Episode #477: 'Sense and Sensibility' (2026) with Nikki Payne

Did we need another Sense & Sensibility? Turns out, maybe yes. Romance novelist (and cultural anthropologist!) Nikki Payne joins us to weigh the merits of director Georgia Oakley’s new adaptation, and separate the Willoughbys from the Bradleys. Then we read a hotline email about esoteric movie insights and subject Alonso to the first Christmas Movie Minute of the year!

What’s Good?
Alonso - I’ll Believe in Anything by Jacob Tierney
Drea - Libby and their addition of an AI opt-out
Nikki - Take Charge of My Heart on Netflix
Kevin - Casey Abrams concert

ITIDIC
Netflix Reports Box Office for the First Time for La Bola Negra’s Big Success
Soderbergh to Step in to Finish The Batman 2

Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson on Graham Norton

Staff Picks 
Drea - Wildwood
Alonso - Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Nikki - Rye Lane(hey, we did an episode!)
Kevin - Carrie(1976)

Alonso’sHave Yourself a Movie Little Christmas

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher