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- Yesterday1h 43m
392 – Robin Hood (2010)
We’re back to discussing the filmography of director Ridley Scott this week, though this episode was recorded… before the news of his Honorary Oscar. Nope, there is also a new riff on a Robin Hood this week, so we’re talking his ongoing collaboration with Russell Crowe and their 2010 take on the fable. Arriving at … Continue reading "392 – Robin Hood (2010)"
- 1 weeks ago2h 20m
391 – The BFG (with Kyle Amato!)
With Steven Spielberg returning to theatres with this week’s Disclosure Day, we’re taking the rare opportunity to discuss one of his films! Kyle Amato returns to talk about Spielberg’s take on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s fable The BFG. The film was a reuniting of Spielberg with his recent Oscar winning actor Mark Rylance in the role, all … Continue reading "391 – The BFG (with Kyle Amato!)"
- 2 weeks ago1h 46m
390 – Les Miserables (1998)
We’re back after our May Miniseries and it’s Tonys week! Rather than a musical, we’re talking about a movie that disappointed in part because it wasn’t a big screen version of the Broadway smash… In 1998, director Bille August brought a condensed version of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables to the screen. With Liam Neeson headlining … Continue reading "390 – Les Miserables (1998)"
- 3 weeks ago2h 3m
CATEGORY IS… – Stunts
CATEGORY IS… comes to a close this week and we’re ending this May Miniseries by looking to the future. Next year’s 100th Academy Awards will bring the Academy’s first award to Stunts! This episode, we go into the decades-long effort to make the category happen, how we want to see the category presented on the … Continue reading "CATEGORY IS… – Stunts"
- 4 weeks ago2h 4m
CATEGORY IS… – Choreography
The May miniseries CATEGORY IS… chugs along this week with Choreography! You know we love talking about dance on film, so this was a category we couldn’t pass up discussing. We’re talking about the three (early) years that Oscar once awarded Dance Direction, when the lines might blur between choreography and fight choreography, iconic musical … Continue reading "CATEGORY IS… – Choreography"
- May 11, 20262h 9m
CATEGORY IS… – Voice Acting
Our 2026 May Miniseries CATEGORY IS… continues this week with a discussion about a dreamed-for category that stirred a lot of conversation, particularly in the 2000s. We’re talking about Voice Acting! This episode, we dive into a Disney-centric history of celebrated Disney performances and which of them might have been Oscar frontrunners, from Robin Williams … Continue reading "CATEGORY IS… – Voice Acting"
- May 4, 20262h 18m
CATEGORY IS… – Casting
It’s May Miniseries time!! Presenting CATEGORY IS…! We’re in a moment of the Academy Awards introducing new categories for the first time in many years, and we’ll be spending the whole month discussing the categories already announced and a few we think should be! First up: Best Casting! This episode, we discuss the Oscar’s newest … Continue reading "CATEGORY IS… – Casting"
- Apr 27, 20261h 34m
389 – The Manchurian Candidate
If you make a remake to a cinema classic (and Oscar nominee), chances are the buzz starts there. But in revamping The Manchurian Candidate to the post-9/11 culture, Oscar winning director also added the pedigree of recent winner Denzel Washington and then-recent nomination record breaker Meryl Streep, the buzz multiplied. But this version of a … Continue reading "389 – The Manchurian Candidate"
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