Join Helen and Gavin as they discuss new TV & Film releases and work through a pop culture list. Season 2: Best Picture Oscar Winners
Helen and Gavin chat about American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden, Pee-wee as Himself, and Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning and it's Week 4 of the list of Grammy Record of the Year Winners from 1962, which will be picked from Take Five by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean, Moon River by Henry Mancini, The Second Time Around by Frank Sinatra, and (Up a) Lazy River by Si Zentner.
Helen and Gavin chat about Murderbot, Until Dawn, and Final Destination: Bloodlines, and it's Week 3 of the list of Grammy Record of the Year Winners from 1961, which will be picked from Georgia on my Mind by Ray Charles, Theme From a Summer Place by Percy Faith, Mack the Knife by Ella Fitzgerald, Are You Lonesome Tonight by Elvis Presley, and Nice 'n' Easy by Frank Sinatra.
Helen and Gavin chat about Another Simple Favor, Dr Who, and Clown in a Cornfield and it's the Week 2 of the list of Grammy Record of the Year Winners from Fal 1959, which will be picked from The Three Bells by The Browns, Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin, A Fool Such as I by Elvis Presley, Like Young by André Previn, and High Hopes by Frank SInatra.
Helen and Gavin chat about Thunderbolts*, The Surfer, and Sinners and it's the Week 1 of the list of Grammy Record of the Year Winners from Spring 1959, which will be picked from Catch a Falling Star by Perry Como, Fever by Peggy Lee, Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) by Domenico Modugno, The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) by David Seville, and Witchcraft by Frank SInatra.
Helen and Gavin chat about The White Lotus, Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure, Death of a Unicorn, and The Penguin Lessons, and review their thoughts after completing the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners.
Helen and Gavin chat about On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, and We're All Gonna Die and it's the FINAL WEEK of our journey through Oscar Best Picture Winners, looking at the winners from 2023, 2024, and 2025; Everything Everywhere All at Once, Oppenheimer, and Anora.
Helen and Gavin chat about Severence, Adolescence, Novocaine, and Black Bag and it's Week 48 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2021 and 2022; Nomadland, and CODA.
Helen and Gavin chat about Mickey 17, Riff Raff, and the theatrical version of Life of Pi, and it's Week 47 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2019 and 2020; Green Book, and Parasite.
Helen and Gavin chat about Captain America: Brave New World, My Dead Friend Zoe, and the movies nominated for Best Live Action Short, and in Week 46 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners, we take a break to have a general chat about the 2025 Oscars ceremony which took place last Sunday.
Helen and Gavin chat about the movies nominated for Best Short Documentary and Best Animated Short, and it's Week 45 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2017 and 2018; Moonlight, and The Shape of Water.
Helen and Gavin chat about Love Hurts, Companion, I'm Still Here, and Paddington in Peru, and it's Week 44 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2015 and 2016; Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), and Spotlight.
Helen and Gavin chat about Oscar Nominations, American Primeval, Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music, and The Brutalist, and it's Week 43 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2013 and 2014; Argo, and 12 Years a Slave.
Helen and Gavin chat about Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy, Kneecap, Wolfman, and The Room Next Door, and it's Week 42 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2011 and 2012; The King's Speech, and The Artist.
Helen and Gavin chat about Memoir of a Snail, The Last Showgirl, and Better Man, and it's Week 41 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2009 and 2010; Slumdog Millionaire, and The Hurt Locker.
Helen and Gavin chat about Maria, Traitors UK S3, and The Fire Inside, and it's Week 40 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2007 and 2008; The Departed, and No Country For Old Men.
Helen and Gavin chat about Squid Game, Lee, Nosferatu, Babygirl, and Nightbitch, and it's Week 39 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2005 and 2006; Million Dollar Baby, and Crash.
Helen and Gavin chat through their lists of their 10 best and worst movies of 2024.
Helen and Gavin chat about Carry-On, No Good Deed, and The End, and it's Week 38 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2003 and 2004; Chicago, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Helen and Gavin chat about Dear Santa, Black Doves, and Y2K, and it's Week 37 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 2001 and 2002; Gladiator, and A Beautiful Mind.
Helen and Gavin chat about A Man on the Inside, Blitz, and Gladiator II, and it's Week 36 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1999 and 2000; Shakespeare in Love, and American Beauty.
Helen and Gavin chat about Silo, A Real Pain, and Wicked Part 1, and it's Week 35 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1997 and 1998; The English Patient, and Titanic.
Helen and Gavin chat about Conclave, Anora, and Heretic, and it's Week 34 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1995 and 1996; Forrest Gump, and Braveheart.
Helen and Gavin chat about The Great British Bake Off / Baking Show, Terrifier 3, Smile 2, and Rumours, and it's Week 33 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1993 and 1994; Unforgiven, and Schindler's List.
Helen and Gavin chat about Joker: Folie Ă Deux, The Outrun, and Saturday Night, and it's Week 32 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1991 and 1992; Dances With Wolves, and The Silence of the Lambs.
Helen and Gavin chat about Agatha All Along, Megalopolis, and My Old Ass, and it's Week 31 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1989 and 1990; Rain Man, and Driving Miss Daisy.
Helen and Gavin chat about Satisfactory, Only Murders in the Building, and The Substance, and it's Week 30 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1987 and 1988; Platoon, and The Last Emperor.
Helen and Gavin chat about Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The Thicket, and Speak No Evil, and it's Week 29 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1985 and 1986; Amadeus, and Out of Africa.
Helen and Gavin chat about Stewart Lee: Basic Lee, Escaping Twin Flames, and Blink Twice, and it's Week 28 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1983 and 1984; Gandhi, and Terms of Endearment.
Helen and Gavin chat about Adam Sandler: Love You, Incoming, and Between the Temples, and it's Week 27 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1981 and 1982; Ordinary People, and Chariots of Fire.
Helen and Gavin chat about I Saw the TV Glow, Blue Eye Samurai, and Alien: Romulus, and it's Week 26 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1979 and 1980; The Deer Hunter, and Kramer vs Kramer.
Helen and Gavin chat about Deadpool & Wolverine, Trap, and Cuckoo, and it's Week 25 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1977 and 1978; Rocky, and Annie Hall.
Helen and Gavin chat about Hit Man, Trevor Noah: Where Was I, and Twisters, and it's Week 24 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1975 and 1976; The Godfather Part 2, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Helen and Gavin chat about Exploding Kittens, Horizon: An American Saga -- Chapter One, and Longlegs, and it's Week 23 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1973 and 1974; The Godfather, and The Sting.
Helen and Gavin chat about Maxxxine, Worst Roommate Ever, and Fly Me to the Moon, and it's Week 22 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1971 and 1972; Patton, and The French Connection.
Helen and Gavin chat about Thelma, Daddio, and A Quiet Place: Day One, and it's Week 21 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1969 and 1970; Oliver!, and Midnight Cowboy.
Helen and Gavin chat about Klara and the Sun, Jim Henson Idea Man, and Tuesday, and it's Week 20 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1967 and 1968; A Man for All Seasons, and In the Heat of the Night.
Helen and Gavin chat about Clipped, the 25th Anniversary Reissue of Run Lola Run, and The Watchers, and it's Week 19 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1965 and 1966; My Fair Lady, and The Sound of Music.
Helen and Gavin chat about In a Violent Nature, Everybody in LA, and The Dead Don't Hurt, and it's Week 18 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1963 and 1964; Lawrence of Arabia, and Tom Jones.
Helen and Gavin chat about IF, The Garfield Movie, and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and it's Week 17 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1961 and 1962; The Apartment, and West Side Story.
Helen and Gavin chat about Bodkin, Dr Who, and Back to Black, and it's Week 16 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1959 and 1960; Gigi, and Ben-Hur.
Helen and Gavin chat about Dead Boy Detectives, Under the Bridge, and The Fall Guy, and it's Week 15 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1957 and 1958; Around the World in Eighty Days, and Bridge On the Rive Kwai.
Helen and Gavin chat about Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel, Fallout, and Abigail, and it's Week 14 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1955 and 1956; On the Waterfront, and Marty.
Helen and Gavin chat about Three Body Problem, Baby Reindeer, and Civil War, and it's Week 13 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1953 and 1954; The Greatest Show on Earth, and From Here to Eternity.
Helen and Gavin chat about Alex Rider, Scoop, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Cowboy Carter, and Wicked Little Letters, and it's Week 12 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1951 and 1952; All About Eve, and An American in Paris.
Helen and Gavin chat about They Killed the Piano Player, Imaginary, and Late Night With the Devil, and it's Week 11 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1949 and 1950; Hamlet, and All the King's Men.
Helen and Gavin chat about Road House, X-Men '97, and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and it's Week 10 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1947 and 1948; The Best Years of Our Lives, and Gentleman's Agreement.
Helen and Gavin chat about Kung Fu Panda 4, Project Iceman, and The American Society of Magical Negroes, and it's Week 9 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1945 and 1946; Going My Way, and The Lost Weekend.
Helen and Gavin chat about American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, and Io Capitano, and it's Week 8 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1943 and 1944; Mrs Miniver, and Casablanca.
Helen and Gavin chat about The Greatest Night in Pop, Spaceman, and Dune: Part Two, and it's Week 7 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1941 and 1942; Rebecca, and How Green Was My Valley.
Helen and Gavin chat about American Nightmare, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Drive-Away Dolls, and it's Week 6 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1939 and 1940; You Can't Take it With You, and Gone With the Wind.
Helen and Gavin chat about the Oscar-nominated Short Documentaries, Animated, and Live Action movies, with a couple of Highly Commended thrown in for good measure, and it's Week 5 of the list of Oscar Best Picture Winners from 1937 and 1938; The Great Ziegfeld, and The Life of Emile Zola.