SUNSET, available now!

Join us next week for Oscar Spectacular Part Two where we will cover whatever wins Best Picture at this year's ceremony!

Never free. Never me. So I dub thee...

211: Moonlight (2017)

It's Oscar Spectacular Part Deux! Actor BRANDON BLACK returns to watch this year's Best Picture winner, MOONLIGHT! Brandon equates 'La La Land' to 'Entourage', we discuss the importance of representation of minorities on film, and Chris gushes about his favorite performance of the year on today's show!

Follow Brandon on twitter and instagram @brandon_f_black and look for him in the new Netflix series 'Dear White People' out April 28th!

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161: The Sound of Music (1965)

It's Oscar Night and we're celebrating with Part One of our Two Part Oscar Spectacular! Actress ERIN COLEMAN returns to watch the Throwback Academy Award winner THE SOUND OF MUSIC! We make our picks for our Oscar ballots, introduce 'For What It's Worth' to the show, and Chris hates curtain clothing on this week's episode!

Get in the Oscar spirit with Consensual Comedy and their sketch Fantasy Oscars on You-Tube now! And Los Angelenos, go see Erin in 'Candidate Confessions' at The Second City in Hollywood every Thursday through the Primary season! Follow her on twitter @universalcenter; on snapchat and instagram @erinhcoleman; and on facebook for more information!

Auf Weidersehen, Adieu

XLVII: Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (2015)

We couldn't see the Live Action and not the OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS! Chris and Brad give this year's Oscar crop a spoiler-free review in this BUZZED OFF FILM! We touch on the 'Highly Commended' part of the program and predict our winners for Oscar Sunday all in mini-episode format! Movies reviewed: Sanjay's Super Team, World of Tomorrow, Bear Story, We Can't Live Without Cosmos, & Prologue. Check out the BOF of the Live Action Shorts also out now!

XLVI: Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts (2015)

Chris and Brad saw this year's OSCAR NOMINATED LIVE ACTION SHORTS program and are here to give you a spoiler-free edge to your Oscar ballots! We rank short film performances and predict who will win the Oscar on today's BUZZED OFF FILM! Movies reviewed: Ave Maria, Shok, Everything Will Be Okay, Stutterer, & Day One. Check out the BOF for the Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts also out now!

111: Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

It's Part Two of our Oscar Spectacular! We watched this year's Best Picture Winner Alejandro G. Inarritu's BIRDMAN: OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) with return guest MATT SEMLER! We give our thoughts on this year's Academy Awards, put out our best Michael Keaton impressions, and discuss exactly what happens at the end of the film!

Be sure to follow Matt on instagram @mattxsemler and go back and hear our initial review of Birdman here!

Human Existence

110: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Oscar Night is here so it's time for Part One of our two part Oscar Spectacular: Oscar Throwback Edition! We watched 1964's Best Picture nominee DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB with actor CLARKE KOHLER! We discuss some of Stanley Kubrick's Oscar bids, make our own Oscar predictions, ...and the world ends on this week's show!

Follow Clarke on twitter @ClarkeKohler and tune in next week when we cover tonight's Best Picture Winner!

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Episode 62: 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Comediennes and friends of the show JEN MURRAY and LAURA DENTON return for Part 2 of our OSCAR SPECTACULAR with this year's Best Picture Winner: Steve McQueen's 12 YEARS A SLAVE.

We discuss our favorite Oscar moments, Jen equates Michael Bay to David O. Russell, and Laura professes her love for Benedict Cumber-huh? in this week's super-sized episode!

Follow Jen on twitter @jenniferwithaph and Laura at @RockyRoadKill and look for SoBad-ItsGood's web series PADS @PadsTheSeries!

 

Episode 61: Working Girl (1988)

PART ONE of our yearly OSCAR SPECTACULAR! It's OSCAR THROWBACK week where our guests choose from anything nominated for Best Picture from 10, 25, or 50 years ago! Writers and return guests LIZZIE DONALDSON and BRENDEN GALLAGHER come by with Mike Nichol's WORKING GIRL as we plow through all our favorite games and talk about tonight's ACADEMY AWARDS!

Follow Lizzie on twitter @lizziedonaldson and Brenden @muddycreekU!