Episode 74: Agent Cody Banks (2003) Recap

Marisa, Sam, and Jermaine preview the tv shows and movies coming in December 2023, including Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Anyone But You, Silent Night, Poor Things, American Fiction, and more. Marisa shares her next guilty pleasure show. Plus, stop coming at Jermaine because he uses Apple Music!

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, are back to discuss The Crown Season 6, Episode 1: Persona Non Grata. Together, they break down the shift that The Crown has taken away from Queen Elizabeth, and speculate as to what a more Queen Elizabeth-focused final season would look like. Plus, sponsors?

Marisa, Sam, and Jermaine preview the tv shows and movies coming in November 2023, including The Marvels, A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Wish, Saltburn, Priscilla, Next Goal Wins, The Curse, Squid Game: The Challenge, Colin From Accounts, and more. Marisa shares her next guilty pleasure show. Plus, has Marvel fatigue finally set in?

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, dive into the 2006 Oscar nominee The Queen, written by none other than Peter Morgan. Together, they ponder how the events depicted in The Queen will unfold in the upcoming final season of The Crown. Ivan breaks down his own death plan, Ghost Protocol, while Carlyn remembers her time at cotillion. Plus, the bar has never been lower to finally abolish the Kinky Crown Award.

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, watch the garden of love that is Oliver Hirschbiegel's 2013 film Diana, starring Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Charles Edwards, and Geraldine James. The film boasts a 7% Rotten Tomatoes score, but it can't be that bad, right? Plus, some Razzie Award trivia.

Marisa, Sam, and Jermaine preview the tv shows and movies coming in September 2023, including The Golden Bachelor, Snake Oil, Sex Education, The Morning Show, Gen V, The Other Black Girl, Dicks the Musical, Saw X, She Came to Me, Love at First Sight, and more. Marisa learns her contact info for Jermaine has been incorrect for months. Plus, Jermaine's new workout playlist.

While waiting for the return of The Crown, Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, watch Jean-Marc Vallée's 2009 film The Young Victoria, starring Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Mark Strong, and Harriet Walter. Was this a political drama, a low-stakes romance, or a pseudo-thriller? Why not all three! Plus, Ivan shares which movie has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score that he still enjoyed.

Marisa, Sam, and Jermaine preview the tv shows and movies coming in August 2023, including Big Brother, The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Rap Sh!t, Strange Planet, Red, White & Royal Blue, The Monkey King, The Meg 2, and Gran Turismo. Which joke suggestion leads Marisa to threaten divorce? Plus, thought on Barbie and the struggles of finding a ticket for Oppenheimer.

Marisa and Sam discuss Hulu's How I Met Your Father Episodes 219: Shady Parker and 220: Okay Fine, It's a Hurricane, which premiered on July 11, 2023. With a series renewal TBC, do we feel confident on where we're at in our father search at the close of Season 2? And who earns our overall season MVP awards? Plus, we have some questions about Drew...

Marisa and Sam discuss Hulu's How I Met Your Father Episode 218: Parent Trap, which premiered on July 4, 2023. Marisa would recognize Gronk's voice anywhere. Sam decides whether he would rather join a Millie Bobby Brown book club or an Olivia Rodrigo book club. Plus, who reacts this way for tiramisu?