Busy week, busy week!! We're back to talk about today's reveals of the AFI Top Ten films of the year (and what it might mean for the Best Picture race) and the lineup for Variety's Actors on Actors!
2024-12-06 01:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a busy week!! Today brought the Independent Spirit Award nominations and the wins from the ever themselves National Board of Review! Enjoy this [looks to camera] creative collaboration... between Joe and Chris.
2024-12-05 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a great week for A24! Last night, the Gotham awards handed out their prizes, followed by the New York Film Critics Circle awards this morning! We run down all of the wins and where we think some early critical consensus might be building...
2024-12-03 23:30:04 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone say "thank you, Priyanka!" Any favorite sports movies, fam? Favorites of Indian cinema?
2024-12-02 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
It's mailbag time!! We're taking all of your turbulently brilliant questions for the next Excursion episode! As always, we will try to answer as many questions as possible, but please sound off with your questions regarding Oscar past/present/future, Oscar ephemera, film in general, the holidays, or whatever else in between that your heart desires! Please keep your mailbag questions to the linked Google Doc rather than the comments section of posts, but we'll keep the comments here open just ...
2024-11-26 22:30:25 +0000 UTC View PostWe hope you are all having a restful and peaceful holiday week! Give us your thoughts on this week's episode and our annual Hedlund/Hunnam/Ga'Hoole quiz/torture device! (And keep an eye out for that Mailbag we teased -- a Google Doc will be posted to receive all your questions soon!)
2024-11-25 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hot off the presses, it's the AARP Movies for Grownups nominations!! And naturally, we've got some thoughts!
2024-11-22 03:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone say "thank you, Meredith"!! Are there any vague movie titles that drive any of you Garys mad? (Also go see Small Things Like These -- good movie, vague title aside.)
2024-11-18 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a Golden Globe, it's sacred!!... Or something like that... Anyway, this month's excursion is another recap of an awards show, and this time we are rewatching the Golden Globes ceremony celebrating 2003 in film and television! Topics include a hypothetical world where Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King wasn't the known frontrunner, Angels in America sweeping the television categories, and Michael Douglas receiving the Cecil B. DeMille tribute.
2024-11-15 08:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWe hope you are all taking care of yourselves! Did you have any other movie chain pre-roll memories we didn't discuss in this episode? Or is it all dominated by the Regal rollercoaster?
2024-11-11 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts on the ep? Thoughts on French Exit? And also, where do the Garys stand on His Three Daughters?
2024-11-04 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Did you celebrate Hitchcocktober? Well, regardless, we're talking about 2012's Hitchcock, the quasi biopic and behind-the-scenes look at the making of PSYCHO. Topics include previous nominations for Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, whether or not the film's nominated makeup looks like the director, and our favorite Hitchcock films.
2024-11-01 07:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This year over on the patreon, we're hoping to give you brief bonus episodes with the latest awards season news! Our canary in the coal mine is the Gotham nominations, the first set of nominations that arrives in the season!
2024-10-30 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe episode's live, dammit! Are we pro-Unbreakable or meh-Unbreakable, Garys?
2024-10-28 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostHello, our little tortilla deliciosas!! Take it away with your thoughts on our episode on The Menu!
2024-10-21 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to discuss another THR Actress Roundtable! (When isn't it time to discuss an actress roundtable?) And, as selected by you all, we're talking 2018 with Glenn Close, Lady Gaga, Kathryn Hahn, Nicole Kidman, Regina King, and Rachel Weisz!! Topics include the touchy feely vibes between Weisz and Hahn, the first unleashing of Gaga talking "Stella Adler Meisner Circle in the Square" etc., and our predictions for who might appear on this year's THR roundtable!
2024-10-18 07:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis episode, we baked the pies and then we STAYED home. Where do you all land on the forgotten and ill-begotten Labor Day?
2024-10-14 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWHOOPS! Our scheduled discussion post had the wrong date -- but if you have any lingering thoughts from this week's ep, fire away!
2024-10-11 20:04:21 +0000 UTC View Post
You could say that all Exception episodes are time to take out the trash, but here we are with the Exception-iest of recent years, Ridley Scott's House of Gucci. We discuss our thoughts on Lady Gaga's performance, the "Stella Adler, Circle in the Square" promo cycle, the hype around the film's trailers, and the film's nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
2024-10-04 07:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe comments section is in dire need of attention right now.
2024-09-30 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone say thank you Lance for bringing us such a fun episode!!
2024-09-25 13:10:16 +0000 UTC View Post
We've got a new kind of excursion for you this month! We all love those early morning Oscar nomination announcement presentations, so why not look back at an entire decade's worth? (Thank you, YouTube uploaders who keep these available-ish at our fingertips!) Topics include Joe's nerd lists, surprise reactions in the room, speed racer Mercedes Ruehl, and "selling mountain" vs. "selling toy."
2024-09-20 07:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostOur TIFF recap is up and if you can believe it, despite a 2.5+hr runtime, we didn't even get to everything we saw! What are your thoughts and lingering questions about the films at the festival? And an extra special shoutout to all the Garys who said hello during the festival -- you truly are all the best and kindest!
2024-09-17 16:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe are at TIFF and very tired but hey we have a pretty solid episode this week! Give us your thoughts!
2024-09-09 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Those poll results were so narrow, we just had to also give you the second place finisher, Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men! And what better timing as Cuaron makes his post-Roma return (of sorts) with AppleTV+ series Disclaimer debuting now on the festival circle and next month on the streamer. We discuss the film's mismarketing and uncommitted release plan from Universal, the anointing of Oscar's beloved Three Amigos, and the exhausting visual mastery that goes into the film!
2024-09-06 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Labor Day and Happy Back-to-School! Before Joe and Chris head off to TIFF, get chatty about this week's Brad's Status episode!
2024-09-02 17:09:12 +0000 UTC View PostThings You can YELL Just By Looking At Her -- what's your favorite way to get loud in the comments?
2024-08-26 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostGive us all your Mike Leigh and Peterloo thoughts! (yes, we forgot to ask Fran her Oscar Origin story, oops!)
2024-08-19 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
This one is for the game lovers! For this month's excursion, we've done an entire episode of games. Get ready for Alter Egos, I've Already Got 10 of These AKA The Sandy Powell Game AKA The Hans Zimmer Game, and a blowout first trial with the Reverse IMDb Game!
2024-08-16 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe're doing an Excursion listeners' choice poll this time!! And with a new season kicking into high gear very soon, it'll be time to start anticipating what might come from roundtable season. For October, we're letting the Garys choose which THR Actress Roundtable we will discuss next. We've mixed up the options with some favorites, some contenders from this current season, and a dash of chaos. Be sure to choice wisely and stump for your favorites in the comments!!
HERE ARE YOUR OPTIONS...
2024-08-13 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post