24 Minutes of A24 – Details, episodes & analysis

In a bid farewell for Awards season, we talk about A24 at the Oscars! We dive deep into every single movie that could be nominated, what films might bring home an Academy Award, and we lock away our Best Picture predictions as of late November in what might be the stupidest thing we've ever done on the pod. See you in March!

0:00 - Intro/Conan As Host

10:03 - A24 At The Oscars!

1:03:27 - Best Picture Power Rankings

1:11:58 - Closing Thoughts

This week on the pod we discuss the latest religious horror movie from A24 - 'Heretic'! How effective is it, is Hugh Grant officially "back", what we would have liked to happen differently in the film, and how we would build our A24 Monopoly board! PLUS we break some big new about the podcast.

0:00 - Intro

2:00 - Housekeeping

4:41 - General Thoughts

15:15 - True Cinema

49:20 - A1 Act

52:20 - A24 Ranking

54:05 - Closing Thoughts

It's finally time for us to see if 'Waves' is in fact one of the most underrated movies within A24's catalog! We review the movie in its entirety, talk about Euphoria, give our thoughts on what the Oscars should've included the year this movie came out, and more!

0:00 - Intro

3:38 - General Thoughts

20:45 - True Cinema

59:24 - A1 Act

1:02:12 - A24 Ranking

1:04:09 - Closing Thoughts

You see, time is the thing. You cannot start without us! Alden Diaz of Ahch-To Radio joins us to break down and review the mesmerizing and hypnotic film Tár. We talk about the current state of the Oscars Best Picture race, talk about how many of the 6 nominations we each think Tár will take him, if Cate Blanchett will win Best Actress, our favorite Best Actress Academy Award wins throughout history, and of course take a pulse on how Alden feels about Babylon! 

0:00 - Intro

5:56 - Best Picture Race Breakdown

19:48 - How Many Oscars Will Tár Win?

28:38 - Tár Review

47:57 - True Cinema Moments

1:01:04 - Favorite Lead Actress Wins Throughout History

1:05:43 - Closing Thoughts

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Women are talking this awards season and we are listening! Assistant editor of The Mary Sue and co-host of the Podro Pascal Podcast Rachel Leishman joins the podcast to review and break down Best Picture nominee 'Women Talking'! We talk Letterboxd, favorite moments of the film, Best Adapted Screenplay wins throughout history, BABYLON HIVE, and MORE! 

0:00 - Intro

1:35 - Oscars Power Rankings

11:49 - Guest Intro - Rachel Leishman

22:16 - Women Talking Review

41:44 - True Cinema Moments

59:40 - Favorite Best Adapted Screenplay Throughout History

1:09:19 - Letterboxd Top 4/Closing Thoughts

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Big Jim is BACK and we are here to sing his praises... or his faults?? Avid Avatar fan Preston Moore joins the pod to break down the sequel to the biggest movie of all time! Was the wait worth it? We all had varying answers... let's just say that. Full review, the relationship the Academy has with Avatar, best VFX wins throughout the history of the Oscars, updated Power Rankings, and MORE! 

0:00 - Intro

1:16 - Oscars Power Rankings

10:50 - Guest Intro - The Academy & Avatar

35:22 - Avatar The Way of Water Review

1:01:39 - True Cinema

1:18:50 - Favorite Best VFX Winners Throughout History

1:28:47 - Closing Thoughts

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Jamie Jirak of Comicbook.com and the Phase Zero Podcast joins us this week as we talk about a pretty feckin great movie in 'The Banshees of Inisherin'! We FINALLY have a Best Picture nominee list so we do a pulse check of how we are all feeling about the Academy Awards, talk about some of our favorite and least favorite movies of all time, choose a True Cinema moment from the film, find the coolest movies that have won Best Original Screenplay throughout history, and MORE!

0:00 - Intro

4:22 - Pulse Check for The Oscars

13:27 - The Banshees of Inisherin Review

34:57 - True Cinema

45:27 - Favorite Best Original Screenplay Winners Throughout History

1:02:14 - Closing Thoughts

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We finally have the OFFICIAL nomination list for the 2023 Academy Awards and boy oh boy do we have THOUGHTS! Recording at 7:30am can make you say some pretty crazy things especially when there are some massive surprises and some head-scratching nominations on the slate. We give our full reaction to nearly every Oscars category! 

0:00 - Intro

1:24 - Nomination Lists/Below The Line Categories

20:55 - Best Acting Categories

31:11 - Final Thoughts

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What do you think of the nomination lists? Which movie do you think will win Best Picture? Let us know on Instagram or Twitter @24minutesofA24!

The Awards season is in full effect now as we cover Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' with special guests Bethanne Tarpley and Leah Jones of She Will Rock You Pod on this week's episode of the show! Both the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice awards have given us some new insight into the Oscars race so we also give our full breakdown and thoughts on the winners. Plus our reactions to the brand new 'Beau Is Afraid' trailer, updated Oscars Power Rankings, a full review of Elvis, coolest Best Actor winners through Academy history and MORE! 

0:00 - Intro

2:03 - 'Beau Is Afraid' Trailer Reaction

11:12 - Oscar Power Rankings

24:37 - Elvis Intro

27:08 - Golden Globes & Critics Choice Awards Thoughts

48:10 - Elvis Review 

1:04:30 - True Cinema

1:12:12 - Favorite Best Actor Wins Throughout History

1:21:37 - Outro

Week 2 of our adventure to the Oscars sees us covering the semi-autobiographical film from Steven Spielberg, 'The Fabelmans'. Fellow film aficionado Matthew Scott joins us to review the film, talk about some of the casting choices, go through another round of Oscars Power Rankings, try to figure out the coolest Best Director wins in Academy History, and MORE! 

0:00 - Intro

6:29 - Which is better - The Hype or The Show?

12:44 - Are We Already Underrating The Fabelmans?

26:12 - Seth Rogan Casting Choice 

37:05 - True Cinema

49:04 - Oscars Power Ranking

1:01:48 - Favorite Best Director Wins Throughout History

1:09:59 - Outro