Contending at the Water Cooler – Details, episodes & analysis

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Contending at the Water Cooler

Clarence Moye, Megan McLachlan, Joey Moser

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/5d. Total Eps: 20

A weekly look at the entertainment landscape from The Contending.

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🇫🇷 France - Tv Reviews
09/06/2025
#94
🇫🇷 France - Tv Reviews
08/06/2025
#72
🇫🇷 France - Tv Reviews
07/06/2025
#52
🇨🇦 Canada - Tv Reviews
07/03/2025
#60
🇨🇦 Canada - Tv Reviews
06/03/2025
#38
🇫🇷 France - Tv Reviews
08/01/2025
#82
🇩🇪 Germany - Tv Reviews
28/12/2024
#95
🇩🇪 Germany - Tv Reviews
19/12/2024
#90
🇩🇪 Germany - Tv Reviews
18/12/2024
#81
🇨🇦 Canada - Tv Reviews
13/12/2024
#75

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Podcast: What Is This Feeling? Are ‘Wicked,’ Erivo, & Grande Oscar-Bound?

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 • Duration

Megan caught up to Jon M. Chu’s Wicked, and she loved it. After she raves about Cynthia Erivo’s performances, we break down what works (Those performances! Those musical numbers!), what doesn’t (Wome of the camerawork), and what will likely break through at the 2025 Oscars. Will Wicked star Cynthia Erivo knock out a Best Actress contender? Then, […]

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‘Conclave’ Screenwriter Peter Straughan Adapts Robert Harris’s Novel To Explore the Secret World Of Papal Elections

Monday, December 2, 2024 • Duration

When approaching his writing projects, Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning screenwriter Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) looks for a personal connection to the material. It’s that connection that gives his best work that extra spark, and he often finds it when the projects deal with themes of loyalty and betrayal. Those themes existed at the heart […]

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Podcast: ‘Gladiator II,’ Paul Mescal, and the Evolving Oscar Race

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 • Duration

We’ve all seen Gladiator II and have definite opinions on some hot topics, including Denzel Washington, flooding the Colloseum, Paul Mescal, and properly channeling rage. We break down our feelings on Ridley Scott’s latest film and try to figure out where it stands within the Oscar race after good box office but middling critic and audience reviews. […]

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‘Spellbound’ Composer Alan Menkin, Lyricist Glenn Slater Leverage International Influences For Updated Take On Princess Lore

Friday, November 22, 2024 • Duration

Eight time Oscar-winning composer and EGOT recipient Alan Menken created some of the greatest film scores in cinematic history. Any composer would be thrilled to have only created the scores to Disney’s animation renaissance unofficial trilogy of The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. But he did not stop there. His scores range from […]

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Podcast: ‘Anora,’ ‘A Real Pain,’ and the Elusive Fifth Best Actor Slot

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 • Duration

We dive into two major 2025 Oscar contenders: A24’s Anora and Searchlight’s A Real Pain. We review each title and break down key moments of the films. Fair warning: our Anora conversation has a few spoilers, but we give you fair warning before ruining a few key moments of the film. Then, our A Real Pain conversation […]

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‘Saturday Night’ Music Editor Chris Newlin On How the Music Becomes a Character In the Film

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 • Duration

Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night is a love letter to the counterculture minds that formed one of the longest running television series in history, Saturday Night Live. Reitman creates a deliberately, lovingly chaotic atmosphere packed with visual gags, nostalgic references, sounds, and iconic music that all collaborates to orient the audience in a very specific place and […]

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Podcast: Breaking Down Anna Kendrick’s ‘Woman Of the Hour’ With a Special Guest

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 • Duration

With film festival season behind us, we wanted to sit back and catch up to some notable titles we’ve loved over the past few weeks. Case in point, Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, Woman Of the Hour, is an astoundingly accomplished breakthrough from the actress. She frames the story of the serial killer who appeared on The […]

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Podcast: How ‘Emilia Pérez’ and the SCAD Savannah Film Festival Impact the Oscar Race

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 • Duration

Megan returns from the SCAD Savannah Film Festival fresh with new takes on film, actors, and everything in between. One of the titles she loved at the festival was Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, so the team discusses that film in a spoiler-free conversation and assess its Oscar chances as well as the Oscar chances of […]

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‘Agatha All Along’ Production Designer John Collins Marches Down, Down, Down His Brilliantly Designed Road [Podcast]

Friday, November 1, 2024 • Duration

Marching ever forward ‘neath the wooded shrine I stray not from the path. I hold death’s hand in mine. Disney+’s Marvel Television series Agatha All Along wrapped this week with a 2-episode series finale that brought the series to an emotionally satisfying climax. While initially uneven tonally, Agatha eventually settled into an entertaining and compelling narrative. The […]

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Podcast: What Do Mean You’re the Visual Representation Of Our Halloween Podcast?

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 • Duration

Megan is off to cover the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, leaving Joey and Clarence to share their favorite “get in the spooky spirit” Halloween media. Then, Joey breaks down the X / Twitter meme culture around (largely) gay Halloween costumes — “What Do You Mean You’re…” Finally, Joey makes a special announcement about a December […]

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Contending at the Water Cooler – Details, episodes & analysis

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