610. C.O.D.A. (2021)

*The Warlock opens the door to his lair wearing a black tuxedo and holding a glass of Pepsi*

W: Welcome to my lair…welcome I don’t think so, but enter. Enter my lair if you dare. I’m your host The Warlock.

*Warlock levitates and walks inside*

W: As everyone knows…..C.O.D.A. was the winner of Best Picture last night. Keeping with tradition, first the accolades. Troy Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor and the movie won Best Adaptation. Now for the competition, C.O.D.A. beat out the remake of West Side Story, The Power of The Dog, Nightmare Alley, Licorice Pizza, King Richard, Dune, Drive My Car, Don’t Look Up and Belfast. Apart from Dune, I’ve never heard of any of them so once again the Oscar’s are full of baloney. So what’s this movie about? A child of deaf adults (coda) has to choose between saving her deaf parents fishing company or go to Berklee. As with most Best Pictures that have come out in the last 10 years, its probably not even close to as good as some of the other movies I’ve seen from last year in theaters. But, I’m willing to give it a chance.

*Warlock takes his seat in the middle of the couch*

W: Amazing how after tonight, I will once again have seen every Best Picture winner that’s ever come out. So grab your popcorn, grab your drink and grab your woman because its time for C.O.D.A.

Written by Thomas Bidegain, Eric Lartigau, Stanislas Carre de Malberg, Victoria Bedos and Sian Heder

Directed by Sian Heder

Cast:

Emilia JonesRuby Rossi
Troy KotsurFrank Rossi
Daniel DurantLeo Rossi
John FioreTony Salgado
Lonnie FarmerArthur
Kevin ChapmanBrady
Amy ForsythGertie
Courtland JonesMs. Simon
Molly Beth ThomasAudra
Ferdia Walsh-PeeloMiles
Ayana BrownGuidance Counselor
Marlee MatlinJackie Rossi
Jason PugatchDoctor
Kyana FaneneRiff Girl
Anilee ListAdele Girl
Eugenio DerbezBernardo Villalobos
Stone MartinHarry Potter Boy
Maeve ChapmanShaker Girl
Mark PettograssoMike / Bar Bully
Stephen CaliskanTall Boy
Amanda BradshawShy Girl
Bryan SabbagBroadway Boy
Kayla CaulfieldOff Key Girl
Samidio DePinaSuave Boy
Dominic Cannarella-AndersenBass Boy (as Dominic Anderson)
Jose Guns AlvesMondo (as Jose Gonsalves)
Owen BurkeJimmy
Lance NorrisChubs
Tony ViveirosBartender
Armen GaroGio Salgado
Jared VossJohn Kaufman
Emilia FaucherMisha
Marilyn BuschNina
Melissa McMeekinBarb
Erica McDermottAngela
Garrett McKechnieChet Turner
Rebecca GibelJoanne Biles
Tj CiarametaroCoast Guard Boarding Officer
Gary GaloneCoast Guard Officer
Nikki KimMonitor #1
Mary Ann SchaubMonitor #2
Cassandra BertaVocalist
Sarah ClarkeTanya
Rena MaliszewskiFemale Jury Member
David NewsomMale Jury Member
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alexander M. AkerblomBand Member (uncredited)
David S. BookbinderHigh School Parent (uncredited)
Jeff BouffardDockworker (uncredited)
BrinaPagent Guest (uncredited)
Peter BrownleeParent (uncredited)
Richard ChandlerParent (uncredited)
Charles CoanSchool teacher (uncredited)
Dennis DanielParent (uncredited)
Ian Dylan HuntFisherman (uncredited)
Sydney JenkinsExtra (uncredited)
Elbert KimJackie Rossi’s Attorney (uncredited)
Laurie KwiatkowskiHigh School Parent (uncredited)
Abby LivingstonStudent (uncredited)
Rob LévesqueBoat Captain (uncredited)
Pamela Jayne MorganShopper Woman (uncredited)
Randy MorrisFisherman (uncredited)
Jonathan NevesStudent (uncredited)
Kiara PichardoCashier (uncredited)
Anne ReardonJimmy’s Wife (uncredited)
Amber SageAudience Member (uncredited)
Sandra Jack ShawAudience Member (uncredited)
Susan Halsey SingerParent (uncredited)
Justin M. TolliverFisherman (uncredited)
Madison Paige TrzaskiMean Girl (uncredited)
Stephanie VachonHigh School Student (uncredited)
Earl Lee WhiteHigh School Student (uncredited)
Justin WrightCoast Guard Officer (uncredited)

*Warlock reads the tag-line*

W: “As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.”

W: Gee, wonder what she’s going to do.

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