Reel Change #3: Our 2026 Oscars Talk

Now with their own wedding accomplished, Brad and Beth continue their discussion of the Father of the Bride series of remakes.Discussions Include: Nancy Meyers/David Fincher comparisons, Ashley's married life in Nashville with Steve Martin, crying at weddings, Franck dropped the ball, and feminism!

Beth and Brad are about to get married, so our upload schedule is a wreck, but we couldn't have picked a more fitting series of remakes! We begin with the 1950 classic version of Father of the Bride.Discussions Include: The incestuous fame of early Hollywood, how accurately this movie depicts wedding planning, inflation adjustments, and it all started with a mouse.

We give our thoughts on the ten films nominated for Best Picture this year. Discussions include: Bugonia is Yorgos' most normal movie, Shakespeare was a real guy, good movies make you think, and how can we decide best picture when there's No Other Choice?

We conclude our Freaky Friday franchise coverage with the most recent legacyquel!Discussions include: a theatrical release worthy of the 2000s, the fantastical premise of iZombie, more product placement, a plot thread dropped like it was from The Room, and the confusion of a double body swap.

The body swapping continues as we cover the next theatrical remake of Freaky Friday.Discussions include: The NCIS cinematic universe, two Ted Bundys in this movie, parents just don't understand, and troubling implications of the transmigration of souls depicted in this film.

We prepare for a remake/legacyquel combo with the original Freaky Friday.Discussions include:Jodi Foster the wunderkind, Barbara Harris the comedy institution, the 70s were a strange time, and the greatest special effects ever committed to film.

We wrap up 2025 and our coverage of the Running Man with Edgar Wright's new adaptation. Discussions Include: Movies getting literal, Stephen King's edgy phase, a director's job is tone control, secret badass Michael Cera, and a SkyDance corporation.

Brad and Beth cover the original attempt to adapt Stephen K- ahem - Richard Bachman's sci-fi novel. Discussions include: this movie has two governors, Wu-tang clan references to Richard Dawson, Mega Man enemies, and hoping for a better effort from Edgar Wright.

Brad and Beth review Brad's annual movie calendar and highlight favorite new watches.

We conclude our coverage of the Fright Night pairing with the 2011 remake!Discussions Include: Don't call it Hotlanta, 2011 is what is wrong with us, nothing could save Mr. Woodcock, international treasure Toni Collette, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and Vegas, baby!