Oscar Hustle Podcast

The Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday and this year's race has come to an end.  In this episode Kerry and Allison do an in depth recap on the ceremony itself and talk about all the goings on in the Dolby Theatre that night.   They talk about the hosts, the winners and they briefly touch on the moment that sucked the air out of the room. They go over the highlights (Troy Kotsur and Questlove's moving acceptance speeches) and the head scratching moments (Why the heck was BTS there? Why was "White Men Can't Jump" given a standing ovation?) But most importantly they reveal their final stats and percentages.  It's been quite a ride! 

The time is here, the Oscar Ceremony is right around the corner!  With the race to the end closing in, there is much to talk about. This week they are joined by their fellow Oscar completionist pal Kristy, and do a deep dive into some of the categories and nominees. They discuss what they want to win versus what they think will win, with some surprises.  Kerry recaps the (unsurprising) Critic Choice Awards and Allison recaps the (unsurprising) BAFTAS.  Will this year be a sweep for "Power of the Dog"?  Does "Belfast" have a chance to take some top prizes?  Will "Dune" take all the technical awards? Can anyone tell them why "Drive My Car" is so acclaimed? Tune in, they have some thoughts!

The Oscars are in 9 days and Kerry and Allison are closing in on finishing seeing all of this year's nominated movies.  This week they talk about two lesser known International Feature nominees "Hand of God" from Italy and "Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom" from Bhutan. Allison also confesses her surprising fondness for "Encanto".  They follow up on the backlash from the Academy's proposed format change, discuss some of the confirmed presenters and re-cap the Independent Spirit Awards.

It's officially awards season!  In this episode Kerry and Allison recap the recent Screen Actor Guild Awards, the upcoming Director Guild Awards and discuss how the results of these awards add momentum to the Oscar nominees.  They review their week in film:  Allison recaps her strong feelings for both "Cruella" and "Spencer" and Kerry discusses the surreal beauty of "Ascension" and "The Tragedy of MacBeth".  They take a deep dive and have a full circle moment discussing the recently released nominated short "When We Were Bullies".  And finally they talk about how to prevent Oscar burnout during the home stretch.

In the last week, the Academy has announced their plans for how this year's ceremony will look.  And boy do Kerry and Allison have some thoughts.... In this episode they have a passionate discussion about why the Oscars should stay with the same format they have used for years and champion the categories that are getting removed from the broadcast.  They review their week in film, discuss "Parallel Mothers" and finally talk about this year's frontrunner "The Power of the Dog".  

The Oscar ceremony is in 30 days and hustle is on!  In this episode, Allison and Kerry take a look at two favourites for the Best International Feature category "Drive My Car" and "Worst Person In The World".  They discuss the bizarre musical "Cyrano", some other hits ("King Richard") and misses ("Four Good Days") for the week, Dianne Warren as the Oscars Susan Lucci, as well as the importance of proper theatre seating etiquette.  

It's week three and Kerry and Allison have seen some movies.  In this episode they discuss a few personal highlights: Kerry champions the multi-nominated feature "Belfast", and Allison shines a light on the short animation "Affairs of the Art" . They discuss why you have to be in the right mood to watch a two hour animated Disney movie and take deep dive into their surprising mutual love of "West Side Story".  Stats! Plans! And much more! 

The Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday and Kerry and Allison now have to get their plan in place.  In this episode they discuss the "Big Ten" best picture nominations, as well as the snubs and (very few) surprises of this year's nominees.  They discuss "Being the Ricardos, "Nightmare Alley" and "House of Gucci".... where Kerry laments the lack of nomination for Jared Leto.  They reveal their starting stats and discuss their plans for the upcoming week.  There are 44 days until the big ceremony!  Here we go!!

It's that time of year again! Oscar Season is finally here and Kerry and Allison are busy prepping.  In this episode, they give a bit of Oscar Hustle history, discuss the non-existent Golden Globes ceremony, review the short lists, and reminisce / speculate about who will host the ceremony on March 27th. The nominations just around the corner so it's time to start the Oscar Hustle! 

The Oscar broadcast has come and gone, and in a year of strange times, it makes sense that the ceremony was equally as bizarre.  Who makes a 3 hour telecast about film, without actually showing any films?!  In this final episode of season two, Kerry and Allison give their final stats, go into the whole uneven ceremony, the big mistakes made by the show's producers and celebrate the few highlights (shout out the cheerleader Reese Witherspoon) that made the night.  They discuss the (surprisingly superior) pre-show and musical performances, as well as address the elephant in the room...  Cue the sad trombones, it was quite a night!   

The finish line is in sight and what better way to re-cap the whole list of 56, then with a special guest.  This week Allison and Kerry are joined by "friend of the pod and in real life too" Kristy!  They discuss highlights and lowlights of this year's nominated films.  They make a few predictions of what they think will win versus what they think should win, as well as give some final thoughts on the noms.  Do kids actually like the movie "Soul"? Should there be a "best perm" award given to "Hillbilly Elegy"?  Does anyone care if they see "Pinnochio"? Listen in and find out! Plus the Baftas, hard to find film updates and more! 

As we get to the final weeks of the hustle, the inevitable fatigue sets in.  This week Kerry and Allison chat about how they are going to manage getting through the last few weeks of film screenings and give tips on how to avoid film fatigue.  Kerry recaps the SAG awards and Allison reports on research for the best way to host a safe Oscar Party this year.  They provide an update on the hard to find titles, which has Kerry wondering, should she reach out to Mark Ruffalo for help?  All of this and a discussion on one of the most important Live Action Short nominations in recent history.  The Oscars are coming up and the final push is ON!

Sometimes bad movies (like... really bad movies) get Academy Award nominations, and sometimes they even win.  This week Kerry and Allison re-visit some of those past stinkers as well as discuss some surprising winners.  Kerry provides an update on the plans for the ceremony broadcast (backpedaling anyone?) and Allison will not give up the hurt she still feels about songs that were left out of the original song category.  They discuss their admiration for two different films nominated in the Best Animated features category and re-cap what they've watched over the past week.  Plus, they boost the signal for the hard to find titles on the list.  

Once again the Oscar producers have come up with a wacky plan for the broadcast and it's not great.  This week Allison and Kerry talk a bit about what is planned for the ceremony and if given the circumstances, having it all live makes sense.  They look at some recent guild award winners, and discuss how knowing those winners may help you in your Oscar pool.  As usual they review their stats, highlight some of this week's favourites (shout out to "The Mole Agent" and "The Father") and what they weren't thrilled to watch.  Has Kerry made a dent in her list?  Did Allison watch "The Sound of Metal"? Tune in and find out! 

It's been less than a week since the nominations went out and Kerry and Allison have been hard at work crossing titles off their nominees list.  In this episode they recap their week in film viewing and highlight two of their surprise favourites.  Kerry goes to bat for "Borat: Subsequent Movie Film" and Allison wonders why she never heard of "The White Tiger" until now.  They discuss their strategies when planning their viewing schedules, what their favourites are so far, and what they really haven't liked.  Stats, percentages and lots of other fun details in this episode of Oscar Hustle!

The Oscar nominations were this past week and now the map to the Oscar ceremony is finally laid out.  In this episode Allison and Kerry recap the award nominations, the snubs (Jodie Foster!), the surprises (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga!) and the history making nominations (Promising Young Woman, Nomadland!).  They discuss the "rules" of the Hustle, list some favourites and start to figure out how they are going to get through this.  With 56 nominated films, it's going to take some work, but they are up for the challenge! 

In this episode Allison and Kerry discuss the strange pandemic awards season and much more. With no theatres open, and a supremely disjointed and odd movie release schedule, who knows what to watch?! They recap the Golden Globe Awards broadcast, the lows (random nominees) and the highlights (Jeff Daniel's room of doors anyone?). Regardless of the challenges of this awards season, Kerry and Allison are once again up to the task of seeing every Oscar nominated film and look forward to the announcement of the Nominees on March 15th. Here we go… Time to hustle!

And we're back! And this time it's 1985! Over the last few months Kerry and Allison have watched the five fantastic (but hard to find) best picture nominees for 1985 which include "Witness", "Kiss of the Spiderwoman", "Prizzi's Honor", "The Color Purple" and "Out of Africa". In this episode they recap the films, discuss the Oscar ceremony (and it's insane, very random choice of show hosts and musical tributes) and debate over who's favourite film of that year should have won. 1985 was a great year for the Oscars, come and join us and listen for yourself. (Disclaimer: this episode has been in the can for a while and unfortunately we were unable to publish until now, so if some of our references are a little dated, now you know why!)

Well... it's been a minute but we are back with the 1970 Side Hustle. Over the last few months Allison and Kerry watched the five Best Picture nominees from 1970 Academy Awards including "M*A*S*H", "Love Story", "Airport" "Patton" and "Five Easy Pieces", (which Kerry was sure was a western). In this episode they recap the films, discuss the awards ceremony itself and decide if the best picture really did win that year. There is lots to discuss and a few laughs to be had. Come take a trip back to 1970!

While Allison and Kerry wait for awards season to begin again (...or not... we live in funny times), they've come up with a new way to explore Oscar nominees from the past. Join them and find out what randomly selected year and best picture nominees they will watch in the next few weeks and outline the rules for this side hustle....

The 2020 Oscar Broadcast took place last Sunday and the hustle is over! Kerry and Allison completed the challenge, and for the first time ever watched all nominated films. Hooray! In this episode they discuss the highlights and lowlights of the big show. They also talk about their favourite moments, favourite speeches and all of the unexpected winners! This is the last episode of this chapter of Oscar Hustle, but stay tuned, there is definitely more to come!

The Oscars broadcast is right around the corner and it’s getting down to the wire! This week Kerry and Allison are joined live and in the “studio” with Kristy, who has flown across the country to watch two very hard to find titles, “The Cave” and “Corpus Cristi”. They recap their week and give some predictions of what might be handed out at the ceremony and also what they would like to see happen. And understanding that not everyone will have time to have watched all 53 films, they also give suggestions on how to catch up before the broadcast on Sunday in a segment called “Watch This, Don’t Watch That”. The big show is only a few days away and it’s almost the last call!

The Academy Awards are coming up quick and Kerry and Allison are feeling the pressure and the “list fatigue” is starting to set in. On this week’s episode they recap the results of the Producers Guild and SAG Awards and discuss what it would be like to have their own awards show. With only a week and a half before the big show, what do they have left to see and will they get it all done?

This week's episode of Oscar Hustle Kerry and Allison are joined by their very special guest, an Oscar completionist extraordinaire, Kristy! Kerry, Allison and Kristy, weigh in on some of their favourite films they have seen this past week and some of their upcoming concerns. They discuss two of this years "astonishing" one-nom-only films: the based on real events drama "Breakthrough" (nominated for best song) and the latest Clint Eastwood film about the1996 Atlanta Olympic bombing "Richard Jewell" (nominated for best supporting actress). Things get a bit weird. We are half way to the Oscar broadcast, time to get hustling!

The Oscar nominations were announced on Monday. Kerry and Allison review this year’s surprises and not so surprising Oscar nominations. They go over the rules of the hustle, talk a little bit about films they have seen and films they are dreading seeing. The official list of films is here! Ready, set, go!

On this episode of Oscar Hustle, Allison and Kerry recap the Golden Globe Awards, critics’ awards and various guild nominations. They also give updates of what films they have seen over the last week and provide suggestions for the ‘must see’ movies to watch before the big show on February 9th. Will all of their careful planning pay off, and help get them closer to their goal of seeing all of the Oscar nominated movies? It’s getting really exciting!

On the first full episode of “Oscar Hustle” Allison and Kerry share a little bit about their history as friends and with the Oscars, talk about what’s up with moving the ceremony from its usual date, the Golden Globes nominations and discuss the recently released shortlists. The hustle is coming up quickly and they will let you in on how they are prepping for the intense 26 days between the announcement of the nominations, and the broadcast on February 9th. They’re just getting warmed up!

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