Jacob and Aaron are Dune it again: forming their annual Conclave to dissect The Substance of this year's Oscar's nominees. They sing the praises of the Wicked-ly talented cast of Anora, but have some Brutal(ist) opinions on the music of Emilia Perez. Both find I'm Still Here to be one of the best of the year, but, Boy, if you had a Nickel for every time they talk about Scooby-Doo 2 instead, you'd have a lot of nickels. The reasons why are A Complete Unknown.

Jacob and Aaron are putting this year's Oscar nominees on trial to determine which should be richly rewarded and which should remain poor things. Ken they do it all in less time than the average of the Best Picture nominees? Probably not, but please don't hold that over their heads. Timestamps: Maestro - 4:30 American Fiction - 18:50 Barbie - 31:38 Zone of Interest - 50:43 Killers of the Flower Moon - 1:04:30 The Holdovers - 1:16:00 Poor Things - 1:26:50 Anatomy of a Fall - 1:40:35 Past Lives - 1:55:45 Oppenheimer - 2:07:10

As they prepare to move on from Spooky Season, Jacob and Aaron get up to date on We Are Still Here. Their conversation may get a little lost at times, but they refuse to put a sock in it.

At the midpoint of Spooky Season, Jacob and Aaron tune in to The Last Broadcast. The two are on the same wavelength about the low budget trailblazer, so their conversation gets hung up on The Gallows instead.

This week, Jacob illuminates Aaron on Dark Skies, despite his own cloudy memory of the film. They both find some unexpected bright spots in the otherwise drab feature.

Jacob and Aaron return to their podcast to uncover why we never returned to the moon. When their conversation about Apollo 18 hits the rocks, they end up hatching an elaborate moonshot of their own.

In this twist filled episode of the podcast, the group recounts the events of a 2017 surprise hit as Aaron proposes a change to funeral proceedings, and Jacob paints a Target on his back. *This episode was originally recorded May 19th, 2022*

This week, Aaron and Jacob put Little Miss Sunshine under the spotlight. Jacob crowns the pageant film a new comfort movie; Aaron's blindsided by misremembering the road trip's final destination. *Originally recorded in May of 2022, but Jacob just didn't upload it i guess?*

Reboot Already Underway is talking all the Oscar films all at once to triangulate the top gun of the nominees. Jacob's stuck on Tar and Aaron likes the Fabelmans' shot. They'd wail like banshess over some prospective losses, but remain all quiet for others. The one thing for certain? There's no way, of water or otherwise, that Elvis will be the king. Time codes per movie: Elvis 3:45 - 16:30 Women Talking 16:30 - 27:40 All Quiet on the Western Front 27:50 - 39:00 Triangle of Sadness 39:00 - 51:00 Top Gun: Maverick 51:00 - 1:02:40 Avatar: The Way of Water 1:02:40 - 1:17:00 The Banshees of Inisherin 1:17:00 - 1:35:30 Tár 1:35:30 - 1:56:30 The Fabelmans 1:56:30 - 2:15:45 Everything Everywhere All At Once 2:15:45 - end

Like a dog returns to its vomit, Jacob rewatches The Shaggy Dog, and unleashes its hairy plot on an unprepared Aaron.

Relaunching their journey through cinema, Aaron and Jacob land on Moon, and both are in orbit over Duncan Jones' space oddity.

Chasing AmbuLAnce, Jacob and Aaron break out The Rock. Both get worked up by the mix of Cage-Rage and Bay-hem, and that excitement squirts out in some strange ways.

This week, Aaron asks Jacob to ponder Why Don't You Play in Hell? Both find the absurd yakuza flick to be a cut above other odes to movie magic, easily besting the anarchic Academy Awards this year.

With the CODA to award season (Bel)fast approaching, Jacob and Aaron review all the nominees for Best Picture this year. Most are up their (Nightmare) Alley, and the late-night recording session sees them Dune their best to explain why. Featuring special guest Mark Rylance (Don't Look Up if that's real.) Spoilers for each film begin at their timestamp: Don't Look Up - 3:21 CODA - 18:07 King Richard - 29:46 Belfast - 43:52 Dune - 59:19 West Side Story - 1:14:13 Nightmare Alley - 1:25:30 The Power of the Dog - 1:38:10 Licorice Pizza - 1:53:34 Drive My Car - 2:13:57

Jacob and Aaron finally make room for another podcast, one about the making of The Room. It begs the question, who is The Disaster Artist? Director and special guest star Tommy Wiseau, or the podcasters spending half their time pitching an SNL battle royale.

This week, Jacob entices Aaron with The Lure. Both agree that 'Polish mermaid horror musical' is a great hook, even when the translation feels a bit fishy.

For the third week of Spooky Season, the duo document their close encounter with Phoenix Forgotten. The found footage film is all alien to Aaron, but Jacob recalls exactly why it didn't light up his world.

This latest podcast is for The Birds, with the duo winging things more than usual. Both flock to the iconic thriller, but Aaron ruffles Jacob's feathers by still calling it Hitchcock's dumbest work.

At the dawn of Spooky Season, Jacob and Aaron venture into Dark Shadows. With little to excavate from the sucky soap opera adaptation, their analysis lives under the shadow of Alice Cooper and Kingdom Hearts.

This week, Jacob and Aaron indulge in some junk food with Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. The two lay out the trail of breadcrumbs that led to them being bewitched by the film.