For The Watercooler

Matt and Caroline talk Obsession and Love Island. Later, NBC Sports' Nicole Auerbach joins us to talk about Widow's Bay!

Who knew May would be so terrifying at the box office?! Patrick Thomley joins the show as we explore The Backrooms!

"BIIIIG PIPE!" Caroline and Matt talk about why Mandalorian & Grogu is actually really fun! Later, we're joined by Will Duncan to discuss Chris Lilley's multi-role masterpiece Summer Heights High!

We missed a week but fear not! Caroline has returned with tales of her pop culture adventures at Disney Upfronts in New York!

Matt and Caroline discuss Callum Turner, Mother Mary, and Colin From Accounts! Later, Ryan Nanni joins to discuss Predator 2 because why the hell not?!

Matt and Caroline talk The Drama now that Matt has seen it! Matt needs a new TV show! Best Friend Helen returns to talk about the original The Devil Wears Prada as we get ready for the sequel!

Coachella! Caroline has seen The Drama! Wes Sinor joins us to PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT with a discussion of the 1983 classic Scarface!

No guest this week but Matt and Caroline take a look ahead at the summer to see which movies they think will be the blockbusters of 2026!

We made her an offer she couldn't refuse...Caroline finally watched The Godfather and Kyle Bandujo joins us to dig into the greatest American crime film!

We finally get to talk about Project Hail Mary, our most anticipated movie of the year! Later, Matt's kids drop in to talk about their favorite show, the chaotic and hilarious Dance Moms!

One Battle After Another and Sinners went toe-to-toe on Hollywood's biggest night! Ben Flanagan joins us to break down this year's Oscars and take a look ahead and contenders for next year!

Francesca Scalici, co-host of Mulder, It's Me with Caroline, joins the show to recap Season 1 of The X-Files on their rewatch journey!

BABY JANE DOE! It's time to give Season 2 of The Pitt the time on our show it so richly deserves! Darcie Yount joins us as we dig into The Pitt!

Caroline has more puppies than ever! Later, we're joined by Craig Hamilton of The Wizard of Oscar to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent!

Our good friend Blake Schuster returns to talk Winter Olympics!

Matt and Caroline recap the Grammys! Later we're joined by actress Morgan Smith (Veep, 9-1-1) to remember the magnificent Catherine O'Hara.

The Oscar nominations are out and Matt and Caroline are making their to-watch lists! Later, Hannah Kuykendall (SEC Shorts) joins us to hit the Speorg note as we dig into Will Ferrell's Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga!

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are back and they're gonna rip the stash! Or jack the rip! Or whatever the terminology is! Collider's Michael Zimmermann joins us to talk about the Netflix cop thriller The Rip!

It's Golden Globes season! Matt watched the movie about a chimp with rabies! Kyle Bandujo joins to celebrate the upcoming Winter Olympics with a look back at the Mighty Ducks franchise!

Ten years later, the Stranger Things finale has finally arrived and good luck meeting somebody who doesn't have a strong opinion about it! Our friend Collyn returns to the show to break down the big event and offer some script revisions of her own!NOTE: If you want to skip the spoilers because you haven't seen the finale yet, head to 1:26:00 to hear our picks for our personal Mount Rushmore of Television Shows.

It's the ultimate Christmas song draft featuring For The Watercooler and Big Screen Sports! Alex McDaniel and Ryan Nanni join Matt, Caroline, and Kyle to draft the ultimate Christmas playlist!

We're combining feeds with our sister podcast Big Screen Sports for the month of December and in our first installment, Matt and Kyle talk Pluribus and A Christmas Story!

The Big Meal has arrived and we're here to chow down! Alex McDaniel joins us to talk about Julie & Julia, a delicious rom-com with great looking food and questionable relationship dynamics!

Food Month continues on For The Watercooler as we dive into 2001's Hannibal with Ryan Nanni! Listen to Caroline see THAT SCENE for the first time live and hear us play maybe the dumbest game show segment of the series to date!

November is Food Month on For The Watercooler! As we get ready for the most important meal of the year, we're asking our guests this month to pick movies based on the food featured on screen and we're starting with John Favreau's CHEF with our good friend Kyle Bandujo!

Caroline rounds the home stretch of her spookiest month yet! Actor Quentin Plair joins us to talk about his role in Chad Powers and his upcoming film Not Without Hope!

Caroline is in Spooky Mode! We talk about the latest horror movies she's sampled, including both films in The Black Phone series with Francesca Scalici.

Caroline binged the entire Insidious franchise! Plus, Andrew Farmer (Scary Stories to Tell on the Pod) joins us to talk Addams Family Values!

It's here and everyone has BIG feelings! Mike Golic Jr. joins Matt and Caroline to discuss the new Taylor Swift album, The Life of a Showgirl!

Caroline has some new TV recs and Matt has seen One Battle After Another! Later, we're joined by The Bloody Broads (aka Jamie and Bhavna) to discuss Zach Cregger's horror duology Barbarian and Weapons!

Matt and Caroline break down the big winners of this year's Emmys! Later, author Tasha Coryell joins us to talk about the Twilight franchise!

Caroline has seen the new A24 film The Smashing Machine and gives her thoughts on this movie that's already getting major awards buzz! Later, comedian Patrick Thomley joins us to discuss one of the messiest, most dramatic music documentaries ever made, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.

Matt and Caroline break down Sabrina Carpenter's new album "Man's Best Friend" with Caroline's best friend Helen! Also, Matt and Caroline discuss the Netflix documentary Unknown Caller.

Everyone's crying this week! Caroline sheds tears of joy over Taylor & Travis' engagement. Later, everyone cries talking about children's television masterpiece Bluey as Big Screen Sports host and regular guest (respectively) Kyle Bandujo and Alex McDaniel join the show!

No new movies to look forward to this week so Matt and Caroline are looking backwards! Join us for a nostalgic look back at the movies, albums, and TV shows that make us think of childhood while we build LEGO sets together!

Everything's coming up Caroline! We talk Taylor Swift's new album, Alien: Earth, and Highest 2 Lowest. Later, Corey Craft from the Sidewalk Cinema joins us to talk about Zach Cregger's miraculous and devious Weapons!

Summer 2025 has delivered once again with a genuinely great comedy! Matt and Caroline try not to laugh the entire time they talk about The Naked Gun. Later, Charles Curtis from For The Win joins us to talk about the incredible and deep catalogue of Billy Joel in light of his new HBO documentary.

It's our 100th episode! We celebrate by reviewing The Fantastic Four and rewatching David Fincher's Zodiac with our friend John Hammontree!

This week's show is all about American heroes! Matt and Caroline weigh in on the latest iteration of Superman! Later, Elizabeth Lowder joins the show to talk about the American Girl extended universe, from dolls to movies to retail stores, and the impact they had on Millenial women.

Summer 2025 rolls on with another huge blockbuster in Jurassic World: Rebirth! Matt and Caroline give us their takes on the latest dino flick. Later Kyle Bandujo joins the show to talk about the 1994 Jim Carrey comic book movie The Mask!

Matt and Caroline review F1 and talk about some of the new trailers they're excited about! Later, Ben Flanagan joins us to talk about the 1997 over-the-top action thriller Con Air!

We review two new movies - 28 Years Later and The Ballad of Wallis Island! Later, Nicole Auerbach joins us to talk Love Island USA!

We've got two super interesting movies to talk about by two of the best directors working in Hollywood today! We discuss Celine Song's The Materialists and Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme.

It's another HUGE special guest for FTWC! This week we're joined by legendary director Alan Taylor, who has directed episodes of just about every prestige TV show you've ever heard of! Alan joins us to talk about how to make TV cinematic, working with stars before they become stars, and reflections on his long and storied career!

We recap Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning and talk about the new Tim Robinson/Paul Rudd comedy FRIENDSHIP with filmmaker Ben Stark!

Collyn aka Mako and Kona's Mom joins us to talk about serial killers, cereal, and the Netflix series You!

Caroline got a shopvac! Plus, we finally tackle the epic finale of Andor with our friend Lauren Brownlow!

Matt and Caroline rave about Thunder- I mean, The New Avengers! Later in the show, we're joined by Ryan Nanni to talk Mission: Impossible!

Matt and Caroline are headin' out west! We're joined by Marc Torrence to talk about HBO prestige masterpiece Deadwood and why it's the ultimate "That Guy" show.

Matt finally finished The Pitt and Caroline waxes poetic about Pride & Prejudice after its 20th anniversary re-release. Later, we're joined by Blake Schuster to talk about Ryan Coogler's folk-horror-musical masterpiece Sinners!