Silver Screeners

What do taxes, almond cookies, hot dogs, bagels, laundromats, and Chapstick all have in common? They factor heavily into 2022's Best Picture Oscar winner! It'll make more sense after you hear YouTuber, blogger, and photographer Drew Bennett join me for a conversation about Everything Everywhere All at Once. Plus, the usual online poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs! "Cherish these few specks of time."

It's a Margot Robbie Best Picture nominee two-fer as her performances as Sharon Tate for Quentin Tarantino and as Barbie for Greta Gerwig come front and center! With her total Oscar nominations to date including two for acting (2017's I, Tonya and 2019's Bombshell) and one for producing (2023's Barbie), her Hollywood career is one that's on a hot streak. Plus, behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

Meryl Streep is regarded as one of the greatest - if not THE greatest - actress of all time, with 3 Academy Awards out of a staggering 21 nominations. But for every drama that she illuminates like 2008's thought-provoking Doubt, she proves her comedic skills in eccentric, absurd comedies like Death Becomes Her. A look at both films in this second of a few episodes focusing on typecast actors who successfully branch out into new territory. Plus, behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs! "Darren Curtis - It's In The Fog" is under a Creative Commons (BY 3.0) license: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbldxbUFrZDNNME45MEJ4amppYkMzUXhOTlpXZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsb0xCV19EdDNRMm44TEg5UkduS0dPWDlHdmluRk9VNnEtN05ackFGTTFnUkpfWGItOW54RTFiejlXczlVRjZUbmdnZ2daR3FoZmRGWFlELVRfWnVxRFZrbXJPYTVha3g1d0FZQThlS1l1TmNCSUp2MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby%2F3.0%2F&v=5oF5lS0sajs Music powered by BreakingCopyright: 'It's In The Fog' by @DarrenCurtisMusic

Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant are the sizzle to the bacon of George Cukor's Holiday (1938), while Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, and Jack Black charm each other in the Nancy Meyers-written and directed The Holiday (2006). Return guests Max and Daniel of the Bitches with Beards Podcast join me in bringing on the merry with a look at both films. Plus, poll results, trivia, and listener shout-outs!

In a year filled with sequels and big-budget spectacles, two unassuming, original romantic comedies came out - one with an iconic Peter Gabriel-filled boombox moment that was a box office fizzle but gained a following on home video, and the other a smash hit that spawned two sequels and a short-lived sitcom. Dive into the creative process and real-life scenarios that inspired both films! Behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!