Show Notes
Katey and Chris Rosen regroup to look at the 2026 movies that are already in the Oscar race, how the buzz from this year's Cannes Film Festival will translate to the fall, and what we're already anticipating, including new trailers for fall movies like Digger and The Debut.
00:00 Intro
00:57 The Vibes Are Finally Good
03:30 Project Hail Mary Leads The Pack
07:47 The Optimism Theory
11:23 Can Obsession Go All The Way?
15:18 The Trouble With Michael
17:51 Movies We're Mourning
21:49 The Bride And Pressure's Chances
24:56 Anne Hathaway's Busy Year
28:15 Zendaya And Pattinson's Overdue Oscars
30:50 Toy Story 5 And Taylor Swift
34:48 The Cannes Contenders
40:38 Paper Tiger And Coward
43:06 The Digger Trailer
46:21 Turturro's Best Actor Case
48:25 The Debut And Giamatti's Moment
52:08 Artificial In Limbo
54:11 The Odyssey Outlook
57:20 Coming Up
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