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The Screeners indulged a little in the last episode, talking about only what they wanted to talk about. Now it\\u2019s time to give the Academy their due\\u2014but before we do that, we hear there was some kind of sporting event not too long ago\\u2026

Are You Overpaid and Too Famous? Here\\u2019s a Trophy!

As any media wonk knows, the Super Bowl is all about the commercials. The Screeners just had to take a little time up front to review the most memorable ads of the year\\u2014that is, if there were any. The last few Super Bowls haven\\u2019t seemed like what we\\u2019re used to from the biggest ad day of the year; can this one pull us out of the slump?

After our brief journey to the small screen, it\\u2019s back to...well, technically the small screen again, but at least the Oscars are about the big screen. It\\u2019s time for the Screeners to pretend they care about awards shows. (OK, some of them actually do care, but we\\u2019re withholding their names out of professional courtesy. You can send hate mail after you\\u2019ve heard the episode.) We don\\u2019t have time for every category, but we might as well at least drop some predictions for the major awards and talk a little about the year\\u2019s biggest snubs and loudest controversies while we\\u2019re at it. Isn\\u2019t Hollywood fun?

The Futility of Absurdism

Alright; enough TV for real. Time to go see an actual movie. Hail, Caesar! is the latest from the celebrated Coen brothers, and you might have heard by now that it hasn\\u2019t been doing so well at the box office. Before we bury the poor guy, though, let\\u2019s see if there\\u2019s any praise to be had. Surely the 15 or so household names in this film couldn\\u2019t have all signed up for a bad script. Maybe there\\u2019s something in the cinematography to grab Chris\\u2019s attention. Hey; it\\u2019s set in California\\u2014maybe there\\u2019s an earthquake in there for Daniel! Fine; at the very least, we bet there\\u2019s something everyone can argue about...

Wait; hold on a second. We just now got all those salad jokes we\\u2019ve been seeing in the headlines of reviews for Hail, Caesar! \\u201cCaesar\\u201d is a kind of salad, and you don\\u2019t like salad! Man, so clever. We hope they pay you well, movie critics. You\\u2019re worth every penny.

OK; if you\\u2019re still listening after that main event, congratulations! You\\u2019re more dedicated than Josh. Head over to Facebook to tell us what you think\\u2014unless you didn\\u2019t like Hail, Caesar! If that\\u2019s the case, you should probably go to Rotten Tomatoes; you\\u2019ll make lots of friends over there.