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| [S2025E1] The 35(ish) films to Prep For Your Death Race - Season 6 Kickoff + Nomination Prediction Contest | 03 Jan 2025 | 00:46:44 | |
After a very busy holiday season, your host Paulo is back to help you get ready for your Death Race prep. Here is a list of the 35 films that Gold Derby / Awards Expert / Next Best Picture collectively think will get nominated (plus 27 more for those of you who really want to cover all your bases). Letterboxd list here: https://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi/list/odr-25-prep/ Plus if you are interested in participating in this year's Oscars Nomination Prediction Contest for eternal glory, you can enter that at this Google form here! https://forms.gle/5QDGRs1n6n4JXQUA6 Join the Community!
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| A Belated Conclusion to Season 5, and a 2024-25 Awards Season Preview - 40 Films To Get Ready For Your Race ft Red Carpet Rosters | 18 Sep 2024 | 02:04:41 | |
Back from the dead, a better late than never conclusion to the 2024 Oscars Death Race (spoiler - I did finish in time, I'm just bad at podcasting). Plus a preview at the 40 or so films to keep an eye on this Awards Season
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| "Bbcitos" Interview with MJ and Andy Garcia | AODR Film Fest Interview | 14 Jan 2024 | 00:43:53 | |
On this bonus episode, we are interviewing the sibling pair MJ and Andy Garcia of the short film "Bbcitos," playing as part of the Academy of Death Racers film festival, currently ongoing. Be srue to get your tickets to AODR Fest at aodr.net Join the Community!
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| [S2024E4] Netflix December + Holiday Classics (The Holdovers, Maestro, May December) ft Elysia | Top Films of 2023 + Most Anticipated of 2024 | 12 Jan 2024 | 01:14:03 | |
On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by former prediction contest winner Elysia to talk about Netflix's December releases Maestro and May December + a new holiday classic in The Holdovers. Plus, the results of my Top films of 2023 / Most Anticipated of 2024 survey, and the start of my nominations prediction contest!
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| [S2024E3] "On the Bubble" Contenders (Past Lives / The Color Purple / All of Us Strangers) ft Whitney Joe + Golden Globes Winners | 09 Jan 2024 | 01:40:09 | |
On this episode, we have resident hot take expert Whitney Joe on to talk about some films we love that (in my opinon) are on the bubble of making it into Best Picture - Past Lives, The Color Purple, and All of Us Strangers. Plus we go over the results of the Golden Globes
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| "Campfire" Interview with Austin Bunn | AODR Film Fest Interview | 06 Jan 2024 | 00:44:00 | |
On this bonus episode, we are interviewing director Austin Lee Bunn of the short film "Campfire," playing as part of the Academy of Death Racers film festival, currently ongoing. Be srue to get your tickets to AODR Fest at aodr.net Join the Community!
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| [S2024E2] Film Festival Faves with Ambiguous Endings (Anatomy of a Fall / Zone of Interest / American Fiction) ft Alex Atienza | 04 Jan 2024 | 01:10:49 | |
We are back with the first of my Best Picture previews with my friend Alex Atienza! This episode we talk about three films that dominated film festivals - Anatomy of a Fall and Zone of Interest from Cannes and American Fiction from TIFF. Plus some news about Barbie moving to Original Screenplay!
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| [S2024E1] We Are So Back - Season 5 Shortlists + 40 Films to Kickstart Your Death Race | 26 Dec 2023 | 00:34:37 | |
We are back with the 5th season of the Oscars Death Race Podcast! This episode we go over the shrotlists from last week, and my list of 40 films to watch to get a head start on your death race. Plus what you can expect for the next month of episodes. BP Contenders
ATL contenders
Tech Only
Intl Feature
Animated
Docs
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| 2023-24 Awards Season Preview - 40 Films To Get Ready For Your Race ft Red Carpet Rosters | 05 Oct 2023 | 01:37:01 | |
We're briefly back from our hiatus, joined by John from Red Carpet Rosters, to talk about the 40 films that I think will be players in all categories at the Oscars this year. If you want to get a head start on your Death Race, these are the films to watch! Join RedCarpetRosters at: https://redcarpetrosters.com/ Join the Community!
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| [S2023E13] Another Year Another Race Done | Oscars + Deathies Recap | 15 Mar 2023 | 01:08:27 | |
Another Year Another Race Done! We recap the last 3 days of my race covering 10 shorts and 9 features, the Oscars results, the Deathies results, my Red Carpet Rosters results, and what I'll be up to this offseason. Be sure to stick around to this feed for the Best Picture Marathon episodes this year! See you next season! Status: 54/54 Total | 39/39 Features | 15/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule
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| [S2023E12] It's Crunch Time | Winner Predictions with Red Carpet Rosters | 10 Mar 2023 | 01:18:30 | |
I'm in crunch mode with only 2 days left and about 22 hours of film to watch! No new movies to review but instead a conversation with John from Red Carpet Rosters about who we think will win each category at the Oscars! Red Carpet Rosters
Also be sure to enter my Oscars winners prediction contest! Entries close 8pm ET ie when Oscars Ceremony begins on Sunday the 12th. - https://forms.gle/3avgrFfaei7mpquz5 Status: 35/54 Total | 30/39 Features | 5/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)
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| [S2023E11] One Week To Go, So Much To Watch | Technicals + Actor + Live Shorts | 07 Mar 2023 | 00:36:06 | |
With one week to go let's check in on what I've watched since last episode - Bardo, Empire of LIght, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, Living, The Whale, and the Live Action Shorts Be sure to enter the Winner Prediction Contest: https://forms.gle/jprTWTk6VaZMUn2v9 Status: 35/54 Total | 30/39 Features |4/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)
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| [S2024E12] Winner Predictions ft RedCarpetRosters | 09 Mar 2024 | 01:26:24 | |
Status: 48/53 Total | 33/38 Features | 15/15 Shorts | 113/120 Nominations This episode, I bring on John from RedCarpetRosters to try and predict who will win each category at the Oscars, to better help you with your office Oscars pool, or one of our two contests!
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| [S2023E10] EEAAO winning Every Award Everywhere | Guild Awards Updates + Prediction Contest! | 28 Feb 2023 | 00:19:11 | |
This week in lieu of me delaying the episode since I haven't made that much progress on my race, I go back over the guild awards I forgot to update you on over the season, and also announce my Oscars Winner Prediction Contest! Prediction Contest Entry: https://forms.gle/jprTWTk6VaZMUn2v9 Status: 26/54 Total | 26/39 Features | 0/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)
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| [S2023E9] Catching Up With Actors, Documentaries and Women Talking | 17 Feb 2023 | 00:30:18 | |
This week, we catch up after slacking last week with every Documentary Feature film, Finishing Best Picture with Women Talking, Supporting Actor with Causeway, and also one of the best films of last year, Aftersun. Plus news about when Tell It Like a Women and other films will be available at home Listen to my upcoming appearance on ContraZoomPod! https://contrazoompod.com/where-to-listen/ Status: 25/54 Total | 25/39 Features | 0/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)
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| [S2023E8] Andrea Riseborough Drama is All Quiet in the Triangle of Wakanda Forever | (3+ Nominees) | 03 Feb 2023 | 00:28:44 | |
This episode we go over the recent Oscars drama around Andrea Riseborough's campaign for Best Actress, and then I give my reviews of the three multi-nominee films I watched this week - Black Panther Wakanda Forever, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Triangle of Sandess Status: 18/54 Total | 18/39 Features | 0/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)
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| [S2023E7] Tell Me (Where to Find Tell it Like A Woman) - The Race Begins! - Nominations Recap | 26 Jan 2023 | 01:09:46 | |
Status: 15/54 Total | 15/39 Features | 0/15 Shorts This years Oscar nominations are out! We go over each category for who made it in, who was snubbed, who was a surprise, and tally up how many I have left to watch for this year's Death Race, plus where you can find them? We also go over the results of my nominations prediction contest - who had the most predictions correct and which categories were the most contentious and which had hte most consensus. This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)
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| [S2023E6] Predicting Oscar Nominations with ContraZoomPod (+BAFTA Results) | 20 Jan 2023 | 01:51:51 | |
On this episode we bring on Dakota of ContraZoomPod to talk about our predictions for who will be nominated for the Oscars in a bit less than a week. We also recorded this before BAFTA nominations came out, so I also give a high level overview of how those have shaped the race since then. Enter the nomination contest here: https://forms.gle/rgFYfrmNXK4XzaTZ6 Signup for a festival pass to the AODR Film Festival here: https://www.aodr.net/the-aodr-festival-2023/ Be sure to check out ContraZoomPod at: https://contrazoompod.com/where-to-listen/ CZPTwitter: https://twitter.com/ContraZoomPod CZPInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/contrazoompod/ Dakota's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/dgapa/ Join the Community!
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| [S2023E5] Keeping Warm with December Best Picture Hot Takes ft Whitney Joe - Women Talking / Avatar Way of Water / Babylon (+ More) | 13 Jan 2023 | 01:58:49 | |
This week on the podcast we round out the rest of the Best Picture contenders according to Gold Derby with the December releases - Women Talking (which admittedly I haven't seen), Avatar Way of Water, and Babylon, with fellow AODR discord member Whitney Joe. Whitney also had some very hot takes when we recorded this episode which we go through as well, mostly about films that could round out the Best Picture slate. In addition to the main topic, we go over the results of the Golden Globes, PGA, DGA and SAG nominations. We also talk with friend of the show Adele, Co-Director of the AODR Film Festival going on right now. And I also share details about the nomination prediction contest I'm running, this year with a prize! Enter the nomination contest here: https://forms.gle/rgFYfrmNXK4XzaTZ6 Signup for a festival pass to the AODR Film Festival here: https://www.aodr.net/the-aodr-festival-2023/ WhitneyJoe's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/whitneyjoe Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Nn34jUCZqsP8CBQKKhLoa Twitter: https://twitter.com/thatonegaysian Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/whitneyjoe/ This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)
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| [S2023E4] Best Picture Contender Passion Projects ft Alex Atienza - Pinocchio / The Fabelmans / TAR / Top Gun Maverick (and RRR) | 05 Jan 2023 | 01:44:14 | |
On this week's episode we talk with my college friend, editor Alex Atienza about some Oscar contenders which are passion projects of the film personalities associated with them - Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, TAR starring Cate Blanchett, and Top Gun Maverick starring Tom Cruise. Plus a mini discussion on RRR! Alex's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/aatienza/ This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)
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| [S2023E3] Best Picture Contenders That Spark Joy ft Classic Movies Live - Banshees of Inisherin / Elvis / Glass Onion / Everything Everywhere All At Once | 29 Dec 2022 | 01:17:25 | |
This week on the podcast, we start our 3 episode run of looking at potential Best Picture nominees, featuring our good friends from the Classic Movies Live podcast, Jeff and Pierre! We talk about films that spark joy for us this season, including Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Glass Onion and Everything Everywhere All At Once. Fill Out My Survey of Best of 2022 / Most Anticipated 2023: https://forms.gle/w2nyjSy689UxM21w6 Listen to! Classic Movies Live: https://open.spotify.com/show/3gy7EYnn7LORzZIgBOF7wG EEAAO episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AONizhuIr4eSH8Qm9TQ2g Elvis: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0TZPeykQx5i1dvx5Rswj98 Banshees: https://open.spotify.com/episode/28br3CKP38xNS9EHc5h7Wl Twitter: https://twitter.com/ubcoCML Jeff’s Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/gothenburgtown/ This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)
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| [S2023E2] Another Year, Another Shortlist Episode | 22 Dec 2022 | 00:30:36 | |
Back so soon? We've got some shortlists to go over so we'll talk about who made it, who got snubbed, where you can find these films and what they mean for the broader Death Race as a whole! Join the Community!
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| [S2023E1] And We're Back With Season 4 | 21 Dec 2022 | 00:15:15 | |
And we are back to the regular season of the Oscars Death Race Podcast for the fourth year in a row! A quick episode (since I'm just getting over COVID) just introducing the idea of the Oscars Death Race for newcomers, and then just laying out how the rest of the episodes this season will plan out. We'll be back in a couple of days with nomination shortlists. Join the Community!
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| [S2024E11] The Final Stretch! International Films + Documentary Shorts | 07 Mar 2024 | 00:44:07 | |
Status: 48/53 Total | 33/38 Features | 15/15 Shorts | 113/120 Nominations With just under half a week to go, we're in the final stretch! I catch up with how my race has been going by going over the international films I had left and the Documentary Shorts, plus the winners of the guild awards in the last two weeks. 2024 Schedule (Tentative):
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| Former BP Winning Directors with 2023 Contenders ft Red Carpet Rosters - 1993's "Schindler's List" & 1997's "Titanic" | Best Picture Marathon | 14 Oct 2022 | ||
On this episode of the Best Picture Marathon, we have John from Red Carpet Rosters to talk about his fantasy awards season league you can sign up for, as well as the Best Picture winning films of two directors who have films that are bound to be super relevant in this year's race - Spielberg's Schindler's list and Cameron's Titanic. Get in touch with Red Carpet Rosters!
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| 2022-23 Awards Season Preview - The Films To Keep An Eye On To Prep For Your Race | 01 Oct 2022 | 01:07:23 | |
This episode we have a massive breakdown of all the winners of the film festivals, the main Best Picture (and other) contenders from each studio, and which films I think are the 15 most important for you to watch to get a head start on your Oscars race. TLDL (in order of release - wide where available)
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| NYC B&W Films - 1950's "All About Eve" & 1960's "The Apartment" | Best Picture Marathon | 15 Aug 2022 | 00:54:57 | |
On this second episode of the Best Picture Marathon of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, I am joined LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY with co-host of the Classic Movies Podcast and longtime friend of the show Jeff on his recent visit to the Big Apple! Coming at you from a diner in midtown Manhattan (so pardon the sound quality), we talk about two Black and White films to win Best Picture that happen to be set in NYC - 1950's "All About Eve" (one of the most nominated films ever) and 1960's "the Apartment" (which I actually got to see the actual apartment right before recording this). We talk about the impact of these two monumental films and how well they capture that Big Apple Energy Be sure to check out Jeff's podcast, Classic Movies Live! https://open.spotify.com/show/3gy7EYnn7LORzZIgBOF7wG Jeff's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/gothenburgtown/ CML's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ubcoCML Join the Community!
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| Silent Films - 1929's "Wings" & 2011's "The Artist" | Best Picture Marathon | 21 Jul 2022 | 01:09:40 | |
On this first episode of the Best Picture Marathon of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, I am joined by my college friend Prim to talk about the two silent films to win Best Picture - 1929's "Wings" (the first ever BP winner) and 2011's "The Artist," an homage to the silent film era. We talk about film scores, the history of early Hollywood, and why these films are more similar to Top Gun Maverick than you may expect. Join the Community!
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| Off-Season 2022 Update - 95th Oscars Date Announcement & Presenting the Best Picture Marathon | 22 Jun 2022 | 00:09:41 | |
In this off-season update, we do a quick catchup about the 95th Oscars Celebration, and announce the start of a new project - the Best Picture Marathon, where I try to watch every Best Picture Winner, 2 at a time during the offseason. The first episode will be in July 2022 and be about the two silent films to win Best Picture - 1927's Wings and 2011's The Artist Join the Community!
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| [S2022E13] And That's A Wrap (For This Year) - Recapping the Oscars (and Deathies and Prediction Contest) / Drive My Car / Doc Shorts / No Time To Die / Four Good Days | 03 Apr 2022 | 01:15:43 | |
On the final episode of this season of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, we ignore a certain slap and go over how I wrapped up the Death Race with 7 minutes to spare, who won at the Deathies Awards, Who won at the Oscars awards, who did the best at my Predictions contest, and what the Best Picture Winner says about Netflix's performance at the Oscars this past few years. Catch you all next year! We Make Movies Better Parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtubfwx_xaM We Don't Talk About Bruno Parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY34SwSA49I 2nd Annual Deathies Awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnSG77ohlw This Seasons' Guests can be found at Alex's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/almowbs/ Adele's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/at34712/ Alex Atienza's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/aatienza/ Classic Movies Live: https://open.spotify.com/show/3gy7EYnn7LORzZIgBOF7wG ContraZoomPod: https://open.spotify.com/show/0rdhbCzOpccrSUJG7taoYn SomeGuyNamedJames Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/aboycalledjames/ Current Status: 38/38 Features | 15/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule
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| [S2022E12] Diving Into the Oscars Pools Prediction Game ft SomeGuyNamedJames | 25 Mar 2022 | 01:41:58 | |
On this episode of the podcast, we bring on #1 racer (according to OscarsDeathRace.com) SomeGuyNamedJames to walk us through making predictions for who will (and who should) win each category this coming Sunday! James's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/aboycalledjames/ Be sure to enter my Oscars Prediction Contest by Sunday 12pm ET: https://forms.gle/Ssw3rquzRTBujWWv9 Check out the Deathies Awards on Saturday at 6pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn_nLnw6jO-ra2B6B0whLzQ Current Status: 35/38 Features | 10/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule
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| [S2022E11] New Apartment, Who Dis? (Catching Up on the Race) - [Licorice Pizza / Attica / Summer of Soul / Ascension / Writing With Fire / Live Action and Animated Shorts] | 21 Mar 2022 | 00:59:55 | |
On this episode from my new apartment, I catch up on which films I've watched over the last two weeks (mostly documentaries, shorts and Licorice Pizza), as well as the various guild awards that have been announced the last few weeks. Enter my Winner Prediction Contest (closes Noon ET Mar 27): https://forms.gle/Ssw3rquzRTBujWWv9 Vote for the Deathies Awards (closes 6PM UK time Mar 22): https://forms.gle/SDJzD9QFwFRXi8W69 Current Status: 34/38 Features | 10/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule
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| [S2022E10] Don't Sweat the Technique - [Lunana / Cyrano / Eyes of Tammy Faye / Cruella / House of Gucci] | 07 Mar 2022 | 00:49:55 | |
On this (moving delayed) episode of the podcast, we go through some Costume and Makeup nominees (as well as catching up on Lunana from last week). Plus news about the Academy of Death Racers Deathies! Current Status: 30/38 Features | 0/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule
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| [S2022E9] A Whole Wide World of Film - [Worst Person in the World / Parallel Mothers / Hand of God / Flee / Being the Ricardos / Spencer] | 26 Feb 2022 | 00:45:45 | |
In this episode of the podcast we talk about films from beyond the US's borders with nominees from the International Feature Film category (as well as a few not in the category but still from abroad), as well as some pre-nominee films I watched for Acting categories. Check out my recent appearance on the Contra Zoom Pod: https://contrazoompod.com/184-2022-oscars-the-nightmare-of-king-dune/ Current Status: 27/38 Features | 0/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule
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| [S2024E10] A Feature Length Animation Geekout ft Pencilhead (+ Guild Awards + BAFTA Updates) | 23 Feb 2024 | 02:15:21 | |
Status: 40/53 Total | 30/38 Features | 10/15 Shorts | 106/120 Nominations | 17/23 Categories This episode, I am joined by fellow death racer Pencilhead to geek out for two hours about the Animated Feature and Animated Short films this year. Plus I go over the winners of various guild awards and the BAFTAs
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| [S2022E8] We Definitely Talk About Animated Feature Films [Raya and the Last Dragon / Luca / Encanto / Flee / Mitchells vs the Machines] + VFX | 19 Feb 2022 | ||
On this episode of the podcast we talk about the nominees for Best Feature Animated Film - What makes for a good feature animated film and where do they fall short? Plus a quick round of some VFX nominees since we're talking about Disney films Current Status: 23/38 Features | 0/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule
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| [S2022E7] The Game Is Afoot - Oscars Nominations Reactions | 10 Feb 2022 | 00:47:50 | |
Oscar Nominations Day is here! We go over who got in and who got snubbed, what we have to watch for the Death Race, and who the winners are for our Oscars Nominations Contest This Season's Schedule
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| [S2022E6] Oscars Nominations Predictions and Manifestations ft ContraZoomPod | 06 Feb 2022 | 01:23:12 | |
On this episode of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, we have Dakota of ContraZoomPod on to talk about our predictions for who we think will be the nominees for the 2022 Oscars, as well as some spicy hot takes and manifestations for who we WANT to be the nominees. Join the 2022 Oscars Nomination Prediction Content Here: https://forms.gle/nC99rovowVcUWT347 Be sure to check out ContraZoomPod at: https://contrazoompod.com/where-to-listen/ CZPTwitter: https://twitter.com/ContraZoomPod CZPInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/contrazoompod/ Dakota's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/dgapa/ Crate Digging Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/crate-digging/id1575314055 This Season's Schedule
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| [S2022E5] Coming of Age ft Classic Movies Live [Belfast / Licorice Pizza / King Richard / CODA] | 27 Jan 2022 | 01:18:35 | |
On this episode of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, we have the guys over from Classic Movies Live on to talk about some Coming of Age Best Picture contenders for this year's Oscars - Belfast, Licorice Pizza, King Richard and CODA! Join the 2022 Oscars Nomination Prediction Content Here: https://forms.gle/nC99rovowVcUWT347 Be sure to check out Classic Movies Live and Kickin It With Kendrick at: https://open.spotify.com/show/3gy7EYnn7LORzZIgBOF7wG Jeff's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/gothenburgtown/ CML's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ubcoCML This Season's Schedule
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| [S2022E4] Sci Fi and Shakespeare and Noir, Oh My! ft Alex Atienza [Dune / West Side Story / Tragedy of Macbeth / Nightmare Alley] | 20 Jan 2022 | 01:10:59 | |
On this weeks episode of the Oscar's Death Race Podcast, I have my college friend Alex Atienza on to talk about genre films among this year's Best Picture nominees - Dune, West Side Story, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and Nightmare Alley. Alex's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/aatienza Le Cinema Club: https://www.lecinemaclub.com/ This Season's Schedule
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| [S2022E3] Netflix's Best Picture Contenders ft AODR [The Power of the Dog / Don't Look Up / Lost Daughter / Tick Tick Boom] | 13 Jan 2022 | 01:22:34 | |
This week on the ODR podcast, we speak with Academy of Death Racers Co-Directors Alex and Adele about some of Netflix's Best Picture contenders - The Power of the Dog, Don't Look Up, Lost Daughter, and Tick Tick Boom. Plus, some news about the Academy of Death Racers Film Festival running form January 14th through 30th! Alex's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/almowbs/ Adele's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/at34712/ AODR Film Festival: https://www.aodr.net/festival-2022/films/ This Season's Schedule
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| [S2022E2] Shortlists Galore! | 22 Dec 2021 | 00:33:13 | |
On this episode of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, we go over the recently announced shortlists of in a number of categories and talk about how this impacts different films of securing a place in the race (or might be snubbed entirely) This Season's Schedule
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| [S2022E1] On Your Mark... Get Set... | 15 Dec 2021 | 00:20:13 | |
Welcome back to the Oscars Death Race Season 3! Just some housekeeping this episode with and introduction to the race, this season's schedule, some community resources and exciting news about the Academy of Death Racers Film Festival Next Month! This Season's Schedule
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| [S2021E12] 2021 Season Finale - My Death Race, Oscars Ceremony & AODR Recap & What's Next for the Death Race - VFX | Live Action and Doc Shorts | Eurovision | 29 Apr 2021 | 00:42:00 | |
Current Death Race 2021 status: COMPLETE 41/41 Features | 15/15 Shorts | 56/56 Overall In this season finale, we go over the nail biter of a finish I had to finish the Oscars Death Race this year, compare our predictions versus the actual results of the Oscars ceremony (which was... quite the ceremony), as well as checking in on the Academy of Death Racers ceremony. Plus I talk about what's next for this show as we head into the off season and where you can catch me in the meantime till next awards season. PlayJaJaDingDongFilmography in Focus: https://open.spotify.com/show/5augWYdDvneiXRDzGwzMnF This Season's Schedule
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| [S2021E11] Our Oscars Predictions and Preferences ft Classic Movies Live - Greyhound | The Man Who Sold His Skin | The Life Ahead | 22 Apr 2021 | 01:24:50 | |
Current Death Race 2021 status: 35/41 Features | 5/15 Shorts | 40/56 Overall This week, I have on Jeff and Pierre, the hosts of the Classic Movies Live podcast to go through who we THINK will win the Oscars, but more importantly, who we WANT to win the Oscars. Plus, some talk about the Academy of Death Racers livestream this Saturday, and the three films I was able to watch this week - Greyhound, The Man Who Sold His Skin, and The Life Ahead - as well as my plans to actually finish the death race in time. Academy of Death Racers livestream 4/24/21 6PM ET / 3PM PT: ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izu3pIvJ0DE Classic Movies Live: https://open.spotify.com/show/3gy7EYnn7LORzZIgBOF7wG Jeff's Blog: http://absolutetrash.jkbulmer.me/ This Season's Schedule
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| [S2024E9] Below the Line Nominees - Napoleon / VFX / Indiana Jones / Golda + Where to Watch Robot Dreams | 10 Feb 2024 | 00:45:36 | |
Status: 32/53 Total | 27/38 Features | 5/15 Shorts | 84/120 Nominations This week we look at the Below the Line only films - Napoleon and the VFX nominees, plus Indiana Jones and Golda. Still missing El Conde but oh well. Where to find Robot Dreams: https://old.reddit.com/r/oscarsdeathrace/comments/1al7pu6/robot_dreams_march_6_screenings/ 2024 Schedule (Tentative):
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| [S2021E10] Spicy Hot Animation Takes ft PencilHead - Soul + Onward (again) | Wolfwalkers | Over the Moon | Shaun the Sheep Farmageddon | Animated Shorts | 15 Apr 2021 | ||
Current Death Race 2021 status: 32/41 Features | 5/15 Shorts | 37/56 Overall In this episode of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, I'm joined by animation student Jonny aka PencilHead and we make our way through all the animated films - both feature and short. There are some very spicy takes (Onward over Soul? Over the Moon not that bad? Dreamworks over Disney?) that you have to hear to believe. PencilHead's IG: https://www.instagram.com/mr.pencilhead PencilHead's LB: https://letterboxd.com/pencilheadguy/ This Season's Schedule
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| [S2021E9] Documentary Features - Collective | The Mole Agent | Crip Camp | My Octopus Teacher | Time | 09 Apr 2021 | 00:26:06 | |
Current Death Race 2021 status: 30/41 Features | 1/15 Shorts | 31/56 Overall This week we try to catch up back to pace for the Death Race by watching all five Documentary Feature films - Collective (also up for Best International Film from Romania), The Mole Agent, Crip Camp, My Octopus Teacher and Time. Plus I chat about the ever confusing Actress races after the SAG Awards (and the every secured Actor races), as well as the guild awards for Hair and Makeup and for Visual Effects This Season's Schedule
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| [S2021E8] (Some of) The International Films - Quo Vadis, Aida? | Better Days | Pinocchio | 01 Apr 2021 | 00:19:38 | |
Current Death Race 2021 status: 25/41 Features | 1/15 Shorts | 26/56 Overall While I may have fallen a bit behind schedule this week, we're still talking about the various Oscar Nominated International Films I watched this week - Quo Vadis, Aida? from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Better Days from Hong Kong, and Pinocchio from Italy. (The Man Who Sold His Skin and The Life Ahead will have to wait for another week). Plus I talk about the Academy of Death Racers nominees and the WGA and PGA Award winners and how they impact the Oscars Race Contra Zoom Pod Guest Appearance: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6bKz5UIFZz2S47MOsqO3ey This Season's Schedule
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| [S2021E7] Acting, Directing, Screenplay Oh My - Another Round | The White Tiger | US v Billie Holiday | Hillbilly Elegy | Pieces of a Woman | 25 Mar 2021 | 00:28:16 | |
Current Death Race 2021 status: 22/41 Features | 1/15 Shorts | 23/56 Overall This episode we go over the stragglers from the Major categories of Acting, Directing and Screenplay that I haven't seen yet - Hillbilly Elegy for Best Supporting Actress for Glen Close (and Makeup and Hair), US vs Billie Holiday for Best Actress for Andra Day, Pieces of a Woman for Best Actress for Vanessa Kirby, The White TIger for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Another Round for Best Director and Best International Feature Film This Season's Schedule
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