Reboot Already Underway

Jacob and Aaron are Dune it again: forming their annual Conclave to dissect The Substance of this year's Oscar's nominees. They sing the praises of the Wicked-ly talented cast of Anora, but have some Brutal(ist) opinions on the music of Emilia Perez. Both find I'm Still Here to be one of the best of the year, but, Boy, if you had a Nickel for every time they talk about Scooby-Doo 2 instead, you'd have a lot of nickels. The reasons why are A Complete Unknown.

Jacob and Aaron are putting this year's Oscar nominees on trial to determine which should be richly rewarded and which should remain poor things. Ken they do it all in less time than the average of the Best Picture nominees? Probably not, but please don't hold that over their heads. Timestamps: Maestro - 4:30 American Fiction - 18:50 Barbie - 31:38 Zone of Interest - 50:43 Killers of the Flower Moon - 1:04:30 The Holdovers - 1:16:00 Poor Things - 1:26:50 Anatomy of a Fall - 1:40:35 Past Lives - 1:55:45 Oppenheimer - 2:07:10

As they prepare to move on from Spooky Season, Jacob and Aaron get up to date on We Are Still Here. Their conversation may get a little lost at times, but they refuse to put a sock in it.

At the midpoint of Spooky Season, Jacob and Aaron tune in to The Last Broadcast. The two are on the same wavelength about the low budget trailblazer, so their conversation gets hung up on The Gallows instead.

This week, Jacob illuminates Aaron on Dark Skies, despite his own cloudy memory of the film. They both find some unexpected bright spots in the otherwise drab feature.

Jacob and Aaron return to their podcast to uncover why we never returned to the moon. When their conversation about Apollo 18 hits the rocks, they end up hatching an elaborate moonshot of their own.

In this twist filled episode of the podcast, the group recounts the events of a 2017 surprise hit as Aaron proposes a change to funeral proceedings, and Jacob paints a Target on his back. *This episode was originally recorded May 19th, 2022*

This week, Aaron and Jacob put Little Miss Sunshine under the spotlight. Jacob crowns the pageant film a new comfort movie; Aaron's blindsided by misremembering the road trip's final destination. *Originally recorded in May of 2022, but Jacob just didn't upload it i guess?*

Reboot Already Underway is talking all the Oscar films all at once to triangulate the top gun of the nominees. Jacob's stuck on Tar and Aaron likes the Fabelmans' shot. They'd wail like banshess over some prospective losses, but remain all quiet for others. The one thing for certain? There's no way, of water or otherwise, that Elvis will be the king. Time codes per movie: Elvis 3:45 - 16:30 Women Talking 16:30 - 27:40 All Quiet on the Western Front 27:50 - 39:00 Triangle of Sadness 39:00 - 51:00 Top Gun: Maverick 51:00 - 1:02:40 Avatar: The Way of Water 1:02:40 - 1:17:00 The Banshees of Inisherin 1:17:00 - 1:35:30 Tár 1:35:30 - 1:56:30 The Fabelmans 1:56:30 - 2:15:45 Everything Everywhere All At Once 2:15:45 - end

Like a dog returns to its vomit, Jacob rewatches The Shaggy Dog, and unleashes its hairy plot on an unprepared Aaron.

Relaunching their journey through cinema, Aaron and Jacob land on Moon, and both are in orbit over Duncan Jones' space oddity.

Chasing AmbuLAnce, Jacob and Aaron break out The Rock. Both get worked up by the mix of Cage-Rage and Bay-hem, and that excitement squirts out in some strange ways.

This week, Aaron asks Jacob to ponder Why Don't You Play in Hell? Both find the absurd yakuza flick to be a cut above other odes to movie magic, easily besting the anarchic Academy Awards this year.

With the CODA to award season (Bel)fast approaching, Jacob and Aaron review all the nominees for Best Picture this year. Most are up their (Nightmare) Alley, and the late-night recording session sees them Dune their best to explain why. Featuring special guest Mark Rylance (Don't Look Up if that's real.) Spoilers for each film begin at their timestamp: Don't Look Up - 3:21 CODA - 18:07 King Richard - 29:46 Belfast - 43:52 Dune - 59:19 West Side Story - 1:14:13 Nightmare Alley - 1:25:30 The Power of the Dog - 1:38:10 Licorice Pizza - 1:53:34 Drive My Car - 2:13:57

Jacob and Aaron finally make room for another podcast, one about the making of The Room. It begs the question, who is The Disaster Artist? Director and special guest star Tommy Wiseau, or the podcasters spending half their time pitching an SNL battle royale.

This week, Jacob entices Aaron with The Lure. Both agree that 'Polish mermaid horror musical' is a great hook, even when the translation feels a bit fishy.

For the third week of Spooky Season, the duo document their close encounter with Phoenix Forgotten. The found footage film is all alien to Aaron, but Jacob recalls exactly why it didn't light up his world.

This latest podcast is for The Birds, with the duo winging things more than usual. Both flock to the iconic thriller, but Aaron ruffles Jacob's feathers by still calling it Hitchcock's dumbest work.

At the dawn of Spooky Season, Jacob and Aaron venture into Dark Shadows. With little to excavate from the sucky soap opera adaptation, their analysis lives under the shadow of Alice Cooper and Kingdom Hearts.

This week, Jacob and Aaron indulge in some junk food with Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. The two lay out the trail of breadcrumbs that led to them being bewitched by the film.

To keep up with Oscar news, Aaron and Jacob investigate the past of "best films." They say a lot of words about the meaning of a single one in what they can only hope is the Citizen Kane of podcasts.

It's the holiday season, and Jacob presents Aaron with a trip back to a time when you could visit not just one, but four homes to celebrate: Four Christmases. The two bond over the traditional, traditional rom-com, and look to add to Four with new sequels and cross-overs.

Halloween is near, and Jacob & Aaron see The Forest through the trees. Failing to cut the deadwood out, their discussion gets lost down tangential paths to the Lorax, dating celebrities, and Hubie Halloween.

This week, Aaron and Jacob's countdown to Halloween reaches Se7en. The two unbox Fincher's meticulous thriller by pitting it against the similar Silence of the Lambs.

As Spooky Season trots on, Aaron and Jacob make some noise for The Silence of the Lambs. While procedurals don't typically satisfy their palate, they eagerly devour the cinematic craft of the skin-crawling thriller.

Spooky Season continues as Jacob and Aaron bring Orphan into the fold. Older but not wiser having seen the twisty thriller, the two nurture their discussion the only way they know how - with lessons on giraffe legs.

To celebrate Spooky Season, Jacob and Aaron invoke The Love Witch, and fall under the spell of its seductive 60s style. Like the bizarre film, the resulting podcast is pure chaos magic.

This week, Aaron and Jacob are here to chew bubblegum and watch They Live... and they're all out of bubblegum. The two have no need for any six-minute slugfests - Carpenter's serving up lots of 80s cheese, and they're more than happy to consume.

As Spooky Season opens, Jacob brings Aaron along for the ride to Escape from Tomorrow, where dreams of a filmmaking career come to crash and burn. The two address the various elephants in the room to decipher if the guerrilla filmmaking is Dumb-o, Goofy, or, um, icky.

This week, Jacob and Aaron extract thoughts from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In discussing the mobius-strip movie of repeated relationships, Jacob's looking to start things with an unpopular opinion, while Aaron is Thinking of Ending Things.

Swinging back to the other list, Aaron and Jacob talk like you through The Jungle Book. Both are taken in by its Shere simplicity compared to the remake, but Kahn't believe the villain didn't think beyond the Bare Necessities by using sleeper agents

At some point in time, Jacob and Aaron encounter Predestination. Can they compose themselves well enough to discuss the mind-bending sci-fi thriller? That's for them to know, and you to find out; it's a prerecorded paradox.

Aaron and Jacob wind up with Sucker Punch and aren't surprised to discover it really sucks. The two exchange blows aimed at its director, and cross off items on their list before they can escape his oppressively unpleasant vision.

This week, Jake's on a mission from Aaron to watch the Blues Brothers. Both end up grooving with the film's anarchic style; perhaps a little too much, as their attempts to stay on topic are a metaphorical 103 car crash.

The podcast is brought back to Jacob's list this week, as the Lazarus Effect puts him and Aaron through hell. As the stories go, Jesus compels them to call out to their good friend David.

It's Idiocracy on the podcast this week, as Aaron and Jacob judge Mike Judge's offloaded oft-cited satire. But before they deduce the bad ingredients preventing the film from cultivating its comedy, they are dumbfounded by the discovery of "Dorfman in Love."

This week, Jacob and Aaron hit record from quarantine to inspect REC's quarantine. The two consider it a breakout movie within the spread of found footage films.

All paths lead to Yojimbo this week, as Aaron and Jacob take another stab at Akira Kurosawa's filmography. They both side with the samurai's journey being a lot of fun, even if Jacob would bet a Fistful of Dollars on knowing how it goes.

Jacob presents Aaron with a choice film from his list, the Belgian drama Two Days, One Night. They also take a quick bite to talk about streaming services that will barely last that same timeframe.

This week, Jacob is back aboard Aaron's list for the Denzel Washington/Gene Hackman military drama Crimson Tide. The two have no disagreements about the film being far from sub-par.

Aaron suffers growing pains diving back into Jacob's list as the two reconvene on July 4th for one of Adam Sandler's most infamous films, Grown Ups. They both think it chocolate-wasted its premise with a lot of groan-inducing comedy.

The guys emerge from quarantine to enter a world where a pandemic threatening to wipe out all of humanity is exacerbated by virulent racism: Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men. The two find the sci-fi film holds unfortunate evergreen relevance, but don't despair like Clive Owen! They still find plenty of things to kid around about.

Stories of marriage, and deaging hitmen. Dishonest settlers and bright little women. Stars in old ages, cars, wars, and clown grins. One of these will have a Best Picture win...and Jacob and Aaron have seen them all. Hear which are their favorites, and their predictions for the big night. Spoilers for the discussed films begin at... The Irishman - 6:20 Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood - 19:25 Ford v Ferrari - 35:11 Marriage Story - 44:10 Little Women - 1:00:39 Parasite - 1:14:00 Joker - 1:29:00 1917 - 1:42:39 Jojo Rabbit - 1:51:29

As the sun sets on spooky season, Aaron and Jacob sink their teeth into the seductive 80s cheese of Fright Night. Both find it to be a bloody delight that just might stake claim to being the ultimate Halloween treat.

Aaron and Jacob are animated to talk the Looney-Tunes stop-motion spectacle of Army of Darkness' spooky, scary skeletons. The film takes Aaron back in time to his homemade fantasy epic, and both hail it as the potential king of cinema, baby.

This week, Aaron and Jacob revive their Mel Brooks dispute with Young Frankenstein. Both do agree that not all its parts are as lively as others, but things get Wilder when Jacob mobs Aaron with his fiery takes.

Jacob and Aaron are psyched to get back to their routine with the social satire American Psycho. Aaron hides his frustrations behind a facade over how well it holds up, while both are glad to have no reservations about director Mary Harron's intentions.

In the pilot episode of Gr(eat/ate)ways to Cinema, Jacob's list of movies immediately spells trouble for Aaron, who has to get through the grind of Grindelwald. Aaron finds its beastly blend of retcons, wheel-spinning, and tone-deaf developments to be far from fantastic, but Jacob still kinda likes it, Hogwarts and all.

Aaron and Jacob come together to talk the mind-bending, low-budget sci-fi film Coherence, hoping to turn their enthusiastic response into a coherent discussion.

Before the Oscars ceremony, Reboot Already Underway's three hosts predict the winners... but they're definitely not rhapsodic for every possibility. Also, Jacob thinks Happy Death Day 2U takes the cake, David is animated about his new foray into anime, and Aaron's not high on the fear-mongering of 1936's Tell Your Children.

After another year, another competition, and over 100 movies, the guys review all the films of 2018 to pick the best. Jacob finds Paddington 2 unbearably good, David's stuck on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Aaron still believes Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom should, uh, find a way into that conversation.