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Book Club is back, and this time we read Stoner by John Williams. This book is a frank portrayal of a life with all of its ups and downs, and we thought it was a bleak yet oddly satisfying read.



Other Episodes mentioned:

Wings of Desire - ep 184



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The Shiners have arrived once again! Tune in to see who took home the prizes in the biggest movie award show around !



Intro (00:00)

Our Previous Shiners episodes: 108, 152

What We Did This Week (02:30)

Quick Oscars Discussion (09:46)

The Shiners Begin (15:20)

Ensemble Cast (16:30)

Best Soundtrack (20:16)

Screenplay (22:57)

Sound Design (25:20)

Editing (27:30)

Costuming (31:13)

Production Design (33:38)

Supporting Performance (35:32)

Cinematography (37:41)

Most Unique Picture (40:50)

Direction (43:11)

Lead Performance (45:15)

Best Picture (47:50)

Award Show Conclusion (51:38)

- I wanted to point out here that Nobody Knows is also one of our favorite movies of last year that didn't end up winning any awards

What's Coming Up on the Pod (54:31)

Our Album Recs (55:58)



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We're back with another wrap-up for the month of February 2024. All the best of what we read and watched over the past month.



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We're back after another fairly long break with two movies for the price of one. This week we watched Wings of Desire (1987) and After Life (1998), two more entries from the Criterion Channel's Interdimensional Romance collection.



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It's our first regular movie episode of the year, and this time around we watched Starman (1984). We wanted to choose something from the Criterion Channel's Interdimensional Romance series and so we did just that.



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We're back at it with a new wrap-up episode. Happy February one and all! Celebrate the beginning of the new month with a wrap up of what we read and watched in the month of January 2024. Enjoy !



Episodes Featuring movies/books we talked about here:

4, 75 : PlayTime (1967)

24: Oldboy (2003)

82: I Married a Witch (1942)

112: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Book)

124: Prisoners (2013)

132: Thirst (2009)



Also, The Daily Is Eight!



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