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Jordan Morris on 'Spider-Man' Mar 23, 2023

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MaxFunDrive 2023 is comin'atcha like CGI Spidey slinging and swinging from rooftop to flagpole!

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We're celebrating by getting the current Jordans of Maximum Fun together. It's Jordan, Jesse, Go! host and Bubble creator Jordan Morris, talking about Sam Raimi's 2002 Spider-Man, featuring future Babylon star Tobey Maguire as a busy guy named Spider-Man/Peter Parker.

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Jordan Morris

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Ke Huy Quan on Returning to Acting [Replay] Mar 16, 2023

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Producer's note: When we prepped Jordan's new intro to this amazing interview from April of '22, I had jotted something down like, "who could have dreamed back then that he'd go on to win all the awards." Jordan rightly called this out, because (as she says here) she, and other critics, DID dream that. What I'd meant was: it seemed like one of those performances and films that you hope will be both lauded AND awarded, but you aren't holding your breath for the latter. How thrilling to be wrong sometimes.

Watch Ke Huy Quan accept his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

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As a kid, he was Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Data in The Goonies. But as he got older, Ke Huy Quan began to feel that there wasn't really a place for him in front of the camera. After decades of telling himself he didn't miss acting, Crazy Rich Asians made a splash, and Ke began to think that maybe it was time to get back to acting. Ke opens up about all of that, and landing in the perfect threefold role of Waymond, Alpha Waymond, and CEO Waymond in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

And then, Jordan has one quick thing about Bend it Like Beckham's 20th anniversary.

With Jordan Crucchiola and Ke Huy Quan

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Daniela Taplin Lundberg on 'Thelma & Louise' Mar 09, 2023

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Daniela Taplin Lundberg has made her mark in Hollywood doing something that’s become increasingly rare: creating authentic and artful films that are made for adults and appeal to a wide audience. These are movies like The Kids are All Right, Beast of No Nation, Nanny, Harriet, just to name a few. Today she talks with Jordan about Thelma and Louise – and in particular the affinity that she felt with Geena Davis’s Thelma from the first time she saw the movie (in the theaters, as a teenager). The movie was even an early example of her producer’s eye – she knew she’d seen something special before the film became a sensation.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about her old friends and their new (nu?) dance with Ghostface in Scream 6.

Check out Daniela’s podcast, Hollywood Gold.

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Jordan Crucchiola and Daniela Taplin Lundberg

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Kyle Turner on 'Down with Love' Mar 02, 2023

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After Bring it On, before Ant-Men, Peyton Reed directed a cheeky little period/genre parody called Down with Love. Its stars (Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor) were what brought 10-year-old Kyle Turner to the DVD rental house, but it was supporting character Peter McMannus (David Hyde Pierce) that he identified with, even years before he truly clocked what it was he was identifying. Sounds like perfect Feeling Seen fodder!

Then, this week’s One Quick Thing is a slew of fun updates about past guests!

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Kyle Turner

Order The Queer Film Guide

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Francesca Maldonado on 'Tank Girl' Feb 23, 2023

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Director and production designer (and former child actor) Francesca Maldonado shares how Rebecca (aka Tank Girl) from 1995's TANK GIRL was formative in her life, and offers perspectives on Hot Girl Representation, Valley Girl pride, and what's missing from movies now and in the past.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about an upcoming Amazon series called Class of '07.

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Francesca Maldonado

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Cyrus Cohen on 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Feb 16, 2023

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Throughout the much-lauded, jam-packed runtime of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Stephanie Hsu shapeshifts from depressed, suffering Joy Wang to countless iterations of the fabulous big-bad Jobu Tupaki. But the flashy confidence of Jobu Tupaki might be a misdirect from the pain she's feeling -- Joy's pain. Cyrus Cohen, film critic and programmer for NewFest, gets into it with Jordan on this week's episode.

Then, one quick thing about Jordan's recent Morning Edition appearance.

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Cyrus Cohen

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Sheila McCarthy on 'The Sterile Cuckoo' Feb 09, 2023

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There are a lot of fantastic women in Women Talking, but when Jordan first saw the film in theaters, she was immediately struck by the powerful performances of the movie's matriarchs, one of whom is played to hilarious, heartbreaking perfection by today's guest, Sheila McCarthy. Sheila tells us about identifying with Liza Minnelli's Pookie Adams in The Sterile Cuckoo — a feeling that she had when she saw the film in theaters as a teenager. Little could she have known that she'd go on to befriend and work with Liza, and so many great stars.

Then there's One Quick Thing about newly minted EGOT winner Viola Davis.

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Sheila McCarthy

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Sera Gamble on 'WALL-E' Feb 02, 2023

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As co-creator and showrunner of the show YOU, Sera Gamble knows that one way to fight the gender and romance stereotypes that we've been taught by popular media is to subvert them. In WALL-E, she saw a movie relationship that offered not only a relatable "female" character, but a relationship paradigm that was worthy of celebration. She and Jordan talk about robots, TV writing, and fighting the patriarchy.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about the new INFINITY POOL.

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Sera Gamble

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Gianmarco Soresi on 'Amadeus' Jan 26, 2023

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Comedian Gianmarco Soresi is brutally honest with us this weeks: he deeply relates to Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham!) in Milos Forman's 1984 classical classic, Amadeus. But while Gianmarco can own his Salieri-like insecurities, he can't let it keep him from pursuing virtuosity.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about...

Gianmarco on James Corden

His half hour, "Shelf Life"

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Gianmarco Soresi

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Roxanne Benjamin on 'Daria' Jan 19, 2023

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Before writer, producer, and director Roxanne Benjamin was making V/H/S shorts or directing shows like Nancy Drew and The New Adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, she was a disaffected youth who was so recognizable as a Daria that classmates called her by the famous MTV character's name. Now, she joins us fresh off the streaming release of her new movie, There's Something Wrong With the Children, to talk about relating to Daria, finding a place in the world of horror and filmmaking in general, and some other stuff '80s/'90s kids love.

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Roxanne Benjamin

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