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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.

Oliver Smith and Joel Abraham


    • Sep 17, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 35m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    S2E5 - Lion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019 108:56


    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. Please listen to this episode about the movie Lion, in which we do our best to make up for the travesty that was our last episode. This one isn't (as) boring. Thanks to White & Black for our theme music

    S02E04 Hell or High Water

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2019 75:41


    This is an episode of a podcast and we've chosen to release it.

    S02E03 Arrival

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2019 115:26


    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 from The Simpsons Joel resembles. Thanks to White & Black for our theme music

    S02E02 Fences

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2019 74:22


    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 our theme music

    S02E01 Hacksaw Ridge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 100:21


    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 2017 (so films released in 2016 - why don't they just do the Oscars in December to stop this confusing mess?) and first on the docket is Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson's return to direction after a 10-year hiatus. Join us as we chat about whether the film is any good (it's not), whether Mel Gibson is the worst (he is) and whether it's cause for celebration that he's back in our homes (it's not). Thanks to White & Black for our theme music: https://audiojungle.net/user/white-black/portfolio

    Season 1 Wrap-up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2019 70:59


    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 self-indulgent mistake, thank you very much. If you don't want to listen to this (good instincts) the next season we'll be focusing on the 2017 Oscars slate, celebrating films released in 2016. The first film we'll be looking at is Mel Gibson's Desmond Doss biopic, Hacksaw Ridge. Thank you to White & Black for our theme music: https://audiojungle.net/user/white-black

    S01E05 Forrest Gump

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2019 101:59


    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 talk about the film and all the ways it's not good. Oh, and Joel says some stuff about how maybe it's not actually terrible but I think he was probably joking.Thank you to White & Black for our music: https://audiojungle.net/user/white-black

    S01E04 Pulp Fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2019 99:17


    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 written and directed by Quentin Tarantino; it is based on a story by Tarantino and Roger Avary. Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman, it tells several stories of criminal Los Angeles.Theme music by White & Black: https://audiojungle.net/user/white-black

    S01E03 Quiz Show

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2019 93:11


    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 though? Just how handsome is Ralph Fiennes? And is this the worst Boston accent ever depicted on screen?Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical film produced and directed by Robert Redford, and written by Paul Attanasio, based on Richard N. Goodwin's memoir Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties. The film chronicles the Twenty-One quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the rise and fall of popular contestant Charles Van Doren after the fixed loss of Herb Stempel and Congressional investigator Richard Goodwin's subsequent probeLinksTheme music by Black & White: https://audiojungle.net/user/white-black

    S01E02 Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2019 111:36


    S1 E2 Four Weddings and a FuneralContinuing our look at the best picture nominees from 1995, we turn now to the film that made Hugh Grant a star: Four Weddings and a Funeral. Rain talk is had. Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant, and follows the adventures of Charles (Grant) and his circle of friends through a number of social occasions as they each encounter romance. LinksTheme music by Black & White: https://audiojungle.net/user/white-black

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