The Oscars Got It Wrong – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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

This episode we're covering the 56th Academy Awards or the films of 1983. The nominees were: The Big Chill, The Dresser, The Right Stuff, Tender Mercies, and Terms of Endearment. We also talk about non-nominee Silkwood and revisit our 1983 Fun Oscar winners A Christmas Story and Return of the Jedi.

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

Timestamps are approximate:

5:50 - The Big Chill

15:15 - The Dresser

19:30 - The Right Stuff

27:45 - Tender Mercies

35:25 - Terms of Endearment

46:55 - Should something else have been nominated?

• 47:40 - Silkwood
• 56:20 - A Christmas Story
• 58:55 - Return of the Jedi

1:03:50 - Did the Oscars get it wrong?

1:06:25 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner

1:09:10 - Conclusions

1:14:25 - Next Time

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We’re wrapping up our discussion of the film's from this year's Academy Awards. This episode we cover the winners from our mini-bracket.

The nominees were: American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest

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

Timestamps are approximate:

2:05 - The Holdovers

15:35 - Past Lives

28:00 - The Zone of Interest

43:25 - Poor Things

57:15 - Oppenheimer

1:46:35 - Conclusions

• 1:47:25 - Top 5 Films
• 1:48:05 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner
• 1:49:35 - Patterns

1:52:35 - Post-Oscars Addendum

1:57:40 - Next Time

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We’re covering this year's Academy Awards! As usual for the years where there are more than 5 nominees, will be taking the 10 films, pitting them against one another, and deciding on winners and losers. The losers are discussed in this episode.

The nominees were: American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest

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

Timestamps are approximate:

9:55 - Bracket Set-Up

10:40 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers

16:50 - Maestro

27:35 - Barbie

50:15 - Anatomy of a Fall

1:14:45 - American Fiction

1:27:30 - Killers of the Flower Moon

1:25:05 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst

1:26:10 - Next Time

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Another season of this podcast in the books! In this episode we'll cover our stats from Season 2 of the podcast - how many films we've watched, how many times the Oscars got it wrong, and much, much more! Then we'll wrap up by making predictions for the 96th Academy Awards.

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

0:45 - Section 1: Overview of Season 2

3:35 - Section 2: Things we're tracking

24:10 - Section 3: Our ratings (nominees only)

45:00 - Section 4: A qualitative discussion

1:02:20 - Section 5: 96th Academy Awards Predictions

1:09:55 - Next Time

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This episode we're covering the 30th Academy Awards or the films of 1957. The nominees were: 12 Angry Men, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Peyton Place, Sayonara, Witness for the Prosecution. No extras this year? Wild.

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

Timestamps are approximate:

10:10 - Peyton Place

23:30 - Sayonara

37:00 - The Bridge on the River Kwai

54:00 - Witness for the Prosecution [58:10 EXTRA SPOILER WARNING]

1:06:35  - 12 Angry Men

1:19:35 - Did the Oscars get it wrong?

1:19:50 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner

1:24:05 - Conclusions

1:31:15 - Next Time

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What a surprise at the end of "The 75th Academy Awards - Part II," huh? In this episode we take some time to really dig into one of our favorite films: The Bourne Identity.

We also wrap up our discussion of the year with our usual conclusions.

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

Timestamps are approximate:

0:40 - The Bourne Identity

• 1:40 - An in-depth discussion of the film
• 51:30 - The impact of The Bourne Identity

1:19:40 - The 75th Academy Awards Conclusions

1:28:20 - Next Time

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We're covering the 75th Academy Awards or the films of 2002. There were 5 nominees this year, but it was a great year for films, so we added 5 more (we were almost tempted to bump this year up to a true 16-movie tournament, so we may have missed your favorite). In part 2 we'll be covering the winners from the first round.

The nominees were: Gangs of New York, Chicago, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Pianist.

We added for consideration: Catch Me if You Can, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Talk to Her, Spirited Away, and Y Tu Mama Tambien.

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

Timestamps are approximate:

2:35 - Spirited Away

7:50 - Catch Me If You Can

27:25 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

41:35 - Y Tu Mama Tambien

57:10 - Chicago

1:05:00 - Conclusions

1:05:50 - Next Time

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We're covering the 75th Academy Awards or the films of 2002. There were 5 nominees this year, but it was a great year for films, so we added 5 more (we were almost tempted to bump this year up to a true 16-movie tournament, so we may have missed your favorite). In part 1 we'll be covering the losers from the first round.

The nominees were: Gangs of New York, Chicago, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Pianist.

We added for consideration: Catch Me if You Can, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Talk to Her, Spirited Away, and Y Tu Mama Tambien.

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

Timestamps are approximate:

7:00 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers

Losers Discussion

• 12:10 - Gangs of New York
• 20:50 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• 29:25 - The Hours
• 38:40 - The Pianist
• 50:25 - Talk To Her

1:00:50 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst

1:02:20 - Next Time

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We're taking a short holiday break in two weeks (so no new episode on 12/22/23). To make up for that this episode is (totally on purpose!) 2.5 hours long. We're covering the 33rd Academy Awards or the films of 1960. The nominees were: The Alamo, The Apartment, Elmer Gantry, Sons and Lovers, and the Sundowners. We also cover non-nominees A Bout de Souffle (Breathless), Inherit the Wind, Psycho, and Spartacus.

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

Timestamps are approximate:

10:55 - The Alamo

22:20 - Elmer Gantry

38:20 - Sons and Lovers

52:25 - The Sundowners

59:40 - The Apartment

1:14:55 - Should something else have been nominated?

• 1:16:20 - Spartacus
• 1:31:35 - Inherit the Wind
• 1:50:05 - A Bout de Souffle (Breathless)
• 1:57:40 - Psycho

2:09:20 - Did the Oscars get it wrong?

2:12:50 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner

2:16:20 - Conclusions

2:22:10 - Next Time

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