Three friends share their thoughts on the 98th Academy Awards nominations, discussing the biggest movies of awards season before jumping into their predictions and delusions for each category of this year's Oscars.

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Chapters

00:00 How was 2025?

07:34 Nominations Check-in

12:29 International Feature Film

22:52 Casting

29:46 Cinematography / The ‘F1’ Debate

44:24 Lead Actor / The ‘Marty Supreme’ Debate

56:33 Lead Actress

01:02:55 Supporting Actor

01:17:24 Supporting Actress

01:22:19 Original Screenplay

01:29:40 Adapted Screenplay

01:35:48 Costume Design

01:37:50 Makeup and Hairstyling

01:39:49 Production Design

01:46:15 Visual Effects

01:48:13 Sound

01:53:13 Director

02:05:21 Best Picture

02:07:56 Biggest Losers

02:16:59 Bonus Round

Az and When's final episode of the year sees four friends draft films from one of their favourite years for cinema, all while cracking wise, playing with the sound mixer, and yapping their asses off.

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00:00 Welcome Back

10:50 Rules and Regulations

12:54 An Intriguing Round One

35:13 Round Two (RIP Headphone Users)

54:25 Round Three: Doomed Romances

01:17:40 Round Four

01:35:59 Round Five

01:54:40 Final Draft

01:56:38 Honourable Mentions and Oscars

02:04:18 Actors and Actors Pairings Reaction

02:07:11 Outtakes

Just in time for Christmas, two twenty-somethings talk about being single at 32. Also included: thoughts on ABBA, Bond, and female empowerment.

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Chapters

00:00 Welcome Back

01:09 Remembering Rob and Michele Reiner & Sophie Kinsella

03:38 Intro to Lucy

05:48 Documentary Diaries

12:12 ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’

17:21 Plot Breakdown

30:58 Some Sequel Talk

45:48 So What Was The Point?

49:36 Favourite Moments, Key Takeaways

01:08:52 The British Classic Tangent

01:14:28 The ‘Mamma Mia!’ Tangent

01:19:51 The James Bond Tangent

01:26:43 The Netflix/Warner buyout and Final Thoughts

Jason returns from the mountaintops to talk about recent cinema sequels 'Wicked: For Good' and 'Zootopia 2' before diving into Darwyn Cooke's seminal limited series for DC. The duo break down its nature as an origin story for various classic Silver Age superheroes, as an idealistic wish-fulfilment post-WWII McCarthy-era fantasy, and as a possible template for future films in James Gunn's DCU.

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Chapters

00:00 Welcome Back

03:57 ‘Wicked: For Good’ and ‘Zootopia 2’

10:52 Our ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Hype Train

18:08 Recent Reads

21:57 Introducing ‘The New Frontier’

28:08 Spoiler Deep Dive: ‘The New Frontier’

46:56 ‘Justice League: The New Frontier’ (Film Adaptation)

51:15 DCU Possibilities

52:56 Comic Recommendations

01:02:23 Final Thoughts

01:05:50 Outtakes

Az, Ella and Cerys offer up their thoughts on two of the biggest releases of the fall: Netflix's theatrical releases of 'Wake Up Dead Man' and 'Frankenstein'. Then, Az and Cerys cover the films they've seen at the BFI London Film Festival: 'Hamnet', 'After the Hunt', 'Christy' and 'Die My Love'.

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Chapters

00:00 Welcome Back

05:06 ’Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’

20:30 ‘Frankenstein’ (spoiler-free)

32:46 ‘Frankenstein’ (spoilers!)

46:19 ‘After the Hunt’

51:43 ‘Hamnet’

55:16 ‘Die My Love’

58:44 ‘Christy’

'Wicked' Fever is in full swing! On this week's episode, Az and newcomer Amelia look back at the first act of Jon M. Chu's two-year, two-part epic, ahead of the release of Part 2 this week. They discuss the strength of its leads, its immaculate production and their favourite moments from the film before setting their expectations for 'Wicked: For Good'.

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Chapters

00:00 Opening

01:45 Amelia’s Intro to Film

06:42 Previously On…

25:43 ‘Wicked: Part 1’ (Spoiler Discussion)

58:49 Our Hopes and Predictions, ‘For Good’

Four friends tap into their early 2000s nostalgia and draft their favourite films from a great year for movies.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

03:59 Round One

21:46 Round Two

43:23 Round Three

01:11:13 Round Four

01:32:53 Round Five

01:56:42 Final Draft & Honourable Mentions

02:22:59 Outtakes

This week, Micah finally makes his pod debut! Taking the hosting reins from a very sick Azrael, the duo breaks down the filmography – and the greatest hits – of one of the greatest animation studios of all time.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

02:39 Micah’s Intro to Film and Gateways

13:30 Previously On…

32:48 The Studio Ghibli Hall of Fame

36:15 ‘Castle in the Sky’

40:06 ‘Grave of the Fireflies’

45:01 ‘My Neighbor Totoro’

50:54 ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’

55:57 ‘Only Yesterday’

01:00:47 ‘Porco Rosso’

01:03:48 ‘Ocean Waves’

01:09:10 ‘Pom Poko’

01:12:20 ‘Whisper of the Heart’

01:17:29 ‘Princess Mononoke’

01:21:02 ‘My Neighbors the Yamadas’

01:23:56 ‘Spirited Away’

01:30:10 ‘The Cat Returns’

01:32:20 ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’

01:36:37 ‘Tales from Earthsea’

01:40:50 ‘Ponyo’

01:43:46 ‘Arrietty”

01:46:14 ‘From Up on Poppy Hill’

01:49:22 ‘The Wind Rises’

01:53:28 ‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya’

01:58:03 ‘When Marnie Was There’

02:01:29 ‘The Red Turtle’

02:04:46 ‘Earwig and the Witch’

02:11:33 ‘The Boy and the Heron’

02:15:23 Conclusion