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For Episode 490, with one week before we set off for Cannes, I am joined by Katie Johnson, Dan Bayer, Amy Kim, and Tom O’Brien as we discuss the new rules announced by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for the 99th...

For this week’s main podcast review, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and Cody Dericks join me to review and discuss “The Devil Wears Prada 2” starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Kenneth Branagh, and Stanley Tucci. A sequel to the 2006...

The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved awards rules, inclusion standards, and campaign promotional regulations for the 99th Academy Awards. For Academy Awards consideration, a feature film must have a qualifying theatrical release between January 1st, 2026, and December 31st, 2026. Substantive awards...

THE STORY – A group of dedicated, passionate teachers—and a slightly tone-deaf principal—find themselves thrown together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. THE CAST...

THE STORY – Throughout the course of eight years, Coss Marte constructs ConBody, a gym modeled after the exercises he learned while incarcerated. THE CAST – Coss Marte THE TEAM – Debra Granik (Director) THE RUNNING TIME – 336 Minutes With...

“Two Pianos” (or in French, “Deux pianos”) is a 2025 French romantic drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin, starring François Civil as a virtuoso French pianist who returns from Asia to experience an impossible love story in his hometown of Lyon....

THE STORY – A tiny woodland creature and a majestic bird suddenly swap bodies, forcing them to team up to survive the wildest adventure of their lives. THE CAST – Michael B. Jordan, Juno Temple, Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer, Justina...

Our 2008 retrospective continues with John Patrick Shanley’s adaptation of his own Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning 2004 stage play “Doubt: A Parable” with “Doubt” starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis. With four Oscar-nominated performances...

THE STORY – In 1964, the winds of change are sweeping through Sister Aloysius’ (Meryl Streep) St. Nicholas school. Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a charismatic priest, is advocating reform of the school’s strict customs, and the first black student has...

MAY 1st As opposed to the usual superhero fare, this summer starts with the hotly anticipated “The Devil Wears Prada 2.“ The long-awaited sequel comes twenty years after the iconic original and has positioned itself as a “Barbie“- like event...