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It was a crazy year for the Academy. Will Smith lost his shit and then won an award. My favourite movie of the year won the biggest prize of the night. Regina Hall mildly sexually harassed some men on stage. And Dune won nearly everything even before the night even started. We talk about The Slap (01:25), breakdown the winners of the "smaller" categories (27:45), analyze the Big 8 awards (38:54), and summarize each Best Picture nominees so you'll know which is worth watching and which you should skip (54:57).

2020 has been a wild ride with some highs and lots of lows. But through it all we got a few decent movies that helped get us through the year. I invited Nicholas Oon from Maximum Hype on and we talk about our own Top 5 Movies lists for 2020. Happy New Year everyone!


Notable mentions (5:01)
Nick's No. 5 (16:48)
Keith's No. 5 (21:54)
Keith's No. 4 (28:00)
Nick's No. 4 & Keith's No. 3 (34:58)
Nick's No. 3 (43:47)
Keith's No. 2 (48:51)
Nick's No. 2 (52:46)
Keith's No. 1 (59:42)
Nick's No.1 (1:08:17)

It's been under a week since Mank has been released but 79 years since Citizen Kane was first seen by audiences. This episode features two special guests. I talk to Kiew Yee Pei, an avid watcher of classical films and how she finds appreciation in them. Then we have Nicholas Oon from Maximum Hype on as always to dissect Mank, what worked and what didn't as well as its outlook for the upcoming Oscar award season.


Why and how to watch Old Movies w/ Yee Pei (1:41)
Mank Spoiler-free review (25:50)
Mank deep-dive (38:01)
Mank's Oscar chances (1:05:11)

Aaron Sorkin is one of the most notable writers working today. I walk you through his full on-screen filmography from A Few Good Men all the way to Molly's Game (00:57). Then I invite Nicholas Oon onto the show as we breakdown Sorkin's latest Trial of The Chicago 7 that's out on Netflix TODAY (18:03).

10 years ago, Christopher Nolan release arguably the most famous piece from his filmography that is not Dark Knight related. Why was this movie so impactful and is it actually worth a rewatch? I talk to Nicholas Oon about everything good, great, and bad about Nolan's 2010 sci-fi genre epic. P/S: While talking about Nolan's 2020 movie Tenet, we mentioned that it was delayed indefinitely. Since wrapping up recording it has been announced that Tenet is now scheduled to be released late August in some non-USA regions. Host: Keith Siah, Guest: Nicholas Oon


Background on Nolan and Inception (4:42)
Inception deep-dive (11:14)
Looking forward to Tenet (45:47)

I talk to long time DCEU fan and even longer DC comics fan Bryan Woo about the recently announced Snyder Cut project of the 2017 Justice League movie that went to theaters director Zack Snyder had to unfortunately step away from the project without seeing it through. The hashtag is one of the biggest displays of fan power in pushing an agenda against a film studio. We discuss why the released version of the film finished by Whedon was so hated by fans (5:39), the details so far of the Snyder Cut being released next year (15:06), the darker side of the movement on the internet & what this now means for movies (23:50), and what's next for DCEU (32:53).