MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Mumford
Do we have any Kasdan fans among the Garys? Are we just grouchy about his movies?
2025-11-17 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Foe
Thoughts on the forgotten Foe! Don't forget to notice the FOE!
2025-11-10 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post055 - All is Lost (EXCEPTION - Turbulent Brilliance)
After the recent passing of movie legend and multi-hyphenate Robert Redford, we're taking this month's Exception episode to look back at his showcase performance in J.C. Chandor's All is Lost! Topics include the differences between Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing (and why they were dissolved into one category), the 2013 Best Actor snubs, Redford's best performances, and "is all lost???"
2025-11-07 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Hanging Up
What are some of your favorite Diane Keaton performances, Garys?
2025-11-03 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Bones and All
Finally, it's THE BONES!! Happy Halloween, and let us know what you all thought about After the Hunt!
2025-10-27 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Super 8
Greetings earthlings!! And lol apologies to anyone who thought we were doing Signs..
2025-10-20 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post054 - Best Picture Expansion What-Ifs (EXCURSION - Turbulent Brilliance)
Here on This Had Oscar Buzz we love to muse about what films might have made a Best Picture lineup if there were 10 nominees in certain past years. So for October, we decided to do an entire Excursion on it! We'll be talking what-ifs for the film years 1979, 1988, 1995, 1997, 2000, and the year that got us the Best Picture Ten, 2008.
2025-10-17 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Used People
Show of hands: how many Garys had seen this movie before? We know you're out there!
2025-10-13 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Ocean's Eleven
We've got another Soderbergh on the books!
2025-10-06 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post053 - Country Strong (EXCEPTION - Turbulent Brilliance)
We've got a big ol Original Song episode on deck for this month's Exception. For Country Strong, we get into Gwyneth Paltrow returning to the Oscar race this year, Randy Newman's Original Song nominations, Oscar movies about country singers, recent acting winners on their only nomination, and more!
2025-10-03 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - The Boxer
Daniel Day-Lewis out of """retirement""" this week!
2025-09-29 16:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - The Last Thing He Wanted
A THOB discussion about a forgotten misfire? Our specialty!
2025-09-22 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post052 - 2015 THR Actress Roundtable (EXCURSION - Turbulent Brilliance)
As voted on by you the Patreon Garys, this month's excursion is a return to 2015 and one of our favorite subjects: The Hollywood Reporter's Actress Roundtable! We unpack the lineup of 8 (EIGHT!!) actresses and their projects, the group's invocation of Toni Collette, diverge into more Mike Nichols talk, discuss our thoughts on the eventual Best Actress lineup, and much more!
2025-09-19 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - THOB does TIFF-ty
We did it, fam! Another TIFF on the books! Hamnet this year's People's Choice Award winner!!
2025-09-15 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - The Light Between Oceans
Who keeps putting Judith Light between all these oceans?!
2025-09-08 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post051 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (EXCEPTION - Turbulent Brilliance)
First Spielberg on the Patreon (there won't be many opportunities, so relish it as much as we did!)! For Spielberg's misunderstood masterpiece, we dive into the film's icy reception from audiences, Spielberg CinemaScores, the perceptions around the film being a long-awaited Kubrick collaboration, Jude Law's place in the Best Supporting Actor race, Golden Globe Best Director nominees that weren't also nominated for their Best Picture, and much more!!
2025-09-05 07:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTIFF Discussion Thread!!
We're officially at TIFF! How about a little comment section for any Garys at the festival who are catching films and those watching the reactions from afar? Feel free to share any of your TIFF thoughts below!!
2025-09-04 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - The Deep End of the Ocean
This one is for the "Joe talks about soap operas" Garys!!
2025-09-01 16:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - The Fountain
Comments are the road to awe!!!
2025-08-25 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Punch-Drunk Love
So thrilling to have Katie Walsh back to discuss Sandman, PTA, and pudding!!
2025-08-18 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post050 - 2000 EW Fall Movie Preview (EXCURSION - Turbulent Brilliance)
It's August Excursion time and we are returning to the hallowed well of Entertainment Weekly Fall Movie Previews! In this look back at the 2000 edition, we discuss the hype and financial disappointment around Almost Famous, the delayed release for Moulin Rouge!, the omnipresence of Survivor at the time of print, Jim Carrey learning torture survival techniques, and Now! That's What I Call Music 4.
2025-08-15 07:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostPOLL - Sept. Excursion - THR Actress Roundtable!!
We're getting around to having another Excursion episode on a THR Actress Roundtable, but we decided to throw it to you the Garys to select the year! For our September Excursion, here are your Actress Roundtable options:
2012 - Amy Adams, Marion Cotillard, Sally Field, Anne Hathaway, Helen Hunt, Naomi Watts, and Rachel Weisz
2014 - Amy Adams, Patricia Arquette, Laura Dern, Felicity Jones, Julianne Moore, Hilary Swank, and Reese Witherspoon
2015 - Cate Blanchett, Jane Fonda, Brie L...
MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Best in Show
God loves a terrier, and God loves a comments section!
2025-08-11 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Mamma Mia!
Enjoy this week's trip to Kalokairi, listeners! A delight having Jorge back on the show!
2025-08-04 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post049 - Contact (EXCEPTION - Turbulent Brilliance)
They should have sent a poet, but instead they sent two gay guys. For your August Exception, we're talking the Jodie Foster starring, alien-lite science fiction epic Contact! Topics include how this film fares as Robert Zemeckis' Oscar follow-up, Matthew McConaughey miscast as God's lobbyist, the film's odd rhythms and trend-bucking vision of aliens, and much more!
2025-08-01 07:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Freaky Friday
Everyone's nostalgia fave body swap comedy this week!!
2025-07-28 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - The War of the Roses
Pâté anyone? (Gross!) Take it to the comments!
2025-07-21 16:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post048 - Awards Race Check-In (EXCURSION - Turbulent Brilliance)
Before the season really kicks off with the fall festivals, it's time to take the temperature in the room and check in on where we think the season ahead will be heading. We talk about how we think Ryan Coogler's Sinners will hold up over the season, what we expect to see at the coming festivals (though note: this was recorded prior to this week's TIFF announcement), what Sundance and Cannes titles look to perform well, and films we loved from the first half of the year that may not be Oscar ...
2025-07-18 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - The History Boys
HAPPY 350 EPISODES, GARYS! Thanks so much for sticking around with us for all this time!
2025-07-14 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostMAIN FEED DISCUSSION - The Deep End
Always a pleasure having Bobby back on the show! Did we miss mentioning any of your favorite Tilda performances?
2025-07-07 16:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post