Episode 40: No Hard Feelings x Asteroid City + 2023 Q2 Films Tier List

It's been a rough summer for quality cinema... will a couple of non-tentpoles be the answer the gang has been looking for?

"No Hard Feelings" [00:02:21] is a Jennifer Lawrence vehicle about a ride share driver losing... well, her vehicle. In spite of the myriad of avenues to initially explore in a town where apparently most everything is in walking/rollerblading distance, Lawrence's character immediately enters into an agreement with Matthew Broderick's character wherein she will pretend to be his son's girlfriend and have sex with him until he heads to Princeton in order to "build his confidence." Yeaaaah, hear how that one landed on this episode.

Up next, is "Asteroid City" [00:29:32], the latest from Wes Anderson. With cast featuring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie, Tom Hanks, Willem Dafoe, Hong Chau, A COOL ALIEN, and tons more, what could go wrong? Well, a lot. Like... a lot a lot. Hear how this one crapped the bed (symmetrically, of course).

For the final segment this week, the gang goes through all 45 theatrical releases of quarter 2 2023 and assigns tier grades [00:54:04]. Two films achieved unanimous, perfect S-Tier status: find out which!

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