Big Fat Liar / Top Films of 2024

We're starting 2025 with a look back at our favorite movies of 2024, plus a look at the romance of Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy's feature debut, Big Fat Liar! Join in as we discuss Levy's career, the film debut of Amanda Bynes, the film-within-a-film's rapid production timeline, and Christopher Nolan's upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey. Plus: Was 2024 an especially good year for the Cannes Film Festival? Why is everyone in The Substance so good at medical procedures? Did Lea Seydoux give the year's hottest performance? And, most importantly, is it better to be sequestered in a conclave or trapped in a tennis throuple? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) -------------------------------------------------- Key links and sources for this episode: Spiders Georg "Average Familiarity" from XKCD People don't know what The Odyssey is Roger Ebert's three-star review of Big Fat Liar 2020 Forbes oral history of Big Fat Liar Shawn Levy's pitch for a Big Fat Liar sequel Paul Giamatti's Chinwag podcast Fact-checking Jodi Comer's accent in The Bikeriders