Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss the latest films and the forthcoming Oscars. Dave predicts glamour, Darren expects a dour affair, and Mike carries an umbrella with him wherever he goes, because you can’t have your rainbows without the rain, y’know?

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• The Monkey (dir Osgood Perkins, starr Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Adam Scott, and Elijah Wood).
  
• The Unbreakable Boy (dir Jon Gunn, starr Zachary Levi, Meghann Fahy, Jacob Laval, Drew Powell, Gavin Warren, and Patricia Heaton)
  

Previews:

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• Last Breath (dir Alex Parkinson, starr Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole, Cliff Curtis, Mark Bonnar, and MyAnna Buring).
  
• Riff Raff (dir Dito Montiel, starr Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union, Pete Davidson, Ed Harris, and Bill Murray).
  

“The Monkey” and “The Unbreakable Boy”

Predicting the 2025 Academy Award Winners