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EPISODE · Apr 15, 2026 · 2H

63 - Project Hail Mary (+ The Last Oscars) w/Benoît Lelièvre

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Dave continues on his lonely interstellar mission to prove movies aren't good. But this time he brings in a ringer, Renaissance man Benoît Lelièvre, and the two of them learn to communicate over the vast emptiness of space. It's a dirty job but no one has to do it: Dave Forgets to Introduce Ben "Nobody Remembers the Oscars" Revisited Another BRUTALIST Review Adrian Brody Suffers for our Collective Memory Get Yourself a Marble Guy Like Today's Guest Host Benoît Lelièvre An Enigma Wrapped in Some Knuckles Inside Some Klosterman ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Review Right Wing Fantasy Or Left Wing Fantasy (Why Not Both? GIF) Sean Penn's Oscar Winning Rage Boner Insider Dirt From An Academy Member EDDINGTON Review Ari Aster and PT Anderson Shared Universe? The SCRIPT DOCTOR Tackles P.T.A. Bring Back Ugly Actors THE SMASHING MACHINE Review MARTY SUPREME Review The Year of Letting Artists Off the Hook Part 1 Ben Puts the Safdie Brothers Up Against the Ropes! Timothée Chalamet As Shia LaBeouf As Marty Supreme Another SINNERS Review Michael B. Jordan Vs. Michael A. Jordan Talking About *That* Scene Again (Dave Hates Fun) TRAIN DREAMS Review Ben's Dog Flips Out When We Mention the Wolf Girl The Oscars' Most Grievous Robberies  Bonus Wolves (Dancing With Saint Costner) David Simmons' Eradicator Recommendation Mel and Kevin Go Full Dadcore HAMNET Review Remember Hamlet? That Play About Loving Your Mother? The Year of Letting Artists Off the Hook Part 2 BUGONIA Review Having Your Bees and Eating Them Too An Underpopulated Pandemic Movie That's Good? F1 Review Get It? Formula Won? Brad Pitt = Gary Sue We Learned a Lot About Tires Experience ASMR in IMAX Insider Dirt From an Academy Member Part 2 THE SECRET AGENT Review Hairy Leg Highlights SENTIMENTAL VALUE Review The Year of Letting Artists Off the Hook Part 3 Would It Make a Better Novel? The Skarsgårds Are Terrifying Pillion and Hold the Dark Recommendations IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU Review A24 Is Now B24 Frunkensteens Are Blowing Up THE BRIDE! (Film Score) Review Guillermo del Toro = Too Many Notes SONG SUNG BLUE Review Yeah, That Didn't Happen Why Do Coke Head Directors Have Pacing Issues? PROJECT HAIL MARY Review The Dumbass Martian Meets The Dipshit Arrival Ryan Gosling Solves the Male Loneliness Epidemic Dave's Finds a Way to Plug Another One of His Books Hail, Grace, Full of Slapstick Close Encounters of the Doggo Kind Happy Classroom Ending Redux Too Much Optimism for Deep Space! Project Hail Mary Contains An Actual Hail Mary Theater Gremlins Did They Just Massacre the Apostrophes?

Dave continues on his lonely interstellar mission to prove movies aren't good. But this time he brings in a ringer, Renaissance man Benoît Lelièvre, and the two of them learn to communicate over the vast emptiness of space. It's a dirty job but no one has to do it:Dave Forgets to Introduce Ben"Nobody Remembers the Oscars" RevisitedAnother BRUTALIST ReviewAdrian Brody Suffers for our Collective MemoryGet Yourself a Marble Guy Like Today's Guest Host Benoît LelièvreAn Enigma Wrapped in Some Knuckles Inside Some KlostermanONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER ReviewRight Wing Fantasy Or Left Wing Fantasy (Why Not Both? GIF)Sean Penn's Oscar Winning Rage BonerInsider Dirt From An Academy MemberEDDINGTON ReviewAri Aster and PT Anderson Shared Universe?The SCRIPT DOCTOR Tackles P.T.A.Bring Back Ugly ActorsTHE SMASHING MACHINE ReviewMARTY SUPREME ReviewThe Year of Letting Artists Off the Hook Part 1Ben Puts the Safdie Brothers Up Against the Ropes!Timothée Chalamet As Shia LaBeouf As Marty SupremeAnother SINNERS ReviewMichael B. Jordan Vs. Michael A. JordanTalking About *That* Scene Again (Dave Hates Fun)TRAIN DREAMS ReviewBen's Dog Flips Out When We Mention the Wolf GirlThe Oscars' Most Grievous Robberies Bonus Wolves (Dancing With Saint Costner)David Simmons' Eradicator RecommendationMel and Kevin Go Full DadcoreHAMNET ReviewRemember Hamlet? That Play About Loving Your Mother?The Year of Letting Artists Off the Hook Part 2BUGONIA ReviewHaving Your Bees and Eating Them TooAn Underpopulated Pandemic Movie That's Good?F1 ReviewGet It? Formula Won?Brad Pitt = Gary SueWe Learned a Lot About TiresExperience ASMR in IMAXInsider Dirt From an Academy Member Part 2THE SECRET AGENT ReviewHairy Leg HighlightsSENTIMENTAL VALUE ReviewThe Year of Letting Artists Off the Hook Part 3Would It Make a Better Novel?The Skarsgårds Are TerrifyingPillion and Hold the Dark RecommendationsIF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU ReviewA24 Is Now B24Frunkensteens Are Blowing UpTHE BRIDE! (Film Score) ReviewGuillermo del Toro = Too Many NotesSONG SUNG BLUE ReviewYeah, That Didn't HappenWhy Do Coke Head Directors Have Pacing Issues?PROJECT HAIL MARY ReviewThe Dumbass Martian Meets The Dipshit ArrivalRyan Gosling Solves the Male Loneliness EpidemicDave's Finds a Way to Plug Another One of His BooksHail, Grace, Full of SlapstickClose Encounters of the Doggo KindHappy Classroom Ending ReduxToo Much Optimism for Deep Space!Project Hail Mary Contains An Actual Hail MaryTheater GremlinsDid They Just Massacre the Apostrophes?

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