"We've got a fantastic movie in our podcast this week!"  "Your podcast? What is it?"  "It's a digital audio file with losers who never shut up... but that's not important right now."  &nbsp;  In our wide-ranging conversation about the slapstick comedy classic Airplane!, we chat about how you say "golly" in jive, what happens when the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker trio breaks up, and we pay homage to the king of deadpan delivery, Leslie Nielsen. Plus we kick the episode off with a spoiler-filled analysis of Rogue One, and how that movie could affect Princess Leia's role in Episodes VIII and IX. Looks like you picked the wrong week to quit podcasts... especially if you want to know if Airplane! stands the Test of Time.

Episode 27: Airplane!

We ring in the New Year with three awards season titles making their San Francisco debuts: the mixed-bag grief parable A MONSTER CALLS, Jim Jarmusch's PATERSON with its redeeming lead performance by Adam Driver, and Pedro Almodóvar's sumptuously melodramatic return to form JULIETA.

A Monster Calls | Paterson | Julieta

This week, we ride to Valhalla, shiny and chrome, alongside guest host Matthew Krol of The Only Podcast About Movies in a new segment we're calling 'For Your Reconsideration'. Fury Road did not win Best Picture, but our hosts have some thoughts on that accounting error and make a strong case that of all the films released in 2015, George Miller's action opus is the best of the bunch. Exquisite action, high octane stunts, a shockingly deep and feminist story and some of the best music of the last decade: Fury Road has all of this and more.

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Mad Max Fury Road (2015)

Join hosts Amy Thomasson and Steve Buja as they take a look back at the very small number of films to have been named the Academy Awards' Best Picture and ask the important question: did it deserve to win? We'll take a look at the other contenders, the politics of awards season, the world events that shaped the year, and of course, reviewing the big winner and how it has withstood the test of time. Hopefully while having a spirited conversation that will, in some cases, be more entertaining than the movie! OscarWatch: truly determining the best of the Best.

Mad Max Fury Road (2015)

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