And the Award Goes To . . ‪.‬ Luke Shoemaker and Zach King

At the 90th Academy Awards, The Shape of Water received a whopping 13 nominations and also took home the top prize of the night, Best Picture. A best picture win that once again baffles all of our hosts, given the year in film that 2017 was. Zach calls this year in film 3rd all time of the 21st century! Tune in to listen to two new guests on the pod!  

At the 89TH Academy Awards, Moonlight was awarded best picture with the lowest budget of any winner all time. This coming of age story was one of a kind during a very stacked year in filmmaking. Listen to Zach and Luke discuss this year in film along with their winners for the year.

Michael Keaton appears on back to back pods with the 88th Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, Spotlight. This investigative journalism film dives into the Boston Globe Spotlight team who broke a story about the catholic church that rocked the city of Boston. Plenty of competition and snubs in yet another great year of film!

Alejandro Inarritu strikes Oscar gold at the 87th Academy Awards winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay with Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Zach and Luke break down this film including how it reinvigorated Michael Keaton's career. At the end the guys are torn on who they felt deserved the award in what Luke calls one of his favorite years of film! 

12 Years a Slave won best picture at the 86th Academy Awards against a very strong lineup of films in a great year for cinema. Join Zach and Luke as they breakdown this heartbreaking biopic.

The 85th Academy Awards was a phenomenal year in film. With such stiff competition it is an amazing accomplishment in itself that the Ben Affleck directed film, Argo, struck Oscar gold. Join Zach and Luke as they break down the film.