The 2023 Academy Awards

Are you ready for this? I'm not sure we were! Sam, Tessa, and Jarret talk about the Icelandic treasure that is Björk. We talked about several of her albums: Debut, . All is full of love! 16:00 - Debut 25:08 - Homogenic 47:30 - Vespertine 1:11:14 - Biophilia 1:29:00 - Utopia Jarret's YouTube Björk Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6O8R1id6scdxHLL8sC8meHCikCZKoSfe Join our discord community here: https://t.co/VXKe87hY6g

Elyse joins us to discuss what they read for the April book club prompt. 00:00 - Book challenge updates from MoMBl regulars and listeners The April Prompt: Read a book written by a comedian, fiction or non-fiction. 00:05:27 - Elyse talks about Just One More Thing: Stories from My Life 00:19:52 - Sam talks about Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation 00:40:47 - Tessa talks about Please Don't Sit On My Bed in Your Outside Clothes 00:58:20 - The Romance Reading Sub-Challenge: Mistakes Were Made and Immortality Homework for the Bjork episode, courtesy of Jarret: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6O8R1id6scdxHLL8sC8meHCikCZKoSfe Join our discord community here: https://t.co/VXKe87hY6g

We finally did it...we made an entire episode about four of Paul Verhoeven's films. Matt joins us as we talk through Robocop, 'Showgirls, Starship Troopers, and Elle. 08:40 - Robocop 38:00 - Showgirls 1:07:03 - Starship Troopers 1:32:00 - Elle

In episode 25 of Sam Watches Star Trek, Sam and Tessa discuss the TNG season 2 premiere "The Child" and "Where Silence Has Lease."

Emily from TVJawn joins us to talk about the first two seasons of the science fiction series, The Expanse. 00:00:41 - What was our previous history/knowledge with The Expanse? 00:12:20 - Character run-down 00:48:13 - Major themes 01:10:49 - The state of TV production today Join our discord community here: https://t.co/VXKe87hY6g

In our final Retro MoMBl episode, we revisit the end of the 13 Days of X-Men with 'The New Mutants,' featuring the always delightful Melissa.

Sam and Tessa are off again this week, so here's another retro MoMBl. This week, we're getting hyped for 'Fast X' by revisiting our episode on 'Fast Five,' which is the first to feature superfan Megan. 02:23 - Holiday Cheer! 12:53 - Tessa, Sam, and Megan talk about the film. 45:08 - Fast Facts and Furious Stats

Sam and Tessa are off the next three weeks, so they decided to bring you three of their favorite retro episodes. To get you hyped for our upcoming Verhoeven episode with Matt, here is our Camp episode from last year for a refresher course on the camp aesthetic. 3:18 - What is camp? 14:42 - Barbarella 36:50 - Camp icons 42:43 - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 01:00:00 - Is camp over? 1:07:11 - Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again:

In the second part of our conversation about the 2023 Academy Awards, our producer Ryan joins us to talk about three films that were snubbed: Decision to Leave, Nope, and The Woman King. 00:00 - What is a snub? The Academy Awards and snubs 11:09 - The rules for nominating the Best International Feature Film catagory 19:14 - Decision to Leave 40:22 - Nope 1:24:11 - The Woman King Join our discord community here: https://t.co/VXKe87hY6g

This week, we wrap up season 5 with the two part finale "The Incident."