All about Train Dreams! A movie that starts off kind of normal, but then becomes Tree of Life? It's all about being a forrester. Wait a second. This movie is kind of like Forrest Gump if he stayed out of the spotlight and had bad things happen to him. I haven't really thought about this take until I started writing the description for this podcast. Not sure if this take holds up, but I'm going to leave it here in my stream of consciousness post.

Continuing our 2026 Oscar run with Sentimental Value! The Norwegian movie starring Stellan Skarsgard and that lady from The Worst Person in the World. This is basically what I imagine what it's like if your dad is Werner Herzog. This podcast goes places and for some reason, we talk about Dorf from the Carol Burnett show?? I guess we were just feeling sentimental.

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Queue the Oscar music, it's time for Hamnet! We're recording this before the Oscars are annouced so we hope it's the correct choice. Hamnet is an attempt to tell the story of how William Shakespeare's son inspired the famous play Hamlet. Mostly, though, it focuses on Will's wife, Agnes, and her story. Mike explains the story of Hamlet from the perspective of The Lion King, since that's the only thing Ethan has ever seen.

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