Married, at the Movies: Recent Episodes
Shaun & Monica
It has begun! Ted Lasso Season 4 is here and we watched it. What did we think? Were there good callbacks? Any yellow or red cards to give out? Listen now to find out!
Shaun and Monica take a break from talking about movies to break down Season 4 of Ted Lasso on AppleTV. In this episode they'll discuss their general thoughts on season 4's existence, what they don't want to see, what they do want to see, what they think they'll see and what would have them brandishing a red card. Come along for the ride all season long.
Shaun and Monica discuss this year's biggest summer movie, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey!
Monica and Shaun review the first half of the year in film through the lens of funniest, most visually appealing, scariest, of course, FUNNEST, and more!
Were Shaun and Monica moved for the better by the Wicked finale? Did they sleep through a new Rian Johnson mystery? Find out now!
Monica and Shaun give their take on the new Fantastic Four film from Marvel Studios. Will they think it's a flaming, rocking good time or maybe a bit of a stretch that should remain invisible? Listen to find out!
Monica and Shaun discuss the tentpole start to DC's James Gunn era, Superman. Did they think it leapt tall buildings in a single bound, or did it fall victim to film kryptonite? Find out by listening to this week's episode!
Monica and Shaun look back at the first half of 2025 in film. What will they say is the scariest movie so far? How about the Best Written? What about the funnest? Tune in to find out.
What did Monica and Shaun make of their Lives....of Chuck experience? FInd out whether they loved it, hated it, or just plain didn't get it on this episode!
Monica and Shaun discuss their thoughts on Ryan Coogler's latest film. Did they like it? Or did it....suck? Listen to find out.
Shaun and Monica sound off on three of their most recent views. They loved one, really didn't love another and one fell somewhere in between. Find out which is which in this episode.
Monica and Shaun give their thoughts on Bong Joon Ho's latest film, Mickey 17. Will they like it? Will they hate it? Will they agree? Listen and find out.
Monica and Shaun give their thoughts on Bong Joon Ho's latest film, Mickey 17. Will they like it? Will they hate it? Will they agree? Listen and find out.
We start our dive into the 2025 Best Picture nominees with three films featuring Best Actress nominated performances.
What did we think about the nominees for the 2025 Academy Awards? Wait no longer, here's our thoughts!
It's here! Monica and Shaun give their personal Top 10 Films of the year. How many will they agree on? How many will they wildly disagree on? Would they be able to correctly guess the others list? All these answers and more await, just click play!
Will Monica and Shaun's opinions match when they discuss the newest Martin Scorsese film? Find out when they do as they haven't discussed the film at all before recording.
Shaun and Monica discuss Best Picture Nominee Women Talking and the merits of an ensemble cast as well as an underrated smaller film about the dangers of internet fame called Not Okay.
In this episode, we discuss the films "Living" and "Aftersun," which in turn cause us to revisit our Oscar predictions and insights.
It's the second most anticipated episode...Oscar predictions. In this episode, we quickly review Missing and A Man Called Otto, then dive into our Oscar predictions.
In this episode, Shaun and Monica each reveal their top 10 films of 2022. Are their lists the same? Different? Will they argue? Listen to find out!
In this episode we discuss three recent films. One we thought was great, another was not so much, and the third is a true tear jerker.
2021 YEAR END REVIEW
SHAUN’S TOP 10 1. Green Knight 2. Dune 3. Barb and Star Do Vista Del Mar 4. The Dig 5. Ride the Eagle 6. Zola 7. Plan B 8. Spider-Man: No Way Home 9. In the Heights 10. Being the Ricardos
MONICA’S TOP 10 1. CODA 2. Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar 3. Don’t Look Up 4. Belfast 5. In the Heights 6. Encanto 7. Spider-Man: No Way Home 8. Map of Tiny Perfect Things 9. Being the Ricardos 10. Plan B
HONORABLE MENTIONS Luca We Broke Up Shang-Chi Jungle Cruise West Side Story tick…tick, boom! The Night House Limbo
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS/WORST Old Venom: Let There Be Carnage Finding You No Time To Die Spencer Lamb
NEW TO US Band Aid Extreme Job Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Nine Days Memories of a Murder
TIMESTAMPS 0:2:17 - Being The Ricardos 0:6:08 - Map of Tiny Perfect Things 0:9:51 - Spider-Man: No Way Home 0:13:25 - Plan B 0:17:21 - Encanto 0:20:41 - Zola 0:24:02 - In the Heights 0:27:12 - Ride the Eagle 0:32:03 - Belfast 0:38:03 - The Dig 0:42:55 - Don’t Look Up 0:45:55 - Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar 0:50:47 - Dune 0:56:04 - In and Of Itself 0:59:31 - CODA 1:12:55 - Green Knight 1:18:50 - Luca 1:20:41 - We Broke Up 1:23:34 - Shang-Chi 1:24:47 - Jungle Cruise 1:25:49 - West Side Story 1:28:32 - tick…tick, boom! 1:29:09 - The Night House 1:31:03 - Limbo 1:33:35 - Old 1:34:40 - Venom: Let There Be Carnage 1:35:34 - Finding You 1:36:41 - No Time To Die 1:37:46 - Spencer 1:40:25 - Lamb 1:42:26 - Band Aid 1:44:53 - Extreme Job 1:46:24 - Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga 1:48:16 - Nine Days 1:52:35 - Memories of a Murder
Monica and Shaun go over some of the more recent streaming hits.
Timestamps: 00:56 - Red Notice 12:08 - tick, tick...boom! 24:52 - Encanto 37:02 - Don't Look Up 46:18 - Being the Ricardos
Shaun and Monica run through their thoughts on 27(!) different films that they've seen since the last episode! Listen for their takes on Free Guy, The Green Knight, Jungle Cruise, Space Jam, and many more!
Timestamps: 03:38 - Together Together 5:55 - Cruella 8:52 - Luca 15:15 - A Perfect Enemy 19:22 - The Booksellers 19:42 - The Wrath of Man 22:03 - LFG 25:53 - Werewolves Within 28:54 - Black Widow 34:03 - Growing Up Smith 36:49 - Zola 42:17 - Escape Room: Tournament of Champions 44:55 - Old 49:57 - Space Jam: A New Legacy 54:00 - Stillwater 57:39 - Sunshine 59:55 - The Green Knight 1:04:29 - Jungle Cruise 1:07:53 - Annette (Mild Spoilers) 1:15:20 - Suicide Squad 1:16:48 - The Fast & The Furious 1:19:41 - Stowaway 1:22:18 - Gunpowder Milkshake 1:24:22 - The Sisters Brothers 1:25:55 - Moon 1:27:33 - Free Guy 1:34:02 - The Night House 1:36:25 - Top Films of the Summer
We're back! Sorry for the break without a warning. We catch you up on what we've been watching by breaking down what films we agreed one and what films we didn't. FIlms mentioned include: Mitchells vs the Machines, Memories of a Murder, The Outside Story, The Man Who Sold His Skin, Britt-Marie Was Here and We Broke Up and a couple of rapid fire thoughts as well.
We discuss who we think will and should win in the five major individual categories and have a pro/con debate on all the films up for best picture.
We discuss a quadruple feature of films we've watched lately. Some we liked, some we loved, some we struggled to get through. Find out which is which!
TIMESTAMPS: 00:46 - Borat Subsequent Movie Film 05:53 - Synchronic 11:21 -One Way to Tomorrow 21:04 - Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar
EPISODE 22 TIMESTAMPS 0:39 - Psycho Goreman 17:29 - Raya and the Last Dragon 41:50 - Raya SPOILERS 48:27 - Raya Ratings
Timestamps for Episode 21:
0:00 - Non Spoiler Talk 19: 40 - SPOILER DISCUSSION! 51:12 - Ratings
We list who we think will be nominated for the big four categories in the 2021 Academy Awards. Then we talk about who we think actually deserves them. Spoilers, those lists aren't the same.
Our lists:
EPISODE 20 INFO Monica’s Best Actors Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins- The Father Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah Billy Murray - On the Rocks Leslie Odom, Jr. - One Night in Miami Shaun’s Best Actors Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins - The Father Gary Oldman - Mank Steven Yeun - Minari
Monica’s Best Actress: Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Andra Day - The United States vs Billie Holiday Frances McDormand - Nomadland Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman Rosamund Pike - I Care A Lot Shaun’s Best Actress: Amy Adams - Hillbilly Elegy Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman Frances McDormand - Nomadland Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman
Monica’s Best Director: Regina King-One Night in Miami Judas and the Black Messiah - Shaka King Spike Lee - Da Five Bloods Aaron Sorkin - Trial of the Chicago 7 Chloe Zhao - Nomadland Shaun’s Best Director: Emerald Fennel - Promising Young Woman David Fincher - Mank Regina King - One Night In Miami Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7 Chloe Zhao - Nomadland
Monica’s Best Picture: Da Five Bloods Judas and the Black Messiah Mank Minari Nomadland One Night in Miami Promising Young Woman Soul Trial of the Chicago 7
Shaun’s Best Picture: Da 5 Bloods Judas and the Black Messiah Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mank Minari News of the World Nomadland One Night In Miami Promising Young Woman The Trial of the Chicago 7
A double feature of reviews starting with the Netflix film The Dig and rounding out with Black Box, streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Both are worth your time but listen to find out which one got a perfect 10 from one of our hosts....
EPISODE 19 TIMESTAMPS: 00:41 - The Dig (Spoilers) 28:50 - Black Box Spoiler Free 36:47 - Black Box Spoilers 50:06 - Black Box Ratings
After Shaun talks a lot about two films Monica didn't see and probably wouldn't like, Hunter Hunter and Freaky, we continue our highlighting of Black directors with our featured review of Sleight.
This week we review Shaka King's new film Judas and the Black Messiah. Because it's based on real-life events there's no spoiler wall this week, listen at your own risk.
This week's featured review is 2018's Lionheart. We also have a quick round of Whadya Think? featuring The Rocket, and Possessor.
Throughout February we'll be highlighting Black filmmakers in an attempt to amplify Black voices. So join us as we begin by discussing the new Regina King film One Night In Miami.
We discuss the wonder and beauty that is Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself streaming now on Hulu. WATCH THE FILM BEFORE LISTENING past the 9 minute mark. WE'RE NOT KIDDING! CAPITAL LETTERS!
It's all Tenet all the time as we make good on our podcast premise of wildly different takes on movies.
We review the most-watched South Korean film of all time, Extreme Job. In addition we have another round of Whadya Think? and review a double feature of music movies.
TIMESTAMPS: 01:11 - The Painter And The Theif 05:27 - Antebellum 09:49 - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 15:58 - The Old Guard 22:20 - Bill and Ted Face the Music 28:09 - Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga 33:19 - Extreme Job
2020 is over! Phew! So it’s time to look back on our top 10 films of last year in this retrospective episode. Listen as we discuss our 15 (we actually agreed on five) favorite movies from a very interesting year in film. After the count down we share some general thoughts on the year, name our honorable mentions and highlight a handful of films that weren’t released in 2020 but were new to us.
TOP 10 TIMESTAMPS 0:02:34 - Sorry We Missed You 0:05:36 - Save Yourselves! 0:08:01 - Jingle Jangle 0:10:46 - Da Five Bloods 0:14:25 - The Prom 0:16:27 - The Lodge 0:19:16 - Host 0:21:10 - Straight Up 0:24:35 - Saint Frances 0:28:56 - Over The Moon 0:33:16 - Wolfwalkers 0:34:44 - Extra Ordinary 0:39:35 - Mulan 0:43:17 - Onward 0:48:08 - Sound of Metal
HONORABLE MENTION TIMESTAMPS 0:59:48 - Les Miserables 1:00:35 - Portrait of a Lady on Fire 1:02:45 - Bad Education 1:04:58 - Sonic the Hedgehog 1:07:43 - The Gentlemen 1:10:36 - Run 1:14:29 - Lovebirds
BEST NEW TO US TIMESTAMPS 1:16:28 - Sword of Trust 1:18:07 - Blindspotting 1:20:11 - Hunt for the Wilderpeople 1:21:06 - The Intouchables
In this bonus year-end episode we highlight eight TV Shows/Limited Series that we loved in 2020.
TV TIME STAMPS:
01:42 - Central Park 05:05 - Into the Unknown: The Making of Frozen 2 08:00 - Upload 11:04 - The Mandalorian 13:15 - Schitt’s Creek 16:14 - Letterkenny 21:07 - The Good Place 24:57 - Ted Lasso
This week's episode features quick hits on some films we watched individually recently in our new segment 'Whadya Think?.' Then we talk Disney Pixar's Soul and try to figure out what we're missing.
EPISODE 10 TIMESTAMPS: 01:15 - A Personal History of David Copperfield 03:35 - The Rewrite 06:30 - You Cannot Kill David Arquette 10:45 - Papi Chulo 14:31 - Host 19:35 - Soul (Spoiler Free) 30:46 - Soul (Spoilers)
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Quick thoughts on a couple of holiday movies to start the show and then we get into our (apparently) hot takes on Wonder Woman 1984.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:48 - Happiest Season 04:35 - Jingle Jangle 08:26 - Klaus 11:50 - Wonder Woman 1984 25:30 - SPOILERS FOR WW84
In this episode we talk about the live-action Mulan and review a new animated film, Wolfwalkers
We review Netflix's newest musical, The Prom, which is based on the broadway show.
Timestamps: ~00:42 - Spoiler-free Discussion ~18:54 - Discussion with spoilers ~48:54 - Ratings
In this episode we discuss how we pick movies to watch and are joined by Megan McKay to review The Broken Hearts Gallery.
Hanksgiving has come to an end. Listen to hear what we thought of our final four movies: Dragnet, Greyhound, Nothing In Common, and Bachelor Party. Then, what you've all been waiting for, our definitive and final POWER HANKINGS. PLUS some overall thoughts on the process and endeavor that was Hanksgiving.
We discuss some highs and lows of Tom Hanks' career in this weeks' episode. Chris Woodward of the Parents Just Don't Understand podcast joins us to explain to us just what Joe Versus the Volcano is. PLUS we give our penultimate POWERHANKSINGS after 22 films.
In this week's episode we cover You've Got Mail, The Man With One Red Shoe, Larry Crowne, Saving Private Ryan, The Burbs, and Cast Away. We're also joined by our very first guest Kristin Finger.
Check out Kristin's Youtube show Remark The Show here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCstNF98J9tPHqmUcEpcQ1Hw
In this special episode we talk about going to the theater for the first time in 8 months and you get to listen to our real-time drive home from seeing Apollo 13 for the first time in our first "After The Credits" segment. Sorry about the audio quality in that segment. I promise we'll get better as we go along!
In episode 2 of Married, at the Movies we discuss our first full week of Hanksgiving. After going through which movies we've watched this week, we discuss our Power Hankings of all the Hanksgiving films we've seen so far. ______________________ Movie discussions: 00:54 - Sleepless in Seattle 06:17 - Captain Phillips 09:32 - BIG 15:08 - Charlie Wilson's War 20:34 - Philadelphia 27:12 - The Green Mile 36:45 - Volunteers ___________________ 40:46 - Power Hankings
In our very first episode of Married, at the Movies we discuss who we are, how we put together our Hanksgiving list and what we think of Tom Hanks', arguably, most famous film, Forrest Gump