S2E5 - Lion
This episode is late for the completely unavoidable reason that I didn't know what the date was. This is no-one's fault, except probably Joel's. Pleas...
And the Oscar goes to...
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Every other week, we get together and discuss a film that was nominated for a best picture Oscar. We go film by film through a full slate of nominees for a given year. Our first season looks at the 67th Academy Awards, celebrating films released in 1994.
S02E03 Arrival
This episode is supposed to be about the film Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Amy Adams but mostly we talk about which characters f...
S02E02 Fences
This week we're talking Fences, Denzel Washington's directorial debut, adapted from August Wilson's play of the same name. Thanks to White & Black for...
S02E01 Hacksaw Ridge
And we're back After absolutely no break in scheduling whatsoever, we're starting a new series. This second miniseries is looking at the nominees from...
Season 1 Wrap-up
We've talked about all the films from the 1995 best picture category and yet we're still doing another episode this season and it absolutely was not a...
S01E05 Forrest Gump
And the Oscar goes to... Forrest Gump! In 1995 the Academy Award for Best Picture was awarded to Robert Zemeckis's Forrest Gump for some reason. Let's...
S01E04 Pulp Fiction
Closing out the non winning nominees from 1995, we look at the film that defined the 90s: Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film wri...
S01E03 Quiz Show
Today we're looking at Quiz Show, the least well-remembered film from an Oscars slate with some 90s heavy hitters. Does it deserve to be forgotten tho...
S01E02 Four Weddings and a Funeral
S1 E2 Four Weddings and a Funeral Continuing our look at the best picture nominees from 1995, we turn now to the film that made Hugh Grant a star: Fou...