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It\\u2019s movies-that-studios-are-pushing-for-awards week on Spoilerpiece! First up, Evan and Dave talk about Mike Mills\\u2019 C\\u2019MON C\\u2019MON (1:48), a funny drama starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny, who steps in to take care of his nephew Jesse (Woody Norman) while Jesse\\u2019s mother Viv (Gaby Hoffman) tends to her husband, Jesse\\u2019s father, who has bipolar disorder. That\\u2019s a clunky description, but don\\u2019t hold that against us because it\\u2019s a great conversation about a movie that\\u2019s firmly plugged into its emotional arc. Next, everyone saw THE TENDER BAR (22:03), director George Clooney\\u2019s latest, about JR (Daniel Ranieri as a kid and Tye Sheridan as a young adult), who moves with his mother (Lily Rabe) to her childhood home. Good news: Her brother, JR\\u2019s Uncle Charlie, is Ben Affleck. The bad news? Not enough Ben Affleck. Lastly, we talk about RED ROCKET (39:15), director Sean Baker\\u2019s latest. Mikey Saber (a terrific Simon Rex), a washed-up porn star, returns to his working class Texas hometown, crashing into his estranged wife\\u2019s life, and striking up a creepy romance with a 17-year-old (Suzanna Son) whom he\\u2019s trying to groom into a porn career that he hopes will restart his own. Over on our Patreon we talk about FARGO, the Coen brothers\\u2019 comedic thriller starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, and Steve Buscemi. If you join our $5 tier, you\'ll get immediate access to that conversation and more than 200 bonus episodes!