Zac and Amanda are joined by good friend Maya Patrose to count down their top 5 movies of 2025, and discuss the MVP of the movie world, Ryan Coogler's breakdown of film, the power of Timothee Chalamet, a few small beers, and the excellent movies we saw in 2025!

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Ryan Coogler discussing film

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Theme is: crime. This staple film genre can either be pretty corny or some of the best films we've got. Fortunately, these are made by bonafide masterminds.

Amanda tries to out con the conman for Steve McQueen's WIDOWS (2018) and Zac blows his red whistle for Denis Villeneuve's PRISONERS (2013)

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Theme is: bad sisters at weddings. Weddings and sisters: you either love them or you hate them. Luckily, we both love weddings and sisters! But sometimes sisters are behave badly at weddings.

Amanda laces up her Keds for Noah Baumbach's MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (2007) and Zac learns to play the trumpet for Jonathan Demme's RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (2008)

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A podcast for the lunatics, haters and punk trash! Zac and Amanda go through the 10th film from one of their favorite filmmakers of all time, Paul Thomas Anderson.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob Ferguson, a washed-up stoner revolutionary, who is on a mission to save his daughter from a military official with the help of fellow members of the French 75 and his community. Featuring performances from Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti.

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Theme is: director's cuts. Hey, we're big believers in editors, but sometimes the one with the passion project is the most correct. So they release their own cut a few years later. And it's better! Bless!

Amanda swoons over 2000s Orlando Bloom and watches medieval epic KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (2005) and Zac watches post 9/11 New York emotional drama MARGARET (2011)

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Theme is: 2000s classics. Movies made in the early '00s that have become some of the best films in cinematic history. (And made it in the top 20 of the New York Times best movies of the century list!)

Amanda watches the sweaty Mexican road trip movie Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN from Alfonso Cuarón and Zac watches twisty dream thriller MULHOLLAND DRIVE from David Lynch.

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Summer 2025 will now be known as the summer we were so back!!!!! Zac and Amanda recap an excellent movie summer with films like 28 YEARS LATER, MATERIALISTS, EDDINGTON AND SORRY, BABY. Then they name their top 5 films of the year so far.

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Theme is: summer movies. It's triple digits and nothing sounds better than a dip in the Italian countryside or a trip to Sweden (or a trip in Sweden) Some movies are just set in summer, some capture the essence as well

Amanda watches the Luca Guadagnino's A BIGGER SPLASH (2015) and Zac watches Ari Aster's MIDSOMMAR (2019)

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