Episodes

  • Season 3 Stats
    Dec 20 2024

    It's a shorter season as we move to a calendar year schedule, but we're excited to look back at this past year of the podcast! In this episode we'll cover our stats from Season 3 - how many films we've watched, how many times the Oscars got it wrong, and much, much more!

    After this episode we'll be taking a holiday break, but we'll be back in February 2025!

    NOTE: This episode contains spoilers for some previously discussed films. All time stamps are approximate.

    1:15 - Section 1: Overview of Season 3

    4:15 - Section 2: Things we're tracking

    35:35 - Section 3: Our ratings (nominees only)

    54:45 - Section 4: A qualitative discussion

    1:16:05 - Next Time

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • The 1st Academy Awards (Films of 1927/28)
    Dec 6 2024

    This feels like a major one! In this episode, we're excited to be covering the 1st Academy Awards, which honored films from 1927 & 1928. The Academy had two best picture categories at the time, but we cover both of them. The nominees for Outstanding Picture were: Wings, The Racket, and 7th Heaven. The nominees for Best Unique and Artistic Picture were: Sunrise, Change, and the Crowd. We also cover the non-nominee Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

    Timestamps are approximate:

    11:10 - 7th Heaven

    21:10 - The Racket

    26:55 - Chang

    32:10 - Sunrise

    39:05 - The Crowd

    49:50 - Wings

    1:00:10 - Should something else have been nominated?

    • 1:00:55 - Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1:06:50 - Did the Oscars get it wrong?

    1:08:15 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner

    1:09:55 - Conclusions

    1:15:30 - Next Time

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Special Episode - Before the Academy Awards
    Nov 22 2024

    We'll be covering the 1st Academy Awards in two weeks, so we thought now was a good time for a special episode where we take a look at some films that were released before the Academy Awards.

    We review the films in chronological order.

    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

    Timestamps are approximate:

    1:50 - A Trip to the Moon (1902)

    5:40 - Nosferatu (1922)

    11:55 - Safety Last! (1923)

    17:30 - The Gold Rush (1925)

    25:00 - Body and Soul (1925)

    33:35 - Battleship Potemkin (1925)

    43:20 - The General (1926)

    49:45 - Metropolis (1927)

    1:01:25 - Conclusions

    • 1:02:45 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner
    • 1:06:05 - Favorites and Least Favorites

    1:10:15 - Next Time

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • The 88th Academy Awards (Films of 2015) - Part II
    Nov 8 2024

    We're wrapping up our 10-movie mini-bracket for the 88th Academy Awards or the films of 2015.

    The nominees were: The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight.

    The films we added were: What We Do in the Shadows and Ex Machina.

    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

    Timestamps are approximate:

    2:45 - Mad Max: Fury Road

    10:45 - The Big Short

    23:40 - Bridge of Spies

    31:50 - What We Do in the Shadows

    41:25 - Ex Machina

    53:30 - Conclusions

    • 53:30 - Did the Oscars Get it Wrong?
    • 56:00 - Top 5 Films
    • 57:05 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner
    • 59:10 - Patterns

    1:11:00 - Next Time

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • The 88th Academy Awards (Films of 2015) - Part I
    Oct 25 2024

    We're covering the 88th Academy Awards or the films of 2015. There were 8 nominees this year, so we added two additional films to get to one our 10-movie mini-brackets. We talk about the losers from Round 1 this episode.

    The nominees were: The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight.

    The films we added were: What We Do in the Shadows and Ex Machina.

    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

    Timestamps are approximate:

    8:20 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers

    Losers Discussion

    • 15:20 - The Revenant
    • 26:40 - Brooklyn
    • 32:35 - The Martian
    • 39:45 - Room
    • 45:40 - Spotlight

    55:35 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst

    56:30 - Next Time

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    57 mins
  • The 21st Academy Awards (Films of 1948)
    Oct 11 2024

    This episode we're covering the 21st Academy Awards or the films of 1948. The nominees were: Hamlet, Johnny Belinda, The Snake Pit, The Red Shoes, and Treasure of the Sierra Madre. We also watch the non-nominee Rope.

    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

    Timestamps are approximate:

    8:30 - Hamlet

    14:15 - The Red Shoes

    26:40 - Johnny Belinda

    39:15 - The Snake Pit

    51:05 - Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1:02:10 - Should something else have been nominated?

    • 1:02:40 - Rope

    1:11:40 - Did the Oscars get it wrong?

    1:15:15 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner

    1:16:30 - Conclusions

    1:21:15 - Next Time

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • The 16th Academy Awards (Films of 1943) - Part II
    Sep 27 2024

    It's part 2 of our discussion of the 16th Academy Awards this week where we cover the winners from our mini-bracket.

    The nominees were: Casablanca, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Heaven Can Wait, The Human Comedy, In Which We Serve, Madame Curie, The More the Merrier, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Song of Bernadette, and Watch on the Rhine.

    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

    Timestamps are approximate:

    1:30 - The More the Merrier

    8:35 - The Ox-Bow Incident

    15:05 - Madame Curie

    20:55 - Heaven Can Wait

    28:30 - Casablanca

    46:10 - Conclusions

    • 46:10 - Did the Oscars Get it Wrong?
    • 46:20 - Top 5 Films
    • 49:05 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner
    • 50:35 - Patterns

    54:30 - Next Time

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    56 mins
  • The 16th Academy Awards (Films of 1943) - Part I
    Sep 13 2024

    We're covering the 16th Academy Awards or the films of 1943. There were 10 nominees this year, so we've done one of our mini-brackets. We also talk about the non-nominee Shadow of a Doubt.

    The nominees were: Casablanca, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Heaven Can Wait, The Human Comedy, In Which We Serve, Madame Curie, The More the Merrier, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Song of Bernadette, and Watch on the Rhine.

    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

    Timestamps are approximate:

    6:35 - Shadow of a Doubt

    16:30 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers

    Losers Discussion

    • 23:25 - For Whom the Bell Tolls
    • 30:15 - Watch on the Rhine
    • 37:50 - The Human Comedy
    • 46:20 - In Which We Serve
    • 51:50 - The Song of Bernadette

    1:01:05 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst

    1:01:50 - Next Time

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    1 hr and 3 mins