Episode description

We get some visits from Maddie's pet snake Cleo as we discuss Top Gun: Maverick, Fire Island, Apollo 10 1/2, The Bob's Burgers Movie, and Netflix's ill-fated decision to stop producing "vanity projects".

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Movies mentioned (* indicates possible spoilers):

• Top Gun: Maverick*, Top Gun*
• Ford v Ferrari, The Bob’s Burgers Movie*, Mad Max: Fury Road, Apollo 10 1/2*
• Fire Island*, The Age of Innocence, The Happiest Season, Love, Simon, Crush
• The Godfather
• Everybody Wants Some!!, The Before movies*, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• Jurassic World Dominion, Jurassic World
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Crimes of the Future (2022)
• The Irishman, Roma, Green Book, The Power of the Dog, Enola Holmes, Tall Girl, The Kissing Booth
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Call Me By Your Name, A Bigger Splash
• Nope, Alice (2022), Minions: The Rise of Gru
• Benediction, Memoria

The Smartest People in the Room is hosted by Rachel Casey and Maddie Weiner. It is edited by Maddie Weiner. Original theme and interstitial music is by Scott Boice - follow him on Instagram @sc00gle and find more of his work on Bandcamp.