38: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

We close out Michelle Yeoh March by celebrating the film that won her the Oscar in 2022's madcap multiverse action comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once. So bust out your butt plugs and chomp down on some chapstick, because it's time to rescue Raccacoonie (and also save the universe). CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:51) - Intro. (00:05:48) - Talking about Everything Everywhere All at Once's Oscar run, and the Oscars in general. (00:13:30) - Who made this crazy movie, and how did it come to be? Also, some discussion of the current fixation on multiverses. (00:19:21) - Talkin' about our cast. (00:27:31) - Getting into the film itself. (00:33:18) - The IRS and the multiverse. (00:40:58) - Who or what is a Jobu Tupaki? (00:45:24) - Break! (00:45:40) - We're back, and picking up the conversation on the film's special effects and what went into creating them. (00:52:44) - Heaps of praise for Stephanie Hsu's performance. (00:56:18) - Raccacoonie and Wong Kar-wai. (01:03:18) - Digging into some of the nuances of Yeoh's performance. (01:06:09) - Curtis' IRS agent and Hong's Gong Gong. (01:09:42) - On another subject entirely: dildo fights. (01:16:22) - The couple of notes that maybe didn't quite land toward the end. (01:27:40) - The final "battle". (01:36:13) - Some final thoughts on the movie. (01:43:27) - Final thoughts on our theme for the month. (01:46:36) - Unveiling the films for next month's theme: video game movies! (01:52:22) - Outro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.